[Rarebooks] FS: First Appearance in a book of "Twas the Night Before Christmas."
Charles Agvent
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[MOORE, Clement]. "A Visit from St. Nicolas" in THE NEW-YORK BOOK OF
POETRY. New York: George Dearborn, 1837. First Edition. Original
publisher's brown cloth with a central gilt vase design on both covers;
engraved and printed title pages. BAL 3272 and 14347: State A with
NEW-YORK BOOK in sans-serif type. Contains the earliest located formal
book publication of Clement Moore's "A Visit from St. Nicolas," a.k.a.
"Twas the Night Before Christmas." Mild to moderate foxing; cloth with a
few light spots. Very Good or better copy of a scarce book. (#013203)
$2,000.00
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