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Title: The Book-Hunter in London
Historical and Other Studies of Collectors and Collecting

Author: William Roberts

Release Date: September 15, 2007 [EBook #22607]

Language: English

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corrected. A complete list follows the text. Words in Greek in the
original are transliterated and placed between +plus signs+. Words
italicized in the original are surrounded by _underscores_.

THE BOOK-HUNTER IN LONDON.

[Illustration]

[Illustration: '_His soul was never so staked down as in a bookseller's
shop._'
ROGER NORTH.]

THE

BOOK-HUNTER IN LONDON

Historical and other Studies of Collectors
and Collecting

_WITH NUMEROUS PORTRAITS AND ILLUSTRATIONS_

BY

W. ROBERTS

_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