Rare Book Dealer Pillows

"Just how rare? The first print run of this book, in 1935 was just 6 copies and we're still waiting for one of those to sell...."

"You're on a what?!"

Rare Books

'...then Johannes Gutenberg built the first bookcase'

"Check it out! The big Comic-Con starts this week!"

'E-books?'

Childrens Books. This pop-up book would make a great 3-D movie!

'This book is so rare it's never been published.'

A Specialty Bookstore Chain that Failed, 'Untitled Books.'

Crime in bookshop

"If history has taught us anything, it's taught us that there have been a ridiculous number of books written about history."

'Peter Rabbit and his sisters, Floppy Disc and Mopsy.'

'To be honest, that's all most people read.'

D. H. Lawrence

'That's right...his appendix...and it's pure dynamite! Don't you see? It'll be the ultimate insider celebrity memoir!'

"I'm still looking, sir?"

Rare Books / Exceedingly Rare Books / Never Published Books

"If I meet one more person who thinks a whale is a fish!..."

"Stan is one of our great, widely unread literary treasures."

'I want something by Anais Nin... but not the naughty Anais Nin!'

"Dear God, no! Not her first edition of 'Franny and Zooey'! You've ruined us!!"

JD Salinger.

Nicholas recognises the young lady unknown

Returning to reading

Oliver Twist - Oliver,with the Pickpocketing Artful Dodger's Mode

'Put them there because we can't figure why they're successful!'

Noisy Books

Superhero Rescues Books.

Self Help ...Beg, Borrow, and Steal

"I'm still looking, sir."

Shopper reading Shopenhauer in bookshop

Kangaroos in book shop. Sign reads, 'books', 'pocket editions'.

'I'm looking for something not written by a celebrity.'

Book Shop with Sections Named 'Something, Somethingness, Nothing, and Nothingness'.

Frontispiece for Juvenal