Christmas Books from W. Fraser Sandercombe

Toronto: The Toronto Star, 1967. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to. 27 pp. Lightly rubbed on the corners; no interior markings. The magazine is larger than the scanner so the cover picture is not all there. The Contents are: Meet the Real Santa Clauses; The Geese and the Guns - Hunting Snow Geese; Hi, I'm… Read more about this item

Boston: The Pilgrim Press, 1913. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 12mo. 32 pp. Decorated marbled softcover with French flaps; bound with thread. Some wear on the corners with a few nicks around the edges; no interior markings..

Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1989. Book. Illus. by Huntley Brown;. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 117 pp. Red boards lettered in gilt on the spine. Light rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. This story collection contains: Once Upon a Time in Toronto; Red Wagon; Little Stars of Bethlehem; The Second Coming… Read more about this item

Hamilton, Ontario: Private Printing, 2007. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo. 142 pp. Signed by Francis Kerr Young. Light edge and corner wear with a flat uncreased spine; aside from the author's signature, no interior markings. This story collection contains: Round About Christmas Time; Without Malus; Look At It This Way;… Read more about this item

New York: Doubleday Large Print - Berkley Books, 2005. Book. Illus. by Thomas Kinkade;. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. 432 pp. Large print edition approved by N.A.V.H. Black boards lettered in gilt on the spine. Light rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markings. Wraparound dj art by Thomas Kinkade..… Read more about this item

New York: Mercury Press, 1969. Book. Illus. by Gahan Wilson;. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 12mo. 130 pp. Digest format. Very light wear with an uncreased spine. Cover art by Gahan Wilson. This issue contains: Santa Claus vs. S.P.I.D.E.R. by Harlan Ellison; A Meeting of Minds by Anne McCaffrey; Black Snowstorm by D. F. Jones;… Read more about this item

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Historical Times, 1991. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to. 80 pp. Light rubbing; no interior markings. The front cover features Celebrating Christmas. This issue contains: Christmas with Scrooge by Paul Davis; The Heritage of Christmas Puddings by Trevor Denniss; Christmas in the Cotswolds by Nancy C. Knox; Canterbury's Bespoke Teddy Bears by Richard… Read more about this item

United States: Global Innovations, 2001. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo. 27 pp. Lightly rubbed on the corners; no interior markings. Recipes for Christmas cookies..

New York: Dell Books, 2010. Book. Illus. by Matthew Cook;. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Paperback Printing. 248 pp. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Matthew Cook. This was filmed in 2004, directed by Joe Roth and starring Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dan Aykroyd, Elizabeth Franz,… Read more about this item

Chicago: Popular Mechanics Publishing, 1960. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo. 256 pp. Lightly rubbed on the corners; no interior markings. This issue contains: Christmas Gifts and Decoration You Can Make; Modelmakers in a Tizzy; The World's Greatest Atom Gun Blasts Off; Skin Diving for Gold; Bonneville's Magnificent Trials and Errors; What's New for Dinner?; Train… Read more about this item

Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company, 1983. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Book Club Edition. 8vo. 203 pp. Blue boards lettered in gilt on the spine; illustrated with black and white drawings and diagrams and colour photographs. Light wear at the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markigs. The Contents are: A Brief History of Gift… Read more about this item

Racine, Wisconsin: Whitman Publishing Company, 1971. Book. Illus. by The Krehbiels; Jason Lee;. Near Fine. Soft cover. Later Printing. 4to. Unpaginated. An unused colouring book for Christmas - none of the interior images have been coloured. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Interior drawings by The Krehbiels; cover art by… Read more about this item

Toronto: Britannia Magazine, 1989. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to. 52 pp. Very light wear. The front cover features Cilla Black preparing for the Christmas pantomime. The contents are: Leeds Christmas Market - Mediaeval and Modern; County-by-County Looks at Oxfordshire; The Origins of Christmas by Nick Cole; Christmas Ghost Story by Bill Clarke; Yes,… Read more about this item

Owen Sound, Ontario: Private Printing, 1993. Book. Illus. by Catherine Caple;. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo. 60 pp. Light wear on the corners; no interior markings. Cover art and interior line drawings by Catherine Caple. The Chapters are: About Materials and Tools; About Gauge; About Hanging Your Stocking; 1: The Basic Stocking; 2: Florentine… Read more about this item

New York: Atheneum Books, 2012. Book. Illus. by Ashley Bryan;. Very Good+. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 4to. Unpaginated. Glossy pictorial boards matching the dustjacket. Signed by Ashley Bryan on the title page; personalized inscription by Ashley Bryan to author Jean Little on the preceding page. Illustrated in full colour by the author. Lightly rubbed… Read more about this item

Fredericton, New Brunswick: Goose Lane Editions, 1999. Book. Illus. by Judi Pennanen;. Very Good+. Soft cover. Second Printing. 8vo. 236 pp. Light edge and corner wear with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Judi Pennanen. This story collection contains: The Brother Who Failed by Lucy Maud Montgomery; Home for Christmas by Harry Bruce;… Read more about this item

Nashville, Tennessee: Integrity Publishers, 2006. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo. Unpaginated. Glossy pictorial boards matching the dustjacket; illustrated endpapers. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markings. Illustrated in full colour..

New York: Dramatists Play Service, 1996. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. 76 pp. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a slightly faded but uncreased spine; no interior markings. The frontis features a black and white photograph from the Milwaukee Repertory Theater production. This contains: A Christmas Carol - the play version;… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 2000. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 12mo. 118 pp. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; faint mark on the upper right of the front cover; no interior markings. Illustrated with colour photographs from the movie, which was directed by Ron Howard and starred Jim Carey… Read more about this item

New York: Harper and Brothers, 1941. Book. Illus. by Maginel Wright Barney;. Very Good. Hardcover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. 166 pp. Green boards lettered in black on the front panel and spine. Wear at the corners of the dustjacket with a few nicks around the edges; price clipped; dented in the lower left of the last… Read more about this item