Search Results: Christmas literature from The Owl at the Bridge

Charles E. Graham & Co., Newark, NJ & NY [ca. 1910?]. Soft Cover. [8] p. of text, 6 pictures, neatly colored in. 'Christmas Book' on covers. '016 - Christmas Cut Out Series'. First appeared in 'Sparkles for Bright Eyes', 1879; cf. BAL 195-b and 192. Becky, a foundling bound to work until she is 18, has three wishes granted on Christmas Eve. Stapled in color pictorial covers, the whole book cut around the shape of Santa Claus talking on the telephone; 17 cm. high, 13 cm. wide. Pictures have intertwined initials HFL. Stock#28555.

The preliminary pages carry the author's Prefatory Letter addressed 'To my Dear First Book', dated New York, April, 1912. This gentle story of the delicate Carol Bird, born on Christmas Day, was first published in 1886. Hardcover. [xvi], 91 pages, illustrations, 22 cm. Illustrations & text decorations throughout, printed in black & orange; dark green cloth covers, front cover & spine decorated in light green, orange & gold; spine & rear cover spotted, corners & top of spine worn, ink owner name; front-cover decoration near perfect, internally clean & good. Stock#26037/h.

"Children's Books For the Collector." 40 pages, illustrated, 2401 listings, 26.5 cm. Softcover; VG. Stock#48208.

New York, E. P. Dutton & Co., 1912. Imitations, parodies, of contemporary English authors such as Henry James, Kipling, Wells, Hardy, Conrad, Frank Harris, Chesterton. Not aimed for the kiddies. but lots of fun. Hard Cover. vii, 197 pages, 19 cm. Vg / no dj. Stock#44787.

Philadelphia, Lippincott [no date; 1967]. Dickens's Christmas tale of redemption through love and caring includes Ebenezer Scrooge, Bob Cratchit, Tiny Tim, the Fezziwigs, and the ghosts of Jacob Marley and of Christmases Past, Present, and Yet To Come. Hard Cover. 147 pages, 18 black&white line drawings including head- & tailpieces, 12 color plates; 21.5 cm. Red cloth, spine stamped in black. Vg / no dj. Stock#102190.

NY & Boston, H. M. Caldwell [1908]. Palmer Cox was born in Granby (Quebec) and came to the U. S. in 1876; he lived in California & New York and became illustrator for St. Nicholas Magazine about 1880. He is best known for his long series of verse and pictorial treatments of this race of good-natured elves. Hard Cover. 7-3/4 inches high; 320 p., black & white text illustrations throughout; blue cloth covers stamped in brown; color pictorial front-cover paste-on; covers somewhat soiled, worn, two spots on fore-edge; withal quite a nice copy. stock#25258.

Little, Brown [1957]. ‘Second Printing'. Hard Cover. 63 p., illus. incl. halftone & color; closed tear on p. 63/64. "Ogden Nash’s lovely, lively tale of the crisis that, once upon a Christmas time, overtook the land of Lullapat. ...by various machinations and plots it came to pass that there was to be no more Christmas... a story made doubly captivating by the vivacious variety of Ogden Nash’s verse and by the many drawings in line and color... a book to delight the hearts..." Dj torn, scuffed, spine faded, now in mylar; overall good+. Stock#23926.

London, William Heinemann, 1912. First Edition. First edition. Imitations, parodies, of contemporary authors such as Henry James, Kipling, Wells, Hardy, Conrad, Frank Harris, Chesterton. Beerbohm nails 'em. They are funny and good stylistic criticism. Hard Cover. vii, 197 pages, 20 cm. Vg/no dj. Stock#101485.

Boston, Ticknor & Co. 1887 [Press of Rockwell and Churchill]. Hard Cover. 219 p., [3] leaves of plates, illus.; 22 cm. The Lady Who Put Salt in her Coffee; About Elizabeth Eliza's Piano; The Peterkins Try To Become Wise; Mrs. Peterkin Wishes To Go To Drive; The Peterkins at Home; Why the Peterkins Had a Late Dinner; The Peterkins' Summer Journey; The Peterkins Snowed-up; The Peterkins Decide To Keep a Cow; The Peterkins' Christmas-tree; Mrs. Peterkin's Tea-party; The Peterkins too Late for the Exhibition; The Peterkins Celebrate the "Fourth"; The Peterkins' Picnic; The Peterkins' Charades; The Peterkins Are Obliged To Move; The Peterkins Decide To Learn the Languages; Modern Improvements at the Peterkins'; Agamemnon's Career; The Educational Breakfast; The Peterkins at the "Carnival of Authors" in Boston; The Peterkins at the Farm. Green pictorial cloth stamped in black & gold, all edges yellow, green & white floral endpapers; minor… Read More

Chicago, Loyola Press, 2003. Two women in a California nursing home face Christmas with different attitudes. Hard Cover. 105 pages, 18.5 cm. Fine (new)/ dj fine. Stock#34559.

Philadelphia, Carey & Hart, 1842. Hard Cover. 2 p. l., [3]-216 pages, 6 plates; 15 x 10 cm. Added engraved title-page. Frontispiece & title-page are lacking from this copy and photocopy substituted. Fourth and final volume in a series first published in 1836. Thompson, Literary Annuals & Gift Books, p. 160. Bound in blue embossed faux-leather with gilt violet ornament; good. Stock#OB530.