Chapter I: 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

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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'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