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This rare softcover variant represents the historic true first appearance of the story, printed exclusively as a special holiday pull-out supplement inside the 1956 Christmas issue of McCall\'s Magazine. This fragile format predates the standard commercial hardcover edition by nearly three decades (which wasn\'t widely published until 1985). Finding these original paper inserts with completely clean, crisp internal pages free of children\'s doodles or tears is incredibly uncommon. Features the classic, bright mid-century holiday illustrations by Bemelmans. A premier addition for serious antiquarian children\'s book collectors.Authentic 1956 First Appearance (\"A McCall\'s Book\" / \"© Copyright 1956 by Ludwig Bemelmans\" on lower cover)
Clean, unmarred, crisp, and firmly bound. Kept safely in a smoke-free, climate-controlled environmentThis delicate item will be shipped with professional care inside an archival-safe sleeve, sandwiched flat between thick rigid cardboard sheets to ensure safe transit.
