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When you hold a miniature book in your hand, it is like holding a jewel. A miniature book is usually no bigger than three inches (76 millimeters) tall, and although some need magnification to be viewed properly, most can be read with the naked eye. Dating as far back as 2500 BCE, Sumerian clay tablets with cuneiform writing are considered the prototype for miniature books ...

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The Eulogy to United States Senator Robert F. Kennedy by his Brother United States Senator Edward M. Kennedy.

Worcester: ST. ONGE, ACHILLE J., (1968).

27pp. Limited to 2000 copies with a portrait frontispiece. Very fine in gilt-stamped dark green leather. A.e.g. (2 5/8 by 1 7/8; 68x47mm.). ... more

Price: $65.00

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"My Beautiful Darling." Mark Twain's Mother and Her Keokuk Years.

Evanston, IL: Ward Schori, 1992.

44pp. One of an edition of 139 copies. With frontispiece photograph of Mrs. Clemens, and a drawing of Twain's study in Elmira, NY. A fine copy in flocked boards with gilt titling. (2 1/2 by 2; 63x51mm). ... more

Price: $85.00

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"Old Pussy, Grave Pussy"
Wells, James Hayden
(N.p.): 1850-1856.

4ff. in a single, unopened quire. Printed by James Hayden Wells when he was less than thirteen years of age. Short verse about an encounter between two cats, one older and one in its frisky youth. Light foxing, else fine in plain greenish-gray wrappers. (1 11/16 by 1 5/16; 40x... more

Price: $175.00

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'T ORANJE GESLAGT.
Groningen: H. Spoormaker, 1749.

(48)pp. This is the smallest of all the 18th century books known to us, printed in 5-point black-letter type across the spread, with pages pasted together and set into the binding. A collection of poems on the kings of the House of Orange, this book was printed during the reign... more

Price: $20,000.00

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(ANIMAL WOOD ENGRAVINGS).
(Germany: c. 1820).

(12)ff. Twelve engravings of animals, labeled in German, including "Wildschwein" (wild pig) and "Stinkthier" (skunk). Hand-colored in naïve folk-art style. Printed on one side only. A few of the blank pages show contemporary child's writing. In blue and orange patterned wrappers, with some wear. A rare survival. (1 7/8 by... more

Price: $350.00

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(PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM).
New Bedford: Abr. Taber & Bro., (c. 1880).

(13)ff. The title-page, printed in gold with flourishes, says simply "Album," with the Taber imprint. Contains twenty-four album pages of thick laminated cardboard, into which are inserted tiny silverprint portraits, each seen through a 3/4-inch oval cut-out, surrounded by an embossed border. The subjects are women, children, and two men,... more

Price: $325.00

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(SILVER ALBUM LOCKET).
(England: c. 19th Century).

(100)ff. Blank, except for "N25" written on the final endpaper. In an ornate sterling silver binding depicting in repoussé, on the front cover, cherubs packaging fish and other provisions on a dock with ships in the background. On the rear cover, the cherubs recline in a horse pasture, with a... more

Price: $350.00

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1601, or Conversation at the Social Fireside as it Was in the Time of the Tudors, by Mark Twain.

Chicago: BLACK CAT PRESS, 1962.

40pp. One of 100 copies. Illustrated with a frontispiece in black & white and ornaments in red. Mark Twain's scatalogical parody of Elizabethan manners, together with notes and a checklist of various editions of by Irvin Haas. An important miniature book from the Black Cat Press. A few faint scratches... more

Price: $275.00

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1601, or Conversation at the Social Fireside as it Was in the Time of the Tudors, by Mark Twain. With notes and a checklist of editions by Irvin Haas.

Chicago: BLACK CAT PRESS, 1962.

40pp. One of 100 copies. With frontispiece in black & white and ornaments in red. Some wear to spine ends and a few slight scratches to covers, else fine in red leather, gilt. A.e.g. (Bradbury p. 21). (2 11/16 by 1 15/16; 69x49mm). ... more

Price: $200.00

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6-Line Wood Letter Alphabets.
Marcham, Oxford: Alembic Press, 1995-1997.

Six volumes, each (28)pp. One of 100 numbered copies. Titles include: Old Style Italic Type Designers, Playbill Type Faces, Round Serif Typefounders, Sans Condensed Typographic Words, Winchester Type Casting, and Sans Bold Italic Parts of the Press. Each little book highlights a different type face, featuring associated words with the... more

Price: $225.00

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About... Art.

Miller, K. J.
San Diego, CA: Iron Bear Press, (1999).

(30)ff. One of 100 copies, signed by K. J. Miller, the book's author, designer, and binder. An unusual triangular accordion-fold book, which folds out to reveal colorfully-printed designs comprised of the word "art" paired with different prepositions. Fine in yellow cloth boards with a printed labels. (2 7/8 by 2... more

Price: $60.00

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Abraham Lincoln 1809-1959.

Worcester, Mass.: Achille J. St. Onge, 1959.

38 pp. One of 2000 copies. The sequicentennial address by Carl Sandburg before the United States Congress. With a one cent stamp of Lincoln tipped-in as a frontispiece. Bound in full rust-colored morocco lettered and decorated in gilt on the front cover. Back cover slightly bent at the top corner,... more

Price: $75.00

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Abraham Lincoln, Selections From His Writings. Foreword by Carl E. Wahlstrom.

Worcester, MA: ST. ONGE, ACHILLe J., 1950.

76pp. From an edition of 1500 copies. This is one of the most beautiful St. Onge publications. Printed at the Chiswick Press in London and handsomely bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in blue morocco, with seal, olive wreath, and titling in gilt. Mint. A.e.g. (Bradbury p.252). (3 by 2; 77x50mm).... more

Price: $250.00

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Abraham Lincoln. The Song in his Heart.

Worcester, MA: ST. ONGE, ACHILLE J., 1970.

64 pp. One of 1500 copies printed in Haarlem, The Netherlands by Enschede en Zonen. Anecdotes and an essay on Lincoln's taste in music, who wept at patriotic hymns. Mint in green leather with gilt-stamped Lincoln portrait. (2 15/16 by 2 1/8; 75x55mm). ... more

Price: $100.00

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The Addresses of her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Delivered at Westminster Hall and Guildhall on the Occasion of Her Silver Jubilee, 1952-1977.
Worcester: St. Onge, Achille J., 1977.

24pp. One of 1000 copies. With portrait frontispiece. Very fine in blue leather with gilt-stamped lion and unicorn. A.e.g. (2 3/4 by 1 7/8; 68x47mm). ... more

Price: $50.00

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Adlai Stevenson's Veto 1949.
Garman, Alice
(Amsterdam: 1971).

(44)ff. One of 250 copies. Stevenson's delightfully amusing reasons for vetoing a bill passed by the Illinois State Legislature that would have required cats to be leashed. Printed from the calligraphy of Alice Garman and illustrated by her. Garman was a renowned artist and the wife of Dr. Horodisch, the... more

Price: $200.00

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Adlai Stevenson's Veto 1949.
Garman, Alice
(Amsterdam: 1971).

(44)pp. From an edition of 250 copies, this is one of thirty copies handcolored by Alice Garman. Signed by Garman. Adlai Stevenson's delightfully amusing reasons for vetoing a bill passed by the Illinois State Legislature that would have required cats to be leashed. "I cannot agree that it should be... more

Price: $375.00

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Adult Western: a Christmas Stanza.

San Diego: Ash Ranch Press, 1988.

(3)ff., plus (2)ff. ads. One of 350 copies. Illustrated with a frontispiece depicting a slot machine. Very fine in tan printed wrappers. (2 3/8 by 1 7/8; 61x46mm). ... more

Price: $25.00

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Adventure with Paper. An Encounter with a Meat Grinder.

Nappanee, IN: Press of the Indiana Kid, 1969.

16ff. One of 50 copies. A tale of one man's adventures in making rag pulp for papermaking, itself printed on handmade paper. With samples of the first attempt, as well as more recent examples. Very fine in handmade paper-over-boards, backed in gilt-stamped navy blue leather. (Bradbury, p. 102). (2 5/8... more

Price: $350.00

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AIRCRAFT MARKINGS.
N.p.: (1930).

(28)ff. An informative watercolor manuscript describing the wing and rudder markings of aircraft from the United States, Latin America, Asia, and Europe. Most of the markings date from around the end of World War I, charting the rise of military aviation. The wing marking included under the description "U.S.A. Navy"... more

Price: $950.00

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