ANGELS & OTHER STRANGERS:Family Christmas StoriesNew York: Thomas Y. Crowell, (1979).
First edition, first printing.
Contains publisher's first printing number code sequence 1 through 10 to the copyright page.
Nine original short stories all with the theme of personal difficulties during the Christmas holidays told with the compassion pen of Katherine Paterson.
Paterson is a highly acclaimed author notably for her young adult and children's books winning numerous accolades including two Newbery Awards, two National Book Awards and a Hans Christian Anderson Award.
Three of her works were adapted to film BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA (both as a PBS production and a Disney release), THE GREAT GILLY HOPKINS, and POOR LITTLE INNOCENT LAMB.
Fine in cream linen over red boards with blind embossed illustration of an angel flying and blowing a horn to the front cover and with gilt embossed titles to the spine, green end-papers; in a fine dust jacket; original printed $7.95 price still intact to the front inner flap.
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