84, Charing Cross RoadSamuel French, Inc., 1983 - 105 pages An unlikely friendship develops from correspondence between a feisty New York writer, a reserved second-hand bookseller in London and, eventually, most of the shop's staff as well. Spans the years 1949 to 1971. |
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