Christmas comes but once a year so celebrate it in style with A Christmas Treasury, a collection of classic stories and poems that commemorate the yuletide season. Abundantly illustrated with the work of Arthur Rackham, Mary Cowles Clark, Alice Ercle Hunt, and other titans of the Golden Age of Illustration, the book features the full texts of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol and L. Frank Baum's The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, as well as stories by Louisa May Alcott, Lucretia Hale, Harriet Beecher Stowe, L. M. Montgomery, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, O. Henry, and William Dean Howells. Of course it wouldn't be Christmas without ';A Visit from St. Nicholas,' and this volume includes, in addition to that timeless classic from Clement Clarke Moore, a selection of poems by Lewis Carroll, Mary Mapes Dodge, Harriet Prescott Spofford, William Cotter Wilson, and others. So trim the tree, hang the stockings, and deck the halls! A Christmas Treasury is the perfect accompaniment to all of the holiday's festivities, with stories and poems that will appeal to readers young and old and continue to delight and entertain into the new year and beyond.A Christmas Treasury is one of Barnes & Nobles Collectible Editionsclassics. Each volume features authoritative texts by the worlds greatest authors in an exquisitely designed bonded-leather binding, with distinctive gilt edging and a ribbon bookmark. Decorative, durable, and collectible, these books offer hours of pleasure to readers young and old and are an indispensable cornerstone for every home library.
| ISBN: | 9781435164604 |
| Publication date: | 3rd October 2017 |
| Author: | Various |
| Publisher: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | Ebook (Epub) |