The 23rd Psalm.
Cincinnati: Mosaic Press, 1982. (24)pp. One of the tiniest Mosaic Press books ever printed. Extremely fine in gilt-titled blue leather, an unrecorded color. (1/2 by 3/8; 13x11mm). More
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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Cincinnati: Mosaic Press, 1982. (24)pp. One of the tiniest Mosaic Press books ever printed. Extremely fine in gilt-titled blue leather, an unrecorded color. (1/2 by 3/8; 13x11mm). More
San Francisco, CA: Juniper Von Phitzer Press, 1986. (106)pp. One of 175 copies. Signed by Von Phitzer at the colophon. A typographic abecedarian, pairing each letter with stock woodcuts printed in many colors. Bound in full blue leather, gilt-titling to spine. Fine. A.e.g. (2 3/8 by 2 7/8; 60x73mm). More
New Britain, CT: REM Miniatures, 1966. (vii),(12)pp. One of 500 copies. The cover rhyme of the old woman "tossed up in a basket, seventeen times as high as the moon" is depicted in a handcolored panorama, based on a nineteenth-century children's book of the same format. Some sunning, rubbing to..... More
New Britain, CT: REM Miniatures, 1966. (vii),(12)pp. One of 500 copies. The cover rhyme of the old woman "tossed up in a basket, seventeen times as high as the moon" is depicted in a handcolored panorama, based on a nineteenth-century children's book of the same format. Some sunning, rubbing to..... More
Chicago: Black Cat Press, 1962. (48)pp. One of 400 copies. With an introduction by Lloyd Emerson Siberell and decorations by Calvin Brazelton. Light wear to top and bottom of spine, else near fine in gilt-stamped brown leather. A.e.g. Bookplate of Alene B. Potter. (2 1/2 by 1 7/8; 64x48mm). More
Cincinnati, OH: Mosaic Press, 1980. (48)pp. A compendium of the styles of ancient helmets, European in focus with particular attention to Greeks, Romans, and Phrygians. The book was bound in two recorded binding variations; this is neither, being instead an inverse colorway of the variant usually with gilt cover and..... More
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1949. Double-feature flipbook, in one direction showing Andy Panda unicyling with confidence, and in the other Buzz Buzzard's stick-up gone awry. Book twelve in a series of "Flip Movies" distributed by Post Cereals in boxes of Grape-Nuts Flakes. Staple-bound in self-wrappers. Mild exterior soiling, else fine. (2 1/2 by..... More
Santa Cruz, CA: Peter & Donna Thomas, 1997. One of forty copies. Six sheets wrapped around six dowels, so that the viewer can read the Latin aphorism, "Ars est longa / vita est brevis," first, then can twist each dowel to see the English translation and publication information. An innovative..... More
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1949. Double-feature flipbook, in one direction showing Barney Bear conducting an ill-advised experiment with dynamite, and in the other Tom yo-yoing Jerry. Book five in a series of "Flip Movies" distributed by Post Cereals in boxes of Grape-Nuts Flakes. Staple-bound in self-wrappers. Mild exterior soiling, else fine. (2 1/2..... More
Los Angeles: Mariana Blau, 1993. 26pp. One of 90 copies issued as a keepsake for the Zamorano Club. A touching memorial to renowned miniature-binder Bela Blau upon his death. Published privately by his wife Mariana, who also bound the book and wrote the dedication. Eulogies by Francis Weber, Glen Dawson..... More
Los Angeles: Mariana Blau, 1993. 26pp. One of 90 copies issued as a keepsake for the Zamorano Club. A touching memorial to renowned miniature-binder Bela Blau upon his death. Published privately by his wife Mariana, who also bound the book and wrote the dedication. Eulogies by Francis Weber, Glen Dawson..... More
(Watertown): Anne & David Bromer, 1979. 19ff. One of 125 copies. Signed by the artist, Sarah Chamberlain. Contains fifteen of Chamberlain's intricate engravings of exotic animals such as the panda, koala, Siberian tiger, and platypus. Printed on Troya paper in two colors. A very fine copy in the second binding..... More
Wien: (Lichtdruck der K.K. Graphischen Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt), (1912). 22; (126)pp. A facsimilie of Viennese printer Ludwig Bonnoberger's famous prayer book of 1607, presented to a gathering of bibliophiles at the Imperial Court Library in September 1912. Bound in buff cloth with interwoven silver threads. All edges are gilt and..... More
(62)pp. A selection of woodcuts and other artwork, most in black and white, completed by Andrusko for various publications in the 1970s. With references in Hungarian on facing pages. Bound in full blue cloth with gilt title and border to upper cover. Tiniest traces of rubbing to corners, else fine..... More
Cincinnati: Mosaic Press, (1984). (29)pp. One of 153 deluxe copies, hand-colored. Signed by the printer, Miriam Irwin. Illustrated by Susan Yockey Sprague with 10 plates of various birds to accompany the ten poems by various authors. Extremely fine in blue leatherette with gilt design. (1 by 3/4; 19x25mm). More
London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, (c. 1915). 702pp. An unabridged Book of Common Prayer. Gorgeously bound in maroon morocco with a hallmarked Birmingham silver plaque affixed to the front cover, featuring five cherubs. Very fine. A.e.g. (Bromer/Edison, p. 81). (2 1/8 by 1 7/8; 53x47 mm). 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
Barcelona: Editorial Vallès, S. L., 1959. 119, (9)pp. Fourteenth edition. A rather rare child's breviary, printed in Spanish, with occasional full-page illustrations throughout depicting daily activities proper for a good Catholic child, as well as the various rites and sacraments of the Church. Bound in blue pebbled cloth over boards..... More
Barcelona: Editorial Vallès, S. L., 1959. 119, (9)pp. Fourteenth edition. A rather rare child's breviary, printed in Spanish, with occasional full-page illustrations throughout depicting daily activities proper for a good Catholic child, as well as the various rites and sacraments of the Church. Bound in purple pebbled cloth over boards..... More
Manteno, IL: Bronte Press, 1988. (12)ff. One of 100 copies, signed and colored by the artist. Contains quotations about gardening from Bacon, Addison, Thoreau, Anacreon, and others, with eight hand-colored illustrations. Fine in green leather, gilt. (2 1/2 by 2 7/8; 54x72mm). More
(Salisbury, CT: Lime Rock Press, n.d.). Four volumes; (24)pp. each. The four titles are: The Young Man from Dunfermline (Andrew Carnegie); America's First Libraries; Caleb Bingham's Dream; Caesar Augustus in Rome. The texts derive from "For the People, Fighting for Public Libraries", printed by the New York Public Library in..... More
(Enkhuizen, Holland): Levien, Jack R., 1971. (28)pp. An abridged version of the New Testament story, illustrated with four tiny double-page reproductions of medieval woodcuts. Mint in full leather, with gilt fillets and a tiny gilt star. Text in Dutch. (11/16 by 1/2; 17x12mm). More
Winterport, ME: Borrower's Press, 1979. 93pp. One of 300 copies signed by the proprietor of the Press, Jane Bernier. A collection of well known Christmas carols, illustrated with a hand-colored frontispiece depicting carolers in the snow. Fine in gilt-stamped red leather. (Bradbury, p. 33). (3/4 by 9/16; 20x15mm). More
Chicago: Black Cat Press, (1961). 30pp. One of "a limited edition printed for friends at Christmas," with just fifty copies offered for sale. Printed in black with orange printer's ornaments. This in a variant binding of full red calf with gilt spine title. Fine. A.e.g. (2 by 2 3/8; 51x35mm)..... More