A Christmas Carol by DICKENS, Charles

wraps. Good and possibly unique. A 43-page 7-3/4" x 13-3/4" carbon copy typescript laid loosely into a makeshift folder consisting of a large piece of graph paper with the title THE CHRISTMAS ORATORIO/W. H. AUDEN written in pencil in an unknown hand on the front cover. Not dated. Occasional minor ink corrections also in an unknown hand. There were two early typescripts for the poem, neither typed by Auden. One was double-spaced and the other single-spaced. This version is the latter which is the second of the two typescripts that Auden arranged to be prepared for Benjamin Britten, who he hoped would set the poem to music. Auden seems to have sent two copies to Britten to be sure that one got there during wartime. One is in the Britten-Pears library; this is the other. An interesting typescript differing from the published poem in a number of respects. Choral parts are assigned to the speeches by voice. In Part 3, "The Temptation of St. Joseph," the text for the chorus differs from the published… Read More

London: W. Pickering. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1849. Hardcover. POETRY; B/w frontis; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; xvii, 205, [2] pages; 12mo, orig. Gilt-lettered green cloth, gilt-lettered spine, edges untrimmed; light edge wear, slightly sunned, text with lined borders. Title vignette. Minor foxing. Headpieces, tailpieces and elaborated intitials. .

Henry Altemus, Philadelphia, 1900 HBDJ,1900. 1st Edition,Octavo; bk VG with rub to corners / POOR condition Dustjacket; dj brown spine with no text On spine DJ , Back DJ small chip out of Back top edge not affecting Text; HB, white cloth spine with no text spine cvr & with Color decorated cloth Cvr of 2 boys with Basket of peaches & balance of cover in Ivory with Gold Gilt decoration & Lettering; minor shelf wear and bumping; text block, clean; 48 pgs.; illus., dj, spine, split; sunned; chipping; other open and closed tears; else very good. Children.Cover light rub, wear & small stains to Back, Tiny chips Tears rub, wear Extremities DJ, small chips Spine DJ ,ivory cloth with illustrated cloth panel over one-third of front cover; DJ protected in clear mylar ,The first is story about group of boys at school telling what they're going to do for the Christmas holidays. The second is the story of several young childern, Helena Free and her two younger brothers Willie & Leigh and their… Read More

Augsburg Publishing House MINNEAPOLIS, 1974. HARDBACK NODAUSTJACKET Issued, 1974, STATED 1ST EDITION, NEAR FINE, Green Foil BOX minor wear edge tears, Oversized Pictorial cvr large quarto (approx. 13 X 10) with Black cloth spine, NO JACKET, Type is set in Linotype Caledonia, PRINTED BY PHOTO-OFFSET Lithography ,Color Frontispiece Canadian Christmas watercolor by Garnet Hazard, Ruth L. Dieffenbacher, Hazel Ford, Yggdrasil, mystical tree in Scandinavian Mythology, cartoon story & winter Scene Bk cover by Lee Mero, BILL BURNSON ,Donald Davies, Edmund Kopietz, Audrey Teeple. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Conrad Pickel, Lee Mero.

London: Alexander Moring Limited . Hardcover. Good +. Eleanor Fortesque Brickdale. 4to, original red cloth, bright paste-on illustration to front cover, very faint foxing to end papers, ink owner's name to ffep otherwise contents clean and with tight binding. With all six double-page and five single page illustrations by Eleanor Fortesque Brickdale.

wraps. Good and possibly unique. A 43-page 7-3/4" x 13-3/4" carbon copy typescript laid loosely into a makeshift folder consisting of a large piece of graph paper with the title THE CHRISTMAS ORATORIO/W. H. AUDEN written in pencil in an unknown hand on the front cover. Not dated. Occasional minor ink corrections also in an unknown hand. There were two early typescripts for the poem, neither typed by Auden. One was double-spaced and the other single-spaced. This version is the latter which is the second of the two typescripts that Auden arranged to be prepared for Benjamin Britten, who he hoped would set the poem to music. Auden seems to have sent two copies to Britten to be sure that one got there during wartime. One is in the Britten-Pears library; this is the other. An interesting typescript differing from the published poem in a number of respects. Choral parts are assigned to the speeches by voice. In Part 3, "The Temptation of St. Joseph," the text for the chorus differs from the published… Read More

New York: Harper & Row. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1963. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A nice Original first edition in Fine condition in Near Fine dust-jacket with much less rubbing and small chip at the top of the spine; When Santa has stocking mix-up flop, these clever animals fix it with a merry Christmas swap. Famous Eloise illustrator Knight keeps the saga alive in the most charming way with this classic Christmas classic, issued as part of the famous Christmas Nutshell Library; Christmas Nutshell Library; 48mo .

New York: Simon & Schuster. As New in As New dust jacket. 1999. Second Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0689830394 . Beautiful Simon & Schuster edition first printing copy in As New/As New condition, SIGNED by Hilary Knight; Eloise, the six-year-old girl who lives in the penthouse at the top of the Plaza Hotel in New York City is turning the place upside down during Christmastime. Basis for the movie starring Julie Andrews as Nanny and Sofia Vassilieva as Eloise; 4to; Signed by Illustrator .

New York: Harpercollins. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2004. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0060509430 . A beautiful first edition/ first printing in unread Fine to Very Fine condition in alike dustjacket, SIGNED and dated by author Dean Koontz and Illustrator Phil Parks directly on the half-title page; A sequel to Koontz's Christmas bestseller Santa's Twin. A year after wreaking havoc in his twin brother's world, brother Bob wants to redeem himself in Santa's eyes. This time he has bulit a robot Santa Claus designed to help Santa deliver his presents faster. The only problem is Bob left a few screws loose! Beautifully illustrated by Phil Parks; Color Illustrations; Large 8vo ; Signed by Author & Illustrator .

Original 1865 Our Young Folks Christmas Bells by Henry W. Longfellow First Printing!Civil War Bound Volume 1 All monthly Issues of 1865 the first year of Our Young FolksCondition: Fair, half leather and marbled paper bound, spine cracked, hinges cracked but operational, leather treated with Klucel G, 5.5" X 8.5" tall, 808 pages, with Index, published in Boston Ticknor and Fields 124 Tremont Street. University Press, Welch, Bigelow, & Co. Cambridge 1865. Many Woodcut Illustrations. Most Stories and Poems are First Printings.
Theodore Roosevelt read Our Young Folks as a child.
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A. F. Among the Studios ....
T. B. Aldrich Andy's Adventures....
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Gail Hamilton (Abigail Dodge) Aunt Esther's Rules....
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