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THE FIRST CHRISTMAS
Written by Enid Blyton. Illustrated by Paul Henning; Hellmuth Weissenborn.
Stock no. 1828588
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1945. Almost very good condition.

The story of the birth of Jesus. Interesting colour photographs by Henning of models and scenery created by Weissenborn. Blue cloth, silver titles. 64pp. 8 x 6.5". Spine and board edges faded. Fraying to top of spine. A few marks to boards. Gift inscription in ink to front pastedown. Rear joint pulled between last text page and rear free endpaper, exposing webbing to top half. Small tear to vertical edge of rear free endpaper. Contents have finger creases and a few marks to margins.

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MY FATHER AND EDWARD ARDIZZONE
Written by Edward Booth-Clibborn. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 1328403
Published by Patrick Hardy Books. 1st 1983. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Lasting Friendship. Large format. B/w illustrations. A brief account of the friendship between the author's father and Edward Ardizzone. The illustrations in the book are based on the Christmas cards that Edward and Catherine sent out annually and for which Edward did a special picture each year. ISBN: 074440018X. Spine and corners bumped. Contents fine. Price-cut wrapper is faded to spine with rubbing at top of spine.

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THE CHILDREN'S THEATRE
Written by Franz Bonn. Illustrated by Franz Bonn.
Stock no. 1328391
Published by Kestrel Books. 1978. Very good condition.

A reproduction of the 1878 antique pop-up book. Contain 4 pop-up scenes of theatre stage and characters from fairy tales. ISBN: 0722655363. Spine and corners bumped. A couple of tiny scuff marks to lower edge of front cover. Some slight creasing to rear pastedown (binding error).

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THE VAIN LITTLE TREE
Written by Joanna Erdody. Illustrated by Grace Lodge.
Stock no. 1328367
Published by The Grout Publishing Company. Good condition.

Small format. White pictorial boards. Two-tone illustrations. White covers are slightly grubby. Spine is chipped with loss of spine covering. Inscription in ink to top margin of title-page. Contents clean.

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THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS
Written by Clement Clarke Moore. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1328267
Published by J. P. Lippincott Co. Circa 1967. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Red cloth, gilt titles. 4 Colour plates. B/w text illustrations. Minimal rubbing to spine. Light fading to edge of front cover. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is lightly browned and edge worn.

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POOKIE BELIEVES IN SANTA CLAUS
Written by Ivy L. Wallace. Illustrated by Ivy L. Wallace.
Stock no. 1328209
Published by Ted Smart. Circa 2000. Nearly fine condition in a 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. Light stain and small edge tear to front panel of wrapper.

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THE NUTCRACKER
Written by Sarah L. Thomson. Illustrated by Michael Hague.
Stock no. 1327697
Published by SeaStar Books. 1st 2003. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

White glazed pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 1587172542. Dustwrapper is just a tiny bit creased at edges.

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THE NUTCRACKER
Written by Alexandre Dumas; Douglas Munro. Illustrated by Phillida Gili.
Stock no. 1327678
Published by Oxford University Press. 1st 1976. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An adaptation of Hoffmann's The Nutcracker And The Mouse King. Colour pictorial boards. bright colour pictures plus b/w illustrations. ISBN: 0192713795. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Dustwrapper is lightly creased to top and tail of spine.

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NUT CRACKER
Written by David Walser. Illustrated by Jan Pienkowski.
Stock no. 1326479
Published by Puffin; The Penguin Group. 1st 2008. Slightly better than very good condition.

Paper engineering by Iain Smyth. Pictorial boards with heart-shaped cut out to cover. 5 elaborate glitter illustrations - one at rear is 3-D. ISBN: 9780141384542. A few small, light scratches to cover edges. One tiny foxspot to the 3d image else contents are fine.

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QUINCY
Written by Tommy Steele. Illustrated by Peter Wingham.
Stock no. 1326458
Published by Heinemann. 1st 1981. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A Christmas story with enduring charm, Quincy is a little boy doll. Blue boards with gilt title to spine. B/w text illustrations. 9.5 x 6.25". ISBN: 0434964557. Spine and corners bumped. Light veritcal mark to centre of front free-endpaper. Price-cut wrapper is slightly edge creased, small tear to top corner of front panel.

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TOBY TWIRL AND THE REINDEER
Written by Sheila Hodgetts. Illustrated by E. Jeffrey.
Stock no. 1326361
Published by Toby Twirl Ltd.. 1st 2007. Fine condition.

A christmas story and activity sticker book. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. ISBN: 9780954472016. Unused.

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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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