84 Charing Cross Road
Author: Helene Hanff
An alternate cover edition can be found here.”If you happen to pass by 84 Charing Cross Road, kiss it for me! I owe it so much.In 1949 Helene Hanff, ‘a poor writer with an antiquarian taste in books,’ wrote to Marks & Co. Booksellers of 84 Charing Cross Rd, in search of rare editions she was unable to find in New York. Her books were dispatched with polite but brisk effici….Read More
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