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Henry Holt and Company, 1946. Hardcover. Good. . Spine faded. No jacket, if issued. Pages clean, binding sturdy.
SANTA CLAUS: A Morality by Cummings, E.E. (Edward Estlin, 1894-1962) - 1946
by Cummings, E.E. (Edward Estlin, 1894-1962)
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SANTA CLAUS: A Morality
by Cummings, E.E. (Edward Estlin, 1894-1962)
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New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. This is No. 200 of 250 copies copies specially printed in red and black by the Aldus Printers and signed by E.E. Cummings. Despondent over having lost touch with the modern world, Santa Claus enters into a Faustian pact with the Devil to become a salesman of fraudulent shares in a nonexistent wheel mine: "Knowledge has taken love out of the world and all the world is empty empty empty." Cummings began writing this play in early 1946 when he received word that his daughter Nancy, who had yet to learn that Cummings was her true father, had given birth to a child of her own. Their estrangement and Cummings's unarticulated wish that their relationship might be different forms the backdrop to this work and significantly, it is dedicated to Dr. Fritz Wittels, Cummings's psychiatrist. The frontispiece portrait and two-color printing are not present in the trade edition. Tall octavo. Original black and red cloth binding, with gilt titles. Minor stain to the front panel; otherwise very good. Firmage A21b.
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- Date Published 1946
- Keywords Poetry, American Literature, Plays, Drama, Santa Claus, E.E. Cummings
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Santa Claus
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Holt, 1946T. hardcover. Good. . Cover shows minor wear, fading, and staining, no dj. Pages tanned with minor scattered foxing. Name of former owner on the ffep.
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Santa Claus; A Morality
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New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1946. Hardcover. Good in Fair dust jacket. 27.5 x 19.5 cm. Quarto. 18pp. Red and black cloth in dust jacket. All four corners of jacket flaps are clipped. Pink stain to rear jacket and rear flap which also effects the rear endpapers.Chipping and some tape repaired tears to the jacket. Stain to back cover of boards. Uncommon work.
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A Fragment of the Chronicles of Nathan Ben Saddi, Printed in Philadelphia by James Chattin, 1758. Facsimile
by Saddi, Nathan Ben [pseud. of Robert Dodsley]; Pennypacker, Samuel [intro.]
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Philadelphia: Philobiblon Club, 1904. While the contents are generally clean, the book is lightly ex-library with reinforced spine, ghosting from tape, without slipcase, and a stamp to the rear pastedown.. Limited to 150 copies, presumably for club members. Features the preface of Samuel Pennypacker who served as President of The Philobiblon Club when this volume was published, and perhaps a bit more noteworthy, was also serving as Governor of Pennsylvania at the time. 4to. [5], 7-18 pp., [1], 15 color plates.
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Santa Claus
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Waynesboro, Virginia, United States
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Henry Holt and Company, 1946. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good-/Poor. A Morality" 2nd Printing December 1946. Clean, unmarked interior. Red cloth with bright gilt. Cloth at top and bottom edges is toned and heavily worn, corners rubbed and boards are starting to be exposed. Dust Jacket is poor with large chips and tears. Looks like dampstain to DJ but no scent.
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Holt, 1946-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. Henry Holt and Company; New York, 1946. Hardcover. Second Printing. Good, red and black cloth binding with gilt lettering on front board and spine, binding sturdy and intact, some discoloration along board/spine edges, some age spotting/foxing to board buckram, small moisture stain top rear board edge, some age toning to pages, some scattered foxing to text block edges, mild musty odor, some discoloration to pastedowns/endpapers, in a Good, some handling/scuff marks to panels, all four flap corners neatly clipped, scattered foxing verso panels/flaps, moderate edge/corner wear with several tears and chips along edges, clear tape along panel/flap/spine edges and verso, few small chips to turns and spine, Dust wrapper. A good and unmarked copy. 4to[quarto or approx. 11.5 x 13.5 inches], 18pp. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available…
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Santa Claus
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Austin, Texas, United States
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Clean, tight book but for mild offsetting to endpapers. In bright dustjacket showing wear to spine and two closed tears front panel. Holt New York 1946 1st Edition Hardback Cloth, tall 8vo. 18pp. Black-cloth-backed red boards, gilt front board and spine, in red and black dustjacket. "A Morality by E.E. Cummings." Short play. Jacket's rear panel features Cummings' famous self-portrait with pipe. Elegantly designed book, printed on laid paper. First printing, so indicated on the copright page. Firmage A21a.
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Santa Claus
by E. E. Cummings
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Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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E-377. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1946. 18 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Previous owner's name present to the FFEP. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The play is an allegorical christmas tale consisting of one act of five scenes. In the play, Santa Claus deals with the increasing materialism and lust for knowledge around him and becomes consumed by it because of death. However, the love Santa has for his family allows him to reject these things EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Santa Claus: A Morality
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New York, New York, United States
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New York: Henry Holt, 1946. Second printing. Hardcover. Good. [10], 18 pp. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. Three inscriptions (including one from the author) to front blank: "Kiske with love mother 1952" "& may I add my good wishes. E. E. Cummings." and "Carol, a special Christmas present - 1987 - Kiske." Internally a very good copy or better copy. Rear board with dampstain at the top (Santa forgot to wipe the snow off on his way down the chimney).
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Santa Claus: A Morality
by Cummings, E.E
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New York, New York, United States
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New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1946. Second printing. [10], 18 pp. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. Black and red cloth. Few small dampstains to covers, front board tender, offsetting to flyleaves, in chipped and rubbed dust-jacket. Second printing. [10], 18 pp. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. Inscribed. Inscribed on the first blank, "Wishing Lillian Grencher a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. E.E. Cummins, 1948.". Firmage A21a
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