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Oxfam shop ecclesall road in bookmen: london, victor gray gives an account of the evolution of antiquarian bookselling in britain while exploring the history of the sotheran family business"there was a time when a telegram addressed simply to 'bookmen: london' would find its way straight to one of the best-known names in the world of antiquarian bookselling - henry sotheran ltd" sotheran's celebrated their 250 year anniversary in , making it one of the oldest surviving antiquarian booksellers in the world and victor gray charts this journey here in one of only 750 paperback copies published by henry sotheran ltd to mark the anniversary - a rare find! this copy is in very good used condition, with a couple of very slight marks to the front cover see oxfam website for delivery information read more
126 €
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This book provides a lively account of bookselling and booksellers through the life histories of key and representative figures in the scottish trade, told in their own wordsoxfam shop dumfries bookselling in scotland went through radical changes during the course of the twentieth century: the creation of more attractive shop interiors to replace the gloomy cathedrals of the pre-second world war era; increasing specialization of outlets, including the development of paperback bookshops; the growth of chains and the dogged persistence of independents; the abolition of the net book agreement; and, the importance of the mass media in the promotion of booksa balanced blend of anecdote and analysis, this is the first comprehensive insight into the nature of the trade and the radical changes it has been through in the past eighty yearssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
3 €
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Oxfam shop haverfordwest a special edition, slipcased, of copies, produced exclusively for the ottakars bookselling chain in england, which regrettably got itself taken over a short time after this was producedif his rotter of an estranged father had not dropped dead at a karaoke night, charlie would still be blissfully unaware that his dad was anansi the spider godand there would be no chance that said brother would be trying to take over his life, flat and fiancee, or, to make matters worse, be doing a much better job of it than himsee oxfam website for delivery information read moredesperate to reclaim his life, charlie enlists the help of four more-than-slightly eccentric old ladies and their unique brand of voodoo - and between them they unleash a bitter and twisted force to get rid of spiderhe would have no idea that he has a brother called spider, who is also a godhe was fat once but he is definitely not fat nowsynopsis:fat charlie nancy is not actually fatit is therefore very scarceno, right now fat charlie nancy is angry, confused and more than a little scared - right now his life is spinning out of control, and it is all his dads faultbut as darkness descends and badness begins is fat charlie nancy going to get his life back in one piece or is he about to enter a whole netherworld of pain?this copy has been read and does show signs of use on the covers but is in very good condition
175 €