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CHRISTMAS BOOKS ON EXHIBITION
Widener Library Has Collection Including Several First Editions
An interesting collection of Christmas books and cards is now open to the public in the Widener room of the Library. Included are copied of first editions of Christmas stories by Dickens and Thackeray, illustrated in colors. One of Thackeray's books, the "Rose and the Ring", is illustrated by the author. Two of Dickens' books are presentation copies, bearing his signature.
The collection also includes a "Holiday Grammar" by George Cruikshand, a series of twenty-eight quaint illustrations of Twelfth Night costumes and a number of cards and calendars by Kate Greenaway.
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