The Collector's Whatnot: A Compendium, Manual, and Syllabus of Information and Advice on all Subjects Appertaining to the Collection of Antiques, both Ancient and not so Ancient
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. xvi, 147 pp. 8vo. Cosniderable wear and scuffing to dust jackets, torn in a number of areas, repaired with clear tap on verso, now in mylar cover. Brown paper covered boards with small tape repair at base of spine. Interior quite clean. Very Good / Fair. Item #31168
A tongue-in-cheek look at the collecting and antiquing crase of the 1920s, by noted friends and popular authors Booth Tarkington, Kenneth L. Roberts and Hugh M. Kahler. Inscribed boldly by Tarkington on the title page. Laid in is a small envelope containing a photograph ("snapshot") with one corner removed recording Tarkington and friends Mary Hallott and Elizabeth Nott on his boat, presumably at Kennebunkport, Maine, where he maintained a summer home.
Price: $150.00