The Diary of a Bookseller

Synopsis of The Diary of a Bookseller

«The Diary of a Bookseller» is the diary of Scottish bookseller Shaun Bythell, published by Profile Books Ltd in paperback (320 pages, in English).

Shaun Bythell runs The Bookshop, Scotland's largest second-hand bookshop, in Wigtown. The diary collects anecdotes about eccentric customers and peculiar employees, buying trips to auctions and country houses, unexpected finds and book recommendations, with dry humour and a sympathetic view of life in a small town.

First volume in Shaun Bythell's series of diaries as a bookseller in Wigtown. First published in 2018.

For bibliophiles and for those curious about the trade of the antiquarian bookseller and life in rural Scotland.