tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post7907106430487776246..comments2019-07-12T03:16:29.615+00:00Comments on Bookride: Bookdealer types -- the PolymathBookridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05881971821359627382noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-3243056773343937792009-06-20T02:10:23.275+00:002009-06-20T02:10:23.275+00:00I was engaged to, but never married the cheeky gir...I was engaged to, but never married the cheeky girl.Lembit Opiknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-69844284805645854612009-06-18T22:23:18.877+00:002009-06-18T22:23:18.877+00:00Ah, Mr Moore, you obviously know about the Blakes...Ah, Mr Moore, you obviously know about the Blakes and the Yorkshire ripper-off. I know of one Glasgow upmarket dealer who may not agree with the &#39;canny&#39; appellation. It&#39;s apparently a long tale of missed opportunity, greed, failure to seek advice from a reputable source and much more, or so I believe. It is just the sort of thing Mr.Bookride could expound on at length. Of course there was a partial happy ending, but it could have been so, so much better. Every female dealer I had the honour to buy books from and who, normally condescendingly, allowed me a &#39;trade discount&#39; ALWAYS never rounded it to the nearest £, but made me pay £31.37 or whatever. Never had that with male dealers. Always preferred the women, however.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-25527792475713926462009-06-16T06:55:41.411+00:002009-06-16T06:55:41.411+00:00Excellent stuff - Nigel you are up there with Geof...Excellent stuff - Nigel you are up there with Geoffrey Gorer and Victoria Mather - with a Searle or a Macartney-Snape to illustrate you would be a bestseller with a series like this!<br /><br />I didn&#39;t know the pic was of Delany either Callum - am old fan also.<br /><br />Ms Cheeky Girl looks as if she has wandered in off the cover of some old SF mag featuring a Delany story, come to think of it.<br /><br />Incidentally, canny female dealers in secondhand books are indeed rare, but I do know one - Maureen of Caledonia Books in Glasgow.<br /><br />Anyway fab stuff, thanks Nigel.Edwin Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05317173893948248954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-57639548933613380212009-06-13T03:27:21.102+00:002009-06-13T03:27:21.102+00:00Book dealing has always attracted/been the only ch...Book dealing has always attracted/been the only choice for eccentrics, obsessionals, the otherwise unemployable and the mad, bad and dangerous to know. Many years ago I was talking to a book dealer who lamented the quality of applicants for a job he offered. After he listed their qualities I pointed out they sounded just like him.<br />&quot;Yes.&quot; he said &quot;But I.m only doing this because no-one else would give me a job and I&#39;m certainly not going to give a job to someone like me. They&#39;re unemployable by anyone but themselves.&quot;Thersitesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-5040400639810414542009-06-12T22:01:37.606+00:002009-06-12T22:01:37.606+00:00I felt like Hermione Granger leaping up and down a...I felt like Hermione Granger leaping up and down at the back of the class because I knew that the polmath in the top picture is Samuel R Delany, a particular favourite author of mine and a polymath indeed. Then I noticed that the file name of the picture actually includes the words &#39;Polymath&#39; and &#39;Samuel R Delany&#39; and felt more like stupid Ron Weasley!Callumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17848777273108328886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-83327509757726812812009-06-12T20:36:53.573+00:002009-06-12T20:36:53.573+00:00Amusing, more pleaseAmusing, more pleaseChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13989289522849593815noreply@blogger.com
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