Christmas from Classic Books and Ephemera

New York: Viking Press, 1982. Hardcover. Near Fine/good. xx, [2], 474 p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Red and white cover with red spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Includes fiction, poetry, and autobiographical accounts relating to the celebration of Christmas. Arranged alphabetically, from Hans Christian Andersen to William Butler Yeats, with contributions by J. M. Barrie, Truman Capote, Willa Cather,… Read more about this item

Toronto: Cape & Co, 1962. Paperback. Near Fine. [20] p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Green wrapper printed in red and white with French flaps; stapled. Contains lyrics to a wide selection of Christmas carols. Research and selection by John Cape with assistance of the Music Branch of the Toronto Public Libraries. Text, design, and illustration by Frank Davies. Contents:… Read more about this item

New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1951. Paperback. Very Good +. [28] p.: illustrations, music; 19 x 22 cm. Paperback with green-on-orange cover title and illustration; stapled. Full-page illustrations by Ben Shahn for each part of the Christmas carol usually known as The Twelve Days of Christmas, with one page of melody. In Very Good+ Condition: edges rubbed;… Read more about this item

Westport, Conn: Avery, Hand & Co, 1966. Near Fine -. [4] p.; 22 cm. Red with black cover title. Holding facsimile (41 x 54 cm.), folded, of Thomas Nast's large illustration of Santa Claus and his activities. The illustration first appeared in Harper's Weekly in Dec. 1866. No date of publication, but refers to the publication of this… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Franklin Printing Co, 1951. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. [32] p.: color illustrations; 24 cm. White cover with cover title and illustration in red, green, and black. Illustrated endpapers. Original spider web patterned glassine dust jacket. A story from the author's Bred in the Bone, printed in a limited edition as a Christmas greeting from Franklin Printing Co.… Read more about this item

1905. Very Good. 3 cards and 2 booklets. Louise Bunte (1884-1961) married Cornelius Miedema (1879-1969) in or before 1908. The group consists of: 1) 1 Christmas card (10.5 x 8 cm.), folded and tied with a red ribbon. Printed in black with embossed illustration in silver and red. Inside is a printed 4-line verse, addressed to Miss Louise… Read more about this item

Dorking, UK: Templar Co, 2005. Hardcover. Near Fine. This edition published in 2005 for Borders. Designed by Janie Jouise Hunt; written by A. J. Wood. [22] p.: color illustrations; 22 cm. Hardback with illustrated cover and red ribbon ties. Opens accordian style. One side has 25 flaps, Advent calendar style, that pull open to reveal hidden illustrations. The… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Strawbridge & Clothier, 1927. Pamphlet. Very Good -. [4] p.: illustration; 22 cm. Front has color illustration and decorative border. Program for a concert presented by the Strawbridge & Clothier chorus on Dec. 23, 1927, with a full orchestra; directed by Herbet J. Tilly and accompanied by William Sylvano Thunder. Isaac H. Clothier, Jr., was the reader.… Read more about this item

Valparaiso, Ind: Lowenstine's Department Store, 1890. Good. 15 x 18 embossed, die-cut advertisement from Lowenstine's Department Store in Valparaiso, Ind. The chromolithographed image shows two smiling children in lace and ribbons holding a book with "Merry Christmas" on the outside. In gilt on the blue dress "Compliments of Lowenstine's Department Store." Flowers along the lower edge. A former… Read more about this item

S.l.: s.n., 1890. Very Good. 1 chromolithographed illustration with "Merry Christmas" at the lower edge (11 x 9.2 cm.) and a ruffled pink silk border. Attached to a cardboard stand. The illustration is a rural scene showing person walking down a road under a full moon, a house with a lit window and a lake in… Read more about this item

London: Oldbourne Book Co, 1963. Hardcover. Fine/very good. [44] p.: color illustrations; 20 cm. Hardback with illustrated cover. Dust jacket (in cover) repeats book cover. Cover and dust jacket title: "The Toytown Pantomime Betty and S.G. Hulme Beaman." List of the Toytown Series and Toytown on Record on back cover and back section of… Read more about this item

New York: Hearn, 1927. Paperback. Very Good. [20] p.: illustrations; 10 cm. Stapled; card cover printed with continuous color illustration. No date of publication, but it states that it was the 100th anniversary of its founding. George A. Hearn established his store in 1827; it moved to 14th St. in 1879. This pamphlet was… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Williams, Brown & Earle, 1938. Fine. 7.5 x 14.5 cm. metal desk calendar with individual leaves for Dec. 1938-Dec. 1939 printed in red and brown. Dec. 1938 has an illustration of a stagecoach and horses in a winter scene. The others each have the main month in the center with smaller versions of the previous and following… Read more about this item

Stamford, Conn: Overbrook Press, 1963. Paperback. Very Good +. [6], 30, [4] p.; 22 cm. Black wrapper with white printed label on front wrapper. Red printer's emblem on title page. Issued as the 1963 Season's Greetings from Frank Altschul and Helen Altschul. Frank Altschul (1887-1981) founded the Overbrook Press, which produced more than 150… Read more about this item

Washington DC: Lester Douglas, 1959. Paperback. Near Fine. [13] p.: illustrations; 25 cm. Terracotta red wrapper, stitched, with label printed in red and black. Text is printed in red and black. "This Book of Two Poems by Henry Vaughan, designed and directed by Lester Douglas, with drawings by Lyle Justis and engravings by Walter Von Egidy and Richard… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Grace Hoper Press, 1976. Near Fine. 1 sheet (31 x 23 cm.), folded, printed in red and black. Undated, as was common on the Christmas greetings issued by bookseller Bill Wreden and his wife, Byra. One of a limited edition of 225 copies printed by the Grace Hoper Press. The Grace Hoper Press… Read more about this item

New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1883. Paperback. Good +. 268, [4] p.; 19 cm. Paperback with brown wrappers printed in black only. Inside of both wrappers contains list of titles in Funk & Wagnalls Standard Library, numbers 1-105. Outside back wrapper contains advertisements for Vitalized Phos-Phites, and Sohmer pianos, the latter with an illustration. … Read more about this item

Barcelona: Ramón Sopena, 1930. Hardcover. Very Good -. [52] p.; many illustrations, including 4 full-page color illustrations; 25 cm. Dark green cloth spine; paper over boards. Color illustrated front board; publisher's advertisements on back board printed in red and black. Part of the series Biblioteca para Niños. "Nihil obstat" June 15 1917 -- on… Read more about this item

New York: Dodge Publishing Company, 1909. Hardcover. Good -. Wain, Louis. [48] p.: 7 full-page color illustrations, many color illustrations with text; 25 cm. Grey paper over boards; black, green, and purple cover illustration of female cat with ball of yarn sitting next to kitten in a cradle. Grey fixed endpapers. No date of publication given;… Read more about this item

New York: F.M. Lupton Publishing Company, 1887. Paperback. Fair. [2], 64 p.: illustrations; 28 cm. Printed wrappers included in pagination. Contents: portraits of famous men and women; fancy work designs; games, including enigmas, riddles, conundrums, puzzles, rebuses, and charades; money-making secrets; lyrics to popular songs; selections for autograph albums; chemical experiments; popular recitations; and parlor games and lessons… Read more about this item