A Defective Santa Claus
by Riley, James Whitcomb
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Original green cloth decorated with red holly berries and green leaves, title and author within a gilt wreath. Some fading of cl
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About This Item
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company Company, 1904. First edition with "December" on the copyright page. Illustrations by C. M. Relyea and Will Vawter. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green cloth decorated with red holly berries and green leaves, title and author within a gilt wreath. Some fading of cloth, light soiling of interior , else a very good copy of this Christmas book in dialect. First edition with "December" on the copyright page. Illustrations by C. M. Relyea and Will Vawter. 1 vols. 8vo. BAL 16668
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- Bookseller
- The Old Mill Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20151
- Title
- A Defective Santa Claus
- Author
- Riley, James Whitcomb
- Format/Binding
- Illustrations by C. M. Relyea and Will Vawter. 1 vols. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Original green cloth decorated with red holly berries and green leaves, title and author within a gilt wreath. Some fading of cl
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition with "December" on the copyright page
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Bobbs-Merrill Company Company
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis
- Date Published
- 1904
- Keywords
- American | James Whitcomb Riley
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