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

By W. (William) Roberts

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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
  - BY
- WITH NUMEROUS PORTRAITS AND ILLUSTRATIONS
  - BY
- BY
- W. ROBERTS
  - LONDON ELLIOT STOCK, 62, PATERNOSTER ROW, E.C. 1895
- LONDON ELLIOT STOCK, 62, PATERNOSTER ROW, E.C. 1895
- CONTENTS.
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
- PREFACE.
- INTRODUCTION.
  - FOOTNOTES:
- FOOTNOTES:
THE BOOK-HUNTER IN LONDON
- EARLY BOOK-HUNTING.
- BOOK-HUNTING AFTER THE INTRODUCTION OF PRINTING.
  - I.
  - II.
  - III.
  - FOOTNOTES:
- I.
- II.
- III.
- FOOTNOTES:
- FROM THE OLD TO THE NEW.
  - I.
  - II.
  - III.
  - FOOTNOTES:
- I.
- II.
- III.
- FOOTNOTES:
- BOOK-AUCTIONS AND SALES.
  - I.
  - II.
  - FOOTNOTES:
- 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:
- 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.'
  - Uniform with 'The Book-Hunter in London.'
- Elliot Stock, Paternoster Row, London.
  - Uniform with 'The Book-Hunter in 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.'
  - 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.'
- 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.'
- 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: