The Mentor Rugs and Rug Making November 16 1914, Vol 2, No 19

Softcover. Used, good condition, the only internal mark is inside the front cover "Plates v.g. in Robinsons Eastern Carpets" The text part is stapled in; the plates are in loose folder. Spine and edges with slight wear. Mumford, J.K. RUGS AND RUG MAKING. From The Mentor, vol 2, no. 19, 1914, 12 p of text plus 6 loose color pl., 25.5 x 18 cm. A brief introductory booklet on rugs; plates are of supposedly 15th & 16th century Persian & Polonaise rugs. The Mentor was a magazine which was published variously as a monthly or weekly between about 1910 and 1930; each issue was" to give people, in an interesting and attractive way, the information in various fields of knowledge that they all want and ought to have. The information is imparted by interesting reading matter, prepared under the direction of leading authors, and by beautiful pictures, produced by the most highly perfected modern processes. The object of The Mentor Association is to enable people to acquire useful knowledge without effort, so that they may come easily and agreeably to know the world's great men and women, the great achievements, and the permanently interesting things in art, literature, science, history, nature and travel.".…