Item #19-10200 Friendship's Offering : An Essay on the Annuals and Gift Books of the 19th Century. Anne Renier.

Friendship's Offering : An Essay on the Annuals and Gift Books of the 19th Century.

London: Private Libraries Association, [1964]. 8vo. 23 pp. Very Good. Soft covers. Printed wrappers. Some penciled notes on top right of front cover, dated 1963. Minor creasing on front cover. Illustrated throughout with B&W plates. Traces the history of annuals and gift books from Rudolph Ackermann's plan "to present the British public with the first attempt to rival the numerous and elegant publications of the Continent, expressly designed to serve as tokens of remembrance, friendship, or affection, at that season of the year which ancient custom has particularly consecrated to the interchange of such memorials. Item #19-10200

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