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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
156 pages. Features: Nice Christmas-theme 1-page color ad for General Electric's 'Daylight Television'; Half-page color Christmas ad for REO deluxe Trimalwan mowers; 2-page color-photo ad for Elgin watches features 'best dressed' Mrs. Mandel of Chicago and James (Jimmy) Stewart, starring in 'Broken Arrow'; Color ad for Knapp Monarch appliances features Claudette Colbert; Nice 1-page color Christmas ad for Eversharp Pens; 2-page color Christmas ad for Bulova watches; Nice 1-page color ad for General brand winter tires; Detroit Cracks Down on Relief Chiselers - article with photos on how Detroiters took a look at their relief rolls and uncovered some facts that shocked the state and will shock you too - 30% of Detroit reliefers were chiselers; Spies are Shot at Dawn - fiction; The Great Bamboozler - James Moran and his crazy publicity stunts; Amateur Angel (fiction); Murrow Sticks to the News - article on Edward R. Murrow with photo; My Three Years in Moscow - Part 5 - God Won't Stay Underground in Russia, where Christians and Jews cling to their beliefs - article with photos; America's Toughest School - Webb Institute of Naval Architecture - article with color photos; Tales of the Sea Otter - it is now coming back from near extinction; The Christmas Racket (fiction); How Murderers Beat the Law - double-length photo-illustrated article on Harvard's Department of Legal Medicine; The Uncertain Heiress (fiction); The Town of Santa Claus, Indiana - article with great color photos; He works at 459 Below - Dr. William Francis Giauque, winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry - article with photos; Vengeance Valley (fiction); Futuristic color Oldsmobile ad; Nice color Borden's ad featuring Elsie the Cow; The Innocent Buccaneer (fiction); Gorgeous 1-page Christmas color ad for Old Gold cigarettes with photo of couple under mistletoe; Color 1-page ad for the new 1950 Mercury cars; Nice 1-page color ad for Wilson's food products; Great 1-page color ad for American Airlines shows snowbound Christmas family looking up at an airliner in flight; Color Christmas ad for Fatima cigarettes; Fantastic 2-page color ad for Pontiac cars; Color 1-page ad for the Sunbeam Shavemaster; Great 1-page color photo Caterpillar ad shows Christmas trees being harvested by Halvorson Trees, Inc. near International Falls, MN; 1-page ad for RCA Victor products; 1-page ad for Philco products; 1-page color ad for John Hancock insurance features North Pole explorer Robert (Bob) Peary; Demuth pipe ad; Nice 2-page black and white Buick ad; 2-page color ad for Prince Gardner wallets; Nice 2-color 1-page Christmas ad for Motorola TVs and radios; 1-page Webster cigar ad; 1-page Dumont TV Christmas ad; Nice 1-page color ad for Willys-Overland Jeeps; Color-photo ad for Florida orange juice; 1-page color ad for Greyhound bus trips to the sunny south; Nice 1-page color photo ad for Ford trucks features Christmas tree grower Roy Halvorson of Duluth, MN plus his wife, Edythe and daughter, June, as well as his Ford dealer P.N. Hegvold; Nice 1-page color ad for Kaywoodie pipes; Nice 2-color 1-page Christmas ad for New York Central Railway; Nice 1-page color ad for Nescafe coffee; Crosley TV ad; Manhattan clothing color ad features unusual tie designs; Nice 1-page color Toastmaster Christmas toaster ad; Color Esterbrook pen ad; Color Gruen watch ad; Nice 1-page color-photo ad for Samsonite Luggage shows pleasant travel scenes; Nostalgic 1-page color ad for Bell & Howell home movie cameras; Color ad for Rolfs wallets; Color ad for Waterman's pens; Nice 1-page color-photo ad for Capehart televisions; Jones Dairy Farm Sausage ad; Statler Hotels ad features Santa cartoon by Tony Barlow; Color ad for Shulton (Old Spice) products inside back cover; Color Christmas ad for Kodak cameras on back cover. Moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
132 pages. Features: Amos Sewell cover illustration; Editorial - The Dixon-Yates row was a TVA diversion; Great 2-page color ad for Motorola TV; Colour Pontiac ad featuring the 1955 station wagon with the 180 HP Strato-Streak V8; A Farewell to my Newborn Son - A.E. Hotchner lost his infant son through a medical blunder; Frankie Laine - Screaming Troubadour - with photos; Carnival of Fear, by Kay Boyle; The Restaurants that Nickels Built (Part 1 of 2) - Horn and Hardart restaurants - the 'Automat' - article with photos; The Lady and the Lash, by Hal G. Evart; Women Talk Too Much, by Sophie Kerr Let's not waste our Fighting Man Power, by Lt. Gen. Robert W. Harper USAF; Leave my Daughter Alone, by Wyatt Blassingame; I Would Not Murder for the Soviets, by Nikolai E. Khokhlov (conclusion); The Passionate Policeman, by William Fay; Kyoto - article with colour photos; Never Get Another Dog, by Jean Heavey; They May Be Rich - or Widows - The wives of shrimpers (shrimp fishermen) in the Gulf of Mexico; Hollywood colling, by Clarence Budington Kelland; Nice colour Campbell's soup ad; Colour photo ad for the 1955 Plymoth with wrap-around windshield; Great two-page colour Chevrolet ad featuring a red Bel Air Sport Coupe; Nice colour Old Gold cigarette ad; 1955 Chrysler colour photo ad - with lots of gleaming chrome!; Two-page colour ad for Admiral TVs - they sure mad'em ugly back then!; Ann Sothern is featured in a lovely Christmas color photo ad for Lucky Strike cigarettes; Color ad for the Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight; Crazylegs Hirsch featured in Employers Mutuals of Wausau ad; Glamorous color photo ad for Philip Morris' new 'snap-open' cigarette pack; Page and Shaw Chocolates - color ad; Color ad for Parker Pens; Magnavox TV ad; Zippo lighter color ad; Color ad for Rolf's billfolds; Color Christmas ad for Chesterfield cigarettes on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
120 pages. Features: Nice 1-page color ad for Cutler-Hammer motor controls; 1-page color ad for Old Gold cigarettes; color ad for Pitney-Bowes Postage Meters; Zippo Lighter color ad; My Wonderful Uncle, Levi Coombs Gould - article with photos; Challenge the Tempest (fiction); My Three Years in Moscow, Part 3 - Why the Russian People Don't Rebel - with photos; The Camouflaged Crime (fiction); Robert Jones of Ohio Refused to be Smeared by Drew Pearson - article with photos; The Rape of Albania - how this former paradise between Tito and the men in the Kremlin is being slowly bled to death - article with photos; One Divorce is Enough (fiction); Charley Callahan is the shrewd press agent for Notre Dame football - article with photos; The Odds on Murder (fiction); Training New Kinds of Methodist Pastors in Denver at the Iliff School of Theology - article with photos; The Doctor of Unkown Island (fiction - conclustion); Colour photos of the Arseneau family's home and birds on Great Bird Rock; Nice 1-page color Lucky Strike ad features Raymond W. Crutchfield of Reidsville, NC; The Innocent Buccaneer (fiction); RCA Victor TV ad; Nice half-page color ad for Fatima cigarettes features Mrs. Ralph Ellis of Chicago, Mrs. Mary C. Wurdeman of Los Angeles, Mr. James S. Winterhalter of Detroit, and Miss Pamel Hendricks Bookman of New York; Nice two-color Shelby bicycle ad features Donald Duck; Nice color centerfold ad features General Electric (GE) Christmas lights; Color ad for Winchester's glowing flashlight; Honeywell thermistat ad features black and white photos of Linda Darnell; La Choy Chinese Food color ad features interesting drawing of Chinese man in pigtail; Nice 1-page 2-color ad for Fruehauf Trailers features Frank Benitz of Dugan Brothers Baked Goods; Nice color ad for Sunkist oranges on back cover. Average external wear. Moderate external soiling. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
100 pages. Features: Cover illustration of breakfast in a kitchen being repainted; We Met Death on K2 (part 1 of 2) - color-photo illustrated article about the American expedition which met tragic defeat; I Flew With the Stratojets - great photo-illustrated article about life aboard a nuclear bomber, B-47 jet flying from Tampa to England, including mid-air refueling; It's Never Too Late to Go to College - each year 12,000 inquisitive adults attend New York University; The Dog That Trained Me - Sally Carrighar and her Husky dog Bobo; Professor in a Hot Spot - amateur diplomat James B. Conant, ex-president of Harvard, is the new U.S. High Commissioner to Germany; The AEC - The Life History of an Atomic (A-bomb) (part 2 of 2) - the ore-to-stockpile story of the most expensive and complex industrial operation the world has evern known; His Time is Worth $10,000 a Day - great photo-illustrated article on Boston millionaire Johnny Fox; Things You Never Knew About Pencils; Editorial - Red Rule Detested by Russion Millions. Nile Kinnick, Jr. - the best player I ever coached. Fiction: The Beautiful Hitchhiker; First Holdup; Botts and the Impossible Mountain; The Babe in Toyland; The Coward; They Double Agent (conclusion); Cry Murder (part 4 of 7). Ads: Interesting color ad for Howard Zink seat covers; Color Frigidaire ad with Christmas theme; Color Estabrook pen ad; Nice color two-page ad for Chevrolet trucks shows a range of models; Great color-photo ad for Van Heusen features Jeff Chandler and Anthony Quinn; Attractive color-photo ad for the 1954 DeSoto Automatic cars; Lowell Thomas is featured in a Kaiser car ad; Champion spark plug ad features photos of car racers Bill Blair, Dick Rathman, Fonty Flock, and Buck Baker; Nostalgic two-page color American Airlines ad features Christmas theme; Northwest Pacific ad features photo of horse named "Nig" which pulled a rail car 750 miles; Color ad for Webcor turntables; Great vintage color-photo ad for Stromberg-Carlson TVs. Somewhat above-average wear. Centerfold loose but present. Unmarked. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Magazine
168pages. Features: Attractive Christmas-theme 1-page color-photo ad for General Electric (GE) TVs and Radios; Half-page 2-color ad for movie 'Enchantment' starring David Niven and Teresa Wright; Nice 1-page color photo ad by Pinsley for Prince Gardner wallets features young couple; Half-page color ad for Seaforth shaving products; Nice 1-page color ad for the Pan-American Coffee Bureau features young girl leaving cup of coffee for Santa; I Prowled Russia's Forbidden Zone - Werner Krop provides the first eyewitness testimony of what the Russians are doing in Soviet Germany, and how the Germans feel about it; Military Secret (fiction); SESP, a Joint US-Brazilian enterprise seeks to defeat the disease-ridden jungles of the Amazon - article with color photos; Ladies' Choice (fiction); Feature story on the city of Los Alamos, New Mexico - with photos; Half Your Brain is a Spare - a recent medical discovery is helping victims made speechless by apoplectic strokes and head injuries; How We Caught Spies in WWII - conclusion of an article on how German spies Mario Martinelli and Carla Costa were captured - with photo; The Man Who Said He Would Quit (fiction); What Can We Do About Sex Crimes? - photo-illustrated double-length article; Robber's Rendezvous (fiction); Hollywood's Ballyhoo Boys - How Hollywood gets more publicity than any other industry - with photos; Searching for Oil off Southern Californa - article with nice color photos; Sporting Blood (fiction); Nice 1-page color ad for Dodge 'Route-Vans"; Murder for Millions (fiction); 1-page color ad for Oldsmobile's new 'Rocket' engine; Stick-up Man - Richard G. Drew invented transparent (Scotch) tape - with photo; Nice 1-page color-photo ad for Telechron electric clocks; Half-page 2-color ad for Prince Albert smoking tobacco in Christmas motif; Nice 1-page color ad for International Trucks features their six-cylinder vans; 1-page photo ad for Philco tvs and radios; 2-page Buick ad; 1-page color Christmas light ad for Maxwell House coffee; Nice 2-page color ad for RCA Victor entertainment products; Nice 1-page color ad for Studebaker trucks features load of Christmas trees; Vitalis ad features Sammy Baugh, quarterback of the Washington Redskins; Nice 1-page color ad for 1949 Frazer cars; Great color centerfold ad for Nash Airflyte cars; Nice 1-page color ad for Pontiac cars; Kreml Hair Tonic ad advises how to avoid 'Scalp Scum'; Nice 1-page Motorola entertainment products Christmas-themed ad; 2-page color ad for Bulova watches; Half-page ad for televisions made by The Hallicrafters Co.; Fantastic colorful two-page ad for Florida Citrus Fruits and Juices; Nice 1-page color ad for Hotpoint automatic electric ranges; Sexy ad for Mojud hosiery; Dunhill lighter ad; 1-page color Servel Gas Refrigerator ad - endorsed by Mary Margaret McBride; Nice 1-page color ad for Kaywoodie Pipes features illustration of whalers at work in the 1850s; Nice 1-page color Christmas-themed ad for the Pennsylvania Railroad; 1-page color ad for American Airlines shows grandparents bringing gifts for Christmas; Half-page color ad for Spam; Elegant color-photo 1-page ad for Gruen watches; 1-page color ad for Interwoven socks; Very nostalgic 1-page color ad for Noma Christmas lights; Nice 1-page color-photo ad for Sparton radio-televisions; Full-page color ad for Perfect Circle piston rings; Grizzly Brake Lining ad features illustrations of Gerald Yudkin and Adolph Perlroth II of Eastern Automotive Parts, of New Haven CT; Nice 1-page color ad for Westminster Socks; Quarter-page photo ad for Disston one-man chainsaws; Statler Hotel ad features cartoon by Tony Barlow; Nice color-photo ad for A&P Coffee inside back cover; Sunkist oranges ad on back cover. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
112 pages. Features: He Works in God's Back Pastures - Young Minister Sam Varnell chose to work in the "knob country" of eastern Tennessee; The Horse That Was Hard to Believe; The Story Behind Quemoy - How this small island on the coast of China has led America to the brink of War; They Can't Wait to Grow Old - tricks used to illegally receive Social Security payments; Adventures of the Mind, 16 - The Power Holders of the American economy; Battle Against the Lake - great photo-illustrated article on how the Southern Pacific Railroad is laying a roadbed across the Great Salt Lake. Fiction: The Swindler's LIfe; Hopeless Case; Marriageable Age; Ambitious Cop; The Midtown Bomber (part 2 of 5); The case of the Greedy Grandpa (conclusion). Ads: Nice color-photo Ronson lighter ad inside front cover; Fantastic one-page photo-ad for the Philco Predicta TV (which looks like something out of the Jetson's); Nice one-page color-photo ad for the 1959 Studebaker Lark station wagon (blue); Nostalgic one-page color-photo ad for Gulf shows snow white Cadillac with back seat loaded with Christmas gifts in service station; Nice color one-page ad for the Ford Edsel (yellow); Whitman's Chocolates color-photo ad features Santa; One-page black and white photo ad for Motorola TVs; One-page color ad for the 1959 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Holiday Sportsedan and Dynamic 88 Holiday Scenicoupe; AC Oil Filter ad features color photo of Dale Robertson of the "Wells Fargo" TV show; Wonderful two-page color-photo ad for 1959 Lincoln cars (white) and Helen Hayes; Idyllic three-color-page wedding-themed ad for the new for Ford Galaxie; Color-photo ad inside back cover for the 1959 De Soto station wagon (yellow) filled with dalmatians has some discolorations. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy of this great issue. Magazine
108 pages. Fiction: Engagement Party; The Nervous Thief; One Night of Trouble; The Improbably Blonde; Rendezvous in Tokyo (part 4 of 8); The Secret of Shining Brook (conclusion). Articles: New War on Hit-And-Run Killers; The Face of America - Frozen Sunrise; Personal - from Budapest - Noel Barber's personal account of the Hungarians resisting the Russians; Pro Football Comes Down to Earth - photo-illustrated article on how the game is moving from passing to old-fashioned body-crushing tactics; The Truant Officer Learns to Smile - viewing truancy as a sign of disturbance rather than a crime; I'm Glad I Bought a Toupee - Fred Sparks explains how his life changed; My Dad, Walt Disney - Part V - Suddenly He Was A Genius - article with *AMAZING* color photos; Deadliest Fighter in the Air - the delta-winged, needle-nosed F-102A. Ads: Zippo lighters; Listerine; Philco televisions; Sheaffer's White Dot Snorkel Pen; Channel Master TV antennas (two pages); Imperial cars - beautiful color photo of a 2-door Southampton; Santagram ad features photo of Herb and Pixie Shriner and family; Fantastic two-page color ad for the new 1957 Oldsmobile 'Fiesta'; Whitman's Chocolates; Pontiac; Awesome two-page color photo ad for 1957 Mercury cars - 'Big M Announcement No. 3"; Great one-page color-photo ad for Plymouth features man with hose over his shoulder; Lady Borden ice cream; Nice two-page color ad for Studebaker cars; Nice one-page photo ad for Boeing features the new KC-135 transport tanker; *Sensational* two-page color-photo ad for the Buick Roadmaster features a red two-door model at night; A&P coffee; Page & Shaw chocolates. Above-average external wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
Features: Parents will never amount to much! - Jamie and Suzy Kitman; The World of Play - Colour photos of city kids at play; The Extraordinary Amidon School - the three R's plus discipline and old-fashioned teachers; Dickens' A Christmas Carol - colour photos; The Remarkable Life of a Little Genius - Peter Winston; The Small-Fry Boom - Kids are Big Business; My Father was 'Uncle Wiggily' - four members of an extraordinary family produced most of the books read by generations of American children, but father was best loved for writing the 'Uncle Wiggily' stories, by Roger Garis; A Day in the Life of a Pediatrician - Laurence Gesner Pray of Fargo, North Dakota. Nice colour Pepsi ad with colour Coke ad with Santa Claus on back cover. Book
Features: The Franciscans - they possess an inner peace that modern people seek, but rarely find; Pursuit of a Painkiller - the development of Phenazocine, a synthetic narcotic to replace the useful but addictive drug morphine; Adventures of the Mind - Life's Mysterious Clocks, by Frank A. Brown Jr.; A Christmas Letter; How to Speak French without saying a word - humor by Stewart Alsop; Winter's wildest sport - iceboating; Is European Education better than ours? - a five-nation survey of 4142 school children provides an astonishing report - long and detailed article with many photos. Great color Schlitz ad inside back cover. Somewhat above-average wear. Book
Features: Uncle Sam's Rejects - obese and illiterate, more youths fail the draft today than ever before; In Time of Crisis - two top reporters combine forces to reveal the drama and struggle out of which emerged a turning point in the Cold War; Citizen (Orson) Welles Rides Again - he tries for a comeback with a movie (The Trial) based on a nightmarish novel; Paridise in Peril - exotic Thailand stands in the path of Red advance - can U.S. support help it survive?; Battler Against Bigotry - Gordon Hall targets U.S. Nazis - photos of John Birch head Robert Welch and American Nazi Party Fuhrer George Lincoln; The Champion Who Can't Beat a Memory - Emile Griffith remains agonized by Paret's death; Christmas Feast for Gourmets; Bad Drivers Cost You Money - auto-insurance buyers are becoming outraged about paying for accidents they don't cause; How are you? - Don't tell me - the nation has flipped over ills and pills; Has Success Spoiled Big Labor? (part 1 of 2) - the unions have grown arrogant and fat - large black and white photo of a smiling Jimmy Hoffa as he leaves court. Somewhat above-average wear. Book
76 pages. Nice cover illustration of young couple discovering they have each bought a Christmas tree. Articles: Ill Take Sled Dogs for Rough Going - Alaskan ranger Grant Pearson travels by dog sled; Spare Parts for Human Bodies - The U.S. Naval Medical Center at Bethesda, Maryland maintains an inventory of replacement parts for wounded soldiers; The Ladies Like 'Em Rugged - John Wayne is Hollywood's No. 1 he-man; The Kids Don't Remember a Thing - a new generation of young Americans flies over England, defending her against the Reds; All-Time Champ of the Lobbyists - Sam Ward was the most engaging scoundrel to ever afflict Washington; It's Tough to Go to School in New Mexico - color-photo-illustrated article about kids in Catron County who commute up to 50 miles one way through savage territory and wicked weather; Our Softhearted Warriors in Korea - US Troops care for pathetic Korean war orphans; India Opens Her Hidden Storehouse - American machinery is tapping rich farmland in India; Article on Napalm a.k.a. Bouncing Fire; Every Brick of the Vernal, Utah Post Office was shipped in by Mail! Short Stories: Child of Divorce; Company for Christmas Dinner; Granny Hite and the Angry Mob; Small-Town Doctor. Serials: The Desperate Woman (part 5 of 6); The Great Mail Robbery (conclusion). Ads: Nice one-page colour-photo ad for Cyanamid features artist Andre Dugo painting Christmas Seal illustration; Fatima Cigarettes; Color-photo Caterpillar ad features two Cat dragging loads of Christmas trees from bush; Nice color-illustrated ad for Studebaker trucks inside back cover; Sunkist naval orange ad on back cover. Small chip from lower tip of front cover, otherwise unmarked with average wear and soiling. Faint pink discoloration near lower corner of several pages. Complete and intact. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
116 pages. Short Stories: The Susceptible Scientists; Rich Man's Daughter; In Ememy Hands; The Third Man in the Boat. Articles: Con Man of the Country Clubs - David Goldreyer passed bad checks; The Hunt for HIdden Diabetics - Fresno, CA tracks unsuspecting victims; ; Biggest City in the World - great photo-illustrated article on Tokyo, Japan; "Background Music" - Persuasion in the Air; Robert Preston - The Happiest Actor on Broadway; What's New in Toyland? - lovely color-photo-illustrated article; Does Pro Basketball Have a Future? - with photo of Richie Guerin of the Knicks attacking referee Mendy Rudolph; Serials; The Midtown Bomber (part 1 of 5); The Case of the Greedy Grandpa (part 7 of 8). Ads: Nice Santa-theme Alka-Seltzer ad; Kaywoodie Pipes; GE TVs; *Fantastic* color ad for the Lincoln Continental Mark IV (maroon); United States Steel; Hammond Organ; Chanel No. 5; Nice Cadillac (yellow) evening ad; Stanley Tools Christmas ad; Vintage Shulton Old Spice ad; Lowry organs; Magnavox TVs (color photo); Campbell's Oyster Stew Soup; Fisher Body; L&M cigarettes; Arrow Shirts; Toastmaster Appliances (2 pages); 1959 Edsel; King Sano cigarette ad features photo of former U.S. diplomat John S. Young; Westinghouse Appliances ad feeatures color photo of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz wearing crowns; Chef Boy-Ar-Dee Pizza; Fantastic color-photo centerfold features family shopping scene with the 1959 Mercury Park Lane 4-door hardtop cruiser (beige); Viceroy cigarettes; Gem Push-Button Razor; Douglas DC-8; Norelco shavers; Avis; Black and Decker Tools; GMAC; Borden's Ice Cream; Singer Sewing Machines and Vacuums - color photos; Arvin Hi-Fi Stereo Radio; Thor Electric Tools; Lady Schick shavers; Cushman Scooters; Dormeyer appliances; Rex-Flex shoes; Kodak cameras. Back cover color photo Lucky Strike ad features Jack Benny writing his 'giving' Christmas list. Piece of masking tape on front cover which shows above-average wear. Bit of writing on back cover. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
24 pages. W.E. Woodward's "A New American History" is reviewed by Arthur M. Schlesinger. Noel Coward's "Tonight at Eight-Thirty" is reviewed by Frances Woodward. Frederic C. Howe's "Denmark - The Cooperative Way" is reviewed by Agnes Rothery; F.L. Lucas's "The Decline and Fall of the Romantic Ideal" is reviewed by Leonard Bacon. "The Story of Jack and Jill" (as it might be told by William Faulkner, P.G. Wodehouse, and Alexander Woollcott). Jane Whitney's "Elizabeth Fry" is reviewed by Henry Seidel Canby. The Bowling Green, by Christopher Morley. "The New Caravan" is reviewed by Gorham Munson. Unmarked. Average wear. Small white sticker on back cover. Book
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
8vo., First Edition, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with engraved frontispiece and 18 engraved plates; most attractively bound in full red calf, sides with gilt frame border, expertly rebacked to style with old backstrip gilt laid down, gilt top, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, uncut, a remarkably well-preserved, fresh, crisp copy. With the publisher's 4pp catalogue (dated February 1816) at end. THIS COPY WAS BOUND BY ZAEHNSDORF IN THE LATTER HALF OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY FOR CHICAGO PUBLISHER AND WHOLESALER A.C. McCLURG; the binding is signed on front free endpaper verso. It was possibly compiled on behalf of a dedicated collector, for the plates and portraits are numerous and relevant. The frontispiece ('Leila', engraved by Mote after Corbaux) and 11 plates relate to the first work; the remaining 7 plates to the second. Of particular interest are the fine portraits of John Hobhouse (to whom the work is dedicated) by Hopwood after Wivell, and John Sobieski (engraved by Thomson from a picture in the Louvre). A MOST UNUSUAL, AND EXCEEDINGLY SCARCE COPY IN sympathetically restored period binding. Randolph, p. 55; Wise I, p.106.
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
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
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
40 pages. Divinely illustrated front cover. Features: Paris in War Time - an impression of 1916, by E.V. Lucas; The Surrender - a story by Mary Gaunt; Russia - The Charm of Old Moscow, by Alan Lethbridge and illustrated by Arthur Watts; The Sculptor of the Madonna and of Countless Angels - the Della Robbia, by Cecil Headlam; Navarino - a battle of the allies - France, Russia, and Britain against the Turks; The Mystery of a Dress Coat, by Shelland Bradley; Several beautiful full-page colour portraits; Colour centerfold portrait entitled The Last Absolution of the Munsters at Rue du Bois, from a painting by F. Matania; How He Proposed - the different ways in which heroes have proposed to heroines in the novels of 1916; Louvain, 1916; Nice full-page colour ad for Eno's 'Fruit Salt'; Fantastic black and white photographic full-page ad for Napier Motor Carriages; Nice black and white photo ad for the Invincible Talbot automobiles, manufactured by Clement Talbot Limited; Smaller attractive black and white ads for Humber Cars, Austin Motor Co. Ltd., Vauxhall Motors Limited, Crossley Motors, and The Sunbeam Motor Car. Original protective advertising outer layer still present and affixed. Prior owner's name and address atop front advertising cover. Prior owner's name atop front cover. Moderate wear. A very beautiful magazine indeed! Book
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
pp. 59. +Plus black and white fontis. 12mo. 190mm. Top edge gold gilt. Publisher's green binding with cover stamped in gilt. Spine lettered in gilt. Gilt is bright on cover and spine. Spine faded. Original glassine dust jacket present with price printed in green ink. Corners sharp. Gift inscription on inside flyleaf ' Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year, To Father from Lucy. Dec 25th 1906. Binding tight and contents clean. Hardbound. Very Good+. Henry Jackson van Dyke Jr. (1852-1933) was a popular American author, educator, foreign minister, and clergyman. NW59
159p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition
46p., illus. In wrappers; pages decorated w/ floral borders. Hardcover Good condition; lilac paper wrapper faded, dampstains
4p. Ruled in red throughout. Mildly XLib. Bookplates of W. Emmert Swigart and Juniata College. Thin 8vo. Original full pink paper stiff boards. Original printed paper label "A Christmas Carol" on front board. Though this copy bears no imprint nor limitation information, it is probably the same as that edition designed by Bruce Rogers and printed by William Edwin Rudge for his Friends, Christmas, 1924. Hardbound. Very good. JUN5 BOX 4