Book dealers with a light touch – but business at the fair is serious

YOU get the impression that the Chelsea Antiquarian Book Fair does not take itself too seriously – the opening page of the website bears the famous Groucho Marx quotation: "Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read."

Organised by the Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ABA), this relaxed gem of a fair is now in its…

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