A Visit from Saint Nicholas (The Huntington Library Children’s Classics) - Hardcover

Moore, Clement C.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0873281713 ISBN 13: 9780873281713

Publisher: Huntington Library Press, 2004

Synopsis

Clement C. Moore wrote "A Visit from Saint Nicholas," better known as "'Twas the Night Before Christmas," as a gift for his children. If an enthusiastic houseguest had not sent the poem to a local newspaper editor, the jolly old elf who traveled by reindeer-drawn sleigh might have enlivened only one family's traditions. The Huntington Library's special edition of A Visit from Saint Nicholas is the first to include replicas of the poem written in Moore's own hand and a facsimile of the original 1869 four-color edition, Visit of St. Nicholas, one of the first American children's books printed in color. This modern reproduction of the two items, both in the Huntington's collections, uses state-of-the-art methods to match the character of the original McLoughlin Brothers edition as closely as possible. Whimsical illustrations by an anonymous 19th-century artist show St. Nick delivering a toy drum, a rocking horse, and Union soldier figurines to the cherubic children asleep in their beds.

About this title

About the Author

Clement Clarke Moore (1779-1863) was a professor of Oriental and Greek literature at the General Theological Seminary, where he published biblical and historical studies. He was the first writer to portray St. Nicholas as a jolly, benevolent figure, and he invented many of the attributes we associate with Santa Claus today. Curiously, he never intended to publish the poem.

Edition details

• Publisher: Huntington Library Press
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0873281713
• ISBN 13: 9780873281713
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Editor: Hodson Sara S.