TheNightBeforeChristmas.com has a collection of antique, illustrated versions of Clement Clarke Moore's "A Visit from St. Nicholas," more popularly known as "The Night Before Christmas" or "'Twas the Night Before Christmas." The following pages contain high resolution scans of some favorite antique illustrated versions of Twas The Night Before Christmas. We hope you enjoy these antique versions as much as we do. Alibris and AbeBooks - Rare Books may have copies of some of these books if you are interested in them.

The largest collection of illustrated, antique, versions of Twas The Night Before Christmas on the internet is the SantaClaus.com collection at VisitFromStNicholas.com

If you want to learn more, there is a discussion in the SantaClaus.com Christmas Forums. SantaClaus.com has some more of the favorite editions, SantaClaus.com Illustrated Night Before Christmas pages.

1824/1825 late 1824 (1825 date) United States Almanac of A Visit from St. Nicholas (6)	1849 1849 Spalding & Shepard reprint (32)
March 13, 1862 late 1800s or early 1900s copy of Holographic Copy by Moore (53 reprint)	1864 A Visit from St. Nicholas, L. Prang & Co (59)	1866 Christmas Poems and Pictures - A Visit from St. Nicholas, Hurd & Houghton (???)	1869 The Night Before Christmas, or A Visit of St. Nicholas, McLoughlin Bros, Linen (66)
1883 The Night Before Christmas, Alternate cover Porter & Coates (97)	1886 A Visit from Santa Claus, Virginia Gerson, White Stokes & Allen (102)	1895 St. Nicholas, McLoughlin Bros (???-shape book)
1896 The Night Before Christmas, or A Visit of St. Nicholas, McLoughlin Bros	1896-ca The Night Before Christmas, or A Visit of St. Nicholas, McLoughlin Bros	1896-ca The Night Before Christmas, or A Visit of St. Nicholas, Linen, McLoughlin Bros (118)
1898 The Night Before Christmas, Raphael Tuck and Sons, Linen (128)	1898 A Visit from Santa Claus, McLoughlin Bros (similar to 133/140, but not)	1899 A Visit from Santa Claus, McLoughlin Bros (similar to 133/140,but not)
1900 ca The Night Before Christmas, McLoughlin Bros (137)	1901 A Visit from St. Nicholas, McLoughlin Bros (similar to 140)	1901 A Visit from Santa Claus, McLouhglin Bros (140)	1901 Twas The Night Before Christmas, Raphael Tuck & Sons (142)
1902 Denslow's Night Before Christmas	1905 The Christmas Book, McLoughlin Bros - Wonderful Illustrations

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Copies may be available at Biblio, or Alibris if you are interested.

Likewise AbeBooks UK may have some copies. Many of these have wonderful illustrations, so it is too bad they are out of print, because the illustrators did such wonderful jobs! However, the covers are available here so you know what to look for!

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Numbers in the parentheses [()] represent Nancy Marshall's numbers a wonderful reference, which is available below. Some editions do not appear in her book and they are marked with "(???)".
The Night Before Christmas: A Descriptive Bibliography of Clement Clarke Moore's Immortal Poem
Visit Nancy Marshall's website at NightBeforeChristmas.biz!

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For more information about Moore and the authorship of A Visit from St. Nicholas, please see the wikipedia entry. Also, There Arose Such a Clatter is a nice site for more history!


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