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MINIgATURE BOOK NEWS
Number 65 16 Dromara Rd., St. Louis, Mo. 63124 June, 1990
MINIATURE BOOKS VIA VENDING MACHINES by Robert E. Massmann New Britain, Connecticut Beginning with a series of nine "Mini-Books" in 1965, American gumball machines for a few years became book distributors. I have ten different series of books which have been aquired via vending machines (with a little help from Ruth Adomeit, Dawson's Book Shop, and Julian Edison); and a quick listing might be helpful if you are wondering what
these things are all about. Binding of these tiny creatures is done very simply - merely a strip of padding compound to make a spine; and a tiny drop on the fore-edge to hold it together until the purchaser lays hands on the book and proceeds to dismember it page by page! (Which is of course what makes them scarce, in pristine condition). Most of these titles come from Chicago. Somewhere I was informed that C.H.P. is Creative House Publishers. "C.H.P.", "M.B.",
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Miniature "Vending Machine" books of the 1960s and 1970s, slightly smaller than actual size. Most measure about 7/8 inch in height.
