Christmas

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

NY: Gotham Book Mart, 1994, 1994 Soft Cover. No Jacket. First Edition.PBO, Small Decorated Wraps in B/W, December 1994. Pamphlet like .STATED First trade edition. Unpaginated,Fine , SOFTCOVER, 4 X 5 1/2 IN.. First Edition. Soft Cover.

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 .

New York: Simon & Schuster. As New in As New dust jacket. 2001. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0743224914 . A wonderful book, As New/As New, first edition, first printing, SIGNED by former U. S. President and Nobel Peace Prize winner Jimmy Carter; In a beautifully rendered portrait, Jimmy Carter remembers the Christmas days of his Plains boyhood -- the simplicity of family and community gift-giving, his father's eggnog, the children's house decorations, the school Nativity pageant, the fireworks, Luke's story of the birth of Christ, and the poignancy of his black neighbors' poverty; 12mo; Signed by Author .

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

Little, Brown, and Company, 1923 HARDBACK NODJ, Published September 1923 on Copyright pg, 1st Edition, 1st Printing, Dates Match on Title & Copyright pg, GOOD+/GOOD-, AS-IS, NOJACKET, Blue cloth Hardcover with Scuffed Color plate illustration on front of Mrs. Claus Santa in Red & white suit with Sick Bearded man in bed & Attending Physician in Long Green Coat , 108 pages, normally with 5 color plates -- the first 2 of which are missing in this copy, Otherwise GOOD condition. Frayed spine ends, rubbed board corners, small, light nicks and rubs on the front board illustration. Clean, one inch mended tears to few blank margin edges. Unmarked, otherwise complete and tightly bound. NOT a library book., Titled in Red & Blue on front cvr. 5 1/2 X 8 IN. Interior nice, tight clean Light Wear, Fox, Spine gilt rubbed off. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

VENETIIS : EX TYPOGRAPHIA BALLEONIANA, 1730. In 4. Dim. 34,5x25x7 cm. Pp. 36 (n.n.)+460+XCI+(8)+36+(2)+(2)+(2)+(2)+(2). Peso Kg. 2,900 Splendido messale di grandi dimensioni e peso del 1730 in folio interamente scritto a caratteri rosso e neri con splendidi capilettera decorati, almeno 1 per pagina (ad esclusione dei canti gregoriani). All'interno del testo tre bellissime incisioni a piena pagina che raffigurano delle scene religiose (l'annunciazione, la crocifissione, la resurrezione). Bella vignetta al frontespizio. All'inizio del messale un introduzione dedicata alla memoria dei tre Papi che si erano occupati di redigerlo (Pio V; Clemente VIII; Urbano VIII) e una sorta di prefazione all'opera con delle tabelle indicanti il calendario liturgico che rimanda alle parti del messale da recitare.<BR>Presente anche Commune Sanctorum e Missae Propriae Sanctorum ad uso dei Frati Minori di San Francesco. Pagine e pagine di canti gregoriani all'interno. Il messale è del 1730,… Read More

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.
A Few Plain Words to my Little Pale-faced Friends....
Dio Lewis Afloat in the Forest....
Mayne Reid Among the Lions....
A. F. Among the Studios ....
T. B. Aldrich Andy's Adventures....
F.T. TrowbridgeApologizing....
Gail Hamilton (Abigail Dodge) Aunt Esther's Rules....
Harriet Beecher Stowe Aunt Esther's Stories....
Harriet Beecher Stowe Baby of the Regiment, The....
T. W. Higginson Birdie's Day with the Rose-Fairies ....
Margaret… Read More

7 5/8" X 5 1/4" HC with green boards and picture of mother and child as first appeared in The Chicago Tribune. First thus authentic book expanded edition published by Forbes in 1909. Edges and corners are very worn with a small sticker which says Hope on the cover. The first of the three front end pages has a Christmas greeting from the giver. Twenty two pages with a color border. Last of three pages contains other preachments published in The Chicago Daily Tribune (first page shows how it originally appeared) kind of like an introduction, and also Weekly Issues of Unity. This original book is scarce. I am able to ship this small book first class as standard.

Early, softcover copy of "THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTH" - A Fairy Tale of Home by Charles Dickens. Though there is no date of publication stated, this copy was likely printed in 1846, the same year as the publication of the 1st American edition. Published by Jordan and Wiley in Boston. "The Cricket on the Hearth" is the third of Dickens's five Christmas books; its chapters are referred to as "chirps."THE CRICKET ON THE HEARTHJohn Peerybingle, a carrier, lives with his young wife Dot, their baby boy and their nanny Tilly Slowboy. A cricket chirps on the hearth and acts as a guardian angel to the family. One day a mysterious elderly stranger comes to visit and takes up lodging at Peerybingle's house for a few days.Condition:Note - this copy is incomplete...the back cover and a few pages at the end are not present (the last page ends with page number 36 [of 42]). Light soiling to the front cover; creases at the outer corners; there are 2 names written in pen at the upper-right corner; tear at the base of… Read More

Auntie Mame: An Irreverent Escapade. By Patrick Dennis. Vanguard Press 1959 First Edition, Stated Third Printing Thus. "Life is a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death!" Used. VG/VG Unclipped $3.50 ORIGINAL DJ is now protected in a mylar wrap. One of the funniest books ever written, this story was also a made into a play, a film, and a musical with the incomparable Rosalind Russell and Lucille Ball. Rare/quite scarce in a nice dj. Please see our photos. A great find.

1688. First Edition . No Binding. Fine. G.Freman. ORIGINAL ANTIQUE BIBLE PRINT ( etching- copperplate), DATED 1688, depicting the Adoration of the Magi, according to the description in the Gospel of Matthew 2. Size of the image incl. the caption: 20,5 x 33,5 cm. ( 8,07" x 13.18") - Size of the whole leaf: 27 x 40,7.cm ( 10,6" x 16"). The etching is hand-colored

FIRST EDITION WITH ALL FOUR BOOKS SIGNED BY HILARY KNIGHT! Likely the ONLY such set listed anywhere in the world right now. Each book is signed differently, NONE are personalized, two are dated in 1992. Condition is a strong Very Good: pristine text & illustrations, the boards look like new. But some age-related foxing on endpapers, mild wear on dust jackets. Slipcase has original $2.95 price clearly visible and remarkably only mild wear. Simply a wonderful and unique set. Signed by author.