Boston: Bromer Booksellers, Inc., 1985. (6)ff. Signed by the author to the front cover, beneath her printed name. A miniature book-sized pamphlet containing an article written by Anne Bromer for the Autumn 1985 issue of AB Bookman's Weekly, exploring the merits of miniature books. Printed by Colonial Printers for Bromer..... More
NY: Abrams and The Grolier Club, (2007). Small quarto. 215pp. One of 250 deluxe copies for sale, signed by the authors and including a facsimile of the book in miniature format, together in a specially designed slipcase. Profusely illustrated with more than 260 full-color photographic reproductions including numerous full-page illustrations..... More
Bronte Press, 1998. (28)pp. One of 60 copies, signed by Suzanne Smith Pruchnicki. Calligraphy and illustrations by Suzanne Pruchnicki, with hand-coloring by her and Paul Pruchnicki. A compilation of verses from Shakespeare depicting the seasons, as observed by him from his home in rural England. (3 by 2 7/16; 77x62mm)..... More
Bronte Press, 1999. (20)pp. One of 60 copies, signed by Suzanne Smith Pruchnicki. Hand-colored illustrations by Suzanne and Paul Pruchnicki. A story for the changing of the millenium, adapted from Hans Christian Andersen and printed in summer 1999. Fine in marbled paper over boards with a hand-decorated title label to..... More
(Manteno, IL): Brontë Press, 1989. (21)pp. One of 75 copies, signed by the author at the colophon. Ten hand-colored illustrations follow the charming maneuvers of a coachman at Christmastime. Bound in floral paper over boards, with paper label to upper cover. Fine. (2 1/8 by 2 13/16; 55x70 mm). More
Manteno, IL: Brontë Press, 1995. (17)pp. One of 55 copies, signed and numbered by Prutchnicki, who, in addition to authoring and illustrating the book, printed it and hand-colored it in conjunction with Paul Prutchnicki. A loving and lovely perspective of the San Xavier Mission, the gardens and architectural details of..... More
Concord (NH): John F. Brown, 1837. 64mo. 16pp. Engravings throughout. Descriptions, with both moral and functional value, of various objects, including a windmill, a cannon, a tent, and a barge. In printed pale orange paper wrappers. Foxed, else near fine and very scarce. Signature of former owner on title page..... More
East Aurora: Roycroft Press, 1900. Octavo. 8 ff., frenchfold. One of twenty-five (i.e., twenty-one) copies printed on vellum. Signed on the colophon by Elbert Hubbard, and with an inscription by the illuminator, Frances Carmody. Designed by Samuel Warner. Illustrated throughout with hand-illumined art nouveau borders. The Last Ride was the..... More
(Portland, OR: Vela Noche, 2010). Folio. (17)ff. One of thirty copies, this one being out of series. Fourteen of Lauren Henkin's photographs make up the majority of the book, with Kirsten Rian's poem, "Fieldnotes," appearing on the penultimate page. The poem, from which the book's title derives, meditates with equal..... More
Paris: Officina Bodoni for the Pegasus Press, 1929. Quarto. 30pp., (51)ff. One of 175 copies printed at the Officina Bodoni. With an Introduction by Henry Thomas and descriptive notes by Stanley Morison. Following these are forty-nine facsimile leaves in collotype reproducing the surviving text and plates of Brun's two writing..... More
Glasgow: David Bryce & Son, (c. 1900). (768)pp. A pristine copy of Bryce's Book of Common Prayer, printed in a variety of type faces and sizes, and ultimately perhaps the best testament to turn-of-the-century miniature printing. Bound in black limp morocco with gilt stamping. Housed, as issued, in box with..... More
NY: David Bryce & Son / Frederick A. Stokes Company, (1896). 860pp. Over a million copies are said to have been sold of the various editions, of which this is one of the number published by Bryce for American distribution by Stokes. Frontispiece portrait of Samuel Johnson. In a variant..... More
Glasgow: David Bryce & Son, (1901). 876pp. With 28 line illustrations. A later issue of the first complete miniature Bible, which was originally published in 1896, and issued with various imprints. Between the Old and New Testaments are the Shakespeare Family records, by W. S. Brassington, a rare feature of..... More
Glasgow: David Bryce & Son, 1896. 876pp. First edition of the smallest complete Bible in the world, jointly issued with Henry Frowde of London. With full-page illustrations of biblical scenes. Very fine in full navy leather with spine title in gilt, and with purple ribbon. All edges red. (Garbett, p...... More
Glasgow: David Bryce & Son, 1896. 876pp. First edition of the smallest complete Bible in the world, jointly issued with Henry Frowde of London. With full-page illustrations of biblical scenes. Inserted here is the rare Burns Family Register before the Book of Matthew. Very fine in full navy pebbled leather..... More
Glasgow: Bryce, David, (c. 1898). 128pp. These snippets of comic wisdom reveal the lighter side of a publisher primarily known for literary and religious works. As the title-page proclaims, "A little nonsense now and then/ Is relished by the wisest men." Cover and spine gilt-stamped with the title. Contemporary ownership..... More
Glasgow: David Bryce & Son, (1904). v, 59pp., as double-page spreads. The first edition of Bryce's Rubaiyat, here with the orientalist title page and sewn through the center of the text. Bound in finely gilt-stamped red calf, also in an orientalist style. Minimal wear to corners and extremities, else fine..... 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
Glasgow: David Bryce & Son, (1889). Two volumes. 64ff., as double-page spreads, continuously paginated. Each spread bordered in a single red rule, within which are the musical notations and lyrics for twenty-five Scottish songs. The lyrics often use the vernacular, bringing Scots vocabulary with Scottish brogue pronunciations. Both copies bound..... More
(London: 1942-1946). Three oblong quarto volumes; 25; 27; 21ff. Two are Whatman series A30 sketch books, originally containing 30 leaves, and have been titled "Girls in Undress" and "Figures" by Buckland Wright; the third is a Reeves branded book which also formerly contained 30 leaves. All are bound in the..... More
Maastricht: Halcyon Press, 1931. Octavo. (256)pp. From an edition of 140, this is one of 125 copies on Pannekoek paper. All plates are signed by the illustrator, John Buckland Wright, and the publisher, A. A. M. Stols, has signed the colophon page. This is the third book bearing Buckland Wright's..... More
San Francisco: Amber House Press, 1964. Small quarto. (42)pp. First edition of Corrington's third published book of poetry. Illustrated with drawings by Ann Parisi, printed in silver, including a stylized skeleton across the covers. With an Introduction and cover blurb by Charles Bukowski. Printed by Frank Westlake at the Bindweed..... More
Canton, NY: Caliban Press, 1995. 16mo. (vi)pp., + (17)ff. One of 90 copies. Signed by Eckmair at the colophon. A collection of sixteen of Eckmair's woodcut illustrations, all evincing his keen ability to capture the nuances of light and dark. With a Foreword by Fred Norton and an Introduction by..... More
Canton, NY: Caliban Press, 2007. Square 24mo. (8)pp., accordionfold. One of 200 copies. The jumblies in their famous seive, with holes in the appropriate places, on a colored etching, which is printed on a movable piece of paper affixed to the fifth panel. With red paper covered and housed in..... More
(N.p. 1989). Small quarto. 10ff. A one-of-a-kind manuscript, completely hand-bound, lettered, painted, and signed by the artist Nancy Leavitt. Leavitt's superlative skill as a calligrapher is clear in this illustration of Suzanne Vega's song of loss and unrequited love, "Calypso." Vega retells the beginning of the Odyssey from the perspective..... More
