London: Kaye & Ward, 1971, 1st UK thus illustrated, illus co. 1968, translation from the Danish taken from M. R. James Hans Christian Andersen: Forty-two Stories; printed in Denmark; illustrated on rather matte (unlike Viking) paper boards with a. Picture Book hardback. Beautiful, generous paintings of the countryside and an.....
No publishing data on this copy. Probably a blank advertising sample: The Cotsen collection at Princeton has one of these with The Broadway Department Store text on the back. The book appears to be from around 1910. Three sheets of heavy card stapled. Toploader medium softcover advertizing. The Alphabet Party.....
{White Plains, New York], White Plains Greeting Card Corp. Copyright 1952; metal spiral binding covered by wraps with large Santa; in box with same picture, 22 pages. Novelty Boxed book softcover. Unique in that every toy is completely present and in perfect condition... even the life saver retains its cellophane.....
New York: Leavitt and Allen, no date, circa 1860's; brown pressed cloth, hand coloured illustrations, 3x4.5"; 32 pp. Small hardback. Stories for older children about daily life, and more, The Skating Party, The Arrest, The Soldiers, The Depot, Snowballing, Blind Man's Buff, The Magnetic Swan, and others. Appears to have.....
New York: Anson D. F. Randolph and Company, 770 Broadway, corner of Ninth Street, 1872 on title page, first or early US printing; printers, Clay, Sons and Taylor, London, green cloth boards with children pulling giant crackers in gilt, black rules; b. Juvenile hardback. "This book, designed for children, contains.....
New York: Viking, 1934, 1st, blue cloth backed paper boards with portrait of Hansi and on back his little cabin and his dachshund sleeping, endpapers show the Uncle's and Aunt's cosy mountain house in detail, like an opened doll house, 9x12.25; np. Picture Book hardback. Hansi lives with his mother.....
London: J. M. Dent and Sons, Ltd., 1979/1977, 2nd printing of the British publication; glossy pictorial boards with the family and the three kings, dark grey endpapers with white sheep pattern, oblong 12x8.5"; np. Picture Book hardback. Hoffmann's striking line and glowing colour in a modern interpretation of the Nativity.....
New York: Philomel Books, 1997, 1st printing; dark blue shiny boards with white printing, blue endpapers, jacket with painting of a family in a sleigh riding through the snow; 8.9x11"; np. Picture Book hardback. The birth of a baby in Vermont on Christmas Eve. Each little chapter, illustrated with paintings.....
London: Sampson, Low, Marston & Co. Ltd. and Dennis Dobson, Ltd; Book 11, late 50's reprint, list on flap through #16.; yellow shiny boards with All Aboard for Toyland train, and Noddy talking to Father Christmas, pictorial endpapers, in jacket i. Juvenile hardback. "Noddy and Big Ears are very excited.....
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2002, stated 1st, nl; shiny boards with needlepoint of a white bear and dancing trolls, icicle border; endpapers with a black sky with blue fanciful constellations, in jacket with black starry sky, icicles, a giant whit. Picture book hardback. Fortunately the boy from Finnmark.....
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, The Knickerbocker Press 1888/co 1887, 1st tp; grey cloth with brown titles and graceful stamped picture in brown and gilt of the wind blowing through pines and birds flying before it; steel cut floral tan on white endpa. Juvenile hardback. The wind of each.....
London Methuen 1974/1974, 1st printing, printed in Great Britain by Display Craft Ltd, copyright 1974 Mercis, Netherlands; distributed in New York by Two Continents Publishing Group; 21.5 x 29.5 cm; np. Toploader large softcover, novelty activity book. The play materials seem to be enclosed in a folder: on the front.....
London: Methuen: 1954/1940; a reprint, but as the 5th edition, the first of this smaller size; thick boards, red cloth with pasted on plate of Christmas Elephant bearing gifts, silver titles on spine, 7.8x11"; 40 pp. Picture book hardback Babar. The older paper retains a warm colour quality and on.....
New York: Delacorte Press, 1994, 1st printing, nl; red paper boards, blue cloth spine, gold endpapers, red jacket with family relaxing around the Christmas tree while the twins dance, 8vo; 147 pp. Juvenile hardback. A happy, funny, modern family celebrates Christmas. And Robbie begins to think about how other people.....
Boston: The Horn Book Inc. 1960/1944/1942, 4th ed.; rust paper wraps with brown drawings, with some of Caldecott's illustrations for Irving's Old Christmas, rust section titles, 6x9"; 24 pp. Reference book lists, softcover. A wonderful Book List introduced with an insightful essay by Anne Thaxter Eaton, librarian of the Lincoln.....
New York: Viking, August, 1966/1959, 7th printing stated; pink/tan cloth boards with all over design of piñatas in brown outline, endpapers with spread of Ceci and her mother at the bus stop, setting out to buy her piñata, jacket with w. Picture Book Hardback. A little girl, her first posada.....
New York: Viking, Nov. 1960/1959, 3rd printing stated; pink/tan cloth boards with all over design of piñatas in brown outline, endpapers with spread of Ceci and her mother at the bus stop, setting out to buy her piñata, jacket with wrap. Picture Book Hardback. A little girl, her first posada.....
New York: Aladdin Books, (1950) red cloth spine, all around illustrated boards with fox nailing title poster on a tree and animals looking on; illustrated endpapers, 6.75x8.7; np. Picture Book hardback. A simple story in which Santa comes to the forest with happy illustrations.
New York: Platt & Munk Co; (1935, 1917 Altemus); 600-4; Blue Terek Washable Leather Cloth boards with black stamped candle border design and pasted down coloured plate of PR on rocking horse, coloured series endpaper illustrations, 30 coloured il. Picture Book hardback small. Involves little girl, Santa Claus, and mischievous.....
New York: Veritas Press, Inc., (1941) early reprint, later books mentioned on dw flap to 1945; pictorial boards with Mr. Pink and the children and dog sitting on a hill overlooking the Copley's house on the roof of the button factory; yellow endpaper. Picture Book Hardback. The story of Mr.....
Stockholm: Ahlen & Akerlunds Forlag, nd (1920's?); blue-green spine, paper boards, top board with light green border, yellow center with two children looking at candlelit tree, 26x33 cm; np. Swedish language hardback. A collection of Christmas stories and customs, with a charming Christmas illustration on the top board, decorations at.....
New York: C. S. Francis & Company, 252 Broadway, Boston: J. H. Francis, 128 Washington Street, 1850 on title page, prelims have a list of Francis & Co's Little Library for young person's of various ages; dark green blindstamped boards with el. Small hardback. A collection of carols, hymns, and.....
Racine, WI, Golden Books, Artists and Writers Guild Books, 1993 1st US (1993 Heinemann); shiny boards with Sam and his penguin cuddled by polar bears (Sam's day-dream of Aunt Agatha's house), endpapers of very large polar bears skating in a pale blue. Picture book hardback. Once the family arrives at.....
New York: Houghton Mifflin, Clarion Books, 1992, 1st; shiny boards with wrap around pictures of the villagers going to church on Christmas, endpapers with a beautiful landscape of the shore; 4to; 32 pp. Picture Book hardback. The author draws on her mother's memories and her own as a child to.....
New York: Delacorte Press, a Seymour Lawrence Book, 1970, stated 1st printing; green cloth boards with red gilt angels bearing titles, red endpapers, in red jacket with large white title and little drawing of a spilled Santa bag; oblong 11x9"; np. Picture Book hardback. Santa's trials on Christmas Eve, shown.....