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CHRISTMAS BOOKS
Written by Charles Dickens; Christopher Hibbert. Illustrated by Charles Keeping.
Stock no. 1826942
Published by Folio Society. 1st thus 1994. Very good condition.

Contains: A Christmas Carol; The Chimes; The Cricket on the Hearth; The Battle of Life; The Haunted Man. Introduction by Christopher Hibbert. Re-issue of 1988 edition with cream pictorial cloth boards, burgundy title block to spine with gilt title. Burgundy endpapers. B/w illustrations. A lovely copy contained in publisher's slipcase which is lightly scuffed and has slight surface paper loss to top edge.

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JOE CARPENTER & SON: AN ENGLISH NATIVITY
Written by Graham Clarke. Illustrated by Graham Clarke.
Stock no. 1826902
Published by Phaidon. 1st 1990. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A wonderfully humorous and moving version of the Nativity Story, packed with Christmas delight. The events of Jesus' birth unfold in vivid verse and pictures, which recount the familiar story through the experiences of the inhabitants of an English village in the mists of Graham Clarke's 'anachronological' time scale. Can be performed as a play, read aloud or simply enjoyed as a picture book fror its own sake. Oblong format. Purple cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations, some fold out pages. ISBN: 0714826766. Top edge of text block slightly dusty. A few minor knocks to board edges. Pictorial dustwrapper is unevenly faded and a little scuffed & grubby.

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KING ROLLO AND SANTA'S BEARD
Written by David McKee. Illustrated by David McKee.
Stock no. 1826900
Published by Andersen Press Ltd.. 1st 1990. Slightly better than very good condition.

Anotther irresistible story in this popular series which was shown regularly on BBC television and in over 30 countries around the world. Square format. Blue glazed pictorial boards. Full of colourful illustrations. ISBN: 0862642868. Top & tail of spine and corners lightly rubbed. Boards lightly scored but nice and bright. Contents clean.

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MR. MEN CHRISTMAS BOX SET
Written by Roger Hargreaves. Illustrated by Roger Hargreaves.
Stock no. 1326205
Published by Egmont Uk Limited. 1st thus 2008. Fine condition.

Box set containing Mr. Christmas, Little Miss Christmas, Mr. Snow, Mr. Men The Night Before Christmas and Mr. Men A Christmas Carol. Small format books with cardwraps. Colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780603564017. A fine set.

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JUST WILLIAM AT CHRISTMAS
Written by Richmal Crompton. Illustrated by Thomas Henry.
Stock no. 1326169
Published by Ted Smart. Circa 1995. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Ten classic stories of William at Christmas. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w text illustrations. 2nd printing of this edition. Spine bumped at top. Erased heavy pencil mark to front free-endpaper. Dustwrapper is faded to spine and just a little edge creased/rubbed.

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LUMINOUS EYE BOOK
No author listed.
Stock no. 1325843
Published by B.B. Ltd.. Good condition.

Colour pictorial card wraps. The Santa Claus Moving Eye Book. "My eyes move and glow in the dark". Colour illustrations. Staples rusty. Covers slightly grubby with mark to front spine edge. Contents clean.

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GRIMBLE AT CHRISTMAS
Written by Clement Freud. Illustrated by Quentin Blake.
Stock no. 1325177
Published by Jonathan Cape. 1st thus 2008. Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.

Originally published by Puffin Books in 1974. Bright red cloth, gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. 57 pages. B/w text illustrations. ISBN: 9780224083683.

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POOKIE BELIEVES IN SANTA CLAUS
Written by Ivy L. Wallace. Illustrated by Ivy L. Wallace.
Stock no. 1824388
Published by Ted Smart. 1st thus 2000. Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Pookie decides to find the out the truth about Santa Claus and as a result he and his friends have the best Christmas ever! Text revised by Wallace. Large format. Red spine, cream boards with colour illustrations to front and rear. Beautiful colour illustrations. ISBN: 0007608829. Lower front corner lightly bumped. Else a fine copy. Pictorial dustwrapper lightly faded to spine and lightly creased.

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LITTLE PETER
Written by Lucas Malet. Illustrated by C.E. Brock.
Stock no. 1323723
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. 1st thus 1909. Very good condition.

A Christmas Morality. Pretty cream pictorial boards. Gilt titles. 8 colour plates mounted on grey captioned card. 175 pages. 8.75 x 6.5". Spine and corners bumped. Covers ever so slightly grubby. Name plate to front pastedown. Heavy foxing throughout and endpapers slightly browned. Plates present and in fine condition.

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A CHILD'S CHRISTMAS IN WALES
Written by Dylan Thomas. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 1824163
Published by Orion Children's Books. 1st thus 1996. Nearly fine condition.

A magical account of Dylan Thomas's own childhood and of a Christmas Day in a small Welsh town. A Dolphin Paperback. Pictorial card wraps. Colour and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0460027727. A lovely copy.

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A CHILD'S CHRISTMAS IN WALES
Written by Dylan Thomas. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 1824160
Published by Orion Children's Books. 1st thus 1996. Nearly fine condition.

A magical account of Dylan Thomas's own childhood and of a Christmas Day in a small Welsh town. A Dolphin Paperback. Pictorial card wraps. Colour and b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0460027727. A lovely copy.

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BELLS ACROSS THE SNOW
Written by Frances Ridley Havergal.
Stock no. 1323453
Published by Castell Brothers. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Small format. Cloth spine, pictorial front board. Chromolithograph illustrations. Slight bumping to spine and corners. Some pale browning to pages. One hinge is cracked. White dustwrapper is worn, torn and grubby, small tape repair to base of spine.

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