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A NATIVITY by Kipling, Rudyard - 1917

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A NATIVITY by Kipling, Rudyard - 1917

A NATIVITY

by Kipling, Rudyard

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Garden City: Doubleday, 1917. Cream wrappers, printed in green, bound up by the French Bindery in full forest green crushed morocco, raised bands, gilt and blind- ruled side panels, gilt inner dentelles, with title in gilt above an inset red morocco rose with blindstamped leaves and gilt edges within the upper panel. Internally fine, but the morocco binding is spine faded and the upper joint is cracked toward the crown, but sound. First edition in book form of this Christmas poem, printed for copyright purposes in an edition of 84 copies. From the Nelson Doubleday collection, with his bookplate on the front pastedown. RICHARDS A292. STEWART 454.

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Twelve Terrors of Christmas, The Absolutely Pristine in All Respects, First Trade Edition,VERY...
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Twelve Terrors of Christmas, The Absolutely Pristine in All Respects, First Trade Edition,VERY RARE in Any Condition, A TRUE FIND "AS NEW!!"

by By Updike, John, Illustrated Drawings By Edward Gorey

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NY: Gotham Book Mart, 1994, 1994 Soft Cover. No Jacket. First Edition.PBO, Small Decorated Wraps in B/W, December 1994. Pamphlet like .STATED First trade edition. Unpaginated,Fine , SOFTCOVER, 4 X 5 1/2 IN.. First Edition. Soft Cover.
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CHRISTMAS TYDE

CHRISTMAS TYDE

by Attributed To Coleridge, Sarah; Daughter To Coleridge Samuel

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London: W. Pickering. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1849. Hardcover. POETRY; B/w frontis; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; xvii, 205, [2] pages; 12mo, orig. Gilt-lettered green cloth, gilt-lettered spine, edges untrimmed; light edge wear, slightly sunned, text with lined borders. Title vignette. Minor foxing. Headpieces, tailpieces and elaborated intitials. .
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Christmas: An American Annual of Christmas Literature and Art (Volume Forty-Four) 44 in Green...
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Christmas: An American Annual of Christmas Literature and Art (Volume Forty-Four) 44 in Green Foil BOX, includes Christmas Story acording to St. Luke & St. Matthew,Home for Christmas, Poems,Art of Feeding Winter Birds, HISTORIC ORGANS of Europe, Articles

by Edited Randolph E. Haugan, Illustrated Conrad Pickel, Color Frontispiece Canadian Christmas watercolor by Garnet Hazard, Ruth L. Dieffenbacher, Hazel Ford, Yggdrasil,

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Augsburg Publishing House MINNEAPOLIS, 1974. HARDBACK NODAUSTJACKET Issued, 1974, STATED 1ST EDITION, NEAR FINE, Green Foil BOX minor wear edge tears, Oversized Pictorial cvr large quarto (approx. 13 X 10) with Black cloth spine, NO JACKET, Type is set in Linotype Caledonia, PRINTED BY PHOTO-OFFSET Lithography ,Color Frontispiece Canadian Christmas watercolor by Garnet Hazard, Ruth L. Dieffenbacher, Hazel Ford, Yggdrasil, mystical tree in Scandinavian Mythology, cartoon story & winter Scene Bk cover by Lee Mero, BILL BURNSON ,Donald Davies, Edmund Kopietz, Audrey Teeple. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Conrad Pickel, Lee Mero.
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Carols
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Carols

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London: Alexander Moring Limited . Hardcover. Good +. Eleanor Fortesque Brickdale. 4to, original red cloth, bright paste-on illustration to front cover, very faint foxing to end papers, ink owner's name to ffep otherwise contents clean and with tight binding. With all six double-page and five single page illustrations by Eleanor Fortesque Brickdale.
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The Cricket on the Hearth
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The Cricket on the Hearth: A Fairy Tale of Home

by Charles Dickens

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Early, softcover copy of "THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH" - A Fairy Tale of Home by Charles Dickens. Though there is no date of publication stated, this copy was likely printed in 1846, the same year as the publication of the 1st American edition. Published by Jordan and Wiley in Boston. "The Cricket on the Hearth" is the third of Dickens's five Christmas books; its chapters are referred to as "chirps."THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTHJohn Peerybingle, a carrier, lives with his young wife Dot, their baby boy and their nanny Tilly Slowboy. A cricket chirps on the hearth and acts as a guardian angel to the family. One day a mysterious elderly stranger comes to visit and takes up lodging at Peerybingle's house for a few days.Condition:Note - this copy is incomplete...the back cover and a few pages at the end are not present (the last page ends with page number 36 [of 42]). Light soiling to the front cover; creases at the outer corners; there are 2 names written in pen at the upper-right corner; tear at the base of… Read More
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Twelve Terrors of Christmas, The Absolutely Pristine in All Respects, First Trade Edition,VERY...
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Twelve Terrors of Christmas, The Absolutely Pristine in All Respects, First Trade Edition,VERY RARE in Any Condition, A TRUE FIND "AS NEW!!"

by By Updike, John, Illustrated Drawings By Edward Gorey

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NY: Gotham Book Mart, 1994, 1994 Soft Cover. No Jacket. First Edition.PBO, Small Decorated Wraps in B/W, December 1994. Pamphlet like .STATED First trade edition. Unpaginated,Fine , SOFTCOVER, 4 X 5 1/2 IN.. First Edition. Soft Cover.
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CHRISTMAS TYDE

CHRISTMAS TYDE

by Attributed To Coleridge, Sarah; Daughter To Coleridge Samuel

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London: W. Pickering. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1849. Hardcover. POETRY; B/w frontis; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; xvii, 205, [2] pages; 12mo, orig. Gilt-lettered green cloth, gilt-lettered spine, edges untrimmed; light edge wear, slightly sunned, text with lined borders. Title vignette. Minor foxing. Headpieces, tailpieces and elaborated intitials. .
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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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Christmas Formula And Other Stories
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Christmas Formula And Other Stories

by Benson, Stella (Author) / West, Geoffrey (Foreword)

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London, England: William Jackson (Books) Ltd.. Very Good with no Dust Jacket. 1932. First Edition: First Printing. Hard Cover. 67 pages: 6.25 x 10 in.: 1.2: Signed by Author: KB#010438: Boards now protected by a new Brodart Archival Mylar Cover. No Dustjacket. Limited Numbered Edition, first printing, book is number eleven of the Furnival Books. Copy is #330 of 550 and SIGNED BY AUTHOR (Stella Benson). Has bookplate of Ulbert Partons Sachs on inside front cover. Illustrated frontispiece of woodcut by Clare Leighton. Boards are brown buckram with title and author in gilt on spine and front. Boards and pages are clean, unmarked, bright, tightly bound and sharp cornered (except for light rubbing of bottom board corners). Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. : B&W Illustrations .
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What does Christmas really mean 1909 Hardcover
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What does Christmas really mean 1909 Hardcover: A Sermon begun by John T. McCutcheon and continued by Jenkins Lloyd Jones

by Mccutcheon-jones

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7 5/8" X 5 1/4" HC with green boards and picture of mother and child as first appeared in The Chicago Tribune. First thus authentic book expanded edition published by Forbes in 1909. Edges and corners are very worn with a small sticker which says Hope on the cover. The first of the three front end pages has a Christmas greeting from the giver. Twenty two pages with a color border. Last of three pages contains other preachments published in The Chicago Daily Tribune (first page shows how it originally appeared) kind of like an introduction, and also Weekly Issues of Unity. This original book is scarce. I am able to ship this small book first class as standard.
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A Nativity

A Nativity

by KIPLING, Rudyard

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NY: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1917, 1917. FIRST BOOK EDITION AND FIRST AMERICAN COPYRIGHT EDITION. 1 vol., 8" x 5-3/8", (iv)pp., stapled, original green printed yellow wrappers, no previous ownership markings or bookplate, a NEAR FINE copy. This appeared a few weeks prior to the American copyright edition in a British newspaper.
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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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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

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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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Christmas In The Big House, Christmas In The Quarters  - 1st Edition/1st  Printing
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Christmas In The Big House, Christmas In The Quarters - 1st Edition/1st Printing

by McKissack, Patricia and Frederick L. McKissack

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New York: Scholastic Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1994. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0590430270 . A beautiful first edition/first printing in Fine condition in alike dust-jacket; The Coretta Scott King Award winning book of Patricia and Frederick McKissack about Christmastime on a plantation in Virginia in 1859. A revealing comparison how Christmas was celebrated in the big plantation house and the slave quarters in the period just before the Civil War ; 4to .
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