Cross, Helen Reid

When Santa Claus Was Young: A Fairy Tale

Humphrey Milford: Oxford University Press: London, (1921). Item #99-4311

Colored frontis; text illus. by author, 6.75 x 5.25", silk ribbon-tied illus. cardstock, unpaginated, yapped edges a bit worn, covers rubbed, pp toned and a little used, ribbon worn. SCARCE. WITH TWO-PAGE AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED "Helen" BY THE AUTHOR REGARDING THIS BOOK: "...[t]his is 'all my own invention' except the coloured picture of the Daydream- she's not mine because there was a delay &...the book wouldn't have been in time for Christmas if we waited longer...". She also mentions a previous title, Humpty Dumpty's Little Son.

Price: $250.00