(Old Magazine, 20th Century Periodicals, Mail Order Catalogs, Toys, Fashion, Golf, Sports, Fishing).

Top Value Stamps: Family Gift Catalog.
Published 1966, Dayton, Ohio by Top Value Enterprises, Inc.
170 pages. Text in English. Cover art by Norman Rockwell.

Wonderful mid-20th century American mail order prize (or premium) catalogue with pleasing visual content. Essentially a thick magazine with a profusion of hundreds of color photographs throughout of all the typical items an average American household might want or need in the mid-60's. All items were available in exchange for booklets filled with savings stamps earned by spending money at select merchants.

Binding remains clean, tight, and sound, various mostly small signs of age, time and handling, nothing offensive or major. Overall a nice looking example.

Small age flaws or defects include possible random old creasing, edge chipping or short splits, small light old staining, etc. Overall entirely acceptable example of what is likely a scarce survival. The pictures give a very good sense of how the item survives.

Virtually all periodicals of this era are somewhat scarce today as loose complete issues. Like most random survivals of old periodical printing, any specific example (like this one) is likely among a relative handful still extant. As each decade goes back from 1950, the rate of scarcity for any specific magazine or paper item increases noticeably.

Text block remains overall clean, and displays a pleasing age patina.

Catalogue remains attractive on the shelf. It displays a pleasing and unique age patina and is in nice antiquarian condition, any age flaws easy to overlook or forgive. 

Please review photos for more detail and our best attempt to convey how this vintage consumer item survives. This item is not new- it is over 65 years old and has been handled by different owners in the past.

Magazine Measures c. 10 3/4" H x 8 1/4" W.

[B3360].