The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell
First UK Edition 1st printing (10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1)
A Collectors Item
Condition: Near Fine, please see photos. Price unclipped, photo on dust jacket in colour (later in B&W)
An enjoyable read, it takes you through a year in the book shop and with Shaun. Definitely relatable to anyone working with the public, some laugh out loud moments.
Shaun Bythell owns The Bookshop, Wigtown - Scotland's largest second-hand bookshop. It contains 100,000 books, spread over a mile of shelving, with twisting corridors and roaring fires, and all set in a beautiful, rural town by the edge of the sea. A book-lover's selling paradise? Well, almost . In these wry and hilarious diaries, Shaun provides an inside look at the trials and tribulations of life in the book trade, from struggles with eccentric customers to wrangles with his own staff, who include the ski-suit-wearing, bin-foraging Nicky. He takes us with him on buying trips to old estates and auction houses, recommends books (both lost classics and new discoveries), introduces us to the thrill of the unexpected find, and evokes the rhythms and charms of small-town life, always with a sharp and sympathetic eye
Product code: FIRST EDITION The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun selling Bythell