472-493
selection of works in, 462
Binding of books, 50-87, 93-94
colors in, 57
desiderata in, 52
how a bibliomaniac binds, 432
importance of, 87
lettering titles, 72, 78-83
machine methods, 62-3
marbling and gilding, 68-69, 73
materials for, 53
rebinding methods, 64
Biography, 4-7, 17
discrepancies in, 210-212
living characters, 197
Blake (A. V.) American booksellers' trade-list catalogue, 479
Boccaccio of 1471, sale of, 46
Bolton (H. C.) catalogue of scientific and technical periodicals, 492
Book binding, 50-87, 93-94
Book buying, 33-49
Book covering, 97
Book-marks, 115
Book plates, 90-93, 97-100
Book prices
current, 1887-99, 497-498
American, 1895-99, 498
Book shops, second hand, 42-45, 458
Book supports, 96, 110
Book worms, 108
Books, cheap and poor editions of, 30
Books, choice of, 3-32
Books for public libraries, selection of, 15-32, 361
Books of reference, 16, 462-463
Books, three classes of, 182
Books which have helped me, 183
Books,--_see_ Reading
Bores, how to treat, 259
Boston Athenaeum library, 305, 485
early pamphlets in, 149
Boston public library, 315
appointments in, 338
languages demanded, 247
Bowker (R. R.)
American catalogue, 482-483
Publishers' weekly, 483
British Museum library
appointments in, 338
catalogue of, 396-399, 498
its defects, 398
classification, 367
mutilation in, 137-138
trustees of, 340
Brown (J. Carter) library of Americana, 493
Brunet (J. C.) Manuel du libraire, 467
Bry (De) Voyages, 449, 451
Buildings, library, 321-333
cost of, 331
light in, 325
location of, 323-324
many mistakes in, 321
materials for, 324
periodical room, 328
shelving, 325
Bulwer-Lytton (E. L.) writings of, 23, 174
Burnham (T. O. H. P.), 44
Bury, Richard de, 292
Buying of books, 33-49
methods of, 36-37

Calf binding, 55
Campbell (John), 45
Capitals, how to be used in catalogues, 378, 387
Card catalogue system, 393
its defects, 393-394
how obviated, 394-396
Cards, for catalogues, 393
Carlyle (Thomas)
life of Cromwell, 148
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