The Night Before Christmas.

SCARCE SIGNED LIMITED EDITION OF RACKHAM’S THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS

The Night Before Christmas.

RACKHAM, Arthur.

Item Number: 117827

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1931.

Signed limited first edition, number 275 of only 275 copies. Signed by Arthur RackhamOctavo, original gilt-stamped limp vellum, red and white pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt, with four color plates and 17 in-text line cuts. Near fine in the original slipcase. An exceptional example.

A Visit from St. Nicholas, more commonly known as The Night Before Christmas, is a poem first published anonymously in 1823 and later attributed to Clement Clarke Moore, who claimed authorship in 1837. The poem has been called "arguably the best-known verses ever written by an American" (Edwin Burrows). For this edition of this classic, Arthur Rackham created four full-color illustrations, 17 drawings in black and white, and red and white pictorial endpapers.

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