Parsippany: Unicorn Publishing, 1984. Hildebrandt, Greg. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., oblong 4to picture bookfull red cloth stamped in gilt with color cover plate, illustrated in vivid color throughout by Hildebrandt. Near fine, no dj as issued. Belly band with review from Philadelphia Daily News laid in.
New York: Dutton, 1979. Chorao, Kay. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg. Small 8vo, full green cloth, illustrated in grayscale by Kay Chorao, adapted by Janet Schulman. Fine in fine, price-clipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
San Diego: Creative Editions/Harcourt Brace, 1996. Innocenti, Roberto. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg. Square 4to, full green cloth, illustrated by Roberto Innocenti. Very good in very good dj, no previous owner's marks.
Mankato: Creative Editions/Harcourt Brace, 1996. Innocenti, Roberto. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg. Square 4to, full green cloth, illustrated by Roberto Innocenti. and signed by him on the half-titleFine in lightly edgeworn, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks, publisher's "autographed by Roberto Innocenti" sticker on front dj panel. Signed by illustrator.....
Boston: Bulfinch, 1995. Ivory, Lesley Anne. 1st edition US. Hardcover. 1st ptg., oblong 4to picture book, illustrated boards. Illustrated in color throughout by the author. Fine in very good, unclipped dj.
New York: Harper, 2013. Jeffers,Susan. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., square 4to picture book, pictorial boards, a story version of the classic song with vivid paintings by Susan Jeffers. Fine in fine, unclipped (sparkly) dj.
New York: Putnam, 1988. de Paola, Tomie. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 4to picture book, illustrated boards, a holiday story illustrated by Tomie de Paola about a shepherd's gift of bread (foglia di musica) and music. Fine in fine, unclipped dj.
New York: Macmillan, 1953. Petersham, Maud & Miska. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., square 8vo picture book, illustrated paper covered boards, illustrated in color by Maud and Miska Petersham, a Christmas tale of puppeteers in Poland, first separate edition (previously issued in "The Christmas Nightingale and Two Other Christmas Stories".....
London: Pavilion/Michael Joseph, 1989. Brent, Isabelle. 1st. Hardcover. 1st ptg. Square 8vo, full blue "cloth." The artist's first book, illustrated with Isabelle Brent's illuminated paintings, reproduced in full color plus gold ink overlay. As new. Fine in fine unclipped dj.
Cambridge: David R. Godine, 1987. McCurdy, Michael. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., small 8vo, red cloth over green boards with wood engravings by Michael McCurdy, a sequel to "The Very Best Christmas Tree." Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1981. Knight, Hilary. 1st edition thus. Hardcover. 1st ptg. 4to picture book, red cloth-backed boards, illustrated in color throughout by Knight. Fine in near fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001. Knight, Hilary. 1st edition thus. Hardcover. 1st ptg. of the full-sized revised edition. 4to picture book, laminated pictorial boards, with new jacket and endpaper illustrations by Knight, who signed and dated the front free endpaper. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.....
New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1974. Cruz, Ray. 1st ed. 1st ptg., large 8vo, full fuschia cloth, illustrated in line throughout by Ray Cruz. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
New York: Peacock Press/Bantam, 1975. various. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg. 4to softcover. A graphic celebration of the holidays in 40 full page color plates by artists from Carl Larson to W. Heath Robinson to Maxfield Parrish. Light edgewear, else very good, no previous owner's marks.
New York: Atheneum, 1998. Bender, Mark. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., square 4to picture book, illustrated boards, illustrated by Mark Bender, from Brazil to Thailand to Sierra Leone, a bounty of holidays from various cultures. Fine in fine, unclipped dj.
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1953. Cooney, Barbara. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 12mo, pictorial cream-colored boards, illustrated throughout in red, green and black by Barbara Cooney, a pristine copy in fine, unclipped dj, having been protected by the scarce, matching gift envelope with Cooney illustration to front.
New York: Scholastic, 1994. Thompson, John. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 4to, cloth-backed boards, comparing how Christmas would have been celebrated on a Virginia plantation in 1859, illustrated by John Thompson. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1979. Later printing. Hardcover. 4to picture book, full green cloth stamped in gilt, from the King James translation, illustrated with paintings from hte museum's cvollection. Very good, no previous owner's marks.
Kennebunkport: Applesauce Press, 2011. Santore, Charles. Edition not noted. Hardcover. Square 4to picture book, pictorial boards, a Spanish language version of The Night Before Christmas. Translated into Spanish by Vicente Echerri and richly illusstrated by Charles Santore. As new in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.
New York: Marshall Cavendish, 2006. Spirin, Gennady. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 4to picture book, pictorial boards, richly illustrated in color throughout by Gennady Spirin. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, apparently unread.
Philadelphia: Lippincott. Rackham, Arthur. Hardcover. No printing history. Small 8vo, full green cloth with illustrated endpapers, line drawings and four color plates by Arthur Rackham. Faint wear to extremeties, with charming 1948 gift inscription inked around the border of the front free endpaper. Sticker from The Poor Scholar Bookstore in.....
Tarrytown: Marshall Cavendish, 2006. Spirin, Gennady. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ed., No. 96 of 300 signed and numbered copies, 4to picture book full green leatherette stamped in gilt, illustrated in lavish color by Gennady Spirin and signed and numbered by him on a vellum limitation page bound in before the.....
Englewood cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1979. Gackenbach, dick. 1st. Hardcover. 1st ptg., 8vo, full red cloth. Illustrated in color and line by Dick Gachenbach. The badly brought up Rat plans an unpleasant Christmas party for his neighbors and is properly surprised by the outcome. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's.....
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1952. Angelo, Valenti. 1st ed. Hardcover. 1st ed., narrow 4to, illustrated boards. The child Jesus goes in search of a lost lamb and hears the story of his birth, with Valenti Angelo's delicate drawings in black and green. Near fine in chipped but bright, unclipped.....
New York: Viking, 1996. Brent, Isabelle. 2nd ptg. Hardcover. Small 4to, full blue cloth, with the illuminated illustrations by Isabelle Brent. Fine in fine, unclipped dj, no previous owner's marks.