Rick Simonson - Reading the Room : A Bookseller's Tale - New Paper

New Store Stock
About this Item

The item is a book Paperback
The Author Name is Rick Simonson
The Title is Reading the Room : A Bookseller's Tale

Condition New

Other Comments
New Store Stock
Category - Biography & Autobiography


Product Description -
Reading the Room is Paul Yamazaki's love letter to the work of bookselling and an engaged life of the mind. Over twenty-four hours, Paul Yamazaki leads us through the stacks of storied City Lights Booksellers in San Francisco the care and prowess of his approach to book buying his upbringing in a Japanese American family in Southern California and moving to San Francisco at the height of revolutionary foment working with legendary figures in the book publishing industry like Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Sonny Mehta, and others and his vision for the future of bookselling. Navigating building trust with readers and nurturing relationships across the literary industry, Yamazaki testifies to the value of generosity, sharing knowledge, and dialogue in a life devoted to books.

When possible we will add details of the items we are selling to help buyers know what is included in the item for sale. The details are provided automatically from our central master database and can sometimes be wrong.

Books are released in many editions and variations, such as standard edition, re-issue, not for sale, promotional, special edition, limited edition, and many other editions and versions.  The Book you receive could be any of these editions or variations. If you are looking for a specific edition or version please contact us to verify what we are selling.

 

Gift Ideas
This is a great gift idea.

 

Hours of Service
We have many warehouses, some of the warehouses process orders seven days a week, but the Administration Support Staff are located at a head office location, outside of the warehouses, and typically work only Monday to Friday.

Location ID 245z

iHaveit SKU ID 1351647039

Unique Reference Number 2736296216