Compiled Edited Preface Elva Smith (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. "Published August 1915" statement to the copyright page. Illustrated with sixteen black-and-white plates from famous evocative paintings and striking early photographs. The two editors were renowned and influential children's librarians, assistant professors, prolific children's book editors, and Smith was the author of the historical novel ADVENTURE CALLS. An anthology of forty fiction stories, poems, hymns, legends, Bible stories, Bible verses, and narrative verses of Christmas, adapted for children and young adults that were selected to "have literary merit, are reverent in spirit, and are suitable for children", from a wide variety of classic authors and sources. A beautifully preserved, lovely vintage, gilt embossed and decorative binding. Former owner's elegant vintage bookplate to the inside front cover, some offset mild age-toning to the end-papers, slight rub-wear to the upper and lower spine edges and corner tips, minor wrinkle to the upper spine end, tiny ink dot to the rear cover's edge, else nicely square, sound and very good plus in lovely green linen with reverse raised titles to an elaborate gilt embossed mantle-piece adorned with gilt-flamed red candles, topped with a red candle-holding black Christmas tree, and surrounded with a red-berried black holly pattern decoration to the front cover and to the spine, green headband and tail-band; no dust jacket. Octavo; 283 pages; plus preface, contents, illustrations list and acknowledgements.