Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
E.E. Cummings. Santa Claus. Henry Holt and Company, 1946.
Price: US$15.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Spine faded. No jacket, if issued. Pages clean, binding sturdy.
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
E. E. Cummings. Santa Claus a Morality. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1946.
Price: US$29.95 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 18 pages. Light wear only.
Seller: A Book By Its Cover, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
Cummings,e e. Santa Claus a Morality. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1946.
Price: US$34.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Half black and half red cloth cover with gold. This is a dramatic spoken piece with different parts. Book is firm, sqare and clean. Light fading at top and small scratch lower front. No interior marks. 18 pp.
Seller: Sea Chest Books, Tucumcari, NM, U.S.A.
E. E. Cummings. Santa Claus; A Morality. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1946.
Price: US$40.00 + shipping
Description: 27.5 x 19.5 cm. Quarto. 18pp. Red and black cloth in dust jacket. All four corners of jacket flaps are clipped. Pink stain to rear jacket and rear flap which also effects the rear endpapers.Chipping and some tape repaired tears to the jacket. Stain to back cover of boards. Uncommon work.
Seller: Midway Book Store (ABAA), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
e e Cummings. Santa Claus. Henry Holt and Company, 1946.
Price: US$55.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: A Morality" 2nd Printing December 1946. Clean, unmarked interior. Red cloth with bright gilt. Cloth at top and bottom edges is toned and heavily worn, corners rubbed and boards are starting to be exposed. Dust Jacket is poor with large chips and tears. Looks like dampstain to DJ but no scent.
Seller: Stone Soup Books Inc, Waynesboro, VA, U.S.A.
Cummings, E. E.. Santa Claus A Morality. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1946.
Price: US$60.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Clothbound quarto. An 18 pp morality play by Cummings. A handsome very good copy in two-tone red and black cloth covers. The original dustwrapper is (mostly) present, but is in poor condition with several large chips and tears. This is really a nice copy of the book in search of a better wrapper.
Seller: Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.
E.E. Cummings. Santa Claus: A Morality. Holt, 1946.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Henry Holt and Company; New York, 1946. Hardcover. Second Printing. Good, red and black cloth binding with gilt lettering on front board and spine, binding sturdy and intact, some discoloration along board/spine edges, some age spotting/foxing to board buckram, small moisture stain top rear board edge, some age toning to pages, some scattered foxing to text block edges, mild musty odor, some discoloration to pastedowns/endpapers, in a Good, some handling/scuff marks to panels, all four flap corners neatly clipped, scattered foxing verso panels/flaps, moderate edge/corner wear with several tears and chips along edges, clear tape along panel/flap/spine edges and verso, few small chips to turns and spine, Dust wrapper. A good and unmarked copy. 4to[quarto or approx. 11.5 x 13.5 inches], 18pp. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.Please note: Oversized books/sets MAY require additional postage then what is quoted for 2.2lb book.
Seller: Lavendier Books, Foster, RI, U.S.A.
Cummings, E. E.. Santa Claus. Henry Holt, New York, 1946.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The first trade edition, published by Henry Holt in 1946 - a morality. Bound in publisher's black and red cloth. A near fine example of the book with some rubbing to the cloth, and light offsetting to the endsheets. Dust jacket near fine with a few short edge tears and light wear at the folds. A small first printing.
Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
CUMMINGS, E. E.. Santa Claus: A Morality. Henry Holt, New York, 1946.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: [10], 18 pp. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. Three inscriptions (including one from the author) to front blank: "Kiske with love mother 1952" "& may I add my good wishes. E. E. Cummings." and "Carol, a special Christmas present - 1987 - Kiske." Internally a very good copy or better copy. Rear board with dampstain at the top (Santa forgot to wipe the snow off on his way down the chimney).
Seller: Sanctuary Books, A.B.A.A., New York, NY, U.S.A.
Cummings, E.E.. Santa Claus: A Morality. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1946.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Description: Second printing. [10], 18 pp. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. Inscribed. Inscribed on the first blank, "Wishing Lillian Grencher a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. E.E. Cummins, 1948.". Firmage A21a Black and red cloth. Few small dampstains to covers, front board tender, offsetting to flyleaves, in chipped and rubbed dust-jacket
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
E E Cummings. Santa Claus. Henry Holt, New York, 1946.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Original two tone red over black cloth fine in the original dust red and black dust jacket with self-portrait on back cover, now under brodart mylar. The is the second pristing in the same year as the first edition of Santa Claus, A Morality Play, however, this copy is signed by EE on the title page, quite boldly in ink, in his own style unique. 4to. 18 pp.
Seller: Hirschfeld Galleries, Saint Louis, MO, U.S.A.
CUMMINGS, E.E.. Santa Claus: A Morality. Henry Holt, New York, 1946.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition. Small quarto. Just about fine in very good or better dust jacket with modest wear at the crown and light wear. Very scarce in jacket.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Cummings, E. E.. Santa Claus. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1946.
Price: US$3200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Signed limited first edition. Number 31 of a limited 250 copies, signed by E. E. Cummings. In publisher's original red and black cloth stamped in gilt, about Fine. In blue unprinted textured jacket--Firmage describes this being issued with a glassine jacket, hence this blue jacket found here, which is sunned and worn at the extremities with small chips, is likely not the original as issued. Firmage A21.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.