Search Results: Christmas Books from W. Fraser Sandercombe

Don Mills, Ontario: Harlequin Books, 2012. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Paperback Printing. 315 pp. Light edge and corner wear with some minor creasing on the back cover and spine; no interior markings. Also includes the story Let It Snow..

Boston: The Pilgrim Press, 1913. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 12mo. 32 pp. Decorated marbled softcover with French flaps; bound with thread. Some wear on the corners with a few nicks around the edges; no interior markings..

New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1908. Book. Illus. by Cyrus Cuneo;. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo. 63 pp. Green cloth decorated in black and pink on the front panel; lettered in black on the spine. Light edge and corner wear with a bit of aging; no interior markings; as issued, no dustjacket. Illustrated with colour plates by Cyrus Cuneo..

New York: Viking - The Penguin Group, 2004. Book. Illus. by Jerry Lofaro;. Very Good+. Hardcover. Later Printing. 8vo. 227 pp. Quarter-bound in red on purple boards; headband. Lightly rubbed at the corners; price intact; no interior markings..

Toronto: Britannia Magazine, 1989. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to. 52 pp. Very light wear. The front cover features Cilla Black preparing for the Christmas pantomime. The contents are: Leeds Christmas Market - Mediaeval and Modern; County-by-County Looks at Oxfordshire; The Origins of Christmas by Nick Cole; Christmas Ghost Story by Bill Clarke; Yes, Miss Enid Blyton by Eric Chapman; The Forests Return to Britain by Roger Turff; and Britain at War by J. le Neve Johnson; along with all the usual features, including Yuletide Recipes - Nosh and Sloch; Merry Christmas from the Coronation Street Corner; East Enders by Gretchen Franklin; an untouched Christmas Crossword; and The Story of Christmas Pantomime by Frank Copperstone..

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Historical Times, 1991. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to. 80 pp. Light rubbing; no interior markings. The front cover features Celebrating Christmas. This issue contains: Christmas with Scrooge by Paul Davis; The Heritage of Christmas Puddings by Trevor Denniss; Christmas in the Cotswolds by Nancy C. Knox; Canterbury's Bespoke Teddy Bears by Richard Elsberry; A Country Christmas, A Medieval Feast, and An Easy Way to Enjoy London's Theatres - anonymous; Alastair Cooke: Discovering America by J. W. Savage; The Royal Gallery by The Hon. Jane Roberts; Harris Tweed by Bryn Frank; The Queen's Pleasure by Karyn Hodgon; and Lessons in Stone by HRH The Duke of Gloucester; along with the usual features..

New York: New Directions, 1995. Book. Illus. by Fritz Eichenberg;. Very Good. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 63 pp. Presented in a new design by Sylvia Frezzolini Severence with illustrations by Fritz Eichenberg. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; ink mark on the lower edge of the text block; no interior markings..

New York: Apple Classics - Scholastic Books, 1980. Book. Illus. by Charles Beck;. Very Good. Soft cover. Later Printing. 12mo. 122 pp. Light edge and corner wear with a flat uncreased spine; previous owner's name whited-out inside. Illustrated with line drawings by Charles Beck..

New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 2002. Book. Illus. by Robin Moline;. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo. 84 pp. Blue boards lettered in gilt on the spine. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. Dj art by Robin Moline..

New York: David McKay Company, 1962. Book. Illus. by Peter Burchard;. Very Good. Hardcover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. 90 pp. Yellow boards lettered in black on the spine. Light wear at the corners of the dustjacket with a few chips and short tears around the edges. Dj art and interior illustrations by Peter Burchard..

London: Macmillan and Co., 2003. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 164 pp. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. There are far too many Christmas poems here to list them all but some of the highlights are: A Visit from St Nicholas by Clement Clarke Moore, more commonly known as The Night Before Christmas; Christmas is Coming - anonymous; The Christmas Life by Wendy Cope; The Holly and the Ivy by Cecil Sharp; Jingle Bells by James Pierpoint; In a Week When Christmas Comes by Eleanor Farjeon; In the Bleak Mid-Winter by Christina Rossetti; Holly Red and Mistletoe White by Alison Uttley; little tree by e. e. cummings; A Cradle Song by William Blake; Journey of the Magi by T. S. Eliot; and many, many more..

Birmingham, Alabama: Oxmoor House, 1997. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. 144 pp. Glossy pictorial boards; decorated endpapers; headband; illustrated with colour photographs throughout. Light wear at the corners; no interior markings. The Contents are: Foreword; Decorations; Gifts; Entertaining; Christmas Dinner; Holiday Sweets; and Resources; followed by an index. Along with everything else, there is an assortment of recipes here, far too many to list them all but some of the highlights are: Bittersweet Mint-Chocolate Sauce; Orange-White Chocolate Sauce; Coconut Vanilla Fudge; Cranberry Glazed Brie; Cranberry Champagne; Hot Buttered Wassail; Spiced Coffee Eggnog; Acorn Squash Soup; Cranberry Ham; Wild Mushroom and Leek Stuffing; and many more..

Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1973. Book. Good. Hardcover. Later Printing. 8vo. 188 pp. Pale green cloth with a small dark green pictorial on the front panel; decorated in dark green on the spine. Ex-library copy in quite reasonable condition. The Chapters are: The Origin Legends and Customs of Christmas; Christmas in Europe; Christmas in the United States and Canada; Christmas in Central America and the West Indies; Christmas in South America; Christmas in Africa; Christmas in the Middle East; Christmas in the Far East and the Antipodes; Recipes from Around the World; and Christmas Customs in Christmas Programs; followed by an index..

New York: Vanguard Press, 2010. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Later Printing. 8vo. (x) 245 pp. Quarter-bound in yellow on red boards; lettered in gilt on the spine; headband. Light rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. This anthology contains: Give Till It Hurts by Donald E. Westlake; As Dark as Christmas Gets by Lawrence Block; I Saw Mommy Killing Santa Claus by Ed McBain; My Object All Sublime by Anne Perry; What's In a Name? by Mary Higgins Clark; Schemes and Variations by George Baxt; The Theft of the Rusty Bookmark by Edward D. Hoch; Murder for Dummies by Ron Goulart; The Holiday Fairy by Jeremiah Healy; The Grift of the Magi by S. J. Rozan; Christmas Spirit by Michael Malone; The Lesson of the Season by Thomas H. Cook; Yule Be Sorry by Lisa Michelle Atkinson; The Long Winter's Nap by Rupert Holmes; Cold Reading by Charles Ardai; The Killer Christian by Andrew Klavan; and The 74th Tale by Jonathan Santlofer..

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1993. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo. 125 pp. Burgundy cloth lettered in gilt on the spine; headband; beige endpapers. Faint rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. This is the story of a widow and the young family who moves in with her. Together they discover the first gift of Christmas and learn what Christmas is really all about..

New York: Scholastic Press, 2001. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 185 pp. Glossy pictorial boards; headband; ribbon marker. Lightly rubbed on the corners; no interior markings; as issued, no dustjacket..

New York: Doubleday Large Print - Berkley Books, 2005. Book. Illus. by Thomas Kinkade;. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. 432 pp. Large print edition approved by N.A.V.H. Black boards lettered in gilt on the spine. Light rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markings. Wraparound dj art by Thomas Kinkade..

New York: DAW Books, 1993. Book. Illus. by Iain McCaig; Alan Langford;. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Edition. 350 pp. DAW Collectors Book 933. Lightly rubbed on the corners with an uncreased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Ian McCaig. This anthology contains: Introduction by Mike Resnick; Three Wishes Before a Fire by Kristine Kathryn Rusch; The Ghosts of Christmas Future by Dean Wesley Smith; Holiday Station by Judith Tarr; Wishbook Days by Janni Lee Simner; Christmas Presence by Kate Daniel; Presentes by Nicholas A. DiChario; Shades of Light and Darkness by Josepha Sherman; Dumb Feast by Mercedes Lackey; Hunger by Michelle Sagara; Merry Christmas No. 30267 by Frank M. Robinson; The One that Got Away by Mark Aronson; Elephantoms by Lawrence Schimel; A Foreigner's Christmas in China by Maureen F. McHugh; Upon a Midnight Dreary by Laura Resnick; Modern Mansions by Barbara Delaplace; Cadenza by Terry McGarry; Gordian Angel by Jack Nimersheim; The Timbrel Sound of Darkness by Kathe Koja… Read More

London: Sphere Books, 1988. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Paperback Printing. 208 pp. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a faintly creased spine; no interior markings. This story collection contains: Murders of Christmas Past by Jonathan Goodman; The Christmas Sack Murder by Richard Whittington-Egan; The Ratcliffe Highway Horrors by Harold Furniss; Packaged Death by Albert Borowitz; The Case of Oscar Slater by Arthur Conan Doyle; The Distribution of Hannah Brown - Anonymous; A Bedroom in Pimlico by Richard D. Altick; The Slaying of Leon Beron by H. M. Walbrook; Murder of a Minder - Anonymous; Sam's New Year Resolution by Jonathan Goodman; and The Thirty Guinea Murder by Jonathan Goodman..

Avenal, New Jersey: Gramercy Books, 1985. Book. Illus. by George Sheffield;. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. 414 pp. Very light rubbing at the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markings. The dustjacket features Old Cheapside, Warrington, a painting by George Sheffield. This story collection contains: Foreword by Stefan R. Dziemianowicz; A Christmas Carol; The Chimes; The Cricket on the Hearth; The Haunted Man; A Christmas Tree; What Christmas Is As We Grow Older; The Poor Relation's Story; The Seven Poor Travellers; The Holly Tree; and Doctor Marigold..