Search Results: the light of christmas by brentano frances ed

Hardcover. Fine/Near Very Good. Slightly smaller book, deep red cloth spine, marbled boards with bright gilt illustration of Three Wise Men on front, gilt lettering fine on spine, 1.00 in ink written inside top front cover, 62 pieces of writing on Christmas, 319 lightly browned pages, illustration of camel caravan and Star on title page and frontispiece, also on DJ front, spine and back at top, purple bottom slightly rubbed. DJ has very slight wear to bottom front tips, 1/4" tear at spine top right edge onto front, micronick at top back edge. Near Very Good DJ/Near Very Fine book.

NY: Dutton. Very Good with no Dust Jacket. 1964. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Stories, true and fictional, poems and essays about the meaning of Christmas. ; 319 pages; 17679 .

Stated first edition. Paper covers with purple cloth over the spine. Gilt decoration on the cover and gilt print on the spine. Little wear to the cover other than a bit of edgewear at the lower edge of the spine. The pages appear to be clean, tight and unmarked, and the binding is solid. Looks as if a name has been blacked out on the front free endpaper. The dust jacket shows more wear, with crimps and tears at the edges and corners (most significant at the spine) and a piece missing at the lower left rear corner (see photo #3). An anthology of dozens of works of fiction, nonfiction and poetry about Christmas. A few author's names I happen to recognize include John Milton, Dorothy L. Sayers, William Shakespeare, B. J. Shute, Mark Twain, Moss Hart, G. K. Chesterton, Pearl Buck, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Ruth Sawyer. And many more. A rare book.