Postage is extra
THANKSGIVING CRAFTS AND COOKBOOK, hb, by Nancy Hathaway, xlib, 1979, $5
GINGERBREAD HOUSES, A complete Guide to baking, building, and
decorating, 115 pp, exc cond, 8 x 8, sc, steps to gingerbreading,
patterns, supplies and equipment, recipes, cutting, baking, assembling,
decorating, anchoring, finishing, storing, marketing your houses, more,
Doubleday, 1994, Christa Currie, $8
THE CHRISTMAS DOLLS, The Girls of the Good Day Orphanage, by Carol Beach
York,Scholastic Little Apple pb, exc cond, 96 pp, RL3, $3
ALL ABOUT CHRISTMAS by Maymie R Krythe, Harper and Bros, HB, first
edition 1954 stated, 211 pp, privately owned (name inside cover), "An
account of the origin of Christmas and the history of hundreds of
traditions connected with its observance, including the origin and
history of the Christmas tree, the use of candles and other lights,
stories of Christmas cards and seals, and traditions connected with
Christmas carols. " The story of the Wise Men, the origin and development
of our modern Christmas, legends of Christmas greenery, origin of the
custom of decorating Christmas trees, customs and beliefs associated with
the Yule log, nativity scenes, the Putz, Feasts and foods, `uses of
candles and lights, the origina and uses of the Christmas star, the
history and tradtions of Christmas bells, stories about certain carols,
carol singing history, and more, $21
THE LITTLEST SNOWMAN, author. ed, Tazewell, illus DeSantis, orig 59cents,
$2
A NEWBERY CHRISTMAS, Fourteen stories of Christmas by Newbery
Award-winning authors, selected by Greenberya nd Waugh, Delacorte Press,
exc cond hb, 8 x 10, 1991, 191 beautiful white pp, authors included are
Carolyn Bailey, Beverly Cleary, Eleanor Estes, Rachel Field, Madeleine
L'Engle, Lois Lenski, E. Konigsburg, Hugh Lofting, Katherine Paterson,
Ruth Sawyer, Nancy Willard & Elizabeth Yates, "Some of these stories are
humorous. Childen will laugh at the antics of Ramona Quimby in "Ramona,
the Sheep Suit, and the Three Wise Persons" and at Eliot Miles's
Christmas wish in E.L. Kongsburg's "Eliot Miles Does Not Wish You a Merry
Christmas Because." Others of the collection recall the Christmases of
years past, as in "Once in the Year" by Elizabeth Yates and "The Hundred
Dresses" by Eleanor Estes. And others, like Madeleine L'Engle's "A Full
House," remind us again of the true meaning of Christmas." $24
UNDER THE LITTLE FIR AND OTHER STORIES by Elizabeth Yates, illus by
Unwin, Coward-McCann pub, SIGNED by author/dated 1957, c 1942, 96 pp,
other stories include the king's friends, haste-me-well quilt, blue
temple bells, marriage tapestries, bringing in the spring, "the title
story concerning the wild creatures of the forest gather beneath a fir
tree in the darkness on Christmas Eve." $40
Book by the Trapp Family of "Sound of Music" fame:
THE TRAPP FAMILY BOOK OF CHRISTMAS SONGS, selected and arranged by Franz
Wasner and illustrated by Agathe Trapp, Pantheon hb, 1950, 128
pp, includes Latin and Macaronic, English, American, German, Spanish,
Czech, Polish, Swedish, Italian, French, and Austrian Christmas
Songs, Maria Augusta Trapp writes a 4 page introduction on the "Gloria
in Excelsis" throughout the ages or the history of
Christmas worship, xlib, vg cond, strong 8 x 11 book (sideways for ease
on piano), full musical score of each song is given, words are
in English and also in their native tongue underneath! Arranged by the
Trapp Family chaplain and musical director, for voice and piano,
$30
CHRISTMAS FEASTS FROM HISTORY,The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Irena
Chalmers Cookbooks, 1981, includes A Roman Saturnaeia Banquiet, A
Medieval Christmas Feast, a 17th Century Christmas Banquet, Christmas in
the Pudding Age, A Victorian Christmas Dinner, with recipes for all, each
feast also has a description about 2 pp long, with illustrations,
cartoons, photos of art associated with the age, and more, extremely
interesting book!, the author is a culinary historian with a PhD in
Medieval literature as well as a gifted cook , teacher, lecturer, $10
ANGEL'S CHRISTMAS, A Christmas Play, A Christmas Program for the Sunday
School, pamphlet of approx. 27 pp, 1964, Rapids Christian Press, arranged
by Gunderson, from the story by Mrs. O F Walton, parts suitable for
children, tells an intensely interesting story, has a clear Gospel
message and uses the entire Sunday School. 38 speaking parts, besides a
narrator's part, indefinite number of singers and misc parts may be used.
Some of the parts are only 1 line or off-stage, so a smaller group could
use this too, great resource, $5
TROLL TREASURY OF CHRISTMAS, edited by John Miles, "Poems, Bible stories,
fiction, carols, informational articles, customs, love, and
handicrafts relating to Christmas" 95 pp, 8 x 10, sc,includes Night
before Christmas, O Christmas Tree, Nutcracker, Ornaments of Flour Clay,
Elves adn Shoemaker, Jolly Old Saint
Nicholas, Growing your own miniature Christmas tree, and much more, vg
cond, $8
MEG'S MYSTERIOUS ISLAND, by Elizabeth Ladd, illus by Stevens, 1963, "A
young man and his spunky little sister hope to escape the gossips of a
small town in Maine by agreeing to spend the winter in an isolated cabin
on a remote island in West Penobscot Bay. Boat yards, kittens,
an island, the seal hole, Christmas surprise, hiding place, blizzard,
winter, rescue." collectible, Morrow Jr Classics, $20
THE GIFT: A Tale for Christmas, by Helen Schuyler Hull, hb, xlib, dj,
"About a beautiful old pine tree. One day a wandering woodcarver
came to live in the village and built his little hut against the great
pine." usual library markings, vg cond, $12
A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS, Charles Schulz, hb, xlib, Linus gives the
gospel story in this book, it is a terrific story, comic book style,
Charlie Brown searches for the true meaning of Christmas, 1977, $12
THE LITTLEST ANGEL, Tazewell, HB, Christmas Story, Children's Press 1962,
oversized large, colorful illustrations by Sergio Leone, $7
THE LETTER ON THE TREE, by Natalie Savage Carlson, pictures by Kaufmann,
Harper and Row, 1964, " A young French Canadian boy, who
wants an accordion more than anything, attaches a note telling of his
wish to a Christmas tree which will be sold in the United States."
116 pp, xlib, vg cond, $5
THE LITTLEST CHRISTMAS TREE, Thornton Burgess, Wonder book, hb, 39cents
on top corner, 1954, vg cond, pages clean, $8
BABAR AND FATHER CHRISTMAS, JEAN DE BRUNHOFF, sc, exc cond, 44
pp,Dragonfly Books, 1940 first edition, $6
THE JOLLY CHRISTMAS POSTMAN, Ahlberg, hb, this book has some envelope
pages that are empty and some tears so only $1
THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS ILL BY LEONARD WEISGARD, large
oversizedhb,1949, grosset and dunlap,only threads still holding cover to
inside of book, could be repaired, otherwise exc,$8
CHRISTMAS , A BOOK OF STORIES OLD AND NEW, hb, edited by Alice Dalgliesh,
DJ, xlib, Scribner's, illus by Woodward, 1962, 243 pp,
stories from other lands, stories from Old America, Christmas stories and
wonder tales, the first Christmas, authors such as Rossetti,
Paine, Grahame, Wilder, Milhous, Maxwell, Hill, Dodge, Dalgliesh, Field,
Dickens, Kelly, Crespi, and more, "The stories in this
collection were chosen because they have pleased children and because
they give a many-side picture of the celebration of Christmas." $24
OLD MAN WINTER COMES TO TOWN, RED HB, 1959, BY HILDE HOFFMANN, PICTURES
BY BEATRICE BRAUN-FOCK, FRANKLIN WATTS CO, 1960 FIRST ENGLISH LANGUAGE
EDITION, SPINE A BIT LOOSE IN CENTER OF BOOK, NEEDS TIGHTENING
THERE,OTHERWISE EXC COND , NO MARKS,$12
THE LITTLEST SNOWMAN, authorized edition, by Charles Tazewell, author of
the Littlest Angel, illus by Geo DeSantis, c 1955,1956, exc cond,name
inside cover, title page has 2 small closed tears, orig. 29 cents, $5
HEIDI, by Johanna Spyri, exc hb, Junior Deluxe Edition, 1954, 315 pp, $7
CHANGES FOR SAMANTHA, 1904 A Winter Story, book six, American Girls
series, $2.50
THE WALTONS, THE CHILDREN'S CAROL, Christmas on Walton's Mountain,
Tidings of comfort and joy for 2 wartime refugees, 97 min, a family
favorite, $8
THE KING IS BORN, THE ANIMATED STORIES from the NEW TESTAMENT, NEST
video, exc cond, $3
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CAROLS OF CHRISTMAS, Hallmark, traditional carols , $2
A HOLIDAY TO REMEMBER, (We Wish you a Merry Christmas, Carol
of the Bells, Silent NIght, Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, Deck the
Halls, Good King Wenceslas, Trepak (Russian Dance), The First Noel,
The Holly and the Ivy, Joy to the World), case, no slipjacket,
$2
SONGS OF CHRISTMAS, THE NATIONAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA,
cassette, case and jacket, Ding Dong merrily on high, deck the halls,
bring a torch, Janette Isabella, what Child is this, o Little Town of
Bethlehem, Jesus, rest your head, heark the Heral angels, carol of the
bells, o Holy Night, Infant Holy, First Noel, $2.50
OUR CHRISTMAS, Word, Phil Keaggy, Amy Grant, Sandi Patti, Russ
Taff, Al Green David Mewece, First Call, Bryan Duncan, Michael W.
Smith, and more, $3
CHRISTMAS IS JESUS, Bryan Duncan, still in plastic wrap, Myrrh
Records, (what wondrous love is this, what Child is this? grown up
Christmas list, The form of Man, Please come home for Christmas, First
NOel, I heard the Bells, Angels we have heard, Away in a Manger, Hark
the Herald Angels and more), $2.50
4 HIM, Christmas the Season of Love , 1996 Benson, $3
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