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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Japan: Miyako Akai, 2008. (62)pp. From an edition of 100 copies, this is one of 90 regular copies. An original story about a winter trip written in Japanese by Miyako Akai, who also designed the book, with editing and translation into English by Larry Seidman. Circles have been cut out..... More
Marcham, Oxford: Alembic Press, 1995-1997. Six volumes, each (28)pp. One of 100 numbered copies. Titles include: Old Style Italic Type Designers, Playbill Type Faces, Round Serif Typefounders, Sans Condensed Typographic Words, Winchester Type Casting, and Sans Bold Italic Parts of the Press. Each little book highlights a different type face..... More
Marcham, Oxford: Alembic Press, 1995. (20)pp. One of 110 copies. Six woodcuts by Brett, printed in burgundy and black. These punctuate the Te Deum hymn, which is tidily presented using type from St. Mary's Press, the private press of the Community of St. Mary the Virgin. The music rests on..... More
Marcham, Oxfordshire: Alembic Press, 1995. (64)pp. One of 100 copies. A type specimen book focused on the range of blackletter typefaces that were cast primarily during the Victorian era. Contains an introduction by the proprietor of the Press, Claire Bolton, and a brief history of each typeface represented. Very fine..... More
Marcham: Alembic Press, 1999. Five unfurling spreads, all bordered by lush and colorful illustrations of a burgeoning spring garden. The accompanying text, printed in green, provides learned descriptions of the joys and perils of gardening in an English climate. The spreads are cleverly bound in an origami-styled accordion, and their..... More
Marcham, Oxford: Alembic Press, 1999. (16)pp. One of 100 copies. In an alternating accordion-fold that unfurls in a spiral to show a poppy on the verso. Around the text—a diaristic narrative of Lawson-Hall's summer season in her garden—are quaint agrarian borders. Bound in maroon patterned paper over boards, with paper..... More
Marcham: Alembic Press, 1998. (7)ff., leporello. One of 140 copies. Includes thirteen stitched-in samples of miniature paste papers from Maziarczyk Paperworks, which illustrate an essay about the process of creating paste paper and the challenges of working on a miniature scale. Fine in boards covered with Maziarczyk's luminous "Copper Sponge"..... More
London: Company of Stationers, 1783. (24)pp. Opens with an engraving of the Ordnance Office at the Old Palace Yard, spanning four pages. The almanac's calendar records the times of sunrise and sunset, as well as various saints' days and term times for academic institutions. The volume also provides a table..... More
London: Company of Stationers, 1783. (24)pp. Opens with an engraving of the Coal Exchange, spanning four pages. The almanac's calendar records the times of sunrise and sunset, as well as various saints' days and term times for academic institutions. The volume also provides a table of the reigns of the..... More
London: Company of Stationers, 1783. (24)pp. Opens with an engraving of a view from the London Docks, spanning four pages. The almanac's calendar records the times of sunrise and sunset, as well as various saints' days and term times for academic institutions. The volume also provides a table of the..... More
London: Company of Stationers, 1820. (24)pp. One engraving of "The London Institution, Moorfields," which spans four pages. The almanac's calendar records the times of sunrise and sunset, as well as various saints' days and term times for academic institutions. The volume also provides a table of the reigns of the..... More
London: Company of Stationers, 1821. (24)pp. Opens with an engraving of a view of the Southwark Bridge, spanning four pages. The almanac's calendar records the times of sunrise and sunset, as well as various saints' days and term times for academic institutions. The volume also provides a table of the..... More
London: Company of Stationers, 1832. (24)pp. Opens with an engraving of a view of St Katherine's Hospital and Chapel at Regent's Park, spanning four pages. The almanac's calendar records the times of sunrise and sunset, as well as various saints' days and term times for academic institutions. The volume also..... 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
Subotica, Yugoslavia: (Esperanto Societo), 1983. Five volumes, all unpaginated. One of 100 copies. Each volume depicts distinct imagery pertaining to one of five continents: "Afriko," "Ameriko," "Azio," "Europo," and "Oceanio." Each with a short introduction in Esperanto by noted world-traveler Tibor Sekelj, followed by forty-four linocuts by Andruskó. Fine in..... More
Subotica, Yugoslavia: (Esperanto Societo), 1983. Five volumes, all unpaginated. One of 100 copies. Each volume depicts distinct imagery pertaining to one of five continents: "Afriko," "Ameriko," "Azio," "Europo," and "Oceanio." Each with a short introduction in Esperanto by noted world-traveler Tibor Sekelj, followed by forty-four linocuts by Andruskó. Fine in..... More
Senta, Yugoslavia: 1976. Five volumes. One of 400 copies, these books are a souvenir of the artist's trip to America. The title-page and introduction are printed in three languages, including English. Each book is a collection of twenty to forty woodcuts by the artist, who also printed them. Extremely fine..... More
Ljubljana, Yugoslavia: International Miniature Book Society, 1984. Four volumes, all unpaginated. Olimpia is one of 100 copies; the rest are one of 400 copies. All were produced on the occasion of the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. Olimpia was illustrated and published by Andruskó separately, and contains hand-printed woodcuts..... More
Senta, Yugoslavia: 1978. Six volumes. Each 29pp. One of 400 copies. A set created after the artist/author Károly Andruskó's visit to Spain. Comprised of: "Madrid," "Sevilla," "Toledo," "Castilla/Andalucia," "Cordoba," and "Granada." Each is illustrated with a series of approximately thirty woodcuts in black & white depicting local scenes. The entire..... More
Senta: 1979. Three volumes, all unpaginated. All feature hand-printed woodcuts by Andruskó that show images of the island of Tenerife, one of Spain's Canary Islands; Puerto de la Cruz, a city on Tenerife; and the neighboring island of La Gomera. All fine in cork wrappers, printed with the title information..... More
Novi Sad: Organization of the Jugoslavian Collectors, 1975. (16)pp. + 59ff. plates. One of 900 copies. Produced on the occasion of Andruskó's 60th birthday, containing black & white reproductions of many of his paintings. Text in Hungarian, Croatian, and English. Fine in gilt-stamped leatherette, with a fine illustrated dust wrapper..... More
Watertown, MA: Anne & David Bromer, 1978. 30pp. From an edition of thirty-five deluxe copies printed at the Bird & Bull Press and signed by Henry Morris, this is a publisher's copy. The deluxe copies include an extra leaf tipped in titled “The Remedy for Micro-Typographia,” which includes a version..... More
Watertown, MA: Bromer, Anne & David, 1978. 30pp. One of 150 copies printed at the Bird & Bull Press. This was the first—and last—miniature to be printed at the Bird & Bull Press, and the first Bird & Bull checklist to appear in print. Fine in an out-of-series variant binding..... More
Skokie, IL: Black Cat Press, (1977). Two volumes. 96pp., continuously paginated. One of 249 copies. Printed in two colors, with sample pages and pressmarks. Introduction by Richard Cady. Bound by Bela Blau in brown leather, gilt-stamped. Housed in a marbled paper slipcase. Fine. (2 3/4 by 2 1/4; 70x55 mm)..... More
Chicago: Black Cat Press, (1966). 43pp. A collection of quotes from the likes of Franklin D. Roosevelt to Ralph Waldo Emerson, Benjamin Franklin to Robert Browning. Bound in red paper wrappers with starry endpapers. Fine. (2 5/16 by 2 1/2; 58x64mm). More
