The Diary of a Bookseller

WEDNESDAY, 3 DECEMBER

Online orders: 4

Books found: 2

Cold morning, so I lit the fire and processed the online orders. As I was walking to the post office with the mail, I passed a man carrying a brick, with his car keys dangling from his mouth. As he mumbled a friendly ‘Hello’, the keys fell from his mouth and landed – conveniently – on the brick.

At 2.30 p.m. an elderly man came in with a box of military history books to sell, including several on the KOSB (King’s Own Scottish Borderers, the infantry regiment that – despite Galloway not being a border county – Gallovidian men traditionally joined). Agreed a price of £120 for them.

Till total £46

4 customers