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Miniature Books for Sale
Catalog 50: July 1, 2014
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 made out 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 Cover Description H x W Price 1 Barbara J.
Raheb 1890 Almanac 1980 Tarzana
CA 300 Gilt brown
pyroxylin 32 pp.; reproduced from original Piso pocket almanac
15/16" x 3/4"
$100.00
2 Barbara J. Raheb
Deserted Village, The
Goldsmith, Oliver
1981 Van Nuys CA
300 Gilt navy blue pyroxylin
43 pp.; 2 illustrations; marbled endpapers 15/16" x 3/4"
$135.00
3 Barbara J. Raheb
Little Match Girl, The Andersen, Hans Christian
1984 Tarzana CA
Gilt burgundy pyroxylin
32 pp.; marbled endpapers; 3 illustrations by Barbara Raheb
15/16" x 3/4"
$125.00
4 Barbara J. Raheb
Pit and the Pendulum, The
Poe, Edgar, Allen
1981 Van Nuys CA
300 Gilt black pyroxylin
44 pp.; marbled endpapers; frontispiece portrait of Poe
15/16" x 3/4"
$135.00
5 Barbara J. Raheb
Poet's Corner, The: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
1979 Van Nuys CA
300 Gilt burgundy pyroxylin
32 pp. total; marbled endpapers; frontispiece portrait of the author
15/16" x 3/4"
$125.00
6 Barbara J. Raheb
Poet's Corner, The: John Greenleaf Whittier
Whittier, John Greenleaf
1979 Van Nuys CA
300 Gilt burgundy pyroxylin
48 pp. total; marbled endpapers; frontispiece portrait of the author
15/16" x 3/4"
$135.00
7 Barbara J. Raheb
Silhouette Book, The Raheb, Barbara J. (compiler)
1981 Van Nuys CA
300 Gilt black pyroxylin
31 pp.; illustrated with 25 antique silhouettes 15/16" x 3/4"
$125.00
8 Barbara J. Raheb
Swiss Family Robinson, The
Wyss, Johann 1993 Agoura Hills CA
300 Gilt blue pyroxylin
37 pp.; marbled endpapers; 5 illustrations 15/16" x 3/4"
$135.00
9 Barbara J. Raheb
Tale of Peter Rabbit, The
Potter, Beatrix n.d. (Tarzana CA)
300 Gilt green pyroxylin
48 pp.; marbled endpapers; 21 illustrations 15/16" x 3/4"
$145.00
10 Barbara J. Raheb
Thumbelina Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm
1979 Van Nuys CA
300 Gilt burgundy pyroxylin
43 pp.; marbled endpapers; 7 illustrations 15/16" x 3/4"
$140.00
11 Barbara J. Raheb
Velveteen Rabbit, The
Williams, Margery
1990 Agoura Hills CA
300 Gilt brown pyroxylin
32 pp.; marbled endpapers; 8 illustrations by Barbara Raheb
15/16" x 3/4"
$130.00
12 Lilliput Press
Bristol Psalter, The Bible n.d. Bristol, England
Gilt black Moroccan goatskin; brass clip
50 pp.; printed by Allan Armstrong; favorite psalms illustrated by Richard Pope with intricate full-page illustrations; handcolored frontispiece and title page
1-1/16^' x 15/16"
$65.00
#1 #2 #3 #4 #8 #9 #10 #11
Miniature Books Over 1-1/4” # Publisher Title Author Yr Place Cc Cover Description H x W Price 13 Achille J.
St. Onge Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1959, The Address by Carl Sandburg Before the United States Congress
Sandburg, Carl
1959 Worcester MA
2000 Gilt burnt orange leather by Proost en Brandt
38 pp. letterpress by Enschede; postage stamp frontispiece; decorative endpapers; this moving address was delivered at the cemetery of Gettysburg; a.e.g.
2-5/8" x 1-7/8"
$65.00
14 Achille J. St. Onge
Noel, Christmas Echoes Down the Ages
Shaw, Robert K. (compiler)
1935 Worcester MA
278 Gilt red leather (some darkening to the front cover)
61 pp. letterpress by Stobbs Press; frontispiece; SIGNED by Robert K. Shaw and numbered 230; first miniature book published by St Onge and one of the hardest to find; a collection of Christmas sayings; a.e.g.
2-7/16"x 1-11/16"
$1,650.00
15 Achille J. St. Onge
Paul Revere's Ride: A Deposition (1st printing)
Revere, Paul 1963 Worcester MA
1000 Gilt & blind-stamped brown leather by Proost en Brandt
36 pp. letterpress by Enschede; decorative endpapers; first printing; the personal account by Revere of his famous ride; a.e.g.
2-11/16" x 1-7/8"
$75.00
16 Achille J. St. Onge
Remarks at the Dedication of the Wallace Library
Macleish, Archibald
1967 Worcester MA
1250 Gilt blue niger morocco by Proost en Brandt
63 pp. letterpress by Enschede; tipped-in photo portrait of Macleish, former Librarian of Congress; a.e.g.
2-7/8" x 2-1/8"
$30.00
17 American Tract Society
Fred's Scrap-book (Frost, Annie S.)
(1874) New York NY
Gilt pictorial cloth boards with color paper onlay front cover
160 pp.; one of a series of 4 "Dot Books"; a charming children's book; one page loose and endpapers stained, otherwise tightly bound and very good
2-7/16" x 1-3/4"
$85.00
18 Anna Olswanger Books
Chicken Bone Man Olswanger, Anna
2004 Fair Lawn NJ
495 Gilt leatherette spine; marbled paper boards by Don Brady
29 pp.; marbled endpapers; 2 illustrations by Paula Goodwin Koz; the award-winning comical short story of a streetwise dog and his piano-playing "kid" in 1920s Memphis; includes the sheet music to "Chicken Bone Man"; signed and numbered by the author
2-7/8" x 2-3/8"
$32.00
19 Anne & David Bromer
Bestiary, A Chamberlain, Sarah
1979 Boston MA
125 Orange plaid paper boards; 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 121 by Chamberlain; printed on one side only
2-3/8" x 2-3/8"
$150.00
20 Anne & David Bromer
Mark Twain Compliments the President's Wife (deluxe edition)
Clemens, Samuel
1984 Boston MA
50 Brown blind-stamped morocco by Barbara Blumenthal; "Mark Twain" on spine
14 pp. letterpress on handmade paper at the Poote Press; handcolored illustrations by Rez' Lingen; first edition of Clemens' humorous contribution to an autograph book presented to Mrs. Grover Cleveland in 1889; copy # XXXIX of the deluxe edition
2-3/8" x 1-7/8"
$250.00
#14 #17 #19
# Publisher Title Author Yr Place Cc Cover Description H x W Price 21 Ash Ranch
Press Griffin, The (deluxe edition)
Hildreth, Don 1989 San Diego CA
26 Gilt red leather spine foil boards; slipcase with marbled paper
35 pp. letterpress in 3 colors with gold embellishments; marbled endpapers; "a note on a fabulous creature's rise from a guardian of gold to a symbol of printing"; signed & lettered T
2-3/8" x 2-3/8"
$135.00
22 Ash Ranch Press
Nicodemus Dodge (deluxe edition)
Twain, Mark 1989 San Diego CA
26 Gilt blue leather spine; paper boards; matching slipcase
32 pp. letterpress on handmade paper in 3 colors; illustrated and bound by publisher Don Hildreth; a printing story excerpted from A Tramp Abroad; signed & lettered B
2-3/8" x 1-13/16"
$175.00
23 Black Cat Press
Books: Sayings, Apothegms, Maxims, Epigrams
Petty, G. Harvey
1981 Skokie IL 249 Pictorial gilt brown cloth boards by Bela Blau
35 pp. calligraphed text by Petty in 2 colors; decorative endpapers; author had a deep love for words and books - his favorite sayings on books are presented here, authored by Milton, Twain, Gibbon, Eliot, Plato, Trollope, etc.
2-3/4" x 2-1/8"
$35.00
24 Black Cat Press
Man in the Smock, The
Harris, Carla 1979 Skokie IL 249 Gilt blue cloth boards by Bela Blau
53 pp.; floral endpapers; frontispiece; excerpt from Memoirs of an ex-Girl Friday; author was an employee of Norman Forgue - she writes of the early hectic days of Black Cat Press
2-1/2" x 1-7/8"
$30.00
25 Black Cat Press
Miniature World of Norman Forgue, The
Guthrie, James
1983 Skokie IL 249 Gilt cloth boards by Bela Blau
93 pp.; illustrated throughout; intro by Ward Schori; Guthrie was a Life Magazine reporter assigned to interview Forgue; this essay is a description of Forgue's handcrafted miniatures and much more
2-3/4" x 2"
$25.00
26 Blau Nicolae Ceausescu, Activitatea si Viata
Orban, Mariana
1976 Los Angeles CA
200 Gilt red leather by Mariana Blau
28 pp. letterpress by Mariana Blau; Romanian text; Ceausescu was the champion of Romania's independence; his rise from poverty to Presidency; signed by Mariana Blau
1-3/4" x 1-3/8"
$15.00
27 Cannabis Press
Hand Papermaking in Nepal
Koretsky, Elaine
1981 Japan 200 Printed paper wrappers; bound Japanese-style
26 pp. letterpress on lovely fine paper; includes 2 illustrations and 5 samples of papers made by the author
2-15/16" x 2"
$40.00
28 Chanticleer Press
Little Red School House, The
Ogilvie, Bruce C.
2000 Vernon Hills IL
100 Gilt red pictorial cloth boards by Don Brady
73 pp. letterpress; generously illustrated with 1930's black and white photos; biographical narrative of the author's experiences in four different one-room schools
2-3/4" x 3"
$25.00
29 Clearview Press
Fate of the Schooner Louise H. Randall
Randall, Louise H.
1998 New Port Richey FL
195 Gilt gray cloth boards
75 pp. letterpress; printed and bound by Don Brady; well-illustrated account by the survivor of an 1892 shipwreck
2-15/16" x 2-3/8"
$25.00
30 Company of Stationers
London Almanack for the Year of Christ 1835
Almanac 1834 London, England
Black leather wallet-style with pocket
24 pp.; red endpapers; finely engraved throughout; 4-page spread of New Goldsmith's Hall which opened in 1835; bookplate of Clarice W. Hamill; very good condition; a.e.g.
2-1/4" x 1-5/16"
$175.00
31 David Bryce and Son
Shakespeare's Works (40 volumes)
Shakespeare, William
1904 Glasgow, Scotland
Gilt suede with customized revolving cabinet
Complete set of 40 books; various numbers of pages; other than small nicks on a few book spines, this is a very nice set (see photo, p. 4)
2-1/8" x 1-1/2"
$1,000.00
#21 #22 #24
#31 Shakespeare's Works
# Publisher Title Author Yr Place Cc Cover Description H x W Price
32 Dawson's Book Shop
Climb the Mountains (2nd edition)
Muir, John 1966 Pasadena CA
Gilt orange leather with printed leather label on spine by Bela Blau
13 pp. letterpress by William Cheney in black and red; Cheney included more text than in Glen Dawson's first edition and still made a smaller page size; published by Karen and Susan Dawson for Dawson's Book Shop
1-5/8" x 1-3/16"
$60.00
33 Dawson's Book Shop
H. Dickon Arkwright's Digest of a Journey Lately Undergone
Cheney, William M.
1977 Los Angeles CA
Brown cloth boards with title gilt-stamped on spine
20 pp. letterpress; 2nd edition; the first edition of this book was published in 1950 by William Cheney with an Eagle Rock imprint in wrappers; this edition, also printed by Cheney, is smaller in size and includes a new introduction
2-1/8" x 1-1/2"
$18.00
34 Desert Press Treasure? Beamer, Esther K.
1985 Green Valley AZ
125 Red pictorial cloth boards by Tabula Rasa Press
37 pp. letterpress by Tabula Rasa Press; decorative endpapers; frontispiece; an original short story on a search for treasure
2-5/8" x 2"
$28.00
35 Erasmus Buchhandlung
Miniatur ExLibris Horodisch, Abraham
1966 Amsterdam 100 Gilt maroon leather 92 pp. of text in Dutch with many bookplate illustrations plus 3-page summary in English; followed by 13 miniature bookplates commissioned by the world's greatest collector, Gianni Mantero of Como, Italy
2-3/8" x 2-1/4"
$125.00
36 Ferd. Ongania Le Rime (2 volumes bound in one)
Petrarca 1879 Venice, Italy 1000 Gilt red morocco with 4 raised bands; gilt inner dentelles; slipcase (worn)
585 pp.; each volume has a beautiful engraved frontispiece portrait plus attractive vignettes in the finely printed text; described by Bondy as EXCEEDINGLY RARE; see Bondy pages 96-97; top edge gilt
2-5/8" x 2-1/16"
$750.00
37 Flying Pig Press Limit 55 Palkovic, Rick
2014 Cincinnati OH
100 Printed white cloth boards
59 pp.; 26 quirky 55-word stories with 26 accompanying illustrations; some with a clever twist ending; this book was a family affair by MBS past president Mark Palkovic (publisher), and his talented siblings
2-1/2" x 2"
$30.00
38 (Germany) VEB Fachbuchverlag
Ain der Wiege des Alphabets (Birth of the Alphabet)
Lulfing, Hans 1997 Leipzig, Germany
Blind-stamped black leather with ornately gilt spine; slipcase
287 pp.; alphabet endpapers; printed in black and red; illustrated with several 2 and 3 page fold-out drawings or photos of alphabets; German text
2-1/4" x 2-1/4"
$25.00
39 H. C. Peck & Theo. Bliss
Birds of America, The
1860 Philadelphia PA
Gilt pictorial brown cloth (gilt somewhat faded)
191 pp.; descriptions and engravings of over 40 birds found in America; fine condition for this early book
3-1/8" x 2-5/8"
$95.00
40 Hillside Press Bhagvat-Geeta, The
Wilkins, Charles (translator)
1972 (Tilton NH) 250 Gilt red leather 56 pp. letterpress; marbled endpapers, a 700-verse scripture that is part of the Hindu epic Mahabharata; a sacred text of the Hindus.
2-3/8" x 2"
$40.00
41 Hillside Press Catholica on American Stamps
Weber, Francis J.
1976 Tilton NH 250 Gilt maroon cloth boards
Approx. 100 pp. letterpress; every page ruled in red; descriptions and spaces for affixing postage stamps relating to Catholicism; includes 9 stamps
2-3/8" x 2"
$60.00
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# Publisher Title Author Yr Place Cc Cover Description H x W Price
42 Hillside Press Letters of Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson, Thomas
1975 Tilton NH 250 Gilt red leather 87 pp.; frontispiece; some of Jefferson's most important letters are included here
2-3/8" x 2"
$45.00
43 Julian I. Edison
Miniature Books Edison, Julian I
1970 St. Louis MO 100 Gilt burgundy leather with 4 raised bands and title on spine
58 pp.; very well illustrated treatise discussing manuscripts, thumb Bibles, elaborate bindings, almanacs, silver covers and more; a.e.g.
2-5/8" x 2"
$160.00
44 Junipero Serra Press
America's Painter: Norman Rockwell
Weber, Francis J.
1983 San Fernando CA
300 Gilt orange leather
12 pp. letterpress; postage stamp frontispiece; a.e.g.
3" x 2-1/8"
$27.00
45 Junipero Serra Press
California: A Bibliography of Its Miniature Books
Weber, Francis J.
1976 San Buenaventura CA
350 Gilt black calf 49 pp. letterpress; publication data and descriptive information of 48 books; a.e.g.
3" x 2-1/8"
$45.00
46 Junipero Serra Press
Knute Rockne, All American
Weber, Francis J.
1988 San Fernando CA
250 Gilt green leather 12 pp.; postage stamp frontispiece; mini bio of the famed football coach; a.e.g.
2-7/8" x 2"
$24.00
47 Junipero Serra Press
Solemn Consecration at San Buenaventura Mission
Weber, Francis J.
1978 San Buenaventura CA
350 Gilt brown calf 22 pp. letterpress; frontispiece photo; this copy was a keepsake to Zamorano Club members who visited Msgr. Weber's mission; a.e.g.
3" x 2-1/8"
$24.00
48 Kitemaug Press
Answers to Life's Questions
Anderson, Frank J.
1999 Spartanburg SC
100 Paper wrappers 8 pp. letterpress; a humorous type specimen book
2-1/8" x 2-1/2"
$4.00
49 Kitemaug Press
Letter to Bushrod, A
Washington, George
1987 Spartanburg SC
150 Printed blue/green cloth boards
28 pp. letterpress; Bushrod was Washington's favorite nephew and inheritor of Mount Vernon, Washington's library and his papers
2-5/8" x 2-3/8"
$20.00
50 Le Petit Oiseau Press
Incident of Border Warfare, An
1958 Chicago IL 50 Paper boards printed label
26 pp. letterpress; frontispiece and numerous illustrations; describes the 1786 capture of 2 families by hostile Indians; one of the children remained with his captors for 20 years, became an Indian brave and raised an Indian family
2" x 1-1/2"
$145.00
51 Le Petit Oiseau Press
To a Skylark Shelley, Percy Bysshe
1952 Chicago IL 100 Paper boards printed labels
21 pp. letterpress; handset and printed by Welsh in the Newberry Library's workshop in 4-point type
1-5/8" x 2-1/4"
$250.00
52 Lord John Press
Convention, The Coover, Robert
1982 Northridge CA 300 Red cloth boards 19 pp. letterpress by Patrick Reagh; SIGNED by the author; raucous essay on behind-the-scenes convention goings-on
2-7/8" x 2-1/8"
$35.00
53 Lord John Press
Tenth Convention, The
Ford, Gerald R
1988 Northridge CA 350 Printed red, white & blue cloth boards by Mariana Blau
26 pp. letterpress by Patrick Reagh; one of two miniature books by this press done in collaboration with President Ford; SIGNED by President Gerald R. Ford
2-15/16" x 2-1/4"
$110.00
54 Monastery Hill Press
Abraham Lincoln's Last Full Measure of Devotion
Newman, Ralph Geoffrey
1981 Chicago IL 299 Gilt blue cloth boards; marbled paper slipcase
46 pp. letterpress in 2 colors; marbled endpapers; frontispiece plus one additional illustration; foreword by Lincoln's great grandson; describes the 19-day funeral attended by hundreds of thousands of grief stricken mourners
2-3/16" x 2-7/8"
$70.00
55 (Nazi Propaganda Booklet)
Das Deutsche Lied. Heft 5. Liebeslieder
1943 Germany Pictorial paper wrappers
12 pp. book of German love songs; includes 5 scores with lyrics
2-3/4" x 1-7/8"
$25.00
#50 #51 #62
# Publisher Title Author Yr Place Cc Cover Description H x W Price 56 (Nazi
Propaganda Booklet)
Der Fuhrer macht Geschichte, 1935
1935 Germany Pictorial paper wrappers
36 pp.; The Fuhrer Makes History, 1935; 17 full-page black & white photos
2" x 1-1/2"
$22.00
57 (Nazi Propaganda Booklet)
Der Fuhrer und das Winterhilfswerk
1943 Germany Pictorial paper wrappers
36 pp.; The Fuhrer and Winter's Aid; 28 full-page black & white photos
2" x 1-1/2"
$22.00
58 (Nazi Propaganda Booklet)
Des Fuhrers Kampf Zur See
1940 Germany Pictorial paper wrappers
36 pp.; The Fuehrer's Naval Battles; 17 full-page black and white photos
2" x 1-1/2"
$22.00
59 Oak Park Press
Greatest of E's, The Yarnell, Jim 1985 Wichita KS 300 Gilt red leather 106 pp. letterpress in 7 colors; the history of the alphabet with emphasis on its most commonly used letter, 45 illustrations showing the variety of designers' approaches to the drawing of the letter "E", signed & numbered
2-7/8" x 2-3/8"
$75.00
60 Oak Park Press
Guacamole According to Luke
Yarnell, Jim 1983 Wichita KS 300 Gilt red & blue cloth boards
32 pp. letterpress on publisher's handmade paper; 10 color illustrations of ingredients; a sincere but light-hearted treatise on the making of guacamole; signed & numbered
2-7/8" x 2-3/8"
$60.00
61 Opuscula Press
Explorer of California: Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo
Weber, Francis J.
1992 Bradenton FL
125 Printed blue cloth boards by Don Brady
14 pp.; postage stamp frontispiece; Cabrillo was California's earliest explorer; an essay about a carved stone found in 1901 that may be his headstone
2-7/8" x 2-1/8"
$18.00
62 Opuscula Press
Mission Goes to Sea, A
Weber, Francis J.
1992 Bradenton FL
125 Silver gilt blue cloth boards
12 pp.; postage stamp frontispiece; history of the mission tankers launched during World War II
2-1/8" x 2-7/8"
$18.00
63 Orbis Key to Prague Frantidek, Kozik
1967 Prague Pictorial cloth boards; slipcase
91 pp.; 2-page title page in 3 colors; silk page marker; English text; nicely illustrated essay on touring this beautiful historic city
2-7/8" x 3"
$22.00
64 Pamela Bruce Little Things to Please Little Minds
James, Bruce (illustrator)
1979 Cambridge, England
400 Marbled paper boards; printed label
22 pp. letterpress; 9 pen and ink drawings, each illustrates a charming 4-line rhyme; beautifully printed by Rampant Lions Press, the second oldest family fine press in the world
2-5/8" x 1-7/8"
$30.00
65 Peggy Christian
Open Letter, An Earl, C. N. 1971 Los Angeles CA
200 Printed paper wrapper; stiff paper slipcase
12 pp. letterpress by William Cheney; an open (and angry) letter to the Republican City Central Committee protesting the assessment of a fee for accepting public office
1-11/16" x 1-5/16"
$20.00
66 Pequeño Press
Fleeting Moments LaBelle, Emy 1988 Bisbee AZ 3 Marbled paper boards; printed label
12 pp. letterpress on handmade paper; each page has a pocket with a removable printed card in full color; LaBelle wrote the poem especially for this extremely limited edition of 3; signed by publisher
3" x 2-1/4"
$75.00
67 Peter & Donna Thomas
Aesop's Fable: The Donkey and the Thistle
Aesop 1993 Santa Cruz CA
150 Printed green boards
12 pp. letterpress on publisher's handmade paper; 2 full-page linoleum-cut illustrations by Donna and Suzanne Thomas
3" x 2-5/8"
$35.00
#60 #64 #67
# Publisher Title Author Yr Place Cc Cover Description H x W Price 68 Peter &
Donna Thomas
Celia Fienes, a record of 17th Century Papermaking (deluxe edition)
Thomas, Peter
1990 Santa Cruz CA
25 Gilt brown leather
22 pp. letterpress on antique 17th century paper; 4 illustrations by Donna Thomas, one is an original watercolor; tipped-in paper sample
2-5/8" 2-1/8"
$195.00
69 Peter & Donna Thomas
Story of Word Pictures, The (deluxe edition)
Lewis, Mark W.
1984 Santa Cruz CA
50 Blind-stamped green leather; printed dust jacket
14 pp. letterpress on Peter's handmade paper; one handpainted and illuminated initial by Donna Thomas; a poem; Robert Massmann bookplate
2-1/8" x 2"
$60.00
70 Pierre Fanlac
Belles Amours de Temps Jadis
1966 Perigueux, France
Pictorial gilt red leather
94 pp.; French text; frontispiece; a collection of early poems by Guillaume de Poitiers, Francois Villon, Pierre Corneille and others
1-3/4" x 1-5/16"
$30.00
71 Pierre Fanlac
Poemes d'Amours 1966 Perigueux, France
Pictorial gilt black leather
94 pp.; French text; frontispiece; a collection of love poems by Baudelaire, Rudel, Hugo and others
1-3/4" x 1-5/16"
$30.00
72 Piso Company
Plucky Woman, A (1890) Warren PA Printed paper wrappers
16 pp.; a story designed to promote the selling of medicinal products made by the Piso Company
3" x 2-1/16"
$35.00
73 Poole Press Advice to a Young Man on Choosing a Mistress
Franklin, Benjamin
1982 Berkeley CA
130 Heart-shaped red velvet boards
25 pp. letterpress in 3 colors; marbled endpapers; every page has a delicate leaf border; embellished capital letters; 8 illustrations; this letter was considered scandalous when written in 1745 and wasn't published until the 19th century
2" x 2" $95.00
74 Poole Press Kings & Queens of England, The
Adams, Maryline Poole
1981 Berkeley CA
100 Printed paper boards
15 pp. letterpress on handmade paper in 3 colors; marbled endpapers by publisher; beautifully designed double title page; 28 lines of verse followed by a chronological listing of British Royalty
1-3/4" x 1-7/8"
$45.00
75 Press in Hugus Alley
Venerable Fra Junipero Serra, A Bicentennial Memoir
Walker, Ardis Manly
1985 Pasadena CA
200 Printed pictorial card
4 pp.; French-folded; printed by Richard Hoffman; cover illustration by Bernhardt Wall; a sonnet titled Fra Francisco Garces
2-5/8" x 2"
$9.00
76 Press of the Indiana Kid
Action on the North Atlantic
Weygand, James
1988 Nappanee IN
50 Pictorial paper boards
20 pp. letterpress in 3 colors; Weygand recounts the printing of this book's 2-page illustration while cruising on the QEII (8 copies of this book were printed on publisher's handmade paper…this may be one)
2-5/8" x 1-7/8"
$145.00
77 Press of the Indiana Kid
Renno's Raiders 1966 Nappanee IN
100 Pictorial orange paper boards
24 pp. letterpress in 2 colors; several color illustrations; contemporary newspaper accounts of the world's first train robbery…in Indiana! Massmann bookplate
1-7/8" x 2-5/8"
$125.00
78 Press of Ward Schori
Halley's 1986 Visit to Planet Earth
Weber, Francis J.
1985 Evanston IL 50 Gilt pictorial blue leather
42 pp. letterpress; decorative endpapers; frontispiece; interesting comet trivia through the ages
2-1/2" x 1-7/8"
$48.00
#69 #71 #73 #74
# Publisher Title Author Yr Place Cc Cover Description H x W Price 79 Press of Ward
Schori Stranger Passed By, A
Petty, G. Harvey
1978 Evanston IL 350 Gilt blue cloth boards by Hugo Grummich
28 pp. design & calligraphy by G. Harvey Petty in 2 colors; illustrated by Herschel Logan; a fictional account that could have happened in the life of Jesus, as imagined by the author; Massmann bookplate
2-3/4" x 2"
$22.00
80 Rather Press Rather, A Small Press
Rather, Lois 1976 Oakland CA 150 Printed paper boards
45 pp. letterpress; 4 black and white photos; the story of the origin of the press, a husband and wife collaboration
2-9/16" x 2-1/8"
$65.00
81 Rebecca Press Quo'pourri Bingham, Rebecca (compiler)
1989 Hyattsville MD
50 Deluxe gilt cloth boards by Don Brady
24 pp. letterpress in 2 colors by Hummingbird Press; a potpourri of quotes by Ben Franklin, Lewis Carroll, Carl Sandburg, Nora Ephron, Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde, etc.; signed & numbered by the publisher
2-1/4" x 3"
$50.00
82 Richard J. Hoffman
Doyce Blackman Nunis, Jr.
Andrews, Thomas F.
1985 Van Nuys CA
200 Printed green paper wrappers
20 pp. letterpress in 2 colors by Richard Hoffman; Nunis was a highly respected educator, author, editor and historian
2-7/8" x 2-1/4"
$12.00
83 River's Edge Studio
Flowers & Plants on United States Postage Stamps
Lawrence, Miriam B.
1970 East Greenwich RI
500 Gilt green stiff cover paper by Reliure du Centre
45 pp. letterpress by Enschede on handmade paper; decorative endpapers; illustrated with 16 botanical US postage stamps accompanying the detailed text…a beautiful and classy book
3-1/8" x 2-1/4"
$50.00
84 Scott Free Press
Nora Awakened Ibsen, Henrik 1984 Overland Park KS
250 Pictorial gray cloth boards
44 pp. letterpress; one of 100 copies printed on handmade paper; handmade decorative endpapers; deckled edges; an excerpt from A Doll's House
2-5/8" x 2-1/4"
$36.00
85 Sign of the Dragon Press (J. L. Kapika)
Eulogies to the Late President John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Mansfield, Mike & Earl Warren
1964 New Britain CT
500 Gilt black leather by Macdermott & Chant
30 pp. letterpress by Kapika; frontispiece portrait; decorative endpapers; SIGNED by author Mike Mansfield, majority Leader of the US Senate, and accompanied by his pasted down photo; a.e.g.
2-5/8" x 2"
$50.00
86 Silver Thimble Books
Saint and the Goblin, The
Saki 1985 Bexhill-on-Sea, England
150 Lime green cloth boards w/label (spine faded)
38 pp. scribed by the publisher; 5 handcolored illustrations; the complete text of Saki's short story; signed and numbered by publisher Gotdon Murray
2-1/8" x 1-3/4"
$50.00
87 (Slovenia) Tatran
V nezvuc nej hodine
Florin, Theo H.
1972 Bratislava, Slovakia
Gilt embossed brown leather
91 pp.; illustrated; Slovak text; silk page marker; a handsome book of love poems
3-1/4" x 3-1/4"
$28.00
88 Somesuch Press
Certain Unalienable Rights
Goldwater, Barry
1982 Dallas TX 250 Blue cloth boards; paper label
30 pp. letterpress; frontispiece portrait of Goldwater is an original wood engraving by Abigail Rorer; signed by printer and engraver
2-11/16" x 2-1/2"
$50.00
89 Somesuch Press
Love Solomon, Robert C.
1983 Dallas TX 1000 Printed paper boards
31 pp. letterpress by Feathered Serpent Press; decorative embellishments in red; discusses the meaning of love plus examples of poems, essays and postage stamps on love
2-7/8" x 2-35/8"
$40.00
#79 #80 #84
# Publisher Title Author Yr Place Cc Cover Description H x W Price 90 Somesuch
Press Pupi of Stanley Marcus' Collection, The
Wells, Maria Xenia Zevelechi
1995 Dallas TX 250 Gilt red leather 83 pp. letterpress; marvelous decorative endpapers and color illustrations throughout; the beautiful antique puppets collected by Marcus, now at the University of Texas in Austin
2-15/16" x 2-1/2"
$60.00
91 Stabilimento di Colombo Coen
Costumi di Venezia
(1850) Venezia, Trieste, & Milano, Italy
Pictorial paper on boards (soiled()
25 pp. accordion-folded; every page is a full-color illustration of a Venetian in his or her work costume; each page with circular borders in gold; difficult to find these fragile costume books today
2-3/8" x 2-3/8"
$350.00
92 Sunflower Press Garden, The Marvell, Andrew
1981 Mill Valley CA
55 Floral cloth boards
26 pp. letterpress in 5 colors; a 17th c. poem illustrated on every page with nature-printed flowers; signed and copy #1; a Bradbury 100
2-3/4" x 2-7/8"
$95.00
93 Sunflower Press Lotus-Blossom & Moon-Flower
Cunningham, Carol
1981 Mill Valley CA
100 Gilt red stiff paper wrappers, bound Japanese-style
22 pp. letterpress on Japanese paper; printed in black and red; an adaptation of a Chinese folk tale; designed, printed, and signed by Cunningham; copy #1
2" x 2-3/4"
$24.00
94 Swan Sonnenschein & Co.
Connie Birthday and Memorandum Book
1900 London, England
Gilt red leather Approx. 150 pp.; history, origin and meaning of the name Connie and famous women in history named Connie, followed with a memorandum section with 2 dates on each page and a quotation at the top; Massmann bookplate; a.e.g.
2-5/8" x 2-1/8"
$65.00
95 Tabula Rasa Press
Beggar, The Maupassant, Guy de
1979 Morro Bay CA
300 Gilt cloth spine; marbled paper boards
42 pp. letterpress; the author is generally considered to be the greatest French writer of short stories; signed and numbered; Massmann bookplate
2-7/8" x 2-1/16"
$20.00
96 Tabula Rasa Press
Blue Beads and Garlic
Apostol, Jane 1975 Pasadena CA
200 Printed blue cloth boards
48 pp. letterpress; first edition; illustrations by Howard Goldstein; a how-to-travel book of Greece
2-1/16" x 1-5/8"
$20.00
97 Tenfingers Press
Mission Cattle Brands
Thomas, Frank J.
1967 Los Angeles CA
100 White pictorial cloth boards, label
62 pp. letterpress; 25 linocut illustrations in 8 colors by the author of brands used to mark cattle owned by early California missions and presidios; a beautiful book, completely handmade; a Bradbury 100
2-7/8" x 2-5/16"
$120.00
98 (Unknown) (Aide Memoire) Aide Memoire (1900) Ornate ailverplate with loop
Front cover is hinged; a pad of paper inside for notes
2-3/4" x 1-5/8"
$55.00
99 William Lewis Washburn
Wolf-King or Little Red Riding-Hood, The
Weiss, Harry (foreword)
1940 Haddon Heights NJ
64 Red cloth boards with printed label
64 pp. letterpress in black and red; frontispiece; finely printed with red initials at the start of each stanza; a burlesque version of the famous tale in verse; Irene Winterstein bookplate; this is copy #5
1-7/8" x 1-7/8"
$295.00
#90 #97 #99
# Publisher Title Author Yr Place Cc Cover Description H x W Price 100 Wells Gardner
Darton & Co. Enchanted Doll, The
Lemon, Mark
1899 London, England
Beige pictorial cloth boards (lightly soiled)
147 pp.; a charming fairy tale lavishly illustrated by Richard Doyle; 4-page price list at the end of the book of other children's books by the publisher; a.e.g.
3" x 2-1/2"
$125.00
101 Worldhouse Publishers
Book Bay, Notes on a Tour
Neal, Tom
1976 Los Angeles CA
Gilt green cloth boards; pictorial dust jacket
62 pp. handwritten with numerous handcolored drawings by Neal; a delightful book about books; inscription by Neal on front loose endpaper; in addition to being a prolific author and illustrator, Neal worked for Dawson's Book Shop for 50 years
2-15/16" x 2-1/2"
$65.00
102 Xavier Press Josephus Pilchik, Ely E.
1991 Baltimore MD
150 Gilt leather 37 pp. letterpress; marbled endpapers; Josephus was a first century Jew who was given Roman citizenship; he was a significant classic historian of mixed repute; signed and numbered; a.e.g.
2-1/2" x 2"
$50.00
103 Xavier Press Maryland Turtles
Norman, John E.
2001 Baltimore MD
300 Gilt red leather by Don Brady
28 pp. letterpress; 10 illustrations; tipped-in color photo frontispiece; details the habits and history of the 12 species of turtles, tortoises and terrapins inhabiting Maryland
2-7/8" x 2-1/4"
$32.00
#101 #102 #103
Reference Books # Publisher Title Author Yr Place Cc Cover Description H x W Price
104 Achille J. St. Onge
Miniature Book Collector, Vol. II No. 2
Adomeit, Ruth (editor)
1961 Worcester MA
Printed stiff paper wrappers
16 pp.; published quarterly over a 3-year period, this is an excellent reference
4" x 3-3/8"
$20.00
105 Darleen Cordova
Weber's 101 and Counting
Cordova, C. Darleen (compiler
2013 Anaheim CA
150 Printed ivory cardstock
20 pp.; wonderful color photographs throughout; a bibliography of the 29 miniature books written or edited by Monsignor Francis J. Weber 1994-2013; a supplement to Miniature Books Written or Edited by Msgr. Francis J. Weber published by Dawson's Book Shop
5-1/2" x 4-1/4"
$20.00
106 Opuscula Press
Little Books by Big People or Many Smalls Make
Weber, Francis J.
1991 Bradenton FL
Blue stiff paper wrapper
143 pp.; a collection of 50 essays about miniature books and a bibliography of 75 miniature books written by Msgr. Weber; SIGNED by Weber and inscribed to Massmann
8-1/4" x 5-3/8"
$40.00
107 Opuscula Press
Little is Beautiful or Make Mine a Small One
Weber, Francis J.
1995 Ellenton FL
Red stiff paper wrapper
170 pp.; frontispiece photo; chapters on the ABC's of miniature bookdom, the MBS Conclaves, biographical essays, miniature trivia questions, collections, etc.
8-1/4" x 5-3/8"
$40.00
108 Mary Lutz Jones
Los Angeles Typesticker: William M. Cheney, A
Jones, Mary Lutz
1981 Los Angeles CA
350 Red cloth spine; printed red cloth boards by Bela Blau
95 pp. letterpress by Richard J. Hoffman; a bibliography of Cheney's printed work
6-1/4" x 4-3/4"
$28.00
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