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CHRISTMAS LORE AND LEGEND
Written by H.L. Gee. Illustrated by Louise Armour-Chelu.
Stock no. 1329072
Published by Candle Books. Very good condition.

Candle Book Number Five. Small format. Paperwraps. B/w text illustrations. Slight rubbing to spine.

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THE FAIRY DOLL
Written by Rumer Godden. Illustrated by Adrienne Adams.
Stock no. 1329070
Published by Macmillan & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1956. Almost very good condition.

Nobody knew where she came from, but for as long as the children could remember, the fairy doll had been at the top of the Christmas tree. Grey cloth, red title to spine and butterfly vignette to front cover. Pink pictorial endpapers. Colour illustrations to text. Spine and corners bumped. Spine browned and foxed. Brown spot to front cover. Light damp staining to lower cover edges. Name in ink to front free-endpaper (also white typing fluid mark). Light foxing and fingering else contents clean.

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CHRISTMAS!
No author listed. Illustrated by Peter Spier.
Stock no. 1329016
Published by Collins. 1st 1984. Very good condition.

A picture book without words, a series of over 90 full colour illustrations giving a nostalgic account of a family at this very special time of the year. Large square format. Glazed pictorial boards. ISBN: 0001846493. Spine and corners slightly bumped, slight crack in laminate to base of spine. Spine slightly browned. Foxing to endpapers and prelims.

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THE STORY OF CHRISTMAS
Written by Katherine B. Bamfield. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 1328866
Published by The Medici Society. 1st 1952. Very good condition.

Red cloth spine. Pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. Covers slightly rubbed and very very slightly grubby. Tiny bookseller's sticker to front pastedown. Small, light stain to top margins of pages 3-5.

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THE GOOD LITTLE CHRISTMAS TREE
Written by Ursula Moray Williams. Illustrated by Ursula Moray Williams.
Stock no. 1328637
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1943. Good condition in a poor dustwrapper.

Large oblong format. Blue cloth spine. Red pictorial covers. Scissor cut and line drawing illustrations. Covers are edge worn. Large bump to top corner of rear cover, small split to top edge of front cover. A few small ink spots to rear cover. Name and date in ink to front pastedown. Foxing but contents generally clean. Dustwrapper is edge chipped, worn and torn with large section of loss to lower edge of rear panel.

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TWELVE CATS FOR CHRISTMAS
Written by Martin Leman. Illustrated by Martin Leman.
Stock no. 1328628
Published by Pelham Books. 1st 1982. Very good condition.

The Twelve Days of Christmas for cats. Glazed pictorial boards. Pictorial endpapers. Beautiful colour pictures of kitties. ISBN: 0720714036. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Child's name in pencil to top margin of publication page (opposite title-page). Some faint foxing to contents.

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THE FIRST CHRISTMAS
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Paul Henning; Hellmuth Weissenborn.
Stock no. 1828588
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1945. Almost very good condition.

The story of the birth of Jesus. Interesting colour photographs by Henning of models and scenery created by Weissenborn. Blue cloth, silver titles. 64pp. 8 x 6.5". Spine and board edges faded. Fraying to top of spine. A few marks to boards. Gift inscription in ink to front pastedown. Rear joint pulled between last text page and rear free endpaper, exposing webbing to top half. Small tear to vertical edge of rear free endpaper. Contents have finger creases and a few marks to margins.

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THE CHILDREN'S THEATRE
Written by Franz Bonn. Illustrated by Franz Bonn.
Stock no. 1328391
Published by Kestrel Books. 1978. Very good condition.

A reproduction of the 1878 antique pop-up book. Contain 4 pop-up scenes of theatre stage and characters from fairy tales. ISBN: 0722655363. Spine and corners bumped. A couple of tiny scuff marks to lower edge of front cover. Some slight creasing to rear pastedown (binding error).

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THE VAIN LITTLE TREE
Written by Joanna Erdody. Illustrated by Grace Lodge.
Stock no. 1328367
Published by The Grout Publishing Company. Good condition.

Small format. White pictorial boards. Two-tone illustrations. White covers are slightly grubby. Spine is chipped with loss of spine covering. Inscription in ink to top margin of title-page. Contents clean.

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THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS
Written by Clement Clarke Moore. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1328267
Published by J. P. Lippincott Co. Circa 1967. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, gilt titles. 4 Colour plates. B/w text illustrations. Minimal rubbing to spine. Light fading to edge of front cover. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is lightly browned and edge worn.

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THE NUTCRACKER
Written by Sarah L. Thomson. Illustrated by Michael Hague.
Stock no. 1327697
Published by SeaStar Books. 1st 2003. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

White glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 1587172542. Dustwrapper is just a tiny bit creased at edges.

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NUT CRACKER
Written by David Walser. Illustrated by Jan Pienkowski.
Stock no. 1326479
Published by Puffin; The Penguin Group. 1st 2008. Slightly better than very good condition.

Paper engineering by Iain Smyth. Pictorial boards with heart-shaped cut out to cover. 5 elaborate glitter illustrations - one at rear is 3-D. ISBN: 9780141384542. A few small, light scratches to cover edges. One tiny foxspot to the 3d image else contents are fine.

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