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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1998. 6pp., accordion-fold. Personalized miniature book sent as a New Year's greeting to Anne and David Bromer. French artist Bertrand Dorny, who makes extensive use of color, texture, and collage in his designs, and his wife, Anne Walker, a fellow book artist who grew up around Boston, share a studio... More
San Rafael, CA: Feathered Serpent Press, 1985. (40)pp. From an edition of 175, this is one of 50 deluxe copies with an extra suite of nine etchings. A humorous etymology exploring the history and word-play of the word "bag." Illustrated throughout with hand-colored drawings by Weiss. Bound in tan leather... More
Oxford: University Press, 1838. Two near-miniature volumes. Unpaginated. Concealed under the gilt fore-edges of the two volumes are beautifully executed paintings by Martin Frost. The fore-edge painting on the first volume, which contains the Old Testament, depicts the Dohány Street Synagogue in Budapest. Built in the Moorish Revival style in... More
Worcester, MA: Achille J. St. Onge, 1973. 55pp. The text is printed with large ornamental initials in red by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen. In a striking designer binding by Stephen Conway, evoking ancient wood and stone. Conway writes that his bindings "have a tactile quality, in keeping with the three... More
(Wakefield, W. Yorkshire: Fleece Press, 1989). 38 pp. One of 200 copies signed by the author, Ward Ritchie, and by the printer, Simon Lawrence. Engravings by Anthony Christmas. A brief history of private presses, along with the memoirs of a master printer who learned his trade in the Thirties in... More
Wakefield: Fleece Press, 1988. (35)pp. One of 240 copies. With specimens of Morrison's types printed in various colors. Fine in yellow and white striped cloth, with printed label to front cover. Housed in blue cloth-covered slipcase. Bookplate of former owner. (2 1/2 by 1 7/8; 66x49mm). More
Northridge, CA: Lord John Press, 1981. 29pp. One of 400 copies, signed by President Gerald R. Ford. The text is an address given to the Visa International Convention in Quebec, in September 1980, in which Ford advocates for world peace for economic purposes. He was the only president to collaborate... More
Northridge, CA: Lord John Press, 1981. 29 pp. From an edition of 400, this is one of 100 copies specially bound by Bela Blau. Signed by President Gerald R. Ford. The text of a September 1980 address given to the Visa International Convention in Quebec encouraging world peace for economic... More
London: Oxford University Press, (c. 1900). (688)pp.; (vi), 861pp. Two volumes housed in a matching red leather carrying-case with a thong strap handle. Case features a thumb-pull in front that also reveals the book's title and cover decoration. Both volumes are bound in red leather with the titles in gilt... More
(N.p. n.d.). Set of eight cards, printed in red, along with rules sheet. The cards create a drinking game; all are dealt to a group of eight, and each player must follow the pictorial instruction on the card placed before him or her. Five cards show a single cocktail, indicating... More
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N.p. Garcia de Fuentes Press, n.d. 12ff. One of 200 copies. Illustrated with color images throughout. Bound in printed mylar over wrappers. Fine. (2 3/4 by 2; 70x51mm). More
Tustin, CA: Garden View Press, (1969). 57pp., frenchfold One of 200 copies with color illustrations by Warren Batchelder. "Kwaidan," in Japanese, means "weird, haunting tales," and the two stories included tell the tales of a ghostly, shape-shifting priest and a mysterious woman, dressed in white, encountered in a snowstorm. Stab-sewn... More
(Amsterdam: Alice Garman, 1971). (44)ff. One of 250 copies. Stevenson's delightfully amusing reasons for vetoing a bill passed by the Illinois State Legislature that would have required cats to be leashed. Printed from the calligraphy of Alice Garman and illustrated by her. Garman was a renowned artist and the wife... More
Fullerton, CA: Lorson's Books & Prints, 2002. (16)pp. One of fifty copies. Title page illustrated with a Renaissance woman beside a pie from which a stream of live birds fly out and across the page. The text of this short work is a recipe for baking a pie and filling... More
Paisley, Scotland: Gleniffer Press, 1978. (28)ff. One of 500 copies. With portraits of Robert Burns and others. Between these are highlights of Burns' compendium of work, including "To a Mouse" and "Address to a Haggis". Pictorial endpapers and printed boards. Fine in a fine pictorial dust wrapper. Bookplate of former... More
(N.p.): 1976. Three volumes. 22pp.; (14)ff.; (16)ff. With hand-colored illustrations by Amanda Goldman. The first title contains pictures of columbine, water lily, larkspur, and other species. The second volume features vibrant renditions of the chickadee, owl, and other birds. Dolls and Doll Houses is separated into two parts, representing the... More
(London): Goode Bros. c. 1875. (47)pp. Illustrated throughout with black & white lithographs, this little book includes excerpts from several Old Testament stories. In dark violet gilt-stamped wrappers. An unusually fine copy. (Bondy 162). (2 1/4 by 1 5/8; 58x40mm.). More
(Berkeley): Rasmussen Press, 1974. 81pp. One of 200 copies, this one being an unnumbered gift edition inscribed "To Doris- In memory of K.G." Illustrated with five sets of verses and drawings compiled by Lucile Rasmussen from those published in the Ladies' Home Journal, which were never published in book form... More
(Vancouver): Heavenly Monkey, 2008. 20ff.,+ 4 tipped-in paper samples. Second edition. One of 50 copies. Printed to mark the tenth anniversary of its original publication, El Autobus Azul was the first book printed by Rollin Milroy, and this new edition adds a Foreword by him. Four samples of papers collected... More
Tilton, NH: Hillside Press, 1973. 48pp. One of 250 copies. With six hand-colored illustrations. Extremely fine in salmon cloth printed with an illustration in black. (Bradbury, p. 95). (2 3/8 by 1 15/16; 60x50mm). More
Buffalo: Hillside Press, 1977. 48pp. One of 250 copies. With eight hand-colored illustrations. A fascinating study of card games from around the world. Very fine in orange pictorial cloth, stamped in black with a playing card illustration. (Bradbury, p. 96). (2 5/16 by 1 15/16; 59x49mm). More
Tilton, NH: Hillside Press, 1977. 46pp. One of 200 copies. With seven hand-colored illustrations by Albertine Weelan depicting butterflies, fireflies, and other winged creatures. Printed on Maidstone handmade paper and bound in publisher's blue cloth, with black lettering to the front cover and spine. A fine copy. (2 5/16 by 2; 59x50mm). More
Tilton, NH: Hillside Press, 1977. 46pp. One of 200 copies. With seven hand-colored illustrations by Albertine Weelan depicting butterflies, fireflies, and other winged creatures. Printed on Maidstone handmade paper and bound in publisher's blue cloth, with black lettering to the front cover and spine. A fine copy. (Bradbury, p. 95). (2 5/16 by 2; 59x50mm). More
(Boston): Bromer, Anne and David, 1986. (15), (15)ff. From an edition of 160 copies, bound together here are two of thirty-five deluxe, numbered copies with hand-illuminated initials in gold and colors by Suzanne Moore, one of America's finest scribes. Additionally, this is the publisher's copy, indicated in Moore's calligraphy on... More
Tokyo: Bijou Book Hoshino, 1979. 104; 88pp. Text in English and Japanese, with each language separately paginated. One of 150 copies. Illustrated with a two-page map of New Guinea, printed in green, and with with chapter title pages printed in green and black. An account of an unlikely friendship made... More
