American Literary Annuals and Gift Books, 1825-1865. by Thompson, Ralph

Archon Books. Binding sound, text clean, light shelfwear. 190 pages. No jacket. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1967.

New York: The H.W. Wilson Co.. Fine copy. 1936. 1st. hardcover. 8vo, 183 pp. .

Archon Books, 1967. 8vo; blue cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on the spine; hardcover;190 pages; includes: The Atlantic Souvenir, The Talisman, The Token, The Gift , The Diadem, and The Liberty Bell; slight foxing on top page edges else a very good clean tight copy.

N.P.: Archon Books, 1967. cloth. 8vo. cloth. (viii), 190 pages. Reprint of the 1936 first edition. With a bibliography. Name in ink on free endpaper.

New York: The H.W. Wilson Co, 1936. cloth. 8vo. cloth. (viii), 190 pages. First edition. Ex library copy with stamp marked "withdrawn." on title page. Else a fine copy. History followed by a bibliography of these bibliographically complicated gift books.

The H.W. Wilson company, 1936. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Archon Books, Hamden, CT: 1967., 1967 190p. 8vo. Original blue cloth binding. Essential reference to a collecting genre that deserves more attention. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! REF4 Language: eng. Full Cloth. Hardcover.. Very Good.

New York: The H. W. Wilson Company, 1936. Near Fine condition in the scarce original plain paper dust jacket. The jacket is Good with finger soil, slight age darkening, and light fraying/small chips at the extremities. However it has done its job well in protecting the book which still has most of its new book gloss. No owner's name or bookplate. Pages are crisp, clean and unmarked -- apparently never read. A history of the gift book vogue, their content, publishers, profits, artists and engravers, etc. The Atlantic Souvenir, The Talisman, The Token, The Gift, The Diadem , and The Liberty Bell each merit their own chapter. Also discussed are foreign and minor American examples. Includes an annotated bibliography with 855 entries identifying works by Poe, Hawthorne, Longfellow, Holmes and other luminaries which first appeared in annuals or gift books. Important reference. Tanselle Basic Collection #46. Bound in the original blue cloth, stamped in bright gold on the spine. Complete with… Read More

THOMPSON, Ralph. American Literary Annuals & Gift Books, 1825-1865. 8vo. Original cloth. New York: H.W. Wilson, 1936.

New York: The H. W. Wilson Company, 1936. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (23.5cm). Black cloth stamped in gilt; [viii],[184]pp. Bookplate of George F. Horner. Ticker of the Book Shopp, York, PA. Sound and straight, though lightly rubbed with occasional foxing: Very Good.