Baltimore: William Raine, (c. 1840). 24mo. (8)ff. Hand-colored engravings on every page illustrate clever Jack Horner's tale of generosity and moral rectitude. Bound in pictorial yellow wrappers, with advertisements on the back cover. Light soiling to interior, some edgewear, else near fine. More
London: Darton, 1811. 32mo. 16pp., + 16 inserted plates. Each engraved image depicts the titular good boy engaged in less desirable activities, such as throwing stones, feeding scraps to the family pet, and drawing on the walls. Each is accompanied by a pithy couplet drawn from the soliloquy. The author..... More
(Easthampton, MA): Cheloniidae Press, 1985. Quarto. (42)pp. From an edition of 75, this is an artist's copy, signed by Alan James Robinson and the dedicatee, Dick Callaway, in a special binding, with an extra suite of proof illustrations and unique additions to the book, such as hand-coloring to all the..... More
Troy, NY: Merriam & Moore, (c. 1850). 24mo. 12pp. Illustrated with wood engravings throughout. An installment in Edgeworth's series of stories about Frank, a naive, occasionally mischievous boy, who learns with each episode a new moral. Here, Frank encounters his bereaved cousin, and comes to know the value of generosity..... More
Marlborough-on-Hudson: Dard Hunter (for the Chicago Society of Etchers), 1915. Small quarto. 13, (2)pp. One of 250 copies. Lengthy inscription by Dard Hunter at front flyleaf, dated April 10, 1932. Hunter's first publication using his own paper and type, the volume begins with an original etching by William Auerbach Levy..... More
(Northampton: Gehenna Press, 1969). Octavo. 25ff., housed in paper wrapper. One of 250 copies. With 21 woodblock illustrations of creatures fantastic and familiar printed in a variety of colors on nine different oriental papers, each print signed by the artist, Wang Hui-Ming. Box shows some rubbing, but sheets all pristine..... More
(West Yorkshire): Fleece Press, 2002. (64)ff. From an edition of 285, this is one of 100 copies for which Stephen Byrne made a delightful miniature paper mould, with true papermakers’ copper mesh, to accompany the book. A reprint of Churchyard’s 1588 ode to papermaking, printed on handmade paper and illustrated..... More
Vancouver: A Lone Press, 1999. 32mo. (83)pp. One of twenty-six lettered copies, printed by Rollin Milroy under the A Lone Press imprint, a precursor to his Heavenly Monkey imprint. A studious compilation of quotations and passages having to do with Francesco Griffo, his contributions to typography, and the intrigue surrounding..... More
(NY): Artist's Limited Edition, 1975. Small folio. xiv, 272pp. One of 1500 copies, signed by Jacques Cousteau, who contributed the Preface, and LeRoy Neiman, the artist. Illustrated with reproductions of thirteen original paintings by Neiman. The twelve in-text illustrations are all double-page spreads, rendered in vivid colors. The frontispiece is..... More
Nappanee: Press of the Indiana Kid, 1963. (26)pp. One of 100 copies. Weygand's first miniature book recounts the search for and history of the Albion Press he found in England. Illustrated with cuts of different printing presses. Slight split between frontispiece and title page, else nearly fine in pictorial boards..... More
Philadelphia: John Adams, 1804. 32mo. 31pp. A tale with a moral: when Fatima is taken by Blue Beard, she writes for help, "Now only think what a fine thing it is to be a scholar, for if Fatima could not have wrote to her lover, nobody would do it for..... More
(Arkansas): Randle, Burt, 1940. (16)ff. Contains the Gettysburg Address, and a letter to Mrs. Bixby of Boston, the mother of five slain Union soldiers. All photographed from the handwriting of this Arkansas farmer who won a "Ripley's Believe It or Not" prize for writing on a postage stamp. Fine in..... More
(Exeter, NH): C. Norris & Co., 1812. 142pp. A charming thumb Bible, with significant stories told in prose and supplements with references to verses. Bound in full brown leather with gilt decorations to spine and covers, including the monogram "E. L." to upper cover. Rear flyleaf torn and small chip..... More
NY: Fuchs & Lang Mfg. Co., (1943). Oblong 24mo. A catalog of hundreds of examples of offset lithography inks, in an array of colors, from "Tomato Red" to "Deep Milori Green" to "Bronze Blue", all exemplified through a rotation of several decadent Art Deco images. The inks are displayed in..... More
(N.p. Golden Cockerel Press, 1981). One of three known copies of Josef Herman's lithographs, gathered as a suite and intended to illustrate the Golden Cockerel Press's final book. The book was never published and the lithographs languished until their discovery some twenty years later. Printed in blue and black, the..... More
Flemington, NJ: St. Teresa's Press, 1969. One of 100 copies. Contains four stories: "The Child Jesus" by Kahlil Gibran; "Camp Ksar es Souk" by Rev. Gereon Goldmann; "A Sailor's Christmas Gift" by Bill Lederer; and "Miracle at the Berlin Wall" by Taylor Caldwell. Each story begins with an elegant hand-calligraphed..... More
(London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1934). From an edition of 275 copies, this is one of approximately twenty-five specially bound as a scarce deluxe edition, with an extra suite of six erotic engravings. Eight copper-engraved chapter headpieces by Gertrude Hermes evoke the sensuousness and rhythm of the text. Translated from the..... More
(Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1893). One of 500 copies printed by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press. This is the second issue, with four cancellans leaves replacing pp. 15-16, 19-20, 25-26, and 69-70. With wide leaf and blossom borders to the opening page and to the title-page, which is printed against..... More
Tokyo: Kodansha, (1978). Quarto. 452 pp. One of 1000 copies. With numerous text illustrations, photographs in black and white, and 85 leaves of tipped-in paper samples subsequent to the text. Bound in quarter blue cloth and handmade paper boards, spine lettered in silver and red. Housed in a brown cloth..... More
(Brewster, MA: Atelier Emily Trevor). Original etching, signed by Edward Gorey. One of 50 copies, of which this is one of 20 printed during Gorey's lifetime. The image shows a large and ominous-looking skull overshadowing an elephant, which walks calmly by. Elephants held special meaning for Gorey, who named his..... More
Buffalo: Breed & Lent, (1866). Daisy No. 1; Daisy No. 2; Daisy & Dot; Daisy's Kittens; Daisy's Death; Dot. Six volumes, complete. Each volume contains 64pp. In the first issue of The Miniature Book Collector, Ruth Adomeit devoted several pages to the series of books published by Breed and Butler..... More
NY: Gotham Book Mart, 1985. Hand-pulled collograph, signed by Gorey. One of a stated fifty copies, though only forty were completed and signed before Gorey's death. A serene and ghostly image, after Gorey's telltale style, highlighting a cat framed in a window gazing at an enormous moon. Matted and framed..... More
British Columbia: Barbarian Press, 2015. One of forty-five copies of the deluxe edition, featuring a portfolio with strikes of the seven engravings appearing in the volume and an additional print. With the exception of the frontispiece, the engravings, fashioned after Roget's illustrations by the Brothers Dalziel of London, never appeared..... More
Banbury, England: J. G. Rusher, (c. 1814-40). 48mo. A rare set of sixteen nineteenth-century chapbooks published by J. G. Rusher, bound together in one volume. The contents are: Adventures of a Half-penny, Anecdotes for Good Children, Children in the Wood, Children in the Wood restored, Dick Whittington and his Cat..... More
Providence: Livermore & Knight, 1914. 74pp. Printed in red and black. A handy compendium of cocktail recipies for the aspiring mixologist. Bound in green and red paper with gilt titling. Faintest rubbing to corners, else fine. All edges red. (2 1/16 by 1 3/4; 52x45mm). More
