The Christmas Dream of Little Charles (Illustrated 1856 Chapbook)

New York: Kiggins & Kellogg, 1856. Second Series, No. 5. Paperback. Good. Second Series, No. 5. Paperback. 3 5/8" X 2 1/4". 16pp. Bound in sewn printed wraps with vignette of a horse to upper wrap, with splitting to spine reinforced with archival adhesive. Moderate wear to wraps, with dust soiling, edgewear, and stain to spine and bottom corner intruding into text block. Occasional crease to age-toned but otherwise unmarked pages. Illustrated in two full-page, six small woodcuts, cover and title page illustration of a pony, and two tracery designs serving as headpiece and tailpiece to the poem "The Little Colt" on the last two pages following the narrative. An admittedly worn but still solid and complete copy of this chapbook starring Santa Claus, about a boy who wishes for a horse for Christmas.