TY - BOOK AU - Bythell, Shaun, TI - Remainders of the day: a bookshop diary SN - 9781567927566 AV - Z330.6.W54 B985 2022 U1 - 381.45 23 PY - 2022/// CY - Boston, Massachusetts : PB - Godine, KW - Bythell, Shaun KW - Book Shop (Wigtown, Scotland) KW - Antiquarian booksellers KW - Scotland KW - Biography KW - Anecdotes KW - fast KW - Autobiographies KW - Biographies KW - Diaries KW - lcgft N1 - "Simultaneously published in Great Britain by Profile Books, Ltd."--Title page verso N2 - "The Bookshop in Wigtown, Scotland is a book lover's paradise, with thousands of books across nearly a mile of shelves, a real log fire, and Captain, the portly bookshop cat. You'd think that after twenty years, owner Shaun Bythell would be used to his quirky customers by now. Don't get him wrong, there are some good ones among the antiquarian porn-hunters, die-hard train book lovers, people who confuse bookshops for libraries, and the toddlers just looking for a nice cozy corner in which to wee. He's sure there are some good ones. There must be . . . Filled with the pernickety warmth and humor that has touched readers around the world, stuffed with literary treasures, hidden gems, and incunabula, Remainders of the Day is a warm and welcome memoir of a life in books"--Book jacket flap ER -