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THE BOOK-HUNTER IN LONDON.
THE
BOOK-HUNTER IN LONDON
Historical and other Studies of Collectors and Collecting
WITH NUMEROUS PORTRAITS AND ILLUSTRATIONS
BY
W. ROBERTS
LONDON ELLIOT STOCK, 62, PATERNOSTER ROW, E.C. 1895
CONTENTS.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
PREFACE.
INTRODUCTION.
FOOTNOTES:
THE BOOK-HUNTER IN LONDON
EARLY BOOK-HUNTING.
BOOK-HUNTING AFTER THE INTRODUCTION OF PRINTING.
I.
II.
III.
FOOTNOTES:
FROM THE OLD TO THE NEW.
I.
II.
III.
FOOTNOTES:
BOOK-AUCTIONS AND SALES.
I.
II.
FOOTNOTES:
BOOKSTALLS AND BOOKSTALLING.
SOME BOOK-HUNTING LOCALITIES.
LITTLE BRITAIN AND MOORFIELDS.
FINSBURY.
CENTRAL AND EAST LONDON.
HOLBORN AND NEIGHBOURHOOD.
ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD AND NEIGHBOURHOOD.
FLEET STREET.
THE STRAND.
CHARING CROSS AND NEIGHBOURHOOD.
WESTMINSTER HALL.
BOND STREET AND PICCADILLY.
FOOTNOTES:
WOMEN AS BOOK-COLLECTORS.
BOOK THIEVES, BORROWERS, AND KNOCK-OUTS.
SOME HUMOURS OF BOOK-CATALOGUES.
SOME MODERN COLLECTORS.
INDEX.
Elliot Stock, Paternoster Row, London.
Uniform with 'The Book-Hunter in London.'
THE BOOK-HUNTER IN PARIS.
Studies Among the Bookstalls of the Quays.
With an Introduction by AUGUSTINE BIRRELL, AUTHOR OF 'OBITER DICTA,' 'RES JUDICATÆ,' ETC.
AND 144 CHARACTERISTIC ILLUSTRATIONS INTERSPERSED IN THE TEXT.
Opinions of the Press on 'The Book-Hunter in Paris.'
TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES:
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