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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Our miniature books are listed below. You may also browse our miniature books by publisher or by century.
London: Rock Brothers and Payne, (c. 1848-1859). 144pp. This later edition serves as one of a number of "Bijou Series," also found under the imprint of Rock & Co. Slightly larger than the dimensions recorded by Adomeit. Very mild bowing to rear cover, else a bright and fine copy in... More
Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1968. 103pp. One of 400 copies printed by Grabhorn-Hoyem. This was to have been the last book designed by Bruce Rogers begun in his 87th year, but the corrected page proofs did not reach him until the day of his death in 1957. They gathered... More
Philadelphia: Running Press, 1994. 144, 14pp. Fine in green paper-covered boards and a fine dust jacket. A thimble is attached to the end of a woven ribbon bookmark. (3 5/16 by 2 7/8; 84x72mm). More
Santa Barbara, CA: Santa Barbara Mission Archive-Library, (1968). 39pp. One of 500 copies printed by Grant Dahlstrom and bound by Bela Blau. The only miniature book published by the Santa Barbara Mission Archive-Library. Fine in tan leather. Bookplate. (Bradbury p. 256). (2 by 1 5/8; 50x40mm). More
Mill Valley, CA: Sunflower Press, 1977. (16)ff. From an edition of 250 copies illustrated in color by Marcie Collin and printed by Carol Cunningham, this copy is in a designer binding by Sonya Sheats. Evoking the fierce battle between the Gingham Dog and the Calico Cat, the artist envisioned "a... More
(Bexhill, Sussex): Silver Thimble Books, 1983. (42)pp. One of 500 copies signed by the author/artist. A comic, verse retelling of a familiar fairy tale, illustrated with line drawings. Very fine in cloth with pictorial label. (2 1/8 by 1 5/8; 54x43mm). More
Grimsby, England: Robinson, Ernest A., 1891. 38pp. Decorated with eight illustrations, seven of which are full-page. Published as “a curiosity,” this book was the smallest in the world to be printed from movable type until Galileo from the Bros. Salmin in Padua. At the time of publication of Bondy’s Miniature..... More
Dallas: Somesuch Press, 1980. 62pp. One of 300 copies, signed by the author, Daniel J. Boorstin, the illustrator, Dianne Weiss, and the printers, Susan Acker and Don Greame Kelley. With illustrations throughout printed in orange. A lovely production from the Somesuch Press, bound in buff cloth. Bookplate of former owner... More
Dallas, TX: Somesuch Press, 1979. 57pp. One of 300 copies. Signed by the designer, Carl Hertzog. Facsimile of the 1831 edition of this story of a child held captive by Native Americans, told by an English writer. Contains facsimiles of the frontispiece and title-page of the original edition, plus four... More
Dallas: Somesuch Press, 1975. 383pp. One of 500 numbered and signed copies. Illustrated with black & white photographs. A miniaturized edition of the original, full-sized memoir by the former chairman of Neiman-Marcus, who was also a passionate collector and publisher of miniature books. Miniature Books: 4,000 Years of Tiny Treasures... More
N.p. 2013. Silver locket enamelled with clover leaves in green and "Souvenir" on the front cover. The initials "A.B." and "Gilbh. 2013" are engraved inside. A bit tarnished, else near fine with jump ring intact. (3/4 by 7/16; 19x12mm). More
(England: 1935). A seven-page fold-out panorama containing portraits of Queen Mary and George V, as a commemoration of the Silver Jubilee in 1935. Housed in an amber-toned plastic box with silver cover on the front, incised and crafted with a portrait and titling. Fine. (1 3/8 by 1 1/16; 35x28mm). More
Senta: Andruskó Károly, 1978. Six volumes. Each volume 29pp. One of 400 copies. Five souvenir books created after the author/artist, Andruskó Károly's, visit to the country, comprised of: Madrid, Sevilla, Toledo, Castilla/Andalucia, Cordoba, and Granada. Each is illustrated with a series of approximately thirty woodcuts in black & white depicting..... More
Worcester: St. Onge, Achille J., 1953. 77pp. One of 2,000 copies. Printed at the Chiswick Press in red and black type. With a black & white frontispiece portrait of the Queen. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in full red morocco, with gilt stamping to covers including double-rule borders. Paste-downs and... More
Worcester, Massachusetts: St. Onge, Achille J., 1953. 77pp. From an edition of 2,000 copies, this is one of forty-six bound in 1960 with a variant frontispiece portrait of Elizabeth II in profile. Printed at the Chiswick Press in red and black type. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in full red... More
Worcester: St. Onge, Achille J., 1968. 49pp. One of 2,000 copies. Illustrated with the ten stamps issued in 1968 by the United States to commemorate the flags "carried by Americans as colonists or as citizens of a new nation." Spine slightly darkened, else fine in royal blue leather. A.e.g. (Massmann... More
Worcester: St. Onge, Achille J., 1973. 55pp. From an edition of 1,500 copies, this is one of thirty-four in a special binding executed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Printed with large ornamental initials in red by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen. Tiny book label to rear paste-down, else fine in burgundy morocco... More
Worcester, MA: St. Onge, Achille J., 1962. 54pp. One of 950 copies. Inscription in ink by St. Onge, dated Feb. 9, 1963. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of the author. Very fine in full green calf with a gilt-stamped binding design by Rudolph Ruzicka. A.e.g. (Massmann 20; Bradbury, p. 253). (2 15/16 by 2 1/4; 75x57mm). More
Worcester: St. Onge, Achille J., 1955. 88pp. One of 1,000 copies printed at the Chiswick Press. Very fine in gilt-stamped green leather. A.e.g. (2 3/8 by 1 13/16; 60x46mm). More
Worcester, Massachusetts: St. Onge, Achille J., 1963. 56pp. Limited to 1000 copies with a portrait frontispiece. Very fine in gilt-stamped blue calf. A.e.g. (Massmann 22; Bradbury, p.253). (2 5/8 by 1 7/8; 67x47mm). More
Worcester: St. Onge, Achille J., 1939. 82pp. One of 950 copies printed at the Merrymount Press. This is the second book bearing St. Onge's imprint. With a frontispiece portrait of Emerson. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in full russet morocco with gilt decorations on both panels. A very fine copy... More
Worcester, MA: St. Onge, Achille J., 1939. 82pp. One of 950 copies printed at the Merrymount Press. This is the publisher's second book. According to St. Onge's bibliographer, Robert Massmann, this copy is one of the 100 that were bound in Worcester, as it has marbled endpapers and a rounded... More
Worcester, MA. St. Onge, Achille J., 1960. 45pp. One of 1,000 copies printed by Enschedé en Zonen in Holland. With several full-page illustrations printed in green, along with a frontispiece portrait of the author. Bound in full tan calf with the title in gilt on the front cover. A fine... More
Worcester, MA: St. Onge, Achille J., (1965). 36pp. One of 2,500 copies. With a photographic portrait of Johnson tipped-in as a frontispiece. Very fine in gilt-stamped turquoise calf. A.e.g. (Bradbury, p. 254; Massmann 27). (2 11/16 by 1 7/8; 67x47mm). More
Worcester: St. Onge, Achille J., (1968). 27pp. One of 2,000 copies with a portrait frontispiece. Very fine in gilt-stamped dark green calf. A.e.g. (Massmann 33; Bradbury, p. 254). (2 5/8 by 1 7/8; 68x47mm). More
