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Banta, N. Moore (Editor).
SANTA CLAUS CHRISTMAS BOOK. A Collection of Plays, Tableaux, Dialogues, Songs, Quotations, Stories, Readings and Recitations for Christmas Entertainment.
pp. 186, (2)[Publisher's catalogue]. Publisher's catalogue endpapers. A few stains. 8vo. Original full pictorial paper wraps. Bookseller's label on front cover. Wraps soiled, still a nice copy. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W70
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Bomberger, Augustus Wight.
POEMS FOR CHRISTMAS. And Other Verse.
72p. + Plus tipped on frontis and full page paintings by Edward Thompson Boggs. Last illustrations by Jacob B. Eckfeldt. Tissue guards. Uncut and unopened. Foxed. 12mo. Original full paper binding lettered and blocked in white. Front cover vignette, paper illustration of a painting by Edward Thompson Boggs. Extremities slightly worn. Nice copy of Augustus Wight Bomberger's charming poetry. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. SCARCE. CHRISTMAS/W70.
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Boone, Pat.
THE REAL CHRISTMAS.
62p. Complimentary copy (from the publisher?). 8vo. Original full blue paper binding. Original dust jacket. First Edition. Nice copy. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W70.
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Bradford, Ralph.
THE WHITE WAY. The Commander-in-Chief Tired from the Wars Rides home on Christmas Eve to a festive Mount Vernon his Mind full of Plans.and Memories.
40p. Title page printed in red and black. Uncut. Designed by Lester Douglas under the supervision of John Davis at the Printing house of Judd & Detweiler. Christmas greeting insert from Lester Douglas. Tall thin 8vo. Original full red cloth binding, title printed in red over white cloth band. Limited Edition of only 675 copies. Beautifully printed copy. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W67.
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Broun, Heywood.
A SHEPHERD.
11p. Gilt stars on title page. Deckle edged. Large gold initial. Thin 8vo. Original full gold flecked paper binding, gold lettered. Lacks spine. Limited to only 245 copies. A beautifully printed Christmas story. There seem to have been a variety of these issued in very limited editions for various collectors and wealthy people to give at Christmas. First Edition thus. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W67.
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Butler, E. H. and Company.
CHRISTMAS BLOSSOMS, AND NEW-YEAR'S WREATH, FOR MDCCLIV.
pp. xiv, 256 + Plus handsome engraved frontis and full page plates with tissue guards. Engraved half title. All edges gold. Bookseller's label. Some age stain. 8vo. Original full red cloth binding. Front cover embossed in blind and decorated with gold designs and flowers. Spine gold lettered and decorated. Extremities bumped and very slightly worn. Very nice copy of Christmas stories and poems written by Victorian women authors, including: Mary Howitt; Mrs. Hall; Mrs. Barbauld; Mrs. Ardy; Agnes Strickland, and others. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! CHRISTMAS/W70.
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Carlson, Natalie Savage.
THE LETTER ON THE TREE. Pictures by John Kaufmann. Weekly Reader Children's Book Club.
117p. Drawings by John Kaufmann. Pictorial title page. 8vo. Original full color pictorial cloth binding. Edges very slightly bumped. Very nice copy of a children's story of a dairy farm in Canada. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W69.
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Carpenter, Boyd (Bishop of Ripon).
THE CHRIST-CHILD AND THE THREE AGES OF MAN.
pp. 19, (3)[Publisher's catalogue] + Frontis reproduced from Mr. Hollyer's photographs of Sir Edward Burne-Jones' picture "The Star of Bethlehem." Title page printed in red and black. Uncut. Top edge gold. Thin 16mo. Original full cloth binding, elaborately decorated and lettered in gold. Very nice copy. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W70
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Chute, B. J.
JOURNEY TO CHRISTMAS. Drawings by Erik Blegvad.
46p. + frontis. Text drawings by Erik Blegvad. Decorated title page. Slight damp stain. 12mo. Original pictorial red paper binding, worn. Second printing. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W70.
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Conkey, W. B. (Publisher).
CHRISTMAS MORNING. Pictures, Poems, Stories and Sketches by Noted Authors and Artists. Beautifully Illustrated.
np. Color frontis. Numerous text illustrations in black and white. Thick paper beginning to brown but not brittle. Penciled ownership of Melch Lewis. Small 4to. Original cloth backed paper boards. Color cover pictorial of two children on a pony, gold highlighted. Rear cover color pictorial of two children peeking through a fence. Binding chipped at edges and slightly worn. A nice children's book printed in the 1890's. Quite scarce. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W67.
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Curtiss, Philip.
THE HONORABLE CHARLEY. Reprinted from "Harper's Magazine" For Distribution As a Remembrance at Christmas.
37p. Printed from type on Gracian Laid paper made by the Worthy Paper Company and the type destroyed. Set in Caslon Old Face by W. K. Grauer. Designed by A. W. Rushmore. Large 12mo. Original full marbled paper binding with green printed paper label on spine and front cover. Very cute dog story issued as a Christmas Keepsake by Harper & Brothers for private distribution only. No copies are for sale. Beautiful copy. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W70.
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Davies, Valentine.
MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET. Designed by Donald E. Cooke. Illustrated by James Reid.
87p. + Plus frontis. Color text drawings by James Reid. Designed by Donald E. Cooke. 8vo. Original full decorated paper binding. Very slightly worn at extremities. Limited Edition; but no limitation statement indicating the number of copies. The famous movie that sprang from this book is quite wonderful. Both book and movie are celebrations of the Christmas spirit, heartfelt pleas against the "over-commercialism" (even in 1947) of Christmas, and an examination of faith itself. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W67 x2.
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Dickens, Charles.
AN ACCOUNT OF A WEDDING. Excerpts From The Pickwick Papers. A good-humored Christmas chapter, containing an account of a wedding, and some other sports beside, which although in their way, even as good customs as marriage itself, are not quite so religiou
31p. + Plus four full page bold color drawings by Rey Abruzzi through Frank R. Ewing of Art Service Associates. Color pictorial title page lettered in red, green and gold. Text printed in black with large gold initials. Title and page numbers printed in red. Format and Typography by Robert Donald. Christmas Greeting insert poem. 8vo. Original full embossed sky blue cloth binding with a Dickens figure embossed in gold and white. Also on front cover title and author gold and white lettered. Gilt lettered spine. Original yellow slip case. Binding by Albert Oldach & Son. Limited Edition. Number 786 of only 1300 copies. This edition prepared as a Christmas Greeting from Samuel A. Dalton. A charming crisp copy. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W68.
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Dickens, Charles.
A CHRISTMAS CAROL. As arranged and read by Edna Louise Sutherland.
28 leaves. Original typescript on single sheets. Browning as expected but not brittle. Size 8" x 11". Tablet style binding with brass fasteners at top edge. Wraps slightly soiled. Original brown paper envelope. Rare. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! .CHRISTMAS/W68
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Dickens, Charles.
EXCERPTS FROM THE PICKWICK PAPERS. A Short One Showing, Among Other Matters, How Mr. Pickwick Undertook To Drive, and Mr. Winkle To Ride: And How They Both Did It.
30p. Color margin drawings. Pictorial color title page. Design and Illustrations by Rey Abruzzi. Text printed in brown with gold initials. Format and Typography by Robert Donald. Christmas Greeting insert poem. 8vo. Original full red cloth binding. On front cover a drawing of a rearing horse, Mr. Pickwick and Mr. Winkle embossed in white, black and gold and lettered in gold and white. Spine lettered in gold. Binding by Kurt Gaebel & Sons. Original white slip case, soiled / foxed. Limited Edition. Number 1208 of only 1300 copies. This edition prepared as a Christmas Greeting from Samuel A. Dalton. A very nice copy of a very scarce piece. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! CHRISTMAS/W68
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Dickens, Charles.
DR. MARIGOLD'S PRESCRIPTIONS.
47p. Color tipped on full page illustrations with star burst textured tissue guards. Design and Illustrations by Rey Abruzzi through Frank R. Ewing of Art Service Associates. Numerous small color text drawings with author and title printed in red. Decorative title page printed in red, green and black. Gilt speckled endpapers. Text Eleven Point Monotype Bodoni Book on Shasta Text White, Vellum Finish. Format and Typography by Robert Donald through Frank R. Ewing of Art Service Associates. Christmas Greeting insert poem. 8vo. Original full embossed red cloth binding with gold and white star burst pattern on front cover. Gilt lettered spine. Binding by Albert Oldach & Son. Original slip case, cracked at folds. Limited Edition. Number 1223 of only 1300 copies. This edition prepared as a Christmas Greeting from Samuel A. Dalton. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W68
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Dickens, Charles.
HARD TIMES, CHRISTMAS BOOKS AND UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELER. (The Cosmopolitan Series. No. 9, July 20, 1889).
Several volumes bound in one. pp. 202; 115 + Plus full page illustrations. Double column. Inside wraps advertise Taxidermist's Guide, Catarrh Home Treatment, Genteel Behavior and Hospital Remedies. Paper fragile but not brittle. 12mo. Original full yellow wraps, Dickens portrait on front cover. Rear wrap advertises Colgate's Perfumes and Soaps with a drawing of the Eiffel Tower. Wraps slightly soiled. Scarce. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W68.
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Dickens, Charles.
STORIES FROM THE CHRISTMAS NUMBERS. A selection of stories from the extra Christmas editions of the periodical "All the Year Round" edited by Charles Dickens from 1859 until 1870.
14p. Text printed in green, blue and red. Large initials printed in gold. Format and Typography by Robert Donald. Printed Letterpress, Typographic Service, Inc. on Strathmore Bouquet Snowdrop, J.L.N. Smythe Co. Decorative tissue illustrations printed in two to three sections in different colors designed by Rey Abruzzi through Frank R. Ewing of Art Service Associates. Insert poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. 4to. Original full yellow cloth binding, gold and red lettered. Front cover drawings in red, white and gold. Binding by Albert Oldach & Sons. Original blue slip case. Limited Edition. Number 226 of only 1300 copies. Prepared as a Holiday Greeting from Samuel A. Dalton. Very lovely copy. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W68
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Dickens, Charles.
STORIES FROM THE CHRISTMAS NUMBERS. A selection of stories from the extra Christmas editions of the periodical "All the Year Round" edited by Charles Dickens from 1859 until 1870.
14p. Text printed in green, blue and red. Large initials printed in gold. Format and Typography by Robert Donald. Printed Letterpress, Typographic Service, Inc. on Strathmore Bouquet Snowdrop, J.L.N. Smythe Co. Decorative tissue illustrations printed in two to three sections in different colors designed by Rey Abruzzi through Frank R. Ewing of Art Service Associates. Insert poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox. 4to. Original full yellow cloth binding, gold and red lettered. Front cover drawings in red, white and gold. Binding by Albert Oldach & Sons. Limited Edition. Number 545 of only 1300 copies. Prepared as a Holiday Greeting from Samuel A. Dalton. Very crisp copy. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W68
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Dickens, Charles.
TOO FULL OF ADVENTURE TO BE BRIEFLY DESCRIBED. Excerpts From The Pickwick Papers.
32p. + Plus two silhouette style folding color drawings against a Christmas background by Rey Abruzzi. Color pictorial title page lettered in purple and gold. Text printed in purple with large gold initials and green trailing vine margin decorations. Format and Typography by Robert Donald. Christmas Greeting insert poem. 8vo. Original full embossed brown cloth binding with black embossed vines surrounding the elaborately gold embossed title. Gilt lettered spine. Original lime green slip case, faded at edges. Binding by Kurt Gaebel & Sons. Limited Edition. Number 415 of only 1300 copies. This edition prepared as a Christmas Greeting from Samuel A. Dalton. A handsome copy. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W68
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Doyle, Lynn.
TURKEY AND HAM. A Tale for Christmas. With illustrations by Jan Balet.
56p. Full page color illustrations by Jan Balet. Christmas greeting insert from Advertising Agencies' Service Company. Tall 8vo. Original cloth over pattern paper boards. Gilt lettered spine. Original slip case. Limited Edition. Number 478 of only 800 copies. A very crisp copy of a humorous tale of a Christmas dinner and dieting. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W67
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Field, Alice Durand.
PALERMO. A Christmas Story.
212p. + Plus etched frontis and four full page etchings with tissue guards. Large paper copy. Foxed. Top edge gold, other edges deckled. 4to. Original full leather binding, gold lettered. Binding worn. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W69
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Field, Rachel.
CHRISTMAS TIME. Verses and illustrations by Rachel Field.
np. + Plus color frontis. Text drawings and frontis drawn by the author. Title page printed in black and red. Penciled ownership of McKaugham. 24mo. Original full paper binding, decorated in red and green. Head and tail of spine slightly cracked. Nice little copy . Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W69
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Fiske, De Wolfe.
CHRISTMAS BELLS.
7 leaves. Chromolithographed leaves and color illustrations printed on thick paper. Oblong 8vo. Original chromolithograph covers with string ties. Leaves and covers have some wear with slight loss at extremities. (Text starts on front cover and continues to rear cover). A nice late nineteenth century children's Christmas book teaching the alphabet. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. SCARCE. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! CHRISTMAS/W67
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Foss, C. W.
GOD WITH US - EMMANUEL. Stories For Children. Collected and Translated by C. W. Foss.
80p. + Plus full page color plates. Full page text illustrations in black and white. Some of the color plates have browned the text. 8vo. Original red cloth backed color pictorial paper binding. Nice copy. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W69
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Foss, C. W.
WALK IN THE LIGHT. Stories For Children. Collected and Translated by C. W. Foss.
87p. + Plus full page color plates. Full page text illustrations in black and white. Some of the color plates have browned the text. XLib stamp on title page and endpapers. 8vo. Original red cloth backed color pictorial paper binding. Nice copy. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W69
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Genung, John Franklin.
MY LOWLY TEACHER. An Essay Reprinted from Harper's Magazine expressly as a gift for our friends at Christmas.
20p. Title page printed in red and black. Large red ornate initial. Unopened. Inked inscription. 16mo. Original cloth backed pattern linoleum blocked boards. Original spine paper label. Limited gift edition made for Harper & Brothers by the Haddon Craftsmen, Camden, NJ. Very nice copy. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W70
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Grant, Robert.
A BACHELOR'S CHRISTMAS. And Other Stories. Illustrated by C. D. Gibson, I. R. Wiles, A. B. Wenzell, and C. Carleton.
pp. ix, 309 + Plus frontis and full page illustrations with tissue guards by Gibson; Wiles; Wenzell; Carleton. Uncut. Top edge gold gilt. Some foxing and damp staining. Inked presentation from Galveston, TX only three months after the horrible Galveston Flood where over 8,000 people died. 8vo. Original green cloth binding decorated with gold and white vines. Gilt lettered. Signed binding by Margaret Armstrong. Margaret Neilson Armstrong (18671944) was a 20th-century American designer, illustrator, and author. She is best known for her book covers in the Art Nouveau style. Lower rear board has some discoloration. Nice copy. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W70
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Hall, Charles Springer.
SONGS FOR THE YULETIDE.
44p. Wood engraved drawings on title page and colophon by Boyd Hanna. Small 8vo. Original cloth backed white paper boards. Gilt lettered spine. Wood engraved front cover vignette of Mary, Joseph and Jesus in the manger blocked in red. Original slip case. Limited to only 200 copies. A lovely copy of Charles Springer Hall's Christmas poems. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W70
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Hamilton, W. C. (Publisher).
SIX CHRISTMAS CAROLS.
np. Printed in red and black. Text drawings. Inked ownership of Jane Iarew Cotton. Square 8vo. Original cloth backed color pictorial paper boards, slightly soiled. Printed for the friends of W.C. Hamilton & Sons. Scarce. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W67
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Heald, Sarah E.
MOTHER KATE AND THE BROWNIES: A Christmas Story.
61p. + Plus woodcut engraved frontis and full page plates. Text ruled throughout in black. Brown endpapers sprinkled with gold stars. Label "Presented by G. Milton Bair and Sons Edward W. and Ray W. to the Harold H. Bair Post No. 14 American Legion, March 1930". Early inked ownership "Ray Welsh Bair, from his Brother, Christmas, 1892". First few signatures finger smudged. 8vo. Original full cloth binding, embossed in blind and lettered in gold. Spine and rear cover spotted. Issued at the pinnacle of the enthusiasm for Palmer Cox's Brownies, this is a appealing Christmas story of a woman who enlists a group of Brownies to help her children celebrate the holiday. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! CHRISTMAS/W69
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Jackson, Joseph Henry.
THE CHRISTMAS FLOWER. Illustrations by Tom Lea.
31p. Full page drawings printed in red. Title page printed in red and black. 8vo. Original full color pictorial paper binding, spine and edges slightly browned. Nice copy. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W67
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Johnston, Annie Fellows.
THE LITTLE COLONEL'S CHRISTMAS VACATION. Illustrated by Etheldred B. Barry.
pp. 333, (10)[Publisher's catalogue] + Plus frontis and full page drawings with tissue guards by Etheldred B. Barry. Title page ruled in black. 8vo. Original full yellow cloth binding, lettered in red. Front cover pictorial of young girl in a red coat surrounded with holly wreaths. Joints darkened. Very nice copy. Twentieth Impression. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W70
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Kent, Rockwell.
A NORTHERN CHRISTMAS. Being the Story of a Peaceful Christmas in the Remote and Peaceful Wilderness of an Alaskan Island.
np. Numerous handsome woodcuts by Rockwell Kent. Title page and text printed in black and red. Lacks first fly leaf. 12mo. Original full decorative paper binding, extremities worn. Original dust jacket, worn with some loss. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W70
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Kirkland, Winifred.
THE MAN WHO GAVE US CHRISTMAS.
26p. Dark blue endpapers. 16mo. Original full blue paper binding, lettered in red. Original dust jacket. "The Man Who Gave Us Christmas" appeared first in the Atlantic Monthly, December, 1939, and was the basis of a Christmas editorial in the New York Times. Nice copy. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W70
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Knight, William Allen.
THE SIGNS IN THE CHRISTMAS FIRE.
np. + Plus frontis. Title page bordered in green and printed in red and black. Text elaborately ruled in green. Bookseller's label. Decorated endpapers. 12mo. Original full paper binding, lettered in gold and decorated in green. Binding slightly soiled. Nice copy. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W70
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Lagerlof, Selma.
THE LEGEND OF THE CHRISTMAS ROSE.
28p. + Plus frontis. Full page black line drawings printed on lime green blocks. Title page with border printed in black on a lime green block. Light pink endpapers. Strathmore Paper Company label detailing stock used. 8vo. Original full red paper binding with covers silver flaked. Front cover decorated with a white rose and a blue edging. Limited number of this Christmas edition was printed for the friends of Aldus Printers. Nice copy. Very scarce. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W67. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
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Marek, Richard.
THE SNOWFLAKE. Illustrated by Oliver James. Designed by Sol Calvin Cohen.
30p. Line drawings by Oliver James. Designed by Sol Calvin Cohen. Printed on light blue paper. Decorative endpapers. 8vo. Original cloth over paper boards, very slightly worn at extremities. Limited Edition. No limitation statement of number of copies, but certainly small. Nice copy. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W67 x 2
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McKuen, Rod.
TWELVE YEARS OF CHRISTMAS.
52p. Title page printed in red and black. Inked inscription. Small 8vo. Original full purple paper binding, lettered in white. Binding bumped at extremities. Original dust jacket. First printing. Nice copy. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W70
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Mother Goose.
MOTHER GOOSE FOR GROWN FOLKS. A Christmas Reading. Illustrated by Billings.
pp. iv, 111, 7 [Publisher's catalogue] + Frontis. Age stained. Badly damp stained. Penciled ownership of "Harrison, Bleak House, Henusi?, Nov. 12, 1860". Small 8vo. Original full buckram binding, gold lettered. Worn. Authorship of this scarce piece is sometimes attributed to: Adeline Dutton (Train) Whitney (1824-1906), American juvenile and miscellaneous writer. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W70
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Peale, Norman Vincent.
JESUS OF NAZARETH. A dramatic interpretation of His life from Bethlehem to Calvary written especially for young Americans.
42p. Embellished with color hand-drawn initials in the fashion of the Fifteenth Century by Kurt H. Volk. Title page decorated and printed in red and black. Type set in Janson and printed in four colors by offset on white, heavyweight Fabriano from Fabriano, Italy. Uncut. Wide margins. Top edge gold. Folio. Original leather spine over cloth boards, some soiling. Gilt lettered spine. Limited Edition. Number 707 of only 1000 copies. Signed by Kurt H. Volk. Nice copy. Kurt Hans Volk (1884-1962) was born in Germany, and probably trained as a printer/typographer there. He worked for many years at N.W. Ayers in Philadelphia before starting his own typographic firm in 1927. He widely lectured on advertising typography and authored the important work: "Using Type Correctly." He greatest influence as a designer was probably as a consultant to the Merganthaler Linotype Company. Today he is probably best known for a private series of keepsakes and limited edition books distributed to friends at Christmas. We are pleased to be able to offer one of these here. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W69
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Poncins, Gontran de.
ARCTIC CHRISTMAS. Translation by Lewis Galantiere.
23p. Text drawings printed in blue throughout. Decorated title page. Initials, page numbers and running heads printed in blue. Snowflake blue endpapers. 12mo. Original cloth backed snowflake blue paper boards. Original paper label on front cover. Binding slightly soiled. Limited Edition of only 1100 copies privately printed for the friends of the author and his publishers as a Christmas greeting. Nice copy. Published the same year as his ground breaking book 'Kabloona' which chronicled the year Poncins spent living among the Inuit of King William Island, Arctic Circle. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W70 x 2
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Page, Thomas Nelson.
A CAPTURED SANTA CLAUS. With Illustrations by W. L. Jacobs.
81p. + Plus color frontis and three color full page plates with tissue guards by W. L. Jacobs. Uncut. Top edge gold. Remnants of old bookplate. Front endpapers rusted from old paper clip. Inked ownership of Benjamin H. Decker, Christmas, 1902. Small 8vo. Original full green cloth binding, lettered in yellow with front cover vignette of two rifles, sword and holly, white tents and mansion with a yellow sky. Spine gold lettered with very slight wear at head and tail. Binding crinkled. Nice copy of a Civil War Christmas story. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W70
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Portor, Laura Spencer.
THE SHADOW CHRISTMAS. Reprinted from Harper's Magazine.
23p. Uncut and unopened. Thin 8vo. Original cloth backed purple gold flaked paper boards. Original spine and front cover paper labels. Edges of binding faded and slightly worn. Harper & Brothers Christmas keepsake printed by Haddon Craftsmen of Camden, New Jersey. First Edition. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W67
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Posselt, Eric (Editor).
A MERRY, MERRY CHRISTMAS BOOK. Decorations by Dave Lyons.
pp. xi, 180. Illustrated with cartoons and drawings. 8vo. Original full cloth binding, slightly soiled. Original dust jacket, worn and chipped. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W67
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Saint Matthew; Saint Luke.
THE STORY OF CHRISTMAS. According to the Gospels of St. Matthew & St. Luke.
np. Title page and text decorated with red and green stars and green borders. Deckled edges. Gospel of St. Matthew Chapter II Verses 1 to 12, inclusive; Gospel of St. Luke Chapter II verses 8 to 20, inclusive. Small 12mo. Original cloth backed blue paper boards, slightly worn at extremities. Nicely printed copy. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W70
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Pribichevich, Stoyan.
CHRISTMAS EVE IN A BALKAN HEART.
11p. Title page printed in red and black. Christmas greeting insert from the Publishers. 12mo. Original full orange paper binding with gold designs. Original printed paper label on front cover. Very crisp copy. Memoirs of a childhood Christmas in Hungary during 1915. The author's father was a leader of the Serbs during the early days of World War One. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W70
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Reid, Marion.
CHRISTMAS CAROLS.
n.p. Delicate blue drawings by John Reid. Text printed in blue. Beautifully printed by Edgar G. Dunstan & Co. Christmas greetings insert signed from M.R.L. and C. Freshel. Thin 8vo. Original cloth backed paper binding. Front cover embossed with young girl carolers surrounded by a printed border naming author, title, publisher, printer and illustrator all printed in red. Binding very slightly scuffed at edges. A lovely copy of English Christmas carols. Scarce. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W67
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Rezzori, Gregor Von.
FIRST MEETING WITH THE HUSSAR.
31p. Color pictorial title page. 12mo. Original full black pattern paper binding. Privately printed First Edition for Friends of the Author and his Publishers. Chapter from the First American Edition of THE HUSSAR translated by Catherine Hutter which is to be published next year, March, 1960. Very crisp copy. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W70
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Sansom, William.
A BOOK OF CHRISTMAS.
256p. Profusely illustrated with numerous plates in color. Pictorial endpapers. Small 4to. Original cloth backed pictorial boards. Original dust jacket, slightly chipped at edges. Nice copy. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W69
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