Visit Nicholas, Signed (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Green, Norman (illustrator). 1st Edition, 1st Prt. 1ST PRT.A new look at Clement C. Moore's classic poem. Illustrated by Green, Norman. 1st edition. Slight soil on DJ. SIGNED ON BOOKPLATE BY JUDITH VIORST. Signed by Author(s).

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Boyd (illustrator). Booklet, stapled. [8]pp. With original cuts, designed and engraved by Boyd. nd. [circa1995]. Gift message to inside front cover. Otherwise, an excellent copy. (ar10). Inscribed.

First Edition Thus. A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS / The Night before Christmas, Atlantic Monthly Press, 1921, the slightest of wear to the spine extremities and corner tips, else fine in color patterned boards plastic dust-wrapper with three full color pictorial woodcuts by Florence Wyman Ivins. DeSIGNED by Bruce Rogers.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition thus. Small folio (10 1/4" x 13"). Illustrated with 14 linoleum prints by Clark Henley. Original dark red cloth, printed paper spine label, uncut. Fine and fresh. No other signatures or bookplates. One of 26 lettered copies printed for George Houle (of a total edition of 150), signed by the illustrator, Clark Henley on limitation page. The text is from the first published version, which differs from later versions. According to the publisher this is apparently the first book edition of the text as it originally appeared in the Troy Sentinel, with textual variation. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Condition: Very good. First Edition. Inscribed first edition of this collection of Moore's verse, the first with "The Night Before Christmas," then still known by its original title, "A Visit from St. Nicholas." With this poem, Clement Moore created the modern Santa Claus. Christian legends and European folktales of St. Nicholas had existed before, but Moore's imagery - helped along in the 1860s by Thomas Nast's iconic illustrations - gave us the Santa Claus that children recognize today: jolly and plump, wearing a red suit with white fur trim. First published in 1823 in the TROY SENTINEL in New York, the poem became a popular inclusion in newspapers throughout the 1820s. However, these publications were anonymous; it was not until the poem's publication in 1837 anthology (THE NEW-YORK BOOK OF POETRY) that it was attributed to Clement Moore. Clement himself did not claim it directly in print until this 1844 collection: "his first public acknowledgment of authorship" of the poem (Marshall, 10). A major edition of a cultural touchtone, scarce inscribed. 12mo, 7'' x 4.5''. Contemporary half navy calf, blue cloth boards, expertly rebacked with original spine laid down, raised bands, gilt stamped spine. Endpapers renewed. xii, [13]-216 pages. Inscribed by Moore in ink to half title: "To Mrs. James L. Moore, / with the respects / of the author." Cracking to gutter at half title (still firm), with some foxing to early and final leaves. Interior largely clean. Housed in custom full red goatskin clamshell box. Signed.

First Edition. POEMS, Bartlett and Welford, 1844, first edition, 216 pages, wear to fore edge corner tips, now tanned spine professionally reattached, title page and half-title page laid in and wanting same, else a good to very good copy rebound in full leather with raised spine and decorated compartments, with gold-gilt ruling and like decorations to the front and rear cover as well. The authors first book. Inscribed by the author on the half-title page. (Yes. Of course it contains the first book appearance of that poem!).

PAPER BACK TAN. Condition: GOOD. F.O.C. DARLEY (illustrator). General slightly soiled cover, few finger smudges on cover, corners bent, creased at corners, 2" split in foot of spine, light age-toning to pages, a few sloil stains, cover detached from text, foxing. The poem appeared earlier in some newspapers and almanacs. This copy is published alone in it's complete form as a single poem in book format as one the first illustrated editions of "A Visit from Saint Nicholas," or; "Night before Chistmas." 1862. Cover has title in red and green ink with St. Nicholas in center of letters, Illustrated from Drawings by F.O.C. Darley, entered into the Act of Congress in 1862. Holly berries and leaves are the background for an inch and a half circular image of a lit long pipe smoking full bearded Santa. Each page has an illustrated image occuping a third of the page ( signed N. Orr & Co.I assume this is the engraver or printer). 6 different images of Santa. . Title:The Night Before Christmas: A Descriptive Bibliography of Clement Clarke Moore's Immortal Poem with Editions from 1823 through 2000.The entry number is 54 for this edition ''Twas the Night before Christmas', also known as 'A Visit from St Nicholas' was written in 1822 by Clement Clarke Moore and was originally written for his family (supposedly on Christmas Eve, but this may have just been part of a marketing strategy from the publishers). It was first published in the Troy (New York) Sentinel on 23rd December 1823. From that date onwards it has been published in many magazines, newspapers, books, and anthologies, as well as being used as the basis for films, radio and television programmes. The poem was first printed as a book in 1837. The poem paints a perfect, romantic image of the ideal family Christmas, from the stereotypical picture of the family on Christmas Eve to the make-believe image of St. Nicholas landing his sleigh on the roof of the house and slipping down the chimney, and the reading of this poem on Christmas Eve is a tradition in families all over the world. It takes the reader into the realms of fantasy and at the same time it gives child readers something exciting to believe in, because of course most children are taught to believe in Father Christmas from a very young age. This poem historically appears to be the first mention of St. Nicholas actually having a sleigh and reindeer, which seems to be almost unbelievable in today's society with all of the Christmas merchandise sold with a picture of a sleigh or reindeer on them. Even the description of St. Nicholas as a plump man with 'cheeks like roses' (line 38), a smile, a wobbly belly, and a bag full of toys on his back has been carried forward through history to give the present day conception of Santa Claus / Father Christmas / St. Nicholas DATE PUBLISHED: 1862 EDITION: 7.