About this Item
Halloween classic re-released 15 years after original. First Thus - Signed by Ray Bradbury on title page - signed, Dated Oct 24, '92 and drawing of Jack-o-lantern on title page. Minor age spots on top binding edges. Dust Jacket is in Near Fine condition. Minor chipping on top edges. Not price clipped. Book is covered by Mylar Brodart. All-ways well boxed, All-ways fast service. Thanks. Seller Inventory # 041747
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Halloween Tree **Signed**
Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc, New York
Publication Date: 1988
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Joseph Mugnaini
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: First Thus.
Book Type: Book
About this title
Bradbury's stories about children are always attended by dread--of change, adulthood, death. The Halloween Tree, while sweeter than his adult literature, is also touched at moments by the cold specter of loss--which is only fitting, of course, for a holiday in honor of the waning of the sun.
This is a superb book for adults to read to children, a way to teach them, quite painlessly, about customs and imagery related to Halloween from ancient Egypt, Mediterranean cultures, Celtic Druidism, Mexico, and even a cathedral in Paris. (One caveat, though: Bradbury unfortunately perpetuates a couple of misconceptions about Samhain, or summer's end, the Halloween of ancient Celts and contemporary pagans.) This beautiful reprint edition has the original black-and-white illustrations and a new color painting on the dust jacket. --Fiona Webster
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