LeeWards 1972 Christmas Sale Catalog Craft Needlework Holiday Mail Order

This LeeWards 1972 Christmas Sale Catalog is a 95 page mail order catalog filled with holiday crafts, needlework, decorations, linens, jewelry, gifts, and other products offered for the Christmas 1972 season.

The colorful interior pages remain bright and packed with period product photography and advertising. The catalog shows cover and edge wear, and the back order page is ripped with a portion missing, while the original mailing label remains attached.

It is a detailed snapshot of Christmas shopping and home crafts in 1972, with both color and black and white advertising throughout.

Details

• Item: Christmas mail order catalog
• Title: LeeWards 1972 Christmas Sale
• Author: Not confirmed from photos
• Illustrator: Not confirmed from photos
• Publisher: Dexter Thread Mills, Inc., Elgin, Illinois
• Publication Year: 1972
• Format and Binding: Illustrated softcover mail order catalog
• Dust Jacket: None
• Pages: 95 pages
• Genre: Christmas crafts, mail order advertising, needlework, and retail catalog
• Language: English
• ISBN: None
• Dimensions: 11 x 8 inches

Condition Grade: Good

Positives

• Graded Good: Complete and usable with clear signs of age and handling, including damage to the back order page.
• Interior pages show extensive period product advertising with both color and black and white images.
• The original mailing label remains attached to the back.

Issues / Wear

• The back order page is ripped with a portion missing.
• The covers and edges show rubbing, creasing, and general handling wear.
• Small edge tears and age wear are visible around the covers.

Condition Grade Key

• Near Fine: Close to new. Any flaw is small and named above.
• Very Good: Light use. Every flaw is named above, and none of them get in the way of reading or display.
• Good: Complete and usable, with clear signs of use. Every flaw is named above.
• Fair: Heavy wear or damage, named above. A reading or working copy, not a display piece.

Collector's Notes

Mail order catalogs like this documented the crafts, decorations, household goods, and small gifts available to American shoppers before online retail.

It is the kind of catalog that works as both a reference piece and a visual trip through an ordinary Christmas shopping season more than fifty years ago.

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Care and Handling

Handle with clean, dry hands. Store upright, out of direct sunlight, at about 68°F and 40 to 50% relative humidity. Avoid damp areas and extreme temperature swings.