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A Visit from Saint Nicholas (Huntington Library Children's Classics)

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I know there are many books on the famous poem,but this one has illustrations from way back in 1869. Like old Victorian Christmas cards,this captures the artwork of it's time. Along with a copy of the handwritten poem and the first class artwork,makes this an awesome gift to treasure,and to pass down the generations.

The other fantastic version is again a reproduction of the poem, (Philomel Books)McLoughlin Bros.,but from 1888,with Santa in a green coat.

These are the two books you will ever need to partner the classic old poem.Both hardback,and from Amazon.com

A lovely reproduction at a good price. Just be aware that there is a long introduction which is very good and informative, and it takes away from the illusion the entire book is a fascimile of the original. The introduction was not written for kids--in most cases you would probably have to be a teenager or older to appreciate it fully. And I suspect the audience most interested in the Night Before Christmas are kids, or adults who are kids.

In any case its well worth having as there arent that many available reproductions of earlier Christmas books that are hard cover and good value.