Turn-of-the-Century Greeting Books from heytotobooks

Chicago: A. C. McClurg (Stated 6th Printing, September 1916). Softcover with stiff boards glued to the sewn text block, 100 pages. Original gift box is missing. Book is clean and unmarked. The wraps extend beyond the text block by about 1/4", making the edges vulnerable to damage without the original box: the edges are chipped and worn; back strip is… Read more about this item

Chicago: A. C. McClurg (Stated 6th Printing, September 1916). Softcover with stiff boards glued to the sewn text block, 100 pages. Original gift box is missing. Previous owner's name on FFEP, but otherwise the book is clean and unmarked. The wraps extend beyond the text block by about 1/4", making the edges vulnerable to damage without the original box: the… Read more about this item

Chicago: A. C. McClurg (Stated 3rd Printing, October 1915). Softcover with stiff boards glued to the sewn text block, 100 pages. Original gift box is missing. There is a notation at the top of the front cover: "Vertical File: Kansas History", but otherwise the book is clean and unmarked; small damp stain at bottom of last few pages. The wraps… Read more about this item

Chicago: A. C. McClurg (Stated 3rd Printing, October 1915). Original gift box and book with stiff boards glued to text block (sewn), 100 pages. Gift box shows some edge wear; there is a 2-1/2" section of the side of the lid that has been reattached using archival book tape; a 1/2" section at the top corner of the opposite side… Read more about this item

Chicago: A. C. McClurg (Stated 5th Edition, November 25, 1911; first published September 1911). Softcover with stiff boards, glued binding, original gift box, 91 pages. A copy in amazing condition! Clean and unmarked, with a square, tight binding. The book is in pristine condition. It's rare for the gift boxes of these editions to have survived--this one is lightly scuffed… Read more about this item

Chicago: A. C. McClurg (Stated 32nd Edition, 1921; first published September 1911). Softcover with stiff boards, glued binding, 91 pages. Original gift box is missing. Clean and unmarked, with a square, tight binding. The wraps extend beyond the text block by about 1/4", making the edges vulnerable to damage without the original box: the edges are chipped and cracked in… Read more about this item

Chicago: A. C. McClurg (Stated 30th Edition, 1919; first published September 1911). Softcover with stiff boards, glued binding, 91 pages. Original gift box is missing. Book is clean and unmarked. Sewn binding is extremely loose; front wrap and FFEP detached; significant portions of the back strip missing. The wraps extend beyond the text block by about 1/4", making the edges… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Brothers (Presumed 1st Edition, September 1920). Pictorial ecru softcover with sewn binding, 72 pages. Edges of wraps extend about 1/4" beyond text block, resulting in missing portions, small chips and closed tears; spine extremities eroded. Text unmarked; first 2 signatures pulling away from stitching. Faint pencil marks on back cover. Illustrations by Justin C. Gruelle. … Read more about this item

Joliet, IL: The P. F. Volland Company (Presumed 1st Edition, 1915). Small hardcover book with paper-covered boards, unpaginated. No dust jacket or gift box (if issued). Pages are toned and age spotted. Text block is solidly bound, with a straight spine. Back strip eroded or missing in places. Covers age soiled with wear to edges and corners. See our photos… Read more about this item

Crane & Company, Topeka, Kansas (1910, 4th edition of 1903 original) Softcover, dog-eared bottom corners, edges worn. 100 pages, age tanned, with illustrations by Lydia Wehe Crabill. Hinges slightly cracked, but binding itself is tight. The Cottonwood's Story was Margaret Hill McCarter's first novel. She became the best known and highest paid novelist in Kansas for her time. ABOUT… Read more about this item

Topeka, KS: Crane & Co. (Stated 5th Edition, "Library Edition," 1908). Softcover, 115 pages. Overlapping edges of wraps creased, with small tears. Wraps and pages lightly toned. Original cord at spine intact. Clean and unmarked, solidly bound. Includes business card: "W. P. Feder, Crane and Company, Printers, Office Outfitters, etc., Topeka, Kansas". EXCERPT: "Rock Chalk! Jay Hawk! K. U-o-o-o!"… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin/The Riverside Press Cambridge (2nd Edition, 1914). Hardcover with brown cloth boards, 38 pages. No dust jacket (if issued). Pages and endpapers lightly toned; clean and unmarked; sewn binding square and tight. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: The story begins "The peculiar charm and fascination that trees exert over many people I had always felt from childhood, but it was… Read more about this item

Privately published (undated, likely 1st Edition). Softcover, 4-1/2"x8-1/4". Pages age tanned, but clean and unmarked. Cover has a slight water stain top right corner and is bent at top and bottom. Sewn text block intact; spine extremities a bit frayed; edges of covers worn, with a few tiny, closed tears at the edges; cover glued to the text block, fragile… Read more about this item