The Night Before Christmas

Various artists/makers

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Illustrated endpapers (red and white silhouettes), half title with black-and-white vignette, color frontispiece, illustrated title page in black and red ink, note on author with vignette on verso, list of color plates, 2nd half title in black and red ink, pp. 11-(37) including 20 black-and-white illustrations and vignettes and 3 full-page color plates (in addition to frontispiece). Bound in green cloth-covered boards; title and artist printed in green on off-white label, illustrated with Santa Claus, pasted onto front cover.

The Night Before Christmas, Arthur Rackham (British, London 1867–1939 Limpsfield, Surrey), Illustrations: photomechanical process

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The Night Before Christmas, Arthur Rackham (British, London 1867–1939 Limpsfield, Surrey), Illustrations: photomechanical process
The Night Before Christmas, Arthur Rackham (British, London 1867–1939 Limpsfield, Surrey), Illustrations: photomechanical process
The Night Before Christmas, Arthur Rackham (British, London 1867–1939 Limpsfield, Surrey), Illustrations: photomechanical process
The Night Before Christmas, Arthur Rackham (British, London 1867–1939 Limpsfield, Surrey), Illustrations: photomechanical process
The Night Before Christmas, Arthur Rackham (British, London 1867–1939 Limpsfield, Surrey), Illustrations: photomechanical process
The Night Before Christmas, Arthur Rackham (British, London 1867–1939 Limpsfield, Surrey), Illustrations: photomechanical process
The Night Before Christmas, Arthur Rackham (British, London 1867–1939 Limpsfield, Surrey), Illustrations: photomechanical process
The Night Before Christmas, Arthur Rackham (British, London 1867–1939 Limpsfield, Surrey), Illustrations: photomechanical process
The Night Before Christmas, Arthur Rackham (British, London 1867–1939 Limpsfield, Surrey), Illustrations: photomechanical process
The Night Before Christmas, Arthur Rackham (British, London 1867–1939 Limpsfield, Surrey), Illustrations: photomechanical process
The Night Before Christmas, Arthur Rackham (British, London 1867–1939 Limpsfield, Surrey), Illustrations: photomechanical process
The Night Before Christmas, Arthur Rackham (British, London 1867–1939 Limpsfield, Surrey), Illustrations: photomechanical process
The Night Before Christmas, Arthur Rackham (British, London 1867–1939 Limpsfield, Surrey), Illustrations: photomechanical process

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