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18514618London 1851. 24mo 5.8 x 3.3 cm. Company of Stationers Contemporary elaborately gold-tooled black morocco both boards show a beautiful geometrical design of gold-tooled black white and green morocco gilt edges in a matching slipcase. With a steel-engraved armorial title page a four-page steel-engraved view of the mansions of the Earl of Spencer and of the Earl of Ellesmere in green park and a steel-engraved half-page armorial vignette. 24 pp. Ornately bound "pocket" London almanack; an entirely steel-engraved miniature publication for the year 1851. The almanack contains an explanation of its use including an overview of the dominical letter golden number epact and cycle of the sun for the year 1851 a 4 page view of the "mansions of the Earl Spencer and the Earl of Ellesmere in the green park" engraved by H. Adlard an overview of sun and moon eclipses in that year the calendar a "regal table" overview of British monarchs since 1066 an overview of the Royal family of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert and their children lists of great officers of state of Great Britain and Ireland an overview of stamps bills and promissory notes and finally a list of "transfer days at the bank &c." including the South Sea House and India House.The London Almanack was published by the Company of Stationers from the end of the 17th century until the end of the 19th century. They are of special interest for their fine publisher's bindings but also for their striking views of London.With a manucript owner's inscription on the front blank endpaper recto of the engraved title page in pencil "A. S. Wossley" and pencil annotations between the printed lines of the calendar. The slipcase shows minor signs of wear the binding is slightly damaged at the head and foot of the spine not affecting the integrity of the binding. Otherwise in very good condition.l Bondy p. 39 ff. and p. 164; Welsh p. 32 and passim; WorldCat 913420648 5 copies. hardcover
19779326Conway MA: Robert L. Merriam 1977. First editions. 6 miniature books the largest 6.5x6cm some with illustrations each staple bound in colored card wrappers and housed in paper slipcase with printed labels. Generally near fine some fading to slipcases. <br /> <br /> 6 nicely printed miniatures from the antiquarian bookshop owner and printer Robert L. Merriam of Conway Massachusetts. He published a series of 13 of these basically his attempt to create stories similar to those moral tales from Victorian times. Includes:<br /> <br /> The Darling Twins Pleasant Beth J. Hamilton Rose Moses Washington John Carson and The Stories of the Ants. All except the last title are limited to 1000 copies with The Ants limited to 350 and signed at the rear by Merriam. Robert L. Merriam unknown
BB110284Full leather binding with goldprint 12° without page numbers. Illustrated with frontispiece. TOGETHER WITH: Heidelbergse catechismus en Christelijke gebeden. Together 68 pp. hardcover
1840167731840. Religion 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. <br /> <br /> At the time that this description is being written just four copies are recorded in American institutions. OCLC search results are at best an estimate and can vary over time. 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
33387Hardcover. Miniature book measuring 37 x 54 mm. No date nor publisher given and no title page present. Cloth. 128pp. An iscription on the front free endpaper is dated 1889. Name in pencil on the verso of the flyleaf. Light wear to cloth. Very good. ; Miniature. hardcover
19776528Los Angeles: Worldhouse Publishers 1977. First edition unknown limitation. Miniature book 7x6cm 32pp. Signed by Neal on ffep. Hand-colored illustrations throughout. Gilt stamped brown leather boards hand colored illustrated jacket. Small stain to rear endpaper else nearly fine. <br /> <br /> A humorous take by Thomas Atwill Neal on the traditional Mother Goose nursery rhymes. "The work is rated 'G' for Goose." Scarce miniature book privately published by Neal's Worldhouse Press. Worldhouse Publishers unknown
181484London: George Eyre and Andrew Strahan 1814. First American Edition. Full calf. Very Good. Miniature Bible 16mo 3.5" x 2" tan calf with embossed backstrip & four hubs newer endpapers all edges gilded complete in ~ 422 6 blank pages. Charming yet sturdy very small Bible dating from the War of 1812. The binding is attractively embossed leather with of course some rubbing. Small binder's ink stamp stating "Armstrong" on rear endpaper. The pages are of strong rag paper which is slightly age-toned occasionally bearing slight discolorations and often slightly dog-eared though that has been reversed in most cases. The type is clear and readable. Overall a wonderful and attractive example of a tiny early American edition of the Bible that used British sheets. George Eyre and Andrew Strahan unknown
105399Safavid Persia circa 1500 AD. . Single leaf from a Safavid album illuminated miniature on paper depicting a young Prince in discource with a female two attendants flanking either side of the image in attendance image mounted onto card framed with gilt drawings of birds and spiralling vines reverse mounted with blank paper miniature 128 x 90 mm total leaf 280 x 175 mm; some light discolouration and fading a little rubbed. <br /> <br /> Safavid Persia, circa 1500 AD. unknown
003263Avenione Avignon: Typis & cura Francisci Seguin 1785. Hardcover. Very Good. Sextodecimo. viii 288pp. Text in italic type framed by a double black fillet border with fleurons and decorative motifs. Nineteenth-century quarter brown morocco over marbled boards. Title vignette head and tail-pieces initials decorative borders. A lovely eighteenth-century miniature book in very good condition. <br/> <br/> Avenione [Avignon]: Typis & cura Francisci Seguin, 1785. hardcover
3295Worcester Mass. : Achille J. St. Onge 1950. . 3 1/16 x 2 1/16 inches full royal blue levant by Sangorski & Sutcliffe both covers heavily gilt. A.e.g. spine somewhat faded to blue One of 1500 copies copies printed by the Chiswick Press London. EXCELLENT condition. Worcester [Mass.] : Achille J. St. Onge, 1950. unknown
3266Worcester Mass. : Achille J. St. Onge 1957. . 3 1/16 x 2 1/16 inches cardinal red full leatherspine very slightly faded; title in gilt on front cover. A.e.g. One of 1000 copies copies printed by Joh. Ensched en Zonen Haarlem Holland. Very good condition. See Bradbury p. 253 no. 15 Worcester [Mass.] : Achille J. St. Onge, 1957. hardcover
19666679New Britain CT: Art Press 1966. First editions of 300 copies. 2 Volumes each 2.5x2cm and 16ff. Each contains a 2-page hand colored illustration by Massmann and is bound in stiff paper wrappers also with illustrated and hand colored by Massmann. Fine condition. <br /> <br /> The first two volumes from an eventual four of folklore anecdotes from miniature book publisher and collector Robert E. Massmann. These volumes A Costly Binge and The Blasphemous Old Prospector are said to be from Rawhide Rawlins Rides Again by C.M. Russell. A charming set nicely illustrated. . Art Press unknown
152082NHM8O8K9DUFlanders Bruges or Nürnberg 1520. Miniature painted on vellum 7.8 x 5.6 cm in numerous colours highlighted with gold and in a gold border probably from a book of hours but with no text. A finely rendered miniature showing great detail in bright colours highlighted with gold depicting the Arrest of Christ most likely from a diminutive book of hours. Surrounded by a bustling throng of Roman soldiers carrying spears and wearing halberds Christ appears calm just at the moment when a soldier takes him captive. An elder of the Jewish Temple stands directly behind him dressed in red. To the right stands Simon Peter sword raised having cut off the ear of the High Priest's servant Malchus who sits nursing his bleeding ear in the lower left corner of the composition. An earlier episode Christ's Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane when he learns that one of his disciples will betray him appears in the background at left. A genre scene with men working the fields and crossing a river on a narrow plank bridge occupies the middle ground to the left of the main scene and the towers of a castle or city the middle ground to the right.The general style recalls the art of the last generation of Ghent-Bruges painters especially that of the famed Simon Bening. Though the anonymous artist owes much of his style to Bening's model he was most likely German. The acidic palette bright yellow juxtaposed with blue and lime green and the facial types remarkably expressive even at this tiny scale recall Nürnberg painters in the circle of Glockendon. It is worth remembering that Bening himself collaborated with several Nürnberg painters whose presence in Flanders is thus confirmed.With some fine superficial cracks and an occasional tiny abrasion mostly near the edges but generally in good condition. A lovely miniature of Christ's arrest rendered in remarkably fine detail.l For the general style: U. Merkl Buchmalerei in Bayern in der ersten Hälfte des 16. Jahrhunderts 1999. hardcover
190471377London: Henry Frowde 1904. Oxford India Paper Edition. Leather Bound. 5 cm tall by 3.5 cm wide. Flexible leather wraps with a decoratively embossed metal front cover and a gilt stamped title on the spine. Rose-gilt text block edges. Metal of front cover tarnished. Rear cover bent. Title page adhered to the opposite page along the inside margin partially obscuring a couple of words in the title. With Eight Illustrations. A charming miniature edition of the second in Charles Dickens' series of Christmas books. Dickens' story is an attack on selfishness cowardice and cant. Henry Frowde unknown
182591London: Jones & Co 1825. First Edition in Miniature. Leather. Near Fine. Miniature 2.6" x 4.5" rebound in full brown leather with gold stamping and labels 5 hubs engraved frontispiece of Dr Saml Johnson engraved title page 160 pages. Rare Miniature of the larger original published in 1759. Rasselas is Dr. Johnson's version of a morality tale about what constitutes True Happiness that rivals Voltaire's Candide. The volumes' working title was "The Choice of Life." The name "Rasselas" means "The Chief" of a tribe in exotic Abyssinia. The Great Cham & Lexicographer was pro-emancipation and had a black manservant whom he treated very well. This minor classic was supposedly written by the good Doctor to defray expenses expected with his mother's funeral. In fact there are signs of extensive revisions in early editions that suggest greater literary intentions. Rebound in fine brown morocco with gilt stamped title and author on the spine. Foxed engraved frontispiece and title page otherwise pages bright and legible with a tight binding tight. Lower margin of page 7 roughly torn away but not affecting the clear text. Jones & Co hardcover
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
3250Worcester Mass. : Achille J. St. Onge 1945. . 3 1/8 x 2 1/8 inches red cloth both covers heavily gilt gilt spine title. A.e.g. One of 2000 copies copies printed by the Merrymount Press. MINT condition. Contains all four addresses See Bradbury p.252 no. 5 Worcester [Mass.] : Achille J. St. Onge, 1945. hardcover
3529S.l. but Amsterdam: s.n. 1952. . Tiny 7/32 x 7/32 inch 4mm. X 4 mm. full black morocco silver rule on both covers silver bands on spine and silver cross on front cover. In an Acrylic magnifying box with swivel lid. Spielmann 355. The Lord's Prayer in Dutch English French German Spanish and Swedish. S.l. [but Amsterdam]: s.n., 1952. unknown
19736532Santa Ana CA: Log-Anne Press 1973. Limited edition 50 copies. Miniature book 7.5cm x 6cm unpaginated red wraps printed paper label on front cover comes with original paper slip case with printed spine label illustrations by Anne S. Logan in red fine. Charles Kingley's poetic story of a beloved doll that was lost and later found. Kingsley was associated with Christian socialism the working men's college and forming labor cooperatives. He was also a friend and correspondent of Charles Darwin. This edition is dedicated to the 5 "littlest" grand nieces of the illustrator Anne Logan. Log-Anne Press unknown
20046530New Port Richey FL: Clearview Press 2004. Limited edition 100 copies this copy out of sequence. Miniature book 7cm x 5cm 43pp illustrated paper over boards gilt titling on front cover and spine black and white illustrations throughout fine. The Rabbit's Nest was originally published in 1940. This miniature book includes the original illustrations of Harold Willard in a reduced format and Morrow's charming story about the Ticker children discovering a box labeled The Rabbit's Nest in their mother's closet. Elizabeth Reeve Cutter Morrow was an American poet champion of women's education philanthropist and purveyor of Mexican culture. Clearview Press unknown
2570London: Jones and Co. 1832. . 24mo 3 1/2 x 2 1/4 inches straight-grained olive-green morocco triple gilt rules on both covers with decorative corner pieces; a.e.g.; spine with 5 compartments and raised bands and faded to brown some minor rubbing over joints; Foyles book-ticket on rear pastedown. Some very minor foxing on some of the preliminary leaves Originally published by Jones in 1824 London: Jones and Co., 1832. hardcover
200713119Santa Cruz CA: Suzanne Thomas 2007. Hardcover. Miniature Book. 6 cm by 9 cm. Bound in hand made paper that is dyed pink and light green with a paper label attached to the front panel. Volume consists of four leaves that are held together with a wooden peg. There are two envelopes one each at the verso of the front and rear cover and both contain paper cards with lip illustrations. Paper hand made by Peter Thomas. "Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine.Thy lips o my spouse drop as the honey comb: honey and milk are under thy tongue. And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved that goeth down sweetly causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak." - Song of Solomon. Fine. Suzanne Thomas hardcover
1359Illustrated backing lightly foxed and wrinkled; minor foxing to book covers. Very good. From the collection of Edward Hoyenski. <p>Travel-Time Kit for Children Mt. Hawley Publishing Co. 1964.</p> <br /> <p>Various. Travel-Time Kit for Children: Complete with Games Puzzles Fill-Ins and 10 Story Books. Peoria IL: Mt. Hawley Publishing Co. 1964.</p> <br /> <p>With ten soft-cover miniature children's books mounted to illustrated board including: Mother Goose Peter Rabbit The 3 Bears Red Riding Hood The Three Pigs The Gingerbread Man Nitty Ditties Hansel and Gretel 3 Billy Goats Gruff and The Elves and the Shoemaker. </p> <br /> <p>Miniature books measure approx. 2 x 2 inches each backing board measures approx. 11 x 14 inches.</p> . unknown
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
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.
