The Birthday of Little Jesus by Sterling North
1953. First English Edition. Unpaginated. Illustrative jacket over illustrative paper covered boards. Contains colour illustrations throughout. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Thumb-marking present. Visible creasing to gutter. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Heavy crushing to spine ends. Loss to spine. Some tearing and scuffing to boards. Clipped jacket has heavy edgewear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and, creasing. Visible tanning to spine. Some rubbing to surfaces. Scuffing to edges.