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The Night Before Christmas
by Clement C. Moore
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0762424168
- ISBN 13
- 9780762424160
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
$15.00$10.50
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Philadelphia, PA: Running Press Book Publishers, 1995 Running Press Book Publishers, Philadelphia, PA. 1995. Hardcover. 8th Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Near Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($9.95); scant wear to head, tail, and lower tips. Pictorial heavy laminate boards and spine with red and black lettering on the spine; gilt on the front board with Santa Claus picture. Pictorial endpapers. 46 pp Folio. The author penned this Christmas poem in 1823 as A Visit From St. Nicholas and was printed in the NY Sentinel. This book is reproduced in a special large format for children with full-color illustrations for the classic story of the night before Christmas. A clean very presentable gift-quality copy. Due to size/weight, no international shipping.
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
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010098
- Title
- The Night Before Christmas
- Author
- Clement C. Moore
- Illustrator
- Christian Birmingham
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0762424168
- ISBN 13
- 9780762424160
- Publisher
- Running Press Book Publishers
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, PA
- Date Published
- 1995
- Size
- Folio - over 12 - 15" tall
- LCCN
- 2006287100
- Keywords
- Christmas, St. Nicholas, Clement c. Moore, Christmas Eve, poet, christmas poem, A Visit from St. Nicholas, New York Sentinel, Twas The Night Before Christmas,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art/Music/Motion Pictures/Television; Adolescent/Childrens Books;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
Glossary
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Folio
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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- Children & Juvenile Children’s Fiction & Literature
- Children & Juvenile Pop-Up Books
- Children & Juvenile Picture Books
- Fiction & Literature Classic Literature
- Children & Juvenile Juvenile & Young Adult Juvenile Fiction & Literature Juvenile Classics
- Children & Juvenile Juvenile & Young Adult Juvenile Nonfiction
- Children & Juvenile Children's Age-Range Ages 9-12
- Children & Juvenile Juvenile & Young Adult Juvenile Fiction & Literature Juvenile Christmas Fiction
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