| 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 |
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