BRING A TORCH, JEANNETTE, ISABELLA. Adams, Adrienne. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1963. Pictorial Cover. Presumed First. Unpag. Color ills. Cover shows carolers walking across a bridge at night, yellow lettering. White spine w/ black letters. Light wear to extremities. Back cover stamped Scribners Library Binding. (Book NOT ex-lib.) Fep stamped by book dealer. Ffep corner clipped. Clean, crisp inside. The Provencal carol attributed to Nicholas Saboly in the 17th century is beautifully illustrated by Adrienne Adams. Music included. A lovely holiday book. Very Good Plus
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The Guest. Siegl, Helen. West Burke, VT: The Janus Press 1976. Hard Cover. First Edition. Unpag. A Christmas Keepsake produced by the Janus Press. Paper covered boards with a blue cloth spine and a paper title label on spine.. Handset in Spectrum and Bembo, printed on Hosho special, Miliani Ingres, Strathmore, and the covers in decorated Kaya. 300 copies produced, the first 50 are casebound, contain an additional set of prints (each signed by Helen Siegl and corresponding in number of the set). This is number 12 of the casebound sets, in a dark mustard paper covered slipcase that is in Fine condition with a paper title label to spine; prints contained in a small blue paper folio that also rests in slipcase. Signed by Helen Siegl at colophon. Fine / No Jacket Limited Edition.
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Brown, Michael. BABY'S SANTA MOUSE. Izawa and Hijikata. New York: Grosset & Dunlap 1969. Paper Boards. 16 pp. Picture of mouse in Santa Suit on cover, yellow boards with red lettering. Black lettering on spine. Corners bumped. A closed tear at back of spine does not affect interior. Illustrated with puppets in settings then photographed. A sweet story in board book form for the youngest at holiday time. Very Good
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Cundall, Joseph, Arranger. A BOOKE OF CHRISTMAS CAROLS ILLUMINATED FROM ANCIENT MANUSCRIPTS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM. Brandard, John. London: Joseph Cundall 1846. Full-Leather. First Edition. 29 pp. Color ills. Nd; gift inscription dated 1846. This beautiful book may be one of a kind; certainly it's rare! Padded deep red cover is elaborately tooled with attractive, unusual design. Double rules outline beveled edges. Five raised bands on spine extend front and back in arrow designs. Cover design goes around octagonal center white title blocks both front and back, lettered in red and blue w/gilt accents. The block center back is somewhat scuffed. Corners are bumped, with some wear to lower corners. Spine worn at extremities. There is a scratch across center back horizontally. All this said, cover looks vg. Creamy yellow eps are separated at hinges; binding tight. Two rows of rules trim inside edges. There is a bit of erosion to edge of ffep. On verso of this, at bottom edges, is "Bound by (James) Hayday." The next fly has a gift inscr. in ink dated 1846, another name, and yet a third, with an explanation of the gift. The next page has a later gift inscr., dated 1884. This page lightly soiled. There follow 29 pps. of incredible illuminated borders and bright chromolithograped ills. and frames with words to familiar Christmas carols. Printed on heavy ivory stock, one facing pair of pages is soiled. Credits indicate works were selected and arranged by the Publisher; drawn and lithographed by John Brandard; printed in colours by Messrs. M. & N. Hanhart; printed with type by Charles Whittingham. An early page gives the origins of the border designs from various manuscripts. Hayday Binding. Very Good / No Jacket
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Edwards, Harry Stillwell. JUST SWEETHEARTS. A CHRISTMAS LOVE STORY. Macon, GA: J.W. Burke 1920. Paperback. Presumed First. Unpag. Light brown paper covers have black title block and lettering center front. There are two small brown marks on half-title page. Otherwise, book is clean and binding tight. A Christmas love story set in Macon, Georgia. Very Good
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Fox, Frances Margaret. SEVEN CHRISTMAS CANDLES. Barry, Etheldred B. Boston: L.C. Page & Company 1909. Decorative Cloth. Stated First. 192 pp. Color ills. Sage green cover has black rules front and spine with red lettering. Front has a full-cover design of a gilt candlestick with seven branches, a child in place of each candle plus one small tot at the base. Cover is edgeworn, corners lightly bumped. Lightly soiled, with four small rips in the fabric on back of spine. Hinges starting. Ivory eps have a green garland design surrounding the outline in red of four girls. Fep w/bookplate of library, rear eps with sign-out form on frep and card & pocket oppsite. Half-title has inked greetings. Library #s on dedication page. There is a small mark in upper corner of first four pps. Sentimental Christmas fiction from the Roses of St. Elizabeth Series. Very Good
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Frost, Robert, and Others. FROM A MILKWEED POD. Nason, Thomas W. New York: The Spiral Press 1954. Paperback. Limited. B/w wood engravings. This endearing little pamphlet was published in a total run of 5076 copies, issued as holiday greetings for 18 individual senders. Olive french-style covers decorated with illus. of a milkweek pod. Poem introduced by an introductory page identifying this as a new work by Frost and the name of the sender. In this case, a handwritten greeting is added. Near Fine
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Hollyn, Lynn. LYNN HOLLYN'S CHRISTMAS TOYLAND. Anzalone, Lori. New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1985. Bllue Paper Over Boards. First. Unpag. Color ills. Cover has embossed design on front. Rose-color backstrip with silver lettering on spine. Eps have lovely pastel design of a rocking horse and a drum. Dj with bright pictorial cover has white lettering on blue spine. There is a small closed tear at upper front edge, and the dj shows at bit of wear at extremities. This is a beautifully designed and executed book telling a Christmas legend of 19th-century Sweden. Every page is embellished with border designs. Very Good Plus / Very Good
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Knight, William ALlen. Our Bethlehem Guests. Boston, MA: W. A. Wilde Company 1944. Hard Cover. First Edition. Red cover with gilt lettering on spine. Gilt Christmas wreath with bell on front cover. Owner's name in ink on inside front cover. Inside text is clean. Very Good / No Jacket
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McLaughlin, Robert J. A HORSEHAIR SANTA CLAUS AND OTHER STORIES. Boston: The Christopher Publishing House 1931. Olive Green Cloth. 85 pp. Cover is blind-stamped with rules. Gilt lettering front w/small torch design below. Spine has had gilt sunned off, leaving a stamped title. Just a bit of creasing at spine ends. Feps show minor paste shadow at gutter. Pencil gift inscr. on fep. Same shadow on rear eps, with three notations stamped/markered on upper rear ep. Interior pages aged, with a few "ruffled corners" in center of book at bottom. Very Good
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Parker, Theodore. THE TWO CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS. Boston, Massachusetts: Rufus Leighton, Jr. 1859. Green Cloth. Presumed First. 46 pp. Subtitle, "A.D. I. and MDCCCLV. A Christmas Story for MDCCCLVI." Textured green cloth binding is stamped in blind on both covers. Front cover is embellished with bright gilt on the lettering and wreath. Spine ends and corners are bumped and rubbed. Page edges are aged and soiled. Chocolate-colored eps. Interior is slightly aged, but clean, crisp and tight. Very Good
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Thoma, Ludwig. HEILIGE NACHT, EINE WEIHNACHTSLEGENDE. Wilhelm Schulz. Munchen: Langen Paper Boards. 63 pp. B/w ills. Front cover has picture of stable, manger in b/w & yellow. White cover a little dirty, corners bumped. Ffep has "Gerson 1918" in ink; title page is stamped with Gerson's name & add. Interior near fine. This lovely little book is the Christmas story written in German verse and charmingly illustrated in b/w, possibly pencil. A most appealing little book. Very Good
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Thomas, Dylan. A Child's Christmas in Wales. Norfolk, CT: New Directions 1954. Hard Cover. First Edition. First US Publication after issued as a short story. Tan dust jacket with red and black tilting, upper right front panel corner has small piece missing, 1-1/4" piece missing at top of spine, creasing and small loss to rear panel, now in mylar cover. First free endpaper removed, clean within. Very Good / Good
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