tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post2097414358895287361..comments2024-03-19T10:12:43.882+00:00Comments on Bookride: Qualities needed by BooksellersBookridehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05881971821359627382noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-75585869272272131302011-02-04T09:36:12.255+00:002011-02-04T09:36:12.255+00:00It's all true about chastity and temptation. I...It's all true about chastity and temptation. I have heard that Lady Gaga's little ditty Poker Face is about a dealer she attempted to lure. See Popbitch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-64656369574088096182011-02-04T07:52:21.720+00:002011-02-04T07:52:21.720+00:00Nigel, what paragons of virtue you booksellers are...Nigel, what paragons of virtue you booksellers are! AS Elizabeth Bennet observed -<br /><br />'I am no longer surprised at you knowing only *six* accomplished booksellers, Mr. Darcy. I rather wonder at your knowing *any*. ;Edwin Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05317173893948248954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-19630835629888509802011-02-03T01:57:55.394+00:002011-02-03T01:57:55.394+00:00Sadly, have never yet met anyone 'of either se...Sadly, have never yet met anyone 'of either sex' who found my vocation so 'cool' that I was forced to exercise the quality of chastity... [please advise where such people are to be found]<br /><br />CJCallumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17848777273108328886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-90467668244989720572011-02-02T09:46:17.751+00:002011-02-02T09:46:17.751+00:00Thanks Anonymous. Taste is worth mentioning as a q...Thanks Anonymous. Taste is worth mentioning as a quality but it will not pay for new tires on a Volvo. It can actually be harmful to profit sad to say.Bookridehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05881971821359627382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-56972948941520940262011-02-01T11:01:08.430+00:002011-02-01T11:01:08.430+00:00How about taste as a quality? For so many modern d...How about taste as a quality? For so many modern dealers it's just about pretty pictures.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-57413289294832239342011-01-30T17:05:41.670+00:002011-01-30T17:05:41.670+00:00Thanks Chaika-- that indeed is a Sir John Lavery ...Thanks Chaika-- that indeed is a Sir John Lavery - Miss Auras, The Red Book. Alovely portait of a 16-year-old German girl he met at Unter den Linden in 1901 possessed of a 'crisp profile.' He used her again several times. The pic sold recently for £200K. The cataloguer noted '...Arnold Bennett having thought she was a English rose wrote enthusiastically in his journal that while she apparently typified the French fascination for English girls, he had discovered that she was 'the rage of Berlin' and 'had received 5 proposals in three months' . Travelling with Mary, Lavery was conscious of issues of propriety, sometimes taking with him a studio assistant named P Burrowes Shiel, or on other occasions enlisting the support of his teenage daughter, Eileen, who became Mary's close friend.' P Burrowes Shiel? Any realtion to M.P. Shiel? The other pic is from the jacket of A John Creasey novel 'Books for the Baron.' NBookridehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05881971821359627382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2045845679444796608.post-47178087361858395312011-01-30T16:38:32.617+00:002011-01-30T16:38:32.617+00:00SUCH FUN! is that a John Lavery painting illustrat...SUCH FUN! is that a John Lavery painting illustrated. I have searched for this image without luck.chalkanoreply@blogger.com