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  1. Fascinating!!! My first job was as a bookstore clerk at the old B. Dalton Booksellers back in the early ’80s. I worked at a couple of stores throughout high school and college. Then after college, armed with a BA in Literature, I couldn’t find a job to save my life. Fortunately, my first B. Dalton manager was now managing the Harcourt Brace bookstore in the basement of the publishing house, the only major publisher on the west coast. Dennis hired me on the spot (for the third time, actually), and I worked there before, during, and after graduate school while I waited for an adjunct opening at my former college. Working as a bookseller on and off for a decade made me love books all the more!

    I loved the history of this most unusual of bookshops!! My husband would not allow me to step foot in any bookshops on our trip to Britain in ’88; he knew I’d end up sending boxes of books home, and my bookcases were already groaning! (And I have to admit that 21 years of homeschooling has NOT improved the situation, LOL!)

    Warmly,
    Susanne 🙂

  2. Wow, would’t Lizzy love to see this place? I bet Lackington or his associates also went to estate sales and bought the books in those libraries. He might even have patrons that he bought books for… such as… Mr. Darcy [senior]. Perhaps he was in correspondence with a certain Mr. Bennet of Longbourn and purchased books for him. Or was at least on the lookout for books for both gentlemen. Too bad the timing is off [1778 – 1798] for our Lizzy or Darcy. Their appearance would be as very young children. It would still make an impression.

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