3, Christmas with Southern Living

THREE VOLUMES - CHRISTMAS WITH SOUTHERN LIVING, 1984, 1985, AND 1990 - OXMOOR HOUSE HARDCOVERS Three more annual volumes of Christmas with Southern Living, published by Oxmoor House, Inc. of Birmingham, Alabama: the 1984, 1985, and 1990 editions. The 1984 volume retains its pictorial dust jacket, photographed front and back, showing a spread of vintage glass Christmas ornaments, beads, tinsel, a toy drum, and a bugle. The 1985 and 1990 volumes are the later format with the photograph printed and laminated directly onto the boards rather than on a separate jacket - 1985 with a swirl of red, green, and gold ribbons on a white ground, and 1990 with a candlelit still life of pillar candles, ivy, and dried red flowers against white drapery. All three have the series' red endpapers and the full-color interior layout: holiday decorating features, collection and ornament photography, craft and bazaar projects with full-size traceable patterns at the back, seasonal recipes with color food photography, and the "Christmas Journal" holiday planner with calendar, gift lists, size charts, and card lists. Bidders should note two condition points: the 1984 dust jacket is torn with paper loss at a corner, and the 1985 volume carries an ink signature on the front free endpaper. These volumes are wanted by collectors filling out a run of the annuals, by holiday cooks working from the tested recipes, and by anyone who likes the vintage-ornament photography in the 1984 edition. This lot pairs with the other estate cookbook, kitchen, and holiday book lots offered in this sale. Sold as a lot of 3 books. Description Christmas with Southern Living 1984 - hardcover with pictorial dust jacket showing antique glass ornaments, mercury-glass beads, tinsel, a toy drum, and a bugle. Title page reads Christmas with Southern Living 1984 / Jo Voce and Shelley Stewart / Oxmoor House. Red endpapers. Rear jacket panel carries the Oxmoor House imprint and ISBN 0-8487-0636-6; the front flap carries the same ISBN with a price and a full description of the year's contents. The rear flap text names the authors, Jo Voce, who had been with the book for all four of its years to that point, and Shelley Stewart. Interior pages photographed include a "Decorate with Your Favorite Things" collections feature, an "Underneath It All" arrangement how-to spread, and a pie and pastry recipe section with a bound-in Take a Bite of The Good Life subscription insert card still present at the front. Christmas with Southern Living 1985 - laminated pictorial hardcover, no dust jacket issued in this format, with red, green, and gold ribbons printed on a white ground. Title page reads Christmas with Southern Living 1985 / Compiled and Edited by Nancy Janice Fitzpatrick / Oxmoor House. Red endpapers. Rear board carries the Oxmoor House imprint and ISBN 0-8487-0647-1. Interior pages photographed include a decorated-tree and collection feature, "A Basket for the Hearth" craft project with a materials list, and a Breads chapter with Chocolate Macaroon Muffins, Nutty Danish Pastry, and Pigs' Ears. Christmas with Southern Living 1990 - laminated pictorial hardcover, no dust jacket, with a candle and dried-flower still life on white drapery. Title page reads Christmas with Southern Living 1990 / Compiled and Edited by Kathleen English / Oxmoor House. Red endpapers. Rear board carries the Oxmoor House imprint, a barcode, and ISBN 0-8487-1016-5. Interior pages photographed include an "After St. Nick, They Broke The Mold" feature on a North Carolina Santa collection with chalkware and chocolate-mold instructions, and a children's holiday baking spread with Santa's Boot Cookies, Santa Claus Cupcakes, and Cracker Snack Mix. Dimensions: each volume measures approximately 10-1/2 inches tall and approximately 8-3/4 inches wide per the tape-measure photographs. On every measuring shot the tape hook rests on top of the cover rather than hooked over the book edge, so both figures are close estimates. Spine thickness and page counts were not measured. Bidders should verify all dimensions from the photographs. No copyright-page photographs are included, so printing information is not established for any of the three volumes. Attribution note Christmas with Southern Living was the annual holiday volume from Oxmoor House, Inc. of Birmingham, Alabama, the book publishing arm associated with Southern Living magazine and its parent Southern Progress organization. The series ran annually from the early 1980s onward, each year combining Southern holiday decorating features, craft projects with full-size patterns, tested recipes, and a holiday planning journal, which is why collectors assemble long runs of these books. The early volumes were issued as hardcovers with separate pictorial dust jackets, as on the 1984 here, while the later 1980s and 1990s volumes were issued with the photograph laminated directly onto the boards, as on the 1985 and 1990 here - so the absence of a jacket on tho