1985 Hudson's Christmas Gift Catalog
(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
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JURASSIC PARK [gift edition]
Alfred A. Knopf: NY, 1993. Hardcover. 9.25 x 7", printed boards, 461pp, minor extremity wear, spine a bit cocked else a nice copy in a lightly rubbed printed clear plastic dustjacket. "Gift Edition", SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on tipped-in page. More
EARLY DETROIT GIFT PRESENTATION. THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER. . .
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
THE LADIES' CASKET, And Friendship's Gift for 1849
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
"SODEN JEWELRY AND GIFT BOOK . . ." [cover title, catalog No. 50].
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
"THE WALTHAM GIFT BOOK" [facsimile reprint of the 1908 edition]
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
THE MERMID'S GIFT And Other Stories.
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
ESTATE AND GIFT TAX DIGEST, Fourth Edition.
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
RACE AND MAN: A Compilation.
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
FROM ME TO YOU, A Gift of Friendly Thoughts.
Volland: Chicago (196). 6 x 4.5", cloth backed dec. boards, in dec box. More
THE SCRIPTURE GIFT BOOK.
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
ST. CROIX AND NAMEKAGON RIVERS, The Enduring Gift- Collector's Edition
Blacklock Photography Galleries: Moose Lake, MN, (2018). Hardcover. Photos by Craig Blacklock, 12.25 x 15", cloth with color photo label on front cover, 204pp, minor cover soil else a nice copy of this SCARCE book. COLLECTOR'S EDITION, LIMITED TO 5000 NUMBERED COPIES (this is copy #1979), SIGNED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHER/PUBLISHER..... More
A GIFT OF MISTLETOE, Thoughts for a Merrie Christmas, A Christmas Miscellany of Poems, Songs and Ditties, both Thoughtful and Jolly
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
THE GIFT OF BLACK FOLK, The Negroes in the Making of America.
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
"SELECTIONS FROM THE POEMS OF EDGAR A. GUEST, A Gift From The Detroit Free Press" [cover title]
(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
AUNT LOISA'S GOLDEN GIFT: Comprising Doings of the Alphabet. Childhood's Delight. Dame Crump and her Pig. Hush-a-bye-Baby.
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
GIFT CERTIFICATE FOR $10.00 FROM JOHN K. KING USED & RARE BOOKS
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
GIFT CERTIFICATE FOR $100.00 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
GIFT CERTIFICATE FOR $20.00 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
GIFT CERTIFICATE FOR $200.00 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
GIFT CERTIFICATE FOR $25.00 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
GIFT CERTIFICATE FOR $50.00 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
Handwritten Gift Inscription Tag, dated Dec. 24th, 1936, from George Washington Carver to "My beloved boy, Mr. Austin Curtis, Jr. '(Baby Carver)' " and attached to a present that was described by Dr. Carver "This napkin and ring was used by me for many ye
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
THE ALBION TEMPERANCE RECITER: A Collection of Recitations in Prose and Verse.
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