Miniature Books for Sale

Catalog 56: July 1, 2015

KAREN NYMAN 702 Rosecrans Street

San Diego CA 92106-3013 619-226-4441

Email: karennyman2@cox.net

Website: www.KarenNymanMiniatureBooks.com

All books are in very good or better condition unless otherwise noted. Shipping within the USA is $3 whether you buy one book or

more. If you are overseas, I will have to look into the costs for mailing to your country. To see a photo of any book, please ask and

I will scan an image of the cover to you in an email. Books are shipped to you on approval; they are returnable for any reason

within one week of purchase. Please pay promptly after you have received your books with a check payable to Karen Nyman and

mail to address above. Overseas buyers may pay with PayPal but it is necessary to contact me first.

Micro-Miniatures Up To 1-1/4"

# Publisher Title Author Yr Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price

1 Barbara J. Raheb

Bewick's Birds Bewick, Thomas 1980 Van Nuys CA

300 Gilt navy blue pyroxylin

63 pp.; marbled endpapers; illustrated with 57 bird plates; poetry by Milton and Keats

15/16" x 3/4"

$165.00

2 Barbara J. Raheb

Charity, Corinthians, Ch. 13

New Testament 1996 Agoura Hills CA

Gilt black pyroxylin 8 pp.; marbled endpapers; calligraphy and illustrations by Barbara Raheb; copy #21 of an unspecified number of copies

1-1/8" x 13/16"

$125.00

3 Barbara J. Raheb

Collector's Stamp Album

1997 Agoura Hills CA

300 Gilt burgundy pyroxylin 32 pp.; marbled endpapers; frontispiece; history of stamp collecting plus 21 pp. stamp illustrations or spaces for stamps

1-1/8" x 7/8"

$125.00

4 Barbara J. Raheb

Masque of Days, A Crane, Walter 1986 Tarzana CA 300 Gilt green pyroxylin 48 pp.; adapted from an antique original of 1901; from The Last Days of Elia with 40 full-page illustrations by Walter Crane

1-1/16" x 7/8"

$165.00

5 Barbara J. Raheb

Murders in the Rue Morgue, The

Poe, Edgar Allen 1981 Van Nuys CA

300 Gilt burgundy pyroxylin 100 pp.; marbled endpapers; frontispiece; a Poe classic

15/16" x 3/4"

$150.00

6 Barbara J. Raheb

Napoleon Raheb, Barbara J. (compiler)

1980 Van Nuys CA

300 Gilt black pyroxylin 43 pp.; 8 illustrations of Napoleon by Barbara Raheb

15/16" x 3/4"

$150.00

7 Barbara J. Raheb

Rape of Lucrece, The

Shakespeare, William

1980 Van Nuys CA

300 Gilt burgundy pyroxylin 116 pp.; marbled endpapers; frontispiece; the entire drama

15/16" x 3/4"

$185.00

8 Barbara J. Raheb

Tinder Box, The Andersen, Hans Christian

1979 Van Nuys CA

300 Gilt navy blue pyroxylin

25 pp.; 2 illustrations; one of Andersen's first fairy tales

15/16" x 3/4"

$125.00

9 Blau Ten Commandments, The

Bible; Old Testament

1965 Los Angeles CA

Gilt vellum; vellum slipcase

25 pp. letterpress printed on vellum; frontispiece illustration of Moses

1" x 3/4" $125.00

10 (Italy) Libreria del Teatro

Dialoghi Leopardi 1943 Firenze (Florence)

250 Gilt brown leather with 3 raised bands (leather missing from spine)

84 pp.; a tiny book well produced by the process of photographic reduction; Massmann bookplate; Spielmann 292; Bondy p. 178

7/8" x 5/8"

$30.00

#1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7

# Publisher Title Author Yr Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 11 Jack R.

Levien Arche Noah

Levien, Jack R.

1970 Enkhuizen, Holland

100 Gilt blue leather 60 pp.; Dutch text; 26 full-page amusing sketches of Noah and his animal pairs, from mice to moths, illustrate the Biblical story, told in Levien's words; a.e.g.

1-1/4" x 7/8"

$80.00

12 Jack R. Levien

Noah's Ark

Levien, Jack R.

1970 Enkhuizen, Holland

100 Gilt red leather 60 pp.; English text; 26 full-page amusing sketches of Noah and his animal pairs, from mice to moths, illustrate the Biblical story, told in Levien's words; a.e.g.

1-1/4" x 7/8"

$100.00

13 (Photo Locket Book)

Souvenir (1910) Bright brass with royal blue enamel; clasp; with loop to attach to jewelry

This is a hinged brass book with 2 brass leaves; inside are 6 sepia photos of cathedrals with captions; flawless condition

3/4" x 5/8"

$60.00

#8 #9 #9 Slipcase #10 #12 #11 #13

Miniature Books Over 1-1/4” # Publisher Title Author Yr Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 14 ABCDarium

of C. L. Helbert

Reflections on Mortality in Prose and Poetry

Meynell, Alice

1991 Milwaukee WI

200 Gilt green cloth boards

28 pp.; marbled endpapers; examples of the moving and compassionate poetry and prose of Alice Meynell, a Victorian era journalist, suffragette and poet; her son founded the Nonesuch Press

3" x 2-1/2"

$25.00

15 (Aide Memoire)

(Aide Memoire) Sterling silver with loop and original pencil

Beautiful Art Nouveau style aide memoire with an unused pad of paper

2-1/4" x 1-1/2"

$185.00

16 Allhems förlag

Fritiofs Saga Tegner, Esaias

1959 Malmo, Sweden

Gilt blue sheepskin; 4 raised bands on spine; beautiful co-ordinating slipcase

146 pp.; Swedish text; decorative endpapers; illustrated throughout; romantic paraphrase of an ancient saga composed in twenty-four cantos, all differing in verse form; top edge gilt

2-1/4" x 1-3/8"

$65.00

17 American Tract Society

Crumbs from the Masters Table

Mason, W. (1847) New York NY

Gilt beige cloth boards

175 pp.; a collection of inspirational passages from the Bible; a very nice copy

3" x 2-1/4"

$75.00

#14 #15 #16 #16 Slipcase

# Publisher Title Author Yr Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 18 Andersons Bonnie Prince

Charlie Fyfe, W. T. (1900) Edinburgh,

Scotland Gilt silk tartan boards

160 pp.; a biography of Charles Edward Stuart, known as Bonnie Prince Charlie, from early boyhood to adult life; all edges red

3-3/8" x 2-1/2"

$18.00

19 Anne & David Bromer

Bestiary, A Chamberlain, Sarah

1979 Boston MA 125 Marbled paper boards with printed label; matching dust jacket with label

38 pp.; 15 highly detailed wood engravings by Sarah Chamberlain of exotic animals, including the panda, koala, Siberian tiger, and platypus; signed & numbered #70 by Chamberlain; printed on one side only; Grace Broeker bookplate

2-1/8" x 2-3/8"

$150.00

20 Ash Ranch Press

smallPAXweber, The Last of the Mission Shelties

Weber, Francis J.

1989 San Diego CA

128 Gilt maroon pigskin spine; pictorial cloth boards

23 pp. letterpress; color frontispiece and 2 full-page illustrations; designed, printed and bound by Don Hildreth; Shetland sheepdogs have watched over California missions since 1769; SIGNED by Weber on title page

2-3/8" x 1-13/16"

$60.00

21 Ash Ranch Press

Tragedy of Little Red Tom, The

Van Dyke, Henry

1988 San Diego CA

52 Gilt maroon calf spine; marbled paper boards

79 pp. letterpress on handmade paper; woodcut frontispiece; hand-bound and signed by Don Hildreth; a satire on sentimental, anthropomorphic nature tales, the hero being a tomato; #7 of 26 numbered copies; Massmann bookplate

2-1/2" x 1-7/8"

$90.00

22 Black Cat Press

Dude Retires, The Concidine, J. Francis

(1964) Chicago IL 195 Pictorial gilt brown leather by Bela Blau (spine faded)

56 pp. letterpress; decorative endpapers; frontispiece; printed and illustrated in 2 colors; entertaining story about a gangster "dude"; a well-designed early Black Cat production

2-1/4" x 1-5/8"

$30.00

23 Black Cat Press

Hunter, The Schreiner, Olive

1985 Skokie IL 249 Gilt brown mottled cloth boards by Laraviere

61 pp.; Schreiner was a South African author, anti-war campaigner and intellectual; last miniature book published by Black Cat Press; Massmann bookplate

2-3/16" x 1-3/4"

$25.00

24 Black Cat Press

In the Image of Man Bradford, Ralph

(1981) Skokie IL 249 Gilt blue leather by Bela Blau

39 pp. letterpress in 2 colors; decorative endpapers; frontispiece drawing by Benjamin Greenstein; Massmann bookplate

2-3/4" x 2"

$30.00

25 Black Cat Press

Whole Art of Detection by Sherlock Holmes

Shaw, John Bennett

(1968) Chicago IL 300 Gilt black leather (lacks metal bust)

58 pp. letterpress in 3 colors; decorative endpapers; frontispiece; introduction by Vincent Starrett, a Holmes authority; Sherlockian quotations and musings excerpted from his books; a.e.g.

2-9/16" x 2"

$75.00

26 Bo Press Small Wonders Sweet, Pat 2009 Riverside CA

Florentine paper boards; lizard paper spine; spine label

72 pp.; decorative endpapers; frontispiece; 44 illustrations; a pocket Wunderkammer, each object mounted on a slide; color illustration of a completed Cabinet of Curiosities is folded into a slipband inside the back cover; signed

2-7/8" x 1-3/4"

$42.00

#17 #20 #26

# Publisher Title Author Yr Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 27 Bookhaven

Press Highlights in the History of American Whaling

Bohne, Pall W. 1968 Rosemead CA

500 Black leather spine with gilt title; gray paper boards

45 pp. letterpress printed in black and blue inks; profusely illustrated by the author who was also the topographer, compositor, printer, binder and publisher; a Bradbury 100

2-1/2" x 1-7/8"

$55.00

28 Breed & Lent Daisy and Dot Aunt Fanny (1866) Buffalo NY Gilt beige pictorial cloth boards

64 pp.; one of 6 small books in the Aunt Fanny series (Frances Elizabeth Barrow); all 6 books in this series are about cats; beautiful condition for this scarce Civil War era book BUT lacks title page; a.e.g.

1-3/8" x 1"

$450.00

29 Breed & Lent Daisy's Death Aunt Fanny (1866) Buffalo NY Gilt plum pictorial cloth boards

64 pp.; one of 6 small books in the Aunt Fanny series (Frances Elizabeth Barrow); all 6 books in this series are about cats; beautiful condition for this scarce Civil War era book; a.e.g.

1-3/8" x 1"

$595.00

30 Clearview Press

Will of Charles Lounsbury, The

Fish, Williston 2001 New Port Richey FL

100 Printed tan cloth boards

32 pp. letterpress; French-folded; illustrated with old wood engravings; signed & numbered by Don Brady

2-7/8" x 2-1/8"

$22.00

31 Collins Clear-Type Press

Golden Leaves Browning, Robert

(1910) London & Glasgow

Gilt suede leather

72 pp.; decorative endpapers; frontispiece and title page in full color; each page decorated with line drawings; a very nice copy; a.e.g.

3" x 2-1/8"

$65.00

32 Dawson's Book Shop

Autobiography of W. M. C.

Cheney, William M.

1983 Downey CA

190 Gilt cloth boards by Bela Blau

26 pp. letterpress by Cheney; frontispiece; includes 6 photos of Cheney at work printing at the Auk Press in the 1950's

3" x 2-1/2"

$50.00

33 Dawson's Book Shop

In Search of Max Beerbohm

Nethery, Wallace

1984 Los Angeles CA

100 Gilt blue cloth boards

35 pp. letterpress by Nethery including 12 pages of tipped-in photographs by Corey Nethery of Beerbohm's haunts

2-7/8" x 3"

$40.00

34 Dawson's Book Shop

Poetry for Children Nethery, Wallace (introduction)

1982 Los Angeles CA

150 Gilt blue leather by Bela Blau

46 pp.; introduction by Nethery is letterpress; facsimile reprint of a scarce and obscure American juvenile based on the work of the same name by Charles and Mary Lamb

3" x 2" $25.00

35 Dawson's Book Shop

Suppressed Portraits of Wm. Cheney, The

Dawson, Glen & Mary Helen

1998 Charleston SC

Stiff brown paper wrappers

8 pp.; 5 photographs of Cheney that he omitted from his 1983 autobiography; issued as a keepsake for MBS Grand Conclave XVI

2-7/8" x 2-3/8"

$4.00

36 Dawson's Book Shop

Up 65 Years to Larchmont

Weber, Francis J.

1970 Los Angeles CA

Gilt black leather by Bela Blau

31 pp. letterpress by Bela Blau; decorative endpapers; frontispiece cartoon; chronicles the 65 year history and expansion of the incomparable Dawson's Book Shop

1-5/8" x 1-1/4"

$30.00

37 Eyre & Spottiswoode

Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

1900 London Gilt black morocco; hallmarked sterling silver plaque

1103 pp. printed on fine india paper; frontispiece portrait; a vast collection of his poems, ballads, poems on slavery, songs and translations; a.e.g.

2-3/16" x 1-7/8"

$245.00

#31 #33 #37

# Publisher Title Author Yr Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 38 Fisher &

Brother Children of the Bible (1860) Philadelphia,

New York Boston & Baltimore

Ornately gilt red pictorial cloth

128 pp.; one volume in The Child's Evergreen Miniature Library; 8 illustrations plus frontispiece; yellow endpapers; stories of Isaac, Moses, Joseph, David, Daniel, Jesus, Timothy and several other children of the Bible; a.e.g.

3-1/16" x 2-3/8"

$95.00

39 Fisher & Brother

Little Variety; or, Amusing and Instructive Tales in Prose and Verse for Young Folks

(1860) Philadelphia, New York Boston & Baltimore

Gilt red cloth boards (corners rubbed)

128 pp.; not in Bradbury; beautiful engraved frontispiece; the table of contents lists 25 stories for children; 7 woodblocks illustrate the stories

3-1/16" x 2-9/16"

$110.00

40 Fleece Press

Stanley Morison: Man of Letters

Warde, Beatrice

1988 Wooley, England

Yellow and white cloth boards; blue cloth-covered slipcase

34 pp. letterpress by Smith Settle; a biography of the noted English typographer and book designer with several enlarged typeface samples printed in various colors

2-5/8" x 1-15/16"

$48.00

41 Frederick Warne & Co.

Kate Greenaway's Birthday Book

Greenaway, Kate

n.d. London & New York

Pictorial yellow cloth boards

252 pp,; full-color frontispiece; 126 pages of verses by Mrs. Sale Barker alternate with 126 pages for writing in names of friends with birthdays; scattered full-color Greenaway illustrations

4" x 4" $30.00

42 Henry Frowde

Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments…

(1890) London Gilt avocado green leather; hallmarked sterling silver plaque

670 pp.; finger-shaped; blue endpapers; inscription dated 1923; printed at the esteemed Oxford University Press; a.e.g.

3-5/8" x 1-1/8"

$125.00

43 Hilleary & Petko

Diamond Cut Diamond

Hilleary, Roger (editor)

1961 Monterey CA 250 Blue cloth boards decorated with gold stars; printed label

31 pp. letterpress; postage stamp frontispiece; printed in black and red; 3 full-page illustrations printed from engravings; several eyewitness accounts of the taking of the Serapis (1779) by John Paul Jones, one of the bloodiest engagements of its era

2-1/2" x 2-1/8"

$24.00

44 Hilleary & Petko

House on the Plaza, The

Hilleary, Roger

1984 Monterey CA 175 Gilt cloth spine; floral paper boards

24 pp. letterpress; 2 engraved illustrations; the story of the Cooper-Molera adobe in Monterey CA, an important example of "Monterey Colonial" architecture; a.e.g.

2-3/8" x 2"

$24.00

45 Hillside Press

Bibliography of the Hillside Press

Irwin, Frank E.

1971 Tilton NH 350 Green pictorial cloth boards

51 pp. letterpress with 25 woodcuts and other illustrations; 9-page preface by Robert E. Massmann; Massmann bookplate

2-3/8" x 2"

$28.00

#40 #42 #43 #48

#87

#41 # 61

#39

#68 #83

#94 #95

#28 #29

#38 #47

Antiquarian & Vintage

Children's Books

# Publisher Title Author Yr Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 46 Hillside

Press Bibliography of the Hillside Press, 1971-80

Irwin, Frank E.

1980 Buffalo NY 300 Maroon gilt leather

50 pp.; illustrated throughout; includes a biography of Frank Irwin; inscribed to Bob Massmann from by Eleanor Irwin; Massmann bookplate

2-3/8" x 2"

$30.00

47 Humphrey Milford

Blue Peter 1925 London Pictorial label over paper boards

32 pp. printed in green ink; full-color frontispiece; floral endpapers; a children's story in rhyme; 1925 inscription

2-11/16" x 2-3/8"

$95.00

48 JEN Press JED's micro-JERNL No. 4 May 1987

Newman, J. Ed

1987 Edgewater FL Printed paper wrappers

8 pp. letterpress in 3 colors; a motley collection of 5 writings on trains, Canaveral, Miriam Irwin, the zebra, and solar cooking

1-1/2" x 1-1/8"

$6.00

49 JEN Press Tales From the Web, Volume No. 1

Newman, J. Ed

1998 Edgewater FL 50 Gilt gray cloth by Don Brady; printed dust jacket

48 pp. letterpress; charming hand-colored illustrations throughout; s reprint of favorite articles from Newman's amateur paper, the Web, which ran to 113 issues - fact, fiction, and verse; signed & numbered

2-1/2" x 1-3/4"

$30.00

50 JEN Press Tales From the Web, Volume II

Newman, J. Ed

2001 Edgewater FL 40 Gilt gray cloth boards; printed dust jacket

32 pp. letterpress; hand-colored illustrations; this volume revives a few more of the articles, verses, etc. that appeared in "The Web"

2-1/2" x 1-3/4"

$30.00

51 John H. Eggers

Peter Rabbit Learns from Striped Chipmunk (boxed set of 7 books)

Burgess, Thornton W.

1917 New York NY Color pictorial wrappers; original box with pictorial label

Boxed set of 7 books, each 12 pp. self-wrappers; charming color illustrations throughout; titles include Busy Folks and Sleepy Folks, Striped Chipmunk Has a Secret, Johnny Chuck Loses His Temper, Paddy the Beaver Gives Warning, Four Little Mice at School and Play, Peter Rabbit Learns from Striped Chipmunk & An Important Meeting at the Swimming Pool

2-7/8" x 2-1/4"

$175.00

52 Jones & Co.

Shipwreck, a Poem & The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray, Esq.

Falconer, William & Thomas Grey

1823 London Ornately gilt & blind-stamped olive green leather

2 books bound together in a beautiful binding; Dutch endpapers; each book has an engraved title page and an engraved frontispiece; all edges marbled

3-1/2" x 2-1/4"

$195.00

53 Junipero Serra Press

Happy Birthday, Uncle Sam!

Weber, Francis J.

1976 San Buenaventura CA

300 Gilt red leather 15 pp. letterpress; postage stamp frontispiece; a celebration of the American system of government and its advancement in the past 200 years; SIGNED by Weber on title page; a.e.g. (unsigned copy available for $25.00)

3" x 2-1/8"

$27.00

54 Junipero Serra Press

Los Angeles International Airport

Weber, Francis J.

1988 San Fernando CA

250 Gilt orange leather

12 pp. letterpress by Roger Pennels; postage stamp frontispiece; interesting history of the airport; a.e.g.

2-7/8" x 2-1/8"

$24.00

#52 #71 #92

# Publisher Title Author Yr Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 55 Junipero Serra

Press Short Story, A Weber,

Rosemary 1990 San

Fernando CA

300 Gilt green leather 17 pp. letterpress by Roger Pennels; postage stamp frontispiece; a love story written by a gifted child as part of a class project; a.e.g.

2-7/8" x 2-1/8"

$24.00

56 Junipero Serra Press (El Camino Real Press)

Blessed Teresa of Calcutta

Weber, Francis J.

2004 Mission Hills CA

150 Gilt blue cloth boards by Mariana Blau

18 pp. letterpress by Nut Quad Press; postage stamp frontispiece, story of Mother Teresa and her visits to Los Angeles; Weber was present when she was beatified at the Vatican in 2003

2-15/16" x 2-3/16"

$26.00

57 Junipero Serra Press (El Camino Real Press)

Toward Equality in Our Schools: Mendez vs. Westminster

Weber, Francis J.

2007 (Mission Hills CA)

150 Printed yellow cloth boards by Mariana Blau

15 pp. by Patrick Reagh; postage stamp frontispiece; tipped-in photo; story of a Catholic jurist who championed integration in Orange County

2-15/16" x 2-1/8"

$20.00

58 Kitemaug Press

Catherine's Counting Book

Anderson, Frank J.

1991 Spartanburg SC

50 Printed yellow cloth boards

30 pp. letterpress in 5 colors; an illustration for each number from 1 to 10 followed by translations of each number into 5 languages

3" x 2-5/8"

$24.00

59 Kitemaug Press

Ferris Wheel, The Anderson, Frank J.

1993 Spartanburg SC

150 Printed red paper wraps

24 pp. letterpress; the story of America's first Ferris Wheel erected for the 1893 Chicago World's Fair

2-5/8" x 2"

$6.00

60 Kitemaug Press

Glasgow, U. S. A. Anderson, Frank J. (compiler)

1990 Spartanburg SC

150 Tartan cloth boards; printed spine label

48 pp. letterpress; describes the 13 American villages, towns and cities that were names after Glasgow, Scotland, by new settlers

2-3/4" x 2-1/8"

$20.00

61 Leopold B. Hill Alice in Wonderland

Carroll, Lewis

(1850) London, England

Gilt leather spine and tips; marbled paper boards by Notary Binders

254 pp.; frontispiece; one in a series called Langham Booklets for Children; issued in wrappers and subsequently bound by the Notary Binders in London

3-5/8" x 2-1/2"

$145.00

62 Livermore & Knight Co.

Tiny Book on Sandwiches, The

1905 Providence RI

Gilt brown/green leather

97 pp. of recipes for about 75 different sandwiches: banana sandwiches, celery sandwiches, Milwaukee Sandwiches, etc., etc.; all edges red

2-1/16" 1-3/4"

$85.00

63 Livermore & Knight Co.

Tiny Book on the Chafing Dish, The

1905 Providence RI

Gilt brown/green leather

298 pp. of recipes for over 200 dishes that can be prepared in a chafing dish plus an introduction of "suggestions", all edges red

2-1/16" 1-3/4"

$95.00

64 Log-Anne Press

Log-Anne Press Logan, Herschel

1980 Santa Ana CA

100 Black cloth boards with printed labels; pictorial dust jacket

28 pp. letterpress; illustrated with woodcut prints and line drawings; history of the press and a list of its miniature books; illustrations of three tabletop presses are included

2-3/4" x 2-1/8"

$30.00

65 Lorson's Books & Prints

Come to the Cabernet

Berger, Sidney (compiler)

2007 Fullerton CA

50 Maroon cloth boards with label; clamshell box with labels

44 pp. letterpress; designed, printed and bound by Joe D'Ambrosio; inside front cover has an embedded 3-dimential wine cellar; a compendium of wine writers' critiques printed on various hues of Ingres paper (in wine colors); signed by D'Ambrosio

2-1/2" x 2-3/8"

$150.00

#56 #62 #65

# Publisher Title Author Yr Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 66 Lytel Press One Conceited

Ladybug's Four-Letter Nonsense Alphabet

Wickham, Joan Adams

1978 St. Augustine FL

50 Manuscript cards in hand-painted pictorial box

30 manuscript cards penned by the author in red and black; ladybugs decorate each alphabet card

2-1/16" x 1-1/2"

$60.00

67 Miniature Book Society

Many Littles Make a Much

Lindemann, Caroline

2004 Cincinnati OH

400 Gilt yellow cloth boards

52 pp. letterpress by John Henry; 12 black & white photos; author is a charter member of MBS; gives information about the miniature book publishers and collectors she met and visited over the years

2-1/2" x 2"

$20.00

68 Mt. Hawley Publishing Co.

Treasure Chest 1962 Peoria IL Pictorial paper wrappers in original cardboard "treasure chest"

20 books each with 28 pp.; printed in green with 1335 full-page illustrations on alternating pages

2" x 1-7/8"

$35.00

69 National Cash Register Company (NCR)

Smallest Bible in the World, The

Bible 1963 Dayton OH

Printed paper wrappers (3-1/4" x 2-1/2") contains microfiche

A tiny microfiche version of the Bruce Rogers World Bible (1,245 pages) published 1n 1949; encased in an informative booklet

51 mm x 51 mm

$25.00

70 (Nazi Propaganda Booklet)

Das Deutsche Lied. Heft 6, Kinderlieder

1943 Germany Pictorial paper wrappers

12 pp. book of German children's songs; includes 5 scores with lyrics

2-3/4" x 1-7/8"

$25.00

71 Nelson, Editeurs Choix de Pensees Pascal, Blaise

n.d. Paris Floral cloth flexible boards

88 pp.; decorative endpapers; a collection of "thoughts" by Pascal; a.e.g.

3-1/2" x 2-3/8"

$24.00

72 Northern Publishing Office

New Testament of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ

New Testament

(1890) Belfast Gilt black leather (extremities rubbed)

532 pp. on fine india paper; finger-shaped book; complete New Testament of the Bible; printed at the esteemed University Press in Oxford

3-5/8" x 1-1/8"

$30.00

73 Oak Park Press Specimens: From Rags to Rushes

Yarnell, Jim 1983 Wichita KS 200 Gilt burnt orange leather

64 pp. letterpress in at least 6 colors; profusely illustrated; describes 12 handmade papers, with specimens of each, and tells how they came to be; an especially beautiful and well-crafted book

2-5/8" x 1-15/16""

$125.00

74 Peter & Donna Thomas

Aeg Egg Thomas, Peter

1990 Stryno, Denmark

40 Printed homemade paper boards

16 pp. handwritten and illustrated throughout by Donna Thomas on handmade paper; text in Danish and English; jointly published by the Thomas clan and the Vilsbolls in Denmark

3" x 2-3/8"

$65.00

75 Peter & Donna Thomas

Pretty Rocks, The Thomas, Suzanne

1991 Santa Cruz CA

150 Blue cloth boards with 3 embedded polished stones

12 pp.; miniature reproduction of a manuscript book by Suzanne Thomas (at age 6); using phonetic spellings; Suzanne tells the story of an angel who takes a walk and finds pretty rocks; 1992 MBS Distinguished Book Award winner

2-15/16" x 2-1/8"

$40.00

76 Piso Company Pocket Book Almanac 1906

1905 Warren PA Pictorial paper wrappers

32 pp.; includes a calendar and remedies for coughs, catarrh and croup, plus testimonials

2" x 1-3/8"

$20.00

#66 First Card #66 Box #73 #74

# Publisher Title Author Yr Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 77 Piso Company Pocket Book

Almanac 1914 1913 Warren PA Pictorial paper wrappers 32 pp.; includes a calendar and remedies

for coughs, catarrh and diseases of women 2" x 1-3/8"

$20.00

78 Press of the Indiana Kid (Maestro Press)

Bewick Connection, The

Weygand, James L.

1980 Nappanee IN

40 Rose paper boards; pictorial label

32 pp. letterpress; frontispiece plus 4 additional block prints, masterfully printed, set and bound by Weygand; details his ties to Bewick on a trip to England in 1976

2-5/8" x 1-7/8"

$150.00

79 Press of Ward Schori

Luck Twain, Mark

1984 Evanston IL

199 Printed gold cloth boards 49 pp. letterpress; 3 illustrations by Robert J. Wahlgren; first edition; SIGNED by Schori; Twain first told this amusing tale in 1884 in Harper's Magazine; top edge gilt

2-3/4" x 2-1/4"

$30.00

80 Press of Ward Schori

Maimonides on Human Excellence

Pilchik, Ely E.

1985 Evanston IL

149 Gilt purple leather by Hugo Grummich

42 pp.; decorative endpapers; one illustration; Maimonides was a 12th c. Jewish sage; one of 8 books published by Schori relating to Jewish thought and culture

2-5/8" x 1-7/8"

$35.00

81 Press of Ward Schori

Murder: A Battle in the Civil War, The

Burdette, Robert

1995 Evanston IL

Printed cloth boards by Don Brady

22 pp. by photo-lithography; pictorial endpapers; a rare eye-witness account by a young Union infantryman

2-3/8" x 2-9/16"

$27.00

82 Press of Ward Schori

William Shakespeare, Nearer My Bard to Thee

Marder, Louis

1993 Evanston IL

199 Gilt velour boards with metal bust of Shakespeare on front cover; black velour slipcase

82 pp.; decorative endpapers; several illustrations; author was a Shakespeare scholar who collected over 20,000 items of Shakespeare memorabilia; this copy SIGNED by both Schori and the author

2-1/2" x 2-1/8"

$55.00

83 Religious Tract Society

Children's Bread (1845) London Ornately gilt black leather

128 pp.; 8th edition; short Biblical extracts for every day of the year, specifically intended for juveniles; a very nice copy; a.e.g.

2" x 1-1/4"

$118.00

84 Religious Tract Society

Gems of Sacred Poetry (5th Edition)

1834 London Gilt maroon leather wrap-around binding

256 pp.; lovely steel engraving frontispiece; "David Bryce Bookseller" bookplate on front pastedown; religious poetry with 2 indexes at the back; a.e.g.

2-3/4" x 2-1/4"

$100.00

85 REM Miniatures Elihu Burritt, As Much a Brother

Klingberg, Haddon E.

1962 New Britain CT

Gilt navy blue morocco 51 pp.; frontispiece portrait; Massmann's first miniature book; author was a miniature book collector; Burritt was an idealistic reformer who supported anti-slavery, temperance and self-education

2-1/2" x 1-7/8"

$150.00

86 Rosenberry Books

Appletta's Fairy Friends (unbound kit)

Katz, Diane 2006 Pittsboro NC

Unbound kit (finished size is 2-3/8" x 2-3/8")

64 pp. calligraphed text on Echizen Washi paper with silver, gold and silk inclusions; wonderful whimsical full-color fairy illustrations by author; includes instructions for cutting, folding and binding the book

2-3/8" x 2-3/8"

$25.00

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# Publisher Title Author Yr Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price

87 Simon and Schuster

Tiny Nonsense Stories (Boxed set of 12)

Kunhardt, Dorothy

1949 New York NY

Pictorial paper boards; original box with sliding lid

Boxed set of 12 children's books, each with approx. 20 pp.; Tiny Golden Library; charming color illustrations by Garth Williams; books in pristine condition

3-1/8" x 2-1/8"

$185.00

88 Somesuch Press Frontier Tales of the White Mustang

Dobie, J. Frank

1979 Dallas TX 395 Gilt vellum by Jim Tapley

47 pp. letterpress by David Holman; frontispiece; Dobie writes about the fabled beautiful white mustang that ran wild and free across the American wild west; signed & numbered by the printer

2-1/2" x 1-7/8"

$75.00

89 Somesuch Press That Was Randado Allen, John Houghton

1956 Dallas TX 295 Marbled paper boards; printed spine label

43 pp. letterpress on Rives paper by David Holman; double title page in 3 colors plus a double page illustration by Ed Lindhof; a sentimental essay about the Texas old frontier town of Randado; signed & numbered by printer

3" x 2" $60.00

90 Sunflower Press Two Poems from Les Fleurs du mal

Baudelaire, Charles

2000 Mill Valley CA

20 Floral paper boards; paper label; paper band

24 pp. letterpress; accordion-folded; the poems are illustrated with copies of 11 watercolor landscape paintings by Carol Cunningham

2-5/8" x 2-1/8"

$70.00

91 Tabula Rasa Press

Everybody's Sanity Frost, Robert 1983 Morro Bay CA

150 Printed paper wrappers

11 pp. letterpress; a short essay published as a Christmas keepsake

2-3/8" x 2"

$6.00

92 Thomas Whittaker

State of the Blessed Dead, The

Alford, Henry (1900) New York NY

Gilt blue cloth boards

96 pp.; author was the Dean of Canterbury; originally published in 1875; a.e.g.

3-5/8" x 2-1/2"

$35.00

93 Wee Willie's Workshop

Afternoons with the Nappanee Bard

Weygand, James

1963 Nappanee IN

100 Cloth spine; patterned green & silver boards

22 pp. letterpress; 2 illustrations of old presses; frontispiece photo of Leander Hershberger, the Nappanee Bard, and one of America's least known private pressmen; Massmann bookplate

2-1/2" x 2-1/8"

$125.00

94 Wells Gardner Darton & Co.

Songs of Innocence, The

Blake, William

1899 London Beige pictorial cloth boards

118 pp.; collection of 27 children's poems with 22 charming illustrations spaced throughout; a.e.g.

3" x 2-1/2"

$95.00

95 Wells Gardner Darton & Co.

'Midget' London, The

Bulley, Eleanor

1901 London Gilt cream cloth boards

224 pp.; Midget Series, 24 illustrations after photos; a children's guide to 43 London landmarks from the British Museum to Buckingham Palace; clean and bright copy; a.e.g.

3" x 2-1/2"

$135.00

96 William M. Cheney (Ye Job Press imprint)

Offhand Display of Types in Our Basement

Cheney, William M.

1949 Los Angeles CA

-50 Brown cloth spine; printed paper boards

7 pp. letterpress by Cheney; first edition; a type specimen book recording the modest collection of types available in his shop displayed in unusual quotations; Cheney's first miniature book; RARE

1-5/8" x 1-1/8"

$425.00

97 Worldhouse Publishers

Mother Goose Neal, Tom 1977 Los Angeles CA

Gilt cloth boards; pictorial dust jacket

31 pp. handwritten by Neal; a collection of 13 unconventional nursery rhymes with 16 hand-colored drawings by the author; neat inscription to Glen & Mary Helen Dawson from Tom Neal

2-7/8" x 2-1/4"

$40.00

98 Xavier Press Ottmar Mergenthaler's Marvel

Bellas, R. C. 1986 Baltimore MD

500 Gilt maroon pictorial cloth by Don Brady

37 pp. letterpress; illustrated with line engravings of early Linotype machines; Mergenthaler was the world-famous inventor of the Linotype; includes a sample of Linotype brass matrix

2-1/2" x 2"

$48.00

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