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1903ST20237New York: The Gorham Manufacturing Co 1903. FIRST EDITION. ONE OF 500 COPIES. 102 x 64 mm. 4 x 2 1/2". 4 p.l. 9-148 pp. <br/> CHARMING PUBLISHER'S LIMP SUEDE illustrated covers with a rotund golfer on front and a long-suffering caddy at rear top edge gilt other edges untrimmed. In a later glassine wrapper. Housed in a very sturdy custom-made buckram folding box with inlaid marbled spine label. Color floral and foliate headpieces tailpieces and title page and 16 DELIGHTFUL MOUNTED COLOR PLATES BY JOHN HASSALL. Front endpaper with the ownership inscription "W. P. Rockwell November 1905." Murdoch 888; Donovan & Murdoch 19030. Trivial smudges to the suede but A NEARLY PRISTINE COPY of this delightful little book an item that is simply never found this well preserved.<br/> <br/> This is a diminutive golf manual with immense charm and offered in the most immaculate condition possible. In a small-pocket format the book provides the golfer with the game's rules etiquette technical terms names of golf clubs and their various uses a list of American champions since the organization of the United States Golf Association and a roster of the "leading players in the United States." Accompanying the text are a group of quite charming colored plates done by John Hassall 1868-1948 an active and celebrated watercolorist poster designer and illustrator from 1895 onwards. Houfe calls him "an original and versatile designer." As can be seen in the present volume Hassall seems to have been influenced by "the flat colors and two-dimensional decorative quality of Japanese prints which he adapts to his own work with thick outline and careful patterning." Whatever the influence one can't help but smile when looking at his work. Hassall depicts golf costume through the ages here including golfers in kilts trousers cloaks knickers and other attire; he also shows us a pair of disarmingly shabby young caddies two women and a boy incongruously dressed in Napoleonic greatcoat and tricorn hat. The most memorable thing about this item is its condition: as a book intended to be put in one's pocket and as a volume that was never sturdy to begin with there is absolutely no explanation for how our copy has survived to the present day in its remarkable state of preservation. When this copy without its box was sold in 2004 at PBA Galleries the most prominent auction purveyor of golf books and equipment the catalogue called it "the finest copy we have ever offered of this exceedingly scarce and fragile book.". The Gorham Manufacturing Co unknown
1930ST20235London: Harrods Ltd 1930s. FIRST EDITION. 76 x 51 mm. 3 x 2". 100 pp. <br/> Original green or orange paper wrappers side stitched titling on front cover and imprint on spine. In a custom-made folding buckram box with book wells for the three books and gilt-stamped marbled paper label inset on spine of the box. Consisting of three bound sets of 50 sequential photographs that when flipped either from back to front or front to back generate a stop motion animation of Bobby Jones demonstrating the proper form for executing a shot with various golf clubs see below. Advertisements on inside wrappers. Donovan & Murdoch 22610. One volume with portions of spine gone at either end with partial loss of imprint wrappers inevitably somewhat soiled corners a bit rounded as expected but still remarkably well preserved especially considering its inevitable hard use being entirely sound and with the photographs in excellent condition.<br/> <br/> This is a scarce grouping of some of the most charming sports as well as miniature books we've ever offered for sale. In the 1930s the famous London department store Harrods published a series of so-called sports "flicker" books of which these three are perhaps the most famous other sports books involved cricket tennis lacrosse soccer badminton swimming and greyhound racing. Our three "flicker" books when the pages are riffled with one's thumb or fingers show the famous smooth-swinging American golfer Bobby Jones executing shots with various clubs. The first book #11a in the Harrods series features the driver and the mashie. The modern equivalent for this latter piece of equipment is slightly elusive but the "mashie" is an iron club with considerable loft meant to hit a golf ball a relatively short distance with a high trajectory Jones' "driver" has the same meaning today as it did 90 years ago. The second book features shots with a "brassie" roughly equivalent to today's 3- or 4-wood and an "iron" also called a "driving iron" which is like today's 1- or 2-iron. The third book shows Jones putting and escaping from heavy rough with a high-lofted club like today's sand wedge. It is great fun--not to mention still instructive--to riffle through these photographs watching one of the world's most celebrated golf swings come to life complete with Jones' knickers white shirt and flapping tie. It is also a fact of some interest that this English series would feature an American player at a time when British dominance in golf was beginning to erode. Given the physical use to which these items have been subjected it is difficult to believe that they are still intact let alone that they are solid enough to be handled without worry. Harrods Ltd unknown
192058739Philadelphia PA: The Philadelphia MuseumsCommercial Museum of Philadelphia Exhibits Bureau ca. 1920. Archive of 52 mounted silver gelatin photographs sized 7 x 9 in. mounted on 9.75 x 12 in. gray studio board mounts all imprinted w/ white lettering at lower right corners and captions below images a few have photographer’s original imprints w/in the negative and printed explanatory text on light gray versos minor edgewear rubbing wear to some corners minor bowing to mounts as usual a few boards w/ edgewear wear at corners 1 photo w/ soiling still a VG group of photos w/all retaining bright strong contrast. This archive serves as an excellent surviving visual aid from the “Miniature Museum†exhibits created by the Commercial Museum of Philadelphia before and after World War I in order to promote foreign trade and develop international commerce for U.S. products. Sponsored by manufacturers suppliers and many different companies who would supply products to the Commercial Museum these interactive exhibits were intended to illustrate not only useful products of other countries and the advantage for trade in the U.S. but also to underlie important facts of modern industry. Dispatched for free these sample exhibits contained a cupboard at the base in which an educator or lecturer could place photographs and additional exhibits which would revolve on loan for assorted subjects to be taught. The photographs preserved here include those used originally with such trays as the “Beverages; Brush Fiber; Carbon; Coconut; Cotton; Cow; Flax; Gums & Resins; Iron; Ores & Metals; Rice; Rope Fiber; Rubber; Silk; Spice; Sugar & Wheat.†For instance this unknown instructor ordered for the “Beverages Drawer Exhibit†the photographs “Picking Tea†in Japan “Tea Factory†in Ceylon “Tea Ships†in Formosa Taiwan or “Picking Coffee†in Brazil which would have then been used with a series of large folding or rolling maps to be displayed as part of a multi-media presentation. As the cases were heavy and fragile these were sent out in place and further education materials would be dispatched to enhance their use but unfortunately classroom usage resulted in frequent lost and damaged photographs. Also present here are photos for “Camels Carrying Charcoal†into Constantinople Turkey; “Cutting Bananas†in Jamaica; “Cocoanut Plantation†& “Making Cocoanut Oil†in Ceylon; or the “Iron Furnace†in Hankow China or “Rope Factory†in Hong Kong. Two of the photos for Mexico include one still retaining the original caption for Charles Betts Waite of a smelter operation in Aguascalientes Mexico and another of the Sirena Mine in Guanajuato Mexico with the photographer’s imprint scratched out in negative but appears to have been a Winfield Scott image. Other images show the bustling harvesting of spices in Ceylon Singapore Jamaica and German East Africa rubber plantations in the Amazon Valley of Brazil and panning gold in Vancouver B.C. and hydraulic gold mining in Otago New Zealand with image by Burton Bros. of Dunedin. The Rice and Silk sections both offer excellent views of both processes in late Meiji and Taisho-era Japan. The Commercial Museum which originally opened in 1897 was the foremost source of international trade knowledge for American manufacturers in the early 20th Century. Slowly other Trade Commissions and Exhibitions supplanted the Commercial Museum and by the 1950’s the Miniature Museum visual aid exhibits had become obsolete and many had been broken up or photographs and samples dispersed through use. Although the Museum continued to provide programming and display exhibits until 1994 it was then closed indefinitely. See: Charles R. Toothaker Curator Educational Work of the Commercial Museum of Philadelphia Bulletin 1920 No. 13 Dept. of the Interior Bureau of Education 1921 includes images of assorted variations of the original oak sample cases and even large display of possible photo choices; Katelyn Wolfrom Rise and Fall of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum: How a Forgotten Museum Forever Altered American Industry Independence Seaport Museum Spring 2010. The Philadelphia Museums,[Commercial Museum of Philadelphia, Exhibits Bureau], hardcover
193338581Worcester Mass: Commonwealth Press 1933. One of 150 copies. 1 vols. 4to. Drop box in three quarter crimson morocco and marbled boards housing five books: The Rose Garden of Omar Khayyam 3/16 x 1/8; The Rose Garden . 1-3/4 x 1-1/2; The Rose Garden . 5-7/8x 4-7/8; A Thimbleful of Books lacks glassine; Proof Sheet. The first four are bound in full red morocco; the Proof Sheet is in wrappers. Lacks magnifying glass . Minor rubbing to box; books are in fine condition. An additional set of proof sheets mounted on a black board is loosely inserted. One of 150 copies. 1 vols. 4to. At the time of its publication The Rose Garden was advertised as the smallest book in the world. Thompson's A Thimbleful of Books gives a brief account of miniature books with illustrations of various examples and the circumstances of this book's preparation. Bradbury pp. 51-53; Welch 5354 Commonwealth Press unknown
198323887Boston: Anne and David Bromer 1983. Fine. Hardcover. Miniature book. 1-7/16 by 1-3/16 inches. Copy No. 109 of 150 finely printed on the Ashendene hand press by Linnea Gentry from the original Ashendene pates used for the original printing for Queen Mary's Dollhouse in 1923. Bound in full niger morocco spine in three compartments with raised bands gilt; gilt rules on the boards; all edges gilt. Housed in the publisher's clamshell case morocco spine gilt with cloth sides and an ingenious cutout to house and protect the small book. And with the original prospectus for this edition laid into the publisher's cloth chemise. A fine copy in a fine case. Anne and David Bromer unknown
1991ST20505-14Los Angeles: Printed and bound by Pall Bohne for Dawson's Book Shop 1991. ONE OF 60 COPIES. 65 x 45 mm. 2 1/2 x 1 3/4". 20 pp. 1 leaf. <br/> Quarter red leather over patterned paper boards flat spine lettered in gilt Dutch gilt endpapers.<br /> With a leaf from the Kleine Print miniature bible containing an excellent engraving of Jezebel and Jehu from 2 Kings 9. DeHamel and Silver "Disbound and Dispersed" 196.5. See also: Welsh 938; Spielmann 280. The book in mint condition the inserted leaf just slightly browned at edges but fine and fresh.<br/> <br/> This charming little leaf book pays tribute to a very rare miniature Bible published around 1750 in The Hague. Composed entirely of engravings printed on one side only the work is a masterpiece of small-scale printing. In the words of the Spielmann Catalogue "Many of the scenes depicted in the original Bible are of astounding beauty considering the tiny scale upon which the artist had to work." The genesis of the present leaf book was the acquisition by the noted miniature book collector Ruth E. Adomeit 1910-96 of a fragment of 61 leaves from this Bible which she obtained during a European trip in 1953. Our copy contains an engraving showing the meeting between the military commander Jehu and the wicked Queen Jezabel which ends with Jezebel's being thrown from a window by her eunuchs. We see her mid-fall and upside down in the present image while Jehu watches triumphantly from his chariot. Not surprisingly given its small print run this item is not commonly seen for sale. Printed and bound by Pall Bohne for Dawson's Book Shop unknown
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
1991EEzz8454zPannNew York, Homai (1991). Fol. 246, 17 S., mit vielen großformatigen Wiedergaben von Arbeiten des Künstlers, Oln. Mit farb. Oumschl., Schuber, dieser aussen mit Feuchtigkeitsflecken. Ein Bl. Am Rand mit Einriss, sonst tadelloses Expl. English language edition. Added title page and text in Persian.
195265577Mainz: The Gutenberg Museum 1952. MINIATURE BOOKS. Het Onze Vader. The Lord's Prayer Mainz: The Gutenberg Museum 1952.<br> <br> 5 x 5 mm. 16 pp. Contains the Lord's Prayer in Dutch English French German Spanish and Swedish.<br> <br> Full black morocco. Ruled in gilt. Gilt cross on front cover. Housed in a lucite case with magnifying glass. About fine.<br> <br> "Described on publication as the smallest book in the world produced as a fund-raiser for the reconstruction of the Gutenberg Museum in Mainz"<br> <br> HBS 65577.<br> <br> $400. The Gutenberg Museum unknown
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
1962ST15816-74Chicago and Skokie Illinois: Black Cat Press 1962-77. All works measuring 49 to 75 mm. about 2 to 3" tall. Seven separately published works in eight volumes. <br/> All in their original bindings see below. Binding of "A Testament of Freedom" somewhat worn including a short crack to upper joint; "A Christmas Parable with a little rubbing to extremities and tail of lower joint; all other works in mint condition inside and out.<br/> <br/> Printer and press founder Norman Forgue said in his bibliography that the Black Cat Press "has had a long and prolific life. Founded in 1932 at the height of the Depression its only assets were an empty pocketbook and a burning desire to do fine printing and make beautiful books and hopefully find employment." Although Forgue had printed several "little" books and keepsakes early in his career the first true miniature book was not produced by the press until 1961. The titles in the present collection include: <br /> 1 BEWICK THOMAS Illustrator. "VIGNETTES FROM BIRDS QUADRUPEDS AND FABLES." 1971 ONE OF 200 COPIES. Red leather gilt French fold. With illustrations printed from original blocks. "This is probably the only miniature book partly printed by hand and part on modern automatic presses." Forgue<br /> 2 EISENSCHIML OTTO. "THE CIVIL WAR IN MINIATURE." 1962 ONE OF 275 COPIES. Dark blue leather gilt crossed sword design on upper covers French fold.<br /> 3 FORGUE NORMAN. "A CHRISTMAS PARABLE." 1964 ONE OF 200 COPIES. Red leather gilt French fold. With decorations by Gerald Whalen. According to Forgue this is "Basically a true story and an experience I will long remember."<br /> 4 FORGUE NORMAN Compiler. "A TESTAMENT OF FREEDOM." 1966 ONE OF 200 COPIES BOUND IN LEATHER. Red leather gilt French fold.<br /> 5 J. B. H. Jr. "A CHRISTMAS STORY." 1961 ONE OF 300 COPIES of which 50 were for sale. Brown paper boards with rows of gilt stars backed with green leather.<br /> 6 LEVITAN KALMAN. "MINIATURE BOOKS RELATING TO POSTAGE STAMPS." 1983 Two volumes. ONE OF 250 COPIES. Red leather gilt. Volume I with a USPS mini-stamp as a frontispiece; recto of title with an ink gift inscription; volume II with a "keepsake for friends" dated 1978 bound in with a place for a postage stamp to be added.<br /> 7 NICHOLS DALE. "LET THERE BE LIGHT." 1969 ONE OF 250 COPIES. Turquoise leather gilt. Black Cat Press unknown
1911134261Glasgow: Printed at the University Press for David Bryce and Son 1911. Hardcover. Very Good. Glasgow Printed at the University Press for David Bryce and Son 1911 first thus/ 1896. A thumb Bible 45 × 31 × 27 mm vi 876 pages with 28 full-page illustrations; a tiny magnifying glass is loosely inserted in an endpocket. Full leather extensively decorated in blind with 'Coronation Bible 1911' lettered in blind on the spine; leather a little rubbed at the extremities; minimal signs of age and use; a very good copy. Issued in honour of the Coronation of King George V this is a reprint of the 1896 edition 'the earliest complete miniature Bible . These Bryce Bibles are embellished with 28 full-page line illustrations reduced from designs by Charles Bell Birch' Louis W. Bondy: 'Miniature Books' 1981. Spielmann 24 not noting this edition; Bondy pages 108-111. Printed at the University Press for David Bryce and Son hardcover
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
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
1955EEzz4705o.O. u. J. (Berlin/DDR, um 1955). 4°. Über 1000 einseitig beschrieb. Blätter (Durchschlag eines maschingeschrieb. Manuskripts), Fotos meist auf Karton mont., einige jedoch lose beilieg., zweifach Lochung mit Spagat- bzw. Kunststoff-Durchzug, tlw. mit Karton-Deckblättern, Gebrauchsspuren. Es ist anzunehmen, daß diese detaillierte kunstgeschichtliche Arbeit für eine Dissertation od. Habilitationsschrift diente. Zu der genauen Beschreibung, Technik, Zustand, Provenienz u. Einordnung ist immer ein Foto des Gegenstandes angefügt.
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
1991FAKS0287Budapest, Helikon, 1991. 8,5x11 cm, II + 176 Bll., mit 1 illuminierter (mehrfarb./gold) erster Textseite sowie zahlr. ornamental verzierten Seiten, dunkelbrauner OLdrbd. m. Goldpräg. auf 3 Blindbünden, mit metall. Deckelverschluss, Vollgoldschnitt, 73seitiges Beiheft m. farb. OKart.-Umschlag; zusammen in brauner Velourleder-Kassette m. gldgepr. Deckelbild. Tadellos. Der Kodex enthält Gebet; nach seiner Illuminierung entstand er in Ferrara in der zweiten Hälfte des 15. Jahrhunderts. [3 Warenabbildungen]
1904Pa146London: Henry Frowde 1904. Deluxe MINIATURE EDITION . Hardback. Fine. 128mo. 688pp. Frontis. plate. HALL MARKED SILVER PLAQUE ATTACHED TO THE FRONT COVER. Hall-Marked CBP Charles Penny Brown Birmingham 1908. Black leather with gilt titles to the spine. A scarce item especially in this condition. PLEASE EMAIL FOR PHOTOS <br/> <br/> Henry Frowde hardcover
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
1980ST20505-15Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop 1980. EACH ONE OF 125 COPIES. 47 x 38 mm. 2 x 1 1/2". 18 pp. 1 leaf. Two copies of the same work sold separately. <br/> Deep brown half morocco over marbled paper boards flat spine lettered in gilt. WITH A LEAF FROM the Newberry Bible. De Hamel and Silver "Disbound and Dispersed" 168.5. As new; one copy with the inserted leaf a bit browned with a small open tear to the margin not affecting the text but still excellent; the other with a very fine leaf just a bit browned at the edges.<br/> <br/> These two copies of this delightful publication feature a leaf of the famed 1780 Newberry "Thumb Bible" accompanied by an essay written by one of the 20th century's most noted collectors of miniature books. It is a charming tribute on the bicentennial of the publication of one of the world's smallest Bibles. The Newberry Bible fully titled "The Bible in Miniature or a Concise History of the Old & New Testaments" was produced by Elizabeth Newberry the niece of John Newbery pioneering children's book publisher and the namesake of the Newberry Medal. Ruth E. Adomeit 1912-96 was a lifelong miniature book enthusiast: along with being known for her personal library she wrote the leading bibliography of thumb bibles was editor of "The Miniature Book Collector" from 1960-62 and was active in the Miniature Book Society. This publication is made especially charming by its size which perfectly fits the tiny leaf it contains. Dawson's Book Shop unknown
198573401Cambridge MA: Runcible Press ca. 1985. First edition. One of 50 numbered copies signed by the author/printer/illustrator and printed on Kozo paper. 1 7/8 x 2 1/2 inches. With 24 linocuts by Parry with alphabet on the opposing versos. Bound in the Japanese manner; string-tied decorative wrappers. An excellent copy of this scarce miniature Marian Parry is an author poet illustrator and watercolor artist. Her books have been published by Knopf Simon & Schuster Greenwillow Heritage Press and Limited Editions Pharos Verlag Switzerland and Scholastic Books. She has had numerous one-person shows. Her work is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York the Houghton Library of Harvard University and the Smith College Rare Book Room. The main archive of her work is in the print collection of the Boston Public Library. Founder and senior instructor of the Watercolor Program for the Radcliffe Seminars at Harvard University she was a fellow in the Bunting Fellowship Program at Radcliffe. Parry has illustrated 17 books. The first “The Space Child’s Mother Goose†published in 1958 by Simon & Schuster is still in print. Runcible Press unknown
1950255840N.p. 1950. Text of the Lord's Prayer in English French Spanish German etc. 1 vols. Miniature 3/16 x 3/16 inches. Black morocco binding. As new in lucite case and cloth lined folding white plastic box. Text of the Lord's Prayer in English French Spanish German etc. 1 vols. Miniature 3/16 x 3/16 inches. unknown
192633532New York: The Triptych 2529 Park Row Bldg 1926. #26 of 99 copies on Small Paper. 1 vols. 64mo. Decorated boards some wear. #26 of 99 copies on Small Paper. 1 vols. 64mo. The Triptych, 2529 Park Row Bldg unknown
198618926n.p.: Rebecca Press 1986. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. 2 by 2½ inches. Unpaginated. Every other set of facing pages blocked in a letter of the alphabet in gilt the letters artfully surrounded by fairies or putti and foliage. One of 200 copies this one unnumbered. Bound in full honey-colored morocco the upper board titled in gilt an with a blind-tooled cameo reminiscent of the letters within. A fine copy. Rebecca Press hardcover books
1950255840N.p. 1950. Text of the Lord's Prayer in English French Spanish German etc. 1 vols. Miniature 3/16 x 3/16 inches. Black morocco binding. As new in lucite case and cloth lined folding white plastic box. Text of the Lord's Prayer in English French Spanish German etc. 1 vols. Miniature 3/16 x 3/16 inches. unknown books
