Happy New Year!

We will be closing at 2:00 pm in Jamaica Plain on Wednesday, December 31st, and will be closed Thursday, January 1st. Regular hours resume on January 2nd.

Christmas Week Hours

We will be closing at 2:00 pm in Jamaica Plain on Wednesday, December 24th, and will be closed on Christmas, Thursday December 25th. Regular hours resume on the 26th. We hope you will stop by and visit us for your holiday book-shopping ... merry, happy, etc., etc., from all of us at Boston Book Company.

Children's Christmas Books

The Doll's Christmas by Tasha Tudor

We have some illustrated children's books that are especially appropriate for the Christmas season. Here is a selection:

TUDOR, Tasha. THE DOLLS' CHRISTMAS. Illustrated by the author. New York: Oxford University Press, 1950. $200.00 #84141

NASH, Ogden. THE UNTOLD ADVENTURES OF SANTA CLAUS. Boston, Toronto: Little, Brown, (1964). First edition. $65.00 #72641

BRINE, Mary D. CHRISTMAS RHYMES AND NEW YEAR'S CHIMES. New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., 1889. $425.00 #84604

DULAC, Edmund, introduction. CHRISTMAS PICTURES BY CHILDREN. London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1922. First edition. $375.00 #80453

D'AULAIRE, Ingri & Edgar Parin. CHILDREN OF THE NORTH LIGHTS. New York: The Viking Press, September 1935. First edition. $300.00 #82506

ROOSEVELT, Eleanor. CHRISTMAS. Illustrated by Fritz KREDEL. $60.00 #84184

Please contact us for ordering details. Happy Holidays!

Christmas Rhymes and New Year's Chimes

Christmas Pictures for Children

Snow - closing early today

Due to the impending snowstorm, we will probably be closing early, sometime this afternoon. Please call ahead if you are planning a visit.

A selection of Prang Victorian Christmas and Holiday Cards

We are pleased to offer:

[PRANG, Louis, et al.] A SELECTION OF AMERICAN PRANG VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS CARDS AND COLLECTOR'S SCRAPBOOK. 28 original Prang (and other) Christmas and holiday cards from the Victorian era, together with scrapbook pages, collector's manuscript notes and articles from various periodicals and newspapers about holiday cards. The cards are all in very good condition, a few with slight creasing or wear to corners, or label adhesion to reverse. There are 20 small Christmas cards, 4.5 x 5 inches or smaller; three large Christmas cards, 5.5 x 6 inches or larger; one large fringed Christmas card, 4.25 x 5.5 inches; one large fringed Easter card, 4 x 5.25 inches
(this card has a faint horizontal crease); two small New Year's cards, 2.25 x 3.5 inches or larger; and one large 3-D folding Valentine (not by Prang), 8.75 x 6 inches, with light creasing at the top. All sizes are approximate, and except for the Valentine, all are square or rectangular. One of the large Christmas cards has
a light dusting of white glitter.

Also included are nine loose scrapbook pages, with ten articles about cards affixed, one dated from the 1930s, the other looking a bit later. There are six loose articles, and seven pages of handwritten notes, some excerpted from "Riding a Christmas Hobby" by Mary D. Hudgins.

22 of the cards are by Prang, and some are late 1870's; most that are dated are 1880's. Prang introduced chromolithographed Christmas cards to the American marketplace in 1874. Prang was a master lithographer and his Christmas cards were wildly popular through the 1890's. Offered at $450.00. Contact us for ordering details.

A sale at our sister store on Beacon Street

It's December, and it's time for our December Sale at the Boston Book Annex, 906 Beacon Street, in Boston. Starting Monday, Dec. 1st, through New Year's Eve, Dec. 31st, all of the following sections will be 20% off:

Art, Architecture & Photography
Cookbooks
US History
Political Science
Music
Our Collectibles Sections (specifically marked throughout the store)
Biography
Literary Criticism
Foreign Language
Nature & Gardening
Film

As an extra incentive, during the same period, we will be extending an additional 10% when you buy more than $100 in books.

Unfortunately, no holds during the sale, or dealer discounts on sale books.

Please note, this sale is only in effect at the Book Annex, not at our Jamaica Plain shop.

We would be happy to see you at either location, and to assist you in finding the perfect literary gift for the holidays. Happy December!