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Christmas; A Story By Eleanor Roosevelt. Illustrated by Fritz Kredel
by Roosevelt, Eleanor
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- Fine
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- Condition
- Fine/near fine
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. First edition of Christmas by Eleanor Roosevelt, in dust jacket.. Twelvemo, [6], 3-42pp. Illustrated paper boards, light wear at edges, bright illustrations. Publisher's first state dust jacket, faint rubbing to tips of spine, bright illustrations, a near fine example. Housed in a custom blue cloth clamshell.
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
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13401
- Title
- Christmas; A Story By Eleanor Roosevelt. Illustrated by Fritz Kredel
- Author
- Roosevelt, Eleanor
- Illustrator
- First edition of Christmas by Eleanor Roosevelt, in dust jacket.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1940
- Keywords
- President Roosevelt, Hyde Park, This Is My Story, Its Up To The Women, This I Remember, Great Depression, United Nations, President Harry Truman, Adlai Stevenson, Sunrise at campobello, Warm Springs, Equal Rights Amendment, Women in defense, Franklin
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- Fine
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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