Miracle on 34th Street: [Facsimile Edition]

Valentine Davies. Harcourt Children's Books, $14.95 (136pp) ISBN 978-0-15-216377-8

Several reissues make a reappearance this season. Leading the list is a facsimile edition of Miracle on 34th Street by Valentine Davies. The handsome volume re-creates the 1947 edition with heavy cream-colored paper and a font that emulates the original hot-metal type. (Oct.)

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