Author: HOOD, DORA
Title: The Side Door: Twenty-Six (26) Years in My Book Room
Description: Toronto: The Ryerson Press/The Canadian Institute of International Affairs, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. 238 pages. Index. Black and white photographic frontis portrait of author and her daughter. "The story of Dora Hood's experiences as owner and proprietor of Dora Hood's Book Room in Toronto from 1928 to 1954. Mrs. Hood writes glowingly about book collectors for she was convinced that, by and large, they are among the most delightful people one can meet." - dust jacket. Unmarked with average wear. Binding tight. Dust jacket protected in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. Tape marks on endpapers from former dust jacket cover. A sound copy of this precious account of used book selling in Canada prior to the internet. Bibliographic reference: Amtmann H-1081.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Canadian Booksellers Dora Hood Autobiography Book Dealers Canada History. Good in Good dust jacket .

Keywords: Biography Canadiana