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The Key to Serendipity: How to Buy Books from Peter B. Howard (Vol. One)

  • SIGNED Original wraps
  • Berkeley, CA: Self-published, 2001
By Ian Jackson
Berkeley, CA: Self-published, 2001. Original wraps. Very Good +. Ann Arnold. Charming guide by renowned Bay Area bookseller and collector Ian Jackson (with an assist from his son Arnold and illustrations by his wife Ann) on the dos and don'ts of taking on legendary (and legendarily prickly) bookseller Peter Howard and his formidable Serendipity Books of Berkeley, CA. Here we have the 1st volume of 3 issued. Vol. One ("How to Buy Books from Peter B. Howard") is the February 2001 2nd edition and is crisp and VG+, with one very thin band of gum residue from where a rubber band had been pressed against the front panel. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR IAN JACKSON to a former San Francisco bookseller at the front free endpaper.
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