Night Before Christmas A Descriptive Bibliography of Clement Clarke Moore's Immortal Poem

This is the first comprehensive and definitive work ever undertaken to document the publication history of this most famous work in all of Christmas literature. With 100 entries, each of which includes bibliographic and physical description, this book takes the reader on a bibliographic journey from the first publication of the poem in 1823 in the Troy Sentinel (New York) through the year 2000. Seven detailed indexes, a historical essay describing the St. Nicholas legend, Clement Moore, and the origin of the poem are included along with 144 beautiful color and 80 black and white illustrations (not usually found in bibliographies). First ever comprehensive and definitive work documenting the publishing history of the most famous work in all of Christmas literature.Marshall, Nancy H. is the author of 'Night Before Christmas A Descriptive Bibliography of Clement Clarke Moore's Immortal Poem' with ISBN 9781584560715 and ISBN 1584560711.