An antiquarian bookseller divulges the secrets of the trade and the peculiarities of life in one of the world's oldest bookstores. One morning, Oliver Darkshire stepped into the hushed interior of Henry Sotheran Ltd. in London to interview for what he thought would be a year-long bookselling apprenticeship. In this love letter to the benign, unruly world of antiquarian bookselling, Darkshire describes Sotheran's customs and customers and shares delicious trivia about ancient editions and the dark art of selling old things to the curious characters that covet them.
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