1930-1950. Forty-six quarto volumes, including the following: the original series (1930-1935) in twenty volumes; New Series (1935-1938) in twelve volumes; The Annual of Bookmaking (1938); New Graphic Series (1939) in four volumes; The New Colophon (1948-1950) in eight volumes; and the index to the original series. Lacks the New Colophon..... More

Paris: Gruel et Engelmann, 1901. Square 16mo. (iv), 176, (8)pp. A delightfully executed reproduction of a traditional book of hours-cum-devotional, updated to match a more modern, pre-Raphaelite aesthetic. Details, including initials, florals, and flourishes, are hand-gilded, and sumptuous pages favor the Belle Époque's adoration of romantic medievalism. Punctuating the text..... More

Belfast, ME: Borrower's Press, 1985. 32pp. One of 175 copies signed by the publisher, Jane Bernier. Story taken from an American Tract Society miniature book of the 1850's. With hand-colored illustrations. Slight overall rubs, else near fine in blue cloth with hand-colored label, and printed backstrip. (Bradbury, p. 35). (3/4..... More

Winterport, ME: Borrower's Press, 1981. (40)pp. One of 350 copies signed by the artist, Jane Conneen, and by the publisher, Jane Bernier. This is copy number 2. With eighteen hand-colored etchings of wildflowers by Conneen. Very fine in gilt-stamped green leather. A hard-to-find early Borrowers Press gem, the second in..... More

Winterport, ME: Borrower's Press, 1975. 31pp. One of 250 copies, signed and numbered by the printer-illustrator Jane Bernier. An essay on Longfellow, with excerpts from his works. This is the third Borrower's Press publication. Very fine in leather-backed tan cloth. (Bradbury, p. 31). (15/16 by 7/8; 25x21mm). More

Winterport, ME: Borrower's Press, 1980. 32pp. One of 350 copies, signed by Jane Bernier, the printer. With charming hand-colored illustrations. Fine in gilt-titled red leather, with gold foil endpapers. (Bradbury, p. 33). (3/4 by 5/8; 19x14mm). More

Millbury, MA: John L. Boulette, 1962. (vi), 27pp. One of 300 copies. A generational account of the occupation of a peddler. Bound in burgundy paper-covered boards. Slight edgewear else fine. (2 7/9 by 2 1/16; 74x53mm). More

Buffalo: Breed & Lent, (c. 1866). 64pp. The third book in Frances Elizabeth Barrow's smallest and rarest series of Aunt Fanny books, focused on the adventures of two cats, Daisy and Dot, and their owners. In addition to her writing, Barrow was a prodigious teacher in New York City, where..... More

Boston, MA: Bromer Booksellers, (c. 1991). Small quarto. (56)pp. With photographic reproductions throughout in black & white. Catalogue number 66 issued by Anne and David Bromer of Bromer Booksellers. This catalogue, released in conjunction with a lecture delivered by Anne Bromer and an exhibition, celebrates "the fine art of calligraphy..... More

Watertown, Mass. Bromer, Anne & David, 1979. (20)pp. From an edition of 85 copies, only 50 of which were for sale, this is the publisher's copy. 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..... More

Watertown, MA: Bromer, Anne & David, 1979. 46pp. One of 150 copies, signed by Darrell Hyder, the printer. With pen and ink illustrations by Janet Hobbs and an introduction by Herbert H. Hosmer, Jr. This is the text of the original manuscript, which was later shortened considerably. Bound by C...... More

(Boston): Anne and David Bromer, 1986. (11)ff. One of 160 copies printed at the Firefly Press and illuminated on the title page by Suzanne Moore. This is the publisher's copy, so indicated in Moore's calligraphy on the colophon page. This Elizabethan poem was discovered in a manuscript in 1985 and..... More

NY: Abrams and The Grolier Club, (2007). 215pp. Miniature edition. This is an exact facsimile of Bromer & Edison's important reference work on miniature books, reproduced on a miniature scale. Profusely illustrated with more than 260 full-color photographic reproductions, including numerous full-page illustrations and two-page spreads. A comprehensive history of..... More