“AND THEN, IN A TWINKLING, I HEARD ON THE ROOF THE PRANCING AND PAWING OF EACH LITTLE HOOF"
(PRICE, Margaret Evans) MOORE, Clement C. The Night Before Christmas. Rochester, New York: Stecher Lith., 1916. Slim, tall quarto, string-bound as issued, original pictorial wrappers. $325.
Early twentieth-century edition of this beloved Christmas poem, lovingly color-illustrated by Margaret Evans Price, the acclaimed children’s book illustrator and co-founder of Fisher-Price.
The illustrator, Margaret Evans Price, was an artist who co-founded Fisher-Price toys with her husband in 1930. She went on to become art director of the company and many of its early toys were based on her children's book illustrations. The pages and boards of this edition have a uniquely shaped rounded top. Gift inscription.
A bit of faint soiling to interior, colors bright and vivid; mild wear to original boards. An extremely good copy.