Fiction / Holiday Stories

Four Winds Press, 1975. Hard Bound. Fine/Very Good. The dust jacket has slight wear on edges and a few very small tears. 151 pages, 28 poems, songs, and short stories. The pages are tanned. more information

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New York: The Seabury Press, 1971. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. Arndt, Ursula. The stories behind many Christmas and Holiday traditions, from cultures all over the world. Stressed are the similarities between Christmas and earlier pagan festivals that celebrated the winter solstice, as this is a celebration of not one particular religion, but of the deepest and best of human feelings - a festival to life itself. Collections of stories and poems are annotated, and the book includes an index. 96 pages, illustrated, oversized. Ex-library with the usual markings. Please contact me for additional information! 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Tulsa, OK, U.S.A.: Honor Books, 2001. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. Lind, Brad. This book is well-illustrated with sepia toned pictures and also has several pages for a person or family to write down their Christmas memories. A lovely gift to the newly married or a family with a new child. Also a great gift from parents to their adult child, all filled out with their memories. So many ways to use this book and make this Christmas something very special. 95 pages, it includes stories, quotations from the Bible, poems and so forth. A lovely book. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fair. Of all stories of Christmas, there are three in particular by Charles Dickens which are the most famous and best beloved. They are tales of hardships lightened by the thoughtfulness of others, of selfishness and greed transformed by an almost forgotten Christmas spirit. "A Christmas Carol," "The Chimes," and "The Cricket on the Hearth" have captured the very spirit of Yuletide. The binding has light wear to the corners. The jacket has chips and small tears along the top an bottom, with two larger pieces missing on the front. Artwork on the front done by Mary Pontor G- (last name missing). Spine ends chipped. The back advertises Famous Stories for young people. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 1993. First Edition. Hard Bound, Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. This short story is about a widow and the young family who moves in with her. Together they discover the first gift of Christmas and learn what Christmas is really all about. The author originally wrote this book for his daughters. He wrote it as an expression of love that he knew his children couldn't feel until they had experienced the joy of having their own children, and hoped they would look back at this Christmas gift and feel their father's love. The jacket is decorative with one tiny spot that looks like coffee. The jacket is a bit large for the book. 125 pages, gift inscription in the front. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 2001. First Edition. Hard Bound, Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. This is the book behind "The Christmas Box." How a man writes and publishes a book which helps grieving people to heal and lost souls to find their way home. It is Evan's story: His own spiritual journey and stories of people he encountered along the way - miraculous stories of healing and divinity that often defy explanation. In sharing the story behind "The Christmas Box," Evans has given readers a story of miracles, hope and healing for all seasons. The jacket has minor wear at the corners and the spine tail. It has 2 scratches on the front which can be seen only if the book is held a certain way to the light. The back is puckered. 261 pages. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Old Tappan, NJ, U.S.A.: Macmillan and Company, 1995. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Our favorite Christmas stories have become non-Christmas, although still humorous, readings. 99 pages, there is a small date stamp on the ffep. Price is clipped. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Old Tappan, NJ, U.S.A.: Macmillan and Company, 1995. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Holiday stories retold removing any holiday enjoyment, but not humor, from the stories. Includes five stories. 99 pages. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Sisters, OR, U.S.A.: Multnomah Publishers, Incorporated, 2000. First Edition. Hard bound, Decorative. Very Good/No Jacket. A beautiful book filled with Christmas stories. Each story is just a few pages long, but they are tender and uplifting, and will greatly renew faith, hope, and love for the Christmas season. The cover is padded, and has red foil across the top and bottom. The back has gold foil with leaves printed into the paper. The front has a flaw, a tear at the bottom in the shape of a half moon. The paper is still there, but it is lifted up a bit. 153 pages including acknowledgments. All of the pages are decorative. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Racine, Wisconsin: Western Publishing, 1987. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket. Schulz, Charles M.. Everyone knows the story of A Charlie Brown Christmas. This book is beautifully illustrated and in fine condition. It is oversized. Story originally written in 1964, but this book came out in 1987 or 1988. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Morrow/Avon, 1980. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. This is a collection of short stories by Newberry award-winning author Katherine Peterson. In each of the nine stories, the author illuminates the familiar problems of contemporary life in unexpected ways. A lonely widower takes in two foster children over the Christmas holidays, a father seeks his runaway son, a mother deals with the loss of an infant. In these and other stories, the joy, wonder, and miracle of Christmas comes shining through." Written for the whole family. The cover has a label spot in the upper right corner, and the bottom corner is bent a bit. 118 pages, no marks or tears, yellowed. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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