Item #43729 The Romance of Greeting Cards: An Historical Account of the Origin, Evolution and Development of Christmas Cards, Valentines and Other Forms of Greeting Cards from the Earliest Days to the Present Time. Ernest Dudley CHASE.

The Romance of Greeting Cards: An Historical Account of the Origin, Evolution and Development of Christmas Cards, Valentines and Other Forms of Greeting Cards from the Earliest Days to the Present Time.

N.p. University Press of Cambridge, [1956]. Hardcover. Edited by James D. Chamberlain. Introduction by Stephen Q. Shannon. Decorations by Kate Greenaway. Small 4to. Gold cloth with black lettering and decorations, pictorial dust jacket. x, 252pp. Frontispiece, line drawings. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. Item #43729

A tight and handsome "Golden Anniversary Edition" -- second edition thus -- published 30 years after the 1926 first edition "In Commemoration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of Rust Craft Greeting Cards 1906-1956" -- this copy boldly signed in full by Chase in blue ballpoint on the front flyleaf.

Price: $50.00

Add to Cart Inquire
See all items in Books, Americana
See all items by