VENTURES IN BOOK COLLECTING.
By William Harris Arnold, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1923.
 
A book collector's memoirs. Profusely illustrated with plates and facsimile autograph signatures of notable historical figures - a great reference.
 
Those interested in English literature might find this book interesting and of benefit in pursuing their own collections. The author, 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.
 
Hardcover. Nice condition with light cover wear. First Edition. 356 pp, index, illustrated.