Christmas in Pastoral California.
Los Angeles: Bela Blau, 1971. 28pp. Printed in green and red. Fine in red leather decorated in silver. (1 1/2 by 1 1/4; 38x32mm). More
Los Angeles: Bela Blau, 1971. 28pp. Printed in green and red. Fine in red leather decorated in silver. (1 1/2 by 1 1/4; 38x32mm). More
(Los Angeles: 1984). 18pp. Printed by Patrick Reagh, and bound by Mariana Blau. A summary of Bela Blau's bookmaking career, on his 70th birthday. Rabbi Kalman Levitan's copy, with his bookplate to the front paste-down, and signed by all the makers, including the printer, binder, author, and by Bela Blau..... More
Los Angeles: Bela Blau, 1969. What Happened to Junipero Serra? by Msgr. Francis J. Weber. Los Angeles (ca. 1969). 25pp. One of 1,000 copies. The Mexican postage stamp used at frontispiece contains an error in identifying the subject, Fr. Junipero Serra, an early missionary to Mexico. Fine in dark green..... More
Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1979. 32pp. One of 250 copies printed by Grant Dahlstrom at the Castle Press. Some comments on the history of the miniature book, with a glance at collecting, and an account of the author's own collection. Tipped-in frontispiece with the author's name. A fine copy..... More
Monterey, CA: Hilleary & Petko, 1991. 15pp. One of 135 copies. Portrait postage stamp as frontispiece, depicting the crucial figure in the Catholic movement in the United States in all his ecumenical finery. Bound in gilt ornamental papers backed in black leather with gilt spine-title. Fine. (2 3/16 by 2..... More
San Fernando, CA: JunÃpero Serra Press, 1991. 14pp. One of 200 copies. Frontispiece postage stamp advocating for freedom of the press. Bound in green leatherette over boards, gilt-stamped. Fine. A.e.g. (2 5/8 by 1 7/8; 67x47mm). More
Bradenton, FL: Opuscala Press, 1991. Octavo. xiii, (i), 143pp. A curated and careful selection of essays about miniature books, along with a bibliography of them compiled by Robert F. Hanson. In variant binding "D": black paper over boards with gilt titling. Fine. More
Bradenton, FL: Opuscula Press, 1991. 28pp. One of 150 copies. Frontispiece postage stamp showing FDR. A fine, miniature production devoted to a fine, miniature hobby. Bound in full gray cloth over boards, gilt-titled. (2 113/16 by 2 3/8 in.; 70x58mm). More
Los Angeles: Press in the Gatehouse, 1972. 16pp. One of approximately 150 copies pirated from the Hong Kong edition. Frontispiece printed in orange, prefacing a charming biographical sketch. Bound in pink cloth over boards, decoration in gilt to upper cover and spine. Trace rubbing to corners, else near fine. (2..... More
Evanston, IL: Press of Ward Schori, 1985. 42pp. A once-in-a-lifetime astrological celebration, given its due in miniature form. Fine in blue leather, with a gilt comet streaking upwards on the front cover. (2 7/16 by 1 15/16; 62x49mm). More
Evanston, IL: Press of Ward Schori, 1990. (14), 13, (16)pp. A tribute to the Queen Mother, published on the occasion of her ninetieth birthday and illustrated with captioned photolithographs and a tipped-in commemorative postage stamp as frontispiece. Bound in maroon velvet over boards, stamped in gilt. Fine. (2 5/8 by..... More
Evanston, IL: Press of Ward Schori, 1985. 42pp. A once-in-a-lifetime astrological celebration, given its due in miniature form. Fine in blue leather, with a gilt comet streaking upwards on the front cover. (2 7/16 by 1 15/16; 62x49mm). More
Worcester: St. Onge, Achille J., 1975. 65pp. One of 1,500 copies. With the 1969 U.S. postage stamp honoring California's Bicentennial tipped-in as a frontispiece. Illustrated with numerous black & white reproductions of postage stamps. Extremely fine in gilt-stamped blue leather. A.e.g. (3 5/16 by 2 1/4; 84x58mm). More
Worcester: St. Onge, Achille J., 1975. 65pp. One of 1,500 copies. With the 1969 U.S. postage stamp honoring California's Bicentennial tipped-in as a frontispiece. Illustrated with numerous black & white reproductions of postage stamps. Extremely fine in gilt-stamped blue leather. A.e.g. (3 5/16 by 2 1/4; 84x58mm). More
Worcester: St. Onge, Achille J., 1975. 65pp. One of 1,500 copies. With the 1969 U.S. postage stamp honoring California's Bicentennial tipped-in as a frontispiece. Illustrated with numerous black & white reproductions of postage stamps. Extremely fine in gilt-stamped blue leather. A.e.g. (3 5/16 by 2 1/4 in.; 84x58mm). More
Worcester: St. Onge, Achille J., 1975. 26pp. One of 300 copies, making this one of the rarer St. Onge titles. This copy includes an ALs dated May 30, 1975 from St. Onge to bookseller Robert Merriam explaining the limitation and price of this particular title. Portrait frontispiece tipped in to..... More
Worcester: St. Onge, Achille J., 1975. 26pp. One of 300 copies, making this one of the rarer St. Onge titles. Portrait frontispiece tipped in to this biography of the first Roman Catholic priest to be appointed mayor. Fine in black leather with gilt title. A.e.g. (Massmann 43; Bradbury, p. 255)..... More
Monterey, CA: Hilleary & Petko, 1985. 10 pp. One of 200 copies. A brief history of the Monterey, California, monument to eighteenth century Franciscan missionary Junipero Serra. With an illustration of Serra tipped in as a frontispiece as well as the official logo of the Serra Bicentennial celebration, also tipped..... More