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“Is this a trilogy?” was a common question. John Irving’s The World According to Garp was the first mass market-sized paperback to have different covers. “Manchester needs an all-night bookstore.” “Do you sell Q-Tips or have a laminating machine?” “What are Frost Heaves? Did someone get sick? “Is Richard Bachman Stephen King or is Stephen King Richard Bachman?” “You mean that’s all you have in here are books?”

I was sorely tempted to tell him we only had the blue ones left. “Do you have any red collapsible snow shovels?”

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“I can’t find your bible section but do you have any books on professional wrestling?” “Should we get Uncle Edgar a book for his birthday,” she said. We called him every five days for three months before he came in to pick it up.

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“You mean Men are From Mars, Women are From Venus?”Ī customer ordered the book How To Stop Procrastinating. One harried Holiday shopper obviously on a mission from his wife, asked for “The book on the planets.” “What happened to the book on this table with a blue cover with a fish on it?” I set out to sail the seas of classic literature but brought a boogie board to work just in case.

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Yes, I too spun the Harlequin Romance spinner, sorted greeting cards and carried a bag full of inventory control cards when needed. Literature is a fine thing but it is only one thing in today’s bookstore. CDs and Jimi Hendrix black-light posters.

Today’s bookseller must know his or her way around calendars, brass ornaments, Kenny G. Let me preface my remarks by saying I’ve yet to meet a bookseller who stands by the till quoting Shakespeare and Frost.

I was thinking a whack upside the head with a boxed wooden puzzle but this column will have to do. Gump.Īt some point in the game I vowed revenge. I patrolled the aisles for three chain bookstores in the Manchester area over 15 years: the now-defunct Lauriat’s and Paperback Booksmith, and Barnes & Noble, known in some corners as Barney Noodles.

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Spotting a plastic employee name badge is license for invective but it is no license for shared stupidity. Please ask any questions and check my other listings and my handmade Etsy shop Īnd my husband's Etsy shop We do combine ship between shops if possible.įollow me on Instagram at hopeandjoyhome to see new finds and more.I am most active there.It has been lo, these many years since I bore the thousand insults of bookstore shoppers venturing my way. I do not 'stamp ship' as it is not trackable. I will combine ship on multi item orders and will refund any excess shipping of $1 or more. SHIPPING: This will ship First Class package with tracking. See MORE of my other vintage paper ephemera in my other shop here> §ion_id=27838748. See my other paper items in this shop here> §ion_id=24325220 Cool to copy and use in journal projects. This listing is for ONE that I pull from the lot but you can buy however many you want.check quantity dropdown.

These are 80-90 years old and have slight wear but are unused. NOTE the backs of these have fading and grunge as shown! SEE PIX! The fronts are pretty clean. It is bird series number 5 and is marked Litho in U.S.A.It has rulers in inches and metric on the edges. I Google mapped and the building is still there but looks like it is now a residence or offices. ( the orange is a bit brighter/darker in person) It is from Intrieri's Pharmacy 302 E 4th St at German. Hi guys! This is a vintage orange Wampole's Creo-Terpin ink blotter.

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