Description
As an ex-library assistant myself, I can verify that this will make a great present for any librarian or library assistant of your acquaintance!
'The Magnificent Ten, staff of Pike Lane library, are dedicated men and women sworn to defend Man's highest ideals. The cause is just. The task is impossible. lLOs (Identified Leering Objects), violent drunks, nutters, the Phantom Farter, the woman in the Mickey Mouse mask and other members of the reading public have to be appeased. Computer breakdowns, economy drives, a strike take their toll.
The Magnificent Ten, weary from smiling at the public, begin to whittle away at their own jealousies, grievances, paranoias and power struggles. Promotion is in the offing. Treachery is not far away. Behind 'Staff Only' doors a clandestine romance is suspected, and a pregnancy confirmed. But other questions remain to be answered. What was found in the locker, and how did she get there? Why is the deputy librarian riding a bicycle with two alarm clocks in the basket and a pair of panties stretched between the handlebars? Why does the librarian on a house call to collect overdue records end up without his shoes?
Through the microcosm of the human condition ambles the author. Faced with the crucial decision to continue as one of the Magnificent Ten or pursue his fledgling career as Captain Lust, occasional writer for 'adults only' magazines, a dramatic breakthrough occurs with the publication of his article about library life in the New Library World . Republished in National Book League's newsletter, the article comes to the attention of an eccentric publisher who persuades the author to write the real story of what goes on between the stacks.'
HB, 5.5 x 8.75", 192 pages, published by Jay Landesman Ltd in 1979
D/j good, over VG plum boards, good pages. Inscription inside
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I will happily combine shipping
NB If an item is sold abroad for £14.95 or over, I shall require the Buyer to take out International Signed For postage, which means the item is tracked and insured. It costs £7 extra, on top of the normal Airmail charge to their country
AND I'm afraid I will no longer send any item to China unless the postage is International Signed For, due to too many reports of lost mail
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Payment
I always get a Proof of Posting certificate, and if an item does get lost in the post I will forward it to you for you to make a claim, since as the Buyer you can claim the full amount of your loss
However, in over 20,000 parcels I've mailed out over the last fifteen years only about a dozen have gone astray, and most of these were overseas
If you're at all worried about losing something, do ask for Recorded Delivery - £1.30 extra in the UK and £7 for overseas
Shipping
Airmail takes between three and five days. The Post Office warns that Surface mail to the USA, Australia, etc, can take as long as 12 weeks, but it is, obviously, a lot cheaper
In practice, American buyers tell me that Surface mail usually takes between 14 and 21 days (and apparently it actually travels by air, filling any space after the official Airmail items are loaded)
