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Audiobook
A CHILD'S CHRISTMAS IN WALES
by Thomas, Dylan
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Very good plus.
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Norfolk, CT: New Directions, 1954. Very good plus.. Scarce advance copy of the first separate edition of the great Christmas classic. First published in HARPER'S BAZAAR in 1950 and first collected in the US edition of QUITE EARLY ONE MORNING, A CHILD'S CHRISTMAS IN WALES was a synthesis of Thomas's two earlier pieces on the same subject: "Memories of Christmas," a 1945 BBC talk, and "Conversation about Christmas," a 1947 essay. The author's own recording (for Caedmon Records in 1952), frequently credited as the beginning of the modern audiobook industry, was largely responsible for the piece's extraordinary and enduring popularity - and its eventual publication in this form - though its inclusion on the LP was a happy accident: at the recording studio, short of material to fill both sides of the record, Thomas racked his brains and remembered "a kind of a Christmas story" written for "some magazine." Rare. 7'' x 5''. Loose sheets laid in original tan wrappers as issued. Lettering by Samuel Marsh. 31, [3] pages. Light toning and edgewear to wrappers, with a few tiny closed tears.
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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- Seller
- Type Punch Matrix
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 50614
- Title
- A CHILD'S CHRISTMAS IN WALES
- Author
- Thomas, Dylan
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good plus.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- New Directions
- Place of Publication
- Norfolk, CT
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- 20th century,1950s,English & British,Christmas,ARCs and Proofs
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