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A Cracker Bon-Bon for Christmas Parties: Consisting of Christmas Pieces, for Private Representation, and Other Seasonable Matter, in Prose and Verse by Robert B. Brough - 1852

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A Cracker Bon-Bon for Christmas Parties: Consisting of Christmas Pieces, for Private Representation, and Other Seasonable Matter, in Prose and Verse by Robert B. Brough - 1852

A Cracker Bon-Bon for Christmas Parties: Consisting of Christmas Pieces, for Private Representation, and Other Seasonable Matter, in Prose and Verse

by Robert B. Brough

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London: David Bogue, 1852. Red blind stamped decorated boards with bright gold gilt title and decoration. Color hand colored frontpiece (rare). Original red cloth. Upper board detached but present. Interior pages very good with b/w illustrations. ALSO LAID IN: A red string tied pamphlet, : A Selection from A Cracker Bon-Bon for Christmas Parties, published by Robe Innominate Press. Louisville, KY, 1964. Soft cover, handset in Goudy Kennerly and printed in Black and red on laid paper. 4 reproductions of wood engravings from the original. Printed in red on the front. FINE. I just had to put the book and this wonderful pamphlet as a set. I am always happy to send detailed photographs.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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  • Date Published 1852
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COLONIAE AGRIPPINAE: APUD PETRUM A BRACHEI, 1629. Bella edizione del 1629 di questa opera di concordanza biblica in forma di dizionario. Testo latino. Antico testo manoscritto al contropiatto anteriore, note manoscritte al frontespizio e nel testo. Segnalibri laterali in pergamena con indicazione delle lettere dell'alfabeto per una più agevole consultazione. Il segnalibro della lettera T mancante. Bellissima vignetta al frontespizio che mostra alcune scene bibliche come la crocifissione e Adamo ed Eva che colgono la mela. In buone condizioni. Copertina in piena pergamena coeva con titolo manoscritto al dorso in discrete condizioni generali con lievi usure ai margini e dorso. Rottura alla cerniera anteriore e dorso. Legatura in buone condizioni. All'interno le pagine si presentano in buone condizioni con fioriture. Lievi gore d'umidità marginali. Segnalibro della lettera T mancante. Rottura al frontespizio. In 8. Dim. 25,5x20 cm. Pp. (8)+1212+(2). Peso Kg. 2,500.Beautiful… Read More
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Auntie Mame, An Irreverent Escapade

Auntie Mame, An Irreverent Escapade

by Dennis, Patrick

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Auntie Mame: An Irreverent Escapade. By Patrick Dennis. Vanguard Press 1959 First Edition, Stated Third Printing Thus. "Life is a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death!" Used. VG/VG Unclipped $3.50 ORIGINAL DJ is now protected in a mylar wrap. One of the funniest books ever written, this story was also a made into a play, a film, and a musical with the incomparable Rosalind Russell and Lucille Ball. Rare/quite scarce in a nice dj. Please see our photos. A great find.
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Aunt Louisa's Germs of Kindness Comprising Home Kindness, Kindness to Animals, Santa Claus and His Works, Henny Penny

by WEBSTER, George P. & VALENTINE, Laura

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McLoughlin Bros., nd (1870s) 1870. 1st Thus. Hardcover. VG. NAST, Thomas. 1st Thus. 23.2 x 27.2 cm blue cloth with pictorial pastedown to the front cover, black and gilt stamped decoration and titles to the front and spine and blind stamped decoration to the rear cover. Red stained edges,brown endpapers unpaginated (112) printed on one side of the page only with 24 full page colour lithographs. Six illustrating each tale. The six lithographs in Santa Clause and his Works are by Thomas Nast and are accompanied by 7 black and white illustrations within the text. The boards are very good with a little rubbing to the spine tips, where the cloth has a couple of tiny holes, and corners where the bottom two have been rubbed through. There is also some light marking to the image on the front cover. Internally it is clear that some restoration and repair has been carried out in the past. The text page entitled The Pony in Kindness to Animals has japanese paper repairs to tears to the fore and bottom… Read More
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The First Christmas ( in RARE dust wrapper)
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The First Christmas ( in RARE dust wrapper)

by Wallace, Lew

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New York and London: Harper & Brother Publishers, 1902. New York and London, Harper & Brother Publishers, 1902, Decorative Cloth. First Edition, 1902. vii, 109 pages. Publisher's lavender cloth blocked in gilt and argent on upper cover, spine lettered in gilt, plain white end papers, top edge gilt, border illustrations printed in sanguine, 4 half-tone plates tipped to blue Holland paper. In the RARE dust jacket. Near Fine, a few stray spots of toning at end papers only, tiny rubs at corners, prior owner gift inscription dated, appropriately dated "Xmas 1902". In the RARE Very Good dust jacket, small holes and chips at corners and edges, 4" tear at edge of front spine fold. "A NEW edition of this beautiful story, with full-page illustrations from paintings by Raphael, Murillo, and other masters, and marginal drawings, in tint, by William Martin Johnson." ( front of dust wrapper). The last copy in dust jacket sold in 1978 as noted in a dealer's catalogue at… Read More
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VENETIIS : EX TYPOGRAPHIA BALLEONIANA, 1730. In 4. Dim. 34,5x25x7 cm. Pp. 36 (n.n.)+460+XCI+(8)+36+(2)+(2)+(2)+(2)+(2). Peso Kg. 2,900 Splendido messale di grandi dimensioni e peso del 1730 in folio interamente scritto a caratteri rosso e neri con splendidi capilettera decorati, almeno 1 per pagina (ad esclusione dei canti gregoriani). All'interno del testo tre bellissime incisioni a piena pagina che raffigurano delle scene religiose (l'annunciazione, la crocifissione, la resurrezione). Bella vignetta al frontespizio. All'inizio del messale un introduzione dedicata alla memoria dei tre Papi che si erano occupati di redigerlo (Pio V; Clemente VIII; Urbano VIII) e una sorta di prefazione all'opera con delle tabelle indicanti il calendario liturgico che rimanda alle parti del messale da recitare.<BR>Presente anche Commune Sanctorum e Missae Propriae Sanctorum ad uso dei Frati Minori di San Francesco. Pagine e pagine di canti gregoriani all'interno. Il messale è del 1730,… Read More
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COLONIAE AGRIPPINAE: APUD PETRUM A BRACHEI, 1629. Bella edizione del 1629 di questa opera di concordanza biblica in forma di dizionario. Testo latino. Antico testo manoscritto al contropiatto anteriore, note manoscritte al frontespizio e nel testo. Segnalibri laterali in pergamena con indicazione delle lettere dell'alfabeto per una più agevole consultazione. Il segnalibro della lettera T mancante. Bellissima vignetta al frontespizio che mostra alcune scene bibliche come la crocifissione e Adamo ed Eva che colgono la mela. In buone condizioni. Copertina in piena pergamena coeva con titolo manoscritto al dorso in discrete condizioni generali con lievi usure ai margini e dorso. Rottura alla cerniera anteriore e dorso. Legatura in buone condizioni. All'interno le pagine si presentano in buone condizioni con fioriture. Lievi gore d'umidità marginali. Segnalibro della lettera T mancante. Rottura al frontespizio. In 8. Dim. 25,5x20 cm. Pp. (8)+1212+(2). Peso Kg. 2,500.Beautiful… Read More
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Auntie Mame, An Irreverent Escapade

Auntie Mame, An Irreverent Escapade

by Dennis, Patrick

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Auntie Mame: An Irreverent Escapade. By Patrick Dennis. Vanguard Press 1959 First Edition, Stated Third Printing Thus. "Life is a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death!" Used. VG/VG Unclipped $3.50 ORIGINAL DJ is now protected in a mylar wrap. One of the funniest books ever written, this story was also a made into a play, a film, and a musical with the incomparable Rosalind Russell and Lucille Ball. Rare/quite scarce in a nice dj. Please see our photos. A great find.
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Aunt Louisa's Germs of Kindness Comprising Home Kindness, Kindness to Animals, Santa Claus and...
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Aunt Louisa's Germs of Kindness Comprising Home Kindness, Kindness to Animals, Santa Claus and His Works, Henny Penny

by WEBSTER, George P. & VALENTINE, Laura

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McLoughlin Bros., nd (1870s) 1870. 1st Thus. Hardcover. VG. NAST, Thomas. 1st Thus. 23.2 x 27.2 cm blue cloth with pictorial pastedown to the front cover, black and gilt stamped decoration and titles to the front and spine and blind stamped decoration to the rear cover. Red stained edges,brown endpapers unpaginated (112) printed on one side of the page only with 24 full page colour lithographs. Six illustrating each tale. The six lithographs in Santa Clause and his Works are by Thomas Nast and are accompanied by 7 black and white illustrations within the text. The boards are very good with a little rubbing to the spine tips, where the cloth has a couple of tiny holes, and corners where the bottom two have been rubbed through. There is also some light marking to the image on the front cover. Internally it is clear that some restoration and repair has been carried out in the past. The text page entitled The Pony in Kindness to Animals has japanese paper repairs to tears to the fore and bottom… Read More
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The First Christmas ( in RARE dust wrapper)
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The First Christmas ( in RARE dust wrapper)

by Wallace, Lew

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New York and London: Harper & Brother Publishers, 1902. New York and London, Harper & Brother Publishers, 1902, Decorative Cloth. First Edition, 1902. vii, 109 pages. Publisher's lavender cloth blocked in gilt and argent on upper cover, spine lettered in gilt, plain white end papers, top edge gilt, border illustrations printed in sanguine, 4 half-tone plates tipped to blue Holland paper. In the RARE dust jacket. Near Fine, a few stray spots of toning at end papers only, tiny rubs at corners, prior owner gift inscription dated, appropriately dated "Xmas 1902". In the RARE Very Good dust jacket, small holes and chips at corners and edges, 4" tear at edge of front spine fold. "A NEW edition of this beautiful story, with full-page illustrations from paintings by Raphael, Murillo, and other masters, and marginal drawings, in tint, by William Martin Johnson." ( front of dust wrapper). The last copy in dust jacket sold in 1978 as noted in a dealer's catalogue at… Read More
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A Cracker Bon-Bon for Christmas Parties: Consisting of Christmas Pieces and Other Seasonable Matter, in Prose and Verse.

by Brough, Robert B

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W. Kent and Company. Good. 1880. Hardcover. 1880 printing. Red cloth covers show quite a bit of wear to the binding and rubbing to the spine and corners. The corners are bumped. Darkening to binding and edges. Scattered foxing to a few pages. The binding is sound. .
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A Cracker Bon-Bon for Christmas Parties: Consisting of Christmas pieces, for private...

A Cracker Bon-Bon for Christmas Parties: Consisting of Christmas pieces, for private representation, and other seasonable matter in prose and Verse

by Brough, Robert b

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London: W. Kent & Co., 1861. Hardcover (no jacket) in very good condition for age. Minor exterior edgewear; the spine ends and leading corners are a little faded and frayed. Minor foxing on some pages. The binding is sound; all text and illustrations are clear. CM. Hardcover. Very Good. Used.
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A Cracker Bon-Bon for Christmas Parties: Consisting of Christmas Pieces and Other Seasonable Matter
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A Cracker Bon-Bon for Christmas Parties: Consisting of Christmas Pieces and Other Seasonable Matter

by Brough, Robert B

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W. Kent and Company, 1861. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Very good-fine (slight general wear). Sm 8vo [4]+99+pl Christmas entertainm ents, poems, etc. for children; unidentified illustrator (somewhat like Ten niel). Rare. Printed by Henry Viz.color frontis/ b/w illus.
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A Cracker Bon-Bon for Christmas Parties: Consisting of Christmas Pieces, for Private...
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A Cracker Bon-Bon for Christmas Parties: Consisting of Christmas Pieces, for Private Representation, and Other Seasonable Matter, in Prose and Verse

by Brough, Robert B

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London: David Bogue, 1852. First edition. Hand-colored frontispiece, textual illustrations. 99 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Original red cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, a.e.g. Upper hinge starting, else a Near Fine copy. First edition. Hand-colored frontispiece, textual illustrations. 99 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. CBEL III:601; Wolff 842
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Murder for Christmas (A Midnite Mystery)

Murder for Christmas (A Midnite Mystery)

by Christie, Agatha

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Murder for Christmas, a Poirot Story by Agatha Christie (1944 Midnite Mystery) COPYRIGHT BY AGATHA CHRISTIE MALLOWAN: "It is Christmas Eve, and elderly Simeon Lee is found violently murdered in his locked office. The police are immediately called, but of course nobody has a clue until Hercule Poirot arrives..." USED. 1944 Books inc. Midnite Mystery. Copyright 1938 - 1939 Agatha Christie Mallowan. Good+/ No DJ. Black boards with gold titling on spine. Titles gilting is still nice Scarce.
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The Messiah: An Oratorio for Four-Part Chorus of Mixed Voices, Soprano, Alto, Tenor, and Bass...

The Messiah: An Oratorio for Four-Part Chorus of Mixed Voices, Soprano, Alto, Tenor, and Bass Soli and Piano

by Handel, G.F

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Handel,G.F: The Messiah, An Oratorio. 1912 First Edition. G. Schirmer, Inc. New York. G. Schirmer's Editions of Oratorios and Cantatas for Four-Part Chorus of Mixed Voices, Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass Soli and Piano by G.F. Handel. VOCAL SCORE COMPLETE. 252 pages. 7 X 10 3/8. Softcover.
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4.50 From Paddington

4.50 From Paddington

by Christie, Agatha

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659ChristiePaddington 4.50 FROM PADDINGTON, AKA "WHAT MRS. MCGILLICUDDY SAW". 1957 Ulverscroft Large Print Series, F.A. Thorpe. FIRST EDITION THUS. Exlib. Very Good Condition/ Very Good original black red and white dust jacket in a mylar wrap. MISS MARPLE . Please see our stock photo of a different title from this same series. A clean, solid copy. Summary: "Mrs. Elspeth McGillicuddy is on her way from a shopping expedition to visit her old friend Jane Marple for Christmas. Her train passes another train running parallel and in the same direction as her train. Then, a blind in one compartment flies up and she sees a man with his back to her strangling a woman.." A gripping read. HARD TO FIND IN UNITED STATES.
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The Wind in the Willows (The Heritage Illustrated Bookshelf)
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The Wind in the Willows (The Heritage Illustrated Bookshelf)

by Grahame, Kenneth, Introduction By A. A. Milne, Color Plates By Arthur Rackham

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. Grahame, Kenneth. The Wind In The Willows. Copyight 1940. Heritage Press. USED. VG+ Condition/ VG+ Original Canary yellow cart Slipcase. Blue boards with drawing of Toad dressed as the washerwoman on the Front Cover. February, 1966 Printing Thus of 20,000 copies. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. 190 pages. 6 1/2 X 10. Please see stock photos. Our copy is crisp and clean with a clean spine, appearing almost unread. Quite charming.
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A Picture For Harold's Room
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A Picture For Harold's Room

by Johnson, Crockett

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Johnson, Crockett: A Picture For Harold's Room, A Purple Crayon Adventure. First Edition, Harper & Brothers 1960. Ex-lib. Good Condition/ No Dust Jacket. Rare/scarce. 64 pages 6 1/4 X 8 3/4
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Christmas Roses
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Christmas Roses

by Mack, Robert Ellice

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New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1885. Hard Cover. Good +. Lawson, Lizzie. Published by E.P. Dutton & Co., New York, and Griffith, Farran & Co., London. 31, [1] p.: frontispiece and 9 additional full-page chromolithographed illustrations; 23 cm. Green cloth spine with brown-and-white lithographed illustrations on green paper over boards. Floral endpapers. "Lithographed and printed by Ernest Nister of Nuremberg" -- from colophon. No date of publication. Title page and each page of text have small lithographed illustration. Inscription on front free endpaper verso: Margaretta R. Leeds, Christmas 1885. In Good+ Condition: cover is soiled and rubbed; corners of boards are rubbed, but spine is not frayed; front and back free endpapers are detaching; back hinge is weak; some soiling along margins of pages; otherwise pages and illustrations are clean and bright.
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Brundibar  - 1st Edition/1st Printing

Brundibar - 1st Edition/1st Printing

by Sendak, Maurice and Tony Kushner

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New York: Hyperion Books for Children. As New in As New dust jacket. 2003. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0786809043 . First edition/ first printing in As New condition in alike dust-jacket, SIGNED by Ela Weissberger, the "Cat of Terezin" on front free endpaper; Based on the 1938 Czech opera by Adolf Hoffmeister and Hans Krasa, Brundibar is the town bully who attempts to terrorize two children trying to earn money for their sick mother by singing. Retold by award-winning playwright Tony Kushner with illustrations by the famous Maurice Sendak, the somewhat dated opera breathes new lifeBrundibar was presented by the children of Terezin, the Nazi contentration camp, fifty-five times with Ela Weissberger playing the role of "the cat"; 8vo; Signed by Biographee .
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A Christmas Stocking Story

A Christmas Stocking Story

by Knight, Hilary

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9780060009854
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New York: Harpercollins Children's Book Group. As New in As New dust jacket. 2003. Second Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0060009853 . A stunning first Harpercollins edition/first printing in As New condition in alike dust-jacket, SIGNED by author and illustrator Hilary Knight. This title was part of the famous miniature book series Christmas Nutshell Library by Hilary Knight, originally published in 1963; When Santa has stocking mix-up flop, these clever animals fix it with a merry Christmas swap. Famous Eloise illustrator Knight keeps the saga alive in the most charming way with this classic Christmas classic, issued as part of the famous Christmas Nutshell Library; 4to; Signed by Author .
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A Family Christmas  - 1st Edition/1st Printing
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A Family Christmas - 1st Edition/1st Printing

by Kennedy, Caroline

  • Used
  • Hardcover
  • Signed
  • first
Condition
As New in As New dust jacket
Edition
First Edition; First Printing
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 13
9781401322274
ISBN 10
1401322271
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1
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Summerville, South Carolina, United States
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New York: Hyperion. As New in As New dust jacket. 2007. First Edition; First Printing. Cloth. 1401322271 . This pristine copy in As New/As New condition is SIGNED by author Caroline Kennedy directly on the title page. Christmas green cloth binding with gold lettering, a green satin bookmark plus red and green illustrations and titles throughout make this a beautiful book; This collection of Christmas writings and drawings is selected and introduced by Caroline Kennedy. Selections range from hymns to liturgy to childrens' letters to Santa Clause and include such diverse authors as Charles Dickens, Groucho Marx, E. White and John Lennon. Arranged by subject matter, the writings in this anthology remind us of the wonder of Christmas. Illustrated by Jon J Muth and Laura Hartrman Maestro ; 8vo ; Signed by Author .
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NZ$137.68
A Firefly In A Fir Tree

A Firefly In A Fir Tree

by Knight, Hilary

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  • Hardcover
  • first
Condition
Used - Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Edition
First Edition; First Printing
Binding
Hardcover
Quantity Available
1
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Summerville, South Carolina, United States
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This seller has earned a 4 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
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NZ$154.89

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New York: Harper & Row. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1963. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A nice Original first edition in Fine condition in Near Fine dust-jacket with much less rubbing and chipping than usual, small closed tear in the back; "Sing out the old! Sing in the new! May all your Christmas dreams come true". (from the dustjacket of the original edition) The children's Christmas classic from famous Eloise illustrator Hilary Knight, issued as part of the famous Christmas Nutshell Library; Christmas Nutshell Library; 48mo .
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NZ$154.89