The Gifts of the Child Christ and Other Tales
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Overview:
- Title: The Gifts of the Child Christ and Other Tales
- Author: George MacDonald
- Year: 1882
- Publisher: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington
- Price: 21/-
- Pages: 283+268
- Binding: Hardcover
- Type: Collection
- Title Reference: The Butcher's Bills
- Notes: 2 volumes
OCLC, with list of Contents
Publ date inferred from listing The Observer 1882-04-09 p6 "Books Received", and from the next item.
Price from publisher advert The Scotsman -04-19 p15 "Publications"
-- this one "Now Read at all Libraries, 2 Vols, Crown 8vo, 21s"
-- as "The Gifts of the Child Christ and Other Novelettes" (so advertised again in June)
Review Manchester Guardian -05-31 p7 as "The Gifts of the Child-Christ, &c." (mixed)
HathiTrust Digital Library (catalog record) provides full view of one copy each volume -- covers apparently original (nearly plain green cloth?) -- title pages show "The Gifts of the Child Christ, and Other Tales." -- prose stories span Vol I p[3]-248, Vol II p[3]-75 -- II p[79]-268, "If I Had a Father. A Drama." -- Vol II appends 32-page "List of Publications" -- footer, I-p283 and II-p268, two lines: "London: Printed by William Clowes and Sons, Limited, // Stamford Street and Charing Cross."