Author: Various
Title: Announcing a Spring Book Show. Macmillan Books for Boys and Girls, Spring 1937
Description: San Francisco: The Emporium (Book Department), 1937. Softcover. First edition; 6 x 6 3/4; pp. 6, tri-folded; beige stock printed in blue and red; illustrated; few very mild spots; very good to near fine. An announcement for a book show at the Emporium's Book Department and a short preview of some of the books, published by the Macmillan Company, which would be offered at the show. The Emporium was a department store chain headquartered in San Francisco which stayed in operation for 99 years - from 1896 to 1995. The store had a thriving book department which would periodically announce contests (for illustrations, for poetry, etc.) or in this case - a show where newly-published books for various age groups could be revealed to children. Some of the books included â€oeBlaze and the Gypsies,†â€oeThe Magic Show Book,†and â€oeTales from Dickens.†. Ill.: 0. 2.

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