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A Child's Christmas in Wales
by Thomas, Dylan
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/fair
- Seller
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Newark, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
[New York]: New Directions. Hardcover. Very Good/fair. Eichenberg, Fritz. Oblong 8vo. 32 pp. Bound in pale gray cloth, title stamped in blue on spine, in blue illustrated dust jacket printed in black. Illustrated with five black and white wood engravings by Fritz Eichenberg throughout. Very Good, fading and wear to binding, internally clean and bright, in Fair price-clipped dust jacket with two long tears(3" and 1") to front cover near fore edge, rubbing and wear to extremities.
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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- Bookseller
- Garnet Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002803
- Title
- A Child's Christmas in Wales
- Author
- Thomas, Dylan
- Illustrator
- Eichenberg, Fritz
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- New Directions
- Place of Publication
- [New York]
- Bookseller catalogs
- CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED; Biography and Autobiography;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Garnet Books
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Newark, New Jersey
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