Gift book
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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 fo
Cover for The Liberty Bell, 1848
Princess Mary's Gift Book, London, 1914
The Opal (annual)
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The Opal: A Pure Gift for the Holy Days, was an annual gift book, founded by Rufus Wilmot Griswold and published in New York by John C. Riker, from 1844 to 1849. Content included short stories, illust
Gift book
…writers, many of whom tailored their work to suit the readers of these types of publications. Some of the more important annuals of the time were the Opal, Talisman, the Magnolia, the Gift, the Liberty Bell (an abolitionist work) and The Token. The era of the gift book did not outlast the 19th century…
The Opal frontispiece from 1847