Alias Santa Claus : A Play For Children (First Edition Christmas Play)
by Wilde, Percival
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
New York / London: D. Appleton and Company, 1927. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Clara Elsene Peck. A Christmas play set in a wealthy home with "colorful dialogue", it is attractive for both reading and acting with a cast of eighteen. Cloth backed decorative boards, title printed in green onto paste-down label, glossy illustrated endpapers, 12mo (7-3/8 inches [18.8 cm] tall), pp. (ii), 58, with "(1)" printed at foot of last page indicating a first printing. Volume with light edge wear and some small splash marks to the first few pages, else unmarked. Price-intact DJ is soiled with a few chips and small tears. Credited artwork by Clara Elsene Peck on the DJ and glossy duo-tone endpapers, [who] "... was a member of the American Watercolor Society, exhibited extensively and won many awards." Reed (2001) p. 111.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Harropian Books, IOBA (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2553
- Title
- Alias Santa Claus : A Play For Children (First Edition Christmas Play)
- Author
- Wilde, Percival
- Illustrator
- Clara Elsene Peck
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- D. Appleton and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York / London
- Date Published
- 1927
- Keywords
- Theater ; Christmas Plays
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions;
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About the Seller
Harropian Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Nelson, British Columbia
About Harropian Books, IOBA
Harropian Books is an online bookseller offering a diverse selection of antiquarian, collectible, rare and out of print items. Our focus is on the interesting & unusual, covering all fields. ***** We are a member of the IOBA (Independent Online Booksellers Association) and have attended the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (2011), Rare Book School in Virginia (2014 - Developing Collections ; 2016 - The History of Printed Book Illustration in the West), London Rare Book School (2021 - The History of Maps and Mapping) and Gwain Weaver Art Conservation (2019 - Care and Identification of Photographs).
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...