Title Once upon a tome : the misadventures of a rare bookseller, wherein the theory of the profession is partially explained, with a variety of insufficient examples, / by Oliver Darkshire ; ably illustrated by Rohan Eason.

Publication Info.	New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, 2023.
	©2022

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Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department	381.45 DARKSHIRE	Check Shelf
Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction	381.45 DARKSHIRE	Check Shelf
Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction	B DARKSHIRE, OLIVER	Check Shelf
Bristol, Manross Branch - Display shelf	B DARKSHIRE	Check Shelf
Canton Public Library - Adult Department	BIO DARKSHIRE	Check Shelf
East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult New Materials	B DARKSHIRE OLIVER	Check Shelf
Enfield, Main Library - Biographies	B DARKSHIRE	Check Shelf
Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department	381.45 DAR	Check Shelf
Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department	381.45 DARKSHIRE	Check Shelf
Manchester, Main Library - New Materials	B DARKSHIRE, OLIVER	DUE 04-03-24

Edition	First American edition.
Description	ix, 244 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Contents	A note from the author's supervisor -- Introduction: The bookseller's apprentice -- Antiquarian & general -- Art & architecture -- Travel & exploration -- Natural history -- Modern first editions -- Appendix: Bookshop: the game.
Summary	"Some years ago, Oliver Darkshire stepped into the hushed interior of Henry Sotheran Ltd (est. 1761) to apply for a job. Allured by the smell of old books and the temptation of a management-approved afternoon nap, Darkshire was soon unteetering stacks of first editions and placating the store's resident ghost (the late Mr. Sotheran, hit by a tram). By turns unhinged and earnest, Once Upon a Tome is the colorful story of life in one of the world's oldest bookshops and a love letter to the benign, unruly world of antiquarian bookselling, where to be uncommon or strange is the best possible compliment"-- Provided by publisher
Subject	Darkshire, Oliver.
	Henry Sotheran Ltd.
	Antiquarian booksellers -- Great Britain -- Biography.
	Booksellers and bookselling -- Great Britain -- Biography.
	Henry Sotheran Ltd. (OCoLC)fst00668531
	Antiquarian booksellers. (OCoLC)fst00810677
	Booksellers and bookselling. (OCoLC)fst00836492
	Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
Genre/Form	Autobiographies. (OCoLC)fst01919894
	Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
	Autobiographies.
	Biographies.
Added Author	Eason, Rohan Daniel, illustrator.
Other Editions:	Reproduction of (manifestation): Darkshire, Oliver. Once upon a tome. London : Bantam, 2022 9781787636040
ISBN	9781324092070 (hardcover)
	1324092076 (hardcover)

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