Dickens, Charles; et.al.

Christmas Wish and Thoughts From Longfellow, Havergal, Kipling, Tennyson, Brooks, Others [Victorian Gift Book]

New York: Barse & Hopkins, c1912.

A limp-leather gift-edition; the leather was green but has toned to brown on the perimeter. The bindings are two clasps with additional decorative leather. 4.75 by 7 inches. unnumbered glossy pages printed with a color border and quote on one side; pasted on color frontispiece and several photographs. Minor edge wear; interior clean; the front pastedown has separated from the leather.
Inscription on the second blank page.


Gift books, literary annuals, or keepsakes were 19th-century books, often lavishly decorated, which collected essays, short fiction, and poetry. They were primarily published in the autumn, in time for the holiday season and were intended to be given away rather than read by the purchaser.

Item #17501

Price: $29.95