"The Night Before Christmas" by Clement C. Moore, illustrated by Christian Birmingham, published by Courage Books, An Imprint of Running Press, Philadelphia and London, 1995, First US Edition, 4th Printing.

Original dust jacket, illustrated hard boards have the same design as the jacket, folio, large format: 10" x 13"; blue decorated endpapers ["Watkins" is written inside front cover], 48 pages with large paintings on high quality glossy paper, very good near fine condition.

"Clement C. Moore's timeless Christmas Eve poem comes to life in this New York Times bestselling illustrated edition of The Night Before Christmas. With gorgeous illustrations by award-winning, renowned children's book illustrator Christian Birmingham, this gorgeous oversized picture book is sure to become a holiday classic for years to come."

"A Visit from St. Nicholas," routinely referred to as "The Night Before Christmas" and "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" from its first line, is a poem first published anonymously under the title Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas in 1823 and later attributed to Clement Clarke Moore, who claimed authorship in 1837. The poem has been called "arguably the best-known verses ever written by an American" and is largely responsible for some of the conceptions of Santa Claus from the mid-19th century to today.

Christian Birmingham (born 1970) is a British illustrator and artist who has worked with children's writers including the Children's Laureate Michael Morpurgo, on books including Whitbread Children's Book of the Year The Wreck of the Zanzibar and Smarties Prize winner The Butterfly Lion. He was also shortlisted for the Kurt Maschler Award and Kate Greenaway Medal for illustration.

US: Media (c.2-4 days) --------- $12.50
Canada: 1st Class (c.2-4 weeks) -- $28.50
World: 1st Class (c.2-5 weeks) --- $42.50