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PEACEFUL READING IN A TIME OF FEAR AND WAR: 3/4: Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller by Oliver Darkshire (Author)

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

Society & Culture, Arts, News, Books

4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2024

⏱️ 18 minutes

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PEACEFUL READING IN A TIME OF FEAR AND WAR: 3/4: Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller by Oliver Darkshire (Author)

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This is CBS I in the world. I'm John Batchelor.

1:10.0

Oliver Darkshire is here. This is a CVS. I'm John Bachelor. Oliver Darkshires here, the author of Once Upon

1:16.3

A Tome, The Misadventures of a rare bookseller. This is a work of non-fiction.

1:20.6

Oliver served as an apprentice and then an employee of a very famous Henry

1:26.2

Sutherland's limited, rare bookseller on Sackville Street off Piccadilly in London.

1:32.4

Is an apprentice he has put in the front of the establishment.

1:37.1

The first line of defense, says Oliver. And so we're going to greet some of the people who come in, the personality types, not by name.

1:46.6

And what Oliver learned was their ambition and how to present his opportunities. The first Oliver we're going to come to is a

1:57.8

smog. What is a smog and what do you do?

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