The Diary of a Bookseller

TUESDAY, 9 DECEMBER

Online orders: 2

Books found: 1

Anna telephoned to say that she isn’t going to work on the film that she has been developing with her friend in America because she thinks the budget is too small, so she’s booked a flight back to London and is arriving in Dumfries on Thursday.

One of today’s customers, an old man, shuffled towards the counter clutching a book with a look of excitement on his face. ‘How much do you want for this?’ It was a Latin school textbook, and he hurriedly opened it and pointed to the name written in fountain pen on the endpaper, ‘It belonged to my father.’ The book was £4.50, but I told him that he could have it for free. I don’t recall how I came by the book, but he was so delighted to have found it that it seemed like the right thing to do. He was here on holiday from Kent, so it may have come from a large collection I bought from a house outside Canterbury several years ago.

Till total £80

9 customers