In the Bleak Midwinter

Riverdale CA: Bo Press, 2014. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hardcover. Limted Edition miniature book. Signed by book artist. In 1872 Scribner's Magazine asked the English Poet Christina Rossetti for a Christmas poem, and she gave them this. It was published posthumously in Rossetti's 'Poetic Works' in 1904. It became a Christmas carol when Gustav Holst set the poem to an old hymn tune in 1906. Other musical settings have been written, most notably that of Harold Edwin Darke in 1909. In this charming Christmas book, Holst's golden notes run through the pages, hidden by the winter storm.At the end of the song, the sun breaks through in glory. The book is bound in white Strathmore laid paper, and has a dust jacket with the final image used in the book. In fine condition. 1 5/16 x 2 inches. 36 pages with one continuous illustration. MINI/080724. (Inventory #: 37413)