Talk:A Child's Christmas in Wales

Great
Great to see a lengthy new WP article for this classic, amazing it's never been before now. Green Cardamom (talk) 08:32, 25 December 2010 (UTC)

Illustrations
The imprint in my copy of this nice little booklet (containing 15 different woodblock illustrations) says the following: "Designed and illustrated by Ellen Raskin ... [copyright formalities] ... Copyright 1954 by New Directions; This edition first published in 1959; Published in Canada by McClelland & Stewart, Ltd.; LOC Catalog Card No. 59-13174 ... [Editor's address] ... Sixteenth printing". My conclusion is confusion - two differently illustrated editions in the same year??? --Kolya (talk) 18:37, 2 April 2017 (UTC)

Who is Mantell?
In the fourth paragraph of “Recording history” it says “Holdridge and Mantell were unable to find an interested publishing company.” There is no other mention anywhere of someone named Mantell. Should this read “Holdridge and Roney”? Can't tell for sure because the cited reference is not online. -- MelanieN (talk) 21:47, 28 December 2018 (UTC)

One and the same person.
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''In 1952 Holdridge was working for a book publisher and Roney (later Mantell) was employed at a recording studio. When they heard that the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas was going to be speaking at the 92nd Street YMCA, they went to hear him read his poetry. The partners sent Thomas a note offering him a business proposition: to record Thomas reading his poetry and the partners would market the recording under their newly conceived record label, Caedmon Records. Thomas agreed, and on February 22, 1952, at Steinway Hall, ...''
 * Cheers! ... Gareth Griffith&#8209;Jones&#160;The Welsh Buzzard 14:40, 29 December 2018 (UTC)