Contents

Table of Contents

This is the complete Table of Contents from The Night Before Christmas: A Descriptive Bibliography of Clement Clarke Moore’s Immortal Poem, by Nancy H. Marshall

Frontispiece — Clement Clark Moore portrait	ii
Dedication	v
Acknowledgments	xi
Foreword	xiii
Preface	xv
Historical Background
– From Saint Nicholas to Santa Claus	xvii
– Legend of Christmas Eve 1822	xx
– Influences and Originality	xxi
– Clement Clarke Moore 1779-1863	xxiii
– Holograph Copies	xxv
– Livingston Claim as Author	xxix
– Publication Milestones: The Artists	xxx
– The Nineteenth Century	xxii
– The Twentieth Century	xxiv
– Publication Milestones: The Publishers	xxvii
List of Tables
– Table 1: Nineteenth Century Publication Milestones	xxxii
– Table 2: Number of Entries by Decade of Publication	xli
– Table 3: Date Conventions and Sorting Order	xliv
– Table 4: Source Abbreviations	xlv
Introduction to the Bibliography
– Scope	xlii
– Organization	xliv
– Anatomy of an Entry	xliv
– Illustrations	xlvii
Color Plates 1-24 (after page 20)
Bibliographic Entries	3
Bibliography of Clement Clarke Moore’s Other Works	231
Selective Sources Consulted	235
Indexes
– Author, Editor and Compiler Index	241
– Format Index	245
– General Index	248
– Illustrator, Artist, Engraver, Designer and Typographer Index	251
– Publisher and Printer Index	258
– Series Index	266
– Title Index	269
Colophon	279

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