This is a copy of the First Edition of this book. It is published in the United States by Messrs DODD, MEAD & COMPANY, New York; but, in deference to the wishes of Collectors, the original London imprint is retained. My Antecedents--How and Whence the Passion came to Me--My Father's People--And My Mother's--My Uncle--His Genuine Feeling for what was Old and Curious--A Disciple of Charles Lamb--Books My First Love--My Courtship of Them under My Father's Roof--My Clandestine Acquisitions--A Small Bibliographical Romance--My Uncle as a Collector--Some of His Treasures--His Choice, and how He differed from My Father--An Adventure of the Latter at a Bookstall-- Ba…
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