THE HALLOWEEN TREE
Bradbury, Ray
From Robert Gavora, Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Talent, OR, U.S.A.
AbeBooks Seller Since February 19, 1997
Quantity: 1From Robert Gavora, Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Talent, OR, U.S.A.
AbeBooks Seller Since February 19, 1997
Quantity: 1About this Item
Signed by Bradbury on the title page. The trade issue bound in original black cloth with lettering and small mask illustration in silver and red. Fine in fine and bright Mugnaini illustrated dust jacket with light rubbing. The $3.95 price on the front flap is present. A very handsome copy. Seller Inventory # 053914
Bibliographic Details
Title: THE HALLOWEEN TREE
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York
Publication Date: 1972
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Mugnaini, Joseph
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: First edition.
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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