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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 | |
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 | 3
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