Antiquarian booksellers are part scholar, part detective and part businessperson, and their personalities and knowledge are as broad as the material they handle. They also play an underappreciated yet essential role in preserving history. The Booksellers takes viewers inside their small but fascinating world, populated by an assortment of obsessives, intellects, eccentrics and dreamers.
“Eccentricity and charm abound in this documentary about the rare book world.” – The New York Times
- Year2020
- Runtime99 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- RatingNot Rated
- DirectorD.W. Young
Antiquarian booksellers are part scholar, part detective and part businessperson, and their personalities and knowledge are as broad as the material they handle. They also play an underappreciated yet essential role in preserving history. The Booksellers takes viewers inside their small but fascinating world, populated by an assortment of obsessives, intellects, eccentrics and dreamers.
“Eccentricity and charm abound in this documentary about the rare book world.” – The New York Times
- Year2020
- Runtime99 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- RatingNot Rated
- DirectorD.W. Young