A Ballad of Santa Claus (miniature book) de Van Dyke, Henry - 1988

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.