An Absolutely Amazing Christmas Story
Christmas 1993 or Santa's Last Ride An Absolutely Amazing Christmas Story
Faber & Faber, 1987.
First edition. 4to. Brown cloth with black lettering on the spine in a pictorial dustwrapper. Eleven colour plates and black and white illustrations by Errol Le Cain. A fine copy in a fine dustwrapper.
This sparkling poem tells how wars, bureaucracy and politics make life more and more difficult for Santa Claus... Leslie Bricusse's witty verses are perfectly matched with Errol Le Cain's delectable illustrations to make a sumptuous picture book (Blurb) In the story Father Christmas has a very "bad night" on 24th December 1993; the elves have trouble with the new gadgetry, the sleigh gets hijacked and to cap it all he gets a parking ticket in London!
Stock ID: 44722
