tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post205082240112054071..comments2024-03-19T10:12:43.882+00:00Comments on Bookride: Book RunnersBookridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05881971821359627382noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-84271185973807523322010-10-09T21:07:19.224+00:002010-10-09T21:07:19.224+00:00Solly Pottesman was tall, but not dishevelled! He ...Solly Pottesman was tall, but not dishevelled! He wore a flat cap, but did not ride a bicycle. He was well loved and is still remembered affectionately by his niece, great niece and nephew. Don't believe everything Snelling says; that man simply didn't get Solly's sense of humour. Solly was well respected by his peers for his encyclopaedic knowledge of incunabla - which as you say, meant he left a very valuable estate. But, he didn't do it for the money, but for the love of his subject.Carolinenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-42217654518282373692009-11-19T13:25:54.604+00:002009-11-19T13:25:54.604+00:00There is a rather good story about a book-runner ...There is a rather good story about a book-runner in Squire's A Grub Street Night's Entertainment who finds the manuscript of Hamlet - fab.Edwin Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05317173893948248954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-77806763466918083332009-11-19T11:29:21.941+00:002009-11-19T11:29:21.941+00:00Is your bookshop a secondhand shop, Jason Burley? ...Is your bookshop a secondhand shop, Jason Burley? If do, it would be worth notifying http://www.inprint.co.uk/thebookguide/shops/index.shtml<br />for listing.Rogernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-19768559814252561902009-11-19T11:02:08.307+00:002009-11-19T11:02:08.307+00:00The photo of George at his stalls also caught me i...The photo of George at his stalls also caught me in the background with a teetering pile of books in my arms.<br />My bookshop Camdenlock Books is situated not far away from those long vanished stalls, in Old Street Station.Jason Burleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-43284189840593116642009-11-19T06:15:41.947+00:002009-11-19T06:15:41.947+00:00Martin is indeed on Facebook looking more elegant ...Martin is indeed on Facebook looking more elegant than one could ever have imagined. On a recent visit to Paris I missed him by just a few minutes at Shakespeare's.Posr Mortem Booksnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-19364272920387163702009-11-18T10:28:38.854+00:002009-11-18T10:28:38.854+00:00Joe? That should read "you".Joe? That should read "you".Jameshttp://bookkake.com/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-73569760579468191832009-11-18T10:27:51.956+00:002009-11-18T10:27:51.956+00:00Have just finished - after much prompting from Joe...Have just finished - after much prompting from Joe - John Dunning's "Booked To Die", full of the deaths of book runners... thanks very much for that!Jameshttp://bookkake.com/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-87030078618064426352009-11-18T01:32:57.044+00:002009-11-18T01:32:57.044+00:00I think Martin Stone is on Facebook - might be a g...I think Martin Stone is on Facebook - might be a good way of getting touch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com