Property from the Estate of Hugh Bullock
[MOORE, CLEMENT C.]. "A Visit from St. Nicholas." In: The New-York Book of Poetry. New York: George Dearborn, 1837. Engraved additional title with large vignette. 8vo, original blind floral embossed cloth, covers with central gilt urn device, g.e., spine slightly faded, otherwise very fine; cloth slipcase. FIRST EDITION, BAL's state A (no priority) of the title-page, with the title set in sans-serif type. This early printing of Moore's poem appears on pp. 217-19 (short marginal closed tear on lower margin of pp. 217/218). BAL 3272.
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[MOORE, CLEMENT C.]. "A Visit from St. Nicholas." In: The New-York Book of Poetry. New York: George Dearborn, 1837. Engraved additional title with large vignette. 8vo, original blind floral embossed cloth, covers with central gilt urn device, g.e., spine slightly faded, otherwise very fine; cloth slipcase. FIRST EDITION, BAL's state A (no priority) of the title-page, with the title set in sans-serif type. This early printing of Moore's poem appears on pp. 217-19 (short marginal closed tear on lower margin of pp. 217/218). BAL 3272.
[With:] MOORE, CLEMENT C. Document signed "Clement C. Moore," acknowledging payment of a mortgage by Peter and Anne Chitry. New York, 1 November 1833. One page, 4to, torn along folds, some tape-stains showing through from verso. Signed also by witnesses Nicholas and William Roome.
[With:] MOORE, CLEMENT C. Document signed "Clement C. Moore," acknowledging payment of a mortgage by Peter and Anne Chitry. New York, 1 November 1833. One page, 4to, torn along folds, some tape-stains showing through from verso. Signed also by witnesses Nicholas and William Roome.