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THE MANGER BABE
Written by Isabel C. Byrum. Illustrated by Margaret Evans Price.
Stock no. 379982
Published by Stecher Litho. Co.. 1916. Almost very good condition.

Large format (35 x 19.5cm). White pictorial cardwraps. 12 pages. Lovely colour and b/w illustrations. SPine and corners bumped and worn. Covers grubby and lightly foxed, small patch of surface paper damage to centre of rear cover. Staples rusty. Some light foxing and fingering, one illustration has a few tiny red paint spots and a light grey paint streak (not too obvious), contents otherwise clean.

CHRISTMAS IN OTHER LANDS
No author listed.
Stock no. 589053
Published by Review Of Reviews Office. Poor condition.

Books for the Bairns series. Paperwraps. B/w illustrations. Covers are missing - all contents appear present. Tape to where spine should be. Some chipping to page edges. Colouring to illustrations to contents.

GEORGE AND JULIET
Written by Geraldine Middleton. Illustrated by Peter Green.
Stock no. 426258
Published by S.P.C.K.. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

George and Juliet move to the country and make friends with the Vicar and his wife. They learn about lots of different festivals... Yellow pictorial boards. Two-tone illustrations. SIGNED by author, with inscription on front endpaper. Corners a little bumped. A few light finger marks to endpapers. Wrapper has a closed tear to spine and is a little chipped at edges.

CHRISTMAS IN THE PRIMARY SCHOOL
Written by Redvers Brandling.
Stock no. 425038
Published by Ward Lock Educational. 1981. Very good condition.

This book offer teachers a wealth of valuable information for use during the hectic Christmas season. Pictorial card wraps. ISBN: 0706240685. Spine faded and creased. Edges worn. Name in ink to title page. Contents clean.

FETES DE NOEL EN PROVENCE
Written by M.J. De Kersaint-Gilly.
Stock no. 989444
Published by Imprimerie De La Manufacture De La Charite. 1900. Almost very good condition.

Only 500 copies printed. Quater cloth binding with marble boards. 34 pages. Ex-Lib. Library binding.

LITTLE PETER
Written by Lucas Malet. Illustrated by C.E. Brock.
Stock no. 317514
Published by Henry Frowde; Hodder & Stoughton. 1910. 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". boards a little grubby and bumped. Some browning and foxing. Otherwise a lovely copy.

THE FIRST BOOK OF KRAB
Written by Edward Abbott Parry. Illustrated by Archie Macgregor.
Stock no. 620480
Published by David Nutt. 1st 1897. Almost very good condition.

Christmas Stories for Young and Old. Green pictorial cloth. B/w illustrations. 132pp plus book list. 8.5 x 6". Spine & corners rubbed. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. A few hinges pulled. Light finger marks to margins. Bump to outer page edges..

TOPSY TURVY
Written by W.J. Minnion. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
Stock no. 714443
Published by The Connoisseur. 1st 1913. Almost very good condition.

'Being Shreds and Patches of a Christmas Dream. A Book for Children from 7 to 70'. Cream cloth spine with gilt title and decoration, grey boards with gilt title and vignette to front. B/w and two-tone illustrations. Music by Mrs. W.J. Minnion. Corners slightly rubbed. Spine bumped at head and tail, browned to top 0.5". Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Contents clean. A lovely copy of a scarce book.

THE CHILD CHRIST AND HIS MOTHER
No author listed.
Stock no. 722644
Published by De Wolfe-Fiske & Co.. Circa 1890. Very good condition.

With Songs of Christmastide. Small square format. White cloth with circular colour illustration and gilt title to front. Pretty chromolithograph illustrations. Spine and corners slightly worn. A couple of hinges slightly cracked. Some light foxing to prelims. A nice bright copy.

A CRACKER FULL OF CHRISTMAS STORIES
Written by Pat Thomson. Illustrated by Jon Riley.
Stock no. 730603
Published by Doubleday. 1st 1994. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A hoard of goodies for seven to ten year olds! Purple boards, gilt title to spine. B/w text illustrations. ISBN: 0385404832. SIGNED by the author on front endpaper, "for David, best wishes, Pat Thomson". Spine of dustwrapper is faded.