First edition. Contents: Abbreviations; List of illustrations; Dramatis Personae; Preface; Prologue; Book Collecting, Bibliomania and the Eighteenth-Century Private Library; Building a Library; Garrick, Book Culture and The Club; Collecting Shakespeare and Other English Dramatists; Book-buying in France and Italy; Dispersal; Appendices (A. Locations of Garrick's books; B. Books to which Garrick subscribed; C. Books addressed/dedicated to Garrick; D. Lots purchased by Thomas Thorpe at the 1823 sale; E. Garrick books formerly belonging to George Frederick Beltz; F. Carrington Garrick's books); Selected Bibliography; Index.