
The Book-Hunter / A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author
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Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine (extra customization on request like complete leather, Golden Screen printing in Front, Color Leather, Colored book etc.) Reprinted in 2018 with the help of original edition published long back [1881]. This book is printed in black & white, sewing binding for longer life, printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or m...
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- The Book-Hunter
- The Book-Hunter
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- JOHN HILL BURTON
- D.C.L., LL.D.
- Author of 'A History of Scotland,' 'The Scot Abroad,' 'The Reign of Queen Anne,' &c.
- PUBLISHER'S NOTE.
- THE AUTHOR'S ADVERTISEMENT TO THE SECOND EDITION.
- CONTENTS.
- List of Illustrations.
- MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR.
- CHAPTER I.
- ABERDEEN.
- CHAPTER II.
- EDINBURGH.
- CHAPTER III.
- BEGINNING OF LITERARY LIFE.
- CHAPTER IV.
- SECOND STAGE OF LITERARY LIFE.
- CHAPTER V.
- THIRD STAGE OF LITERARY LIFE.
- CHAPTER VI.
- LITERARY LIFE (continued).
- CHAPTER VII.
- THE END.
- THE BOOK-HUNTER.
- PART I.—HIS NATURE. Introductory.
- A Vision of Mighty Book-Hunters.
- Reminiscences.
- Classification.
- The Prowler and the Auction-Haunter.
- PART II.—HIS FUNCTIONS. The Hobby.
- The Desultory Reader or Bohemian of Literature.
- The Collector and the Scholar.
- The Gleaner and his Harvest.
- Attorneys.—(33 Henry VI. c. 7.)
- Fustian.—(11 Henry VII. c. 27.)
- Pretenders.
- His Achievements in the Creation of Libraries.
- The Preservation of Literature.
- Librarians.
- Bibliographies.
- PART III.—HIS CLUB. Clubs in General.
- The Structure of the Book Clubs.
- The Roxburghe Club.
- Some Book-Club Men.
- PART IV.—BOOK-CLUB LITERATURE. Generalities.
- John Spalding.
- Robert Wodrow.
- The Early Northern Saints.
- Sermons in Stones.
- FOOTNOTES:
- INDEX.
- THE END.
- Imprinted by William Blackwood and Sons, at their Printing Office, 32 Thistle Street, Edinburgh.
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