The Legend of Befana

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1958. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/very good +. Ronni SOLBERT. Ronni SOLBERT, illustrator. First edition. 12mo oblong; 36, [2]pp; light brown buckram stamped with Befana riding a donkey and moon in blue ink, title in red; color illustrated throughout; unclipped color pictorial dust jacket, light chipping to edges, small closed tear to rear; fine in very good plus dj. A folk story celebrating Befana, the old Italian woman who delivers gifts to children on Twelfth Night, the twelfth night after Christmas, also known as Epiphany in the Christian calendar. Charming illustrations accompany the story.