The Pursuit of Books

“BOOK collecting is one of the most fascinating of hobbies,” is the first thing that Mr. Andrew Block says in the preface to his Vade Mecum: and he adds that he has written this “popular bibliographical work” for “the amateur collector as well as for the average bookseller:” and that one of his objects is “to safeguard the beginner from the more obvious pitfalls which beset his path.”