The Humpherys Family

The Haunted Bookshop

Record Added: 1/11/2017
Illustrator Douglas Gorsline
Setting United States
Topic Adult Fiction, Classics
Publisher J. B. Lippincott Co.
Year 1955
Age Adult   Pages 253
Description Rust printed dustjacket
 
A charming and entertaining novel that captures the romance of books and bookshops. "When you sell a man a book," says Roger Mifflin, protagonist of this classic bookselling novel, "you don't sell him just twelve ounces of paper and ink and glue--you sell him a whole new life." The Haunted Bookshop finds Mifflin and his wife, Helen McGill, ensconced in Brooklyn, where they encounter some strange goings-on in their bookstore. The unraveling of the mystery provides a rollicking plot while allowing Mifflin (and Morley) to expound on the delights of reading and the intricacy of the bookseller's art.
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