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1920255852Oxford: Printed at the University Press 1920. Bijou edition. 455 1 pp. 1 vols. Miniature 2 x 1-7/16 inches. Black morocco titled in gilt edges red and gilt. Ownership signature on front flyleaf dated 9/5/22 Cedar Point Ohio. Fine. Bijou edition. 455 1 pp. 1 vols. Miniature 2 x 1-7/16 inches. Printed at the University Press unknown books
1980WRCLIT52057Dallas: Somesuch Press 1980. Miniature 7.5 x 5 cm. Marbled paper over boards printed spine label. Frontis and illustration by Ed Lindlof. Fine. One of 295 numbered copies printed on Rives paper by David Holman after a design by William Holman. Somesuch Press hardcover books
110476Middleburg: B. Van Dalan Marinus Zon 1774. Oblong miniature 8vo 53 by 39 mm 63 pp. Full calf both cover with gilt floral borders corner-pieces and central stamp marbled endpapers all edges gilt. § Charming Dutch miniature of anonymous devotional poetry. OCLC locates only one other copy at the Zeeunse Bibliotheek Middleburg. OCLC: 529383824. B. Van Dalan unknown books
183565978With A Biblical Verse For Everyday Of The Year MINIATURE BOOKS. Small Rain Upon the Tender Herb. Deut. XXXII. 2. Sixteenth Edition. London: C. Whittingham at the Chiswick Press for the Religious Tract Society n.d.c.a. 1835. Sixteenth edition. 32 x 25 mm. Lacking all but a small piece of title-page laid in. Full limp purple morocco. Boards ruled in gilt spine stamped in gilt. First five leaves lacking outer corner somewhat affecting text. Good. With a biblical verse for everyday of the year including February 29th. "The smallest series of Bible selections for every day of the year is entitled Small Rain Upon the Tener Herb. This title like Dew Drops is taken from Deuteronomy 32:2 and is itself an extract from the full text which is: 'My doctrine shall drop as the rain My speech shall distil as the dew; As the small rain upon the tender grass And as the showers upon the herb.' Small Rain was first published about 1830 by our friends the Religious Tract Society in London. It is one of the commonest miniature books of the period and went through some twenty editions between 1830 and 1840. Most copies measure 1 1/4 by 1 inches consist of 128 pages with easily readable six-point type. Smaller than Dew Drops and Daily Food ths devotional morsel was mainly for children." Miniature Books News #5: 1966 September page 4. HBS 65978. $50 C. Whittingham for the Religious Tract Society hardcover books
198419705Northampton MA: Catawba Press 1984. Limited ed. Hardcover. Near fine. Miniature. 2.75" by 2.25" approx. Light green paper-covered boards. Near fine. Owner's tiny bookplate to front pastedown. Bright crisp and clean inside and out. Binding tight. 37pp. <br/><br/>From an edition of 155 copies printed from Bulmer type on Rives paper. An excerpt from an essay titled "Shaker Industries" which appeared in THE CLARION of Fall 1979 along with tipped-in Shaker herb labels throughout. A lovely edition. Catawba Press hardcover books
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 books
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 books
199119712np: Juniper von Phitzer Press 1991. Limited ed. Hardcover. Fine. Miniature. 3" by 2.25" approx. Full leather with gilt-stamped illustrations. All edges gilt. Fine. SIGNED by Hiemstra and Phitzer printer at colphon. Bright crisp and clean inside and out. <br/><br/>No. 132 from an edition of 135 copies. Printed letterpress and hand-tinted in many colors. An ilustrated ode to San Francisco's cats. Juniper von Phitzer Press 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
11315SANTA CRUZ GOOD BOOK PRESS 1985. FULL TAN CALF; LINOLEUM CUTS BY DONNA THOMAS FIRST EDITION FINE. F. SANTA CRUZ, GOOD BOOK PRESS, 1985 unknown books
92Fine. Publius Terentius Afer Londini impensis Gul. Pickering 31 Lincolns Inn Fields MDCCCXXII. Contemporary red morocco raised bands gilt edges 83 mm x 46 mm 3 7/16 in x 2 1/16 in one of Pickerings famous miniature classics containing all six of Terentius' surviving comedies: <i>Andria Eunuchus Heauton Timorumenos Hecyra Adelphi Phormio</i>. iv; 220 pages ii With an additional engraved title page and an engraved frontispiece portrait of Publius Terentius Afer. Royal motto on printed title page dedication to John Spencer. Printed on India paper gilt-edging all around contemporary red morocco raised bands Bookseller Louis W. Bondy's clipped catalogue description laid in. Fine. Pickering hardcover books
198718877n.p.: Printed by the author 1987. Limited edition. Hardcover. Fine. 2¼ by 3 inches. Blue leather blocked in gilt on the upper board with the title and a drawing of a flower. Unpaginated. Each page of text is faced with an illustration handcolored by the author-printer. One of 100 numbered copies signed by the printer of which this is number 3. A fine copy. Printed by the author hardcover books
1990WRCLIT76389Evanston IL: The Press of Ward Schori 1990. 12393pp. Miniature 2 5/8" x 2"; 6.5 x 5 cm. Gilt faux velvet. Frontis and Illustrations. Trace of rubbing to velvet grain but a fine copy. One of 118 copies bound thus from a total edition of 198. Illustrations by Will Crawford. BRADBURY Schori 59. The Press of Ward Schori unknown books
184065959A Charming Miniature with Thirteen Fables and Six Woodcut Illustrations MINIATURE BOOKS. Petit Fabuliste. Paris: Firmin Didot n.d.c.a. 1840. 24 x 20 mm. 1-87 1 blank pp. With engraved title-page and 6 full-page illustrations. Text in French. Blue silk spine over enamel tortoise-shell boards. Blue silk endpapers. All edges gilt. Very good. A charming miniature illustrated book with thirteen fables. HBS 65959. $300 Firmin Didot hardcover books
1992LV1724Los Angeles:: Wallace & Corry Nethery 1992. 1992. 73 x 55 mm. 11 12 3 pp. Port. illustration. Printed wrappers. Sewn. Fine. A selection from Lamb’s New Year’s Eve 1821. (Wallace & Corry Nethery), 1992. unknown books
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
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
1989WRCLIT65055San Diego: The Ash Ranch Press 1989. Miniature. 2 5/16 x 1 7/8 inches. Full black publisher's leather. Miniature bookplate on pastedown otherwise about fine in three-color pictorial dust jacket. First edition in this format ordinary issue. From an edition of 52 copies printed on handmade paper by Don Hildreth this is one of 26 numbered copies bound thus in full black bonded leather gilt. The text is reprinted from A TRAMP ABROAD 1880. BRADBURY 2970. The Ash Ranch 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
1831WRCLIT76487Boston: Published by William Hyde 1831. xvi17-192pp. Miniature 3 x 2.25"; 78 x 61mm. Cloth paper spine label. 19th century ownership inscription on free endsheet collector's bookplate on pastedown name effaced light edgewear but a very good copy of this pocket printing of this endlessly reprinted text. OCLC: 24465242. Published by William Hyde hardcover books
1968WRCLIT84578Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop 1968. Miniature 5 x 3.5 cm. Bound in full vellum over limp boards lettered and decorated in blue blue typographical decorative borders on each page. Two small spots on lower board otherwise about fine. First edition of the only miniature to appear under any of the Grabhorn imprints. One of 400 copies printed in black red and blue on English mould-made paper. An historical essay concerning miniatures by the former librarian at Brown University and president of the American Library Association. The type was originally set for Bruce Rogers by Mackenzie and Harris but the proofs arrived the day Rogers died 21 May 1957. The text was finally printed in 1968 by the Grabhorn- Hoyem Press in this edition for Dawson's Book Shop. BRADBURY 1711. Dawson's Book Shop hardcover books
1971WRCLIT67179Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop 1971. Gilt cloth. Black & white photographs and illustrations. First collective edition. A reprinting with index of this sequence of topical lists. About fine without dust jacket. Dawson's Book Shop hardcover books
1816403558Vienna: Joseph Riedl 1816. 27 x 16 mm; 11/16 x 5/8 in. 28 pages. Text in German. Engraved throughout. Original red morocco gilt by the publisher titled and decorated in gilt edges gilt; original green morocco gilt-decorated slipcase. In fine condition. A very fine miniature calendar of saints in original and fresh condition. The book is printed vertically with the upper and lower halves of the months divided at the gutter listing the name of the saint for each feast day. There are charming miniscule illustrations within each month for the phases of the moon. OCLC/Worldcat locates only one copy at The Grolier Club. Bondy 51; Tissandier 16. <br/><br/> Jos[eph] Riedl unknown books
1996WRCLIT75971Cairo NY: Editions 1996. Miniature 7.5 x 6.5 cm. Nine panel double- sided accordion fold reflective mylar over boards with printed text labels and eight colored paper pictorial pop-downs. Fine in floral fabric bag with tie and printed label. First edition. Copy #39 of an edition reported to have consisted of only forty copies assembled by hand by Hutchins signed by him on the rear panel and numbered on the tag attached to the fabric bag. When unfolded the pop-downs are reflected by the mylar creating a kaleidoscopic garden with birds and butterflies. This copy is not accompanied by the box reported by Bradbury. OCLC: 37572224. BRADBURY 33. Editions hardcover books
2004LV1725Cincinnati:: Miniature Book Society 2004. 2004. 65 x 51 mm. Unpaginated. Photo plates. Mustard yellow cloth gilt-stamped cover and spine titles. Fine. One of only 400 copies. Printed by John Henry. Bound by John Galt Bindery. Miniature Book Society, 2004. hardcover books
