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The message of the bells; or, What happened to us on Christmas eve / written and illustrated by Hendrik Willem Van Loon, with music by Grace Castagnetta.
LIBRA Special PS3543.A58 M4
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Van Loon, Hendrik Willem, 1882-1944.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Christmas stories.
- Genre:
- Christmas stories.
- Short stories.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Carney, Bob (autograph) (Culture Class Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 16 pages : color illustrations, music ; 17 cm
- Other Title:
- What happened to us on Christmas Eve
- Place of Publication:
- Garden City, N.Y. : [Author], [1942.]
- Notes:
- "Copyright, MCMXLII, by Hendrik Willem van Loon."
- "First edition."
- Includes music ("The prayer of thanksgiving") p. 16.
- White paper covered boards with illustration on front; lettered in gilt. Illustrated endpapers.
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has ms. note "for a happy Christmas season Mother and Daddy" highlighted/crossed out on p. [3].
- Culture Class Collection copy inscribed "Dick and Katherine with best wishes Bob Carney".
- OCLC:
- 312682
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