Miniature Books for Sale Catalog 53: January 1, 2015 KAREN NYMAN 702 Rosecrans Street San Diego CA 92106-3013 619-226-4441 Email: [email protected] Website: www.KarenNymanMiniatureBooks.com
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Micro-Miniatures Up To 1-1/4” # Publisher Title Author Yr Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 1 Amanda Dolls and Doll Houses Huntley, Kris 1976 (New York Pictorial paper 22 pp.; 9 full-page hand-colored illustrations 1-1/8" x $85.00 Epstein NY) boards; printed of antique dolls plus 9 full-page hand-colored 7/8" label illustrations of doll houses 2 Barbara J. Gems from Tennyson Tennyson, 1981 Van Nuys 300 Gilt brown 80 pp.; marbled endpapers; every page 15/16" x $150.00 Raheb Alfred Lord CA pyroxylin illustrated with ornate lettering; reproduced 3/4" from an antique original 3 Barbara J. Book of Fools, The Raheb, Barbara 1984 (Tarzana 300 Gilt burgundy 32 pp.; marbled endpapers; 15 illustrations 15/16" x $125.00 Raheb J. (compiler) CA) pyroxylin 3/4" 4 Barbara J. Goodbye, Mr. Chips Hilton, James 1997 Agoura 300 Gilt navy blue 47 pp.; marbled endpapers; 18 illustrations 15/16" x $135.00 Raheb Hills CA pyroxylin 3/4" 5 Barbara J. Nightingale, The Andersen, 1979 Van Nuys 300 Gilt black 28 pp.; marbled endpapers; 3 illustrations 15/16" x $125.00 Raheb Hans Christian CA pyroxylin 11/16" 6 Barbara J. Origins of Food, The Raheb, Barbara 1980 Van Nuys 300 Gilt burgundy 142 pp.; marbled endpapers; scattered 15/16" x $175.00 Raheb J. (compiler) CA pyroxylin illustrations 3/4" 7 Barbara J. Personal Journal Diary 1980 Van Nuys 300 Gilt white 40 pp.; moiré endpapers; illustrated with a 15/16" x $115.00 Raheb CA pyroxylin with decorative heading for every month 3/4" metal clasp 8 Barbara J. Portrait of Royalty Raheb, Barbara 1981 Van Nuys 300 Gilt burgundy 48 pp.; decorative endpapers; every page 15/16" x $150.00 Raheb J. CA pyroxylin illustrated and captioned with a British 3/4" monarch from King Alfred to George VI 9 Barbara J. Song of Songs Bible 1980 Van Nuys 300 Gilt red spine 29 pp.; 2 illustrations 15/16" x $125.00 Raheb CA marbled boards 11/16" 10 Barbara J. Tale of Pigling Bland, Potter, Beatrix n.d. (Tarzana 300 Gilt green 64 pp.; delicate floral endpapers; lavishly 15/16" x $150.00 Raheb The CA) pyroxylin illustrated throughout; revised edition 3/4" 11 Barbara J. Tale of Samuel Potter, Beatrix 1983 Agoura 300 Gilt green 32 pp.; marbled endpapers; 6 illustrations 15/16" x $125.00 Raheb Whiskers or The Hills CA pyroxylin 3/4" Roly-Poly Pudding
#1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 # Publisher Title Author Yr Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 12 Gleniffer Queen Zenobia Lapeyre, (1989) Paisley, 200 Gilt brown 64 pp.; Zenobia was a 3rd century queen who led a famous 1-1/8" x $65.00 Press Zenobia Scotland leatherette revolt against the Roman Empire and ruled Egypt until 274 13/16" 13 Lilliput Account of the Johnson, Bristol, Gilt brown 48 pp.; hand-colored frontispiece portrait; line illustrations 1-1/8" x $50.00 Press Life of Dr. Samuel England Moroccan throughout; Johnson's autobiography up to his 11th year; top 7/8" Samuel goatskin edge gilt Johnson, An 14 Mosaic Healing and Cousins, 1982 Cincinnati 600 Gilt maroon 80 pp.; marbled endpapers; condensed version of Human 1-1/16" x $50.00 Press Belief Norman OH leather Options; top edge gilt 13/16"
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Miniature Books Over 1-1/4” # Publisher Title Author Yr Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 15 Achille J. St. Declaration of 1970 Worcester 1000 Gilt black 52 pp. letterpress; first printing; the text is 2-5/8" x $50.00 Onge Independence (1st MA leather followed by a list of the signers plus 15 pages of 1-7/8" printing) interesting notes regarding the signing; a.e.g. 16 Achille J. St. Form and Order of the 1953 Worcester 2000 Gilt red 77 pp. letterpress by Chiswick Press; 2-3/4" x $135.00 Onge Service…in the MA crushed frontispiece portrait; printed in black and red; 1-7/8" Coronation of Her morocco by includes a table of contents, the entire Majesty Queen Sangorski Coronation service and the national anthem; a Elizabeth II & Sutcliffe St. Onge masterpiece; a.e.g. 17 Allied Shakespeare's Works Shakespeare, (1932) London, Black Each book approx. 400 pp.; titles: Julius Caesar, 2" x 1- $55.00 Newspapers (11 volumes) William England fabricoid Two Gentlemen of Verona, Macbeth, 3/8" (or $5 with Cymbeline, Winter's Tale, King Richard II, King each) rounded Richard III, Comedy of Errors, As You Like It, corners Merry Wives of Windsor, The Tempest 18 Arm & Lawman and Mildred Haley, J. 2005 Sugar 50 Pictorial 2- 24 pp. letterpress and hand-bound; decorative 2-5/8" x $38.00 Hammer Taitt, The Evetts Land TX color paper endpapers; 1 illustration; printed in 2 colors; 2-5/16" Press boards delightful biographical story of a frail school teacher and her unlikely wooing by a lawman in 1918
#16 #18 #19 # Publisher Title Author Yr Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 19 Black Cat Epigrams Voltaire, 1975 Skokie IL 249 Gilt white leather 44 pp. French-folded; calligraphed text by G. 2-5/8" $50.00 Press Francois M. A. by the Harvey Petty in black and lavender; decorative x 2" Monastery Hill endpapers with lavender fleur de lis; a collection of Bindery wise and satirical statements 20 Black Cat Gutenberg, To 1937 Chicago 500 Printed 4 pp. letterpress in black and red on Rothenberg 2-1/2" $12.00 Press Printers IL wrappers paper; first book by Black Cat Press; from a x 1- Throughout The speech delivered to an international printers 3/4" World convention in Utrecht 21 Black Cat In a Far-off World Schreiner, 1976 Skokie IL 249 Gilt green 28 pp. letterpress; green endpapers; tale of a man 1-1/4" $35.00 Press Olive leather by Bela and a woman in a distant world x 1- Blau 1/16" 22 Black Cat Maxims, Lincoln, (1967) Chicago 250 Gilt brown 62 pp. letterpress; decorative endpapers; printed in 2-1/2" $65.00 Press Observations and Abraham IL leather by Bela black and brown; a chronological listing of x 1- Comments of Blau noteworthy Lincolnisms 3/4" Abraham Lincoln 23 Black Cat Three Psalms Bible 1967 Chicago 200 Gilt black leather 28 pp. letterpress in black and green; marbled 1-1/4" $35.00 Press IL by Bela Blau endpapers; text of the Bible's 8th, 46th and 100th x 1- Psalms 1/16" 24 Blau Inaugural Address Kennedy, John 1965 Los Gilt vellum 51 pp. letterpress on vellum; frontispiece portrait; 1-5/8" $250.00 of John Fitzgerald F. Angeles cover; vellum the now famous speech delivered by Kennedy on x 1- Kennedy CA slipcase by Bela January 20, 1961; illustrated with a photo of JFK; 3/8" Blau all pages have a gold border; one of very few copies printed on and bound in vellum 25 Blau A Tribute to John Kennedy, Sen. 2000 Los 300 Gilt black leather 18 pp. letterpress by Patrick Reagh in black and 2" x 1- $65.00 F. Kennedy, Jr. Edward M. Angeles by Mariana Blau green; frontispiece; Senator Ted Kennedy's moving 9/16" CA tribute to his nephew, delivered in July 1999; Robert E. Massmann bookplate 26 Breed & Daisy and Dot Aunt Fanny (1866) Buffalo Gilt brown 64 pp.; one of 6 small books in the Aunt Fanny 1-3/8" $595.00 Lent (Frances NY pictorial cloth series; all 6 books in this series are about cats; x 1" Elizabeth boards beautiful condition for this very scarce Civil War era Barrow) book; a.e.g. 27 Breed & Daisy and Dot Aunt Fanny (1866) Buffalo Gilt plum 64 pp.; one of 6 small books in the Aunt Fanny 1-3/8" $495.00 Lent (cover says "DOT") (Frances NY pictorial cloth series; all 6 books in this series are about cats; x 1" Elizabeth boards beautiful condition for this very scarce Civil War era Barrow) book BUT it was bound in the wrong cover; a.e.g. 28 Breed & Daisy's Death Aunt Fanny (1866) Buffalo Gilt green 64 pp.; one of 6 small books in the Aunt Fanny 1-3/8" $295.00 Lent (Frances NY pictorial cloth series; all 6 books in this series are about cats; x 1" Elizabeth boards beautiful condition for this very scarce Civil War era Barrow) book BUT lacks title page through page 4 (2 leaves); a.e.g. 29 Burgess & Midget Dictionary: London, Gilt red leather 233 pp.; containing automobile terms, dialogues, 3-1/4" $10.00 Bowes English-French and England geographical and Christian names, photographic x 2- French-English terms, etc. 1/4" 30 Burgess & Poems by Robert Burns, Robert London, Tartan cloth 245 pp.; "Midget" Classics series; includes a 3-1/4" $12.00 Bowes Burns England boards with gilt- biography, approximately 75 of his most famous x 2- stamped portrait poems and a glossary; as new condition 1/4" 31 (Czech Svatebni pisen Spenser, 1975 Prague, Blind-stamped 101 pp.; decorative endpapers; Spenser is an 3" x 3" $28.00 Republic) (Wedding Song) Edmund Czech and gilt brown English poet best known for The Faerie Queene; Orbis Republic leather; slipcase one of the greatest poets in the English language
#21 #24 #26 #27 #28 # Publisher Title Author Yr Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 32 David Bryce & Son Bryce's Thumb 1893 Glasgow, Gilt red 434 pp.; comprising the most recent statistical 2-3/4" $45.00 Gazetteer of the Scotland suede; yapp information and notices of the most important x 2- World edges historical events associated with the places named, 1/8" also, the last census; all edges red (title page is frayed) 33 Dawson's Book Bibliography of Bliss, Carey 1975 Los Angeles 150 Decorative 32 pp. letterpress by Vance Gerry; a checklist of 2-7/8" $80.00 Shop Cheney S. CA paper boards; William Cheney's more significant miniature books, x 2- Miniatures, A printed label; 31 titles over a 26-year period 1/4" dust jacket 34 Dawson's Book Franciscan Whytock, 1969 Glendale CA 200 Ecru linen 51 pp. letterpress by William Cheney; 6 full-page 1-7/8" $75.00 Shop Missions of Emily & boards; pen and ink drawings; story of the chain of x 1- California Norman letterpress Franciscan missions started by Junipero Serra in 15/16" label 1769 35 Dawson's Book Railroads & McFadden, 1979 Los Angeles 150 Gilt blue cloth 27 pp. letterpress by William Cheney in 6 colors; 19 2-3/8" $40.00 Shop Buses John M. CA boards illustrations printed directly from old cuts, some x 2" used in the printing of time tables; includes an original Pacific Electric ticket 36 Dawson's Book Trois Fables de La Fontaine, 1965 Los Angeles Vellum with 21 pp. letterpress by William Cheney; French text; 1-3/8" $60.00 Shop la Fontaine Jean de CA gilt-stamped text in black ink; 4 full-page illustrations by Cheney x 1- spine in brown ink; a beautiful very small book published 1/16" by Karen Dawson for Dawson's Book Shop 37 E. P. Dutton & Co. Bible Forget-Me- Havergal, 1884 New York Gilt blue cloth 96 pp. with text printed in gold ink; 28-page 2- $45.00 Nots Frances NY pictorial introduction followed by 31 days of Biblical texts 15/16" Ridley boards surrounded by artistic floral designs in blue and x 3" gold; all edges blue 38 Eyre & Imitation of Kempis, 1906 London, Gilt red 570 pp.; 10 illustrations of famous religious 2- $100.00 Spottiswoode Christ, The Thomas A. England leather paintings; first printed in American in 1749, it has 3/16" been the most widely read devotional manual apart x 1- from the Bible; its appeal has been attributed to 7/8" "the great simplicity of its style and its freedom from intellectualism or theological dogmatism"; a very fine copy (see photo on page 10) 39 Flying Pig Press Etiquette Twain, Mark 1992 Cincinnati 200 Gilt cloth 52 pp.; Twain's witty parody of etiquette, providing 2-1/2" $25.00 OH boards advice for proper decorum in 3 unusual social x 1- settings: At the Funeral, At a Fire, and Visiting 7/8" Cards 40 (Germany) Friedrich Hölderlin, 1998 Leipzig, Gilt green 282 pp.; German text; the selected poems of 2-1/4" $25.00 Miniaturbuchverlag Hölderlin: Friedrich Germany leather; Friedrich Hölderlin who was a major German lyric x 1- Leipzig Ausgewählte pictorial poet, commonly associated with the artistic 3/4" Gedichte slipcase movement known as Romanticism 41 (Germany) Offizin Deutsche 2000 Leipzig, Gilt blue Approx. 300 pp.; 20 pages of text in German 2-1/4" $25.00 Andersen Nexo Demokratische Germany leather; followed by approx. 250 full-page photographs, all x 1- Republik slipcase relating to the German Democratic Republic, its 3/4" citizens, customs and institutions
#32 #33 #34 #41 # Publisher Title Author Yr Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 42 Hilleary & San Diego, the Weber, Francis 1992 Monterey CA 150 Printed paper 11 pp. letterpress in 2 colors by Roger Hilleary; 2-3/16" $7.00 Petko City and the J. wrappers postage stamp; a keepsake from Conclave X x 1- Saint held in San Diego 13/16" 43 Hillside Press Early Woodcuts Irwin, Frank E. 1978 Franklin NH 275 Beige pictorial 62 pp. letterpress; history of woodcuts and 2-3/8" x $38.00 and Engravings cloth boards engravings with eleven full-page illustrations; 2" signed and numbered by Frank Irwin; Robert Massmann bookplate 44 Hillside Press Falstaff and His Shakespeare, 1966 Franklin NH 375 Maroon gilt 42 pp. letterpress; this Shakespeare character 2-3/8" x $27.00 Companions William cloth boards was a favorite of Queen Elizabeth; includes 12 2" silhouettes done by Paul Konewka, a German artist, in 1870 45 Hillside Press Heraldic Irwin, Frank 1979 Buffalo NY 250 Orange 40 pp. letterpress; 12 illustrations; their history 2-3/8" x $30.00 Bookplates pictorial cloth plus a bibliography; signed and numbered by 2" boards Frank Irwin 46 Hillside Press Holbein's Dance Hans Holbein 1965 Franklin NH 375 Pictorial cloth 37 pp. letterpress; illustrated with 12 of the early 2-3/8" x $30.00 of Death the Younger boards 16th century original wood engravings; signed 2" and numbered by Frank Irwin 47 Hillside Press John Aubrey's Aubrey, John 1969 Franklin NH 250 Pictorial cloth 67 pp. letterpress; illustrated with 4 woodcuts and 2-3/8" x $24.00 Miscellanies boards engravings; Aubrey was a 17th century ghost 2" hunter 48 Historical Six Presidents I Andrews, 2001 Los Angeles 30 Printed paper 23 pp. letterpress by Regis Graden; author 3-3/16" $12.00 Society of Have Served, Thomas F. CA wrappers discusses the 6 presidents of the Historical x 2-1/8" Southern The Society of Southern California from Michael California Dougherty to Sig Demke; SIGNED by author 49 (Hungary) Kodály Zoltán 1982 Budapest, Gilt tan cloth 197 pp.; Hungarian text; photo illustrations; a 2" x 2" $22.00 1882-1967 Hungary boards with biography of the Hungarian composer, inset metal pedagogue, linguist and philosopher plaque 50 (Hungary) Madrid határán Gyaros, Laszlo 1976 Budapest, Pictorial cloth 130 pp.; illustrated throughout ; text in Hungarian, 2" x 1- $12.00 (compiler) Hungary boards Russian, Spanish, English; concerns the 1/2" National-Revolutionary War of the Spanish People 51 Junipero Serra C.E.D. "The Weber, Francis 1988 San Fernando 300 Gilt blue 17 pp. letterpress; postage stamp frontispiece; 2-7/8" x $32.00 Press Lady" J. CA leather Mrs. Carrie Estelle Doheny's collection of rare 2" books was spectacular; her gilt leather bookplate is tipped-in; SIGNED by Msgr. Weber; a.e.g. 52 Junipero Serra Eulogy for a Weber, Francis 1979 San Fernando 300 Gilt red 18 pp. letterpress; James Francis McIntyre was 2-7/8" x $24.00 Press Cardinal J. CA leather the longtime Archbishop of Los Angeles and an 2" outstanding energetic innovator; a.e.g. 53 Junipero Serra Interfaith in Weber, Francis 1976 San 300 Gilt black calf 15 pp. letterpress; postage stamp frontispiece; 2-7/8" x $24.00 Press Action J. Buenaventura the story of the WWII ship The Dorchester and its 2-1/8" CA 4 heroic military chaplains; a.e.g. 54 Junipero Serra Los Angeles: A Weber, Francis 1981 San 500 Gilt dark gray 21 pp. letterpress; an excerpt from Charles F. 2-1/8" x $24.00 Press Bicentennial J. Buenaventura leather Lummis' Out West XXX, first published in 1909; 2-7/8" Salute CA Lummis is known to miniature book collectors for his beautiful Birch Bark Poems books; a.e.g.
#42 #43 #45 #50 # Publisher Title Author Yr Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 55 Junipero Serra Spruce Goose, Weber, 1983 San 300 Gilt white leather 17 pp. letterpress; pictorial endpapers; the story 2-1/8" x $30.00 Press The Francis J. Fernando of Howard Hughes' aircraft, the largest and most 2-7/8" CA famous ever built; a.e.g. 56 Junipero Serra Air Force One Weber, 2009 (Mission 50 Silver-gilt blue cloth 13 pp. letterpress by Patrick Reagh in 3 colors; 2- $26.00 Press (El Francis J. Hills CA) boards by Mariana postage stamp frontispiece; red endpapers; the 15/16" Camino Real Blau story of "America's flying White House" x 2-1/8" Press) 57 Junipero Serra Benjamin Weber, 2010 (Mission 160 Printed orange cloth 14 pp. letterpress by Patrick Reagh in black and 2- $26.00 Press (El Franklin Francis J. Hills CA) boards by Mariana red; postage stamp frontispiece; decorative 15/16" Camino Real Blau endpapers; a mini history of our bookish x 2-1/8" Press) American statesman 58 Junipero Serra Space Needle, Weber, 2008 (Mission 150 Silver-gilt gray cloth 14 pp. letterpress by Patrick Reagh; postage 2- $26.00 Press (El The Francis J. Hills CA) boards by Mariana stamp frontispiece; history of Seattle's famous 15/16" Camino Real Blau landmark x 2- Press) 3/16" 59 r Atlantic Andrusko, 1976 Senta, 400 Gilt leatherette 92 pp.; short text in 3 languages; 40 illustrations 1-7/8" x $12.00 n r Karoly Yugoslavia boards; printed printed directly from woodcuts (other titles 1-5/8" yellow dust jacket available: United Nations, Toronto,and Canadian Lake Districts) 60 (Koran) Koran 1955 Gilt red leather with Several hundred pages, beautifully printed; text 1-1/2" x $75.00 magnifier on string is entirely in Arabic; all pages clean, bright and 1" and strap to close; as new; tasseled page marker; a.e.g. original box 61 Kylix Press Autobiography of Prentiss, A. 2007 Santa Rosa 35 Gilt green leather by 36 pp. letterpress on Unicorn handmade paper; 2-5/8" x $275.00 a Vine (deluxe N. CA Klaus Ullrich designed and printed by Peter Koch; illustrated; 2-1/8" edition) Rotzscher this endearing story of the life of a grape vine, personally told by the vine itself, was first published in 1866; unique copy SIGNED by publishers and printers; number 15 of only 35 deluxe copies 62 Le Petit One Solitary Life Francis, 1963 Chicago IL 150 Aqua cloth spine 7 pp. letterpress; frontispiece; thought-provoking 1-7/8" x $60.00 Oiseau Press James A. with printed label; facts about Jesus, "the centerpiece of the human 1-1/2" printed paper boards race and the leader of the column of progress" (handmade by Doris Welsh) 63 Life Magazine Life Magazine: Miniature New York Printed paper 32 pp.; promotional piece for Life Magazine with 3-1/4" x $18.00 Nov 23, 1936 Magazine NY wrappers photo by Margaret Bourke-White on cover; 2-3/8" miniature reprint of Volume 1 Number 1 cover 64 Lilliput Press Book of Delphinas, n.d. Bristol, 100 Gilt red morocco 52 pp.; marbled endpapers; 16 brilliantly hand- 1-3/8" x $225.00 Lambspring, The Nicholas England colored illustrations derived from the original 1" Barnaud text; a poem about spiritual alchemy well known as one of the gems from the Musaeum Hermeticum published in 1625; top edge gilt 65 Little Farm In Praise of Conneen, 1994 Bath PA 125 Strawberry fabric 26 pp. calligraphed text, 5 full-page hand-colored 2-1/4" x $100.00 Press Strawberries Jane boards; printed label; illustrations; French-folded; an essay on the 2-1/2" red sleeve with history and uses of strawberries including a few printed label interesting recipes; signed and numbered; an especially beautiful book
#59 #60 #62 #64 # Publisher Title Author Yr Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 66 Merrimack Famous History of Tom Ashton, John (1971) New York Gilt black 42 pp.; frontispiece and numerous 2-1/4" x $10.00 Publishing Thumb (introduction) NY leatherette illustrations; pirated copy of the Hillside 2" Corp. Press volume published in the 60's 67 (Nazi Der Fuhrer macht 1933 Germany Pictorial paper 36 pp.; The Fuhrer Makes History, 2" x 1- $22.00 Propaganda Geschichte, 1933 wrappers 1933; 17 full-page black & white photos 1/2" Booklet) 68 (Nazi Der Fuhrer macht 1934 Germany Pictorial paper 36 pp.; The Fuhrer Makes History, 2" x 1- $22.00 Propaganda Geschichte, 1934 wrappers 1934; 17 full-page black & white photos 1/2" Booklet) 69 (Nazi Der Fuhrer macht 1936 Germany Pictorial paper 36 pp.; The Fuhrer Makes History, 2" x 1- $22.00 Propaganda Geschichte, 1936 wrappers 1936; 17 full-page black & white photos 1/2" Booklet) 70 Pequeño Geehickety Squamplatt Bross, Jennifer 1994 Bisbee AZ 50 Paper over boards 39 pp.; frontispiece and illustrations by 2-1/2" x $45.00 Press with mylar insert in Pat Baldwin; a parody of all TV 2-1/4" cover pitchmen about a product that cures absolutely everything; signed & numbered #46 71 Press of Ward Abraham Lincoln, An Newman, 1992 Evanston Gilt leather by Total of 153 pp. in 3 volumes, illustrated 2-9/16" $90.00 Schori Autobiographical Ralph Geoffrey IL Hugo Grummich throughout; marbled endpapers; Lincoln x 2-1/8" Narrative (3-Volume Set) (red, white and as a young man, his years as a lawyer blue); slipcase and politician, and his years as President 72 Press of Ward Benjamin Cardozo on Pilchik, Ely E. 1986 Evanston 225 Gilt black leather 59 pp.; 2 portrait illustrations; the 2-9/16" $25.00 Schori Values IL by Hugo address on values given by Supreme x 1-7/8" Grummich Court Judge Cardozo to a graduating class of rabbis in 1931 73 Press of Ward House That Jack Built, 1994 Evanston Gilt cloth boards 22 pp. hand-set and printed by Ward 2- $20.00 Schori The IL Schori's grandson under Schori's 15/16" tutelage; the well-known Mother Goose x 2-1/2" rhyme is profusely illustrated throughout 74 Press of Ward Love Poems Schori, Ward 1993 Evanston 150 Gilt white cloth 48 pp. letterpress; decorative 2-5/8" x $30.00 Schori IL boards endpapers; postage stamp; 2 2-1/4" anonymous late 18th century poems 75 Rebecca Last Leaf, Mammon and Henry, O. 1988 Hyattsville 200 Printed paper 35 pp. each volume printed in 2 colors 2-9/16" $150.00 Press the Archer, Springtime a MD boards by Don at Train Printing; illustrations throughout x 2" la Carte (3 volumes) Brady; slipcase all 3 books by Edith Arlene Caro; each volume signed by the publisher and numbered 17 of 200 copies 76 REM From Tipp City to Cin-Ci- Massmann, 1989 New Cream paper 8 pp.; a drawing for each MBS Conclave 1-7/8" x $6.00 Miniatures Ci, Put the Blame on Robert E. Britain CT wrappers; red by C. Ernest Massmann and E. Helene 1-1/2" Miriam! sleeve with label Sherman; a joint keepsake with Kurbel Books for Conclave VII
#70 #71 (volume III) #75 (1 of 3 volumes)
# Publisher Title Author Yr Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 77 REM Malefica Exotica, Massmann, 1998 New Britain 200 Paper wrappers 20 pp. total in 2 volumes bound dos-a-dos; the 2-3/4" x $20.00 Miniatures Volumes I & II Robert E. CT dos-a-dos; hand- story of kudzu, a pesky vine that grows several 2-1/4" colored labels; inches a day; #92 of only 100 numbered copies; sleeve volume II is Kudzu - Can it be defeated? 78 Rosenberry Appletta's Fairy Katz, Diane 2006 Pittsboro 2 Japanese paper 64 pp. calligraphed text on Echizen Washi paper 2-3/8" x $100.00 Books Friends NC boards by Kim with silver, gold and silk inclusions; wonderful 2-3/8" Batcheller (student whimsical full-color fairy illustrations by author of Jan Sobota) who also published this charming book; one of only 2 bound copies; signed by author/publisher (also available unbound, in sheets, for $40.00) 79 Schmidt & Little Webster, Wershoven, Leipzig, Gilt brown leather 793 pp.; decorative endpapers; 18,000 words 2" x 1- $18.00 Gunther The Dr. F. J Germany with snap closure and their definitions; all edges red; this 1930's 1/2" ("Miami Fla" on vintage dictionary is in "as new" condition rear cover) 80 (Slovenia) Dotyky (Touches) Valek, 1972 Bratislava, Gilt ivory leather 156 pp.; 5 illustrations in black and gold; author 3-1/4" x $25.00 Tatran Miroslav Slovakia was a Slovak poet, publicist and politician; a 3-1/4" beautifully printed selection of his poetry 81 Somesuch Facsimile of "A Ellison, Frank 1981 Dallas TX 200 Printed paper 62 pp. by the Meriden Gravure Company; 2-3/4" x $50.00 Press Journal of a Trip boards forward by Isaac Oelgart; A Journal is one of 3-1/8" Down East, Aug. America's rarest miniatures, escaping all 1858" bibliographical notice - the author is a complete unknown; SIGNED by Stanley Marcus and the printer, Stephen Stinehour 82 Ste. Anne de Miniature 1924 New York Gilt brown leather 124 pp.; decorative black and white endpapers; 2" x 1- $18.00 Beaupre Prayerbook NY frontispiece; 3 full-page illustrations; a collection 1/2" of devotions and prayers for Catholics; a.e.g. 83 Stoll & 8 Bookmites for 1926 New York Pictorial paper 8 juvenile books of 8 pp. each with charming 2-7/8" x $175.00 Edwards Children NY wrappers; original illustrations throughout; difficult to find with the 2-1/4" pictorial box original box 84 Sunflower Daring Voyages Cunningham, 1995 Mill Valley 30 Cloth boards; 44 pp. letterpress; 10 illustrations; history of early 2-1/2" x $185.00 Press Carol CA printed label; European sea explorers; details explorations 2-1/2" elaborate hinged from 600 BC to the 15th century AD; signed and box with working numbered 2 of only 30 copies compass 85 Sunflower Puss in Boots 1989 Mill Valley 30 Gilt black leather 36 pp.; orange endpapers; the classic folk tale 2-7/8" x $80.00 Press CA spine; pictorial with charming hand-colored illustrations 3" paper boards scattered throughout; signed and numbered 6 of only 30 copies 86 Sunflower Some Remarks Cunningham, 1975 Mill Valley 65 Black leather spine; 28 pp. letterpress in 3 colors; orange endpapers; 1-3/4" x $70.00 Press About Tea Carol CA paper boards color illustrations throughout; ruminations on the 1-1/2" history of tea-time customs; copy #1
#77 with sleeve #83 (box) #85
# Publisher Title Author Yr Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 87 Swan Kitty Birthday and 1900 London, Gilt red Approx. 150 pp.; 17-page history, origin and 2-5/8" $65.00 Sonnenschein & Memorandum England leather meaning of the name Kitty and famous women in x 2- Co. Book history named Kitty, followed with a memorandum 1/8" section with 2 dates on each page and a quotation at the top; Robert Massmann bookplate; a.e.g. 88 Tabula Rasa Beginning, The Nickel, Christy 1983 Morro Bay 300 Gilt cloth 64 pp. letterpress; marbled endpapers; 8 full-page 2-1/2" $20.00 Press (adaptation) CA boards illustrations by Laura Johnson; an adaptation of the x 2- creation myth of the Huron Indians, first related in 1/8" 1800 by a Huron chief; Massmann bookplate 89 Tabula Rasa War Prayer, The Twain, Mark 1991 Seattle WA 200 Maroon gilt 42 pp. letterpress; marbled endpapers; 8 pen and 2-5/8" $42.00 Press pictorial ink illustrations; a prose poem; Twain's scathing x 2- leather indictment of war, and particularly of blind patriotic 1/2" and religious fervor as motivations for war 90 Tamazunchale Claude Monet Savin, Janet 1986 Newton IA 250 Gilt lavender 61 pp. letterpress by Enschede; marbled 2-3/4" $75.00 Press leather by endpapers by Faith Harrison; postage stamp; x 2- Reliure d'Art Monet's biography starting with his childhood in 1/4" LeHavre through his life at Giverny; a.e.g. 91 Tamazunchale My Chinese Buck, Pearl S. 1986 Newton IA 250 Gilt & blind- 58 pp. letterpress by Enschede; postage stamp 2-1/2" $60.00 Press Childhood stamped frontispiece; 3 full-page illustrations in brown ink by x 1- leather by Corinne Guiney; author was the recipient of both 3/4" Reliure d'Art the Pulitzer Prize for The Good Earth and the Nobel Prize for literature; a.e.g. 92 USSR (Kniga) Epigram (5 Novikov & 1986 Moscow, 7000 Gilt cloth 5 books, each book approx. 240 pp.; an anthology 1-3/4" $60.00 volumes) Kutick USSR boards; of epigrams by 30 different authors in 5 languages: x 1- (compilers) printed English, Greek, German, Spanish, Russian, and 1/2" slipcase French; beautifully printed and illustrated (see photo on page 10) 93 Walt Disney Walt Disney Flip Anaheim Paper 60 pp.; 1940's vintage Chip 'n' Dale flip book of a 3" x 3- $18.00 Productions Book, A CA wrappers Disney chipmunk chasing and leaping for peanuts 1/2" 94 Wee Willie's General George Frost, 1968 Dundee MI 135 Blue and 36 pp. letterpress by publisher Phil Weygand; 2 2-5/8" $125.00 Workshop Armstrong Custer Lawrence A. yellow tipped-in sepia photos; author owned the largest x 1- printed paper library of Custer books and materials; this 7/8" boards biography gives a glimpse of Custer's early years and his ambition to become a soldier 95 Wells Gardner Life of Edward VII Bulley, Eleanor 1901 London, Gilt cream 183 pp.; 15 black and white photos; compiled from 3" x 2- $85.00 Darton & Co. King of Great England paper boards various sources, the story of this early 20th century 1/2" Britain & Ireland with gilt king of Great Britain and Ireland, and Emperor of leather labels India; a.e.g. (see photo on page 10) 96 William Lewis Poems of Li Po, Ankenbrand, 1941 Haddon 27 Gilt leather 54 pp. letterpress in black and red; each page with 2-3/8" $595.00 Washburn The Chinese Frank Heights NJ by A. Oldach green ruled border; 3 illustrations by Dan Burne x 2" Poet, Done Into & Son Jones and John Dixon; 9 poems elegantly printed; Vignettes SIGNED by Ankenbrand
#91 #93 #96
#97 Terrestrial Globe Inkwell, c. 1880. Victorian travelling inkwell with original glass ink bottle under an embossed brass lid; housed in a terrestrial hinged globe; globe appears to be a paper lithograph over brass (some of the paper is chipped); the small ink bottle inside is black from dried ink and has no chips or cracks. Made in Austria (see photo below). 1-7/8" diameter. $195.00
#95 #38 #97 #92
Reference Books # Publisher Title Author Yr Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 98 Achille. J. St. Heaven and Blumenthal, 1965 Worcester 200 Gilt maroon 64 pp. by Enschede; first edition; illustrated; a 8-1/8" x $30.00 Onge Hades Walter Hart MA cloth boards humorous book on the basic works of diabolic 5-3/8" literature and some famous books of allegedly divine inspiration 99 Achille J. St. Miniature Book Adomeit, 1960- Worcester Printed stiff 16 pp. each; published quarterly over a 3-year 4" x 3- $100.00 Onge Collector (8 Ruth (editor) 1963 MA paper period, this journal caused a renaissance of 3/8" issues) wrappers miniature book collecting and publishing 100 Achille J. St. Miniature Book Adomeit, 1961 Worcester Printed stiff 16 pp.; published quarterly over a 3-year period, 4" x 3- $16.00 Onge Collector Ruth (editor) MA paper this journal caused a renaissance of miniature 3/8" (Volume 1, wrappers book collecting and publishing (one of 8 issues) Number 4) 101 Lilliputter Press News-letters of Henderson, 1968 Woodstock 500 Orange cloth First edition; compiles twenty-one facsimile 9-1/4" x $50.00 the LXIVMOS James D. VT boards (spine issues of Henderson's noted publication: 6-3/8" is slightly November 1927- November 1929, with two faded) authentic miniature attachments tipped in; foreword and index by Robert E. Massmann; Massmann bookplate 102 Microbibliophile, Twentieth Bradbury, 2000 North 1000 Gilt cloth 465+ pp.; illustrated with photographs of 9-1/4" x $65.00 The Century United Robert C. Clarendon boards; dust publishers; more than 3,400 miniature books by 6-1/4" States Miniature VT jacket 335 publishers are included; an indispensable Books reference for collectors; as new condition 103 Opuscula Press Little is Beautiful Weber, 1995 Ellenton FL Red stiff paper 170 pp.; frontispiece photo; chapters on the 8-1/4" x $35.00 or Make Mine a Francis J. wrapper ABC's of miniature bookdom, the MBS 5-3/8" Small One Conclaves, biographical essays, miniature trivia questions, collections, etc.