THE STOCKING WERE HUNG BY THE CHIMNEY WITH CARE
The Night Before Christmas
Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1931.
First Rackham edition. Edition de Luxe, number 139 of 550 copies signed by the illustrator. 8vo. Original limp vellum, lettered in gilt, in the original glassine jacket and housed in the original slipcase, hand-numbered label to spine. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Pictorial endpapers, colour frontispiece and three colour plates, with many line and silhouette drawings. A fine copy, protected by the chipped original glassine. The slipcase is also in very good condition.
A beautiful copy of Clement C. Moore's famous Christmas poem, wonderfully brought to life by Rackham's illustrations.
Stock ID: 38839
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