Description
Signed first edition of Amazing Peace: A Celebration by Maya Angelou, performed by Angelou at the lighting of the National Christmas Tree on December 1, 2005.
Twelvemo, 32pp. Cream hardcover, title printed in red on spine. Red endpapers. An early printing, with number line listed through 4 on the copyright page. Solid text block, a fine example. In the publisher’s fine dust jacket, $9.95 retail price on front flap. Signed on the half-title: “Steve — / Joy! / A Gift from Maya Angelou / 7/2010.”
The first National Christmas Tree was lit in 1923 under President Calvin Coolidge. For the last century, it has been a tradition of the season, unifying members of the White House, local farmers, and the National Park Foundation.
