Miniature Books for Sale

Catalog 83: March 1, 2020

KAREN NYMAN 7835 Rush Rose Drive #124

Carlsbad CA 92009-6828 760-944-3019

Email: karennyman2@gmail.com

Website: www.KarenNymanMiniatureBooks.com

All books are in very good or better condition unless otherwise noted. Shipping within the USA is $4 whether you buy

one book or more. If you are overseas, I will have to look into the costs for mailing to your country. To see a photo of

any book, please ask and I will scan an image of the cover to you in an email. Books are returnable for any reason

within one week of purchase. Overseas buyers may pay with PayPal but it is necessary to contact me first.

Micro-Miniatures Up To 1-1/4" # Publisher Title Author Year Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 1 Barbara J.

Raheb Disraeli Raheb, Barbara

J. (compiler) 1980 Van Nuys

CA 300 Gilt brown leather 56 pp.; marbled endpapers, a biography of the 18th

century British Prime Minister 15/16" x 5/8"

$125.00

2 Barbara J. Raheb

Frankenstein Shelley, Mary Wallstonecraft

1979 Van Nuys CA

300 Gilt black pyroxylin 32 pp.; marbled endpapers; 3 illustrations 15/16" x 3/4"

$135.00

3 Barbara J. Raheb

Little Women Alcott, Louisa May

1990 Agoura Hills CA

300 Pictorial gilt blue pyroxylin

32 pp.; revised edition; marbled endpapers; 14 pages of illustrations

15/16" x 3/4"

SOLD

4 Barbara J. Raheb

Merry England Raheb, Barbara J. (compiler)

1980 Van Nuys CA

300 Gilt burgundy pyroxylin

48 pp.; marbled endpapers; 4 illustrations 15/16" x 3/4"

$135.00

5 Barbara J. Raheb

Musgrave Ritual, The

Doyle, Arthur Conan

1979 Van Nuys CA

300 Gilt black leather 48 pp.; marbled endpapers; frontispiece plus 2 illustrations; one of the 42 titles in the "Chronicles of Sherlock Holmes" series; Robert Massmann bookplate

15/16" x 5/8"

SOLD

6 Barbara J. Raheb

Winnie the Pooh

Milne, A. A. 1990 Agoura Hills CA

300 Gilt brown pyroxylin

32 pp.; marbled endpapers; profusely illustrated by Ernest Shepherd

15/16" x 5/8"

SOLD

7 Borrower's Press

Lord's Prayer, The

Old Testament 1975 Winterport ME

250 Black leather with inlaid white leather cross on cover

10 pp. letterpress; gold star endpapers; the complete Lord's Prayer; signed and numbered by Jane Bernier

7/8" x 3/4"

SOLD

8 Borrower's Press

Puppet Theater: The Art

Coad, Arlyn & Luman

1980 Winterport ME

300 Brown cloth boards; pictorial label

80 pp. letterpress on rag paper; decorative endpapers; hand-colored frontispiece; 10 black and white illustrations; signed by the authors; signed and numbered by publisher Jane Bernier

13/16" x 5/8"

SOLD

9 Burt Randle Lincoln Messages

Lincoln, Abraham 1940 (Pettigrew AR)

Blue leather; paper label; wire clasp

32 pp. handwritten and photographically reproduced; includes the Gettysburg Address and Lincoln's letter to Mrs. Bixby; blue cover appears to be scarce (other editions bound in red)

1/2" x 7/16"

SOLD

#1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7

#8 #9 #10 #11 #12

# Publisher Title Author Year Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price

10 Hoshino Rashamon Akutagawa, Ryunosuke

1977 Tokyo, Japan

150 Gilt red leather; 18 karat gold numbering bar on cover

160 pp.; marbled endpapers; Japanese text; a renowned Japanese short story, Kurosawa made it into a film in 1950; it is considered one of the best films ever made; a.e.g.

1-1/16" x 7/8"

SOLD

11 Hoshino Story of the Book Shoji, Sensui 1977 Tokyo, Japan

150 Gilt green leather; 18 karat gold numbering bar on cover

159 pp.; Japanese text; Shoji was a 20th century author of books about books; a.e.g.

1-1/8" x 1"

$150.00

12 Peter & Donna Thomas

Shakespearian Words of Gratitude

Shakespeare, William

1991 Santa Cruz CA

Blue leather with gilt-stamped star on front cover

4 pp. letterpress; text says, "Thank You! - Hamlet Act II, 2:273"

1-5/16" x 15/16"

SOLD

13 Boots Cash Chemists

Pocket Stamp-Case and Calendar 1904-1905

1903 (London)

Printed celluloid covers with a facsimile envelope on front and Boots building on the rear (1" split at fold)

8 pp. calendar in blue ink; several blank pages for inserting stamps; front cover mimics an envelope with stamp and postmark; made in the USA by Whitehead & Hoag Co. for the London firm Boots Cash Chemists

2-9/16" x 1-1/2"

SOLD

14 David Bryce and Son

Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect

(1899) Glasgow

Original printed paper wrappers; embossed metal locket with magnifier

240 pp.; a facsimile of the rare Kilmarnock first edition of 1786; Spielmann 69; Bondy p. 113

1-1/8" x 3/4"

SOLD

15 Marcilly A-propos Galant

1823 Paris Gilt black morocco (both covers)

64 pp.; lacks title page; French text; this entire 200-year-old almanac is engraved and has 7 beautiful illustrations

1-1/16" x 3/4"

$145.00

16 Newman & Co.

Keepsake Locket, The

(1850) London,

England

Embossed brass (front, back and spine) with working clasp and loop for hanging on a chain

When opened, 6 brass pages that act as photo frames spring from this lovely locket; 12 sepia photos inside the frames

1-1/4" x 1"

SOLD

#13 #14 Locket #14 Book #15 #16

#16 Opened

Miniature Books Over 1-1/4” # Publisher Title Author Year Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price

17 Achille J. St. Onge

On the powers of Government assigned to it by the Congress

Webster, Daniel

1952 Worcester MA

1000 Gilt red cloth boards (light water mark on front cover)

25 pp. by Anthoensen Press; frontispiece portrait of Webster; extracts from one of Webster's great speeches of 1834 in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of his death

3-3/16" x 2-1/8"

SOLD

18 Achille J. St. Onge

Paul Revere's Ride: A Deposition (1st printing)

Revere, Paul 1963 Worcester MA

1000 Gilt & blind-stamped brown leather by Proost en Brandt

36 pp. first printing; letterpress by Enschede; decorative endpapers; the personal account by Revere of his famous ride; a.e.g.

2-11/16" x 1-7/8"

SOLD

19 Almquist & Wiksells

Portmonna Kalender 1926

1925 Uppsala,

Sweden

Gilt brown leather 24 pp. printed in green and red; floral

endpapers; 2 pages devoted to each month of the year (calendar and notes) (see page 4)

3-1/4" x 1-3/8"

$20.00

20 American Tract Society

Angel Lilly; or, "Do You Love Jesus?"

(1841) Boston MA

Gilt purple cloth boards

64 pp.; frontispiece; 3 religious stories of the value of faith and prayer: Angel Lilly or "Do You Love Jesus?", How Much Do I Cost?, and Clara's First Trial; a.e.g. (see page 4)

2-1/8" x 1-1/2"

$95.00

21 American Tract Society

Susy Hall (Frost, Annie S.)

1874 New York NY

Gilt pictorial orange cloth boards with color paper onlay front cover

160 pp.; 8 leaves of plates; one of a series of 4 "Dot Books" by this publisher; a charming children's book; tightly bound and very good (see page 4)

2-7/16" x 1-3/4"

SOLD

22 Andre Kundig

Pensees Germaniques

1965 Geneva,

Switzerland

Gilt tan leatherette wrappers

96 pp.; French text; a collection of German maxims

1-1/2" x 1-1/16"

$12.00

23 Andre Kundig

Pensees Hindoues

1960 Geneva, Switzerland

Gilt salmon leatherette wraps

96 pp.; French text; a collection of Hindu quotes

1-1/2" x 1-1/16"

SOLD

24 Andre Kundig

Pensees Russes

1960 Geneva, Switzerland

Gilt white leatherette wrappers

96 pp.; French text; a collection of maxims from famous Russian figures

1-1/2" x 1-1/16"

$12.00

25 Anthony Treherne & Co.

As You Like It, The Merry Wives, of Windsor & The Tempest (3 books)

Shakespeare, William

1904 London, England

Gilt blue leather with gilt inner dentelles

306 + 303 + 256 pp. printed in easy-to-read 8-point by Neill & Co. of Edinburgh; decorative endpapers; silk page marker; top edge gilt (Bondy p. 122) (see page 4)

2-3/4" x 2-1/8"

$100.00

26 Ash Ranch Press

Tiny Tome/Tomo Minuscula

Hildreth, Don 1991 San Diego CA

126 Gilt black leather; pictorial paper sleeve

40 pp. letterpress; marbled endpapers; illustrated with line-cuts of bears; a teddy bear tale in English and Spanish; centerfold teddy bear pop-up

1-1/4" x 1-15/16"

SOLD

27 Black Cat Press

Beginnings of Photography, The

Pollock, Norman

n.d. Skokie IL 249 Gilt leatherette boards by Bela Blau

60 pp. in 2 colors; postage stamp frontispiece; illustrated throughout; from the camera obscura to the dryplate and the men who made it all possible

2-3/8" x 1-7/8"

SOLD

#18 #23 #26 #27

Antiquarian Books

#25 #98 #34 #33 #48

#60 #21

#31

#19

#20 #32 #46

#38 Book #38 Slipcase #44

# Publisher Title Author Year Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price

28 Black Cat Press

Books, Sayings, Apothegms, Maxims, Epigrams

Petty, G. Harvey

1981 Skokie IL 249 Pictorial gilt brown cloth boards by Bela Blau

35 pp. calligraphed text by Petty; decorative endpapers; author had a deep love for words and books - his favorite sayings on books are presented here

2-3/4" x 2-1/8"

$38.00

29 Blau Nicolae Ceausescu, Activitatea si Vista

Blau, Mariana Orban

1975 Los Angeles CA

200 Gilt red leather by Mariana Blau; title on spine

28 pp. letterpress by Mariana Blau; Romanian text; Ceausescu was the champion of Romania's independence; his rise from poverty to Presidency; signed by Mariana Blau

1-3/4" x 1-5/16"

$15.00

30 Books of Kell's

Poem of the Gifts Borges, Jorge Luis

2008 Fountain Hills AZ

300 Black cloth spine; illuminated paper boards; black satin ribbon ties

14 pp. letterpress; an English translation of Borges' poem; a moveable book; an anamorphic portrait of Borges is revealed at the end of the text with a fold-out curved Mylar mirror on a pull tab; winner of the 2008 Distinguished Book Award from the Miniature Book Society

1-7/8" x 2-7/8"

SOLD

31 Breed, Butler & Co.

Orphan Willie Aunt Laura 1862 Buffalo NY Gilt black pictorial cloth boards

64 pp.; a charming and moralistic children's tale in the highly collectable Aunt Laura series; fine condition; a.e.g. (see page 4)

2-1/8" x 1-5/8"

SOLD

32 C. Caswell Titles of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ

(1845) Birmingham,

England

Gilt black flexible leather

56 pp.; a selection of titles of Jesus, each accompanied with a Biblical passage; from the collection of Mary Helen Dawson; a.e.g. (see page 4)

1-3/4" x 2-1/2"

SOLD

33 C. Tilt Surrey Zoological Gardens, The

Williams, C. n.d. London Gilt & blind-stamped dark green cloth boards

191 pp.; 48 delightful wood-engraved plates showing various animals and birds; one of Tilt's attractive "Hand-Books for Children"; a.e.g. (see page 4)

3" x 2-1/2"

SOLD

34 Carlton and Porter

Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church

1849 New York NY

Gilt brown leather (extremities worn)

714 pp.; revised edition; a total of 1,148 hymns plus an index of the first lines; in good condition only but it is complete & tightly bound (see p 4)

3-5/16" x 2-3/8"

SOLD

35 Carol Schwartzott

Nightingale, The Andersen, Hans Christian

(1996) Niagara Falls NY

55 Japanese paper boards; paper-covered slipcase with label

104 pp. on Bodleian moldmade and Japanese papers; 15 full-color illustrations; signed & numbered (papers on each cover and slipcase are unique) (see page 11)

2-5/8" x 2-1/4"

SOLD

36 Catharijne Press

Evangile de Notre Seigneur Jesus-Christ Selon Saint Matthieu

1989 Zuilichem,

Netherlands 215 Gilt navy blue

cloth boards 54 pp. printed by Enschede from the famous 2.5 point type cut by Henri Didot around 1827; the Book of Matthew from the Bible (see p. 8)

2-1/2" x 1-7/8"

$75.00

37 Catharijne Press

Young Stork's Baedeker Travel Guide, The

Bakker, Piet de

1998 Zuilichem Netherlands

175 Printed paper boards

40 pp. letterpress; tipped-in frontispiece; two 5-panel fold-out illustrations showing the eastern and western routes of migrating storks

2-5/8" x 1-11/16"

SOLD

38 Company of Stationers

London Almanack for the Year of Christ 1802

1801 London

Red leather with matching leather slipcase

24 pp.; Dutch endpapers; finely engraved throughout; 4-page spread of Brunswick Square, completed in 1802 by James Burton; fine condition; a.e.g. (see page 4)

2-3/8" x 1-3/8"

$300.00

#30 #35 #37

# Publisher Title Author Year Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price

39 (Czechoslovakia) Orbis

Mozart in Prag (Mozart in Prague)

Seifert, Jaroslav

1970 Prague, Czechoslovakia

Red leather with decorative stiff paper slipcase

62 pp. beautifully printed in black and gold; Czech text; author was a great Czech poet; nicely illustrated; decorative endpapers; silk page marker (see page 8)

2-7/8" x 3"

SOLD

40 Dawson's Book Shop

Hollywood's "Padre of the Films"

Weber, Francis J.

1972 Los Angeles CA 600 Green cloth boards 21 pp. letterpress; frontispiece plus 2 additional illustrations; only 50 copies were offered for sale; Msgr. Devlin was technical consultant for thousands of Hollywood films and television shows dealing with Catholicism

2-3/8" x 1-5/8"

$35.00

41 Dawson's Book Shop

In Search of Max Beerbohm

Nethery, Wallace

1984 Los Angeles CA 100 Gilt blue cloth boards by Bela Blau

35 pp. letterpress by Nethery including 12 pages of tipped-in photographs by Corry Nethery of Beerbohm's haunts

2-7/8" x 3"

$35.00

42 Dawson's Book Shop

Miniature Purple Cow, The

Burgess, Gelett

1966 (1968)

Pasadena CA Gilt navy blue pictorial leather by Bela Blau

21 pp. letterpress in purple ink by Grant Dahlstrom, illustrations throughout; same as the first edition except for the binding and ink plus the size is a bit larger; title page specifies a printing year of 1966 but this was actually printed in 1968

1-5/8" x 2-3/16"

$50.00

43 De Grazia Gallery in the Sun

De Grazia in Miniature; Indian Series, Book 1

n.d. Tucson AZ

Gilt red leatherette 32 pp.; biography of the famed

southwest artist followed by 10 captioned reproductions of his paintings of American Indians

3" x 2-1/2"

$20.00

44 Eyre & Spottiswoode

Order of the Administration of the Lord's Supper

1895 London

Gilt tan leather with red leather overlays; gilt chalice on front cover

138 pp. beautifully printed in red and black inks; with an inscription dated December 21, 1906; a.e.g. (see page 4)

2-1/8" x 1-7/8"

$225.00

45 Flying Pig Press Amos Ives Root and the Wright Brothers

Root, Amos Ives

2006 Cincinnati OH 80 Blue cloth boards with pictorial label on front and title on spine

40 pp.; Root was a successful Ohio entrepreneur who shared the Wright brothers awe of aviation; this is the first published account of their historic flight in 1903

2-1/2" x 2-1/8"

SOLD

46 G. Barbera Livre d'Or de la Poesie Francaise

1900 Firenze

Elaborately gilt brown leather (both covers and spine)

403 pp.; floral endpapers; an anthology of French poetry; includes a list of the authors and a table of contents; all edges red (see page 4)

2-5/8" x 2"

SOLD

47 Garden View Press

Kwaidan, Jikininki Yuki-Onna

Hearn, Lafcadio

1969 Tustin CA 200 Fabric boards bound Japanese-style by Dragon Bindery; printed label; blue cloth wrap-around slipcase with label; original gift box

56 pp. letterpress on handmade Okawara Japanese paper; 2 beautiful woodblocks by Warren Batchelder; Japanese fairy tales; includes printed prospectus, a Bradbury 100

2-3/8" x 2"

$225.00

#42 #45 #47

# Publisher Title Author Year Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 48 Henry

Frowde Thumb Ready Reckoner, The

1895 London,

England

Gilt black leather 640 pp.; printed on very fine India paper;

floral endpapers; chapters on the metric system, weights and measures, interest and discount tables along with postage rates of that era; a.e.g.

2-1/8" x 1-7/8"

$80.00

49 Hilleary & Petko

Sweet Revenge, An Extract from the 1847 Journal of Walter Colton

Colton, Walter

1977 Monterey CA

75 Printed maroon leatherette boards

7 pp. letterpress in 2 colors; Colton, a 19th century Congregational minister, describes his participation in an early form of Californian manic behavior

2" x 1-1/2" $50.00

50 Hillside Press

Brownies, The Cox, Palmer

1962 Franklin NH

375 Black cloth spine; pictorial paper boards

51 pp. letterpress; frontispiece; 12 full-page line drawings by the author; a collection of humorous verses about brownies - little men who had mischievous adventures together

2-3/8" x 2" $40.00

51 Hillside Press

Early Woodcuts and Engravings

Irwin, Frank E.

1978 Franklin NH

275 Pictorial cloth boards 62 pp. letterpress; history of woodcuts and engravings with eleven full-page illustrations; signed and numbered by Frank Irwin

2-3/8" x 2" SOLD

52 Hillside Press

Elbert Hubbard and "A Message to Garcia"

Hunter, Dard

1981 Franklin NH

250 Pictorial cloth boards 50 pp. letterpress; frontispiece portrait; the phenomenal popularity of Hubbard's essay was largely responsible for the success of his Roycroft Press

2-3/8" x 2" $30.00

53 Hillside Press

Nursery Rhymes Irwin, Frank (compiler)

1967 Franklin NH

375 Pictorial cloth boards 40 pp. letterpress; with a wonderful introduction by Frank Irwin plus ten 19th-century illustrations by Kate Greenaway

2-3/8" x 2" $30.00

54 Hillside Press

Whirligig Id and Other Regressions, The

Irwin, Frank 1961 Franklin NH

150 Cloth spine; red & white patterned paper boards; printed label

52 pp. letterpress; a wonderful book of poetic oddities, including several on books; the first book published by this esteemed press; signed and numbered by Frank Irwin

2-1/4" x 1-3/4"

SOLD

55 (Hungary) Magyarorszag Boldizsar, Ivan

1977 Budapest, Hungary

Gilt leatherette; pictorial dust jacket; 4" x 4" red presentation box

96 pp.; as essay on Hungary and its people; text in English, Hungarian, German and Russian; 40 color photos with captions in all 4 languages (see page 8)

2" x 2" SOLD

56 (Japan) Aomori-ken no Kirisuto toraiki (Arrival of Christianity to Aomori)

Sato, Yonejiro

1958 Japan 200 Red velour cloth boards; printed label; sandalwood box with printed label

18 pp.; every page with a color woodblock by Yonejiro Sato illustrating and narrating how Christianity was spread in Aomori prefecture in Japan (see page 8)

1-1/4" x 1-1/4"

SOLD

57 (Japan) Mini Calligraphy Set

(1975) Japan Handpainted 2-piece lacquered box fitted with calligraphy tools; card gift box

This high quality dollhouse miniature ink set includes a brush and rest, ink tray, sumi ink stick, weight and rice paper (see page 8)

2-1/8" x 1-3/8"

SOLD

58 (Japan) Omamori

(1975) Japan Silk brocade bag with orange strap; printed paper amulet inside

Omamori are available at both Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples; they are purchased in the new year to predict your future according to your birth date (see page 8)

1-7/8" x 7/8" (amulet)

SOLD

#50 #51 #53 #54

Foreign Presses

#56 Sandalwood Box

#56 Book #55 #58

#36

#39 Book #39 Slipcase

#57 Gift Box #57 Lacquered Calligraphy Set #89

# Publisher Title Author Year Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 59 JEN Press Fish Story, A Newman,

J. Ed 1994 Edgewater

FL 75 Gilt cloth boards;

pictorial dust jacket 14 pp. letterpress; hand-colored frontispiece; a humorous fish tale narrated by a rainbow trout; signed, inscribed and numbered #52

2-5/8" x 1-7/8"

SOLD

60 John Marshall Infant's Library: Book 11

1816 London,

England

Paper boards; partial paper label (rebacked)

28 pp.; 8 neatly hand-colored outdoor scenes and landscapes, each with a caption; front loose endpaper has 2 tiny chips; otherwise the interior of this 200+ year old book is fine (see page 4)

2-3/8" x 2"

SOLD

61 Junipero Serra Press

Corita's "Love Stamp"

Weber, Francis J.

2015 (Mission Hills CA)

150 Printed yellow leatherette by Mariana Blau

8 pp. letterpress in 5 colors by Patrick Reagh; postage stamp frontispiece; story of the 1985 issuance of the wildly-popular 22-cent postage stamp designed by one-time nun Corita Kent; over 800 works of art are attributed to Kent

2-7/8" x 2-1/8"

SOLD

62 Junipero Serra Press

Farmer's Market

Weber, Francis J.

1991 San Fernando CA

300 Gilt green leather 13 pp. letterpress by Roger Pennels; postage stamp frontispiece; the story of the incomparable Los Angeles Farmer's Market; SIGNED by Weber

2-7/8" x 2"

SOLD

63 Junipero Serra Press

Friendly Pepper Upper, The

Weber, Francis J.

2020 (Mission Hills CA)

100 White leatherette with Dr. Pepper logo by Mariana Blau

14 pp. letterpress by John Franck; Dr. Pepper endpapers; frontispiece plus one illustration; Weber explains his 80-year thrice-daily tradition with Dr. Pepper, first served in 1885; it's formula is a trade secret as is Coca Cola's

2-7/8" x 2"

$35.00

64 Junipero Serra Press

Rock Star and the Old Country Priest

Davis, Marla

2015 (Mission Hills CA)

200 Gilt black leatherette by Mariana Blau

10 pp. letterpress in 2 colors by Patrick Reagh; unique 49-cent postage stamp frontispiece; story of an unlikely duo - Msgr. Weber and Joe Walsh of the Eagles - and their 25-year friendship; one of only 10 copies available to collectors

2-7/8" x 2-1/8"

$50.00

65 Kater-Crafts Bookbinders

Forward to You Can Judge a Book By Its Cover, The

Kavin, Mel 2006 Pico Rivera CA

125 Copper-gilt black Japanese cloth boards

15 pp.; frontispiece color photo; bookbinder Mel Kavin writes of his urge to publish a book of his own; this resulted in his miniature magnus opus You Can Judge a Book By Its Cover (see page 11)

3" x 2-7/16"

SOLD

66 Kater-Crafts Bookbinders

You Can Judge a Book By Its Cover

Middleton, Bernard

1994 Pico Rivers CA

400 Gilt black Chieftain goatskin with 5 onlays; drop-back box with leather spine label

161 pp. letterpress by Henry Morris of Bird & Bull Press; designed by Ward Richie; 7 wood engravings by John De Pol; marbled endpapers; the author is England's most esteemed bookbinder and teacher of bookbinding; top edge gilt and painted; signed by all 8 parties involved in its production (see page 11)

2-15/16" x 2-1/2"

SOLD

67 Le Petit Oiseau Press

Mayflower Compact, The

1954 Chicago IL 100 Marbled boards

Printed label 7 pp. letterpress using 4-point type by Doris Welsh who also printed and bound each of her books at the Newberry Library; Welsh was a great authority on miniature books and in the 1960s she had one of the largest private collections in the USA

2-1/8" x 1-7/8"

$135.00

68 Lorson's Books & Prints

Man of Business, A

Addison, Joseph

1984 Fullerton CA

350 Pictorial paper wrappers

8 pp. letterpress by the Ampersand Workshop; a bookish quote

2-1/8" x 1-5/8"

$5.00

#62 #63 #67 #68

# Publisher Title Author Year Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 69 Miniature Book

Society Bigger Than Life: The Story of Ward K. Schori

Henry, John (compiler)

2011 San Diego CA

320 Gilt aqua cloth boards by Mariana Blau

20 pp. letterpress by Patrick Reagh; frontispiece photo; a short biography of publisher Ward Schori and a compendium of the impressions of several of Schori's friends

2-7/8" x 2-1/8"

SOLD

70 Miniature Book Society

Glen Dawson, An Autobiography

Dawson, Glen 2009 San Diego CA

300 Gilt burgundy cloth boards by Mariana Blau

20 pp. letterpress by Patrick Reagh plus 8 pages of photographs (boyhood to recent), introduction by Karen Dawson Ganske

2-7/8" x 2-1/8"

$30.00

71 National Cash Register Company (NCR)

Holy Bible, The Bible 1963 Dayton OH Printed paper wrappers (3" x 2-1/2") contains microfiche

A giveaway by Trinity Broadcasting Network; it is a tiny microfiche version of the famous Bruce Rogers World Bible (1,245 pages) published in 1949

2" x 2" $25.00

72 Opuscula Press

Collecting Sherlockiana: An Essay

Shaw, John Bennett

1992 Bradenton FL

200 Gilt brown leatherette

28 pp.; decorative endpapers; about book collecting and some advice on building Sherlockiana

2-1/4" x 2-7/8"

$35.00

73 Opuscula Press

Dr. Seuss, A Miniography

Hanson, Robert F.

2006 Albuquerque NM

100 Printed paper wrappers

37 pp.; a tribute to Theodor Seuss Geisel; a mini biography plus a synopsis of 2 Dr. Seuss books - How the Grinch Stole Christmas and The Cat in the Hat; lists 43 of Dr. Seuss' children's books

2-3/4" x 2-3/4"

SOLD

74 Opuscula Press

Georgia O'Keeffe in New Mexico

Hanson, Robert F. Orr

1998 Albuquerque NM

150 Gilt black cloth boards

73 pp.; essay on New Mexico's prize-winning and reclusive daughter; a thumbnail sketch of her long life (98 years), her Ghost Ranch, her home in Abiquiú, the Georgia O'Keefe Museum and Georgia's "Book Room"

2" x 2-5/8"

SOLD

75 Opuscula Press

Juniper Von Phitzer Press, A Bibliography

Hanson, Robert F. Orr (compiler)

1999 Albuquerque NM

75 Gilt brown leather by Don Brady

149 pp.; decorative endpapers; 4 full-color illustrations; a detailed bibliography of the first 61 miniature books of Junipero Von Phitzer

2-3/4" x 2-7/8"

$60.00

76 Pequeño Press

Mexico Remembered

Magruder, Richard

1991 Bisbee AZ 60 Cloth boards; printed paper label

40 pp. letterpress; unusual accordion structure with multiple fold-out pages; fanciful color illustrations by Ed Clark; signed and numbered by the publisher, the author and the illustrator

2-3/4" x 2-5/8"

SOLD

77 Peter & Donna Thomas

Train Depots Thomas, Peter

2008 Santa Cruz CA

85 Black leather with a printed wood panel insert on front cover

30 pp. letterpress on Peter's handmade paper; 9 line drawing illustrations of train depots in blue and black inks

2-1/8" x 3"

$75.00

78 Peter & Donna Thomas

Sunsets of Kauai Thomas, Susanne Lydia (illustrator)

2008 Santa Cruz CA

150 Floral fabric boards; printed label

8 pp.; accordion folded; reproductions of handpainted sunsets on the Hawaiian island of Kauai; copy #2

2-1/2" x 2-1/4"

SOLD

79 Piping Rock Press

A la Claire Fontaine: une vieille chanson franc ̧aise

1972 Tiburon CA 50 Paper spine;

marbled paper boards; printed label; publisher's envelope

16 pp. letterpress; red ink on blue paper; French text; printed and illustrated throughout by the publisher Marcie Collin; a traditional French love song that first appeared in the 17th century; #34 of only 50 copies

2-1/4" x 2-1/8"

SOLD

#76 #77 #78

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# Publisher Title Author Year Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 80 Press of

Ward Schori Calligraphy & Lettering

Petty, G. Harvey

(1985) Evanston IL 225 Beige printed paper boards by John LaRiviere

92 pp.; calligraphed text; decorative endpapers; printed in 2 colors; quotations collected by the author on the art of calligraphy

2" x 2-5/8"

$50.00

81 Press of Ward Schori

Literary Masters: American Authors

1994 Evanston IL 195 Gilt leatherette

boards by Hugo Grummich

57 pp.; decorative endpapers; biographies of 9 American authors with a portrait of each (Alcott, Thoreau, Poe, Faulkner, etc.); top edge gilt

2-9/16" x 2-3/16"

$30.00

82 Press of Ward Schori

Literary Masters: Authors of the World

1994 Evanston IL 195 Gilt leatherette

boards by Hugo Grummich

57 pp.; decorative endpapers; biographies of 7 foreign authors with a portrait of each; authors are Shakespeare, Hugo, Chekhov, Woolf, Wells, Lawrence and Solzhenitsyn; top edge gilt

2-9/16" x 2-3/16"

$30.00

83 Proof Press Elegy Gray, Thomas

1967 Baltimore MD

75 Gilt navy blue leather

36 pp. letterpress in blue and red inks; frontispiece; masterfully designed, typeset, printed and bound by the publisher A. C. Wirth; the original version in its entirety by one of England's greatest poets

2-1/16" x 1-5/8"

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84 Quail Hill Press

Lord Lovel, An Ancient Scottish Ballad

1982 San Rafael

CA 115 Gilt pictorial printed

paper boards; hand-colored

19 pp. letterpress; a beautiful book with several hand-colored illustrations; a Bradbury 100; signed & numbered #11

2-1/8" x 2-7/8"

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85 Quail Hill Press

Two Epigrams Argentarius, Marcus & Euenus

1982 San Rafael CA

50 Gilt paper wrappers 12 pp. letterpress in 2 colors; hand-colored illustrations; from the ancient Greek Anthology; signed & numbered #44

2-1/16" x 1-3/4"

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86 Rebecca Press

Lady or the Tiger, The (prospectus)

Bingham, Rebecca

2017 Hyattsville MD

Printed paper wrapper

4 pp. prospectus 3" x 2-1/2"

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87 REM Miniatures

Haiku Broadsides Ankenbrand, Frank, Jr. (editor)

1967 New Britain CT

200 5 folded broadsides in wrappers; paper label; slipcase with pictorial label

Each broadside is printed on Japanese Bokuryu paper, then folded into a paper wrapper; haikus by Frank Ankenbrand, Harold Henderson, Nicholas Virgilio, Clement Hoyt and Thomas Harkins (see page 11)

1-3/8" x 2-5/8"

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88 Robert D. Naiva

Concord Fight, The (2-volume set)

Barrett, Amos & Jeremy Lister

1975 Concord MA

2000 Gilt navy blue leather by Reliure du Centre; cloth-covered slipcase

34 pp. & 45 pp. letterpress by Enschede; an eyewitness account by a young American farmer who fought in this important Revolutionary war battle; 2nd volume is a rare eyewitness narrative from a British soldier; set designed by St. Onge; a.e.g. (see page 11)

2-15/16" x 2-1/8"

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89 Schmidt & Gunther

Liliput Deutsch-Italienisch

Wershoven, Dr. F. J.

(1950) Leipzig, Germany

Green leather with snap closure

607 pp.; a German-Italian dictionary; all edges yellow; Robert Massmann bookplate (see page 8)

2" x 1-1/2"

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90 Silver Thimble Books

Crown of Rosebuds, A

Traherne, Thomas & Robert Herrick

1987 Bexhill-on-Sea, England

50 Burgundy cloth boards with water-color inlay; slipcase with printed label

20 pp.; entire text is in beautiful calligraphy; 2 full-page original watercolor paintings; decorative watercolor capital letters; signed & numbered #19

2-1/2" x 2"

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#79 #84 #87

# Publisher Title Author Year Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 91 Silver

Thimble Books

Three Kings, The Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

1985 Bexhill-on-Sea, England

50 Brown cloth boards with embroidered fabric inlay; slipcase with printed label

18 pp.; handpainted endpapers; every page with hand-colored and illuminated decorative capital letters; signed & numbered #30 (see page 11)

2-1/8" x 1-3/4"

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92 Sunflower Press

Alphabet Alfresco Cunningham, Carol

1985 Mill Valley CA

85 Pictorial cloth boards; spine label

60 pp. letterpress on handmade paper; a hand-colored illustration for each letter of the alphabet of things that are found outdoors, from A (acorns) to Z (zoril)

1-5/8" x 2"

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93 Sunflower Press

Lotus-Blossom & Moon-Flower

Cunningham, Carol

1981 Mill Valley CA

100 Gilt red stiff paper wrappers, bound Japanese-style

22 pp. letterpress on Japanese paper; printed in black and red; an adaptation of a Chinese folk tale; designed, printed, numbered and signed by Carol Cunningham

2" x 2-3/4"

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94 Tabula Rasa Press

Piece of Straw, A Takakuni, Minamoto

1985 Morro Bay CA

400 Gilt red leather, finger-shaped

42 pp. letterpress in 2 colors; decorative endpapers; an ancient Japanese legend from the Heian Period; signed

2-7/8" x 1-1/4"

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95 (Unknown) We love fish and fish love books!

Lee, N. n.d. Unknown Handmade paper boards; ribbon tie

6 pp. accordion folded; 5 watercolored fish parade across the page; signed "N. Lee"

2-1/4" x 2"

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96 Wallace Nethery

Pastorale Nethery, Wallace

1997 Los Angeles CA

200 Marbled paper boards with gilt cloth spine by Bela Blau

36 pp. letterpress by Pall Bohne; includes 2 tipped-in photos of Nethery; memoir of Nethery's Iowa boyhood which was to have been his 1995 Christmas book; due to illness, he was unable to complete the job; preface by Corry Nethery

2-3/4" x 2-1/8

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97 Wee Willie's Workshop

First Battle of Bull Run, An Eye Witness Account

Drake, William Henry

1967 Nappanee IN

125 Pictorial paper boards

37 pp. letterpress; fold-out frontispiece; introduction by William Franklin; includes a fold-out reprint of an insightful letter written by a Michigan corporal engaged in the famous battle

2-1/2" x 1-7/8"

$100.00

98 William Pickering

Lives of Donne, Wotton, Hooker, Herbert and Sanderson

Walton, Izaak 1827 London Vellum over beveled boards with gilt red leather label

442 pp. printed by Thomas White; marbled endpapers; handsome steel-engraved multi-portrait frontispiece by A. Fox after Stothard; see Bondy page 89 (see page 4)

3-5/8" x 2-1/4"

$250.00

99 Wind & Harlot Press

Shakespeare Songs

Shakespeare, William

1982 Shaker Heights OH

50 Paper boards; printed label

17 pp. letterpress in black ink with brown accents; French-folded; a selection of songs reprinted from the 1912 edition of Shakespeare; elegantly designed, printed and handbound by Robert Baris

2-7/8" x 2-3/8"

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100 Yellow Kid Press

Pig Tracks Serette, David W.

1983 Sebasco ME

150 Printed paper wrappers

28 pp. letterpress in 4 colors; postage stamp frontispiece; profusely illustrated; a mini history of Serette's press; dedicated to the first MBS Grand Conclave and Miriam Irwin; Robert E. Massmann bookplate; signed and inscribed from Dave to Bob

2-7/16" x 1-13/16"

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