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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 16mo. 160 pages. Hardcover bound in original decorative cloth with cover designs embossed in gilt. The front cover has a gilt image of Kriss Kringle holding toys beside a Christmas Tree. The binding is rubbed and worn but sound. The cloth is fraying and has brief tears at the spine ends. Corners bumped. A sound copy with secure inner hinges. The text is damped along the bottom margin. Early owner's inscription on the front pastedown reads "C. G. Parker / 18 Garden St. Old Cambridge". Two signatures on the front flyleaf; one is C. T. Parker, and the same signature is on the third flyleaf. There are two stray pencil marks on the "Advertisement" page after the title page. A pencil notation on the title page reads, "Illus with 55 woodcuts". There are 13 full page illustrations and numerous other text engravings. No author given, but Worldcat notes various authors and engravings, including Henry W. Longfellow. His poem, "The Village Blacksmith" (first published in 1840) appears on pages 57-58 and is unattributed. A collection of prose and poetry for children. Not every item in the text pertains to Christmas, although several poems and bits of prose do relate to Christmas.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. no d.j. as Issued. cream, gilt, blind-stamped cloth,(Kriss Kringle decorating a Christmas tree stamped in gilt on upper board) gilt decorated spine, 160 pages, illustrations, including, title page + (14) full page plates, numerous, wood engravings, head and tail pieces, wood engravings variously signed "Brightly." Abel Bowen,George Gilbert, and Neville Johnson.Stories,prose,and verses by various authors intended as a Christmas gift.Some verses by Mrs. M.E. Robbins. "The Village blacksmith " is by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. some light spots to covers, two lines in ink on front blank dated September/46. 6 of the illustrations appearing early in the book have been very neatly hand colored. A Very Good copy of a RARE children's juvenile annual. A very early depiction of Kriss Kringle (Santa Claus) and of a Christmas tree. The trimming of a Christmas tree did not become widely practiced in America until after 1850. Size: 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Book.…