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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
80 p. illus. (part col.) 32 cm. Paperback Very good condition
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
222 pages. Bibliography. Index. "Norwegian missionaries were strategically located witnesses to history who recorded their observations and opinions of inter alia Zulu culture and religion, the impact of European civilisation on indigenous life, events surrounding the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879, epidemics and natural disasters and the nascent Zulu church. This volume contains a translated and meticulously edited selection of the most revealing of these illuminating documents." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Appears unread. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. An excellent copy. Book
Twelve charming black on white silhouette plates of children, interleaved with text selections from: Spenser's Fairie Queene, and Poems by Whittier, Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Freeman Clarke, Edward Everett Hale, Hiram Rich, Samuel Longfellow, James Russell Lowell, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Celia Thaxter, Julia Ward Howe, Lucy Larcom, Rose Terry, and others. Foxed. Oblong 8vo. 255 mm x 200 mm. Original full red cloth binding; decorated in gold gilt, blackand blind. Some stains on binding, but still very attractive. All edges gold gilt. Hardbound. Very good. Manuscript 1876 Christmas presentation. The editor, Edward Everett Hale (1822-1909) was an author, historian and Unitarian clergyman. He wrote for a variety of publications and periodicals throughout his lifetime. His most famous story is probably "The Man Without a Country" (1863), which did much to strengthen the Union cause in the North, and in which, as in some of his other non-romantic tales, he employed a minute realism which led his readers to suppose the narrative a record of fact. ILLUSTRATED WITH CHARMING AMERICAN VICTORIAN ERA SILHOUETTES OF CHILDREN. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! NW52 - Bindings
300pp., illus. Hardcover Very good condition
19p. Designed by Dale Nichols and Norman W. Forgue for Friends. Set in Linotype Granjon and Ludlow Garamond. Proofs read by George M. Dashe. Printed on handmade Alverstoke paper by Louis G. Graf. Uncut. 16mo. Original full blue Rives Chana paper wraps. Limited to only 400 copies. Signed presentation copy from Norman W. Forgue to E. G. Johnson. Very nice copy. Scarce. CPHAM/W71C1
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with title in red and black, title mildly age-browned; strongly bound in nineteenth century half calf, marbled boards, expertly rebacked with old backstrip laid down, leather label lettered in gilt, red sprinkled edges, a very good, bright, crisp copy. With the nineteenth century bookplate of Charles Noel Welman on front paste-down. With a lengthy and neatly calligraphed provenance (1860) by Welman on two preliminaries, eighteenth century MS signature on title verso and earlier MS notes on rear free endpaper. A crisp copy of what is arguably Hanmer's best-known work, though authorship has been attributed sometime to others. Jonathan Hanmer (1606-1687), ejected minister, and lecturer at Barnstaple from 1646 to 1662, was father to John Hanmer, an ancestor of the Welman family as outlined in the inscription. RARE.
Christmas Greeting signed by Thom Gunn with his new San Fransisco address. No creasing to covers. A very clean copy of the card with bright unmarked yellow covers and no bumping to corners. 2pp. 'The first printing of 'Poem After Chaucer' published in December 1971 is limited to three hundred copies to be used as a holiday greeting card by the author and publisher. None are for sale.'
A Christmas spent with a Swedish family who respected the old traditions. With black and white photographs and accompanying text. Not paginated. Tears to edges of dust jacket which also has soiling. Dedication on front free endpaper. Slight browning and foxing throughout.
3 S. Titel zeer vlekkig. Kl. scheurtjes rand.
np. Color illustrations. Tall 8vo. Original printed wraps. Reprinted from "The Book of Knowledge". Nice copy. CPHAM/W71C1 x2c
Tie in with movie "Christmas with the Kranks" released in 2004 Book
128p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition very good d.j. good
No inscriptions or marks. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, light bumping to spine ends, minor indent to front and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn with light creasing to edges and traces of handling. 233pp. Chapters on each of the legendary personalities Jerome Kern, George Gershwin, Alan Jay Lerner, Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Frank Loesser, Noel Coward and Richard Rodger and their songs with Benny Green's entertaining and anecdotal narrative.
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
Oblong 128p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
Pt. In-8 carré, non paginé. Texte et illustrations en noir et en couleurs de l'auteur.
9 S. Gr. 4°. Rücken ausgefranst. Stockfleckig. Titelauflage. Mit hübscher Titelillustration.
PARIS, Hachette - 1992 - In-4 - Cartonnage éditeur sous jaquette illustrée en couleurs - Gardes illustrées - Nombreuses photographies de Pascal Hinous en couleurs dans le texte et HT, certaines PP - Bon exemplaire
56 pages. Features: What We Know About the Star of Bethlehem - article by Fred Bodsworth features two colour illustrations by renowned space artist Chesley Bonestell (this article not listed in Schuetz); Bank of Montreal (BMO) colour photo Christmas ad inside front cover; Nice full-page colour ad for the 1959 Meteor car - with illustration of grey Country Sedan with hockey team inside!; Full-page colour-photo ad for Bulova watches; Crawford Gordon, President and General Manager of A.V. Roe - Builder of the Avro Arrow - contends "We Should and Will Gon On Building Arrows"; Nice full-page colour ad for Ganong chocolates; Give Christmas Back to the Kids, by Robert Thomas Allen; How Jacques Plante brought brinksmanship to the NHL - photo-illustrated article; Watch the Birdie! - 7 pages of wonderful vintage black and white photo portraits by Montreal's William Notman from the 1870s and 1880s; Why Christmas Drives Toy Buyers Crazy; Sir Albert Holt - The Richest Canadian Who Ever Lived; Lovely 2-page colour ad for Moirs Pot of Gold chocolates; Nice full-page colour ad for the 1959 Buick Models - Electra, LeSabre and Invicta; Nice multi-photo black and white Studebaker Lark ad; Lovely full-page colour ad for Smiles'n Chuckles chocolates; Full-page colour ad for the Chevrolet 1959 Impala Sport-Coupe and 4-door Bel Air sedan; Wonderful Coke (Coca Cola) ad on back cover features Santa kicking his boots off while seated, with reindeer asleep beneath his chair. and more. Unmarked with only moderate wear. One-inch opening to bottom of cover fold and first four pages. An above-average copy of this marvelous vintage issue. Magazine
144 pages. Index. "Combines the best of The Gooseberry Patch Christmas books into one deluxe volume, complete with whimsical watercolors and charming illustrations. Hundreds of time-honored recipes from treasured family collections make this a resource you'll turn to again and again, during the holidays and throughout the year." - from dust jacket. Unread. Remainder dot upon bottom edge of text else As New. Book
321 p. Stories by Paul Auster, Ann Beattie, Ray Bradbury, Annie Dillard, Jane Smiley, Tobias Wolff et al. Hardcover Very good condition good
Paperback. A few superficial marks on covers. Binding is intact, contents are clean and clear. AM Used
32p. Highly illustrated with Hummel figures. Insert of Christmas Plates. 4to. Original printed gold wraps. Nice copy. Scarce. ART 6