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Re:Occupational Hazards of the Second-Hand Book Trade by bonecrusher2102 on Saturday December 10, 2022 @08:36AM (#33932492)
A nice slice-of-life article. The world of used and rare booksellers has always been fascinating and alluring to me, a lover of books.

Books like "Club Dumas" (upon which the great yet unfortunately directed movie "Ninth Gate" is based) as well that offer a fictionalized peek into the world I find utterly captivating.

For folks that enjoy the article I highly recommend the 2019 documentary "The Booksellers." Such great stuff. I someday hope to be fortunate enough to be something more than an amateur collector, though I wonder if having the means to simply buy the editions you want outright rather than having to hunt them down might somewhat diminish the thrill :)

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Re:Occupational Hazards of the Second-Hand Book Trade by wrp on Saturday December 10, 2022 @10:20PM (#33939729)
Club Dumas is worth mentioning because there are few really good novels involving the rare book trade. Most of that aspect of the book didn't make it into the movie, though. As in most cases, it's best to just regard the book and movie as distinct creations.
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Re:Occupational Hazards of the Second-Hand Book Trade by MrVandemar on Saturday December 10, 2022 @09:48PM (#33939566)
For folks that enjoy the article I highly recommend the book/s it is taken from. Shaun Blythel tales of owning a bookshop are a lovely read. Nothing epic, just interesting slice-of-life stuff.
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Re:Occupational Hazards of the Second-Hand Book Trade by version_five on Saturday December 10, 2022 @06:47PM (#33938311)
> great yet unfortunately directed

What a silly thing to say

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Re:Occupational Hazards of the Second-Hand Book Trade by ggm on Saturday December 10, 2022 @08:20PM (#33938965)
Not at all. It's a flawed jewel and departs from Perez Reverte in so many ways. Lots of films are unfortunate to direction or story, it doesn't have to stop them being great.
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