The First Christmas Tree. A Story of the Forest

Van Dyke, Henry. The First Christmas Tree. A Story of the Forest. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1897. First edition. Sm. 8vo. 76pp. Gilt and green decorated olive cloth with gilt decorated spine in glassine wrapper. Head and tail of spine slightly bumped. Heavy tearing and chipping to glassine. Top edge gilt. Fore-and bottom page edges untrimmed. Frontispiece protected by captioned tissue guard. Decorated title page. Illustrated with full page gravures by Howard Pyle. Cover designed by Amy Richards (active 1896-1918). Her monogram and “A” and “R” joined with a common center stroke. Glassine in poor, book in very good condition. g. Hardcover. (13897) $64