NY: Abrams, 2007. Regular edition. Small quarto. 215 pp. Signed by Edison and inscribed by Bromer on the title page. Profusely illustrated with more than 260 full-color photographic reproductions including numerous full-page illustrations and two-page spreads. A comprehensive history of the miniature book from the earliest Babylonian clay tablets to..... 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
London: Sheppard Press, (1981). Octavo. (xii), 221pp. Long out of print, this is the most important reference on the subject. Dust wrapper shows faint wear, else fine. More
Albany, NY: Fort Orange Press, 1987. Octavo. 156pp. A masterful and complete reference book, with chapters on each century, on each culture, on type, on bindings, cases, collecting, and much more. Fine in blue cloth. More
North Clarendon, VT: The Microbibliophile, 2000. Octavo. xvipp.(8)ff., 465pp. First printing. An encyclopedic, indispensable reference book. Scant unobtrusive annotations in pencil throughout, else fine in green cloth over boards and with pale yellow dust wrapper. More
North Clarendon, VT: The Microbibliophile, 2001. Octavo. viii, 357pp. First printing. Contains information on 300 miniature book publishers and over 1,625 miniature books, principally from the collections of the American Antiquarian Society and the Lilly Library. An encyclopedic reference book. Very fine in blue-gray cloth over boards and pale blue..... More
Cobleskill, NY: Kathryn I. Rickard, 1989. Large quarto. 250pp. One of 500 copies. A card signed by Miss Welsh is attached to the title page. With over 7200 entries plus a short title list, this long awaited volume is the first extensive bibliography of miniature books ever to be published..... More
(1994-1999). A charming, useful array of Gorey-related gifts: a rubber stamp set, a pack of gift tags, sticker sheets, and a large sheet of wrapping paper with panels from Gorey tales depicted against a red background. All as new, other than some minor tearing to edge of wrapping paper. More
NY: E. P. Dutton, 1967. First edition. Numerous drawings by Gorey illustrate this amusing tale of Christmas decorations. Fine with a full color dust wrapper illustration by Gorey. More
NY: Young Scott Books, (1968). First edition. Illustrated by Gorey in two colors and signed by him on the title-page. Fine in printed cloth and with price-clipped dust wrapper that shows a few stray marks and slight toning along extremities. (Toledano B39a). More
Cartoon Art Museum: San Francisco, 1996. Octavo. 6(ff). Of an edition of 776 copies, this is one of only 150 signed and numbered by Gorey. A very nicely produced and illustrated catalog for the Museum's Gorey exhibition from September 18, 1996 to January 12, 1997. Mint in grey pictorial wrappers..... More
NY: Peter Weed, 1961. Later issue. Signed by Gorey as Ogdread Weary on the title page. Statement of edition on copyright page indicating that this is copy number 83 is a spoof; all copies are number 83. Faint rubbing to corners of boards and dust wrapper, else near fine. More
NY: (1965-1988). Eight first editions of some of Edward Gorey's most well-known works: The Remembered Visit. Simon and Schuster: NY, 1965. General rubbing to edges and corners of pictorial boards, soiling to price-clipped dust wrapper. Good. The Gilded Bat. Simon and Schuster: NY, 1966. Some edgewear to pictorial boards and dust wrapper..... More
Puteaux-sur-Seine: Prieur & Dubois, (c. 1900). (8)pp. brochure with full-color illustration on first interior flap, parsed into its four different printing tones on the four panels that appear when the brochure is fully open. As a sort of forerunner to CMYK, the photographic printing process mimics lithography, and, according to..... More
NY: Stephen M. Crane, 1847. 48mo. 16pp. Woodcuts throughout illustrate the moral tale of the brothers Frank and Harry, as well as the final page's concluding description of an ostrich. Bound in pale blue printed wrappers. Trace stains to covers, inch-long tear along spine, inconsequential foxing to interior, else near..... More
Richmond, VA: Cyclone Books, 2021. (v), 13, (10)pp. From an edition of thirty, this is one of fifteen lettered copies, printed on Twinrocker Da Vinci handmade paper and bound in full leather by Deborah Evetts. Signed by the author, the printer, and the binder. Frontispiece portrait of Manutius. A brief..... More
New Britain, CT: Robert E. Massmann, 1970. (16)ff. One of 300 copies. A triangular book, containing many drawings of "Sukie," a French poodle, in various playful poses, printed in brown. With touches of handcoloring by Eloise and Robert E. Massmann. Minor bumps to corners, faint crease to back cover, else..... More
(Sussex): Silver Thimble Books, 1983. (48)pp. One of 150 copies, signed by Gordon Murray, the designer and publisher. A passage from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, with four full-page and three double-page illustrations after John Tenniel, the original illustrator of "Alice" and Through the Looking-Glass. The illustrations are handcolored by Murray..... More
(New Britain, CT: Robert E. Massmann, 1972). (32)pp. One of 250 copies. A "tête-bêche," or reversible book, containing two excerpts from Mark Twain’s writings, each illustrated with a hand-colored frontispiece. In the middle are two fold-out miniature copies of “The Calaveras Crier,” as well as a center pop-up of “The..... More
2017. Quarto. (26)pp. One of five copies. A book woven into being through the trials of military service, Lesinski's Beyond the Reach of Reason presents itself as a living thing. Lesinski's poetry draws upon his experience as a combat veteran, a disabled veteran, and a disabled person living in American..... More
Portland, OR: Relay Replay Press, 2011. Oblong 32mo. (16)pp. accordion-fold, with each recto panel expanding in a foldout. One of twenty-six copies. Signed by the artist. Shu-Ju Wang's book unfolds through layers of memory in a most literal way, containing within its small self a multitude of images and textures..... More
(Easthampton, MA): Cheloniidae Press, 1986. Octavo. (54)pp., frenchfold. One of 231 copies, signed by Alan James Robinson. The alphabet and the Latin and common names of the birds are printed in two colors after lettering by Suzanne Moore. The opening text is from "Animate Creation," a popular edition of "Our..... More
London: Golden Cockerel Press, (1955). Octavo. 34pp. One of 500 copies. Peter Barker-Mill's color engravings capture all the fascination and heritage of the English topiary garden, as Stewart extols its many virtues. Bound in half orange cloth, with printed patterened paper over boards. Faintest rubbing to corners, expected offsetting from..... More
Portland, ME: Baxter Society, 1990. Octavo. (15)ff. One of 500 copies. Facsimile publication, authorized by the Rockwell Kent Legacies, of an illustrated manuscript produced in 1917 and never published. Introduction by Sally Kent Gorton. A very fine copy in cloth-backed blue boards. Accompanied by a 36-page illustrated "Companion Booklet" in..... More
Newark, VT: Janus Press, 1982. Octavo. 33pp. One of 220 copies, signed by the author and the illustrator. Relief print illustration by Van Vliet, showing a moonlit desertscape. Thorne's short story of travel and self-actualization, set in southern Asia, is here printed letterpress in black with page numbers in yellow..... More
