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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London: (Company of Stationers), 1866. (40)pp. Engravings across first three sets of facing pages, the middle four providing a view of Albert Hall. In addition to the expected calendrical information, this almanac also provides a table of British rulers' reigns through Queen Victoria, lists of the royal family, members of..... More
London: Company of Stationers, 1775. (24)pp. Opens with an engraving of a view of the Adelphi Buildings, 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
Austin, TX: Amistad Press, 1990. (69)pp. Signed by the author-printer-binder, Yolanda Carter, at the penultimate page: the final bibliographic entry, which records this very bibliography. A delightful project, with photoreproduced images of books and their illustrations interspersed. Bound in orange cloth with white paper label to three-quarters of upper cover..... 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
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
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
(N.p.): Miniature Book Society, 1993. 32pp. One of 500 copies, designed and produced by Rebecca Saady Bingham in tribute to the books and memory of Don Hildreth. Usual spine toning, else fine in black cloth with printed metal plate onlaid to upper cover. (2 11/16 by 2 7/8; 68x73mm). 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
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
Chicago: Black Cat Press, (1961). 51pp., frenchfold. One of 300 copies. The fourth book of the Press is a collection of poetry by Frank Marshall Davis, an African-American poet. This copy is one of twenty-one sets of original sheets bound in 1975 in black morocco, with gold lettering and decorated..... 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
Skokie, IL: Black Cat Press, (1977). Two volumes. 96pp., continuously paginated. One of 249 copies. Printed in two colors, with sample pages and pressmarks. With an 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;..... More
Skokie, IL: Black Cat Press, 1983. 96pp. One of 249 copies. An account of a visit to Norman Forgue's basement, housing his extensive collection of miniature items. Illustrated with black and white as well as color photographs, and prefaced by an Introduction by Ward Schori. Very fine in mustard-yellow leatherette..... More
Chicago: Black Cat Press, (1968). 58pp. One of 250 copies. Nichols' discussion of Caravaggio's own artistic light, accompanied by illustrations and initials in blue, black, and white. Book designed by Norman W. Forgue and printed by Charles Young at the Norman Press. Bound in blue leatherette with gilt stamping to..... More
Chicago: Black Cat Press, 1961. (xvi), 32, (3)pp. One of 300 copies. Fine in gray leather with a gilt-stamped portrait of Lincoln on the front. A.e.g. (2 5/8 by 1 13/16; 66x48mm). More
Chicago: Black Cat Press, (1961). 23, (3)pp., frenchfold. One of 300 copies. From the German by Albert Henry Allen. In quarter blue leather, with light blue handmade paper over boards. This is one of a few with the incorrect title stamped on the spine: "Return of the Lost Book." A...... More
Skokie: Black Cat Press, (1976). (46)pp. One of 249 copies. The last two pages are a typefounder's variation from an 1882 specimen book which is a delightful ABC. Slightest rubbing to exterior and expected wear along spine, else fine in brown leather with gilt title and decoration. (2 9/16 by..... More
Skokie: Black Cat Press, (1976). (46)pp. One of 249 copies. The last two pages are a typefounder's variation from an 1882 specimen book which is a delightful ABC. Slightest rubbing to exterior and expected wear along spine, else fine in brown leather with gilt title and decoration. (2 9/16 by..... More
Chicago: Black Cat Press, (1966). 76pp. One of 250 copies with photographic illustrations throughout. Born out of Norman Forgue's interest in trains, both small and large, and written by his daughter's father-in-law, this was the only miniature book on railroading at the time of its publication. Very fine in full..... More
Los Angeles: 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, and others..... 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
