Nast, Thomas — A Christmas Box

Detroit: Frederick Ruffner, ND. Thomas Nast cartoon, reprinted as a Christmas greeting by book collector Frederick Ruffner. Period advertisements and cartoons on verso. Captions read: "This engraving by Thomas Nast appeared as a double-page spread in the December 26 1885 issue of Harper's Weekly. The montage of advertisements on the reverse appeared in various issues of Harper's in the 1870s and '80s." and "Wishing You a Merry Christmas, Fred and Mary Ruffner." 23-1/2 x 18 inch sheet, folded three times vertically and once horizontally to fit in mailing envelope (included). Fine. From the collection of Frederick Gale Ruffner, Jr. (1926-2014) the founder of the Detroit based reference book publisher, Gale Research. .