first edition
1899 · New York
by [Moore, Clement C.]
New York: McLoughlin Brothers, 1899. First Edition. Very good in heavy paper, printed wraps over a replacement sewn binding. A quarto measuring 12 1/8 by 9 7/8 inches with a 2 inch closed tear to the fold of the spine of the cover from its lower edge which has been repaired with archival tape. Unpaginated, but containing 14 pages with 7 full color lithographic plates (counting the cover) and line drawings throughout. Identified on the as "158" with a copyright date of 1899 on the front cover. The illustrator is not indicated. Clement Moore's poem comprises the first six pages which includes three full color plates. The remaining pages of text (truncated)