keepsake of friendship
Subtitle: a Christmas and New Year's annual
By: edited by G. S. Munroe.
Contributors: Munroe, G. S.; Sharp, William Comely, 1822-1897.; Smith, Henry W., engraver; Meadows, Joseph Kenny, 1790-1874.; Leslie, Charles Robert, 1794-1859.; Jenkins, Joseph John, 1811-1885
Publisher: Phillips, Sampson, and Company
Published: 1854
Place of publication: Boston [Conn.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
Subjects: Gift books -- Specimens.
Genres: Specimens.
Other titles: Keepsake of friendship gift book
Notes: "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1854, by Phillips, Sampson, and Company, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts."--T.p. verso.

Added chromolithographed decorative t.p. with imprint: "W. C. Sharp Lith. Boston.".

Plates are engraved by H. W. Smith after K. Meadows, C. R. Leslie, J. J. Jenkins, K. Fields and J. Herbert.

Includes works by Dora Greenwell, Mary Howitt, Mrs. N. Crosland and Mary E. Hewitt.

Faxon, F. W. Literary annuals, p. 39-40.

MASS copy: Bound in maroon morocco blocked in gold; a.e.g.  With presentation inscription dated 1863.  Lacking "Presentation Plate." as listed in "Illustrations." (p. [3]).