TOM'S CHRISTMAS FISH
Written by Rita Tornqvist-Verschuur. Illustrated by Marit Tornqvist.
Stock no. 1831481
Published by Floris Books. 1st UK 2015. Nearly fine condition.

On Christmas Eve, Tom chooses his live fish at the market, and calls it Peppo. He carefully carries it home, through the streets of Prague's old town, in a big bag of water. Tom loves his new pet, but what fate awaits Peppo as the Christmas meal draws near? Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour illustrations. Not paginated. ISBN: 9781782502210. A lovely copy. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

CHRISTMAS AT HOGWARTS
Written by J.K. Rowling. Illustrated by Ziyi Gao.
Stock no. 1831070
Published by Bloomsbury Children's Books. 1st 2024. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

'Christmas was coming. One morning in mid-December, Hogawarts woke to find itself covered in several feet of snow.' So begins Chapter Twelve of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. With text drawn directly from J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and luminous artwork by Ziyi Gao, Harry's very first Christmas amongst friends is now fully illustrated for the whoe family to enjoy in an enchanting new festive tradition. Large format. Matt pictorial boards, gilt titles. Full page colour illustrations throughout. Unpaginated. ISBN: 9781526677082. A lovely copy.

SANTA'S SECRET
Written by Gregoire Solotareff.
Stock no. 1831064
Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd.. 1st UK 1989. Very good condition.

One day, Noel was walking in the forest when he found a huge red sack... Discover Santa's secret in this witty and inventive Christmas story. Large format. Pictorial glazed boards. Colour illustrations. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0575046872. Top & tail of spine and corners worn. Boards a little scuffed, a little grubby, front board slightly discoloured at edges. Contents clean.

JOE CARPENTER & SON: AN ENGLISH NATIVITY
Written by Graham Clarke. Illustrated by Graham Clarke.
Stock no. 1831063
Published by Phaidon. 1st 1990. 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. 54 pages. ISBN: 0714826766. Lower corners of boards are bumped. Boards are otherwise clean. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is price-cut and faded to spine and top spine edge.

THE CHRISTMAS COLLECTION
Written by Susan Hill. Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 1830974
Published by Walker Books. 1st thus 1994. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Tales of Christmas past and present, in the country and the city, among the rich and the poor, the young and the old - Christmas in its many different moods and aspects. Green boards, gilt title to spine. A collection of five Christmas stories by Susan Hill, with wood engravings by John Lawrence. 143 pages. ISBN: 0744525012. Boards and contents are clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly foxed to verso (not visible to front) and is lightly scuffed.

THE CHRISTMAS CAT
Written by Robert Westall. Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 1830972
Published by Methuen Children's Books Ltd.. 1991. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

When Caroline arrived in North Shields she thought that she had come to a prison. But then she meets her first friend, an old black and white cat with long legs and a bulging belly who changes her life, but not as much as Bobby. Robert Westall is a Carnegie Medal winner. Dark green boards, gilt titles. Wonderful black and white illustrations. 96 pages. ISBN: 0416168221. Reprint in the same year as first publication. Light browning and foxing to contents (mainly to front endpapers). Foxing to top edge of text block. Gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. Pictorial dustwrapper is foxed to flaps.

LIGHT UNLOCKED: CHRISTMAS CARD POEMS
Written by Kevin Crossley-Holland; Lawrence Sail. Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 1830966
Published by The Enitharmon Press. 2005. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A sparkling anthology consisting of poems sent by their authors, many of them well-known contemporary writers, as Christmas cards. Edited by Kevin Crossley-Holland and Lawrence Sail. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Gold coloured endpapers. B/w wood engravings. 96 pages. ISBN: 1904634184. Reprint in the same year as first publication. Cream pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby and lightly faded to spine.

LANTERNS ACROSS THE SNOW
Written by Susan Hill. Illustrated by John Lawrence.
Stock no. 1830961
Published by Long Barn Books. 1st thus 1998. Nearly fine condition.

A beautifully descriptive recollection of a child's Christmas at a country rectory; her final Christmas before her life alters forever. The story begins with an old lady watching the snow start to fall on Christmas Eve, and she remembers. She's the only one left who remembers. Purple cloth with gilt title to spine and vignette to front cover. Purple and white decorated endpapers. B/w wood engraving illustrations. 70 pages. ISBN: 1902421019. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Boards clean and bright. Minor corner crease to a couple of pages else a lovely copy contained in publisher's red card slipcase with very light wear.

BOBBY BLUEGUM PLAYS FATHER CHRISTMAS
Written by Patricia Carey. Illustrated by Patricia Carey.
Stock no. 1330073
Published by Methuen & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1947. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Father Christmas had a fit of the blues because no-one had ever filled a stocking for him... along comes Bobby Bluegum the koala who promised to do the job for him and promised the old man a Happy Christmas into the bargain. Cream boards, red title and vignette to front cover. 45 pages, each with a colour illustration above or below the text. Spine and corners bumped, spine worn. A few light marks to covers. Front joint is cracked. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Foxing to endpapers. Light finger-creases to page margins. Price-cut dustwrapper is grubby and edge worn, loss to top of spine. Title on rear panel of wrapper (Sweet Home) has been crossed out.

CHRISTMAS LORE AND LEGEND
Written by H.L. Gee. Illustrated by Louise Armour-Chelu.
Stock no. 1329072
Published by Candle Books. Very good condition.

Candle Book Number Five. Small format, 12 pages. Paperwraps. B/w text illustrations. Slight rubbing to spine.

THE STORY OF CHRISTMAS
Written by Katherine B. Bamfield. Illustrated by Margaret Tarrant.
Stock no. 1328866
Published by The Medici Society. 1st 1952. Very good condition.

Red cloth spine. Pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. Covers slightly rubbed and very very slightly grubby. Tiny bookseller's sticker to front pastedown. Small, light stain to top margins of pages 3-5.

TWELVE CATS FOR CHRISTMAS
Written by Martin Leman. Illustrated by Martin Leman.
Stock no. 1328628
Published by Pelham Books. 1st 1982. Very good condition.

The Twelve Days of Christmas for cats. Glazed pictorial boards. Pictorial endpapers. Beautiful colour pictures of kitties. ISBN: 0720714036. Spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed. Child's name in pencil to top margin of publication page (opposite title-page). Some faint foxing to contents.