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Pictorial Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Slight edge wear to red and white cover. Decorated end papers. No markings. DJ discolored with age and scuffed at edges. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dave Lyons (illustrator).

Hardcover. First Edition [1950]; Second Printing. The first three lines of the Introduction are UNDERLINED IN INK. Else, Very Good: shows moderate wear to the extremities with mild bumps to the upper front and lower rear corner tips; the upper rear corner tip is rubbing through the colorful paper over boards to expose the board underneath. Faint foxing to the endpapers and fore-edge; the backstrip shows barely discernible sunning, but the gilt titles thereon remain bold and clearly legible; the text pages have tanned ever so slightly, due to aging; a former owner's name and date at the top of the front free endpaper. The binding is square and secure; the text clean. A handsome reading copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing light wear and minor flaws - and of course the ink work. Remains clean, sturdy, and quite presentable. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (9.45 x 6.35 x 1.7 inches). xvi, 426 pages. Illustrated with black & white Drawings and a duotone Frontispiece by Fritz Kredel. Maroon quarter cloth with pictorial "Three Wise Men" drawing by Kredel at the front panel and backstrip. Language: English. Weight: 33.3 ounces. First Edition [1950]; Second Printing. Hardback: Lacks DJ. Stories drawn from the folk wisdom around the world, from 23 different nations that include: USA; Austria; Belgium; Bulgaria; Canada; Czechoslovakia; Denmark; England; Finland; France; Germany; Holland; Hungary; Ireland; Italy; Poland; Portuigal; Romania; Russia; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; and Yogoslavia. Contains very well known (ie A Christmas Carol; Gift of the Magi) but also many unknown to the English speaking world or not found in any anthology of Christmas tales. Many translated especially for this volume.…

Hardcover. good condition with minor soiling xlibrary with usual markings; xlibrary with usual markings; LIB2958009948.

Illustrations throughout. 8vo ( 7 1/2 x 5 inches), original coloured pictorial wrappers. Text tanned, generally very good.