Comment

Abstract

I WAS shopping in a strange town when my eyes caught the sign SECOND‐HAND BOOKS—SALE TODAY IN THE BASEMENT. An iron filing can no more resist a magnet than I can resist the probable pleasures of a second‐hand bookshop. I passed through the door and hurried below. The basement turned out to be a cellar, but it was clean except for the air, which was bookishly musty. I turned my attention to the tables where the books were displayed and knew, at a glance, that my errand would be fruitless. I was looking at a consignment of ex‐public library books.

Citation

Ollé, J.G., Munford, W., Palmer Casini, B., McCoubrey, B., McDonald, V. and Ashworth, W. (1980), "Comment", New Library World, Vol. 81 No. 12, pp. 237-245. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb038512