Published by Perigee Books - Putnam Publishing, New York, 1986
ISBN 10: 0399512764 ISBN 13: 9780399512766
Seller: W. Fraser Sandercombe, Burlington, ON, Canada
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Second Printing - revised. 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. Book.
Published by Portable Poetry, 2012
ISBN 10: 1780005288 ISBN 13: 9781780005287
Seller: Lucky's Textbooks, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Condition: New.
Published by J. G. Ferguson Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1975
Seller: Vero Beach Books, Vero Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Fine condition faux red leather boards with elaborately illustrated gold front cover perimeter and spine decorations, gold front cover lettering, and gold spine lettering over a black block border. Includes Editor's Comment and Acknowledgments. Major chapter headings are as follows: Wisdom; Benjamin Franklin; History; Beauty; and Business. "Sometimes it seems almost futile to try to write anything new because it has all been said before - and so well said. Of course, any such defeatism must lead to a dead end of accomplishment in terms of literary effort. Fortunately for the living and those to come, there are many bright new stars on the panel of contemporary writers. They are skillfully telling the story of these eventful days and their words will be read with relish by future generations. In fact, the printed word today is so prolific, and the competition with the book, the magazine and the newspaper is so great, future generations will require anthologies in great number to know what our bright literary stars have said. In this anthology there has bee no effort to be erudite, consistent, unusual or educational. The prime purpose is to amuse by exposing the reader to many things he has read before and may wish to read again. Perhaps that poem he [or she] HAD to learn, to pass freshman English, is here. He may even enjoy rereading it under different auspices. It is not possible to include only those things that appeal to him. If he dislikes poetry in any form, we hope he will please forgive us. Some of us like the "well-turned couplet." On the other hand, there are those who love Shakespeare, but just cannot understand how his hallowed words should appear with some of the more commonplace choices that have arrived in this selection. It takes all kinds you know - and we have tried to select all kinds of literature." - excerpt from Editor's Comment.
Published by George G. Harrap & Company Ltd., 39-41 Parker Street, Kingsway, London, 1930
Seller: The BiblioFile, Rapid River, MI, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Pogany, Willy (illustrator). First Edition. Stated at copyright: "First published 1912 by George G. Harrap & Co. Limited. New edition, revised, published June 1923; Reprinted August 1923; September 1930." Blue cloth boards, cover plate with titles, navy spine titles, moderate shelf wear, discoloration. Adhered cover plate nearly size of volume features upper portion of Pogany plate, below this are stylized titles and flourishing golden border: "What the sun looks like when it's asleep" from verse at page 68. Thick heavy stock leaves, very good, clean. Frontispiece plate repeats full plate of the resting sun with young boy looking down upon from tree with lit home and night sky in b.g. Bind good, square; hinges intact. Includes scarce original wrapper, some edge wear, chip, missing areas of material upper front and back panels; protected in new clear sleeve. Front panel matches cover plate of volume; back panel features available Harrap titles with brief summaries for the children's library. Rare near very good treasury in mostly intact original wrapper. Presented here is a large and wondrous collection of verse and rhymes for the little ones. Features many richly colored plates by the inimitable Willy Pogany. Also, profusely illustrated by Pogany with b&w imagery, headers and vignettes, full and partial-page, throughout. Printed in Great Britain by Jarrold & Sons Limited, Norwich. 256 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.
Published by The Nonesuch Press London 1963-8, 1963
First Edition
8vo. 11 volumes, set. First editions thus. Original various-coloured cloth, gilt. All but two in acetate or printed jackets. Top edges stained to match the cloth and/or the jacket. Illustrated by John Tenniel, Robert Micklewright, Charles Mozley, Margery Gill, Barry Driscoll, Susan Einzig, Edward Ardizzone & Aubrey Beardsley. Volumes 1 and 4 are without their acetate jackets. The jackets of volumes 7 & 8 are price-clipped. The last three volumes are a little faded on the spines and the laminate is lifting in places along the bottom edge of volume 10. Volume 8 is rubbed at the head of the spine where there is also a creased tear extending to the back panel but repaired with tape on the verso. With these exceptions noted, the books are mostly fine/near fine in near fine d/ws. A complete set of the Nonesuch Press Cygnets. Some of the last books to be published by the press and setting new standards for children's book design. Uncommon.