Christmas
by Eleanor Roosevelt
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
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Centreville, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Stated first edition of this Christmas story by Eleanor Roosevelt. Small octavo, original pictorial boards. Fine in a Fine unclipped dust jacket. Illustrations by Fritz Kredel. Very minor rubbing to the tips.
Synopsis
Penned during WWII, the story Christmas by Eleanor Roosevelt addresses the painful losses of war. Set in the occupied Netherlands, in 1940, this book tells the tale of a little Dutch girl named Marta, who struggles to find love and peace after her father is killed in the war.
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- Bookseller
- EGR books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3003
- Title
- Christmas
- Author
- Eleanor Roosevelt
- Illustrator
- Fritz Kredel
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Alfred Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1940
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions;
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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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