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New York, New York, U.S.A: Family Circle, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9. Type: Hard Back Lovely Christmas Decorations, Cookery. Gifts, Crafts Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition. Pictorial laminate binding in blues, lovely illustration on front. Illustrated with delicious Christmas and Thanksgiving goodies, recipes, designs for crafts/gifts/decorations. Binding is clean and unmarked, rubbed. Pages very clean and completely free of any markings, no creases. Includes instructions and recipes. 280 pages, 10.5 x 8.5 inches. 1988, Family Circle, New York, New York, U.S.A.

Afton, Minnesota, U.S.A: Afton Historical Society Press, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback First Edition, Hardcover Book and Jacket As New. A Memoir about wartime Christmas in Duluth, Minnesota, 1944. Carol Bly as an adolescent girl whose three brothers were all in uniform with two away at war had nightmares about war and genocide. She also remembers arranging the creche and tree for Christmas and thinking about that special boy-- Carol Bly comes to some astonishing conclusions when thinking about her own adolescent thinking and what adolescents experience today. 62 pages. 9.5 x 6.6 inches. 2000, Afton Historical Society Press, Afton, Minnesota, U.S.A.

USA: Mira, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" tall. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket As New. GIFT QUALITY. The MacDougal family gathers again in the Blue Ridge Mountains to try to make the season merry-amid personal issues each is dealing with. In the midst of a shouting match, a stranger appears--and then another. Is one a criminal? Are they both out to harm them? One of them cannot be trusted, but which? And one is about to bring Christmas into their hearts. Easy to read with larger than usual print. 7.5 x 5.6 x a.3 inches. 330 pages. Mira Books, USA 2011.

USA: Oxmoor House, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. David Morrison. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Ex-Library Book and Jacket in Good Condition. Except for minimal library stickers/stamps, book and jacket are in Near Fine condition. 121 pages packed with ideas; projects with instructions, patterns, illustrations; trimmings to fix; presents to make; gifts for children. Fully illustrated by David Morrison, bright and colorful. 9 x 11 inches. 121 pages. 1986, Oxmoor House, Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Chicago, Illinois: The Cuno Press, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback First Edition. Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition. No jacket. This Fourteenth Volume of the Annual Christmas Book from Cuneo Press is a blend of early Americana of historic England, a prose pageant of the great and popular stories of various eras. Original illustrations especially prepared for this volume. Clean, bright and unmarked red cloth with elaborate gilt design on the spine, gilt panel with red gothic-type lettering. Board edges and corners are rubbed. Top edge gilt. Fore-edge rough cut. Sewn binding tight and solid. Former owner name on paste-down. Rear endpapers have brownish spotting at lower hinge. Very attractive design with red script headings; each page in the stories has the book title in red on the verso and the story title on the recto, with large margins; illustrations at the beginning of each story, titled in red lettering, each specially… Read More

Boston, Massachusetts, USA: Little, Brown and Company, 1987. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7. Edith Allard. Type: Hardback Hardcover BCE Book in Very Good Condition with a Good Dust Jacket. Clean forest-green paper-wrapped boards, slight indentation to lower edge, Spine has a10 degree lean and page block is raised up an eighth inch from rear panel. Binding is tight & solid. Pages very clean and free from any markings, no creases. Drawings at chapter heads are by Edith Allard. Red/green/yellow bright and clean jacket is chipped at spine head, light wear to other extremities, small closed tear to top edge. Charming and humorous story about a bedraggled cat who enters the home and heart of Amory Cleveland on the night before Christmas--and about hundreds of other cats--celebrity cats, literary cats, cats of movie stars, cats of American Presidents and others. An enchanting and humorous story.240 pages. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. Little, Brown and Co Publishers, Boston, MA 1987.

USA: Health Communications, Inc, 2001. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition with a Fine Dust Jacket. There is a small spoto n the fore edge of the text block, else Fine. Bright red binding with gilt titles, clean and unmarked; binding tight, solid and square; internals as new. In this holiday collection, people from all walks of life share their most memorable holiday times and remind us all that the true reason for the season is love, caring and sharing. 282 pages. 8.8 x 5.75 inches. 2001, Health Communications, Inc., Deerfield Beach, Florida, USA

USA: Our Sunday Visitor, 1995. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. Type: Hardback Large Hardcover Book and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. Features the First Christmas, with the story of the birth of Christ as told by St. Luke and St. Matthew, illustrated with reproduction of illuminated manuscripts from the famous Bedford Book of Hours, now in the British Library, London, Modern calligraphy replaces the original Latin text in these reproductions. And, the magic of Christmas in many countries, with customs, foods, crafts, fully illustrated in color throughout. Bound in blue cloth with bright and bold gilt title; very clean with a touch of wear to corner tips and spine head and heel. Tight, solid and square. Internals as new. This magnificent book includes Christmas customs from many countries around the world, with illustrations -- Portugal, Greece, Russia, Sicily, Italy, France, Germany, and Others; A Cooking section with recipes from around the world; a craft… Read More

Chicago New York San Francisco: Rand McNally & Company, 1960. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Beth Krush. Rand McNally & Company, 1960 Printing B. Hardcover Book in Good Condition, No Jacket. Illustrations by Beth Krush. Red cloth boards are clean, slightly warped with fore-edge slightly raised; white snowflakes on front, white titles to spine; upper corners lightly scuffed, some edges rubbed. Binding tight and solid, inner hinge partially cracked. Pages toned, completely clean and unmarked. Christmas stories from Austria, Canada, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, Jordon/Israel, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sicily, Spain, Sweden, Jordan and Israel, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sicily, Spain, Sweden, United States. Biographical Notes on Authors. 175 pages. 8.5 x 5.5". 1960, Rand McNally & Company.

USA: Vanguard Press, 2010. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6?" - 7?" tall. Mass Market Paperback in Near Fine Condition. A lovely tale of finding family, love, joy and forgiveness--an inspiring Christmas story. Bright red pictorial wrappers, very clean and unmarked. Three pages have upper corner tip creases, otherwise in Fine Condition. 206 pages. 6.75 x 4.2 inches. Vanguard Press, USA 2010.

USA: Oxmoor House, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. Type: Hardback First Edition. Hardcover Book in Near Fine Condition with a Very Good Dust Jacket. The book has a pre-printed bookplate on the endpaper on which a former owner has written their names, otherwise the book is As New. Beautiful pictorial boards, same illustration as jacket, glossy, clean, unmarked, tight & solid. Internals are in sparkling new condition. Glossy, bright, clean, jacket has slight wear around spine head and heel. A book of ideas for Christmas decorating, cooking & baking, entertaining, and gift giving. Lavishly illustrated in full color. 192 pages. 9 x 11 inches. Oxmoor House, USA 2007.

USA: Leisure Arts, 1991. Hardcover. As New/No Jacket. 4to - over 9. Type: Hardback Beautiful Large Christmas Craft Book AS NEW. Profusely illustrated in full color on coated paper. Clean, bright, tight, unmarked, untorn. Colorful and bright pictorial binding decorated with various Victorian portraits, pictures, tree ornaments. Many beloved Christmas characters from holiday stories are adapted to cross-stitch from this unique collection of antique postcards and Victorian scraps--i.e. "Special Delivery" is a postal bag with a cross stich design of a postman delivering that Christmas parcel awaited by all; "A Joyous Visitor" is a portrait of Santa rocking the baby's cradle--a delightful wall-handing or tree ornament. Magnificent illustrations, patterns, instructions. 96 pages. 9 x 11.25 inches. 1991, Leisure Arts, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

New York, New York, USA: Guideposts, 2016. Hardcover. As New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback Hardcover Book As New. No Jacket. Illustrated binding in blue with creche scene center, bright and clean, tight & solid, internals as new. Two lovely Christmas stories. 266 pages. 5.75 x 8.5 inches. 2016, Guideposts, New York, New York, USA

USA: World Book Encyclopedia, 1978. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. Type: Hardback Type: Hard Back Large Hardcover Book in Very Good Condition with pictorial purple binding. 80 pages with delightful full-color and b/w illustrations on almost every page. Clean and unmarked, with light wear to corners and spine head/tail. Interior is Fine-very clean and completely unmarked. Pages 65-80 contain A British Christmas Sampler, on heavy, pale tannish- pink paper, with music scores, recipes and crafts. 10.5 x 8.5 inches. World Book Encyclopedia, Chicago, Illinois, 1978.

U.S.A: Meredith Books, 1996. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. Meredith Books, 1996. Third Printing. Hardcover in Very Good Condition. Without dust jacket. Elaborately illustrated in full color and monotone. Christmas Almanac section has delightful stories, legends, and customs that help keep the past alive and add joy to Christmas today. The Collector's Christmas section adds old-world charm to current celebrations with antique collectibles such as Santas, ornaments, stockings, etc. Folk Art section introduces eight artisans who create all sorts of folk art from fabrics, wood figures, miniature houses, paintings, toys; Festive Feasting brings you culinary treats and yuletide customs; and the Christmas Traveler section celebrates the holidays at six historic villages. A delightful Christmas book in bright red cloth binding with gilt titles on front and spine; clean with a few tiny white spatter marks near upper corner which is gently bumped. Faint nick to fore… Read More

Chanhassen, Minnesota, U.S.A: Creative Pub, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 4to - over 9. Type: Hard Back First Printing. Large Hardcover Book in Fine Condition. Pictorial, laminate binding, very clean and unmarked, tight & solid. Lavishly illustrated in full color. Detailed instructions for decorating for Christmas- decorating the tree, the holiday table, gift wrapping, decorating your house. Beautiful and creative. 128 pages 11 x 8.5 inches. 1994, Creative Publishing, Chanhassen, Minnesota, U.S.A.

, Anstey, Leicestershire, England: Meredith Corporation, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9. Cary Phillips. Meredith Corporation, 1996. Hardback First Edition Book and Dust Jacket in Very Good Condition. Upper rear corner of book and jacket gently bumped/rumpled, otherwise in Fine Condition--bright, colorful, clean, laminate, pictorial binding, tight & solid; pages as new, bright & clean, with lavish illustrations in full color by Cary Phillips. A charming Christmas story, a family journal, a record of Christmas traditions, recipes, and family history--all become a guide for Emma and her sister Rosie, as they take on the job of holding on to the spirit of Christmas while their mother lay seriously ill in the hospital. 72 pages. 11 x 9.25 inches. 1996, Meredith Corporation, Des Moines, Iowa, USA

Golden Books, 2014. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Golden Books, 2014, First Edition Hardcover Book as New. No Dust Jacket, as Issued. Bright, colorful binding in greens and reds, white titles, pristine condition. Internals also pristine with bright, bold, colorful large illustrations. Simple, wise advice to help enjoy Christmas.

New York: Family Circle, 1986. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9?" - 12" tall. Type: Hardback Hardcover Quarto in Near Fine Condition. No jacket. Clean and unmarked volume in green illustrated laminated binding, tight and solid, internals as new. Detailed instructions to make decorations, gilfts, window treatments, ideas for themes, and including Christmas recipes. Illustrated throughout in color and b/w. 300 pages indexed. 8.2 x 10.2 inches. 1986, Family Circle, New York.

USA: Berkley Books, 2004. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Bishop Jakes makes Christmas past and present come alive, and leads us to embrace fully the miracle of the birth of Christ, illuminating the meaning of Christmas through family stories about finding the meaning of Christmas even in poverty and hardship as well as during the best of times. Clean, bright, glossy cover in blue and silver is very clean, no markings, no creases, faint wear to some extremities. Glued binding tight, pages all intact Internals As New. 230 pages. 7.5 x 5 inches. 2004, Berkley Books, USA