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The Night Before Christmas

[1931]
Not on view
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.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Night Before Christmas
  • Illustrator: Arthur Rackham (British, London 1867–1939 Limpsfield, Surrey)
  • Author: Clement Clarke Moore (American, New York 1779–1863 Newport, Rhode Island)
  • Publisher: J. B. Lippincott Company (Philadelphia)
  • Printer: R. & R. Clark (Edinburgh)
  • Date: [1931]
  • Medium: Illustrations: photomechanical process
  • Dimensions: 8 7/8 x 5 3/4 in. (22.5 x 14.6 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. John Barry Ryan, transferred from the Library
  • Object Number: 1983.1223.9
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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