About this Item
An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. ; 145 pages; Description: 145 p. : illus. ; 24 cm. Subjects: Time travel --Halloween --Fiction. SIGNED and inscribed by Bradbury to author Jim Wagner. Small illustration by Bradbury also present. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 151421
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Halloween Tree / Illustrated by Joe ...
Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf
Publication Date: 1972
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Joseph Mugnaini
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: First Edition.
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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