The Book-Hunter in London / Historical and Other Studies of Collectors and Collecting
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Author of 'The Earlier History of English Bookselling,' 'Printers' Marks,' etc.
W. Roberts
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THE BOOK-HUNTER IN LONDON.
THE
BOOK-HUNTER IN LONDON
W. ROBERTS
CONTENTS.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
PREFACE.
INTRODUCTION.
THE BOOK-HUNTER IN LONDON
EARLY BOOK-HUNTING.
BOOK-HUNTING AFTER THE INTRODUCTION OF PRINTING.
FROM THE OLD TO THE NEW.
BOOK-AUCTIONS AND SALES.
BOOKSTALLS AND BOOKSTALLING.
SOME BOOK-HUNTING LOCALITIES.
WOMEN AS BOOK-COLLECTORS.
BOOK THIEVES, BORROWERS, AND KNOCK-OUTS.
SOME HUMOURS OF BOOK-CATALOGUES.
SOME MODERN COLLECTORS.
INDEX.
THE BOOK-HUNTER IN PARIS.
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