LET'S HAVE A PARTY
No author listed. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 1316995
Published by Blumenthals Ltd. circa 1955. Slightly better than very good condition.

A 'fine drinking' book issued by the houses of Ayala Champagne Croizet Brandy & Rocher Liquers. To help you make your party a success. White paperwraps. B/w illustrations. Staples rusty. A few foxspots. A super copy of a scarce booklet.

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CAROLS
No author listed. Illustrated by Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale.
Stock no. 1506935
Published by Alexander Moring Ltd.. circa 1945. Almost very good condition.

Dark red cloth with gilt title and onlay. 14 carols. 6 double page spread colour plates; 5 other colour plates. 43 pages. 10.25 x 8". Spine faded and bumped with wear to ends. A little wear to corners. Uneven fading to front and rear cover. Ink inscription to front endpaper. Tiny hole to front joint. One hinge cracked. Foxing to endpapers, prelims and page edges. Light page edge browning. All plates present.

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THE CHRISTMAS STOCKINGS
Written by Matthew Price. Illustrated by Errol Le Cain.
Stock no. 1316309
Published by Barron's Educational Series. 1st USA 1987. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Follow Santa from room to room in search of two little stockings that need to be filled with toys... Colour laminated pictorial boards. Full page col illus with a flap-up door to find on each page.. 10.5 x 8". Unpaginated. ISBN: 0812058704. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Evidence of erased pencil markings to top of title-page else contents fine. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed and foxed on verso.

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HAPPY CHRISTMAS HONK
Written by Joy K. Seddon. Illustrated by Joy K. Seddon.
Stock no. 1208534
Published by Brockhampton Press Ltd.. 1st 1952. Good condition.

A strip book. Small oblong format. Pictorial cardwraps. 124 frames. Covers creased and lightly browned. One page has a large closed tear repaired with tape. Contents clean.

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THE CHILD'S CHRISTMAS
Written by Evelyn Sharp. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 1405238
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1st 1906. Slightly better than good condition.

Red cloth covers with gilt titles and vignettes to front and spine. Pale green pictorial endpapers. Colour plates and b/w text illustrations. 227 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Cloth fraying a little at top and bottom of spine and a small split in cloth to rear of spine. Spine browned. Bump to top of front board. Spotting and marks to covers. Some hinges are cracked. Browning to endpapers. Marks to bottom corners of both endpapers. Book plate to verso of front endpaper. Bottom of a couple of plates detached and a couple have small closed tears. Crease to margin of one plate. Some foxing to margins and page edges and a few marks to contents

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SANTA CLAUS
Written by Clement Clarke Moore. Illustrated by Harry Rountree.
Stock no. 1315066
Published by Dean's Rag Book Co. Ltd.. circa 1920. Very good condition.

Dean's 2/6 Patent Rag Book Series 3, no. 208. 10 pages featuring colour illustrations accompanying the text of "Twas the Night Before Christmas". Lower corner tips lightly creased. Small, light stain to top edges of pages else contents lovely and clean. A super copy of a very scarce rag book. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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THE MAN WHO KNEW BETTER
Written by Tom Gallon. Illustrated by Gordon Browne.
Stock no. 1502579
Published by D. Appleton And Company. 1st 1901. Slightly better than good condition.

A Christmas Dream. A striking romance of hard-hearted worldliness redeemed by bitter experience, and the lessons of love and sympathy which it teaches will thrill and touch every reader. Brown cloth covers with dark green decoration and gilt titles. B/w illustrations. 224 pages. Wear to spine and corners with a little fraying at top of spine. A few marks to covers. Joints and a few hinges cracked. Front endpaper is possibly missing. Red mark to frontis. Some foxing and page edge browning but contents generally clean.

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WHEN SANTA CLAUS WAS YOUNG
Written by Helen Reid Cross. Illustrated by Helen Reid Cross.
Stock no. 2113320
Published by Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. Very good condition.

Pictorial card wraps. Pictorial onlay to front cover. Binding is tied up with ribbon. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Some creasing to cover edges. Small tear to base of spine. Some browning. Foxing; mostly to prelims.

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THE CHURCH MICE AT CHRISTMAS
Written by Graham Oakley. Illustrated by Graham Oakley.
Stock no. 2112845
Published by Macmillan Children's Books. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Another delightful tale in the Church Mice series. Large oblong format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 0333305493. Bookplate to front pastedown. Tape marks to very edges of pastedowns. Inscription in ink to title page, which also has large crease. Some page edge browning. Wrapper is price-cut with tape marks to flaps; a little faded to spine.

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IRENE'S CHRISTMAS PARTY
Written by Richard Hunter. Illustrated by Ruth Cobb.
Stock no. 1311179
Published by Grant Richards. 1st 1904. Very good condition.

The Dumpy Books For Children series no. 33. Small format (5 x 3"). Green cloth with darker green lines and titles. Colour illustrations. 103 pages, printed on one side of the paper only. Spine and corners bumped. A few pale marks to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Hinges cracked. Name and address in ink to rear endpaper and small booksellers sticker to pastedown. A nice copy of a scarce little book.

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LOUIS WAIN'S FATHER CHRISTMAS
No author listed. Illustrated by Louis Wain.
Stock no. 1309075
Published by John F. Shaw & Co Ltd.. Very good condition.

Green cloth spine. Grey decorated front board with pictorial onlay which shows portrait of a ginger cat with green background. Rear cover is blank. 5 tipped-in colour plates (one duplicating the onlay to front cover) plus b/w text illustrations throughout. Spine and corners bumped and slightly rubbed. Rear cover slightly browned. Endpapers lightly browned and light page edge browning throughout.

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ALISON'S CHRISTMAS ADVENTURE
Written by Sheila Stuart. Illustrated by Gervase.
Stock no. 1706472
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. Circa 1948. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth. B/w frontis and 3 other plates. Cream titles. Possible a first edition, war economy edition so pre 1949. White erase fluid over inscription to front endpaper. A little foxing Wrapper edge-chipped and grubby, slight foxing.

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