A Ballad of Santa Claus (miniature book)
by Van Dyke, Henry
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- As New
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
The Ash Ranch Press, 1988 Red Leatherette binding. Miniature Book (illustrator). Oblong miniature book (6.0 x 5.0 cm). Title and author gilt-stamped on front board, marbled endpapers. unpaginated. Limited to 100 copies, signed on colophon by publisher Don Hildreth. (Bradbury, Ash Ranch Press 11). Illustrated title page, bordered text. A Christmas ballad first presented to the St. Nicholas Society of New York on December 6, 1907. From the inventory of a former famous bookstore in Tokyo known as the Lilliput Oval Saloon. When the shop opened in 1979, founded by Kazushige Onuma, it was the worlds first all-miniature bookstore. It closed last year, following the death of Onumas daughter Rico, who had helped Onuma manage it since its establishment. Price slip from book store tipped in.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New.
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Details
- Bookseller
- David Morrison Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ABE-1607284484291
- Title
- A Ballad of Santa Claus (miniature book)
- Author
- Van Dyke, Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- The Ash Ranch Press
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- MINIATURE BOOK, CHRISTMAS, SANTA CLAUS, LITERATURE
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
David Morrison Books
Biblio member since 2019
Portland, Oregon
About David Morrison Books
tiny shop @ 1420 SE 37th AVE in Portland OR. filled to the brim with unusual books that nobody wants.
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- Miniature
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