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MOORE, Clement C.. The Night Before Christmas, or: Account of a Visit From St. Nicholas. Arundel Press, 1984.

Price: US$390.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First edition thus. Small folio (10 1/4" x 13"). Illustrated with 14 linoleum prints by Clark Henley. Original dark red cloth, printed paper spine label, uncut. Fine and fresh. No other signatures or bookplates. One of 26 lettered copies printed for George Houle (of a total edition of 150), signed by the illustrator, Clark Henley on limitation page. The text is from the first published version, which differs from later versions. According to the publisher this is apparently the first book edition of the text as it originally appeared in the Troy Sentinel, with textual variation.

Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.

Moore, Clement C.. The Night Before Christmas: Or Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas. Arundel Press, 1984.

Price: US$595.00 + shipping

Condition: New

Description: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. New in cloth. 23pp Apparently the first book edition of the text as it originally appeared in the TROY SENTINEL, with textual variation. One of 150 copies hand-set in 24pt Goudy Hand-Tooled and hand printed letterpress by Phillip Bevis and Colin Irwin on 280 gsm Rives BFK paper (appropriately snow-white, of course). The illustrations by Henley appear only in this edition.Illustrated by Ills. by Clark Henley.

Seller: Arundel Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.