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Field name | Value |
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Title | Visit of St Nicholas / c.1871-1874 |
Date | c.1871-1874 |
Record ID | 219300 |
Collection Name | McLoughlin Collection |
Reference | McL-PamM8215N6871871b |
Theme | Calendar Events and Holidays Leisure and Play |
Library of Congress Subject | Children's poetry Picture books for children Christmas poetry Winter Christmas Santa Claus Snow Sleep Gifts Dolls Toys Toy horses |
Genre | Poetry and Verse |
Author | Moore, Clement Clarke (1779-1863) |
Publisher | McLoughlin Bros |
Places | New York |
Illustrator | Nast, Thomas (1840-1902) |
Document Type | Pamphlet |
Book Type | Chromolithographs Relief prints Printed wrappers (Binding) Pictorial bindings (Binding) Juvenile literature--1871 Poems--1871 Publishers' advertisements--New York (State)--New York Color printing (Printing) Color printing (Printing)--Plates Presentation inscriptions (Provenance) Illegible markings (Provenance) |
Size | [6] p., [6] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 27 cm |
Page Numbers | 6 , 6 leaves of plates |
Catalog Notes | In verse. Caption title: A visit from St. Nicholas. Title and imprint statement transcribed from p. [1] of wrapper. By Clement Clarke Moore. "McLoughlin Bros., publishers, 71 & 73 Duane St., N.Y."--at foot of p. [4] of wrapper. McLoughlin Bros. was located at 71 & 73 Duane St. between 1871 and 1886. "Aunt Louisa. Big picture series--Quarto demi. Six full page illustrations printed in colors ... Price, 25 cents each [thirty titles listed] ... Golden light series ... 6 kinds ... 15 cents each"--publisher's advertisement, p. [4] of wrapper. These descriptions match those given in the McLoughlin trade catalogue for 1875, with the exception of the Aunt Louisa's big picture series, which the catalogue lists as "Aunt Louisa's big picture books ... fifty kinds." Variant issues noted; another issue has an illustration of Santa Claus filling the stockings; this issue does not have that illustration, but the plates appear to be complete. Cover printed in colored ink. Plates chromolithographed. |
Linked Documents |
Visit of St Nicholas / c.1874 / 1 Visit of St Nicholas / c.1874 / 2 |
Library/Archive | American Antiquarian Society |
Copyright and Source Archive | Content compilation (c) 2020, by the American Antiquarian Society. All rights reserved. |
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