The Tryal of Old Father Christmas
Chicago: Walter M. Hill, 1937. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding / Very Good dust jacket. Item #10037
Octavo. 128, [1] pp. Limited edition, one of 500 copies. Signed and inscribed by Schmauch on the front free endpaper. As issued, in publisher's cloth with dust jacket. A bright, clean copy in dust jacket with only minor soiling; price has been clipped from the bottom corner of the front flap.
An interesting piece of scholarship with a lengthy introduction presenting reprints of 3 quite rare 17th century pamphlets on Christmas: "The Arraignment, Conviction, and Imprisoning of Christmas" (1646); "The Examination and Tryal of Old Father Christmas" (1678); and "Canterbury Christmas, or a True Relation of the Insurrection in Canterbury on Christmas Day last, A.D. 1647."
Price: $50.00