The Night Before Christmas
by Moore, Clement C
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0811817121
- ISBN 13
- 9780811817127
- Seller
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Campbellcroft, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
San Francisco: Chronicle Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. 0811817121 . 41 p. 28 cm. Sound and square binding, with cloth-backed spine and paper-covered boards. Upper top fore-corner lightly bumped. A couple of tiny soil marks to the boards. Dust jacket has some wear to the corners, particularly the bottom rear fore-corner. Edges are slightly rippled. A edition of the classic poem of Christmas, also known as "A Visit from St. Nicholas". This edition is illustrated with artwork from past editions by children's book illustrators from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. .
Synopsis
"A Visit from St. Nicholas ", also known as " The Night Before Christmas" and "'Twas the Night Before Christmas " from its first line, is a poem first published anonymously in 1823 . This famous poem helped to cement the image of Santa Claus from the description of his appearance, his transportation, and how he brings the gifts to children on Christmas eve.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Homeward Bound Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6539
- Title
- The Night Before Christmas
- Author
- Moore, Clement C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0811817121
- ISBN 13
- 9780811817127
- Publisher
- Chronicle Books
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- 0811817121
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's - Christmas;
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About the Seller
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