[Christmas Around the World, c. 1970] A set of 10 Christmas cards each featuring a Santa figure from around the world. Each card measures approximately 5.5” x 7” with color image gracing front and a description on the inside flap. Includes: Bonhomme Noel (France), Dedo Koleda (Bulgaria), Christmann (Germany), Balthazar..... More
An unusual 4” x 5” color midcentury Christmas greeting, light stock, printed on single side: “I once believed in Santa Claus / So did my little brother / But we lost faith in him because / He jumped in bed with Mother!” Printed number 575 at lower corner. Signed along..... More
1961. 22 pp. Moore’s classic story interspersed throughout this stapled catalogue advertising everything from fragrances, cosmetics, and hair care to vitamin supplements and “the housewife’s handiest helpmates” of cleaning supplies. More
n.p. n.p., [c. 1960]. Approximately 9.5” x 12” VG+ with crease in center. 8 pp. with color illustrations. A juvenile Christmas story in Dutch featuring Gerrit, Jantje, and St. Nicholas. More
19 different card designs with 65 cards in total (includes duplicates). An eclectic mix of art that often reflects current events or the historical moment (Sputnik, the Olympics, University of Georgia Bowl game). A wonderful snapshot of midcentury holiday design. 1949 (2), 1952 (1), 1955 (1), 1957 (4), 1959 (5)..... More
Folded 7” x 9.5” advertisement for a Buenos Aires supermarket, December 22-31, 1970. Santa is emptying his bag full of food down the chimney on the front, inside are two children decorating a tree, and the rear is an image of Epicuro and his weekly recipes, which includes “Canapes Festivos”..... More
Amsterdam: Mulder & Zoon, [1960?]. Printed in the Netherlands. 8 pp. With 4 color full-page illustrations by V. Groen. VG+ stapled pictorial wraps, approximately 7.5” x 8” with a touch of wear at upper staple. Only 1 located in OCLC. More
New York: The Spiral Press, 1962. 32 mo. 10 pp., paper wrappers. A Christmas greeting by Frost. Near Fine. Frost’s final Christmas greeting, as he would die January 29, 1963. More
Concord, NH: William B. Ewert, 1983. First Edition of this holiday greeting card (which includes the title poem) issued by Ewert. Illustration by Jane Banquer Burnham, typography by Evans Printing Company, Concord. Fine in original, unaddressed envelope. 136 copies were printed in December 1983 for private distribution by Ewert and..... More
Printed for E. Read Goodridge and Verno Sutcliffe at Silvermine Ct. December, 1929. 250 copies printed by Paul Johnston. Off green wraps, 4 pp. A limited edition of this 16-line poem by the prolific author and biographer and friend of Ezra Pound and e.e. cummings. Near Fine. Uncommon. Although not..... More
6 pp., typed, 8.5” x 11” stapled in upper left corner, VG+ (some discoloration to title page). Contains “The Coming of St. Nicholas” and “Dutch Kitchen: Speculaas Cookies,” a recipe for a crisp cookie from Holland (previous owner has crossed out recipe in pencil and written “Much too soft cannot..... More