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Seven antique and vintage illustrated Christmas books, 1857–1932, including FIVE First Editions.
A strongly curated collection spanning Victorian Christmas imagery through early 20th-century children's book art, withWalter Crane, Maud Gonne, Harry Miller and Ilse Bischoffrepresented.
Highlights include the1857 First EditionA Christmas Book for Childrenwith hand-colored Christmas-tree plate; the illustrated 1872Little Corporalannual;1884 First AmericanChristmas Tree Landwith seven Walter Crane plates; and four later illustrated Christmas/fairy-tale books.
Condition:Good to Near Fine overall; varies by book. See Condition Description.
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An exceptional curated collection of seven antique and vintage illustrated Christmas books spanning 75 years—from a scarce 1857 Victorian Christmas book through the imaginative children's book art of the 1920s and 1930s. Five are First Editions.
This is not a group of ordinary holiday books. The collection brings togetherVictorian Christmas imagery, fairy tales, children's literature, Santa Claus, Christmas trees, period book illustration and decorative bindings, with work associated withWalter Crane, Maud Gonne, Harry Miller and Ilse Bischoff.
Particularly compelling is the1857 First Edition ofA Christmas Book for Children, illustrated with a hand-colored Christmas-tree plate and additional engravings. The 1872 bound volume ofThe Little Corporalcontains wonderful period Christmas imagery including holiday presents, Santa Claus, a Christmas tree and a horse-drawn sleigh.Christmas Tree Landis the1884 First American Edition, withseven Walter Crane plates.
Included are:
- A Christmas Book for Children— T. Stork. Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakiston,1857 First Edition. Illustrated, including hand-colored Christmas-tree plate. Good.
- The Little Corporal—January–December 1872, bound volume in quarter leather. First thus. Profusely illustrated. Very Good.
- Christmas Tree Land—1884 First American Edition, Macmillan. Illustrated withseven plates by Walter Crane. Near Fine.
- Life of Me—1910 First Edition. Illustrated byHarry Miller. Very Good+.
- Ethel Morton and the Christmas Ship— Mabell S. C. Smith.1915 First Edition. Illustrated. Near Fine.
- Celtic Fairy—1923. Illustrated byMaud Gonne. Good.
- The Bird Began to Sing—1932 First Edition. Illustrated byIlse Bischoff, including delightful color and red-and-black Christmas designs. Very Good+.
Together they form a highly visual history of Christmas and children's book illustration across the Victorian, Edwardian and early modern periods. An unusually substantial ready-made collection for the collector ofantique Christmas books, illustrated children's books, fairy tales, Walter Crane, Victorian Christmas imagery and holiday book art.
Condition:Good to Near Fine overall, varying by volume. See individual condition grades and Condition Description.
Please see my other listings for additional carefully curated antique and illustrated book lots.
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