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Illustrated by Dorothea Warren Fox. Hamish Hamilton. London. 1956 (Ist Edition). 8vo. Hardcover, in d/w protected by mylar, minor flecking o/w text in very good cond. Enchanting and very funny story about one man's reluctant coping with Christmas, b/w line drawings.
Merry Christmas Mr Baxter by Streeter, Edward Author Of Father of The Bride - 1956
by Streeter, Edward Author Of Father of The Bride
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Merry Christmas Mr Baxter
by Streeter, Edward Author Of Father of The Bride
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1956. Line drawings by Dorothea Warren Fox. Christmas card laid in the book at time of first purchase.The situations which confront the Baxters - and Mr Baxter in particular - as Christmas Eve appraoches are described with the wry humor which has endeared Mr. Streeter's books to so many. As in "Father of The Bride" and "Mr Hobbs' Vacation" he has caught the poignant frustrating and laughable aspects of a family situation which thousands will recognize as their own. A delightful read of course! Dorothea Warren Fox's line drawings illustrate the story so well. Decorated front board. Illustrated price-clipped dust jacket. Illustrated both front and back. Dust jacket shows natural age darkening to extremities with wear. A bright, clean book. A hard - to - find title.. First Edition Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.
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- Place of Publication New York
- Date Published 1956
- Keywords Humor + Family Stories + Christmas Humor + Christmas Story + Mr Hobbs Vacation + Father of The Bride + NOISBN
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Merry Christmas Mr Baxter.
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Merry Christmas, Mr. Baxter
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Harper & Bros., 1956. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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Harper & Bros., 1956. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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Merry Christmas, Mr Baxter
by Streeter, Edward
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Johannesburg, South Africa
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Hamish Hamilton , 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Publication of 182 pages. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed and minor closed tears along the edges. The spine of the book is a little discolored. The boards are in a good condition. Internally the pages are clean and complete. The text is legible. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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Merry Christmas, Mr. Baxter
by Streeter, Edward
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New York, NY, USA: Harper & Brothers, 1956. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fox, Dorothea Warren. 181pp. Blackline illustrations in text plus eleven full-page drawings. Fore edge rough cut. Red endpapers w white-line illustration. Off-white boards w green-stamp illustration, red third-wrap spine w crisp white lettering. Mild bumping to bottom corners, head and tail. Binding square and sound. Illustrated DJ shows moderate wear to head and tail, light wear to corners and yellowing to spine and fore edges. DJ is not price-clipped. DJ now preserved in new BroDart cover. Original Christmas gift card which accompanied the book laid in: "Merry Christmas from Mr. Baxter and...." The gift card is not signed, but a separate small signature card from the gift giver - Mr. William Alexander Begg - is also laid in with the gift card. All that is inevitable, enjoyable, maddening and amusing about Christmas provides a…
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Harper & Bros., 1956-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 1.0000 8.2000 5.7000. Stated first edition. Dust jacket shows minor wear, rubbing, and tanning. Pages are clean.
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