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.
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
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. (2 5/16 by 2 in.; 58 x 49 mm). (Bradbury p. 95). 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
Buffalo: Hillside Press, 1981. 44pp. One of 350 copies. A charming book of children's poetry, with twelve full-page hand-colored illustrations by Dorothy Lathrop, just as in the first edition of 1930. This copy printed on handmade paper and in a deluxe full red leather binding. Minor rubbing to edges, else..... More
Buffalo: Hillside Press, 1979. 39pp. One of 225 copies. The 1898 version of the text, written for Clemens' autobiography. A very fine copy in pictorial cloth binding. (Bradbury, p. 96). (2 3/8 by 1 15/16; 60x49mm). 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
Tokyo: Bijou Book Hoshino, 1983. (42)ff. One of 150 copies. A charming exposition on the collection of miniature books. Fine in green morocco with stamping in black, orange, and gold, with matching slipcase. T.e.g. (1 1/16 by 1 1/4; 28x32mm). More
Longboat Key, FL: Natalie W. Buchman Books, 2003. Twelve miniature volumes. Variously paginated. One of an unstated limited edition. Each volume signed by Natalie Buchman and Roger Huet, who printed the collection. The collection offers a brief overview of medieval life, largely focused on fictional tales, including a number of..... 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, (n.d.). Three volumes. 57, (5); 58, (4); 60, (2)pp. One of 350 copies. Each volume signed by Huet. Each with a frontispiece of an iconic American image: George Washington, the American flag, and the White House. From "The Birth of a Nation," to "The Building of..... 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
Newark, VT: Janus Press, (1996). 26ff. One of 200 copies signed by Claire Van Vliet, the designer, and Audrey Holden, the assembler. A miniature cut-out alphabet in an alternating accordionfold, made of overlapping and interlocked pieces of multicolored, figured, and textured papers, using the offcuts from one of Van Vliet's..... More
A nineteenth-century French solid gold enamel binding containing five bone leaves. First appearing around 1820, the carnets de bal were used to record the order of an evening's dances, as well as the name of the partner for a particular dance. This opulent example is decorated with a leaf border;..... More
San Buenaventura, CA: Junipero Serra Press, 1977. 16pp. One of 300 copies. A brief history of the practice of exchanging Christmas cards, those with and without Christian overtones, in America. Designed by Francis Braun. Fine in full teal leather. (2 3/16 by 3 1/16; 56x77mm). 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
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
(Austin, TX: Somesuch Press, 1986). (22)ff. One of 200 copies, signed by the printer. With thirteen black & white illustrations by the artist Rockwell Kent. Originally published in 1922 in an edition of eight copies. This miniature book was composed and printed by eight-year-old Susannah Kent (no relation to the..... More
