83 GIFTS “Happy Christmas To All And To All A Good Night” 110(MILOCHE, Hilda and KANE, Wilma) MOORE, Clement C. Night Before Christmas. Racine, Wisconsin, 1947. Tall slim quarto (9-1/2 by 13 inches), original staple-bound stiff pictorial wrappers. $300 Colorfully illustrated edition of the cherished Yuletide poem, with bright full-color wrappers and full-color illustrations, a beautiful copy. This edition features vivid color illustrations by Hilda Miloche and Wilma Kane on every page. Issued the same year in cloth, no priority established. Two pages with faint line of offsetting; very slight rubbing to corners. A bright, lovely, near-fine copy. The Night Before Christmas, Illustrated By Cartoonist Ethel Hays 109(HAYS, Ethel) MOORE, Clement C. The Night Before Christmas. Akron, Ohio, 1941. Slim folio, original “cloth-like” illustrated wrappers. $325 Mid-20th century edition of the cherished Yuletide poem, with seven color illustrations (three doublepage) and covers by pioneering female cartoonist Ethel Hays. This edition features vivid color illustrations by Ethel Hayes on each page. Hays’ edition of Moore’s Night Before Christmas is characteristic of her “exuberant, curvilinear style, perfectly capturing the whimsy and energy” of her subject (Patricia Hall). Fine condition.
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