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