Clarinet – David Oppenheim
Shells have inspired centuries of exquisite invention in silverware
Classic "21" Club custom (Tiffany blue w/ x'ed white bands) racing silks jockey paperweight on black plinth base
makes the average man forget the dullest dinner and sends him to bed in a glow of goodwill
he established himself as a public tastemaker with his book Good-bye
"Merry Hall" 1954 NICHOLS, Beverley Slippers Clarinet – David OppenheimNICHOLS, Beverley [319] pp. E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc. 1954 Second Printing 8 1 4" x 5 3 4" w drawings by William McLaren *Jacket height cropped* First in a trilogy, Merry Hall is the account of the restoration of a house and garden in post war England. Though Mr. Nichols's horticultural undertaking is serious, his writing is high spirited, riotously funny, and, at times, deliciously malicious.