Buck, Pearl S. Illust. by Astrid Walford:

The Christmas Mouse.

London, Methuen & Co Ltd, 1965 Rep. of the 1958 publishing, hard cover blue and white patterned cloth with red nativity scene and lettering to upper bd, rear bd and spine, Good, a little light tanning in places, no dust jacket, contents nice and tight, lovely line and wash b/w illustrations by Astrid Walford, a few pges have btm corners turned, a little very light marking very occasionally, small county council stamp to front pastedown, pp32. When Sandy, a small excited boy, goes downstairs to investigate whether Santa has arrived, "...what he saw was his yellow cat Snips looking at a very small mouse who stood helpless with fright just under the tree."

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Book number: 15643

Catalogue: Christmas

Keywords: Christmas mouse boy six year old excitement cat Snips Astrid Walford Christmas Eve nativity holy family

Goudge, Elizabeth:

A Christmas Book.

London, Hodder And Stoughton, 1967 Hard cover maroon cloth bds, red title block to spine with gilt lettering, VG+, unclipped dust jacket, some edgewear, with some closed tears/creasing, Good-, no names, inscriptions etc..., contents clean and tight, pp223. An anthology of Christmas stories including two complete tales. It includes "..seasonal episodes from many of her best-loved books... all full of the enchantment of goodness. It has the awe, expectancy and magic of the season."

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Book number: 15451

Catalogue: Christmas

Keywords: Christmas tales season fairytale warmth spiritual Christian The Dean's Watch Island Magic The Herb of Grace Towers in the Mist City of Bells Sign of the Dolphin God So Loved the World

Hodgson Burnett, Frances Illust. by Maria Horvath:

The Little Hunch-Back Zia.

Privately Printed For Abbott Kimball, The Aldus Printers, New York, 1955 No. 139, Hard cover pink cloth bds, gilt lettering to upper bd, some fading age-browning to cloth to bds and spine otherwise Good, a little scuffing to extrem.s, no dust jacket, contents clean and tight with lovely two-tone illustrations by Maria Horvath, pp33, small poss. ink mark to leading pge edge block, does not seep at all onto pges. A lovely nativity story about the little leper Zia who is healed by the baby Jesus.

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Book number: 13718

Catalogue: Christmas Story

Keywords: Zia hunch back hunchback Maria Horvath nativity Mary Joseph baby Jesus Zia leper miracle healing Christmas story Bethlehem beggar

May, Robert L.:

Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer.

London, Adprint Limited, 1939 Oversized hard cover, pictorial red bds with Rudolph and the sleigh, Fair, spine has paper covering missing, bd edges rubbed, faint scribble to upper bd in biro, corners rubbed and lower rear has crease, front hinge loose inside but holding, ffep/half title/title pges missing, starts at beginning of story, first pge has blue pencil scribble otherwise contents clean and bright with lovely colour illustrations, certain words are underlined in red by publisher, unpaginated.

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Book number: 15229

Catalogue: Christmas

Keywords: Rudolph red-nosed reindeer sleigh Father Christmas Santa Claus verse poetry poem rhyme story tale Christmas