The Quest of the Quaint (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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Choice or not, certain Old Objects separate themselves into classes appealing in much the same way as the mansion and the cot tage.

Individual temperament is, Of course, a factor. It would be impossible to interest the collector who Specialized in Georgian silver in either bandboxes or samplers. Bandboxes would seem mere pasteboard and paper, and samplers faded Old squares of canvas, a bit discolored and probably mildewed. But silver, always beautiful, growing finer every day, unbreakable, un fadable, the very aristocracy Of hobbies'

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