Cornelius Obenchain Van Loot, Milton Kilgallen, and Murgatroyd Elphinstone [pseud. for Booth Tarkington, Kenneth L. Roberts and Hugh M. Kahler]. 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. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1923.

Price: US$25.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: Internally clean, unmarked if not a touch tanned. Paper label to spine had darkened but titles remain presentable. Good condition, BP/Humor

Seller: Bookplate, Chestertown, MD, U.S.A.

cornelius obenchain; van loot milton kilgallen and murgatroyd elphinstone pseud for booth tarkington, kenneth l roberts and hugh m kahler. The Collector's Whatnot: A Monument to the Horsehair Period. Houghton Mifflin, 1923.

Price: US$42.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: 2nd edition. Limited to 1,000 copies. Edge wear to jacket. Heavy brown tape along edges of back of jacket. Price-clipped.

Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.

Cornelius Obenchain Van Loot, Milton Kilgallen, and Murgatroyd Elphinstone [pseud. for Booth Tarkington, Kenneth L. Roberts and Hugh M. Kahler]. 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. Houghton Mifflin, 1923.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: xx, 147, [8] pp., illustrated, 8vo, quarter brown cloth, patterned paper sides, mounted printed title label on upper cover; no dustjacket. Illustrated with several plates and line drawings. Inscribed by Kenneth L. Roberts. Very good.

Seller: George Ong Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Tarkington, Booth; Roberts, Kenneth L. & Kahler, Hugh M.. The Collector's Whatnot: A Monument to the Horsehair Period. Houghton Mifflin, 1923.

Price: US$50.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: DJ spine darkened, edgeworn with some minor chipping; name stamped on endpaper

Seller: Books End Bookshop, Syracuse, NY, U.S.A.

Tarkington, Booth. 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. Houghton Mifflin Co, 1923.

Price: US$55.00 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: Second edition in pink boards ltd 1000 copies. No dj. Edges worn and frayed, spine faded. Book plate.; 8.1 X 5.2 X 1.3 inches; 147 pages

Seller: Isaiah Thomas Books & Prints, Inc., Cotuit, MA, U.S.A.

Van Loot, Cornelius Obenchain, Milton Kilgallen and Murgatroyd Elphinstone (pseudonyms for Booth Tarkington, Kenneth Roberts, and Hugh Kahler). The Collector's Whatnot: A Compendium, Manual, and Syllabus of Information and Advice on All Subjects Appertaining to the Collection of Antiques. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston and New York, 1923.

Price: US$70.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Very Good cloth first printing of first edition with paper title blocks on spine and cover. No DJ. Spine is straight and tight, bottom corners bumped. Light soiling of paper title block on front cover. Chipping and wear to top and bottom of spine. 1/2 inch tear to bottom of spine. Uniform age toning to all pages commensurate with age. Not ex lib, no remainder marks. 147 pages.

Seller: William Ramsey Rare Books & Manuscripts, Greenwood, SC, U.S.A.

Tarkington, Booth; Roberts, Kenneth L.; Kahler, Hugh M.. The Collector's Whatnot. Houghton, Mifflin, Boston, 1923.

Price: US$119.42 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Second edition, limited to 1,000 copies. This is the first edition of these tales of the antiquing world to bear the actual names of the authors on the dustjacket. A VG+ copy in a VG+ dust jacket with the price of $2.50 intact on the front flap. Scarce.

Seller: AcornBooksNH, New Harbor, ME, U.S.A.

TARKINGTON, Booth, Kenneth L. Roberts, and Hugh M. Kahler as Cornelius Obenchain Van Loot, Milton Kilgallen, and Murgatroyd Elphinstone. 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. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1923.

Price: US$125.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: First edition. Papercovered boards with printed paper labels. Spine label toned thus very good in a modestly spine-toned, very good price-clipped dust jacket.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

Booth Tarkington, Kenneth Roberts, Hugh Kahler. The Collector's Whatnot. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston and New York, 1923.

Price: US$150.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: An almost indescribable book, illustrated with whimsy by the great novelist Booth Tarkington, this is a collection of farcically fictional antique collecting stories. Please don't follow its advice, as it is definitely tongue-in-cheek. The book, itself, is in very good+ condition with some edge wear and some general wear. The dust jacket is very good+, $2.50 price intact, is marred only by tape residue at the bottom of the back strip.

Seller: Kaleidoscope Books & Collectibles, Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.

Van Loot, Cornelius Obenchain; Milton Kilgallen; Murgatroyd Elphinstone [Booth Tarkington et al.]. The Collector's Whatnot: A Compendium, Manual, and Syllabus of Information and Advice . . . &c.. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston and New York, 1923.

Price: US$210.44 + shipping

Condition: Near Fine

Description: The first edition of this satirical account. Original manila paper boards with paste-down to spine and front, in original illustrated dust jacket. Some very slight rubbing loss to head and tail of spine, and to bottom fore-corners. Edges just mildly toned. Otherwise a clean, tight and unmarked book in similar dust jacket showing some light soiling and some fading to spine (now in removable archival mylar sleeve). Very neat -- a sound and handsome volume! Illustrated. Eight-page publisher's ads. at rear. xx,147[+ads.]pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall

Seller: CARDINAL BOOKS ~~ ABAC/ILAB, London -- Birr, ON, Canada

TARKINGTON, Booth, Kenneth L. Roberts, and Hugh M. Kahler as Cornelius Obenchain Van Loot, Milton Kilgallen, and Murgatroyd Elphinstone. 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. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1923.

Price: US$350.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: Second edition. Fine in a lightly soiled, otherwise near fine, price-clipped dustwrapper with a few short edge tears.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.

TARKINGTON, Booth, ROBERTS, Kenneth L., and KAHLER, Hugh M. as Cornelius Obenchain Van Loote, Milton Kilgallen, and Murgatroyd Elphinstone, compiled by. 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. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1923.

Price: US$475.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Second edition. Illustrations by Booth Tarkington. Fine in attractive, near very good dustwrapper with tanning and light staining to the spine. Signed by all three authors with their real names.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.