Beste Prijs Out of Print and Into Profit: A History of the Rare and Secondhand Book Trade in Britain in the Twentieth Century – Giles Editor Mandelbrote

First edition, first printing. Published to mark the centenary of the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association, this is the first book to map out the history of the rare book trade in the 20th century – the end of this period broadly coinciding with the end of an era in traditional bookselling and the arrival of the Internet. Twenty contributors describe and explain the ways in which booksellers acquired their stock and sold books to customers, bringing to life the personalities in this most individualistic of …