45 “All The Christmases Roll Down Toward The Two-Tongued Sea…” “I Find That This Small Box Pleases Me Most” 64TAZEWELL, Charles. The Littlest Angel. Chicago, 1946. Slim octavo, original pictorial paper boards, dust jacket. $350 First edition of this beloved Christmas classic, illustrated by Katherine Evans. Following The Littlest Angel’s first appearance in the December issue of Coronet, Helen Hayes became its perennial narrator on radio at Christmastime, and Loretta Young recorded a version for Decca. Contents clean and bright. Book and dust jacket with minor edge wear, small dent in back joint of book corresponding to small closed tear on dust jacket, with tape repair on reverse. A very good copy. “Can’t You Let Yourself Believe In People Like Kris?” 65DAVIES, Valentine. Miracle on 34th Street. New York, 1947. Small octavo, original russet cloth, dust jacket. $1500 First edition of this modern Christmas classic, published to coincide with the release of the famous movie. Davies, an American film and television writer and director, won an Academy Award for Best Story for the film. The screenplay was written by the film’s director, George Seaton, who won an Oscar for Best Screenplay. Book in fine condition; mildly toned, price-clipped dust jacket with short closed tear from upper edge of back panel, shallow chipping to spine ends, slight wear to extremities. A very nice copy. 63THOMAS, Dylan. A Child’s Christmas in Wales. Norfolk, Connecticut, 1955. 12mo, original cream paper boards, dust jacket, custom clamshell box. $750 First separate edition of Thomas’s beloved Christmas story. Published the year after its first appearance in the short story collection Quite Early One Morning, and specially produced for sale at Christmastime 1955. Book with mild toning to boards; toned dust jacket with soiling to front panel, one small spot on rear panel. A very good copy.
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