Collecting Old English Lustre
Hardbound
1937 · Portland, Maine
by Hodgdon, Jeannette R.
Portland, Maine: The Southworth-Anthoensen Press, 1937. Hardbound. VG (Pages are only slightly aged around edge and in gutters.). Brown paper covered boards with blue cloth spine, title plate on front cover, 44 pp., 14 bw plates. The author presents this volume as a chronicle of her collecting adventures and successes and education. "My purpose has been to endeavor to interest my compatriots in collecting and preserving articles of artistic and historical value because of the merit and pleasure of the undertaking." (foreword) Eventually she and her husband, Frederick C. Hodgdon, donated the collection and other materials to Tufts University. (Inventory #: 105714)