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The gift of the Magi / O. Henry.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Tehon Collection Art and Design PS2649.P5 G5 1960
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Henry, O., 1862-1910.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Christmas stories, American.
- Genre:
- Short stories.
- Penn Provenance:
- Tehon, Atha (former owner) (Tehon Collection copy)
- Tehon, Susan (donor)
- Lee, Ruth Sara (donor) (Lee Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 6 unnumbered pages, 26 pages ; 13 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Garden City, New York : Doubleday & Company, In., [between 1960 and 1969?]
- Summary:
- A husband and wife sacrifice treasured possessions in order to buy each other Christmas presents.
- Notes:
- "This special edition ... is inspired by the St. Hugh's Press Ltd. (London [1949]) edition of the story reprinted from The four million by O. Henry, copyright 1906, Doubleday & Company, Inc."--Title page verso.
- Red cloth spine, green paper boards with oval title paper label on front cover. Glassine dust jacket.
- Local Notes:
- Tehon Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Susan Tehon.
- Tehon Collection copy: glassine dust jacket retained.
- Tehon Collection copy has signed Christmas wishes from Thérèse D--- and Frances D--- of the Junior Literary Guild laid in.
- Penn Libraries Lee Collection copy has glassine dust jacket.
- OCLC:
- 184962170
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