{"product_id":"night-before-christmas-rackham-moore-0517185210","title":"The Night Before Christmas by Clement Moore \u0026 Arthur Rackham","description":"\u003ch2\u003eThe Night Before Christmas by Clement C. Moore L.L.D. \u0026amp; Illustrated by Arthur Rackham\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith twenty-six pages of illustrations including four full-color plates\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOnce again the incomparable\u003cstrong\u003e Arthur Rackham joins with one of the world's great storytellers\u003c\/strong\u003e to produce a book that is indispensable to any child's bookshelf.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe illustrator of \u003cstrong\u003eeighty-six major volumes\u003c\/strong\u003e here makes full use of the combination of whimsy, fantasy and descriptive genius that has been making him a household word for a new age during this Arthur Rackham revival.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs he did with \u003cem\u003eCharles and Mary Lamb\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eJonathan Swift\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Brothers Grimm\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRichard Henry Dana\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWashington Irving\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eJ.M. Barrie\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRudyard Kipling\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLewis Carroll\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWilliam Shakespeare\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eJonathan Swift\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAesop\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMother Goose\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCharles Dickens\u003c\/em\u003e and others, Rackham makes it difficult to believe that classics were classics before his pen and his colors spun his magic onto their pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA man with a modesty to match his genius, Rackham was possessed of a sense of humor that gently pervaded many of his illustrations. It is he matching twinkling smiles with Santa before the hearth in the frontispiece, and again he springing \"from the bed to see what was the matter,\" surveying the dreamland that he, the master fantasist, created.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bust-Down Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50222878294331,"sku":"0517185210","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/2077\/7531\/files\/9780517185216.jpg?v=1753633345","url":"https:\/\/bustdownbooks.com\/products\/night-before-christmas-rackham-moore-0517185210","provider":"Bust-Down Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}