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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
111 pages. Includes group photo and list of names of attendees of the Canadian Army Staff College, 9 January 1956 - 16 November 1956. Heavily worn. Covers loose as one, but present. Moisture stain to lower corner. A worthy reference copy. Book
A Christmas Collection : [1] Jane Feather leads an unwitting Yuletide traveler down a twisting path. Edward Vasey, Viscount Allenton, is journeying precariously through a snowstorm when his coach is overtaken by high-waymen! Robbed of his money, Ned takes refuge at Selby Hall, where a spirited beauty with a shocking secret may steal something more -- his heart. [2] Sabrina Jeffries unlocks the heart of an embittered lord. When a coach accident strands heiress Elinor Bancroft at the home of the notorious Black Baron, she discovers the Christmas Day heartache that darkened his soul years ago -- and her generous heart brings a festive air to his home and reawakens his spirit to love. [3] Julia London sends a debutante into the wintry Scottish wilds.Searching for her rakehell brother, an earl lying low in the wake of a scandalous affair, Fiona Haines is led by a rugged Highlander who obscures his scarred face. As they journey on, Fiona draws closer to her brave, enigmatic protector -- but will fury or passion ignite when he reveals his identity? Book
13 leaves. Gilt snowflake device and "Yuletide 1930" over printed in gold on title page. First initial delicately embossed in blind. Printed in the French Fold style, each leaf with text on one side only. Unopened. Wide margins throughout. Text printed on heavy, soft rice paper. Gilt snowflake colophon. Tall 8vo. Original full white padded paper binding decorated in silver, soiled. This copy is number 90 of a Limited Edition. Attractive copy. Kurt Hans Volk (1884-1962) was born in Germany, and probably trained as a printer/typographer there. He worked for many years at N.W. Ayers in Philadelphia before starting his own typographic firm in 1927. He widely lectured on advertising typography and authored the important work: "Using Type Correctly." He greatest influence as a designer was probably as a consultant to the Merganthaler Linotype Company. Today he is probably best known for a private series of keepsakes and limited edition books distributed to friends at Christmas. We are pleased to be able to offer one of these here. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! CHRISTMAS/W67
13 leaves. Title page printed in silver with snowflake device embossed in blind. First initial printed in gray with a delicate snowflake embossed in blind. Printed in the French Fold style, each leaf with text on one side only. Unopened. Wide margins throughout. Text printed on heavy, soft rice paper. Tall 8vo. Original full padded cream paper binding decorated with snowflake designs. Original blue cloth lined solander case. This book was conceived by Kurt H. Volk, Typographer, and executed in collaboration with Meyer Wagman. Beautiful and delicate copy. Kurt Hans Volk (1884-1962) was born in Germany, and probably trained as a printer/typographer there. He worked for many years at N.W. Ayers in Philadelphia before starting his own typographic firm in 1927. He widely lectured on advertising typography and authored the important work: "Using Type Correctly." He greatest influence as a designer was probably as a consultant to the Merganthaler Linotype Company. Today he is probably best known for a private series of keepsakes and limited edition books distributed to friends at Christmas. We are pleased to be able to offer one of these here. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W67
pp. vi, 98 + Color and black and white illustrations by Katherine Milhous. Pictorial endpapers. Original full cloth binding, soiled. A beautiful American Christmas story. W68
90 pages. Songs include: Big Girls Don't Cry; Buzz Buzz A-Diddle-It; Candy Girl; Christmas Tears; Connie-O; Cuernavaca Choo Choo; Dumb Drum; Happy Shades of Blue; Humdinger; If You Were a Rock and Roll Record; Jump Over; La Dee Dah; Lucky Ladybug; Magic Moon (Clair de Lune); Marlena; My Sugar; New Mexican Rose; Okefenokee; Palisades Park; Pony Express; The Push and Kick; Sherry; Soon (I'll Be Home Again); Souvenirs of Summertime; Tallahassee Lassie; That's The Only Way; Transistor Sister; The Urge; Voglio Cantare; Walk Like a Man; Woman is a Man's Best Friend. Above-average wear. Yellowed tape repairs. Few light pencil markings to contents. A worthy working copy of this wonderful vintage compilation. Book
[5] S. Omslagfoto van "De Minstreelen" met Hubert Cuypers.
Tie in with movie "Christmas with the Kranks" released in 2004 Book
With their home being used as the marshalling point for the annual Caerphilly Christmas parade, Meg Langslow and her husband Michael find the festivities interrupted by murder when the local curmudgeon playing Santa turns up dead. Book
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
8vo., First Edition, with endpaper maps; grey tweed cloth, gilt back, grey top, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.404.
410 pages. Wonderfully illustrated with hundreds of colour photos and illustrations of delightful Christmas gift-giving ideas for 1979. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Binding intact. A wonderful sampling of late 1970s Canadian department store merchandise. Book
On a quaint, snowy, Chelsea street, librarian Catherine Tierney and a widowed Christmas tree seller from Nova Scotia will rediscover the magic of the season where they least expect it: in a chance encounter that leads to a holiday surprise of love and hope powerful enough to last a lifetime. 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
Paperback. Several marks and scores on covers. Leading corners, edges and spine ends are worn. Spine ends are chipped. Leading corners are creased, affecting pages. Former owner's name and notes penned on first page. Pages are lightly marked. Binding is intact, contents are clear. AM Used
203pp. 22 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
110p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good The author shares seven holiday episodes from his own life
32 pages. Features: Behold South Africa's Natural Wonders; World Conference Against Racism - Commemorative; The Anglo-Boer/South Africa War - Remembering; Celebrate Christmas 2001; Enjoy Music in South Africa. Light wear. Unmarked. A quality copy. Magazine
111p. 8vo. Original blue wraps, slightly worn. Very scarce. CPHAM/W71C1
Book is in excellent condition with light shelf wear to covers only. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 76 pages with b&w photos, ads, illustrations throughout. Chapters include: Genuine English people, Stumps and mud, Christmas is for kids, Christmas in the country, Yuletides in uniform, Candles on the Christmas tree, "Lady, could I put my wood in?" et al.
422 pages. Colour photography throughout. This full-sized catalogue presents thousands of items. Unmarked with moderate external wear. A quality copy of this delightfully nostalgic 1991 Christmas catalogue - from a time before digital cameras and cell phones. Book
Features: What's in a cave?; Painting with pesticides - the controversial organotin paints; Stars with thousands of feet (star fish); The see-through salp; Lighthouse reef - a Caribbean atoll; Coralline algae - pink plants of fhe seafloor; Oceanography on stamps - the Christmas Island Phosphate Company. Sound copy. Book
