{"product_id":"an-unexpected-gift","title":"An Unexpected Gift","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVAN SANDWYK, Charles \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn Unexpected Gift \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVancouver: Charles van Sandwyk Fine Arts, 2013\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e8vo., gold card wraps with sewn integrated dustwrapper printed in gold and metallic green, with decorative borders surrounding an inlaid line and watercolour label showing a reindeer and a penguin; endpapers printed with decorative design featuring repeating images of holly and mistletoe; [unpaginated]; printed throughout with calligraphic writing and decorations, borders  and initials printed in green and red; line drawings enhanced in red; six full-page plates and one double-page at the centrefold, all in full colour; some pages with outer edge untrimmed; fine. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst edition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe imaginative Christmas story of Bartholomew the Green, cousin of Father Christmas, and how together they unite North and South, Arctic and Antarctic, to bring Christmas to a ‘wayward and needy world’. In the wake of a global thunderstorm, Nicholas enlists the help of his distant relative, who responds by saddling twenty-four penguins and flying to the North. There, they fashion toys which run not on electricity but laughter, steam, and air, with creations including toy puddings, mechanical wonder-birds and Christmas steam boats. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Electronic magic tends to break down…whilst Christmas magic is distilled down from imagination mixed purely with love.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe story was recounted directly by Father Christmas and his cousin to their great, great, great, great nephew, and henceforth directly to the author. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fold the Corner Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55917391511876,"sku":"SQ8824829","price":120.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0943\/8711\/0212\/files\/357Foldthecornerbooks02252.jpg?v=1776874009","url":"https:\/\/foldthecornerbooks.co.uk\/products\/an-unexpected-gift","provider":"Fold the Corner Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}