Christmas

Hurd & Houghton, 1865. brown cloth with gilt lettering and design, FRONT COVER DETACHED,. chromolithography by Julius Bien, New York, unpaged, 17 leaves, contains six full-color plates (the title and one for each verse of Hopkins' popular hymn) and a seventh for the full text and music., some HEAVY foxing on front plates, spine cover missing. Illus. by Color Plates & b/w/ Drawings. 8vo.More pictures available.

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John Brand's "Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain" is a rare, 19th-century history of ancient celebrations in Great Britain. This book provides details on traditions on each feast day and holiday of the year – New Years' Day, Valentine's Day, Easter (including Easter eggs!), Robin Hood and Morris-Dancers, Christmas and Christmas carols, and other popular antiquities.
Item number: #17980
Price: $499
BRAND, John
Observations on the popular antiquities of Great Britain : chiefly illustrating the origin of our vulgar and provincial customs, ceremonies and superstitions
London : Henry G. Bohn, 1853.
Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages – 3 volumes
o Vol. I – [4], xx, 539, [7]
o Vol. II – [6], v, [1], 522, [6]
o Vol. III – [6], iv, 499, [7]
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; secure
o Blue cloth
· Size: ~7.5in X 5in (19cm x 12.5cm)
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Ann Arbor: Giniger Books 1967. (Hardcover in slipcase) Fine, no dust jacket. 2 volumes in fine slipcase. Included: a facsimile of the first edition of A Christmas Carol, and facsimiles of the earliest printed newspaper and pamphlet versions and a holograph manuscript with a commentary by Clifton Fadiman of A Visit from St. Nicholas. (Christmas, Christmas).

NY: Oxford University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Boards worn,1940 gift inscription on . front flyleaf, jacket lightly soiled and worn.. 1939. Eighth Printing. Hardcover. Measures 5x4 inches. Color illustrated boards. The journalist relates a beloved Christmas when she was seven years old, living in a Methodist parsonage in Hamburg, New York, and all the holiday preparations, homemade presents, decorating, feasting, and coziness. ; 24mo 5" - 6" tall .

[no date]. (Cloth book) Very good. A cloth book hole-punched and string-bound. Lettered and painted by hand on one side of the cloth, each leaf folded, ultimately forming 16 pages. (Juvenile, Christmas).

James Hilton. Good-bye Mr. Chips. For your Holiday reading. Little, Brown 10th Impression Thus, 1934. USED. VG/Good Condition original white, red and green Holiday motif price-clipped dust jacket. 126 pages. 5 ¼ X 7 ¾. Written by James Hilton, author of "Lost Horizon".

London: David Bogue, 1852. Finely bound by Riviere & Son in polished calf, ornate gilt back, all edges gilt, wide inner gilt dentelles over dark green paper paste downs, the original red cloth covers bound in at rear. Fine. Hand-coloured frontispiece, textual illustrations. 99 pp. A quite lovely gift-quality copy. . First Edition. Polished Calf. Fine. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

London: Bradbury & Evans, 1846. Two volumes bound together in one. First Edition, fourth stae of The Battle of Life, with a banner with a figure. Smith II, 8. First Edition of Cricket on the Hearth, both volumes bound without the advertisements. Both volumes with engraved frontispiece and pictorial title pages. Handsomely bound in half calf over red pebbled morocco boards, end papers and edges marbled, armorial bookplate front paste down, prior owner name in ink verso of front marbled end paper. 175, 174 pages, with illustrations in the text. Very Good Plus, light rubbing to calf at edges and joints. . First Edition. Half Calf. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

London: Macmillan & Co. Second Edition stated at head of title page. No Date, OCLC dates the Second London edition 1882. Near Fine, the faintest of wear at the joints. Finely bound by Bayntun of Bath in full Christmas green morocco, red morocco labels and gilt back, marbled end papers, all edges gilt, the initials "E. C-Y." stamped in gilt center of front cover. Bound with original cloth covers and spine at rear. [i]xiv, [2], 165 [1] pages. 8 unnumbered leaves of plates. Half-title reads: "Christmas." Monochrome wood-engraved illustrated title page; wood-engraved frontispiece, with protective interleaf. Printer's imprint on p.[166]. Publisher's device on half-title verso. The green cloth original binding at end comports with the 1st ed. binding - Green cloth case edition binding; panel stamp in gold on upper cover incorporating title and author; spine with title, author, publisher and ornament in gold. A quite handsome gift-quality copy of this Christmas classic. .… Read More