A Visit from St. Nicholas: Presentation Copy
Poems.
New York: Bartlett & Welford, 1844.
Price:
$6,500.00
First edition. Presentation copy. [5], vi-xi, [3], [15]-216pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Early half morocco and marbled paper covered boards, worn at joints and head of spine, spine label renewed, staining on rear endpaper and pastedown. Provenance: Rev. Dr. Jarvis (author's presentation inscription on the half title). BAL 14348; Joel Silver, “Clement Clarke Moore and ‘A Visit from St. Nicholas’,” AB Bookman’s Weekly, Dec. 23–30, 1996, pp. 2153–2156.
Item #366966
With presentation inscription, "The Rev.d Dr. Jarvis with the respects of the Author," on the half-title.
“A Visit from St. Nicholas” appears at pages [124]–127. This celebrated Christmas poem had been collected in book form in The New-York Book of Poetry (1837), but this marks its first appearance in a volume of Moore’s own verse.
Item #366966
With presentation inscription, "The Rev.d Dr. Jarvis with the respects of the Author," on the half-title.
“A Visit from St. Nicholas” appears at pages [124]–127. This celebrated Christmas poem had been collected in book form in The New-York Book of Poetry (1837), but this marks its first appearance in a volume of Moore’s own verse.
