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1989WRCLIT65059San Diego: The Ash Ranch Press 1989. Miniature. 2 5/16 x 1 7/8 inches. Quarter calf and typographically decorated boards pictorial label. Miniature bookplate on front pastedown otherwise fine in matching slipcase. First edition in this format deluxe issue. From an edition of 52 copies printed on handmade paper by Don Hildreth this is copy 'c' of 26 "deluxe" copies bound thus. The text is reprinted from A TRAMP ABROAD 1880. Accompanied by the prospectus. BRADBURY 2970. The Ash Ranch Press hardcover books
1815255839Boston: Printed by Nathaniel Willis 1815. Fromntispiece 15 woodcut illustrations in text. 254 pp. 1 vols. Miniature 2 x 1-1/4 inches. Contemporary calf. Worn spine ends defective. Owner signature of Charlotte R. Chapin Springfield on verso of title. Fromntispiece 15 woodcut illustrations in text. 254 pp. 1 vols. Miniature 2 x 1-1/4 inches. Welch 860.3 "American variant of English version 2 no. 855; Adomeit A33; Shaw & Shoemaker 34916; not in Bondy but cf. pp. 37-38 other eds. Printed by Nathaniel Willis unknown books
182218713Paris: E. Jourdan 1822. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 19 x 27 mm. about ¾' by 1". 64pp. Eight tiny full-page illustrations. Contemporary full leather. Boards and spine tooled in gilt the boards showing a bird returning to a tree. Small abrasion to the upper left corner of the title affecting the first letter text block loose but still a very good copy. Rare. Not found in Gumuchian ; Similar to Welsh #6892 but slightly larger and does not contain word Almanac in title. E. Jourdan hardcover books
1901307515Glasgow: David Bryce and Son; and London: Henry Frowde 1901. Frontispiece and full page illustrations. 4 876 pp. Printed in 2 columns. 45 x 30 mm. Original patterned brown morocco magnifier in pocket at back. Covers starting still a nice example. in JCB folder. Frontispiece and full page illustrations. 4 876 pp. Printed in 2 columns. 45 x 30 mm. The smallest printed bible. Bryce's famous miniature bible originally published in 1896 at the time the smallest complete bible ever printed. The license reproduced in facsimile on the verso of the title page is dated 1901. Spielmann 24 David Bryce and Son; and London: Henry Frowde unknown books
195018093Worcester Mass: Achilles St. Onge 1950. One of 1500 copies printed from Monotype Plantin type on J. Barcham Green's hand made all rag wove paper by the Chiswick Press. Photographs. 1 vols. 12mo 3 x 2 inches. Bound in full blue morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. One of 1500 copies printed from Monotype Plantin type on J. Barcham Green's hand made all rag wove paper by the Chiswick Press. Photographs. 1 vols. 12mo 3 x 2 inches. Inscribed "To Joseph Miller with kindest regards Achille St. Onge. Achilles St. Onge unknown books
16773Religion Children's Literature Rev. Edmund S. Janes D.D. Miniature Bible. With Engravings Abridged and Collated. Philadelphia: Published at No. 2 Taylor's Alley by J. Harmstead and printed by S. Douglas Wyeth circa 1840. Approximately 2" x 2.5" inches. Original embossed brown cloth covers. 203 pages. 18 engravings including frontispiece depicting "Adam and Eve in the Garden" "The Prodigal Son" "Samson Killing A Lion" "Christ's Agony in the Garden" "Moses in the Bullrushes" "John the Baptist" and more. Miniature 'thumb bibles' such as this one were abridged versions of the Bible intended for children and decorated with pictures. Only four libraries in the world hold this edition per OCLC Worldcat's records. Pencil ownership inscription on front pastedown reading "Sallie Hitch's Book Presented By Her Father". Sallie practices her name on the rear endpaper and leaves a small pencil doodle. Textblock tight though front hinge has separated from the textblock. Covers whole. Faint titles to spine. Pages occasionally creased and slightly toned but overall clean and attractive. An interesting beautifully illustrated volume in good condition. unknown books
1822252747Lansingburgh New York: Wm. Disturnell 1822. Frontispiece. viii 9-255 pp. 1 vols. 1-7/8 x 1-1/4 inches. Contemporary morocco gilt spine. Very good. Frontispiece. viii 9-255 pp. 1 vols. 1-7/8 x 1-1/4 inches. Wm. Disturnell unknown books
195265577Considered the Smallest Books in the World at the Time of Printing MINIATURE BOOKS. Het Onze Vader. The Lord's Prayer Mainz: The Gutenberg Museum 1952. 5 x 5 mm. 16 pp. Contains the Lord's Prayer in Dutch English French German Spanish and Swedish. Full black morocco. Ruled in gilt. Gilt cross on front cover. Housed in a lucite case with magnifying glass. About fine. "Described on publication as the smallest book in the world produced as a fund-raiser for the reconstruction of the Gutenberg Museum in Mainz" HBS 65577. $400 The Gutenberg Museum unknown books
1823798971823. MINIATURE BOOK. HISTORY OF THE BIBLE. Troy NY: Printed & Published by W. & J. Disturnell 1823. 2" by 1 1/4" 5x3.2 cm. with captions. Full brown leather with 'Bible' and modest decoration gilt-stamped to spine. Contemporary ink inscription on front pastedown and a birth notice on rear pastedown. Binding is lightly rubbed at edges with some offset staining to lower board. Text is clean; and although it is trimmed close on a few pages it is unaffected and complete. Adomeit A51. unknown books
1940WRCLIT76248Haddon Heights NJ: William Lewis Washburn 1940. Miniature 5 x 5 cm. Open-sewn gilt lettered vellum with ribbon ties. Fine in lightly smudged and soiled publisher's printed and numbered envelope. Copy #25 of an edition of 64 numbered copies hand-printed by Washburn. BRADBURY WASHBURN 16. William Lewis Washburn hardcover books
1823D14033London: Company of Stationers 1823. Hardcover. Near Fine. Contemporary multi-colored morocco ornately stamped in gilt; in original ornate slipcase; 58x33mm; 12 ff. with engraving of the Quadrant in Regent Street. Includes all the months of the year of course plus a table of kings' and queens' reigns lord mayors and sheriffs from 1802-1823 list of holidays coins eclipses. Tiny chip at tail of spine otherwise book is fine in lightly rubbed slipcase. <br/><br/> Company of Stationers hardcover books
1820D6219Paris: Imprimerie de Lebègue Rue des Noyers c.1820-1840. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 parts in one volume 24mo 93 x 58mm. 44 24pp. 10 full-page engraved allegorical illustrations accompanying separately titled tales printed between engraved borders. Contemporary embossed and painted scenes front cover with scene personifying friendship a classicized figure welcoming a traveler and his dog to the door of his home with a moralizing quotation in French Un bon ami vaut tout A good friend is all. Rear cover depicting the crowning of virtues one putti lowering wreath to pair of classicized figures surrounded by moralizing quotation in French Cest a la vertu vous la merites non cest vous It is the virtue you merit not you decorative period paper on pastedowns slight wear and rubbing text block loose in binding; contents otherwise clean. <br/><br/>The tales in rhyming verse are on familiar themes of friendship romance and the uncertainty of love. There are also poems for songs around the table and the meaning of flowers. The compact book overall ties in nicely some well-appreciated characters from Anthony Abbot the Great to Cinderella. Chapbooks were inexpensive and usually anonymous printings of these popular themes. This petite volume is fine for its entirely handcrafted contemporary binding which continues the internal themes to the unique exterior covering. Imprimerie de Lebègue, Rue des Noyers hardcover books
1864310216New York: C.O. Jones Printer 76 Cedar St 1864. 16 pp. 64mo 2-1/2 x 1-3/4 inches. Publisher's printed wrappers. Front cover rubbed rear cover partially removed. Letters of a Family in publisher's cloth worn loose in covers. Carte-de-visite of "L.H." tipped on to vol. II flyleaf. 16 pp. 64mo 2-1/2 x 1-3/4 inches. Miniature Catalogue of Fairy-House Furniture. Unrecorded miniature book inventorying the furniture and other objects of a model fairy house. Tipped-in to volume II page 570 of Letters of a Family During the War for the Union 1861-1865 Printed for Private Distribution by Georgeana Woolsey Bacon and Eliza Woolsey Howland 1899 with a manuscript note in the margin dated 1899 and reading in part "Furniture & hangings by L. Marcotte & Co . everything made to perfect scale . sold to L.C. who refused it . Re-sold to the women's prisoners of the Insane Asylum at Philadelphia where the poor women when 'good' are allowed to play with it." Unrecorded in OCLC we assume this was printed for private distribution by a member of the Bacon or Howland family. The model fairy house and furniture was possibly made for the New York Metropolitan Fair of 1864 preparations for which are mentioned often in the collected family letters. Unrecorded in OCLC C.O. Jones, Printer, 76 Cedar St unknown books
110476Middleburg: B. Van Dalan Marinus Zon 1774. Oblong miniature 8vo 53 by 39 mm 63 pp. Full calf both cover with gilt floral borders corner-pieces and central stamp marbled endpapers all edges gilt. § Charming Dutch miniature of anonymous devotional poetry. OCLC locates only one other copy at the Zeeunse Bibliotheek Middleburg. OCLC: 529383824. B. Van Dalan unknown books
92Fine. Publius Terentius Afer Londini impensis Gul. Pickering 31 Lincolns Inn Fields MDCCCXXII. Contemporary red morocco raised bands gilt edges 83 mm x 46 mm 3 7/16 in x 2 1/16 in one of Pickerings famous miniature classics containing all six of Terentius' surviving comedies: <i>Andria Eunuchus Heauton Timorumenos Hecyra Adelphi Phormio</i>. iv; 220 pages ii With an additional engraved title page and an engraved frontispiece portrait of Publius Terentius Afer. Royal motto on printed title page dedication to John Spencer. Printed on India paper gilt-edging all around contemporary red morocco raised bands Bookseller Louis W. Bondy's clipped catalogue description laid in. Fine. Pickering hardcover books
1816403558Vienna: Joseph Riedl 1816. 27 x 16 mm; 11/16 x 5/8 in. 28 pages. Text in German. Engraved throughout. Original red morocco gilt by the publisher titled and decorated in gilt edges gilt; original green morocco gilt-decorated slipcase. In fine condition. A very fine miniature calendar of saints in original and fresh condition. The book is printed vertically with the upper and lower halves of the months divided at the gutter listing the name of the saint for each feast day. There are charming miniscule illustrations within each month for the phases of the moon. OCLC/Worldcat locates only one copy at The Grolier Club. Bondy 51; Tissandier 16. <br/><br/> Jos[eph] Riedl unknown books
180092London: Longman and Rees 1800. First Miniature Edition. Tooled leather with gilding. Very Good. Cook. 12mo tooled and gilt-stamped leather with four hubs engraved frontispiece of Dr. Johnson by Cook frontis. & t.p. iii-iv advert. 284 pages. Very Rare! Edited by Rev. Joseph Hamilton. Handy edition of the redoubtable Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary with its marvellous definitions. Published in 1800 during the raging Napoleonic wars with France see also the somewhat later inscription to a French ship's captain below. Samuel Johnson 1709-1784 or more commonly "Dr. Johnson" or "the Great Cham" was a brilliant English writer devout Anglican and Tory who made his reputation as a poet essayist moralist literary critic biographer editor and most lastingly as a lexicographer. His Dictionary of the English Language is noteworthy for its extent comprehensiveness and use of pithy definitions. James Boswell of course memorialized the life and sayings of the great doctor. So uncommon it has NOT been identified by Courtney & Smith Johnson Bibliography with Supplement e.g. pp.57-59. The eighth edition of A Dictionary of the English Language appeared in 1799; the ninth edition in 1805. The upper cap of the spine is missing and the volume is rubbed with wear evident along the hinges and corners but the sewing is strong and the pages are clean with minimal toning. Minor brown offset from the fine engraved frontispiece of Dr. Johnson onto the title page. Bookstamp of bookseller "E. Desbois Bordeaux"; marbled endpapers. Interesting ink presentation on ffe: "To / J or "T" Beck Esqr. / commanding the French / packett Esteva on / her passage from Bordeaux / to Vera Cruz in Nov. 1831 ~ by his most obedt / humble servant / L. L. Becker" Longman and Rees hardcover books
48392Miles Saint-Memin and the Neoclassical Profile Portrait in America 277: "Although the engraving was made in 1802 the version with the inscription 'Col. William Duane' must date after 1808 when Duane became a lieutenant colonel in the United States Army; he also held the rank of colonel from 1813 to 1815. Duane helped Benjamin Franklin Bache publish the Philadelphia Aurora the principal voice of the Jeffersonian Republicans. His paper was responsible for stemming the tide of war against france in the late 1790s and contributed greatly to Thomas Jefferson's election in 1800." Dexter Saint-Memin Collection of Portraits 159. Very good. <br/><br/> unknown books
18258628London. William Pickering. 1825. Brilliantly custom bound in full gilt ruled crushed morocco. Eight superb gilt tooled swimming fish to front and rear covers. Gilt ruled spine compartments with gilt tooled fish motifs. Gilt tooled raised bands. Gilt titles. Elaborate gilt tooled Turn-ins. Gilt tooled edges all around. Marbled endsheets. t.e.g. 48mo. 2.25" x 3.5". First Edition Thus. Part of the renowned "Diamond Series" this issue is the smallest complete edition of Walton's classic ever printed. Illustrated with an engraved Frontis and various decorations en texte. Front cover and spine evenly sunned. Abrasion to the blank verso of the front free endsheet. A Fine crisp beautiful copy of Pickering's famous miniature printing. Keynes -94. William Pickering. hardcover books
8726Central India Nagpur c: 1780. Gouache with gold on paper 6 3/4 x 3 1/2 ins matted and framed. § A lovely Indian miniature from the Devimahatmya Glorification of the Goddess hymn within the Markandeya Purana. 1780. Gouache with gold unknown books
181542873Cincinnati: Published by Wesley Coleman and William Phillips. Morgan Williams and Co. Printers 1815. 1st Edition Adomeit A34; American Imprints 34917; Bradbury p. 63; Welch 861.2. Not in Rosenbach nor Welsh. Period brown full calf binding. Modest wear to binding with boards a bit splayed. Some browning & ageing to paper with the occasional short edge tear to a leaf no text affected. A Good - VG item. 2 blank v 6 - 167 3 blank pp. Divisional t.p. "History of the New Testament" p. 77. "Appendix" t.p. p. 135. "Psalms" t.p. p. 151. 2-1/2" x 1-1/2" <br/><br/>The first miniature book published in Ohio and quite rare in the trade- RBH records the last appearance as in a 1964 Midland catalogue this copy. Published by [Wesley] Coleman and [William] Phillips. Morgan, Williams and Co., Printers hardcover books
