208 pp. Oversized. Edge and corner wear with an uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white drawings and paintings. An assortment of Christmas songs, complete with sheet music, lyrics and chords, along with the following stories and poems: Christmas at Dingley Dell by Charles Dickens; Christmas at Sea by Robert Louis Stevenson; Is There a Santa Claus - Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus from the New York Sun; Christmas Bells by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; The Fir Tree by Hans Christian Andersen; Cock Crow at Christmas by William Shakespeare; The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen; Jesus by Jason Shulman; A Kidnapped Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum; The Friendly Beasts - from 12th Century France; Christmas Every Day by William Dean Howells; Christmas Carol by Sara Teasdale; The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry; Christmas in a Village by Johh Clare; The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle - Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle; Christmas Greeting from a Fairy to a Child by Lewis Carroll; Christmas at Orchard House by Louisa May Alcott; Christmas and New Year Bells by Alfred, Lord Tennyson; The Christmas Monks by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman; Christmas Pie by George Wither; Christmas in the Olden Time by Sir Walter Scott; The Legend of the Christmas Rose by Selma Lagerlof; Whence Comes This Rush of Wings - French carol from Bas Quercy; and The Symbol and the Saint by Eugene Field. Size: 4to.

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Title

THE FAMILY BOOK OF CHRISTMAS SONGS AND STORIES

Publisher

Perigee Books - Putnam Publishing, New York

Publication Date

1986

Language

English

ISBN 10

0399512764

ISBN 13

9780399512766

Binding

Soft cover

Edition

Second Printing - revised.

Condition

Very Good

Book Type

Book

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Collects almost fifty Christmas songs and carols with music for piano and guitar, plus a selection of stories from such authors as Longfellow, Tennyson, Shakespeare, and O. Henry

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