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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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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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Rollins, Charlemae (Compiler).
CHRISTMAS GIFT. An Anthology of Christmas Poems, Songs, and Stories, Written by and about Negroes. Line drawings by Tom O'Sullivan. Book design by Stan Williamson.
pp. 119, (7)[Author and Text Indexes]. Numerous text line drawings by Tom O'Sullivan. Top edge red. Small 4to. Original full pale yellow cloth binding, gold lettered. Edges of binding slightly soiled. Includes pieces by: Margaret T. Applegarth; Roark Bradford; Gwendolyn Brooks; Countee Cullen; Frederick Douglas; Paul Laurence Dunbar; Lorenz Graham; Frank Horne; Langston Hughes; Zora Neale Hurston; Harnett T. Kane; Aquah Laluah; Eve Lynn; Gabriela Mistral; Effie Lee Newsome; Julia Peterkin; Albert Rice; Booker T. Washington; and others. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W67
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Scull, W. E.
CHRISTMAS JOYS FOR LITTLE GIRLS AND BOYS. Comprising Stories, Pictures and Rhymes That Will Entertain the Little Ones. Illustrated with an Original Alphabet Lithographed in Colors and Numerous Text Pictures.
np. A mostly chromolithographed alphabet precedes the text. Text illustrations printed in red and blue throughout. Paper beginning to brown. Margaret Sarah Lewis, famous York, PA water color artist - her copy with her earliest juvenile drawings. 8vo. Original cloth backed paper boards. Chromolithograph front cover illustrating two children with their Christmas gifts. Binding worn. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W69
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Seawell, Molly Elliot.
BETTY'S VIRGINIA CHRISTMAS. With Illustrations in Color by Henry J. Soulen and Decorations by Edward Stratton Holloway.
214p. + Plus color frontis and full page plates by Henry J. Soulen. Numerous text drawings by Edward Stratton Hollowary. Decorative ruled title page printed in red and black. Uncut. Top edge gold. 8vo. Original full red cloth binding, lettered in gold. Front cover decorated with green holly leaves and a gold trumpet. Likely a first edition. Lovely copy. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W70
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Stevenson, Robert Louis.
A CHRISTMAS SERMON.
23p. Decorated title page. Printed by D. B. Updike at the Merrymount Press. 12mo. Original cloth backed paper boards. Slightly worn at extremities. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W70
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Stevenson, Robert Louis.
A CHRISTMAS SERMON.
23p. Decorated title page. 12mo. Original cloth backed paper boards. Nice copy. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W70
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Strope, Jeremy.
SNOWFLAKE. A twilight musing at the west window and penned for the friends of Kurt H. Volk as a greeting at Yuletide 1930. May It Be The Happiest That. You And Yours Have Ever Known.
13 leaves. Gilt snowflake device and "Yuletide 1930" over printed in gold on title page. First initial delicately embossed in blind. Printed in the French Fold style, each leaf with text on one side only. Unopened. Wide margins throughout. Text printed on heavy, soft rice paper. Gilt snowflake colophon. Tall 8vo. Original full white padded paper binding decorated in silver, soiled. This copy is number 90 of a Limited Edition. Attractive 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. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! CHRISTMAS/W67
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Strope, Jeremy.
SNOWFLAKE.
13 leaves. Title page printed in silver with snowflake device embossed in blind. First initial printed in gray with a delicate snowflake embossed in blind. Printed in the French Fold style, each leaf with text on one side only. Unopened. Wide margins throughout. Text printed on heavy, soft rice paper. Tall 8vo. Original full padded cream paper binding decorated with snowflake designs. Original blue cloth lined solander case. This book was conceived by Kurt H. Volk, Typographer, and executed in collaboration with Meyer Wagman. Beautiful and delicate 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/W67
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Taylor, Charles B.
CHRISTMAS AT OLD COURT: A Fireside Book.
pp. 284, (4)[Publisher's catalogue with each page elaborately ruled and decorated]. 12mo. Original full cloth binding embossed in blind. Spine lettered in gold, slightly faded. A very clean and crisp copy. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W70. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
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Tazewell, Charles.
THE SMALL ONE. A Story For Those Who Like Christmas and Small Donkeys. Designed by Donald E. Cooke. Illustrated by Marian Ebert.
26p. Mosaic styled color drawings by Marian Ebert. Decorated title page. Designed by Donald E. Cooke. 8vo. Original full paper binding, slightly worn at extremities. Limited Edition. No limitation statement of number of copies. Nice example. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! CHRISTMAS/W67 x 3
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Thackeray, William Makepeace.
ROUND ABOUT THE CHRISTMAS TREE.
23p. Illustrated chapter headings and colophon. Illustrated first initial. Top edge gold, other edges deckled. Penciled inscription "For another boy X-mas 1915". Foxed. Small 8vo. Original cloth backed metallic design paper boards. Spine darkened but with paper label. Extremities worn. On copyright page: "This book a souvenir of Christmas 1914 is with avuncular regard dedicated to C.M.F. 2nd he might have been Bob". Limited to only 250 copies. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W70
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Thorpe, Benjamin (Editor).
YULE-TIDE STORIES. A Collection of Scandinavian and North German Popular Tales and Traditions, From the Swedish, Danish, and German.
pp. xv, 504. XLib. 8vo. Disbound. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W69
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Thompson, Kay.
ELOISE AT CHRISTMASTIME. Drawings by Hilary Knight.
np. Color drawings throughout by Hilary Knight. Bookplate of Margaret Sarah Lewis, York, PA water color artist. 4to. Original full red pictorial glossy binding. First Printing. Very crisp copy. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W69
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Van Dyke, Henry.
THE LOST WORLD. A Christmas Legend of Long Ago.
71p. + Plus frontis and full page illustrations with tissue guards. Text blocked throughout in ornate borders of fishes, vines and flowers. Top edge gold with other edges deckled. 8vo. Original full green cloth binding embossed and decorated in gold and blind. Heavily gold lettered. Spine slightly faded. Lovely First Edition printed at the Devinne Press. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W69
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Van Dyke, Henry.
THE SAD SHEPHERD. A Christmas Story.
56p. + Plus frontis photogravure of a painting showing a Sheppard and the Three Wise Men in front of a fire. Tissue guard. Uncut. Top edge gold. Small 8vo. Original full green cloth binding, heavily embossed and lettered in gold. Spine faded. First Edition. Nice copy. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W70
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Van Dyke, Henry.
THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS.
59p. + Plus frontis with tissue guard. Christmas presentation from John Jamison Mapel to Jane A. Singer Sawyer, 1905. Uncut. Top edge gold. Small 8vo. Original full green cloth binding, heavily embossed and lettered in gold. Spine and top edges faded. First Edition. Pretty copy. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W69
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Van Dyke, Henry.
THE STORY OF THE OTHER WISE MAN. With decorations cut in wood by Ellen Raskin.
59p. Wood cut illustrations by Ellen Raskin. Wide margins. Planned and printed by P. J. Perrusi for the friends of Advertising Agencies' Service Company. Christmas greetings insert. 8vo. Original full orange cloth binding with gold lettered spine. Spine slightly faded. Original slip case. Limited Edition. Number 454 of only 800 copies. Very nice copy. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W69
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Volk, Kurt H.
IF THIS WERE THE LAST CHRISTMAS. Editorial from the Woman's Home Companion.
np. Title page and text ruled in red throughout. 24mo. Original full decorated paper binding. Cover paper label. Designed and printed by Kurt H. Volk. Signed by Kurt H. Volk. Number 12 of a very Limited Edition. Lovely little 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/W69x2
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van Loon, Hendrik Willem; Castagnetta, Grace.
CHRISTMAS SONGS.
np. Drawings by Hendrik Willem van Loon. 12mo. Original full red paper binding, lettered in white. Color pictorial vignette on front and rear covers. This book is Number Fourteen in the series of the American Artists Group Gift Books. Very nice copy. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! CHRISTMAS/W70
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Warren, Garnet.
AN OLD FASHIONED CHRISTMAS STORY.
82p. Red chapter headings and initials. Uncut. Bookplate of J. M. Bundscho Typographers, Chicago. 12mo. Original vellum-like backed paper printed boards. Spine darkened. Original slip case, soiled. Nice copy. Very scarce. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W70
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Wiggin, Kate Douglas.
THE BIRDS' CHRISTMAS CAROL.
66p. + Frontis. Text illustrated with drawings. Title page decorated with small drawing of a little girl. Inked ownership of Susan H. Throne, Christmas, 1899. 8vo. Original full cloth binding, lettered in green. Green pictorial front cover vignette of a little girl sitting on her chair with her crutches leaning nearby. Binding slightly soiled. Nice copy. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W70
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Wiggin, Kate Douglas.
THE BIRDS' CHRISTMAS CAROL. With Illustrations.
pp. 69, (2)[Books by Mrs. Wiggin] + frontis. Text illustrated with drawings. Title page decorated with small drawing of a little girl. 8vo. Original full yellow cloth binding, lettered in black. Black pictorial front cover vignette of a little girl sitting on her chair with her crutches leaning nearby. Original dust jacket, small chip rear wrap. Very nice copy which includes the rare dust jacket. "This edition, dramatized edition, arranged for school, home or amateur dramatic club". Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! CHRISTMAS/W70
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Winslow, Horatio.
THE LOST HALO. A Christmas Tale.
np. Color drawings by Melvin Hansen. Decorated color title page. Typography by R. Moore Smith. Tall thin 8vo. Original full pictorial paper binding, very slightly darkened at edges. Limited Edition. No limitation statement of number of copies. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W67x2
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