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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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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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AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS
Written by Gian-Carlo Menotti; Frances Frost. Illustrated by Roger Duvoisin.
Stock no. 1322213
Published by Andrew Dakers Limited. 1st 1953. Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

A narrative adaptation preserving the exact dialogue of the opera. A tender and beautiful Christmas story, warm and humorous about a crippled shepherd boy who entertains the Wise Men on their way to Bethlehem. Blue boards with black titles to spine and black vignettes to front cover. Colour and b/w illustrations. 86 pages. Slight wear to base of spine and light marks to cover edges. Light foxing to textblock and foxing to first few and last few pages too. Name in ink to half title-page else contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge worn and torn and just a little grubby.

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A CHRISTMAS MYSTERY
Written by William J. Locke. Illustrated by W.W. Lendon.
Stock no. 1321474
Published by John Lane The Bodley Head. 1st 1922. Very good condition.

The story of three wise men. Blue cloth, gilt titles. 35 pages. 6 colour plates. Spine bumped with slight wear. Fading to spine and cover edges. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Endpapers browned. Some foxing to contents.

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TOBY TWIRL AND THE REINDEER
Written by Sheila Hodgetts. Illustrated by E. Jeffrey.
Stock no. 1319635
Published by Toby Twirl Ltd.. 1st 2007. Fine condition.

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

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AMELIARANNE GIVES A CHRISTMAS PARTY
Written by Constance Heward. Illustrated by S.B. Pearse.
Stock no. 2124834
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1938. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

reddish brown cloth spine with black title. Red pictorial boards. Colour illustrations throughout. Spine is unevenly faded. Wear to cover edges. Name in ink to front endpaper. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper has bottom 3" of spine MISSING; smaller piece of loss to top of spine. Horizontal, repaired tear across full width of front panel; some other chips and tears with small bits of loss.

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THE CHRISTMAS STORY
No author listed. Illustrated by Isabelle Brent.
Stock no. 1317044
Published by Pavilion Books Ltd.. 1st 1989. Slightly better than very good condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

From the King James Version. Blue boards with gilt titles to spine. Full page colour illustrations throughout. Large text. 9.5 x 8". ISBN: 1851453660. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Contents fine.

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SILENT NIGHT
No author listed. Illustrated by Belinda Downes.
Stock no. 1317021
Published by Methuen Children's Books. 1st 1995. Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. With embroideries by Belinda Downes. ISBN: 0416191002. A tiny bit of fading to top of wrapper spine.

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LET'S HAVE A PARTY
No author listed. Illustrated by Edward Ardizzone.
Stock no. 1316995
Published by Blumenthals Ltd. circa 1955. Slightly better than very good condition.

A 'fine drinking' book issued by the houses of Ayala Champagne Croizet Brandy & Rocher Liquers. To help you make your party a success. White paperwraps. B/w illustrations. Staples rusty. A few foxspots. A super copy of a scarce booklet.

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CAROLS
No author listed. Illustrated by Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale.
Stock no. 1506935
Published by Alexander Moring Ltd.. circa 1945. Almost very good condition.

Dark red cloth with gilt title and onlay. 14 carols. 6 double page spread colour plates; 5 other colour plates. 43 pages. 10.25 x 8". Spine faded and bumped with wear to ends. A little wear to corners. Uneven fading to front and rear cover. Ink inscription to front endpaper. Tiny hole to front joint. One hinge cracked. Foxing to endpapers, prelims and page edges. Light page edge browning. All plates present.

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THE CHRISTMAS STOCKINGS
Written by Matthew Price. Illustrated by Errol Le Cain.
Stock no. 1316309
Published by Barron's Educational Series. 1st USA 1987. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Follow Santa from room to room in search of two little stockings that need to be filled with toys... Colour laminated pictorial boards. Full page col illus with a flap-up door to find on each page.. 10.5 x 8". Unpaginated. ISBN: 0812058704. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Evidence of erased pencil markings to top of title-page else contents fine. Dustwrapper is just a little edge rubbed and foxed on verso.

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