This is a stunning debut from a new Australian writer - the story of a treasure hunt through the bookshops of New York! At eighteen, Rosemary arrives in New York from Tasmania with little more than her love of books and an eagerness to explore the city she's read so much about. The moment she steps into the Arcade bookstore, she knows she has found a home. The gruff owner, Mr. Pike, gives her a job sorting through huge piles of books and helping the rest of the staff - a group as odd and idiosyncratic as the characters in a ...
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This is a stunning debut from a new Australian writer - the story of a treasure hunt through the bookshops of New York! At eighteen, Rosemary arrives in New York from Tasmania with little more than her love of books and an eagerness to explore the city she's read so much about. The moment she steps into the Arcade bookstore, she knows she has found a home. The gruff owner, Mr. Pike, gives her a job sorting through huge piles of books and helping the rest of the staff - a group as odd and idiosyncratic as the characters in a Dickens novel. There's Pearl, the loving, motherly transsexual who runs the cash register; Oscar, who shares his extensive, eclectic knowledge with Rosemary, but furiously rejects her attempts at a more personal relationship; and Arthur Pick, who supervises the art section and demonstrates a particular interest in photography books featuring naked men. The store manager Walter Geist is an albino, a lonely figure even within the world of the Arcade. When Walter's eyesight begins to fail, Rosemary becomes his assistant. And so it is Rosemary who first reads the letter from someone seeking to 'place' a lost manuscript by Herman Melville. Mentioned in Melville's personal correspondence but never published, the work is of inestimable value, and proof of its existence brings the simmering ambitions and rivalries of the Arcade staff to a boiling point. Based on actual documents the author found while doing research on Melville, "The Secret of Lost Things" is at once a literary adventure that captures the excitement of discovering a long-lost manuscript, and an evocative portrait of life in a bookshop.
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Add this copy of The Secret of Lost Things to cart. $12.46, like new condition, Sold by Wonder Book - Member ABAA/ILAB rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Frederick, MD, UNITED STATES, published 2007 by Fourth Estate Ltd.
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Like New. Signed Copy First edition copy. Collectible-Like New. Very Good dust jacket. Signed by author on front endpage. In protective mylar cover. (fiction, suspense, Psychological fiction)
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Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 000724391X. Stiff unmarked book, about new but for fainlty toned edges; in crisp dust jacket.; 8.58 X 5.51 X 1.34 inches; 354 pages.
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Fine in Fine jacket. 1st Printing. A fine signed UK first edition, first printing hardback-in a fine unclipped dustjacket-All my books are always securely packed with plenty of bubblewrap in professional boxes and promptly dispatched (within 2-3 days)-SIGNED & DATED BY THE AUTHOR-Pictures available upon request.
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Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo., 354pp. Beautiful First UK and True First Edition, First Impression with "1" on the copyright page. Square tight and clean throughout with little or no wear. Equally attractive unclipped jacket, (£14.99), is fresh and bright with no chipping, creases or tears. Signed by the author on the front free end-paper. A gorgeous collectable copy at a great price. (Hubin, p.112).
