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50079<p>No place Box Clever Miniatures 1990. Edition unknown circa 1990 tiny miniature book approximately 24 x 16 mm 15/16 x 5/8 inches under 1 inch tall black and white illustrations by John Tenniel 16 pages including title page bound in white card with coloured illustration of Red Duchess to upper cover. Fine as new copy in Fine white card slipcase with repeat of cover illustration. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.</p> No place, Box Clever Miniatures, (1990).
1983ABE-1593893856543Hanover Fitz Press 1983 Lewis Carroll. The Pig-Tale. Mill Valley CA: Hanover Fitz Press 1983. Miniature hardcover bound in purple cloth; one of 250 copies this being number 66; oblong; 2.5 x 3 inches; 26 pages; black and white illustrations by Anne Easley. Faint sunning top edge of front board. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Hanover Fitz Press hardcover
1993114 Buckingham Street Fitzroy Square London . 16 November 1828. 1p. 12mo. Bifolium. Addressed with small red wax seal to one corner on reverse of second leaf to 'Miss Gray'. In good condition lightly aged. A charming missive reading: 'Mr Hayter's Respectful Compts to Miss Gray and begs her acceptance of the little hexagon dish - which he hopes she will try her ingenuity to outdo - he calls it "a Page" or "a little something to put any thing in - if Miss Gray should like to see how to begin one Mr Hayter will most willing show her his method provided Miss Gray can make it convenient to come any eveng she will please to appoint not later than six He desires to give his friendly regard to Mrs Helder & to Miss E G. hoping all is well -'. 14 Buckingham Street, Fitzroy Square [ London ]. 16 November 1828. unknown
52933Goldaming Surrey: Privately Printed For Charterhouse School 1881 . A very good full leather miniature book. 8.5cm x 6.2cm x 2.0cm. Polished balck calf. Gilt school crest to front board. Gilt title to spine: "School Lists 1879-81." All page edges gilt. Inner gilt dentelles. Marbled endpapers. Previous owner's details to front free-endpaper: "J. H. Merryweather Charterhouse 1882." A collection of school and house lists for the Charterhouse a public school in Godalming Surrey. Originally founded by Thomas Sutton in 1611 on the site of the old Carthusian monastery in Charterhouse Square London the school is one of the original nine English public schools reported upon by the Clarendon Commission in 1864. With lists of governors masters students and house members lists for the September January and May 1879-1881. [ Goldaming, Surrey: Privately Printed For Charterhouse School, 1881 ] hardcover
48652<p>London Charles Tilt Fleet Street 1839. In the Tilt's Hand-books for Children series printed by C. Whittingham. Inscribed June 1839 in ink and pencil on front pastedown miniature book approximately 78 x 62 mm 3 x 2½ inches cover size frontispiece of the Royal Psalmist vignette on title page and 46 very good full page illustrations printed 1 side only pages: 191 1 - publisher's advert listing the first 6 titles in this series ours being the first on the list. Bound in the original publisher's dark green fine grained blind stamped cloth decorative gilt frame to upper cover containing gilt title gilt decoration to spine with gilt title all edges gilt pale yellow endpapers. Spine just very slightly faded gilt bright a touch of wear to top of spine and a pinhead chip to cloth at top of upper hinge minute chip to lower edge of page 59/60. A very good clean tight copy. Episodes from the Old Testament retold for children. Bondy Miniature Books page 66-67. Not in Welsh or Osborne. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.</p> hardcover
49870<p>London Charles Tilt Fleet Street 1839. In the Tilt's Hand-books for Children series printed by C. Whittingham inscribed February 1839 on front pastedown miniature book approximately 78 x 62 mm 3 x 2½ inches cover size frontispiece of the Royal Psalmist vignette on title page and 46 very good full page illustrations printed 1 side only pages: 191 1 - publisher's advert listing the first 6 titles in this series ours being the first on the list. Bound in the original publisher's brown fine grained blind stamped cloth decorative gilt frame to upper cover containing gilt title gilt decoration to spine with gilt title all edges gilt pale yellow endpapers. Spine just very slightly faded gilt bright very slight wear to top of spine with 1 minute nick lower hinge faded a little very light staining to covers front endpapers very lightly soiled contents clean. A very good tight copy. Episodes from the Old Testament retold for children. Bondy Miniature Books page 66-67. Not in Welsh or Osborne. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.</p> London, Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, (1839). hardcover
49871<p>London Charles Tilt Fleet Street 1839. In the Tilt's Hand-books for Children series printed by C. Whittingham. Inscribed June 1839 in pencil on front pastedown miniature book approximately 78 x 62 mm 3 x 2½ inches cover size frontispiece of the Holy Family vignette on title page and 46 full page illustrations printed 1 side only pages: 191 1 - publisher's advert listing the first 6 titles in this series ours being the 2nd. Bound in the original publisher's maroon fine grained blind stamped cloth decorative gilt frame to upper cover containing gilt title gilt decoration to spine with gilt title all edges gilt pale yellow endpapers. Spine faded gilt bright a touch of wear to top of spine tiny damp spot to upper corner of upper cover. A very good clean tight copy. The New Testament abridged and illustrated for the use of children. Osborne I 147; Bondy Miniature Books page 66-67. Not in Welsh. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.</p> London, Charles Tilt, Fleet Street, (1839). hardcover
9780836226829-2025Andrews McMeel Publishing. Hardcover. New/New. <p><strong>Author:</strong> Cindy Chang; Intervisual Books; Kathryn Siegler; Lindy Burnett; Miniature Book Collection</p><p><strong>Publisher:</strong> Andrews McMeel Publishing</p><p><strong>Binding:</strong> Hardcover</p><p><strong>ISBN:</strong> 9780836226829</p><p><strong>Number Of Pages:</strong> 80</p><p><strong>Details:</strong> Book by</p> Andrews McMeel Publishing hardcover
9780836226829-2025Andrews McMeel Publishing. Hardcover. New/New. <p><strong>Author:</strong> Cindy Chang; Intervisual Books; Kathryn Siegler; Lindy Burnett; Miniature Book Collection</p><p><strong>Publisher:</strong> Andrews McMeel Publishing</p><p><strong>Binding:</strong> Hardcover</p><p><strong>ISBN:</strong> 9780836226829</p><p><strong>Number Of Pages:</strong> 80</p><p><strong>Details:</strong> Book by</p> Andrews McMeel Publishing hardcover
53079<p>Bristol Lilliput Press 1986. FIRST EDITION 1986 20 x 20 mm 3/4 x 3/4 of an inch cover size miniature fold out concertina book of 25 pages 24 delicately hand coloured including the title page plus colophon page bound into original publisher's pink cloth wallet style binding with tuck-in flap gilt border to upper cover with gilt corner ornaments and gilt title spine plain hand marbled endpapers. No inscriptions a Fine crisp clean copy. An A to Z of the Victorian language of flowers in which every flower had a meaning. At the top of each page is a pretty hand coloured flower illustration with below it a list of flowers beginning with that letter with their meanings K and Q have an almost full page image. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST AND ALL PARCELS SENT FULLY TRACKED AND FULLY INSURED.</p> Bristol, Lilliput Press, 1986. hardcover
190011661<p>Oxford University Press and William Clowes & Sons Limited. London. ND. Circa 1900. TWO VOLUMES. INDIA PAPER EDITIONS. Diamond 128mo. 2.2 x 1.8 inches. 688pp vi 862pp. Publishers black morocco bindings with gilt lettering to the spines and front boards. Housed in a black morocco slip-case. Black coated endpapers the front one lacking from Common Prayer and a small area of loss to the top of the front one in Hymns. All edges gilt. Corners rounded. Some rubbing to the extremities of the slip case but the book's bindings are clean and sound with the gilt still lovely and bright</p> Oxford University Press and William Clowes & Sons Limited. London. ND. Circa 1900 hardcover
ABE-1593741675886Watertown MA: Kurbel Books 1985. 21 pp. Approximately 2 1/2 x 2 1/2". DELUX LIMITED EDITION #47/200 copies. Bound in white textured cloth marbled endpapers. Slipcase. Accordion fold pages. illustrated by author layout by Robert E. Massmann frontispiece portrait by Fred G. Moynihan Jr. in new condition. Bradbury Kurbel Books #4A counting book and a commemoration at the same time showing the ten stages in this dog's life as told in illustrated pictures and hand-colored numbers. Selle. First 4 pages with U.S. postage stamps depicting dogs. Special Edition. Hardcover. As New. hardcover
52889London: Chapman & Hall Limited 1905 . Miniature book. 58mm x 40mm x 9mm. pp.350. Tan suede yapp binding over limp overs. Gilt title to spine. All page edges gilt. Green marbled endpapers creased and rubbed. Clean text and illustrations throughout just a few creased corners. VG London: Chapman & Hall, Limited, 1905 . unknown
46046Henry Frowde. London. 1904 - 1906. 55 x 37mm Original publisher's suede gilt spine titles and marble endpapers all in fair condition with insect damage to part of one front and one rear board text in good condition printed on India paper with front page of three of the tiny volumes loose from the spine though all spines are surprisingly sound. The five volumes comprise The Chimes The Cricket On The Hearth The Battle Of Life The Haunted Man all 1904 and A Christmas Carol 1906 and although fragile at over a hundred years old they are an amazing and quant unretouched example of early miniatures all still readable. Henry Frowde. London. 1904 - 1906 unknown
51468London: Chapman & Hall Limited 1904 . Miniature book. 58mm x 40mm x 9mm. pp.390. Tan suede yapp binding over limp overs. Gilt title to spine. All page edges gilt. Green marbled endpapers creased and rubbed. Clean text and illustrations throughout just a few creased corners. VG London: Chapman & Hall, Limited, 1904 . unknown
1984ABE-1593833064273The Black Cat Press 1984 Pebbled decorated leatherette binding. 110pp. 2 1/4" x 1 1/4". Edition of 249 copies printed at the Schori Press. Previous Japanese book dealer price tag of 18000 yen tipped in. Limited Edition. Hardcover. As New. The Black Cat Press hardcover
16275156London George Humble 1627. Copper engraving 8.7 x 12.3 cms recent hand-colour. Some light marginal soiling. English text on verso. From the first edition of the so-called minature Speed which used maps by van den Keere to illustrate a pocket edition of Speeds text and which Humble appears to have printed to coincide with editions of the larger atlas. Map unknown
979524 color-printed panels with 12 illus. & 12 panels of love poems on verso on reverse 20 erotic color-printed panels pasted-in. Miniature book 48 x 50 mm. orig. color-printed pictorial boards with color-printed endpapers. Japan: n.d.<br /> <br> <br> <br /> <br /> A very rare example of a miniature shunga book color-printed on the one side with a conventional but rather “suggestive†series of love poems and on the reverse with a series of 20 erotic prints pasted-in. Each of these erotic prints has a medallion with a gently erotic title. There is no author title place of publication or date for this rare object. We suspect that it was printed in the late Edo period. <br /> <br> <br> Fine copy a little thumbed. unknown
002261Oxford University Press: Henry Frowde. Full Leather. Very Good. 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall. In blue full leather with gilt cross and title to front cover corners very lightly worn. Spine has title in gilt edges again very lightly worn. Internally nice blue endpapers aeg text block edges in gilt small ink name to front blank little foxing to blank pages 2 3-76 78-599 pp 931 cm. Not dated but 1905. Title continues: And administration of Holy Communion according to the use of the Church of England: together with the Psalter or Psalms of David pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches; but without The Calendar The Occasional Services and the articles of Religion. 0 <br/> <br/> Henry Frowde hardcover
1796108121796. Approx. 40 brush & ink drawings in black & white. Scroll 180 x 1440 mm. central core roller. At end in rough trans.: “Many generations of SÅami bonsan 100 rules & styles. Extremely secret. All the information passed down by mouth is listed here. Handle this information with great care and keep it close. Given by Ishioka Seisaku 石岡æ£æœ” in September 1796 to ZuihÅken no Yahiroko 瑞芳軒之八尋å.â€<br /> <BR> <BR> Bonsan miniature mountain gardens is a sub-category of bonkei 盆景 tray-garden landscapes. Created to fit into small containers good bonsan convey the texture color and form of natural mountainous scenery. These small tray or pot landscapes have their origins in 10th-century China.<br /> <BR> <BR> The text in our scroll is a distillation of the teachings of SÅami ShinsŠ相阿彌真相 1472-1525 painter art critic and artistic adviser to the Ashikaga shoguns in Kyoto master of the tea and incense ceremonies and landscape gardener. He established rules for and a school SÅami ryu of garden design and flower arrangement as well as the rules and styles for bonsan. “As a landscape gardener he designed two of the most celebrated Zen temple gardens in Japan: the RyÅan Temple garden in Kyoto an outstanding example of kare sansui a dry landscape technique in which combinations of stones and sand are used to suggest mountains and water; and the Daisei-in garden a miniature reproduction of a natural landscape also in the kare sansui style. It is believed that he also planned the garden of the famed Silver Pavilion Ginkaku Temple in Kyoto the villa built by his major patron Ashikaga Yoshimasa.â€â€“Encycl. Brit. online.<br /> <BR> <BR> The author begins by extolling the pleasures of bonsan and offers advice on how to observe and enjoy them. He continues with descriptions of the materials used miniature trees sand rocks etc. seasonal variations the kinds of trays square rectangular circular and colors red white blue yellow brown and black and advice on where how and when to display them. The text also discusses the styles created over the centuries and famous sites that could be replicated on the trays.<br /> <BR> <BR> All of this is finely illustrated in a series of about 40 fine black & white brush drawings illustrating the many varieties of bonsan design.<br /> <BR> <BR> Ishioka was a resident of Kyoto and gave instruction on creating miniature gardens. He left another manuscript on miniature gardening see WorldCat 1451711637.<br /> <BR> <BR> In fine condition. Some worming mostly marginal. Preserved in a modern wooden box. unknown
1963ABE-1593892594612The Hillside Press 1963 Hillside Press Franklin NH 1963. Wehnert Edward H. illustrator. 64pp. One of 350 copies. The second book of the Press. Contains six little-known tales taken from a miniature edition published in Boston 1863 and wood-engraved vignettes from the same source. As New in pictorial boards backed in cloth glassine. 2 5/16 by 1 7/8; 59x48mm. Limited Edition. Hardcover. As New. The Hillside Press hardcover
1998ABE-1594058952873Opuscula Press 1998 Hardcover. As New. Opuscula Press hardcover
1979ABE-1593834331598Opuscula Press New York 1979 Cloth 2 1/8" x 2 7/8" 58pp. Fine. #42/300 copies signed by the author. Text devoted to recipies and culinary preparation of potatoes. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine. Opuscula Press, New York hardcover
24783No date franked 3 July 1838. 11 Bulstrode Street Manchester Square London. An uncommon signature of a neglected artist. Hawkins was a founding member of the Society of British Artists exhibiting there prolifically from 1824 to 1881. He also showed at the Royal Academy eight times between 1822 and 1849. See Holmes's entry in the Oxford DNB. On 14 cm square piece of watermarked wove paper cut from a frank. The letter is written on the reverse of the cover which is laid out in the customary way: ‘London third July 1838 / Wm. Loney Esq / Macclesfield.’ With red dated postmark and signed in the customary way at bottom left: ‘John Baron’. In fair condition lightly aged with traces of blue paper mount adhering to the cover side. The letter reads: ‘My dear Sir / Our friend James Holmes requested me to preserve a Frank for the inclosed I have done so but have unfortunately upset a bottle of varnish over the letter - which accounts for its being in such a filthy state which I trust you will excuse. - I am truly happy to hear from Roe - that you are well and as happy as can to sic expected - I am painting a portrait of Mr Roe which I think promises to be very successful - I trust you will give me a call when you come to Town / believe me / most truly yours &c / Henry Hawkins’. No date [franked 3 July 1838]. 11 Bulstrode Street, Manchester Square [London]. unknown
RGW7544asking for information on "models for the Nude who are very good" explaining he has engaged "a young Italian who has recently arrived in England". unknown
