Ashdown, Dulcie M. (ed.). — Christmas Past. A Selection from Victorian Magazines.
London: Elm Tree Books/Hamish Hamilton, 1976, 1st ed.; 152 pp., num. bl/wh ill., hardb., gilt lett. on sp., dustwr. Some small stains on dustwr. F/VG ¶ l A selection of Christmas stories for young and old, spanning forty years of Victorian magazines. With recipes for Christmas dinners and juvenile parties. Also Christmas gifts made at home: a picture-easel made of a disused box or a hanging case for pens and pencils, all `for the benefit of home workers'. A wonderful book, with a foreword by Jilly Cooper.