About this Item
Inscribed and signed by author on the front endpaper with an original sketch of the Halloween tree. weight: 1.0 lb. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with light edgewear. Joseph Mugniani 23.5x17 cm. 145 pp. Quarter black cloth over orange boards, silver spine title. Seller Inventory # 291746
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Halloween Tree.
Publisher: Knopf. No date., New York.
Publication Date: 1972
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Joseph Mugnaini
Condition: Near Fine
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: Reprint.
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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