Ex libris y firma manuscrita de Leslie Mead.

Chapter I : The joy of the chase -- Chapter II : Early books - manuscripts of great value - The Bedford missal and George III - How rarities have been lost or destroyed - An epitome of oriental learning -- Chapter III : An Idyll of a book -- Chapter IV : Collectors with strange fancies - books not worth collecting - vandalism -- Chapter V : Women collectors -- Chapter VI : Some hunting grounds for bargains - a barrowman's unconscious windfall - George Augustus Sala and the New Cut - An American lady's find -- Chapter VII : Charles Lamb and thisteen shillings - a queen who delighted Holywell Street - the Washington Family Bible - Different booksellers, different prices -- Chapter VIII : What an auctioneer's hammer says - books of importance awaiting discovery - association books - the care of books -- Chapter IX : Anthony Trollope's "rise" - an American collector's lucky purchases - "Tom Jones" for $28 - books a sound investment -- Chapter X : Old publications worth searching for -- Chapter XI : Some Victorian writers worth attention - animals and birds neglected by first-class writers - Francis Thomson's first editions going beffinf - the importance of original bindings -- Chapter XII : Fame and the living - forgotten poets - Mr. Noyes and a bus conductor - Mr W. H. Davies' work: his amazing life - Mr D. H. Lawrence and money -- Chapter XIII : First editions of living authors -- Chapter XIV : Younger novelists and their first bolumes - "Lone Swallows" for sixpence - when Mr George Moore bowled two "wides" - private passes - the term "first edition" -- Publications -- Sizes of books -- Booksellers -- Bibliography.