(Dayton Hudson: Detroit, MI), 1985. Photos, 11 x 11", pict stapled wraps, 63pp, covers a bit rubbed and toned, rear cover (and last several pp) creased, old address label on rear cover, contents good. More about 1985 Hudson's Christmas Gift Catalog
Protestant Episcopal Press: NY, 1835. Bound with: PSALMS, In Metre. . . Protestant Episcopal Press: NY, 1835. 7.5 x 5.5, gilt ruled old mottled calf with marbled endpapers, 359, 117. Covers worn, stained, rubbed, front cover almost detached, lacking leather over lower front right corner & surrounding leather is cracked... More about EARLY DETROIT GIFT PRESENTATION. THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER
J. C. Burdick: NY, 1849. Engraved plates, 9 x 5.5", half straight grained morocco; cloth, 288pp, covers very well worn, extremities bumped & fraying, hinges loose, contents heavily foxed, still a decent spine so a decent decorative binding. More about THE LADIES' CASKET, And Friendship's Gift for 1849
Chicago (1912). 8 full page color plates by Maginel Wright Enright, 9x6.5", cloth w/pict label, 168pp, ink inscription, corners bumped, slight musty odor, covers soiled. More about THE MERMID'S GIFT And Other Stories
Warren, Gorham & Lamont: np, nd (c 2009). 9.5 x 6.5, cloth, nice, fresh, "as new" copy still in original shrink wrap, wrapped with the 2009 Cumulative Supplement No. 2. Fourth Edition. More about ESTATE AND GIFT TAX DIGEST, Fourth Edition
New York, nd (1848). Ten steel engravings (incl frontis & t. p), 9 x 7, very decorative blindstamped leather w/gilt design in center, all edges gilt, 14-201. Covers have some shelfwear, scuffing along side edges, light wear, front inner hinge cracked, rear starting, ink inscription, light creasing, foxing, smudging, spotting... More about THE SCRIPTURE GIFT BOOK
Glitterati Inc: NY, 2003. Illustr by author, 10.25 x 9.25, pict boards, unpag, minor wear, no dust jacket else a very nice copy of this wonderful Christmas story. FIRST ED, WITH 17 x 19 PIECE OF FOLDED WRAPPING PAPER DESIGNED BY MAGSAMEN, AND WITH 9.5 x 8.75 PRINT SIGNED BY SANDRA MAGSAMEN. More about THE GIFT
G A Soden: Chicago, (c 1936?). Photos, 12.25 x 9, embossed silver-ish cloth, 334 pp with index, covers rubbed, extremities bumped and fraying, notch cut into foredge of front cover, contents toned, finger soiled and with small stain at bottom of last few pp, one page with closed tear. Jewelry... More about "SODEN JEWELRY AND GIFT BOOK . . ." [cover title, catalog No. 50
The Watch, Clock & Book Shop: Rockford, IL, 1972. Illus., 9.25 x 7.5", stapled wraps, 20pp, covers a bit rubbed and soiled; contents nice and clean. Facsimile reprint of the 1908 edition. Waltham Watch Co. More about "THE WALTHAM GIFT BOOK" [facsimile reprint of the 1908 edition
The Stratford Co: Boston, MA, 1924. 7.5 x 5, gilt lettered blue cloth, 349 pp with index, covers heavily worn and darkened, extremities bumped and fraying, hinges loose, inner front hinge broken, pp toned and used. Copyright Knights of Columbus. More about THE GIFT OF BLACK FOLK, The Negroes in the Making of America
Baha'I Publishing Committee: Wilmette, IL, 1945. 9.25 x 6, green wraps, 134 pp, covers a bit soiled, contents lightly toned else a nice copy of the Second Printing. With printed slip: "Compliments of the Baha'I Inter-Racial Teaching Committee." More about RACE AND MAN: A Compilation
Volland: Chicago (196). 6 x 4.5", cloth backed dec. boards, in dec box. More about FROM ME TO YOU, A Gift of Friendly Thoughts
Gifts of Gold/The Peter Pauper Press: Mount Vernon, NY, (1971). Hardcover. 6.25 x 4.25", golden boards with pict cover label, 62pp, minor extremity bumping else a nice copy. INSCRIBED "With warm good wishes for a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Nina and Harry ABRAMS". Harry Abrams, of course, was... More about A GIFT OF MISTLETOE, Thoughts for a Merrie Christmas, A Christmas Miscellany of Poems, Songs and...
(The Detroit Free Press: Detroit, MI), nd (c. 1928?). Photos, 7.25 x 4.75", textured stapled wraps, 24pp, covers a little rubbed, ink name of former owner on front cover else a nice copy; with "An Appraisal by William C. Richards of the Detroit Free Press Staff". Included is a small... More about "SELECTIONS FROM THE POEMS OF EDGAR A. GUEST, A Gift From The Detroit Free Press"...
McLoughlin Bros.: NY n.d. (circa 1870's). With 24 color plates from orignal designs by Howard and Herrick, 10.5x9", stamped cloth with color label, unpaged, covers darkened, corners rather frayed, txt with smudging, inner front hinge badly cracked, minor edge tears, stained, wrinkled and frayed but mostly ok. More about AUNT LOISA'S GOLDEN GIFT: Comprising Doings of the Alphabet. Childhood's Delight. Dame Crump and...
John King Books: Detroit, 2015. paperback. Gift certificate for $10 from John King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, Michigan; good for store stock from our main store in downtown Detroit, and King Books North in Ferndale, Michigan; good for one year from date of issue. More about GIFT CERTIFICATE FOR $10.00 FROM JOHN K. KING USED & RARE BOOKS
John King Books: Detroit, 2015. paperback. Gift certificate for $100 from John King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, Michigan; good for store stock from our main store in downtown Detroit, and King Books North in Ferndale, Michigan; good for one year from date of issue. More about GIFT CERTIFICATE FOR $100.00 FROM JOHN K. KING USED & RARE BOOKS
John King Books: Detroit, 2015. Gift certificate for $20 from John King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, Michigan; good for store stock from our main store in downtown Detroit, and King Books North in Ferndale, Michigan; good for one year from date of issue. More about GIFT CERTIFICATE FOR $20.00 FROM JOHN K. KING USED & RARE BOOKS
John King Books: Detroit, 2015. paperback. Gift certificate for $200 from John King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, Michigan; good for store stock from our main store in downtown Detroit, and King Books North in Ferndale, Michigan; good for one year from date of issue. More about GIFT CERTIFICATE FOR $200.00 FROM JOHN K. KING USED & RARE BOOKS
John King Books: Detroit, 2015. paperback. Gift certificate for $25 from John King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, Michigan; good for store stock from our main store in downtown Detroit, and King Books North in Ferndale, Michigan; good for one year from date of issue. More about GIFT CERTIFICATE FOR $25.00 FROM JOHN K. KING USED & RARE BOOKS
John King Books: Detroit, 2015. paperback. Gift certificate for $50 from John King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, Michigan; good for store stock from our main store in downtown Detroit, and King Books North in Ferndale, Michigan; good for one year from date of issue. More about GIFT CERTIFICATE FOR $50.00 FROM JOHN K. KING USED & RARE BOOKS
Tuskegee, 1936. Gift inscription tag oblong 2 x 5, message in brown ink written on the reverse of a Christmas and New Year gift tag, ring 1 1/4" diameter, napkin 19 x 16, cream colored, cotton or linen, the name "Carver" embroidered in brown thread. Gift tag has creasing, soiling... More about Handwritten Gift Inscription Tag, dated Dec. 24th, 1936, from George Washington Carver to...
Frederick Warne: London. 1892. 7.5 x 5, cloth, 176 pp, ads on end papers, brown and sky blue decorated light olive cloth, mildly worn, foot of spine bumped, ink gift inscription else internally clean and sound, early printing (fifteenth thousand). More about THE ALBION TEMPERANCE RECITER: A Collection of Recitations in Prose and Verse
Detroit, nd (1930s). Circular, 4" diameter, red printing on a tan cardboardish background. Light staining, soiling and small abrasion on reverse else good. Printed on one side "Delicatessen Cordials Cocktails Chocolate Bars Candy Boxes Marzipan . . . German Records and Greeting Cards. 3152 Gratiot Ave. Detroit, Mich." Also shows... More about Beer coaster from the German-American Import House
Quaritch: London, 1884. 8.5 x 5.75, red cloth, 18 pp with index, covers quite worn, spine faded and torn, extremities bumped and fraying, hinges loose, front inner hinge cracking, couple of paper labels affixed to front cover, bookplate from the Silas Bronson Library in Waterbury, CT (gift of Bernard Quaritch)... More about A CATALOGUE OF WORKS ON EUROPEAN PHILOLOGY; Dictionaries and Grammars of the Minor Languages of...