DU MAURIER, Daphne.

Happy Christmas.

London: Todd Publishing Group, 1952.

First Edition Thus / First Standalone UK Edition. Small octavo (approx. 18cm x 12cm). Publisher's original textured beige cloth boards, clean and firm. In the scarce original bright red pictorial dust jacket featuring white holly branch motif, priced at 2'6 net to front flap. Copyright page states "Published in this Edition Christmas 1952".

Text block edges lightly toned as uniform with paper stock of this period, otherwise clean and free from internal markings. Dust jacket shows minor chipping and small closed tears to the upper edges and head of spine, but remains remarkably bright, vivid, and intact.

A highly presentable, scarce copy of Du Maurier's poignant wartime Christmas short story, rarely found retaining its fragile original jacket.