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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
GORDON NEWTON Selections From The James F. Duffy Jr. Gift
The Detroit Institute Of Arts: Detroit, 2001. Hardcover. Illus., 11.5 x 9.5", black boards, pict dustjacket, (162)pp. Old price sticker on dustjacket else very good to fine condition. With introduction by Graham W. Beal, the museum director and contributions by James F. Duffy, Jr., Marsha Miro and Maryann Wilkinson. FIRST..... 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
JURASSIC PARK, A Novel...["The Gift Edition"]
Alfred A. Knopf: NY, 1993. Hardcover. Illus., 9.25 x 7", boards, 461pp, spine ends a little bumped, minor soiling to edges of textblock else a nice copy in the original printed acetate dustjacket. GIFT EDITION, Published August 1993, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on tipped-in page at front. 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
JASON WEILER & SONS...BAIRD-NORTH CO. Presenting The Largest Jewelry And Gift Catalog...Now Serving You As Jason Weiler-Bard North Co.
Boston, nd (1929?). Paperback. Illus., 9.5 x 6.5", pict color wraps, 222pp. Covers worn, torn and missing pieces, textblock detached from covers, toning else good to very good condition. Some of the offerings: Chanel jewelry, pocket watches, Moose/Odd Fellows/rotary/Lions/Kiwanis/Masonic, purse atomizer, cameras, fountain pens and much more. More
Manuscript receipt dated March 25, 1726 "Received from the Worshipfull Company Of Skinners the sum of six shillings and eight pence being the half yearly gift of Mr. John Draper for the relief of the poor debtors on the Common side of Newgate..."
London, March 25, 1726. Paperback. 5.75 x 7.25", embossed seal of Cosmus Micro(sp?) showing a man in front of a building with a gated opening. Manuscript unevenly trimmed, missing a small piece, toning, soiling, light creasing else good to very good condition. Signed by witnesses James Calhoun, Will Atkins(sp?), Will..... More
A GIFT OF GLORY: Edsel Ford and the Diego Rivera Murals at The Detroit Institute of Arts, a play by...
MBPAC Press: Rochester, MI, (1999). Paperback. 8.5 x 5.5", glossy pict wraps, 87pp, a nice, clean copy of this SCARCE title. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, INSCRIBED "Kindest regards" AND SIGNED BY THE PLAYWRIGHT, KARIM ALRAWI. SCARCE. 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. FOR IN-STORE USE ONLY... 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. FOR IN-STORE USE ONLY... 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. FOR IN-STORE USE ONLY. 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. FOR IN-STORE USE ONLY... 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. FOR IN-STORE USE ONLY... 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. FOR IN-STORE USE ONLY... More
Manuscript receipt dated London March 28th: 1727 "Received of the Worshipfull Company of Skinners the sum of eleven shillings, being the half yearly gift from Mr. John Merideth to the poor prisoners in the Charity wards in the Poultry Compter Due_(?) at Lady Day Last Past (sp?)"
London, March 28, 1727. Paperback. Oblong 3.75 x 7", red embossed seal of Compter Poultry with coat of arms in the center. Light creasing and soiling else good to very good condition. Signed by witnesses Jos. __ell, Thos. Hollman, steward. The Company of Skinners is one of the Great Twelve..... 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
Beer coaster from the German-American Import House.
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