J. den Haan - Talking Shop. Boutade van een Boekverkooper

J. den Haan - Talking Shop. Boutade van een Boekverkooper - Bussum - F.G. Kroonder - 1946 - 1st edition - [56] pp - Paper wrappers - 16 x 24 cm.

Condition: Good - some wear, discolouration. Neat copy.

A talk (written in December 1943) about books and work in a bookstore (a sort of predecessor of Hinderickx & Winderickx's Winkeldagboek) by the bookseller Jacques den Haan (1908-1982).

¶ Bayard Series No. IX (edited by A. Marja and H. Drijvers Jr.). Includes remarks on low-brows, high-brows and (the sale of) James Joyce's 'Ulysses' and 'Finnigans Wake'. Everything under the motto: "De mensch is een beest dat leest" ["Man is an animal that reads"].