Lot 171: Five Collecting Books: 3 different Ken Arnold Collecting Bottles; Bendigo History in Bottles; Book of Bottle Collecting, Doreen Beck.

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1. Collecting Australian Found Bottles, Glass Part 1, Ken Arnold. 1985. 2. More Old Bottles Identification & Valuation Guide, Ken Arnold. 2005. 3. Old Bottles Identification & Valuation Guide, Ken Arnold. 2006. 4. Bendigo: A History in Bottles & Stonewaree, 1852-1930, Ken Arnold. 5. The Book of Bottle Collecting by Doreen Beck. 1984.. Books. Reference. 1. Soft cover. 128 pages. 2. Soft cover. 80 pages. 3. Soft cover. 80 pages. 4. Soft cover. 160 pages. 5. Hard cover with dust jacket. 98 pages. Various. 1970s - 2006

N/A. (N/A). 1. VG. Some wear and minor discolouration to the cover. Last page is stuk to the rear cover at the bottom, this has a Blacktown City Library ink stamp on it. Stcker to rear cover. Barcode on first page. Has been covered in plastic. 2. VG. More Old Bottles which Ken put out in 2005, the following year he put out Old Bottles? Not sure why it was done that way around, although there was an earlier version of old bottles! Regardless, these books feature old bottles, so they are good. Cover has some wear and foxing to the edges. There are a few pen marked ticks internally. 3. Not to be confused with his earlier book of the same name, this is Ken's 2006 version, which is a larger format. Some discolouration and wear to the cover. Some minor foxing to the corners. A decent example. 4. Good. Not sure on date, probably late 1970s, maybe early 1980s? Cover is discoloured with some stains and tears from sticky tape to the rear. This has been a library book, with the associated additions and marks. Some foxing to the corners of the pages. Some discolouration to the pages. 5. Good. Jacket has a lot of tears, some stains and fading. Pen to first page. Age discolouration and some stains to the pages. Musty smell.. Estimate: $70-120
Five Collecting Books: 3 different Ken Arnold Collecting Bottles; Bendigo History in Bottles; Book of Bottle Collecting, Doreen Beck.
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