About this Item
NY: Alfred A Knopf. 1972 date on copyrt pg, 1988 on jacket rear flap, c.1988. Edition unknown. Mugnaini illustrations. 12.95 on jacket front flap. Hardcover 8vo 145 pgs. B/w illustrations. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Black cloth spine with silver gilt, orange paper covered boards. Jacket edgeworn and has small edge tears. (Horror, Time Travel, Fiction) Inquire if you need further information. Seller Inventory # B38121-SF-BRA
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Halloween Tree
Publisher: Knopf
Publication Date: 1972
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Joseph Mugnaini
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
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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