The Christmas Story. ***First Edition - Beautiful Copy***

Illustrated by Charles Keeping, and with its text drawn mostly from the gospels of St. Matthew and St. Luke, this lovely production was prepared for younger readers and first transmitted by BBC TV for the programme "Play School", where it was shown on Christmas morning - and read by Roy Castle. This is the uncommon First Edition that formed the basis of the broadcasting, and was published in London in 1968 by the BBC - a hardcover book in slim white boards with dust-jacket. Displaying just very light vintage wear overall, this clean and attractive, larger format book is in excellent preservation, and the dust-jacket is an exceptionally well preserved example. (I have wrapped a removeable dust-jacket protector around it to ensure it remains in the same superb condition for its future life). A lovely vintage book, and rather an unusual one - all in all, a good instance of a book representing the collusion between an illustrator and television. Dimensions: approx. 22.5cm x 27cm.