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FIRESIDE BOOK OF CANADIAN CHRISTMAS
by Crean, Patrick (editor) (L. M. Montgomery; Stephen Leacock; Grey Owl; Susanna Moodie; Catherine Parr Traill; Anne Langton; Mazo de la Roche; Helen Standish Perkin; Frederick Philip Grove; Ernest Buckler; Morley Callaghan; Hugh MacLennan; Robertson Davies)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0889029903
- ISBN 13
- 9780889029903
- Seller
-
Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Markham, Ontario: Fitzhenry and Whiteside, 1986. Book. Illus. by Arne Roosman;. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 219 pp. Red boards lettered in gilt on the spine; headband. Light rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket; some creasing on the front flap; price clipped. Dj art by Arne Roosman. This story collection contains: A Christmas Mistake by L. M. Montgomery; Hoodoo McFiggin's Christmas by Stephen Leacock; How We Made Christmas by Grey Owl; A Prize Heifer by Susanna Moodie; A Bright Vision by Catherine Parr Traill; A Christmas Letter 1839 by Anne Langton; The Widow Cruse by Mazo de la Roche; Jesus Ahatonhia by Father Jean de Brebeuf; Christmas in St. Ignace, 1679 by Father Jean Enjalran; Christmas in a Swamp by John McTaggart; Twelve Foot Davis Christmas Cheer (from The Canadian Journal of Lady Aberdeen 1893 - 1898), and Dainty Fare for Christmas by W. A. Rae; That Little Christmas Tree, Substitutes for a Christmas Tree, and Baptiste Leduc's Christmas Eve by Helen Standish Perkins; One Thousand Aves, and Christmas Gifts and Games by Louis Hemon; The Account of Antoine Chabot by Alan Sullivan; Christmas in a Snowdrift by Greta Gaskin Bidlake; The Christmas Dinner, After Dinner Merry Making, and Distributing the Presents by Frederick Philip Grove; Return Trip to Christmas by Ernest Buckler; The Power and the Glory by Hal Masson; Christmas Grouch by Ellis Parker Butler; Little Noeledge by Frances Douglas and Thelma Le Cocq; A Patriotic Christmas Dinner by Helen G. Campbell; A Coal Miner's Family Christmas by Andy MacDonald; A Very Merry Christmas by Morley Callaghan; An Orange from Portugal by Hugh MacLennan; A Christian Xmas by Antoinine Maillet; Noel by Jacques Ferron; and The Diary of Samuel Marchbanks (Christmas excerpt) by Robertson Davies..
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- Bookseller
- W. Fraser Sandercombe
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 231910
- Title
- FIRESIDE BOOK OF CANADIAN CHRISTMAS
- Author
- Crean, Patrick (editor) (L. M. Montgomery; Stephen Leacock; Grey Owl; Susanna Moodie; Catherine Parr Traill; Anne Langton; Mazo de la Roche; Helen Standish Perkin; Frederick Philip Grove; Ernest Buckler; Morley Callaghan; Hugh MacLennan; Robertson Davies)
- Illustrator
- Arne Roosman;
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0889029903
- ISBN 13
- 9780889029903
- Publisher
- Fitzhenry and Whiteside
- Place of Publication
- Markham, Ontario
- Date Published
- 1986
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- canadiana; xmas; yule; yuletide; noel; holiday; santa claus; father christmas; krampus; saint nicholas; st. nick; christian; jesus christ; religion; spiritual; winter holiday;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; Christmas Books;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
W. Fraser Sandercombe
Biblio member since 2004
Burlington, Ontario
About W. Fraser Sandercombe
We are primarily an Internet-only bookstore, selling on-line for over twenty-three years; our shop can, however, be visited by appointment through an e-mail. We specialize in First Editions and collectible books (and usually have around 500 signed editions in stock at any given moment) ranging through most of the genres: Fantasy; Horror; Science Fiction; Mysteries; and a good selection of Literature; Historical Adventure; History; Outdoors; True Crime; and Assorted Non-fiction. We stock roughly 9000 books and add to our catalogues regularly.
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- Gilt
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