The Bookseller's Tale

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Mint condition. Particular Books, 2020. First UK edition-first printing (1). Grey hardback (black lettering to the spine) with Dj(small nick on the edges of the Dj cover), both in mint condition. illustrated with b/w photos. The book is new. 351pp including List of illustrations, a note on sources. Price un-clipped. This is another paragraph Book Description: This is the story of our love affair with books, whether we arrange them on our shelves, inhale their smell, scrawl in their margins or just curl up with them in bed. Taking us on a journey through comfort reads, street book stalls, mythical libraries, itinerant pedlars, radical pamphleteers, extraordinary bookshop customers and fanatical collectors, Canterbury bookseller Martin Latham uncovers the curious history of our book obsession - and his own. Part cultural history, part literary love letter and part reluctant memoir, this is the tale of one bookseller and many, many books. Show more