AMERICAN LITERARY ANNUALS & GIFT BOOKS 1825-1865 by Thompson, Ralph - 1936

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

"Visitors to second-hand bookstores and the further reaches of library stacks will have seen elaborate collections of prose and verse entitled 'The Souvenir,' 'The Forget Me Not,' and the like, survivors of the era of gift books and literary annuals. Between 1825 and 1865 more than a thousand such miscellanies appeared in the United States; the number in other countries was probably even greater. My aim has been to explain the origin and character of the American examples and to make available an annotated catalog." (Preface) [viii], 183 pages; 23 cm. Bound in black cloth with gold spine lettering; no dust jacket; Very Good. Stock#ofc0712.

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 Ex library copy with stamp marked "withdrawn."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.

Archon Books, 1967, 1967-01-01. Reprint. Hardcover. Good.

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. [viii], 183pp [previous owner's signature on front free endpaper]. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.