Rare books and rarer people : some personal reminiscences of 'the trade' / O.F. Snelling
1982, 1st edition. London : Werner Shaw. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #330905
ISBN: 0907961010
Physical description: 256p,[16]p of plates: ill, 1facsim,ports; 24cm. Notes: Includes index. Contents: Introduction -- The Hodgsons -- The Job -- Old Jim -- Fred Karno's Army -- Millward, Hatry, and Wise -- Knock and Ring -- Potty -- The Grey Man -- Alice in Plunderland -- The Little Doctor -- A Salutary Story -- The Worst Bidder in the World -- Mr. Poonawallah -- 'Pornography and So On' -- A Note on Bad Taste -- Some Sale Room Eccentrics -- Death of a Bookshop -- The Book Runners -- Bookmen I've Liked -- Book Thieves -- Sotheby's -- My Three Spies -- L'Envoi -- Index. Subjects: Snelling, O. F. (Oswald Frederick) 1916-. Hodgson and Co. Sotheby's (Firm) History. Hodgson and Co. History. Antiquarian booksellers England London. Antiquarian booksellers England London; Biography. Rare books Collectors and collecting England London. Genre: Bibliography. Biography. Illustrated. Memoirs.
Price: €21.95