Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents iii
3. Foreword vii
4. Prologue. Random Reflections on Collecting and Collectors ix
5. An Auction at Sotheby’s 1
6. First Acquisition “A Song for Simeon” 7
7. Books of Childhood 15
8. Palgrave’s Golden Treasury 25
9. Growing Up 31
10. Early Collecting 42
11. California and Collecting Detours 48
12. Finding a Focus 57
13. Ulysses 66
14. The Importance of Cyril Connolly’s Modern Movement List 77
15. Beginning the Connolly Collection 81
16. Venture Capital Investing 88
17. Books, Book Dealers, and Literary Associations 95
18. The French Modern Movement: Du côté de chez Swann 106
19. Friends of Cyril Connolly: Sir Harold Acton 114
20. Literary High Spots, The Great Gatsby, and the Modern Book as Currency 122
21. Buying at Auction: The Anthony Hobson Sale 131
22. Terre des hommes: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 138
23. The Turn of the Century and the First Dot-Com Bubble 147
24. Acceleration: Completion of the Connolly List 162
25. Hubris 168
26. The Sale 176
27. The End of the World? 183
28. New Horizons 189
29. Epilogue The Point of It All 203
30. Appendix 210
31. Index 214