A Child's Christmas in Wales
by THOMAS, Dylan
- Used
- Fine
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Norfolk: New Directions, 1954. Softcover. Fine. Long galleys of the first separately printed edition (originally published in *Quite Early One Morning*). Five leaves, printed rectos only, and an unprinted cover sheet, all folded. Slight offsetting to the unprinted cover sheet, else fine. Accompanied by a first edition of the finished book as issued by New Directions, which is fine in near fine, slightly age-toned dustwrapper. Also accompanied by a fine copy of the New Directions edition of *Quite Early One Morning* (fine in fine, lightly rubbed dustwrapper with wraparound band promoting *A Child's Christmas in Wales*, an Advance Review Copy with slip laid in). A beloved little gem, this story of Christmas in Wales was recorded by Thomas, and became a Christmas classic, necessitating this separate edition. Ex-Ned Erbe, director of publicity for New Directions. Rare. One of two sets of which we are aware.
Synopsis
A young boy named Thomas is excited about the holiday, but he's also disappointed because it's raining instead of snowing. His grandfather gives him an old snow globe as an early Christmas present and starts telling colorful, amusing stories about his childhood Christmases that are shown in flashback.
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Details
- Seller
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 275981
- Title
- A Child's Christmas in Wales
- Author
- THOMAS, Dylan
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- New Directions
- Place of Publication
- Norfolk
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- UncorrectedProof, EnglishLiterature, Children'sBook
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Gloucester City, New Jersey
About Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., founded in 1985, specializes in first editions of 20th Century American and English fiction. Our inventory of over 75,000 first editions includes: African-American literature & history, Mysteries, Detective Fiction, Drama, Books into Film and Sports books. We routinely issue extensively illustrated color catalogs, available by subscription. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA)and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB). Tom Congalton, founder of Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., actively promotes the ethics and standards of these professional organizations and served as President of the ABAA from 2000 to 2002.
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- Galleys
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- Advance Review Copy
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- New
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- Fine
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- Dustwrapper
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