NY: (n.d.). Two decks of playing cards, one titled "Rehearsal" and the other "Performance". The "Rehearsal" set shows a ballerina in comfortable tights and leg warmers, while the "Performance" set shows her with heavy mascara and in full tutu and ribbons. Both decks in original plastic wrap, housed together in..... More
A. Portal: (Phnom-Penh, 1931). Square octavo. 40ff. First edition. Amazing little work published on the occasion of the 1931 Paris Colonial Exposition. The forty unnumbered leaves feature letters of the Khmer script set against a sophisticated cartouche, each with a calligraphed decorative motif inspired by it on the opposite page. Printed..... More
Tokyo: Toppan, 2012. (22)pp. One of 250 copies. This ultra-microminiature book, published by the Toppan Printing Company for the Printing Museum in Tokyo, was named the smallest printed book in the world by the Guinness Book of World Records in January 2013. Printed by intaglio, the .75mm-square book contains black..... More
(Tokyo: Toppan Printing Co., 1980). Two volumes: 10pp. each. The larger volume is 1/2-inch square and contains the full text of the Lord's Prayer. Bound in black cloth. The second volume is a micro-miniature, of the same, measuring 1.4 millimeters square, among the smallest miniature books in the world. Bound..... More
Tokyo: Toppan, 1979. Three micro-miniature volumes: Birth Stone, Language of the Flowers, and Zodiacal Signs. Together set into a leather-covered sleeve, which is then housed with a magnifier in a custom matching box, the lid of which has a red and blue design evocative of the red and blue covers..... More
(Tokyo: Toppan Printing Co., 2000). (16)pp. Two volumes. According to the accompanying prospectus, this ultra-micro miniature containing the Chinese zodiac was the 2000 Guinness World Records holder for the smallest precision-printed book in the world, measuring a mere .95mm square. Remarkably, each page of this speck of a book bears..... More
Novi Sad, Serbia: Forum, 1974. One of 150 copies. Accompanying booklet signed by the editor, Arpad Nemeth. Micro-miniature printed on the occasion of the 1974 international book fair in Belgrade. The text is the word "Book" in ten languages, reflecting the publisher's creed that "the book is the most valuable..... More
Salt Lake City: Book Arts Studio, University of Utah, 2002. 64mo. (4)ff. One of 24 copies. A clever meditation on the ephermerality of the ways in which a reader encounters a text, juxtaposing the printed word, digital texts, and the scheme of language itself. Bound in two floppy disc covers..... More
Two sterling silver clips shaped as dainty hands and adorned with enviable red rings. Ideal for holding books open to desired pages. (Each hand measures 1 1/2 by 3/4 inches; 37x18mm). More
Two sterling silver clips shaped as dainty hands and sporting fashionable lace cuffs. Ideal for holding books open to desired pages. (Each hand measures 1 1/4 by 1/2 inches; 32x14mm). More
Worcester, MA: Commonwealth Press, 1932. One of 250 copies. Known at the time as the smallest book in the world, this tiny book is part of a set, which includes a miniature edition of the book (1 3/4 by 1 1/2; 44x37mm), showing, in addition to the text, an explanatory..... More
Paisley, Scotland: Gleniffer Press, 1985. (12)pp. One of 85 copies. This micro-miniature was recognized by the Guinness Book of Records as the "Smallest Book in the World" in 1985. The book was printed using offset lithographic methods, with the text area of each page being less than 1 square millimeter..... More
Germany: Faber & Faber, 2000. (26)pp. An ultra-miniature alphabet, ensconced in a wooden box and protected by a translucent cover. Accompanied by an informational booklet with each highly illustrated letter legible to the naked eye and some notes on the production of the edition. Bound in brown leather. Few nicks..... More
(Leipzig): Edition Leipzig, 1971. (28)pp. Ultra-miniature ABC, accompanied by a trifold information booklet, which describes in German the book's production and contributors. Bound in a gilt-stamped leather binding, and housed in translucent sliding case, together with booklet inside cloth-covered box. Fine. (3x2.5mm). More
(N.p.): Siberian Lefty, 1996. (30)ff. One of 100 copies. This ultra-miniature book is mounted with another copy laid flat so that all leaves are exposed. Handmade by Anatoly Koneko, this edition held the Guinness World Record for Smallest Book until Toppan's Twelve Signs unseated it. Both copies contained in a...... More
Tokyo: Toppan Printing Co., (1965). This set includes two versions of the first chapter of the Book of Genesis: a micro-miniature book measuring 3/4 of an inch square and an ultra-micro-miniature measuring 4mm square. The micro-miniature contains 29 pages of text, including an explanation of the production of the accompanying..... More
Santa Cruz, CA: Peter and Donna Thomas, 1990. From an edition of 200 copies, this is one of twenty-five deluxe copies with a miniature watercolor. The biography and footnotes to the text were written by Peter Thomas, and the illustrations were cut by Donna Thomas. Includes a seventeenth century paper..... More
Tokyo: Bijou Book Hoshino. 48; 20pp. One of 200 copies. This parent and child set of miniature books was recorded as the world's smallest book in the 1982 Guinness Book of World Records. The "child" book measures a mere 1.4 millimeters square, and contains two Japanese nursery songs entitled "Ants"..... More
Newark, NJ: Barton Press, 1969. Octavo. Seven folders, printed on three sides, + 5 silkscreen sheets. One of 200 copies, signed by the illustrator, Henry Pearson. Five colorful silkscreens, in a design form that is much like "op art," each signed on the back by Pearson, are laid-into folders on..... More
Seal Harbor, ME: Printing Office at High Loft, 1977. Octavo. (29)pp. One of 80 copies. Illustrations by Philip H. Heckscher of the wistful Maine coastline printed in green. They accompany August Heckscher's verses, which evoke the nostaglia, rusticism, and romance of northern New England. Bound by Gray Parrot in decorative..... More
San Francisco: Greenwood Press, (1940). Large octavo. (13)pp. Woodcut from Gorrico's Contemplaciones (1495) at title page. Printed in red and black by Bern Porter of Berkeley. Loose in wrappers. Faint soiling, else near fine in original glassine, which is torn along spine. More
Verona: Officina Bodoni, 1930. Octavo. xxiii, (55)pp. One of 200 copies. Facsimile edition of Mercator's writing book with English text, a biographical introduction by Jan Denuc, and a note on his work as a calligrapher by Stanley Morison. Printed in collaboration with De Sikkel of Antwerp and The Pegasus Press..... More
Cambridge, MA: Bruce Rogers, 1927. 16mo. 34pp. One of 160 copies printed by Bruce Rogers at the Harvard University Press. Signed before the title page by officers of the John Barnard Associates. An honorific compilation on Barnard, sporting Rogers' typographic devices and talents. Bound in half black cloth with paper..... More
Detroit, Cranbrook Press, 1902. Octavo. 40pp. One of 210 copies, printed by the author, George G. Booth, who was the co-founder of the Cranbrook Press. A group of essays of a philosophical and personal nature, one set in Naples and one in Mexico. With decorative interlace initials to each chapter..... More
(N.p.): Between-Hours Press, 1954. 48mo. (4)ff. One of 84 copies. "BR" insignia, thistle, and printer's device printed in green, charming birthday message to Bruce Rogers printed in black. Two ALS from the printer, Ben Grauer, laid in, both from 1954. Near fine in pale pink wrappers. More
