Ventures in Book Collecting -- 1/210 signed by the author by Arnold, William Harris - 1923

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons Book. Fair. Hardcover. 1923, xvii, 356pp, index, illustrated. Extremities badly worn, moderate soiling, previous owner's bookplate at front pastedown, and name at first endpaper. Those interested in English literature might find this book interesting and of benefit in pursuing their own collections. The author, William Harris Arnold, assembled two great libraries of mostly English and American 19th Century literature. He concentrated his later efforts on his Robert Louis Stevenson and Alfred Lord Tennyson collections, creating the first major collection in America of Tennyson..

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923-09-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. VG gray cloth covered boards with gilt lettering along spine; moderate rubbing along spine edge and tips. Binding and hinges tight and square; contents clean and unmarked. No dust jacket. 356pp. Index. First edition - first printing. All items carefully packed to avoid damage from moisture and rough handling.

Charles Scribner's Sons. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1923. Hardcover. Dust jacket missing. Book is in good overall condition. Average wear, foxing to fore-edge of pages, occasional small blemishes. Brief dedication on first page. .

Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Darkening to boards. .

Charles Scribners' Sons, New York: 1923., 1923 pp. xvii; 356. Frontis plus numerous illustrations. 8vo. Original cloth backed paper boards. Loss at top of spine. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! REF2 Language: eng. Hardcover. Good.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 356p. Ex-library. A 1/4 navy blue cloth hardcover book in FAIR CONDITION. Edges scuffed through to the cardboard, and spine so heavily chafed that the title is illegible. Apart from the usual library markings, the text is clean and the binding secure for normal handling. READING COPY ONLY.

NY: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Internally fine, externally worn .

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Tall octavo. 356pp. Quarter cloth and papercovered boards. Gift inscription, slight wear on the boards, near fine without dustwrapper.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1923. Hardcover. Near Fine. Reprint. Near fine with light wear at the corners, lacking the dustwrapper.

New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1923. Reprint. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 0x0x0. Reprint. Large chips and tears to jacket. Bottom corners of boards rubbed, pencil name on front endpaper. Stained. 1923 Hard Cover. xvii, 356 pp. Includes black-and-white illustrations and plates. "One of the foremost bookmen of America here recounts the pleasures to be had in adventuring among books." CONTENTS: The Making of a Book-Collector; A Book-Hunter's Garner; Luck of a Book-Collector; Some Eighteenth-Century Books and Letters; Some Victorian Books and Letters; My Tennysons; My Stevensons; Letters of Notable Women; Index.