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Quinto Bookshop
Quinto Bookshop was established in 1983 and for more than 35 years had a shop on the world-famous Charing Cross Road in London. They shared premises with antiquarian booksellers Francis Edwards, then under the same ownership.
In March 2020, following the sudden impact of the COVID 19 pandemic, and amidst increasing challenges to the second hand book trade, it was decided not to renew the lease on the shop on Charing Cross Road.
Quinto now trades online and at book fairs, continuing a long tradition of selling quality second hand and collectable books. Quinto is run by a book lover with a particular interest in music, art and foreign literature, who worked at the Charing Cross Road premises for almost two decades and for many years ran the shop on 72 Charing Cross Road.
Directory 1979
Description4to. Pictorial card wrappers. Covers a little age-tanned. A little scuffed to tail of spine. Corners slightly bumped. A near fine copy. *** First edition/first issue of the first published book of poetry by the Bard of Salford and punk legend John Cooper Clarke. For the most part, the book is made up of lyrics from his 1978 album Disguise in Love. Styled like a Telephone Directory with all the lyrics overlaid on pages listing the names Cooper or Clarke, and all of the addresses and phone numbers of these London '01' listings blacked-out with a pen. It also includes 22 black and white photographs by Kevin Cummins, Tom Sheehan and Paul Slattery.*** This is the first edition/first issue of JCC's book and should not be confused with the second issue, which was published the following year in an almost identical form to accompany his vinyl LP release Snap, Crackle & Bop. (The second printing does not have the title at top right of front cover and is stapled rather than glued.) Extremely scarce.
Price£195.00
