The St. Nicholas Anthology

New York, NY: Greenwich House, 1983. Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9?" tall. Arthur Rackham, E. W. Kemble, Frederick Remington and Howard Pyle. Greenwich House, 1983. First Thus. Former Library Book. Hardcover and Dust Jacket in Good Condition. First published by Random House , 1948-1950. Introduction by May Lamberton Becker. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham, E. W. Kemble, Frederick Remington and Howard Pyle. Solid, handsome, pages spotless. Green cloth binding, lower edges rubbed. Tight and solid with green and yellow endbands. Minimal lib marks-no pocket or card. Pages completely clean, no marks. no creases. Double column format. Although there are many Christmas stories, not all of the works have a Christmas theme. St. Nicholas was a year-round magazine, devoted to bringing the best in writing to children. Stories by Mark Twain, Bret Harte, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Jack London, Eudora Welty, etc. The "St. Nick" was a magazine beloved and awaited anxiously every month when it was published, from 1873 to 1939. This anthology is the "best of the best" selected from these magazines by the editor and his family. 541 pages. 9.4 x 6.25 x 1.5 inches. 1983, Greenwich House.