Item #409703 Books and Letters Collected by William Harris Arnold of New York... To be sold At Auction Without Reserve by Bangs & Co. William Harris ARNOLD, collection.
Books and Letters Collected by William Harris Arnold of New York... To be sold At Auction Without Reserve by Bangs & Co.

Books and Letters Collected by William Harris Arnold of New York... To be sold At Auction Without Reserve by Bangs & Co.

Jamaica, Queens: The Marion Press, 1901. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. 8vo. 125 pages. Contemporary red quarter roan, green cloth boards. Bookplate of the William L. Clements Library (withdrawn stamp). Joints rubbed, title torn at top of gutter, generally very good. Item #409703

One of 1500 copies. 411 lots, priced in ink by C. Gerhardt (note on p. 125). The auctions were held on May 7 and 8, 1901. Known for his attention to condition, this was the second of two sales Arnold had in 1901, the results of which both confirmed his acumen. He immediately began collection again. See Dickinson, 'Dictionary of American Book Collectors', pp. 18-19. McKay 5285.

Price: $200.00

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