A modern Christmas : an excerpt from God rest you, merry gentlemen / by Bill Adams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adams, Bill, 1879-1953, author.

Contributor:

Adams, Bill, 1879-1953., bibliographic antecedent.

Gerry, Vance, publisher.

Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christmas stories.

Genre:

Private press books (Printing)

Printing in multiple colors (Printing)

Deckled edges (Paper)

Untrimmed edges (Binding)

Wrappers (Binding)

Short stories.

Autographs (Provenance) -- U

Penn Provenance:

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Gerry, Vance (autograph) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

[12] pages ; 19 cm

Place of Publication:

[Pasadena, Calif.] : Vance Gerry, [1998]

Notes:

"This story, in its entirety, first appeared in The Atlantic monthly."--Page [11].

"for Christmas, 1998".

Without pagination.

Title in green and black.

Bound, as issued, in decorated paper wrapper with printed label on front cover; edges (some deckled) untrimmed..

Local Notes:

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy has manuscript note ("C1526 ic") in pencil on blank leaf preceding half-title leaf; a few manuscript marks in pencil indicating errors in text.

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2016.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy signed by the publisher ("With best wishes Vance Gerry") in pencil on blank leaf preceding half-title leaf.

Related Work:

Adams, Bill, 1879-1953. God rest you, merry gentlemen, bibliographic antecedent.

OCLC:

225865458