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Miniature Books for Sale
Catalog 83: March 1, 2020
KAREN NYMAN 7835 Rush Rose Drive #124
Carlsbad CA 92009-6828 760-944-3019
Email: karennyman2@gmail.com
Website: www.KarenNymanMiniatureBooks.com
All books are in very good or better condition unless otherwise noted. Shipping within the USA is $4 whether you buy
one book or more. If you are overseas, I will have to look into the costs for mailing to your country. To see a photo of
any book, please ask and I will scan an image of the cover to you in an email. Books are returnable for any reason
within one week of purchase. Overseas buyers may pay with PayPal but it is necessary to contact me first.
Micro-Miniatures Up To 1-1/4" # Publisher Title Author Year Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 1 Barbara J.
Raheb Disraeli Raheb, Barbara
J. (compiler) 1980 Van Nuys
CA 300 Gilt brown leather 56 pp.; marbled endpapers, a biography of the 18th
century British Prime Minister 15/16" x 5/8"
$125.00
2 Barbara J. Raheb
Frankenstein Shelley, Mary Wallstonecraft
1979 Van Nuys CA
300 Gilt black pyroxylin 32 pp.; marbled endpapers; 3 illustrations 15/16" x 3/4"
$135.00
3 Barbara J. Raheb
Little Women Alcott, Louisa May
1990 Agoura Hills CA
300 Pictorial gilt blue pyroxylin
32 pp.; revised edition; marbled endpapers; 14 pages of illustrations
15/16" x 3/4"
SOLD
4 Barbara J. Raheb
Merry England Raheb, Barbara J. (compiler)
1980 Van Nuys CA
300 Gilt burgundy pyroxylin
48 pp.; marbled endpapers; 4 illustrations 15/16" x 3/4"
$135.00
5 Barbara J. Raheb
Musgrave Ritual, The
Doyle, Arthur Conan
1979 Van Nuys CA
300 Gilt black leather 48 pp.; marbled endpapers; frontispiece plus 2 illustrations; one of the 42 titles in the "Chronicles of Sherlock Holmes" series; Robert Massmann bookplate
15/16" x 5/8"
SOLD
6 Barbara J. Raheb
Winnie the Pooh
Milne, A. A. 1990 Agoura Hills CA
300 Gilt brown pyroxylin
32 pp.; marbled endpapers; profusely illustrated by Ernest Shepherd
15/16" x 5/8"
SOLD
7 Borrower's Press
Lord's Prayer, The
Old Testament 1975 Winterport ME
250 Black leather with inlaid white leather cross on cover
10 pp. letterpress; gold star endpapers; the complete Lord's Prayer; signed and numbered by Jane Bernier
7/8" x 3/4"
SOLD
8 Borrower's Press
Puppet Theater: The Art
Coad, Arlyn & Luman
1980 Winterport ME
300 Brown cloth boards; pictorial label
80 pp. letterpress on rag paper; decorative endpapers; hand-colored frontispiece; 10 black and white illustrations; signed by the authors; signed and numbered by publisher Jane Bernier
13/16" x 5/8"
SOLD
9 Burt Randle Lincoln Messages
Lincoln, Abraham 1940 (Pettigrew AR)
Blue leather; paper label; wire clasp
32 pp. handwritten and photographically reproduced; includes the Gettysburg Address and Lincoln's letter to Mrs. Bixby; blue cover appears to be scarce (other editions bound in red)
1/2" x 7/16"
SOLD
#1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7
#8 #9 #10 #11 #12
# Publisher Title Author Year Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price
10 Hoshino Rashamon Akutagawa, Ryunosuke
1977 Tokyo, Japan
150 Gilt red leather; 18 karat gold numbering bar on cover
160 pp.; marbled endpapers; Japanese text; a renowned Japanese short story, Kurosawa made it into a film in 1950; it is considered one of the best films ever made; a.e.g.
1-1/16" x 7/8"
SOLD
11 Hoshino Story of the Book Shoji, Sensui 1977 Tokyo, Japan
150 Gilt green leather; 18 karat gold numbering bar on cover
159 pp.; Japanese text; Shoji was a 20th century author of books about books; a.e.g.
1-1/8" x 1"
$150.00
12 Peter & Donna Thomas
Shakespearian Words of Gratitude
Shakespeare, William
1991 Santa Cruz CA
Blue leather with gilt-stamped star on front cover
4 pp. letterpress; text says, "Thank You! - Hamlet Act II, 2:273"
1-5/16" x 15/16"
SOLD
13 Boots Cash Chemists
Pocket Stamp-Case and Calendar 1904-1905
1903 (London)
Printed celluloid covers with a facsimile envelope on front and Boots building on the rear (1" split at fold)
8 pp. calendar in blue ink; several blank pages for inserting stamps; front cover mimics an envelope with stamp and postmark; made in the USA by Whitehead & Hoag Co. for the London firm Boots Cash Chemists
2-9/16" x 1-1/2"
SOLD
14 David Bryce and Son
Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect
(1899) Glasgow
Original printed paper wrappers; embossed metal locket with magnifier
240 pp.; a facsimile of the rare Kilmarnock first edition of 1786; Spielmann 69; Bondy p. 113
1-1/8" x 3/4"
SOLD
15 Marcilly A-propos Galant
1823 Paris Gilt black morocco (both covers)
64 pp.; lacks title page; French text; this entire 200-year-old almanac is engraved and has 7 beautiful illustrations
1-1/16" x 3/4"
$145.00
16 Newman & Co.
Keepsake Locket, The
(1850) London,
England
Embossed brass (front, back and spine) with working clasp and loop for hanging on a chain
When opened, 6 brass pages that act as photo frames spring from this lovely locket; 12 sepia photos inside the frames
1-1/4" x 1"
SOLD
#13 #14 Locket #14 Book #15 #16
#16 Opened
Miniature Books Over 1-1/4” # Publisher Title Author Year Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price
17 Achille J. St. Onge
On the powers of Government assigned to it by the Congress
Webster, Daniel
1952 Worcester MA
1000 Gilt red cloth boards (light water mark on front cover)
25 pp. by Anthoensen Press; frontispiece portrait of Webster; extracts from one of Webster's great speeches of 1834 in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of his death
3-3/16" x 2-1/8"
SOLD
18 Achille J. St. Onge
Paul Revere's Ride: A Deposition (1st printing)
Revere, Paul 1963 Worcester MA
1000 Gilt & blind-stamped brown leather by Proost en Brandt
36 pp. first printing; letterpress by Enschede; decorative endpapers; the personal account by Revere of his famous ride; a.e.g.
2-11/16" x 1-7/8"
SOLD
19 Almquist & Wiksells
Portmonna Kalender 1926
1925 Uppsala,
Sweden
Gilt brown leather 24 pp. printed in green and red; floral
endpapers; 2 pages devoted to each month of the year (calendar and notes) (see page 4)
3-1/4" x 1-3/8"
$20.00
20 American Tract Society
Angel Lilly; or, "Do You Love Jesus?"
(1841) Boston MA
Gilt purple cloth boards
64 pp.; frontispiece; 3 religious stories of the value of faith and prayer: Angel Lilly or "Do You Love Jesus?", How Much Do I Cost?, and Clara's First Trial; a.e.g. (see page 4)
2-1/8" x 1-1/2"
$95.00
21 American Tract Society
Susy Hall (Frost, Annie S.)
1874 New York NY
Gilt pictorial orange cloth boards with color paper onlay front cover
160 pp.; 8 leaves of plates; one of a series of 4 "Dot Books" by this publisher; a charming children's book; tightly bound and very good (see page 4)
2-7/16" x 1-3/4"
SOLD
22 Andre Kundig
Pensees Germaniques
1965 Geneva,
Switzerland
Gilt tan leatherette wrappers
96 pp.; French text; a collection of German maxims
1-1/2" x 1-1/16"
$12.00
23 Andre Kundig
Pensees Hindoues
1960 Geneva, Switzerland
Gilt salmon leatherette wraps
96 pp.; French text; a collection of Hindu quotes
1-1/2" x 1-1/16"
SOLD
24 Andre Kundig
Pensees Russes
1960 Geneva, Switzerland
Gilt white leatherette wrappers
96 pp.; French text; a collection of maxims from famous Russian figures
1-1/2" x 1-1/16"
$12.00
25 Anthony Treherne & Co.
As You Like It, The Merry Wives, of Windsor & The Tempest (3 books)
Shakespeare, William
1904 London, England
Gilt blue leather with gilt inner dentelles
306 + 303 + 256 pp. printed in easy-to-read 8-point by Neill & Co. of Edinburgh; decorative endpapers; silk page marker; top edge gilt (Bondy p. 122) (see page 4)
2-3/4" x 2-1/8"
$100.00
26 Ash Ranch Press
Tiny Tome/Tomo Minuscula
Hildreth, Don 1991 San Diego CA
126 Gilt black leather; pictorial paper sleeve
40 pp. letterpress; marbled endpapers; illustrated with line-cuts of bears; a teddy bear tale in English and Spanish; centerfold teddy bear pop-up
1-1/4" x 1-15/16"
SOLD
27 Black Cat Press
Beginnings of Photography, The
Pollock, Norman
n.d. Skokie IL 249 Gilt leatherette boards by Bela Blau
60 pp. in 2 colors; postage stamp frontispiece; illustrated throughout; from the camera obscura to the dryplate and the men who made it all possible
2-3/8" x 1-7/8"
SOLD
#18 #23 #26 #27
Antiquarian Books
#25 #98 #34 #33 #48
#60 #21
#31
#19
#20 #32 #46
#38 Book #38 Slipcase #44
# Publisher Title Author Year Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price
28 Black Cat Press
Books, Sayings, Apothegms, Maxims, Epigrams
Petty, G. Harvey
1981 Skokie IL 249 Pictorial gilt brown cloth boards by Bela Blau
35 pp. calligraphed text by Petty; decorative endpapers; author had a deep love for words and books - his favorite sayings on books are presented here
2-3/4" x 2-1/8"
$38.00
29 Blau Nicolae Ceausescu, Activitatea si Vista
Blau, Mariana Orban
1975 Los Angeles CA
200 Gilt red leather by Mariana Blau; title on spine
28 pp. letterpress by Mariana Blau; Romanian text; Ceausescu was the champion of Romania's independence; his rise from poverty to Presidency; signed by Mariana Blau
1-3/4" x 1-5/16"
$15.00
30 Books of Kell's
Poem of the Gifts Borges, Jorge Luis
2008 Fountain Hills AZ
300 Black cloth spine; illuminated paper boards; black satin ribbon ties
14 pp. letterpress; an English translation of Borges' poem; a moveable book; an anamorphic portrait of Borges is revealed at the end of the text with a fold-out curved Mylar mirror on a pull tab; winner of the 2008 Distinguished Book Award from the Miniature Book Society
1-7/8" x 2-7/8"
SOLD
31 Breed, Butler & Co.
Orphan Willie Aunt Laura 1862 Buffalo NY Gilt black pictorial cloth boards
64 pp.; a charming and moralistic children's tale in the highly collectable Aunt Laura series; fine condition; a.e.g. (see page 4)
2-1/8" x 1-5/8"
SOLD
32 C. Caswell Titles of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
(1845) Birmingham,
England
Gilt black flexible leather
56 pp.; a selection of titles of Jesus, each accompanied with a Biblical passage; from the collection of Mary Helen Dawson; a.e.g. (see page 4)
1-3/4" x 2-1/2"
SOLD
33 C. Tilt Surrey Zoological Gardens, The
Williams, C. n.d. London Gilt & blind-stamped dark green cloth boards
191 pp.; 48 delightful wood-engraved plates showing various animals and birds; one of Tilt's attractive "Hand-Books for Children"; a.e.g. (see page 4)
3" x 2-1/2"
SOLD
34 Carlton and Porter
Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church
1849 New York NY
Gilt brown leather (extremities worn)
714 pp.; revised edition; a total of 1,148 hymns plus an index of the first lines; in good condition only but it is complete & tightly bound (see p 4)
3-5/16" x 2-3/8"
SOLD
35 Carol Schwartzott
Nightingale, The Andersen, Hans Christian
(1996) Niagara Falls NY
55 Japanese paper boards; paper-covered slipcase with label
104 pp. on Bodleian moldmade and Japanese papers; 15 full-color illustrations; signed & numbered (papers on each cover and slipcase are unique) (see page 11)
2-5/8" x 2-1/4"
SOLD
36 Catharijne Press
Evangile de Notre Seigneur Jesus-Christ Selon Saint Matthieu
1989 Zuilichem,
Netherlands 215 Gilt navy blue
cloth boards 54 pp. printed by Enschede from the famous 2.5 point type cut by Henri Didot around 1827; the Book of Matthew from the Bible (see p. 8)
2-1/2" x 1-7/8"
$75.00
37 Catharijne Press
Young Stork's Baedeker Travel Guide, The
Bakker, Piet de
1998 Zuilichem Netherlands
175 Printed paper boards
40 pp. letterpress; tipped-in frontispiece; two 5-panel fold-out illustrations showing the eastern and western routes of migrating storks
2-5/8" x 1-11/16"
SOLD
38 Company of Stationers
London Almanack for the Year of Christ 1802
1801 London
Red leather with matching leather slipcase
24 pp.; Dutch endpapers; finely engraved throughout; 4-page spread of Brunswick Square, completed in 1802 by James Burton; fine condition; a.e.g. (see page 4)
2-3/8" x 1-3/8"
$300.00
#30 #35 #37
# Publisher Title Author Year Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price
39 (Czechoslovakia) Orbis
Mozart in Prag (Mozart in Prague)
Seifert, Jaroslav
1970 Prague, Czechoslovakia
Red leather with decorative stiff paper slipcase
62 pp. beautifully printed in black and gold; Czech text; author was a great Czech poet; nicely illustrated; decorative endpapers; silk page marker (see page 8)
2-7/8" x 3"
SOLD
40 Dawson's Book Shop
Hollywood's "Padre of the Films"
Weber, Francis J.
1972 Los Angeles CA 600 Green cloth boards 21 pp. letterpress; frontispiece plus 2 additional illustrations; only 50 copies were offered for sale; Msgr. Devlin was technical consultant for thousands of Hollywood films and television shows dealing with Catholicism
2-3/8" x 1-5/8"
$35.00
41 Dawson's Book Shop
In Search of Max Beerbohm
Nethery, Wallace
1984 Los Angeles CA 100 Gilt blue cloth boards by Bela Blau
35 pp. letterpress by Nethery including 12 pages of tipped-in photographs by Corry Nethery of Beerbohm's haunts
2-7/8" x 3"
$35.00
42 Dawson's Book Shop
Miniature Purple Cow, The
Burgess, Gelett
1966 (1968)
Pasadena CA Gilt navy blue pictorial leather by Bela Blau
21 pp. letterpress in purple ink by Grant Dahlstrom, illustrations throughout; same as the first edition except for the binding and ink plus the size is a bit larger; title page specifies a printing year of 1966 but this was actually printed in 1968
1-5/8" x 2-3/16"
$50.00
43 De Grazia Gallery in the Sun
De Grazia in Miniature; Indian Series, Book 1
n.d. Tucson AZ
Gilt red leatherette 32 pp.; biography of the famed
southwest artist followed by 10 captioned reproductions of his paintings of American Indians
3" x 2-1/2"
$20.00
44 Eyre & Spottiswoode
Order of the Administration of the Lord's Supper
1895 London
Gilt tan leather with red leather overlays; gilt chalice on front cover
138 pp. beautifully printed in red and black inks; with an inscription dated December 21, 1906; a.e.g. (see page 4)
2-1/8" x 1-7/8"
$225.00
45 Flying Pig Press Amos Ives Root and the Wright Brothers
Root, Amos Ives
2006 Cincinnati OH 80 Blue cloth boards with pictorial label on front and title on spine
40 pp.; Root was a successful Ohio entrepreneur who shared the Wright brothers awe of aviation; this is the first published account of their historic flight in 1903
2-1/2" x 2-1/8"
SOLD
46 G. Barbera Livre d'Or de la Poesie Francaise
1900 Firenze
Elaborately gilt brown leather (both covers and spine)
403 pp.; floral endpapers; an anthology of French poetry; includes a list of the authors and a table of contents; all edges red (see page 4)
2-5/8" x 2"
SOLD
47 Garden View Press
Kwaidan, Jikininki Yuki-Onna
Hearn, Lafcadio
1969 Tustin CA 200 Fabric boards bound Japanese-style by Dragon Bindery; printed label; blue cloth wrap-around slipcase with label; original gift box
56 pp. letterpress on handmade Okawara Japanese paper; 2 beautiful woodblocks by Warren Batchelder; Japanese fairy tales; includes printed prospectus, a Bradbury 100
2-3/8" x 2"
$225.00
#42 #45 #47
# Publisher Title Author Year Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 48 Henry
Frowde Thumb Ready Reckoner, The
1895 London,
England
Gilt black leather 640 pp.; printed on very fine India paper;
floral endpapers; chapters on the metric system, weights and measures, interest and discount tables along with postage rates of that era; a.e.g.
2-1/8" x 1-7/8"
$80.00
49 Hilleary & Petko
Sweet Revenge, An Extract from the 1847 Journal of Walter Colton
Colton, Walter
1977 Monterey CA
75 Printed maroon leatherette boards
7 pp. letterpress in 2 colors; Colton, a 19th century Congregational minister, describes his participation in an early form of Californian manic behavior
2" x 1-1/2" $50.00
50 Hillside Press
Brownies, The Cox, Palmer
1962 Franklin NH
375 Black cloth spine; pictorial paper boards
51 pp. letterpress; frontispiece; 12 full-page line drawings by the author; a collection of humorous verses about brownies - little men who had mischievous adventures together
2-3/8" x 2" $40.00
51 Hillside Press
Early Woodcuts and Engravings
Irwin, Frank E.
1978 Franklin NH
275 Pictorial cloth boards 62 pp. letterpress; history of woodcuts and engravings with eleven full-page illustrations; signed and numbered by Frank Irwin
2-3/8" x 2" SOLD
52 Hillside Press
Elbert Hubbard and "A Message to Garcia"
Hunter, Dard
1981 Franklin NH
250 Pictorial cloth boards 50 pp. letterpress; frontispiece portrait; the phenomenal popularity of Hubbard's essay was largely responsible for the success of his Roycroft Press
2-3/8" x 2" $30.00
53 Hillside Press
Nursery Rhymes Irwin, Frank (compiler)
1967 Franklin NH
375 Pictorial cloth boards 40 pp. letterpress; with a wonderful introduction by Frank Irwin plus ten 19th-century illustrations by Kate Greenaway
2-3/8" x 2" $30.00
54 Hillside Press
Whirligig Id and Other Regressions, The
Irwin, Frank 1961 Franklin NH
150 Cloth spine; red & white patterned paper boards; printed label
52 pp. letterpress; a wonderful book of poetic oddities, including several on books; the first book published by this esteemed press; signed and numbered by Frank Irwin
2-1/4" x 1-3/4"
SOLD
55 (Hungary) Magyarorszag Boldizsar, Ivan
1977 Budapest, Hungary
Gilt leatherette; pictorial dust jacket; 4" x 4" red presentation box
96 pp.; as essay on Hungary and its people; text in English, Hungarian, German and Russian; 40 color photos with captions in all 4 languages (see page 8)
2" x 2" SOLD
56 (Japan) Aomori-ken no Kirisuto toraiki (Arrival of Christianity to Aomori)
Sato, Yonejiro
1958 Japan 200 Red velour cloth boards; printed label; sandalwood box with printed label
18 pp.; every page with a color woodblock by Yonejiro Sato illustrating and narrating how Christianity was spread in Aomori prefecture in Japan (see page 8)
1-1/4" x 1-1/4"
SOLD
57 (Japan) Mini Calligraphy Set
(1975) Japan Handpainted 2-piece lacquered box fitted with calligraphy tools; card gift box
This high quality dollhouse miniature ink set includes a brush and rest, ink tray, sumi ink stick, weight and rice paper (see page 8)
2-1/8" x 1-3/8"
SOLD
58 (Japan) Omamori
(1975) Japan Silk brocade bag with orange strap; printed paper amulet inside
Omamori are available at both Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples; they are purchased in the new year to predict your future according to your birth date (see page 8)
1-7/8" x 7/8" (amulet)
SOLD
#50 #51 #53 #54
Foreign Presses
#56 Sandalwood Box
#56 Book #55 #58
#36
#39 Book #39 Slipcase
#57 Gift Box #57 Lacquered Calligraphy Set #89
# Publisher Title Author Year Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 59 JEN Press Fish Story, A Newman,
J. Ed 1994 Edgewater
FL 75 Gilt cloth boards;
pictorial dust jacket 14 pp. letterpress; hand-colored frontispiece; a humorous fish tale narrated by a rainbow trout; signed, inscribed and numbered #52
2-5/8" x 1-7/8"
SOLD
60 John Marshall Infant's Library: Book 11
1816 London,
England
Paper boards; partial paper label (rebacked)
28 pp.; 8 neatly hand-colored outdoor scenes and landscapes, each with a caption; front loose endpaper has 2 tiny chips; otherwise the interior of this 200+ year old book is fine (see page 4)
2-3/8" x 2"
SOLD
61 Junipero Serra Press
Corita's "Love Stamp"
Weber, Francis J.
2015 (Mission Hills CA)
150 Printed yellow leatherette by Mariana Blau
8 pp. letterpress in 5 colors by Patrick Reagh; postage stamp frontispiece; story of the 1985 issuance of the wildly-popular 22-cent postage stamp designed by one-time nun Corita Kent; over 800 works of art are attributed to Kent
2-7/8" x 2-1/8"
SOLD
62 Junipero Serra Press
Farmer's Market
Weber, Francis J.
1991 San Fernando CA
300 Gilt green leather 13 pp. letterpress by Roger Pennels; postage stamp frontispiece; the story of the incomparable Los Angeles Farmer's Market; SIGNED by Weber
2-7/8" x 2"
SOLD
63 Junipero Serra Press
Friendly Pepper Upper, The
Weber, Francis J.
2020 (Mission Hills CA)
100 White leatherette with Dr. Pepper logo by Mariana Blau
14 pp. letterpress by John Franck; Dr. Pepper endpapers; frontispiece plus one illustration; Weber explains his 80-year thrice-daily tradition with Dr. Pepper, first served in 1885; it's formula is a trade secret as is Coca Cola's
2-7/8" x 2"
$35.00
64 Junipero Serra Press
Rock Star and the Old Country Priest
Davis, Marla
2015 (Mission Hills CA)
200 Gilt black leatherette by Mariana Blau
10 pp. letterpress in 2 colors by Patrick Reagh; unique 49-cent postage stamp frontispiece; story of an unlikely duo - Msgr. Weber and Joe Walsh of the Eagles - and their 25-year friendship; one of only 10 copies available to collectors
2-7/8" x 2-1/8"
$50.00
65 Kater-Crafts Bookbinders
Forward to You Can Judge a Book By Its Cover, The
Kavin, Mel 2006 Pico Rivera CA
125 Copper-gilt black Japanese cloth boards
15 pp.; frontispiece color photo; bookbinder Mel Kavin writes of his urge to publish a book of his own; this resulted in his miniature magnus opus You Can Judge a Book By Its Cover (see page 11)
3" x 2-7/16"
SOLD
66 Kater-Crafts Bookbinders
You Can Judge a Book By Its Cover
Middleton, Bernard
1994 Pico Rivers CA
400 Gilt black Chieftain goatskin with 5 onlays; drop-back box with leather spine label
161 pp. letterpress by Henry Morris of Bird & Bull Press; designed by Ward Richie; 7 wood engravings by John De Pol; marbled endpapers; the author is England's most esteemed bookbinder and teacher of bookbinding; top edge gilt and painted; signed by all 8 parties involved in its production (see page 11)
2-15/16" x 2-1/2"
SOLD
67 Le Petit Oiseau Press
Mayflower Compact, The
1954 Chicago IL 100 Marbled boards
Printed label 7 pp. letterpress using 4-point type by Doris Welsh who also printed and bound each of her books at the Newberry Library; Welsh was a great authority on miniature books and in the 1960s she had one of the largest private collections in the USA
2-1/8" x 1-7/8"
$135.00
68 Lorson's Books & Prints
Man of Business, A
Addison, Joseph
1984 Fullerton CA
350 Pictorial paper wrappers
8 pp. letterpress by the Ampersand Workshop; a bookish quote
2-1/8" x 1-5/8"
$5.00
#62 #63 #67 #68
# Publisher Title Author Year Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 69 Miniature Book
Society Bigger Than Life: The Story of Ward K. Schori
Henry, John (compiler)
2011 San Diego CA
320 Gilt aqua cloth boards by Mariana Blau
20 pp. letterpress by Patrick Reagh; frontispiece photo; a short biography of publisher Ward Schori and a compendium of the impressions of several of Schori's friends
2-7/8" x 2-1/8"
SOLD
70 Miniature Book Society
Glen Dawson, An Autobiography
Dawson, Glen 2009 San Diego CA
300 Gilt burgundy cloth boards by Mariana Blau
20 pp. letterpress by Patrick Reagh plus 8 pages of photographs (boyhood to recent), introduction by Karen Dawson Ganske
2-7/8" x 2-1/8"
$30.00
71 National Cash Register Company (NCR)
Holy Bible, The Bible 1963 Dayton OH Printed paper wrappers (3" x 2-1/2") contains microfiche
A giveaway by Trinity Broadcasting Network; it is a tiny microfiche version of the famous Bruce Rogers World Bible (1,245 pages) published in 1949
2" x 2" $25.00
72 Opuscula Press
Collecting Sherlockiana: An Essay
Shaw, John Bennett
1992 Bradenton FL
200 Gilt brown leatherette
28 pp.; decorative endpapers; about book collecting and some advice on building Sherlockiana
2-1/4" x 2-7/8"
$35.00
73 Opuscula Press
Dr. Seuss, A Miniography
Hanson, Robert F.
2006 Albuquerque NM
100 Printed paper wrappers
37 pp.; a tribute to Theodor Seuss Geisel; a mini biography plus a synopsis of 2 Dr. Seuss books - How the Grinch Stole Christmas and The Cat in the Hat; lists 43 of Dr. Seuss' children's books
2-3/4" x 2-3/4"
SOLD
74 Opuscula Press
Georgia O'Keeffe in New Mexico
Hanson, Robert F. Orr
1998 Albuquerque NM
150 Gilt black cloth boards
73 pp.; essay on New Mexico's prize-winning and reclusive daughter; a thumbnail sketch of her long life (98 years), her Ghost Ranch, her home in Abiquiú, the Georgia O'Keefe Museum and Georgia's "Book Room"
2" x 2-5/8"
SOLD
75 Opuscula Press
Juniper Von Phitzer Press, A Bibliography
Hanson, Robert F. Orr (compiler)
1999 Albuquerque NM
75 Gilt brown leather by Don Brady
149 pp.; decorative endpapers; 4 full-color illustrations; a detailed bibliography of the first 61 miniature books of Junipero Von Phitzer
2-3/4" x 2-7/8"
$60.00
76 Pequeño Press
Mexico Remembered
Magruder, Richard
1991 Bisbee AZ 60 Cloth boards; printed paper label
40 pp. letterpress; unusual accordion structure with multiple fold-out pages; fanciful color illustrations by Ed Clark; signed and numbered by the publisher, the author and the illustrator
2-3/4" x 2-5/8"
SOLD
77 Peter & Donna Thomas
Train Depots Thomas, Peter
2008 Santa Cruz CA
85 Black leather with a printed wood panel insert on front cover
30 pp. letterpress on Peter's handmade paper; 9 line drawing illustrations of train depots in blue and black inks
2-1/8" x 3"
$75.00
78 Peter & Donna Thomas
Sunsets of Kauai Thomas, Susanne Lydia (illustrator)
2008 Santa Cruz CA
150 Floral fabric boards; printed label
8 pp.; accordion folded; reproductions of handpainted sunsets on the Hawaiian island of Kauai; copy #2
2-1/2" x 2-1/4"
SOLD
79 Piping Rock Press
A la Claire Fontaine: une vieille chanson franc ̧aise
1972 Tiburon CA 50 Paper spine;
marbled paper boards; printed label; publisher's envelope
16 pp. letterpress; red ink on blue paper; French text; printed and illustrated throughout by the publisher Marcie Collin; a traditional French love song that first appeared in the 17th century; #34 of only 50 copies
2-1/4" x 2-1/8"
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#76 #77 #78
#66 Dropback Box & Book
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#88 Two Books & Slipcase
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#35 Book #35 Slipcase
#87
# Publisher Title Author Year Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 80 Press of
Ward Schori Calligraphy & Lettering
Petty, G. Harvey
(1985) Evanston IL 225 Beige printed paper boards by John LaRiviere
92 pp.; calligraphed text; decorative endpapers; printed in 2 colors; quotations collected by the author on the art of calligraphy
2" x 2-5/8"
$50.00
81 Press of Ward Schori
Literary Masters: American Authors
1994 Evanston IL 195 Gilt leatherette
boards by Hugo Grummich
57 pp.; decorative endpapers; biographies of 9 American authors with a portrait of each (Alcott, Thoreau, Poe, Faulkner, etc.); top edge gilt
2-9/16" x 2-3/16"
$30.00
82 Press of Ward Schori
Literary Masters: Authors of the World
1994 Evanston IL 195 Gilt leatherette
boards by Hugo Grummich
57 pp.; decorative endpapers; biographies of 7 foreign authors with a portrait of each; authors are Shakespeare, Hugo, Chekhov, Woolf, Wells, Lawrence and Solzhenitsyn; top edge gilt
2-9/16" x 2-3/16"
$30.00
83 Proof Press Elegy Gray, Thomas
1967 Baltimore MD
75 Gilt navy blue leather
36 pp. letterpress in blue and red inks; frontispiece; masterfully designed, typeset, printed and bound by the publisher A. C. Wirth; the original version in its entirety by one of England's greatest poets
2-1/16" x 1-5/8"
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84 Quail Hill Press
Lord Lovel, An Ancient Scottish Ballad
1982 San Rafael
CA 115 Gilt pictorial printed
paper boards; hand-colored
19 pp. letterpress; a beautiful book with several hand-colored illustrations; a Bradbury 100; signed & numbered #11
2-1/8" x 2-7/8"
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85 Quail Hill Press
Two Epigrams Argentarius, Marcus & Euenus
1982 San Rafael CA
50 Gilt paper wrappers 12 pp. letterpress in 2 colors; hand-colored illustrations; from the ancient Greek Anthology; signed & numbered #44
2-1/16" x 1-3/4"
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86 Rebecca Press
Lady or the Tiger, The (prospectus)
Bingham, Rebecca
2017 Hyattsville MD
Printed paper wrapper
4 pp. prospectus 3" x 2-1/2"
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87 REM Miniatures
Haiku Broadsides Ankenbrand, Frank, Jr. (editor)
1967 New Britain CT
200 5 folded broadsides in wrappers; paper label; slipcase with pictorial label
Each broadside is printed on Japanese Bokuryu paper, then folded into a paper wrapper; haikus by Frank Ankenbrand, Harold Henderson, Nicholas Virgilio, Clement Hoyt and Thomas Harkins (see page 11)
1-3/8" x 2-5/8"
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88 Robert D. Naiva
Concord Fight, The (2-volume set)
Barrett, Amos & Jeremy Lister
1975 Concord MA
2000 Gilt navy blue leather by Reliure du Centre; cloth-covered slipcase
34 pp. & 45 pp. letterpress by Enschede; an eyewitness account by a young American farmer who fought in this important Revolutionary war battle; 2nd volume is a rare eyewitness narrative from a British soldier; set designed by St. Onge; a.e.g. (see page 11)
2-15/16" x 2-1/8"
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89 Schmidt & Gunther
Liliput Deutsch-Italienisch
Wershoven, Dr. F. J.
(1950) Leipzig, Germany
Green leather with snap closure
607 pp.; a German-Italian dictionary; all edges yellow; Robert Massmann bookplate (see page 8)
2" x 1-1/2"
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90 Silver Thimble Books
Crown of Rosebuds, A
Traherne, Thomas & Robert Herrick
1987 Bexhill-on-Sea, England
50 Burgundy cloth boards with water-color inlay; slipcase with printed label
20 pp.; entire text is in beautiful calligraphy; 2 full-page original watercolor paintings; decorative watercolor capital letters; signed & numbered #19
2-1/2" x 2"
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#79 #84 #87
# Publisher Title Author Year Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 91 Silver
Thimble Books
Three Kings, The Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
1985 Bexhill-on-Sea, England
50 Brown cloth boards with embroidered fabric inlay; slipcase with printed label
18 pp.; handpainted endpapers; every page with hand-colored and illuminated decorative capital letters; signed & numbered #30 (see page 11)
2-1/8" x 1-3/4"
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92 Sunflower Press
Alphabet Alfresco Cunningham, Carol
1985 Mill Valley CA
85 Pictorial cloth boards; spine label
60 pp. letterpress on handmade paper; a hand-colored illustration for each letter of the alphabet of things that are found outdoors, from A (acorns) to Z (zoril)
1-5/8" x 2"
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93 Sunflower Press
Lotus-Blossom & Moon-Flower
Cunningham, Carol
1981 Mill Valley CA
100 Gilt red stiff paper wrappers, bound Japanese-style
22 pp. letterpress on Japanese paper; printed in black and red; an adaptation of a Chinese folk tale; designed, printed, numbered and signed by Carol Cunningham
2" x 2-3/4"
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94 Tabula Rasa Press
Piece of Straw, A Takakuni, Minamoto
1985 Morro Bay CA
400 Gilt red leather, finger-shaped
42 pp. letterpress in 2 colors; decorative endpapers; an ancient Japanese legend from the Heian Period; signed
2-7/8" x 1-1/4"
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95 (Unknown) We love fish and fish love books!
Lee, N. n.d. Unknown Handmade paper boards; ribbon tie
6 pp. accordion folded; 5 watercolored fish parade across the page; signed "N. Lee"
2-1/4" x 2"
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96 Wallace Nethery
Pastorale Nethery, Wallace
1997 Los Angeles CA
200 Marbled paper boards with gilt cloth spine by Bela Blau
36 pp. letterpress by Pall Bohne; includes 2 tipped-in photos of Nethery; memoir of Nethery's Iowa boyhood which was to have been his 1995 Christmas book; due to illness, he was unable to complete the job; preface by Corry Nethery
2-3/4" x 2-1/8
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97 Wee Willie's Workshop
First Battle of Bull Run, An Eye Witness Account
Drake, William Henry
1967 Nappanee IN
125 Pictorial paper boards
37 pp. letterpress; fold-out frontispiece; introduction by William Franklin; includes a fold-out reprint of an insightful letter written by a Michigan corporal engaged in the famous battle
2-1/2" x 1-7/8"
$100.00
98 William Pickering
Lives of Donne, Wotton, Hooker, Herbert and Sanderson
Walton, Izaak 1827 London Vellum over beveled boards with gilt red leather label
442 pp. printed by Thomas White; marbled endpapers; handsome steel-engraved multi-portrait frontispiece by A. Fox after Stothard; see Bondy page 89 (see page 4)
3-5/8" x 2-1/4"
$250.00
99 Wind & Harlot Press
Shakespeare Songs
Shakespeare, William
1982 Shaker Heights OH
50 Paper boards; printed label
17 pp. letterpress in black ink with brown accents; French-folded; a selection of songs reprinted from the 1912 edition of Shakespeare; elegantly designed, printed and handbound by Robert Baris
2-7/8" x 2-3/8"
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100 Yellow Kid Press
Pig Tracks Serette, David W.
1983 Sebasco ME
150 Printed paper wrappers
28 pp. letterpress in 4 colors; postage stamp frontispiece; profusely illustrated; a mini history of Serette's press; dedicated to the first MBS Grand Conclave and Miriam Irwin; Robert E. Massmann bookplate; signed and inscribed from Dave to Bob
2-7/16" x 1-13/16"
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#91 #94 #97 #100
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