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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Boston: Bromer, Anne & David, 1982. 41ff. One of just thirty-six copies. A miniature manuscript consisting of twelve original watercolor designs on soft gray paper by Robert Gould, showing hearts embellished with symbolic designs. These include the Heart of the Rose Tree, the Heart of the Medusa, the Wooden Heart..... More
Boston & Vancouver: Bromer Booksellers & HM Editions, 2015. 72pp. From an edition of 120, this is one of 85 copies that make up the regular edition. Designed and printed at Heavenly Monkey, this lovely miniature memoir and bibliography contains stories of pleasure, coincidence, and difficulty for each of the..... More
Tilton, NH: Hillside Press, 1973. 50pp. From an edition of 250 copies, this is the first, with a special inscription from the printer, Frank Irwin, to veteran book dealer Sam Murray on the limitation page. The Preface discusses the ancient source of these fables, the Panchatantra, its translations into Arabic..... More
Tilton, NH: Hillside Press, 1974. xvii, 40pp. One of 250 copies. The Caxton translation of 1484 is used, and eight of Caxton's original woodcuts of that edition are reproduced here. With a preface on Caxton and his work. Fine in orange cloth boards printed with Caxton's insignia. (2 3/8 by..... More
Tilton, NH: Hillside Press, 1974. xvii, 40pp. One of 250 copies. The Caxton translation of 1484 is used, and eight of Caxton's original woodcuts of that edition are reproduced here. With a Preface on Caxton and his work. Fine in orange cloth boards printed with Caxton's insignia. (2 3/8 by..... More
Franklin, NH: Hillside Press, 1965. xvi, 50pp. One of 375 copies. A collection of Aesop's fables with engraved illustrations of the original woodcuts by Thomas Bewick. A fine copy in blue cloth with a yellow illustrated dust wrapper, which is signifiantly torn at the rear side. (Bradbury, p. 94). (2..... More
Buffalo: Hillside Press, 1982. 50pp. One of 350 copies signed by the author and printer, Eleanor Irwin. Slight skew to spine, else near fine in red, gilt-stamped leather. (2 7/16 by 2 1/16; 62x51mm). More
Buffalo: Hillside Press, 1978. 62pp. One of 275 copies, signed by the author/printer, Frank Irwin. Illustrated with reproductions of woodcuts and engravings from the fifteenth century onward. Fine in pictorial tan cloth. (2 1/4 by 2; 60x50mm). More
Tilton, NH: Hillside Press, 1976. 51pp. One of 250 copies. Illustrated throughout with printer's marks from presses, both early and modern. Fine in yellow cloth, printed in black. Bookplate. (Bradbury p. 95). (2 5/16 by 2; 58x49mm). More
Franklin, NH: Hillside Press, 1961. 52pp. Limited to 350 copies handset, printed and signed by the author. Clever antic verses about all manner of things including "The Bookseller." A fine copy of the first book of the Press, in cloth-backed patterned boards with a printed paper label. (2 5/16 by..... More
Tilton, NH: Hillside Press, 1971. xix, 51pp. One of 350 copies. Illustrated with twenty-five full-page woodcuts and other illustrations. Contains a preface by Robert E. Massmann. Fine in green, gilt-stamped cloth. Bookplate. (Bradbury, p. 95). (2 3/8 by 2; 61x51mm). More
Tilton, NH: Hillside Press, 1975. xxiv, 92pp. One of 250 copies. With frontispiece portrait and vignette of Monticello. Fine in gilt-titled red leather. (2 3/8 by 2; 60x50mm). More
Franklin, NH: Hillside Press, 1966. xvii, 42pp. One of 375 copies. Various texts by Shakespeare with twelve silhouettes by Paul Konewka. Fine in burgundy cloth over boards, faintly rubbed. (2 5/16 by 1 15/16; 60x50mm). More
Tilton, NH: Hillside Press, 1976. (103)pp. One of 250 copies signed by the publisher, Frank Irwin. Frontispiece uncancelled stamp of Copernicus. Spaces provided for affixing the appropriate stamps, which would include portraits of Catholic historical figures, from Columbus to Kennedy, predominate. Fine in green cloth boards. (2 3/8 by 2;..... More
Montreal: Viracocha Editions, 1982. 58pp. Signed by Huet on the front flyleaf. A brief history of Quebec, distinct from its Canadian environs, with several illustrations of Quebecois imagery, including its coat of arms as frontispiece. Printed in French. Bound in wrappers with depict Quebec's flag at the upper cover and..... More
Montreal: Viracocha Publishing Co., 1983. 60pp. Signed by Huet on the front flyleaf. An abridged history of Canada, as a colony and independent country, illustrated with photographed city views and its coat of arms as frontispiece. Bound in red wrappers with dust wrapper sporting the Canadian flag on both covers..... More
Montreal: Editions du Parnasse, 1984. 46pp. Signed by Roger Huet. With black & white type ornaments. A collection of maxims on love from some of the most celebrated literary minds, including Petrarch, Shakespeare, and Oscar Wilde. Fine in red leather with gilt ornamentation and titling. (1 by 3/4; 26x20mm). More
Montreal: Roger Huet, (n.d.). 57. (2)pp. One of 150 copies, signed by the author and the printer. An anthology of shaggy dog stories, each with its own black & white illustration. Mint in bright yellow leather, intricately decorated in metallic pink. (1 1/4 by 1; 32x26mm). More
San Diego, CA: Iron Bear Press, 2000. One of 50 copies, signed by Weintraub. Two volumes of fables, bound dos-a-dos. Fine in boards covered with gray and tan handmade paper. (3 by 2 3/8; 75x60mm). More
Ada, Yugoslavia: Cultural Center, Ada, 1980. 152pp. + 22ff. plates, (6)pp. One of 1500 copies. A history of the Battle of Zenta (Senta) in English, Hungarian, and Croatian, followed by black & white plates illustrating various aspects of the battle and those involved. Fine in dark green leatherette, stamped in..... More
Paris: Chez Janet Libraire, (1806). 1-16, 1-24, 17-32pp., + (12)ff. engraved illustrations. Title page also engraved. This miniature almanac includes calendar tables for the year 1806 and a list of eclipses, as well as twelve short educational poems. Each of the rhyming poems, consisting of three stanzas of eight lines..... More
San Fernando, CA: Junipero Serra Press, (1984). 14pp. One of 350 copies. A commemorative miniature for the 1984 Olympics, with a brief laudatory discourse on its aims and actualities. Postage stamp of a hurdler tipped in as frontispiece. Fine in full red leather. (2 13/16 by 2 1/8; 73x53mm). More
Palm Beach Gardens: Kaycee Press, 1989. (65)pp. Limited to 200 copies printed by Ward Schori. This copy inscribed by the author. Humorous and sensitive poetry to the memory of his mother by one of the founders of the Miniature Book Society. Very fine in covers of dark blue with gilt-stamping..... More
Glasgow: David Bryce & Son, (1889). 32ff., as double-page spreads. A selection of abridged and adapted excerpts from Thomas à Kempis' seminal devotional text, edited for Bryce by T. M. Lindsay. Text printed in black with border rule in red. Fine in boards covered with tartan silk, protected by original..... More
New Britain, CT: J. L. Kapica, 1964. 30pp. Frontispiece portrait of Kennedy. A collection of transcripts of eulogies for former President John F. Kennedy, delivered in the Rotunda of the United States Capitol, November 24, 1963. The eulogies were given by Mike Mansfield, Earl Warren, and John McCormack. Some rubbing..... More
