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Hard Cover, 12mo, measuring (4 3/4 x 7 1/2 inches) in decorative blue paper-covered boards with design of black and gold dots, and with a red paper label applied to front in black ink, 27 pp. A limited edition of 245 copies privately printed for George A. Nelson. Type design by the noted early twentieth century typographer and book designer, Frederic Warde. Warde (1894-1934) was a contemporary of Bruce Rogers, and was active with a number of small presses in the thirties. He became the production manager at Oxford University Press in New York at the latter part of that decade. George A. Nelson is listed as a donor to New York's Grolier Club. This is one of the quintessential Christmas stories penned by Washington Irving in the 1820's which cemented the holiday as a fixture of the holiday calendar of the new republic. Condition: Very Good Plus, with a bit of minor rubbing to edges, in a Good slipcase.
Ref: FINE 8536
$50.00