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LOUIS J. RHEAD (1858-1926) SCRIBNERS FOR XMAS. 1895. 20x14 inches, 50 3/4x35 1/2 cm. Condition B+: repaired tears at edges, some affecting image; creases and abrasions in margins and along vertical and horizontal folds; stickers on verso along tears and horizontal fold; pin holes in corners. Hinged to mat at top edge. Paper. Rhead designed posters for many different kinds of periodicals (including the newspapers The Morning Sun and The New York Ledger, and magazines such as The Century, The Bookman, St. Nicholas and Scribner's). "Even by Rhead's own high standards, this is a classic" (Gold p. 74). Reims 1317, Kiehl 260, DFP-I 449 (var), American Posters p. 51, no. 87, Gold 104.
