Such stories are legion, for Shorey's has been pulling off similar feats for a full century: The family-run institution is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, easily making it the oldest bookstore in Seattle and one of the oldest in the nation. She is not alone in her astonishment and delight. ``I just looked at this notice, showed it to my husband and we each broke out laughing,'' wrote Turner. On June 12, 1990, Shorey's informed her they finally had located the book.
Roberts, ``The Grandeur and Misery of Man,'' which was published in 1955 by Oxford University Press. Shorey's apparently never gives up.''Īt Shorey's Bookstore on May 21, 1971, Turner ordered an out-of-print book by David E.
``I was not just pleased to have the book found, but stunned by the fact that it took nineteen years to find it. ``How is this for doggedness?'' an amazed North Seattle woman, Alma Turner, recently wrote The Times.
0 kommentar(er)
