Author: Carrion, Jorge; Bush, Peter (translator).
Title: Bookshops.
Description: London Maclehose Press, 2016. 1st U.K. ed. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white text-photos, minor edgewear jacket. 304 pp. This fascinating book is a travelogue of a lucid and curious observer, full of anecdotes and stories from the universe of writing, publishing and selling books. The author travels to Shakespeare & Co in Paris, Wells in Winchester, Green Apple Books in San Francisco, Librairie des Colonnes in Tangier, and The Strand Book Store in New York. The author touches on the role of bookshops in today's ever-changing climate of globalisation, disappearing high streets, and e-readers, and gives a compelling case for hope. He underlines the importance of bookshops and the magic that happens there. (Translated from Spanish.). ISBN: 9780857054449

Keywords: communication, books, bookshops, bookstores, leisure, hobbies, collecting, book collecting, europe, spain, translation 9780857054449


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