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Hardcover. New York /London, Raphael Tuck & Sons, 1st thus, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 104 pages, 12 color plates and many in b&w. Maroon cloth spine over glazed boards illustrated in color. No date given, but circa 1900. Various illustrators contributed including Frances Brundage and Harold Copping. Frontispiece loose but otherwise good+, light edgewear to covers.

Hardcover. Springfield MA, W.J. Holland, reprint, 1872, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, terra-cotta cloth with gilt decorated cover. 160 pages, all edges gilt. Many b&w engravings. Vignettes of child life 150 years ago. Gutter crack at title page otherwise a clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1921, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth covers with color label. 8 color, 5 b&w drawings by Gordon Ross. Cover lettering fading in areas, spine lettering badly faded, otherwise clean copy.

Softcover. Decatur IL, A. E. Staley Mfg., 1st, 1935, Book: Good, Square format paperback in color, 24 pages. Color illustrated covers; saddle stapled binding. A charmingly illustrated entertainment and party book for children's holiday parties and events. Two page facing spreads devoted to the major holidays, each illustrated with warm festive color illustrations of children at play. Several pages of games and recipes appear at rear. Light handling wear to edges and dust soiling to wraps.

Hardcover. Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 2nd pr., 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 280 pages, SIGNED BY AUTHOR on the front fly leaf.. The author's first novel. Clean and tight copy.

Hardcover. Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1st, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 280 pages, SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Minor dust jacket edgewear, otherwise, very clean and tight copy.

Hardcover. London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1st Thus, 1913, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, 138 pages. Hardcover. Illustrated with 7 full color plates by Hugh Thomson. Pages featuring plates are age darkened, with toning in some cases transferred onto bordering pages. Previous owners bookplate on front endpaper. Red cloth covers gilt titles. Dust jacket worn, with chipping, paper missing along edges. Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. New York , T. Y. Crowell, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 56 pages, illustrated in b&w by Margot Tomes and with photographs. Bright, unclipped dust jacket.

Hardcover. New York, Henry Holt, 1st, 1937, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover. 200 pages. Black & white illustrations by Helen Finger. Red top edge. Dust jacket with chipping, soiling. Price clipped. Clear plastic protective cover. Quaint story of a little Bavarian town in medieval days.

Hardcover. NY, Greenwillow, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. 202 pages. Small remainder dot on bottom edge otherwise like new in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Summary: Still troubled by his older brother's violent suicide, eighteen-year-old Dillon becomes deeply involved in the terrible secret of his friend Jennifer, who feels she can tell no one what her step father is doing to her. Clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. NY, Atheneum, 3rd pr., 1966, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 56 pages, b&w drawings by Ingrid Fetz. Dust jacket with minor edgewear. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York , Random House , reprint, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 114 pages, illustrated in b&w by John Burningham. Book is bound in red cloth with gilt lettering. Edition is not stated, 1964 on the title page. Contains 111 numbered pages with an additional 3 unnumbered. 16 line dedication. All pages are very clean and the binding is tight. Top edge stained black, dust jacket has light edgewear. Price of $3.50 on the front flap. Would appear to be a second or third printing of the first edition.

Hardcover. New York , Random House , reprint, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 114 pages, illustrated in b&w by John Burningham. Book is bound in red cloth with gilt lettering. Edition is not stated, no date on the title page, copyright page states 1964. Contains 111 numbered pages with an additional 3 unnumbered. 16 line dedication. All pages are very clean and the binding is tight. Top edge stained black, dust jacket has light edgewear. Price of $3.50 on the front flap. Would appear to be a second or third printing of the first edition.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st US, 1935, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth with red lettering, 292 pages. Super clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. Philadelphia, Lippincott, reprint, n.d., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 147 pages, illustrated with 12 color and 18 b&w plates by Arthur Rackham. Original red cloth cover with black design, a few small areas where red is flaked, leaving white. Illustrated endpapers. Rear end papers have some light foxing. All plates with tissue guards with red lettering. Dust jacket spine darkened but design and lettering still readable., no price on jacket flap. A tight, clean copy of this reprint. No date but would have to be after 1926.

Hardcover. New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1st, 1907, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, blue cloth covers stamped in red and gilt. 103 pages, with drawn text and illustrations by Frank T. Merrill throughout, tipped-in color frontis., all edges gilt with gilt titles, clean and tight.

Hardcover. Garden City, NJ, Garden City Publishing Co., 1st Edition, 1941, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 63 pages. Hardcover. Color and b/w illustrations throughout by Shinn. Dust jacket unclipped, has some agewear. Decorated cover boards and endpapers. Pages clean, pages and edges have a touch of tanning from age, but otherwise unmarked. Binding good. Spine straight. In this beautiful book are collected all the outstanding "Christmas" passages from Dickens' writings, accompanied by Shinn's 12 superb full color drawings, as well a many imaginative and characteristic black and white sketches.

NY, Thomas Y. Crowell, 1st, 1948, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial cloth covers, Black & white illustrations by Garry MacKenzie. Front fly leaf corner clipped. A Christmas story told in poetry. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1922, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 128 pages. Color frontis, black & white illustrations by Louise Roberts. Green cloth covers with red & black decorations, lettering. Light wear to spine bottom edge, corners.

Hardcover. New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1912, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, green cloth stamped with gilt and black, 119 pages. Eight color and six b&w plates by Florence Storer. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf, otherwise clean.

Hardcover. London, HARVILL, 1st UK, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 233 pages, SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Very clean and tight copy.

Boston, David A. Godine, 1st illust. thus, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. B&W illustrations by Jeanne Titherington. 191 pages, like-new in a bright, unclipped dust jacket.

Hardcover. New York, Small Maynard & Co., 1st, 1909, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 287 pages, 2 color plates by Jessie Wilcox Smith. Maroon cloth with cream and gilt decoration. Previous owner's bookplate on front fly leaf otherwise a clean, bright copy.

Hardcover. NY, Gook League of America, reprint, 1941, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover. Dust jacket chipped, worn.