The Night Before Christmas. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. London: George Harrap, 1931. First Edition, Trade Issue. Publisher’s orange cloth covers, lettered in black, pictorial endpapers, with original pictorial dust jacket, with some small tears along edges, contents in fine condition.

The first edition was published in wrappers on laid paper, a hardback edition followed in 1932.

Clement C. Moore’s classic story accompanied by wonderful, whimsical illustrations by artist Arthur Rackham – four coloured plates and numerous drawings in pen & silhouette.

A particularly fine example of the scarce first trade edition of this beautifully illustrated Christmas Book.