Hardcover with illustrated dust jacket and b/w illustrations by Mary Petty (New Yorker magazine). A stated First Edition published by Knopf, 1944. Dust jacket is intact with moderate edge wear and toned spine. Pages are bright and tight. Memoir of the antique and design industry in the 1940s. " ....appear in the author's line-up, and he makes them look a bit silly."   Free Domestic Shipping