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![]() ![]() Donnelley, then president of the company, was impressed by a set of seven razors presented to him by one of the company's suppliers, and wanted to create a gift that would similarly represent his own company's product and could not be purchased on the open market. "Obscure gems." According to company legend, Thomas E. Lakeside Classics is a series started in 1903 that reprints neglected classic works. Donnelley Company produced fine books as well as mail order catalogs, phone directories, and the like. Lakeside Press was a Chicago publishing imprint under which the R. Unbumped spine heads and tails, with sharp corners. ![]() Brown buckram binding with gilt-stamped decorative device to the front boards and with gilt-stamped lettering to the spine cloth. From Mexican Days to the Gold Rush, by James Marshall, publ. We Pointed Them North: Recollections of a Cowpuncher, by Edward Charles Abbott, publ. Gift quality still in the original shrink-wrap. Donnelley & Sons, Chicago, issued as part of The Lakeside Classics annual series. Charming reprints from The Lakeside Press division of publisher R. ![]()
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