Details

Subject(s)

• Santa Claus—Pictorial works [Browse]
• Christmas poetry [Browse]

Author

• Webster, Geo. P. (George P.) [Browse]

Illustrator

• Nast, Thomas, 1840-1902 [Browse]

Publisher

• McLoughlin Bros [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Poetry [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Printed wrappers (Binding)—19th century [Browse]
• Publishers' advertisements—19th century [Browse]

Series

Aunt Louisa's big picture series

Notes

• Title, imprint, and series from upper wrapper; series at head of title.
• Statement of responsibility from caption title on front pastedown.
• Date based on McLoughlin Brothers' "71 & 73 Duane St." address on lower wrapper of Cotsen c. 1 and Ex copies (McLoughlin at that address from 1872 to 1886).
• In verse, beginning: "This nice little story for girls and boys / Is all about Santa Claus, Christmas, and toys."
• 6 bifolia, printed on one side only, bound so ills. face text, with first and last leaves of text laid down to wrappers.
• Illustrated by Thomas Nast; last plate signed with a stylized "TN." (plates with different coloring and detailing from another McLoughlin ed. of this title, although without apparent precedence; cf. GAX copy).
• Princeton copy 3 Ex copy : Imperfect: wanting first text leaf and first two chromolithographed leaves.
• Princeton copy 1 Cotsen c. 1 : "McLoughlin Bros., New York"--At foot of upper wrapper.
• Princeton copy 2 Cotsen c. 2: "McLoughlin Bros., New York"--At foot of upper wrapper.
• Princeton copy 3 Ex copy: "McLoughlin Brothers, Publishers, N. Y."--At foot of upper wrapper.
• Princeton copy 1 Cotsen c. 1: "Enna Buffington"--Inscribed on front pastedown.
• Princeton copy 1 Cotsen c. 1 : Pink wrappers, printed in red, gray, yellow, and black, showing Santa seated on a check-patterned, red and yellow carpet.
• Princeton copy 2 Cotsen c. 2: Pink wrappers, printed in red, gray, yellow, and black, showing Santa seated on a check-patterned, red and yellow carpet.
• Princeton copy 3 Ex copy: Yellow wrappers, printed in red, green, yellow, and black, showing Santa seated on a yellow carpet.
• Princeton copy 1 Cotsen c. 1 : Lower wrapper publisher's advertisement set within decorative border, listing titles in Aunt Louisa's Picture Books for Children and the Golden Light series.
• Princeton copy 3 Ex copy: Lower wrapper publisher's advertisement set within decorative border, listing titles in Aunt Louisa's Picture Books for Children and the Golden Light series.
• Princeton copy 2 Cotsen c. 2: Lower wrapper publisher's advertisement set within plain double-ruled border, listing titles in Aunt Louisa's Big Picture Series, as well as New Paper Dolls, Dolly Varden Dolls, and the Chiromagica "question-answerer" (probably a slightly later state of the advertisement, based on the number of Aunt Louisa titles).

Binding note

Pub. wrappers, upper with color-printed design featuring a vignette of a sewing Santa set beneath decorative title within a decorative border (copying those in Warne toy books).

Other title(s)

• Santa Claus & his works
• Santa-Claus and his works

OCLC

33001665

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