{"product_id":"a-history-of-booksellers-and-the-bookshop-by-jean-yves-mollier-9781914495519","title":"A History of Booksellers and the Bookshop","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this fascinating book, the historian Jean-Yves Mollier highlights the astonishing diversity of roles assumed by booksellers throughout the ages and the continents.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Express'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Jean-Yves Mollier . . . traces meticulously the transformations of a profession and a trade recognised now as essential . . . helping us to understand why bookshops remain dear to the hearts of readers'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLe Monde\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA fascinating exploration of the role of the bookseller through the ages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAcross the world and from antiquity to the present day, men and women have enabled authors to disseminate their ideas and knowledge, helping readers to become enriched by their words.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOver the centuries, a profession was invented - the bookseller - a role forever renewing to adapt to an ever-changing world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt is this history of booksellers and bookstores that is traced here. Historian Jean-Yves Mollier guides us through the mysteries of a vital cultural industry that has been at the crossroads between the world of ideas and that of the economy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt is a homage to all booksellers and a book for all book lovers that investigates the twists and turns through time that have led the book into the hands of its reader.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTranslated from the French by George Miller.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jean-Yves Mollier","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57308641001845,"sku":"9781914495519","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0812\/4075\/2426\/files\/9781914495519.jpg?v=1782120365","url":"https:\/\/sherlockandpages.com\/products\/a-history-of-booksellers-and-the-bookshop-by-jean-yves-mollier-9781914495519","provider":"Sherlock \u0026 Pages","version":"1.0","type":"link"}