The Saintmaker's Christmas Eve; A Dramatic Fable of Human Nature and the Divine in the Upper Rio Grande Country of 150 Years Ago by Horgan, Paul - 1955

Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, 1955. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Ben Carlton Read. Jacket has a few small tears about 1/2". Cover is good. Pages are clean. Christmas story told with color and suspense. Set in New Mexico 1809. Priorr owner's name on pasted page. Seller Inventory 294 #294115

Macmillan and Co, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Wegner, Fritz. No edition stated, presumed first. The jacket is a little edge worn and the back a bit age toned. The spine is slightly edge frayed at the top and heel. There are minor marks and two closed tears at the back less than 0.5cm. There is tanning on the end pages. There is a stamp at the bottom of the front end page, there are no other inscriptions and the binding is excellent.. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Macmillan and Co., 1956. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1956. No edition remarks. 88 pages. Dust jacket over red cloth. Black and white illustrations throughout. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing to endpapers. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and faint marking to boards. Mild sunning to board edges and spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Boards are mildly warped. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing. Notable rubbing and marking all over.

Santa Fe, NM: William Gannon, 1978 William Gannon, Santa Fe, NM. 1978. Hardcover. Reprint of the 1955 original. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine. No DJ as issued. White linen boards and spine with gilt lettering within a red field of leather adhered to the spine. 112 p 8vo.In 1809 New Mexico, a missioner teaches two boys, Roberto and Carlos, how to carve saints for the local churches and they soon become sought after. When Roberto returns home an tells Carlos he didn't make the congregation pay for the statue of St. Christopher and Jesus, Carlos is upset until Roberto explains what happened that Christmas Eve.This story revolves around Roberto's experience on Christmas Eve, as he lost his way in a storm, while taking a St. Christopher to an isolated village. And of the miraculous appearance of the Saint. And then of the meeting again with the old priest, who too had been led by St. Christopher- and gained that vision for which he had yearned in vain. A clean very… Read More

New York: Farrar, Straus and Cudahy. A clean, crisp hardcover in very good condition; sticker ghost on paste down, light shelf wear. Good DJ in mylar cover; age-toned, light edge wear includes several small chips. SiGNED by the author. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1955.

Dallas: Somesuch Press. Fine+. 1987. Hardcover. ; Book is pristine. Signed on colophon. This is number 190 of a limited edition of only 250. 2.65" x 3". .