All the Best Rubbish by Noel Ivor Hume

I admit that I largely picked up Noel Ivor Hume’s All the Best Rubbish because of its amazing cover. And the Dumasian subtitle helped, too (“Being an Antiquary’s Account of the Pleasures and Perils of Studying & Collecting Everyday Objects from the Past”). But beyond the amazing cover art and old-timey subtitle is actually a fascinating tale about the history of collecting.