Stated first UK edition with first published statement and complete number line (simultaneous release with US edition by the same publisher). Tight, clean, flat, square, sharp and crisp book in pristine DJ. Gift inscribed on the title page.
An anthology of twelve Christmas tales by various authors. Contents include:
- The Book of Fairy Tales, by Hans Christian Andersen
- The Christmas Cuckoo, by Frances Browne
- The Nutcracker, by E.T.A. Hoffmann
- Father Christmas and the Carpenter, by Alf Proysen
- Why the Sea Is Salt, a Norwegian Folktale
- The Poor Count's Christmas, by Frank Stockton
- Babushka and the Three Wise Men, a Russian Legend
- The Fir Tree, by Hans Christian Andersen
- Schnitzle, Schnotzle and Schnootzle, by Ruth Sawyer
- The Best That Life Has to Give, by Howard Pyle
- The Story of a Cat, by Mary de Morgan
- The Last Dream of the Old Oak Tree, by Hans Christian Andersen