London: Edward Arnold, (1961). Octavo. 289pp. First edition. One of 500 copies. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Spielmann's useful catalogue is among the most important reference tools in the miniature book field. Bound in patterned, quarter-cloth boards, gilt-lettered to the spine. The dust wrapper is price-clipped, spine slightly toned... More about Catalogue of the Library of Miniature Books Collected by Percy Edwin Spielmann. Together with...

(Boston: Thomas Todd, 1932). 30pp. One of 250 copies. The illustration used for the frontispiece was loaned by Wilbur Macey Stone. A true miniature book about miniatures written by collectors whose tiny tomes were auctioned at Swann Galleries on November 15, 1990. Outer hinge lightly rubbed, light uniform fading to... More about Chats About Miniature Books.

St. Petersburg: c. 1905-6. 14-carat pendant in the form of a hinged book containing three leaves with fine engraving work. The text begins with a plaintive song which was apparently popular in the salons of pre-Revolutionary Russia, and which closes with the line "Farewell, my invaluable friend/ Do not forget... More about Russian Gold Book.

Watertown, Mass. Bromer, Anne & David, 1979. (20)pp. Copy number one of 85 copies, only 50 of which were for sale. Printed by Darrell Hyder. This is the text of the first edition (1840), printed as a micro-miniature with a pictorial opening initial hand-calligraphed by Janet Hobbs. Bound by C.... More about The Remarkable History of Chicken Little.

Worcester, MA: St. Onge, Achille J., 1966. 85pp. One of 1,926 copies. A volume in honor of the fortieth anniversary of the launching of the first liquid-propellant rocket in 1926. With a black & white frontispiece portrait of Goddard, as well as an eight-cent Goddard U.S. postage stamp, tipped in... More about The Autobiography of Robert Hutchings Goddard, Father of the Space Age. Early Years to 1927.

Worcester, MA: St. Onge, Achille J., (1962). 28ff. First issue. One of 1,200 copies. Illustrated in full color by Tasha Tudor. Fine in gilt-titled red leather, with equally fine pictorial dust jacket. A.e.g. (3 5/8 by 2 5/8 in.; 93x67mm). (Massmann VIII). More about The Night Before Christmas.

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, else fine in wrappers showing Sukie... More about A Sketch Book.

London: Darton, Harvey, & Darton and J. Harris, 1812. 96pp. A pocket-sized reference for children, with full-page engraved plates of each of the forty-eight birds, along with a description of the characteristics and mannerisms of each species. Occasional light internal spotting, else about fine. In a variant binding of olive... More about Natural History of 48 Birds, With Elegant Engravings, from Drawings by Alfred Mills.

(Van Nuys, CA: Raheb, Barbara J., 1981). (46)pp. One of 300 copies, signed and numbered. With full-page black & white illustrations throughout. Fine in gilt-stamped sand-colored pyroxylin. Bookplate on front paste-down. (Bradbury, p. 211). (15/16 by 3/4; 24x19mm). More about The Wind in the Willows.

(Van Nuys, CA: Raheb, Barbara J., 1981). (56)pp. One of 300 copies, signed and numbered. Illustrated throughout in black & white. Fine in green gilt-stamped pyroxylin. Bookplate to front paste-down. (Bradbury, p. 213). (1 by 3/4; 25x18mm). More about Tom Sawyer.

Cincinnati: Mosaic Press, 1991. (46)pp. Illustrated throughout, to punctuate Caniff's reflections on the passage of time. Caniff was an American cartoonist and alumnus of Ohio State University, to which the copyright of this text belongs. Printed by O. Carroll Prewitt and bound by Miriam Owen Irwin. Very fine in red... More about Now in My Day...

Cincinnati: Mosaic Press, (1982). (24)pp. A tiny book containing clever sayings about the stock market. Very fine, in dark blue gilt-stamped leather. (Bradbury, p. 159). (1/2 by 1/2; 13x12mm). More about Stock Market.

Cincinnati: Mosaic Press, (1983). (32)pp. One of 50 numbered copies, signed by the author. With a title-page vignette, full-page illustration, and tailpiece designed by Romilda Dilley. Bound by Hugo Grummich in decorative paper-covered boards designed by Louise Bange, with title stamped in red on spine. T.e.g. Name in ink on... More about Roses.