SELWYN & BLOUNT, LTD.

21 YORK BUILDINGS, ADELPHI, W.C.

First Printed 1923

Made and Printed in Great Britain by Butler & Tanner Ltd., Frome and London

to
MY CHILDREN
and also to
MY MANY FRIENDS IN
THE BOOK-SELLING TRADE
with the sincere wish that their lives
may be crowned with as much success
and happiness as that which
has blessed my career

CONTENTS

CHAP.PAGE
[I]My Early Life in the Country[11]
[II]My Early London Experiences[30]
[III]Some Recollections of Stationers' Hall Court[52]
[IV]Some Further Recollections and Reflections[82]
[V]Some Personal Associations[112]
[VI]The Bookselling Trade and Underselling[138]
[VII]Term and Sale Catalogues[169]
[VIII]Limited Editions and the Pleasures of Collecting[188]
[IX]The Whitefriars Club[198]

PREFACE