Author of
'The Earlier History of English Bookselling,'
'Printers' Marks,' etc.

LONDON
ELLIOT STOCK, 62, PATERNOSTER ROW, E.C.
1895

CONTENTS.

PAGE
PREFACE[xiii]
INTRODUCTION[xv]
EARLY BOOK-HUNTING[1]
BOOK-HUNTING AFTER THE INTRODUCTION OF PRINTING[12]
FROM THE OLD TO THE NEW[44]
BOOK-AUCTIONS AND SALES[98]
BOOKSTALLS AND BOOKSTALLING[149]
SOME BOOK-HUNTING LOCALITIES[168]
WOMEN AS BOOK-COLLECTORS[259]
BOOK THIEVES, BORROWERS, AND KNOCK-OUTS[274]
SOME HUMOURS OF BOOK-CATALOGUES[293]
SOME MODERN COLLECTORS[299]
INDEX[323]