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Clement Clarke Moore (1779-1863). A Visit From St. Nicholas.... With Original Cuts, Designed and Engraved by Boyd.
London: The British Library, Reference Division Publications, Printed by The Paragon Press, 1981 First Edition, thus Collectible: Very Good
LIMITATION NOT STATED of this SCARCE Christmas Card printed for the Board of Trustees of the British Library for distribution to their special friends. Accordion Fold Pamphlet. 5 3/4 x 4 3/8 inches. 15, [1 blank] panels. Printed in black and brick-red inks, decorative initial and tailpiece in brick-red ink, 6 engraved cuts printed in black; text unmarked, small pencil notation on front cover (this can be erased). 1 long folded sheet with 7 folds forming 8 panels, printed on both sides, the last panel blank; binding square and tight. Comes in an original mailing envelope addressed to the Jas. S. Copley Library in La Jolla, California, the front of the envelope is printed to reproduce the front cover panel of the pamphlet, includes a printed card from Commander Michael Saunders Watson and members of the British Library Board with Holiday Greetings and New Year Wishes. Only very minor wear from handling, almost as new. Very Good. SCARCE. The text printed here is from the first separately published book of "A Visit From St. Nicholas," printed in New York City by Henry M. Onderdonk in 1848, illustrated with engravings by Theodore C. Boyd (1830 - circa 1899). Boyd used a Dutch handyman, called Peter, as the model for Santa Claus. Later reprint of Clement Clarke Moore's universally-known poem, which was first published anonymously in the Troy, New York Sentinel on December 23, 1823.
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125.00 USD
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Frederick R. Karl A Chronicle of Wasted Time: America in the Seventies
Xlibris Corporation 2002 1401058973 / 9781401058975 First Edition Hardcover Used: Very Good Hardcover
1st printing. 8vo. 556 pp. Index; text clean, un-marked. Gray cloth, gilt spine, dust-jacket; binding square and tight, missing the front free end-paper, otherwise appears to be an un-used copy. Excellent! Your order receives my personal attention.
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24.99 USD
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Union Pacific System. The Pacific Northwest and Alaska.
Omaha, NE: Union Pacific System, 1928 Paperback Collectible: Very Good Paperback
8vo. 10 x 6 7/8 inches. 48 pp. Black-and-white photographic illustrations throughout, 5 maps (most in two-colors); text clean, unmarked. Green pictorial wrappers embossed in blind, red, and light blue-green, stapled; binding square and tight, corners lightly bumped, else Fine. Copyright 1928 by C. J. Collins, General Passenger Agent, Union Pacific System. Gives a overview of what one might expect riding the Union Pacific Railroad throughout the states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Alaska, and the Canadian province of British Columbia. Maps of Crater Lake National Park, Oregon; Rainier National Park, Washington; and the Union Pacific routes of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho; Alaska and the Pacific Northwest; and the Union Pacific System from Chicago, to San Diego, and northward to the Canadian border.
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75.00 USD
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