Title: The Book-Hunter in London
Author: W. Roberts
Release date: September 15, 2007 [eBook #22607]
Most recently updated: January 3, 2021
Language: English
Credits: Produced by Suzanne Lybarger, Christine D., Lisa Reigel,
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Author of
'The Earlier History of English Bookselling,'
'Printers' Marks,' etc.
| 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 |