Mark Forsyth - author of the Sunday Times Number One bestseller The Etymologicon - reveals in this essay, specially commissioned for Independent Booksellers Week, the most valuable thing about a really good bookshop. Along the way he considers the wisdom of Donald Rumsfeld, naughty French photographs, why Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy would never have met online, and why only a bookshop can give you that precious thing - what you never knew you were looking for.
Read More
Mark Forsyth - author of the Sunday Times Number One bestseller The Etymologicon - reveals in this essay, specially commissioned for Independent Booksellers Week, the most valuable thing about a really good bookshop. Along the way he considers the wisdom of Donald Rumsfeld, naughty French photographs, why Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy would never have met online, and why only a bookshop can give you that precious thing - what you never knew you were looking for.
Read Less
Add this copy of The Unknown Unknown: Bookshops and the delight of not to cart. $2.88, new condition, Sold by Ria Christie Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Uxbridge, MIDDLESEX, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2014 by Icon Books.
Add this copy of The Unknown Unknown: Bookshops and the Delight of Not to cart. $4.85, new condition, Sold by Kennys.ie rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Galway, IRELAND, published 2014 by Icon Books.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
New. A brilliantly funny and clever exploration of why it's only in a bookshop that you'll find something you never knew you wanted to read, from the author of The Etymologicon, The Horologicon and The Elements of Eloquence Num Pages: 32 pages. BIC Classification: JF; KNTP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 109 x 147 x 3. Weight in Grams: 24. 2014. UK ed. Paperback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
Add this copy of The Unknown: Bookshops and the Delight of Not Getting to cart. $21.71, new condition, Sold by Media Smart rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hawthorne, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2014 by Icon Books, Ltd.
Add this copy of The Unknown Unknown to cart. $48.36, new condition, Sold by Just one more Chapter rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Miramar, FL, UNITED STATES, published 2014 by Icon Books.
