THE CHRISTMAS THINGY. [SIGNED LIMITED EDITION]. de (Clark, Alan M.). Wilson, F. Paul - 2000.

Baltimore: Cemetary Dance Publications, 2000., 2000.. Fine. SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION SIGNED BY BOTH THE ARTIST & THE AUTHOR - Quarto, 11-3/8 inches high by 8-7/8 inches wide. Dark blue cloth titled in gilt on the spine with a vignette in gilt on the front cover, in a color pictorial dust wrapper. The book is housed in a blue cloth slipcase. 34 pages, including the signed limitation leaf, with profuse full-page and textual color illustrations by Alan M. Clark. Fine in a fine slipcase.

First edition. The special edition limited to 350 numbered copies signed by the author F. Paul Wilson and the artist Alan M. Clark.

"Eight-year-old Jessica Atkins wants a monster for Christmas. Not a big, mean monster; more of a friendly little one to play with when she comes home from school, and maybe scare away the mice who live in her big old London house."

Jessica was warned by the housekeeper to be careful what she wishes for as one hundred years ago the Christmas Thingy visited the house and stole the load of Christmas presents. This is the touching story of a young lame girl who befriends the mischievous little monster who indeed does steal something upon leaving, her leg brace which she will no longer be needing.