(Hillside Press)
Letters of Thomas Jefferson.
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
Miniature Books
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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(Hillside Press)
Falstaff and His Companions.
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
(Hillside Press)
Catholica on American Stamps.
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
(Huet, Roger)
Histoire du Quebec.
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
(Huet, Roger)
The History of Canada.
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
(Huet, Roger)
American Stories with a Twist.
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
(Iron Bear Press)
An Old Fable / A New Fable.
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
(István, Tóth)
The Battle of Zenta.
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
(Janet)
Le Sentiment Analysé ou l'École de l'Adolescence.
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
(Junipero Serra Press)
The XXIII Olympiad.
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
(Kaycee Press)
Tongues of Flame.
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
(Kennedy, John F.)
Eulogies to the Late President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Delivered in the Rotunda of the United States Capitol, November 24, 1963.
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
(Kitemaug Press)
Outrageous Cat Tales.
Spartanburg: Kitemaug Press, 1988. (20)ff. One of 100 copies. Fabrications about remarkable cats, illustrated with woodcuts. Fine in gray pictorial cloth. (1 15/16 by 1 9/16; 48x43mm). More
(Lacquer Binding)
Russian Folk Tale: The Golden Egg.
Dubna: Phoenix, 1996. (14)ff. One of fifty copies. Printed in three languages: Russian, English, and German. With brilliant handcolored illustrations by Vladimir Markov on practically every page, including numerous double-page illustrations and pictorial endpapers. Bound in red lacquer, the covers bear folkloric, textile-inspired designs in gilt and red. Appropriately, the..... More
(Lamb, Charles)
Mr. H. in America: Anonymous Redivivus.
Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1981. 21pp. One of 150 copies. Charles Lamb's Mr. H. here receives coy, yet noble, bibliographic detail. Bound in full green leather with gilt title to upper cover. Fine. (2 13/16 by 2 1/16; 72x52mm). More
(Leopard Studio Editions)
Love.
(Rochester, NY): Leopard Studio Editions, 2014. (24)pp., accordion-fold, with two four-page inserts sewn in. One of five copies, signed and numbered by the artist. A miniature artist's book by Sue Huggins Leopard based on the poem by Emily Dickinson, which reads: "Love is anterior to life, / Posterior to death..... More
(Levien, Jack R.)
L'Evangile S. Jean.
Enkhuizen, Holland: Jack R. Levien, 1971. (12)ff. One of 100 copies, inscribed by Levien with a hand-written colophon. A facsimile of a miniature book published by Jacques Meson in Anvers in 1667. The text is extracts from the Gospel of John. With frontispiece and illustrated title. Fine in green grosgrain..... More
(Levien, Jack R.)
Nativity Story.
Enkhuizen: Jack R. Levien, 1971. (14)ff. An abridged version of the New Testament story, illustrated with tiny reproductions of medieval woodcuts. Fine in full leather, with gilt fillets and a tiny gilt star. (11/16 by 1/2; 17x12mm). More
(Levien, Jack R.)
Noah's Ark.
Enkhuizen, Holland: Levien, Jack R., 1970. (30)pp. The story of Noahs ark, with Levien's charming drawings. Text in English. Minor discoloration to edges of cover, otherwise fine in red leather with a little ark stamped in gold. A.e.g. (1 1/4 by 7/8; 31x23mm). More
(Lord John Press)
Mites & Other Poems in Miniature.
Northridge, CA: Lord John Press, 1990. 24pp. One of 200 numbered copies, signed by the author. A collection of eight Updike poems originally printed in The New Yorker, Agni, The New Republic, and elsewhere. Each poem is preceded by a small illustrative device in green. The book is bound by..... More
(Marcilly)
Le Petit Paroissien de la Jeunesse.
Paris: Marcilly, (c. 1840). 96pp. Printed by Firmin Didot, but with a Marcilly imprint. With engraved half-title and five plates, the finely executed illustrations depict scenes from the life of Christ. The prayers are arranged for special occasions: morning prayers, evening prayer, and prayers for communion and vespers. This tiny..... More
(Marcilly)
Soirées de l'enfance.
Paris: Marcilly, 1825. 128pp. With an engraved title-page and seven engraved plates which showcase popular party games of the period. Occasional light foxing, minor soiling to boards and rubbing along outer hinges. Overall a near fine copy in blind embossed boards with slipcase. (Gumuchian 4139). (2 3/4 by 1 7/8;..... More
(Marcilly)
Le Petit La Fontaine.
Paris: Marcilly, (c. 1830). 95pp. Oblong. A miniature collection of La Fontaine's fables illustrated with six finely-engraved plates and an engraved title-page vignette. In a contemporary binding of chestnut morocco with gilt stamping to covers, turn-ins, and spine. Fine. A.e.g. Bookplate of former owner on front free endpaper. (Welsh 4236;..... More
(Marshall, John)
The Infant's Cabinet of Various Objects.
London (but Hertfordshire): John Marshall (but Anne and Peter Stockham), 1801 (but 1976). One of forty-eight copies. In this "cabinet," there are two miniature books and a collection of twenty-eight hand-colored engravings of the objects listed in the books. The books are bound in full leather, one maroon and one..... More