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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
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
192021614No Place Noted: No Publisher 1920. 8 pages; recounting this children's fable with 9 color illustrations within; miniature size 2 1/16" x 2 3/4" approx. size; no publisher or date noted circa 1920s; single-staple color illustrated covers; pages browned a bit not fragile; little bit of staple rust at gutter darkening to covers; in very good condition; a good miniature children's book ephemeral item. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. No Publisher paperback books
190319421Philadelphia: Chichester Chemical Company 1903 . First edition. Cover somewhat soiled and a little worn; booklet in fine and bright condition. Miniature in original pictorial celluloid stiff wrappers 2.5 x 1.5 inches wire-stitched 40 pages. With original printed promotional cover 2.5 x 4.25 inches. The publication date somewhat smudged in production but the inclusion of a 1904 calendar and the evident date code of 11-03 on the cover suggest a 1903 publication. An attractive little promotional vade mecum to advertise this medical concern. Chichester Chemical Company, unknown 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
1799MB42633Good. 3 3/8 x 2 3/8 inches pictorial silk over paper spine stitched cloth separated from lower cover insect damage to top of upper cover. hardcover books
1798MB42632Good: light stain to lower corner of first few leaves. 3 3/8 x 2 1/2 inches pictorial silk over paper spine stitched paper cover label fabric lacking from lower cover Text in Japanese. This is a miniature edition of a title first published in 1778 and subsequently reprinted in many editions. 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
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
1848WRCLIT80594New York: American Tract Society 1848. 128pp. Miniature 55 x 35mm. Drab cloth decorated in blind lettered in gilt within gilt wreath Some mild foxing and soiling cloth somewhat rubbed a good sound copy. A US version of the British collection issued by the Religious Tract Society ca. 1831 and reprinted by several other publishers in the UK and US in the following years. WELSH 2319. SPIELMANN 118. American Tract Society hardcover books
LV1729Seattle:: B.T. Norman no date. 50 x 40 mm. Single sheet folded accordion style mounted between stiff paper ends with a printed paper cover label. Fine. Printed by Bonnie Thomas Norman. Printed text "from quiet homes and first beginnings out to the undiscovered ends there’s nothing worth the wear of living but laughter and love and friends – ANONYMOUS" with manuscript inscription "Dear Vance. . . Happy new year to you and Mary! Warmly Bonnie". [B.T. Norman, no date]. unknown books
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
188021620Philadelphia: H. C. Peck & Theo. Bliss 1880. Hardcover. Very good. 16mo. 2-1/2 by 3 inches. 191pp. Brown cloth with gilt title on spine and vignette on upper board. 48 plates. All edges gilt. Gilt and cloth rubbed else a very good copy.<br/><p><br/>John Paul Jones Commodore Perry and a long list of others.<br/><p><br/>Welsh 5222.<br/><p>. H. C. Peck & Theo. Bliss hardcover books
188021619Philadelphia: H. C. Peck & Theo. Bliss 1880. Hardcover. Very good. 16mo. 2-1/2 by 3 inches. 191pp. Brown cloth with gilt title on spine and vignette on upper board. 48 plates. All edges gilt. Gilt and cloth rubbed else a very good copy.<br/><p><br/>Marbles cricket dolls blowgun reading peep-shows foot-ball gymnastics and a long list of other sports.<br/><p><br/>Welsh 1401.<br/><p>. H. C. Peck & Theo. Bliss 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
1964WRCLIT76116Munich: Graphische Fachhandlung Waldman and Pfetzner 1964. Miniature approximately 5 x 5 mm. Limp dark blue-black semi-leather binding with Olympic Rings stamped in silver. Very good or better in hinged plexi magnifier case. One of four titles published by the firm in a sequence of "World's Smallest Books." The text is the Olympic Oath printed in German English French Spanish Russian Finnish Swedish and Italian. The edition must have been relatively large - as of this cataloguing copies remain for sale at such venues as the Museum Shop at the Gutenberg Museum in Mainz. Graphische Fachhandlung, Waldman and Pfetzner hardcover books
197919348Van Nuys: Collector Editions in Miniature Barbara Raheb 1979. Hardcover. Fine. 1" by ¾" in size. Full red leather blocked in gilt on the spine with the title and on the upper board with a vignette. Marbled endpapers. One of 300 numbered copies this being no. 83 signed by Barbara Raheb the publisher. A fully functional finely produced book scaled for the dollhouse. A fine copy. Collector Editions in Miniature (Barbara Raheb) hardcover 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
1850WRCLIT84954Buffalo: Phinney & Co. 1850. x11-192pp. Miniature 5.5 x 4.5 cm. Full contemporary calf. Frontis and plates. Spine a bit chafed a few trivial discolorations edges well- thumbed early ink gift inscription on front free endsheet but a very good copy. One of many impressions under a number of different imprints of this popular mid-19th century rendering for children. WELSH 1125. ADAMOIT A104. OCLC: 8599822. Phinney & Co. unknown books
WRCLIT76492Np: Unknown nd. Six copper plates ca. 4.5 x 3 cm punched and wire bound with text stamped in blind. Copper oxidized otherwise very good. A curious anonymous production the plates bearing a sequence of blindstamped letters 4 to a plate with the exception of the last which bears 2 letters spelling out "These letters spell words." Unknown unknown books
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 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
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
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
1934WRCLIT73898Ann Arbor MI: Edwards Brothers Inc. 1934. Decorated boards. 8 x 6 cm. 3 1/4 x 2 3/8". Prefatory note signed "H.T.P." A facsimile of a 16th century Almanac printed by Wynkn de Worde. Near fine. Edwards Brothers, Inc. hardcover books
