The Big Christmas Wonder Book. “Over 150 stories and poems by favourite children’s authors and over 450 illustrations by well-known artists” Fairy tales, adventure and school stories, and retelling of favourite classic stories, plus poems and plays, some with Christmas themes. 16 colour plates and hundreds of illustrations in line. Artists include Anne Anderson, Joyce Mercer, Grace Lodge, Anne Rochester, there are also S G Hulme Beaman Toytown stories, with illustrations by him. There is a “surprise section in full colours” to commemorate the upcoming coronation on May 12th 1937 of His Majesty King Edward VIII. [which of course never happened due to his abdication] This section still has the original decorative paper band around it. 768 pages. 255 x 185 mm [approx. 10” x 7 ¼”] dark blue embossed boards titled in gilt on spine, original publisher’s colourful pictorial dust jacket. Rear cover corner tip bruised and a small closed tear at top of dust jacket else a near fine bright copy. Odhams Press Ltd, 1st edition 1937