LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGE ['HIS SOUL WAS NEVER SO STAKED DOWN AS IN A BOOKSELLER'S SHOP.'—ROGER NORTH ] [Frontispiece] [IN A SCRIPTORIUM] [2] [LAMBETH PALACE LIBRARY] [5] [ROMAN BOOKS AND WRITING MATERIALS] [11] [EARL OF ARUNDEL'S BADGE] [16] [SIR ROBERT COTTON] [21] [SIR JULIUS CÆSAR'S TRAVELLING LIBRARY] [22] [ARCHBISHOP USHER] [26] [WOTTON HOUSE IN 1840] [28] [MAGDALEN COLLEGE, OXFORD] [29] [SIR HANS SLOANE'S MONUMENT] [30] [LITTLE BRITAIN IN 1550] [33] [CHARLES, THIRD EARL OF SUNDERLAND] [37] [LONDON HOUSE, ALDERSGATE STREET, 1808] [40] [ST. BERNARD'S SEAL] [43] [MR. AUSTIN DOBSON] [45] [WILLIAM BECKFORD, BOOK-COLLECTOR] [48] [GEORGE JOHN, EARL SPENCER] [51] [JOHN, DUKE OF ROXBURGHE, BOOK-COLLECTOR] [52] [A CORNER IN THE ALTHORP LIBRARY] [53] [MICHAEL WODHULL, BOOK-COLLECTOR] 57 [GEORGE NICOL, THE KING'S BOOKSELLER] [60] [THOMAS FROGNALL DIBDIN, BIBLIOGRAPHER] [63] [REV. C. MORDAUNT CRACHERODE, M.A., BOOK-COLLECTOR] [65] [J. O. HALLIWELL-PHILLIPPS] [71] [CANONBURY TOWER, GEORGE DANIEL'S RESIDENCE] [73] [SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE] [76] [LAMB'S COTTAGE AT COLEBROOK ROW, ISLINGTON] [77] [WILLIAM HAZLITT] [78] [THOMAS HILL, AFTER MACLISE] [79] [SAMUEL ROGERS'S HOUSE IN ST. JAMES'S PLACE] [81] [SAMUEL ROGERS] [82] [ALEXANDER DYCE, BOOK-COLLECTOR] [83] [W. J. THOMS, BOOK-COLLECTOR] [88] [HOLLINGBURY COPSE, THE RESIDENCE OF THE LATE MR. HALLIWELL-PHILLIPPS] [91] [JOHN DUNTON, BOOK-AUCTIONEER IN 1698] [101] [SAMUEL BAKER, THE FOUNDER OF SOTHEBY'S] [102] [SAMUEL LEIGH SOTHEBY] [104] [MR. E. G. HODGE, OF SOTHEBY'S] [105] [A FIELD-DAY AT SOTHEBY'S] [106] [KEY TO THE CHARACTERS IN THE 'FIELD-DAY AT SOTHEBY'S'] [107] [R. H. EVANS, BOOK-AUCTIONEER, 1812] [109] [JOHN WALKER, BOOK-AUCTIONEER, 1776] [112] [STAIRCASE AT PUTTICK AND SIMPSON'S] [113] [THE LATE HENRY STEVENS, OF VERMONT] [115] [MR. JAMES CHRISTIE, 'THE SPECIOUS ORATOR'] [117] [BENJAMIN HEATH, BOOK-COLLECTOR, 1738] [123] [SPECIMEN OF TYPE OF THE MAZARIN BIBLE] [125] [A CORNER IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM] [127] [ALDUS, FROM A CONTEMPORARY MEDAL] [129] [THE FIFTY-SEVEN ALTHORP CAXTONS] [134] [FROM 'GAME AND PLAY OF CHESSE,' BY CAXTON] [135] [SPECIMEN OF THE TYPE OF 'THE BOKE OF ST. ALBANS'] [137] [SPECIMEN PAGE OF TYNDALE'S TESTAMENT, 1526] [138] [JOHN MURRAY, OF SACOMB, BOOK-HUNTER] [139] [TITLE-PAGE OF THE FIRST EDITION OF 'THE COMPLEAT ANGLER'] [144] [FROM THE 'PILGRIM'S PROGRESS,' PART II.] [145] [CORNELIUS WALFORD, BOOK-COLLECTOR] [152] [THE SOUTH SIDE OF HOLYWELL STREET] [153] [EXETER 'CHANGE IN 1826] [154] [A BARROW IN WHITECHAPEL] [155] [A BOOK-BARROW IN FARRINGDON ROAD] [158] [A FEW TYPES IN FARRINGDON ROAD] [159] [HENRY LEMOINE, AUTHOR AND BOOKSELLER] [161] [THE LATE EDMUND HODGSON, BOOK-AUCTIONEER] [164] [ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD, 1606. FROM THE CRACE COLLECTION] [169] [THOMAS BRITTON, 'THE SMALL-COAL MAN,' COLLECTOR OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND MSS.] [173] [DUKE STREET, LITTLE BRITAIN, FORMERLY CALLED DUCK LANE] [175] [CHARLES LAMB, AFTER D. MACLISE] [177] [OLD HOUSES IN MOORFIELDS] [178] [JONES AND CO. (SUCCESSORS TO LACKINGTON)] [180] [INTERIOR OF LACKINGTON'S SHOP] [181] [LACKINGTON'S HALFPENNY] [182] [THE POULTRY IN 1550] [184] [THE OLD MANSION HOUSE, CHEAPSIDE] [185] [GILBERT AND FIELD'S SHOP IN COPTHALL COURT] [186] [E. GEORGE'S (LATE GLADDING'S) SHOP, WHITECHAPEL ROAD] [188] [MIDDLE ROW, HOLBORN, 1865] [195] [WILLIAM DARTON, BOOKSELLER] [197] [INTERIOR OF DARTON'S SHOP, HOLBORN HILL] [198] [JAMES WESTELL'S, 114, OXFORD STREET] [200] [SALKELD'S SHOP—'IVY HOUSE'—IN CLAPHAM ROAD] [203] [JOHN BAGFORD, SHOEMAKER AND BOOK-DESTROYER] [204] [MR. TREGASKIS'S SHOP—'THE CAXTON HEAD'—IN HOLBORN] [205] [DAY'S CIRCULATING LIBRARY IN MOUNT STREET] [207] [PATERNOSTER ROW ON A BANK HOLIDAY] [209] [JOHN EVELYN, BOOK-COLLECTOR] [212] [NEWBERY'S SHOP IN ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD] [213] [CHARLES TILT'S SHOP] [221] [BUTCHER ROW, 1798] [224] [CHARLES HUTT'S HOUSE IN CLEMENT'S INN PASSAGE] [226] [MR. WILLIAM D. REEVES, BOOKSELLER] [227] [MESSRS. HILL AND SON'S SHOP IN HOLYWELL STREET] [231] [MESSRS. SOTHERAN'S SHOP IN PICCADILLY] [233] [HONEST TOM PAYNE] [239] [HENRY G. BOHN, BOOKSELLER] [243] [JOHN H. BOHN] [244] [MR. F. S. ELLIS] [245] [A CORNER AT ELLIS AND ELVEY'S] [246] [WESTMINSTER HALL WHEN OCCUPIED BY BOOKSELLERS AND OTHERS] [247] [JOHN HATCHARD (1768-1849)] [252] [JAMES TOOVEY, BOOKSELLER] [253] [JAMES TOOVEY'S SHOP, PICCADILLY] [254] [BERNARD QUARITCH, THE NAPOLEON OF BOOKSELLERS] [256] [QUEEN ELIZABETH'S GOLDEN MANUAL OF PRAYERS (FRONT COVER)] [262] [QUEEN ELIZABETH'S GOLDEN MANUAL OF PRAYERS (BACK COVER)] [263] [THE FRONTISPIECE TO 'THE LADIES' LIBRARY' OF STEELE] [266] [ELIZABETH PINDAR'S BOOKPLATE] [267] [THE ESHTON HALL LIBRARY] [269] ['EARNING HIS DINNER'] [275] [THE KING'S LIBRARY, BRITISH MUSEUM] [276] ['STEALS A BOOK, PLACES IT IN A NOVELETTE, AND WALKS AWAY'] [280] ['HE HAD PLACED THE BOOK IN HIS POCKET. SOMEONE HAD RELIEVED HIM OF IT'] [282] [THE LATE HENRY HUTH, BOOK-COLLECTOR] [300] [MR. HENRY H. GIBBS, BOOK-COLLECTOR] [302] [MR. R. COPLEY CHRISTIE, BOOK-COLLECTOR] [303] [THE LATE FREDERICK LOCKER-LAMPSON] [312] [PORTRAIT BOOKPLATE OF MR. JOSEPH KNIGHT] [313] ['AN ORDER FROM MR. GLADSTONE'] [315] [PORTRAIT BOOKPLATE OF MR. H. S. ASHBEE] [316] [MR. T. J. WISE, BOOK-COLLECTOR] [317] [MR. CLEMENT SHORTER'S BOOKPLATE] [318] [MR. A. BIRRELL, BOOK-COLLECTOR] [319] [FACSIMILE OF TITLE-PAGE, 'PILGRIM'S PROGRESS,' FIRST EDITION] [321]
PREFACE. 'THE Book-hunter in London' is put forth as a contribution to the fascinating history of book-collecting in the metropolis; it does not pretend to be a complete record of a far-reaching subject, which a dozen volumes would not exhaust; the present work, however, is the first attempt to deal with it in anything like a comprehensive manner, but of how far or in what degree this attempt is successful the reader himself must decide.
The task itself has been an exceedingly pleasant one to the author, and it only remains for him to thank, collectively, the large number of friends and acquaintances who have so cordially favoured him with advice and information on so many points. In only a couple of quite unimportant instances has he experienced anything approaching churlishness. The geniality and courtesy of the book-collector are proverbial, but specimens of a different type are evidently to be found here and there.
