A factotum in the book trade, a memoir, Marius Kociejowski
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A factotum in the book trade, a memoir, Marius Kociejowski
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
resource.biographical
autobiography
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
A factotum in the book trade
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1245345939
Responsibility statement
Marius Kociejowski
Sub title
a memoir
Summary
"A memoir of a life in the antiquarian book trade, A Factotum in the Book Trade is a journey between the shelves--and then behind the counter, into the overstuffed basement, and up the spine-stacked attic stairs of your favourite neighbourhood bookshop. From his childhood in rural Ontario, where at the village jumble sale he bought poetry volumes for their pebbled-leather covers alone, to his all-but-accidental entrance into the trade in London and the career it turned into, poet and travel writer Marius Kociejowski recounts his life among the buyers, sellers, customers, and literary nobility--the characters, fictional and not--who populate these places we all love. Cataloging their passions and pleasures, oddities and obsessions, A Factotum in the Book Trade is a journey through their lives, and a story of the serendipities and collisions of fate, the mundane happenings and indelible encounters, the friendships, feuds, losses, and elations that characterize the business of books--and, inevitably, make up an unforgettable life."--, Provided by publisher
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- Kociejowski, Marius
- Business & finance -- General
- Book industries and trade -- England -- London
- Book industries and trade + Employees -- Biography
- Kociejowski, Marius -- Childhood and youth
- Booksellers and bookselling -- England -- Biography
- Autobiographies
- Booksellers and bookselling -- England -- London
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
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- Kociejowski, Marius
- Business & finance -- General
- Book industries and trade -- England -- London
- Book industries and trade + Employees -- Biography
- Kociejowski, Marius -- Childhood and youth
- Booksellers and bookselling -- England -- Biography
- Autobiographies
- Booksellers and bookselling -- England -- London
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
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