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Rockwell Kent. A Northern Christmas. American Artist's Group, 1941.
Price: US$12.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: New York, 1941; illustrated paper covers; edge and corner wear; like illustrated jacket in acceptable condition with heavy edge and corner wear and smudged; 12mo, 6 3/4" to 7 3/4" tall; Interior is clean and unmarked; not paginated
Seller: A Squared Books (Don Dewhirst), South Lyon, MI, U.S.A.
Kent, Rockwell. A Northern Christmas. American Artists Group Inc., 1941.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Hardcover. Paper-covered boards featuring a repeating blue and white pattern of a christmas tree and a figure with wings, and blue lettering on the front cover and white lettering along the spine. A piece of the foot of the spine is missing. Spine edges and the head are heavily worn. Paper is coming away from the edge of the spine making the muslin visible. Covers are faded. Corners are bumped and papers are coming away as well. A bookplate is neatly affixed to the inside front cover by a previous owner. On the page opposite of the title page is a black-and-white illustration of a christmas tree. No date on title page. Copyright page dated 1941. Unpaginated. Crisp black-and-white illustrations on most every page. Bits of red font scattered throughout. Interiors are clean and unmarked. Overall, a fair and readable copy.
Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.
Rockwell Kent. A NORTHERN CHRISTMAS. American Artists Group, New York, 1941.
Price: US$20.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 5 x 7 in. Paper boards. Condition is VERY GOOD+ ; covers clean, minor wear. Binding tight. Bookplate on front pastedown, text very clean. Mem. Stax.
Seller: Andre Strong Bookseller, Blue Hill, ME, U.S.A.
Price: US$24.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Grey, gold and white design covers show only light edgewear. The endpapers and edges of the pages are lightly tanned. The front FFE has a short, neat gift inscription. The DJ shows light edgewear with tiny chips at spine ends and corners. Spine shows only slight fading. This tells of a Christmas spent in Alaska.
Seller: All Booked Up, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
Price: US$28.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Gift book with 17 woodcuts. Very lisght foxing.
Seller: tim hildebrand books, Janesville, WI, U.S.A.
Price: US$29.50 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: unpaged (0.3 Inch Thick), Illus Woodcuts on almost every page by Author, Each day before Christmas in indicated by Red Lettering in Text, Tan & Grey Illus Hardback, Title on F Cover, VG, Assumed 1st ed
Seller: Larry W Price Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Small format hardback book with dust jacket illustrated by Rockwell Kent. This is Book Number One in the series of American Artists Gift Books. Dust jacket has browning/small tears at edge - moderate browning on endpapers. Bookseller since 1995 (ULG-2-TS-L) rareviewbooks
Seller: rareviewbooks, Kensington, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$48.00 + shipping
Description: np. Numerous handsome woodcuts by Rockwell Kent. Title page and text printed in black and red. Lacks first fly leaf. 12mo. Original full decorative paper binding, extremities worn. Original dust jacket, worn with some loss. Fine books from earlier Christmas seasons make great gifts today. CHRISTMAS/W70 0.0
Seller: FAMILY ALBUM, Kinzers, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Hbk, 12mo, 26pp, 1st edition, illustr throughout b+w frontis and woodcuts in the text, lacks dj, fine decorated paper-covered boards, now in custom acetate jacket, otherwise a fine, clean, tight and unmarked copy of this Kent classic
Seller: Sutton Books, Norwich, VT, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Description: Hardcover book complete in its original printed dust jacket. 17 cm. Unpaginated. Contains black-and-white illustrations throughout. The first publication in the series of the American Artists Group Gift Books. The book is in near fine condition. No ownership marks/writing present within. Hinges tight, interior pages bright. Small area of insect damage to the front inner hinge. Light edge wear/bumping to the spine-toned dust jacket. Uncommon.
Seller: JNBookseller, Palm Harbor, FL, U.S.A.
Kent, Rockwell. A NORTHERN CHRISTMAS. American Artists Group, New York, 1941.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Book has all-over angel-patterned boards, as well as a matching jacket. Jacket is dampstained and has insect damage on spine foldover; book has age-toning to endpapers and light soil to boards. Illustrated with lovely drawings.
Seller: MARIE BOTTINI, BOOKSELLER, Cotati, CA, U.S.A.
Kent, Rockwell. A Northern Christmas. American Artists Group, New York, 1941.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Kent's Angels and Christmas trees motif on boards and dust wrapper. Extensive woodcut illustrations throughout. Some age toning. 1/2 inch closed tear at bottom front jacket.
Seller: Eyrie House Books, Tyngsboro, MA, U.S.A.
Kent, Rockwell. A NORTHERN CHRISTMAS. American Artists Group, 1941.
Price: US$52.20 + shipping
Description: A NORTHERN CHRISTMAS, American Artists Group, 1941, first edition, fine in just about fine dust-wrapper. Profusely illustrated by the artist.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Rockwell Kent. A Northern Christmas. American Artist's Group, New York, 1941.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: In slipcase.
Seller: 32.1 Rare Books + Ephemera, IOBA, ESA, Princeton, NJ, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: Most of this appeared in "Wilderness" Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. 1 vols. 12mo. Book Number One in the series of the American Artists Group Gift Books. Original decorated paper boards, Fine in fine dust jacket Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. 1 vols. 12mo
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.
Rockwell Kent. A NORTHERN CHRISTMAS. American Artists Group, New York, New York, 1941.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: In all-over angel-patterned boards and a matching jacket. With lovely illustrations. The story of a Christmas spent in Alaska in 1918. Book and jacket are in splendid condition - the nicest copy of this title I've handled.
Seller: MARIE BOTTINI, BOOKSELLER, Cotati, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: SIGNED BY ROCKWELL KENT. The author signed this book in ink on the half-title page. Unpaginated. A small, slender hardcover book with patterned boards in a pictorial dustjacket. The book and jacket are in very good condition, just beginning to tan from age but showing no other signs of wear. The text is clean and the binding is secure. The jacket spine is faded but otherwise intact. Book measures approximately 6 3/4" by 4 3/4". Features black and white illustrations.
Seller: Kubik Fine Books Ltd., ABAA, Dayton, OH, U.S.A.
KENT, Rockwell. Northern Christmas Being the Story of a Peaceful Christmas in the. , 1941.
Price: US$165.00 + shipping
Description: KENT, Rockwell. A Northern Christmas Being the Story of a Peaceful Christmas in the Remote and Peaceful Wilderness of an Alaskan Island. Original pictorial boards. New York: American Artists Group, [1941]. First edition. Signed by the author on the dedication page. Book Number One of the American Artist Group Gift Books. Spine very lightly sunned, small bookplate, else near fine.
Seller: G.S. MacManus Co., ABAA, Bryn Mawr, PA, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Twelvemo, [unpaginated]. Illustrated paper-covered boards, title printed on front cover and spine. No additional printings noted. Solid text block, faint transference to endpapers, otherwise fine. In the publisher's dust jacket, no price listed, small chips to top edge and spine, faint sunning to spine, a very good example. Includes sixteen woodcuts throughout text and a woodcut frontispiece. All illustrations, including cover design, created by Rockwell Kent. Listed as book number one in the American Artists Group Gift Books series.
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
Kent, Rockwell. A NORTHERN CHRISTMAS. American Artists Group, 1941.
Price: US$342.20 + shipping
Description: A NORTHERN CHRISTMAS, American Artists Group, 1941, first edition, fine in like dust-wrapper. Profusely illustrated and INSCRIBED by the artist.
Seller: THE FINE BOOKS COMPANY / A.B.A.A / 1979, ROCHESTER, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$380.00 + shipping
Description: 16mo. Illustrations and the book jacket are by Rockwell Kent. A very nice copy in dust jacket. SIGNED by Rockwell Kent on half-title page. Gift inscription of previous owner on half-title page and front free endpaper. Some age-toning to jacket and some toning to endpapers. In a brodart protective wrapper. This is Book Number One in the series of the American Artists Group Gift Books.
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Price: US$1000.00 + shipping
Description: Most of this appeared in "Wilderness" Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. 1 vols. 12mo. Illustrated Christmas 1941 Inscription, Just after Pearl Harbor. Book Number One in the series of the American Artists Group Gift Books, inscribed by Kent on the flyleaf to his friends, Jessie and Norman Barr: "To Jessie and Norman [pen-and-ink drawing of a bar] "[pen-and-ink drawing of candlelight] for a Merry Christmas "[drawing of V - for Victory] for a Happy New Year "from the Kents "1941" Norman Barr (1908-1992) was an artist and friend of the Rockwell Kents. Original decorated paper boards, slightly darkened at edges, else fine Illustrated by Rockwell Kent. 1 vols. 12mo
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.