The Family Christmas Treasures collection of fine art and literature, at once both classic and contemporary, celebrates the warm, loving, family Christmas as it is enjoyed throughout the world. It focuses on the secular aspects of a family Christmas: spending time with loved ones, exchanging gifts, anticipating the arrival of Santa Claus, decorating the tree and home, cooking and feasting, caroling, and all the other delights that we associate with the magic of the season.
Included are excerpts from such classics as Dickens' A Christmas Carol and E.T.A. Hoffmann's The Nutcracker, as well as selections - including those from John Donne, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and L. Frank Baum - that appear in their entirety. Christmas stories by major contemporary writers such as Maeve Binchy and Anna Quindlen provide a balance of old and new. Accompanying these texts is a collection of exquisite art in full-page, full-color format. Ranging from classic to modern, this collection includes the imaginative creations of such esteemed artists as Norman Rockwell, Thomas Nast, N. C. Wyeth, and many others.
Beaux Arts Edition
This is a beautiful book. The green cover is padded and has a great feel.
Gold/Gilt on the page edges
Never used, but there are a couple of minor scuffs from the bookstore (see photos)
New, bookstore closeout
Out of Print 2003 Edition
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