Click for full-size.
The Spirit of Christmas
by Van Dyke, Henry
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG-/G+
- Seller
-
Bella Vista, Arkansas, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926. Book. VG-. Hardcover. Later Printing. The book has decorative cover with black cloth spine. The cover is silver with green flowers, black title on red background. The book has light shelf edge wear with gift inscription. The DJ has edge wear with a triangular chip missing on lower front edge and rubs along the spine. Black and white frontis with green floral decorations on the pages. 1926 printing of the 1905 copyright..
Synopsis
It is a good thing to observe Christmas day. The mere marking of times and seasons, when men agree to stop work and make merry together, is a wise and wholesome custom. It helps one to feel the supremacy of the common life over the individual life. It reminds a man to set his own little watch, now and then, by the great clock of humanity which runs on sun time.But there is a better thing than the observance of Christmas day, and that is, keeping Christmas.Are you willing to forget what you have done for other people, and to remember what other people have done for you; to ignore what the world owes you, and to think what you owe the world; to put your rights in the background, and your duties in the middle distance, and your chances to do a little more than your duty in the foreground; to see that your fellow-men are just as real as you are, and try to look behind their faces to their hearts, hungry for joy; to own that probably the only good reason for your existence is not what you are going to get out of life, but what you are going to give to life; to close your book of complaints against the management of the universe, and look around you for a place where you can sow a few seeds of happiness - are you willing to do these things even for a day? Then you can keep Christmas.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- K. L. Givens Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007848
- Title
- The Spirit of Christmas
- Author
- Van Dyke, Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG-
- Jacket Condition
- G+
- Edition
- Later Printing
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1926
- Keywords
- CHRISTMAS; COLLECTIBLE
Terms of Sale
K. L. Givens Books
CHRISTMAS 2020 ALERT. Due to the recent delays at regional post office processing centers, media mail deliveries have become extremely slow. If you can not wait several weeks for your book to arrive, select the priority mail option.
About the Seller
K. L. Givens Books
Biblio member since 2006
Bella Vista, Arkansas
About K. L. Givens Books
Our home-based business is located in the beautiful Ozarks of northwest Arkansas. We began selling books in 1992 and still enjoy searching for treasures to list on the internet. We are not mega-sellers; instead we select our inventory for condition and rarity. Among our favorites are 19th century classics in decorative bindings; regional histories and genealogies; and military history.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
Collecting Disneyana
Welcome to the wonderful world of collecting Walt Disney! From letters signed by Disney himself to classic children’s books or ephemera, be sure to check out some of the collectible Walt Disney books on Biblio!
Vertigo Comics
Vertigo Comics, an imprint of DC Comics, is being retired in 2020 after a 27 year run of groundbreaking comics. The imprint was DC’s home for mature tales that were often horror-themed or otherwise dark in nature. Learn more about Vertigo, home of V for Vendetta, Sandman, and Fables.
