BURTON, John Hill, 1809-1881 :

THE BOOK-HUNTER ETC.

Edinburgh & London : William Blackwood & Sons, 1862. First edition of "A Vision of Mighty Book Hunters", "The Prowler and the Auction-Haunter" and other fine essays on book-buying by the Scottish historian John Hill Burton. A book greeted by "The Saturday Review" on its first appearance as "beyond measure delightful to those who are in any degree members of the above mentioned fraternity". Crown 8vo. viii,384pp - and with the rare publisher's announcement slip. Original quarter roan; a little rubbed; some marking to lower cover; neat manuscript number on title-page; text a little fingered in places; some marks, but still a very good copy. From the collection of the late Barry Bloomfield, former Director of Collection Development at the British Library - and himself a book-hunter of no little accomplishment.

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• ordernr.: 20237

• bookseller: Ash Rare Books (GREAT BRITAIN)