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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
1850H23087New Haven: Sidney Babcock 1850. Paperback. Good. Near miniature not for the miniature purists at 3.75 x 2.25 inches printed pale peach wraps good or better with some light soil and wear to covers. 16 pp with little woodcut illustrations throughout. Sidney Babcock paperback
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
18658303New York. Leavitt and Allen. C. 1865. Bound in original gilt titled blind embossed blue cloth over boards. 6cm x 9.5cm First Edition. Illustrated throughout with hand-coloured woodcut vignettes. Rubbing to covers with lack of luster to gilt embellished spine. Small library stamp to page three. Short tear to page six. A Very Good copy of this noted chap book in the rare original binding. Leavitt and Allen. hardcover
1836A118556London: J. F. Dove 1836. 1st ed. thus. Very Good. small octavo. leather binding 167pp. frontis. 132 x 78mm in original decorated & blind-stamped leather all edges gilt. Nice engraved frontis. depicting The Shipwreck & nice engraved title depicting The Chase. Boards worn at extremities & sporadic foxing in text o/w nice copy J. F. Dove hardcover
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
1967216905Worcester Mass.: Achille J. St. Onge 1967. First edition thus. One of 1500 Copies printed by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen. Tipped-in Thoreau commemorative stamp by Leonard Baskin as frontispiece. 42 12 pp. 1 vols. 1-7/8 x 2-5/8 inches. Bound in full brown morocco gilt all edges gilt. Minor wear else fine. First edition thus. One of 1500 Copies printed by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen. Tipped-in Thoreau commemorative stamp by Leonard Baskin as frontispiece. 42 12 pp. 1 vols. 1-7/8 x 2-5/8 inches. Borst A20.10 "selections from The Journal" Borst A20.10 "selections from The Journal" <br/><br/> Achille J. St. Onge unknown
196976886V.p.: V.p. 1969-2011. DAWSON Glen. Letters Written to 1943-1945 from Uncle Glen. Pasadena: Castle Press 1996. Publisher's green cloth with blue spine lettering and a label on front bearing the insignia of the 10th Mountain Division. Excellent. Letters written by famed LA bookman to his niece while he was serving in the 10th Mountain Division during the war. Postage stamp bearing Hitler's image tipped in as issued.DAWSON Glen Glen Dawson at 99: A Pictorial History of Lifetime Awards. Pasadena: Castle Press 2011. One of 250 copies. Publisher's red cloth with gilt spine and cover lettering. Illustrated Faint spot on front else excellent.BLAU Marianna. Bela Blau; Bookbinder. 1914-1993. Los Angeles Patrick Reagh 1993. One of 150 copies. Publisher's black fabricoid with gilt spine and cover lettering. Excellent.CHENEY William printer EARL C. N. Open Letter to the Republican City Central Committee. Los Angeles; Peggy Christian 1970. One of 200 copies printed at the Press of the Gatehouse. Publisher's stiff wrapper with printed title on front. Housed in the original card case with a pullout ribbon. Presentation inscription else very good.WEBER. Francis J. Benjamin Franklin. Los Angeles: El Camino Real Press 2010. One of 160 copies. Publisher's light orange cloth with read cover and spine lettering. Excellent. Printed by Partick Reagh at Sepastopol.MCCORD David. Notes from Four Cities. Worchester; Achilles St. Onge 1969. One of 1500 copies. Full brown leather with gilt spine and cover lettering. a.e.g. Presentation inscription. Fine.The Declaration of Independence. Worchester; Achilles St. Onge 1970. One of 1000 copies. Full gray morocco with gilt spine and cover letter a.e.g. Presentation inscription. Spine ever so slightly faded. Very good.GRAY Thomas Elegy Written in Country Churchyard. Worchester; Achilles St. Onge 1980 Full tan morocco. gilt cover lettering a.e.g. Presentation inscription Spine a bit sunned. Very good. V.p. hardcover
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
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
2005ST20505-13Santa Cruz California: Peter and Donna Thomas 2005. No. 37 OF 126 COPIES. 75 x 50 mm. 3 x 2". 2 p.l. 23 1 pp. 1 leaf. <br/> Tan paper with a paper label over a 17th century printed fragment. WITH THREE LEAVES FROM MINIATURE BOOKS: one leaf from the "thumb Bible" "History of the Bible" New London: W & J Bolles 1831; one from "The Shakespeare Glossary" Glasgow: Bryce Stokes 1904; and one from "Dew-Drops" New York City: American Tract Society ca. 1847. With an additional fragment of a larger leaf tipped in at the front. As new.<br/> <br/> This delightful entirely handmade production features a list of miniature leaf books and three original leaves from miniature books published between 1831-1904. Since the 1970s our collaborating husband-and-wife book artists Peter and Donna Thomas have been making paper printing with a hand press and hand binding books. The present book was assembled between 1997-2005 and then printed the Thomases humorously tell us "on a cranky old Pearl treadle press" using Joe Halton's linotype and Neuland types. All paper was handmade by Peter Thomas; as an artistic choice by the bookmakers the endpapers include fragments of paper from the 1686 book "Keble's Reports" the same work from which the fragments on the cover and frontispiece originate. The three leaves included here provide an excellent representation of the charming miniature books of the 19th century. They include a leaf from a "Thumb Bible" the miniature volumes containing biblical excerpts that enjoyed considerable popularity during the period; a leaf from an "Ellen Terry" book issued by Glasgow printer David Bryce Jr. who produced these books using the relatively new technology of photographic reduction and named them after the most famous actress of the day; and an American example produced by the non-denominational American Tract Society which published several miniature religious books through the mid-19th century. This publication is made especially charming by its size which of course is entirely appropriate for the volume's contents. Peter and Donna Thomas 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
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
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
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
53484Mainz. Hardcover. Good. Three works bound in one volume 48mo: an amulet and two devotional manuals printed in the late 17th/early 18th century. Contemporary calf. Well-thumbed with two clean horizontal tears at leaves B6 and B7 in the third work affecting one of the woodcuts. A good complete set of scarce ephemeral works:<br /> <br /> 1 A-B12 = 24 leaves. 48pp. Geistlicher Schild gegen geist- und leibliche Gefährlichkeiten allzeit bey sich zu tragen darin sehr kräftige Segen und Gebethe so theils von Gott geoffenbaret von der Kirchen und h. h. Vätern gemacht und von Urbano VIII. Röm. Papst approbiret worden: zum Trost aller Christglaubigen sonderlich deren so zu Wasser oder Land reisen damit sie durch die Kraft dieses bey sich tragenden Schilds vor vielen Gefahren erhalten werden. Cum licentia Ord. Cens. Trevir ibidem An. 1647. impressum. Gedruckt zu Maynz. A note on the final page suggests this was printed in 1674 or later: "Ex libello de effectu Numismat. S. Bened. Fuldae impress. A. 1674." This work is plainly advertised to offer protection by means of "powerful blessings and prayers" against mental and physical dangers especially for travelers.<br /> <br /> 2 A-B12 = 24 leaves. 48pp. Andächtige Weis dem Amt der H. Mess nützlich beyzuwohnen. In Betrachtung des bittern Leidens und Sterbens unsers Herrn und Seeligmachers Jesu Christi. Samt beygefügten Morgen- und Abend-Gebetlein. Das thut zu meiner Gebächtnus Luc. 22. no place or name of publisher; undated. Contemplation of the Passion of Christ with morning and evening prayers.<br /> <br /> 3 A-C12 = 36 leaves. 72pp; 24 woodcut vignettes including the first title-page Main title: Geistliche Schild-Wacht darinnen der Mensch ihm für eine jegliche Stund sowohl des Tags als bey der Nacht einen besonderen besondern Patron aus den Heiligen Gottes auserwehlet. Welchen er mit einem Gebetlein anruffet daß er in der Stund seines Absterbens gleich aufstehen und wachen wolle damit er nicht von den arglistigen Anfechtungen des bösen Feindes überwunden werde. Gedruckt im Jahr Christi 1705 no place or name of publisher. A briefer title precedes with a large woodcut vignette in a format similar to the illustrations appearing throughout the rest of the work. The 24 woodcut illustrations of saints provide the chance for prayer at each hour of the day.<br /> <br /> The first work has been attributed to Martin of Cochem 1630-1712 who was a professor of theology and priest in the Archdiocese of Trier who worked with plague victirms and wrote many popular religious books in German on church history the lives of saints and contemplation during the mass. A discussion appears on A11v and A12r of the first part in which the Blessing of Saint Zacharias in the form of symbols cross and letters which represent the lines of the blessing is said to prevent the plague when worn on the body. hardcover
19292021753Fort Madison IA: Iowa State Penitentiary 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 48mo brown cloth 2 x 1 1/2 inches <br/><br/>Humor from inside the walls. UNCLE " Unknown No Copy Located Elsewhere. Iowa State Penitentiary hardcover
