Miniature Books for Sale Catalog 56: July 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 Barbara J. Bewick's Birds Bewick, Thomas 1980 Van Nuys 300 Gilt navy blue 63 pp.; marbled endpapers; illustrated 15/16" x $165.00 Raheb CA pyroxylin with 57 bird plates; poetry by Milton and 3/4" Keats 2 Barbara J. Charity, Corinthians, New Testament 1996 Agoura Hills Gilt black pyroxylin 8 pp.; marbled endpapers; calligraphy 1-1/8" x $125.00 Raheb Ch. 13 CA and illustrations by Barbara Raheb; 13/16" copy #21 of an unspecified number of copies 3 Barbara J. Collector's Stamp 1997 Agoura Hills 300 Gilt burgundy pyroxylin 32 pp.; marbled endpapers; frontispiece; 1-1/8" x $125.00 Raheb Album CA history of stamp collecting plus 21 pp. 7/8" stamp illustrations or spaces for stamps 4 Barbara J. Masque of Days, A Crane, Walter 1986 Tarzana CA 300 Gilt green pyroxylin 48 pp.; adapted from an antique original 1-1/16" $165.00 Raheb of 1901; from The Last Days of Elia with x 7/8" 40 full-page illustrations by Walter Crane 5 Barbara J. Murders in the Rue Poe, Edgar Allen 1981 Van Nuys 300 Gilt burgundy pyroxylin 100 pp.; marbled endpapers; 15/16" x $150.00 Raheb Morgue, The CA frontispiece; a Poe classic 3/4" 6 Barbara J. Napoleon Raheb, Barbara 1980 Van Nuys 300 Gilt black pyroxylin 43 pp.; 8 illustrations of Napoleon by 15/16" x $150.00 Raheb J. (compiler) CA Barbara Raheb 3/4" 7 Barbara J. Rape of Lucrece, Shakespeare, 1980 Van Nuys 300 Gilt burgundy pyroxylin 116 pp.; marbled endpapers; 15/16" x $185.00 Raheb The William CA frontispiece; the entire drama 3/4" 8 Barbara J. Tinder Box, The Andersen, Hans 1979 Van Nuys 300 Gilt navy blue 25 pp.; 2 illustrations; one of Andersen's 15/16" x $125.00 Raheb Christian CA pyroxylin first fairy tales 3/4" 9 Blau Ten Bible; Old 1965 Los Gilt vellum; vellum 25 pp. letterpress printed on vellum; 1" x 3/4" $125.00 Commandments, Testament Angeles CA slipcase frontispiece illustration of Moses The 10 (Italy) Dialoghi Leopardi 1943 Firenze 250 Gilt brown leather with 84 pp.; a tiny book well produced by the 7/8" x $30.00 Libreria del (Florence) 3 raised bands process of photographic reduction; 5/8" Teatro (leather missing from Massmann bookplate; Spielmann 292; spine) Bondy p. 178
#1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 # Publisher Title Author Yr Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 11 Jack R. Arche Levien, 1970 Enkhuizen, 100 Gilt blue leather 60 pp.; Dutch text; 26 full-page amusing sketches of 1-1/4" $80.00 Levien Noah Jack R. Holland Noah and his animal pairs, from mice to moths, x 7/8" illustrate the Biblical story, told in Levien's words; a.e.g. 12 Jack R. Noah's Levien, 1970 Enkhuizen, 100 Gilt red leather 60 pp.; English text; 26 full-page amusing sketches of 1-1/4" $100.00 Levien Ark Jack R. Holland Noah and his animal pairs, from mice to moths, x 7/8" illustrate the Biblical story, told in Levien's words; a.e.g. 13 (Photo Souvenir (1910) Bright brass with royal This is a hinged brass book with 2 brass leaves; inside 3/4" x $60.00 Locket Book) blue enamel; clasp; with are 6 sepia photos of cathedrals with captions; 5/8" loop to attach to jewelry flawless condition
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Miniature Books Over 1-1/4” # Publisher Title Author Yr Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 14 ABCDarium Reflections on Meynell, 1991 Milwaukee 200 Gilt green cloth 28 pp.; marbled endpapers; examples of the 3" x 2- $25.00 of C. L. Mortality in Prose and Alice WI boards moving and compassionate poetry and prose 1/2" Helbert Poetry of Alice Meynell, a Victorian era journalist, suffragette and poet; her son founded the Nonesuch Press 15 (Aide (Aide Memoire) Sterling silver with Beautiful Art Nouveau style aide memoire with 2-1/4" $185.00 Memoire) loop and original an unused pad of paper x 1- pencil 1/2" 16 Allhems Fritiofs Saga Tegner, 1959 Malmo, Gilt blue sheepskin; 146 pp.; Swedish text; decorative endpapers; 2-1/4" $65.00 förlag Esaias Sweden 4 raised bands on illustrated throughout; romantic paraphrase of x 1- spine; beautiful co- an ancient saga composed in twenty-four 3/8" ordinating slipcase cantos, all differing in verse form; top edge gilt 17 American Crumbs from the Mason, W. (1847) New York Gilt beige cloth 175 pp.; a collection of inspirational passages 3" x 2- $75.00 Tract Society Masters Table NY boards from the Bible; a very nice copy 1/4"
#14 #15 #16 #16 Slipcase # Publisher Title Author Yr Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 18 Andersons Bonnie Prince Fyfe, W. T. (1900) Edinburgh, Gilt silk tartan 160 pp.; a biography of Charles Edward Stuart, 3-3/8" x $18.00 Charlie Scotland boards known as Bonnie Prince Charlie, from early 2-1/2" boyhood to adult life; all edges red 19 Anne & Bestiary, A Chamberlain, 1979 Boston MA 125 Marbled paper 38 pp.; 15 highly detailed wood engravings by 2-1/8" x $150.00 David Sarah boards with Sarah Chamberlain of exotic animals, including 2-3/8" Bromer printed label; the panda, koala, Siberian tiger, and platypus; matching dust signed & numbered #70 by Chamberlain; jacket with label printed on one side only; Grace Broeker bookplate 20 Ash Ranch smallPAXweber, The Weber, 1989 San Diego 128 Gilt maroon 23 pp. letterpress; color frontispiece and 2 full- 2-3/8" x $60.00 Press Last of the Mission Francis J. CA pigskin spine; page illustrations; designed, printed and bound 1- Shelties pictorial cloth by Don Hildreth; Shetland sheepdogs have 13/16" boards watched over California missions since 1769; SIGNED by Weber on title page 21 Ash Ranch Tragedy of Little Red Van Dyke, 1988 San Diego 52 Gilt maroon calf 79 pp. letterpress on handmade paper; 2-1/2" x $90.00 Press Tom, The Henry CA spine; marbled woodcut frontispiece; hand-bound and signed 1-7/8" paper boards by Don Hildreth; a satire on sentimental, anthropomorphic nature tales, the hero being a tomato; #7 of 26 numbered copies; Massmann bookplate 22 Black Cat Dude Retires, The Concidine, J. (1964) Chicago IL 195 Pictorial gilt brown 56 pp. letterpress; decorative endpapers; 2-1/4" x $30.00 Press Francis leather by Bela frontispiece; printed and illustrated in 2 colors; 1-5/8" Blau (spine faded) entertaining story about a gangster "dude"; a well-designed early Black Cat production 23 Black Cat Hunter, The Schreiner, 1985 Skokie IL 249 Gilt brown mottled 61 pp.; Schreiner was a South African author, 2-3/16" $25.00 Press Olive cloth boards by anti-war campaigner and intellectual; last x 1-3/4" Laraviere miniature book published by Black Cat Press; Massmann bookplate 24 Black Cat In the Image of Man Bradford, (1981) Skokie IL 249 Gilt blue leather 39 pp. letterpress in 2 colors; decorative 2-3/4" x $30.00 Press Ralph by Bela Blau endpapers; frontispiece drawing by Benjamin 2" Greenstein; Massmann bookplate 25 Black Cat Whole Art of Shaw, John (1968) Chicago IL 300 Gilt black leather 58 pp. letterpress in 3 colors; decorative 2-9/16" $75.00 Press Detection by Bennett (lacks metal bust) endpapers; frontispiece; introduction by Vincent x 2" Sherlock Holmes Starrett, a Holmes authority; Sherlockian quotations and musings excerpted from his books; a.e.g. 26 Bo Press Small Wonders Sweet, Pat 2009 Riverside Florentine paper 72 pp.; decorative endpapers; frontispiece; 44 2-7/8" x $42.00 CA boards; lizard illustrations; a pocket Wunderkammer, each 1-3/4" paper spine; object mounted on a slide; color illustration of a spine label completed Cabinet of Curiosities is folded into a slipband inside the back cover; signed
#17 #20 #26 # Publisher Title Author Yr Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 27 Bookhaven Highlights in the Bohne, Pall W. 1968 Rosemead 500 Black leather 45 pp. letterpress printed in black and blue 2-1/2" $55.00 Press History of American CA spine with gilt inks; profusely illustrated by the author who x 1- Whaling title; gray paper was also the topographer, compositor, printer, 7/8" boards binder and publisher; a Bradbury 100 28 Breed & Lent Daisy and Dot Aunt Fanny (1866) Buffalo NY Gilt beige 64 pp.; one of 6 small books in the Aunt Fanny 1-3/8" $450.00 pictorial cloth series (Frances Elizabeth Barrow); all 6 books x 1" boards in this series are about cats; beautiful condition for this scarce Civil War era book BUT lacks title page; a.e.g. 29 Breed & Lent Daisy's Death Aunt Fanny (1866) Buffalo NY Gilt plum 64 pp.; one of 6 small books in the Aunt Fanny 1-3/8" $595.00 pictorial cloth series (Frances Elizabeth Barrow); all 6 books x 1" boards in this series are about cats; beautiful condition for this scarce Civil War era book; a.e.g. 30 Clearview Will of Charles Fish, Williston 2001 New Port 100 Printed tan cloth 32 pp. letterpress; French-folded; illustrated 2-7/8" $22.00 Press Lounsbury, The Richey FL boards with old wood engravings; signed & numbered x 2- by Don Brady 1/8" 31 Collins Clear- Golden Leaves Browning, (1910) London & Gilt suede 72 pp.; decorative endpapers; frontispiece and 3" x 2- $65.00 Type Press Robert Glasgow leather title page in full color; each page decorated 1/8" with line drawings; a very nice copy; a.e.g. 32 Dawson's Autobiography of W. Cheney, 1983 Downey 190 Gilt cloth boards 26 pp. letterpress by Cheney; frontispiece; 3" x 2- $50.00 Book Shop M. C. William M. CA by Bela Blau includes 6 photos of Cheney at work printing at 1/2" the Auk Press in the 1950's 33 Dawson's In Search of Max Nethery, 1984 Los 100 Gilt blue cloth 35 pp. letterpress by Nethery including 12 2-7/8" $40.00 Book Shop Beerbohm Wallace Angeles boards pages of tipped-in photographs by Corey x 3" CA Nethery of Beerbohm's haunts 34 Dawson's Poetry for Children Nethery, 1982 Los 150 Gilt blue leather 46 pp.; introduction by Nethery is letterpress; 3" x 2" $25.00 Book Shop Wallace Angeles by Bela Blau facsimile reprint of a scarce and obscure (introduction) CA American juvenile based on the work of the same name by Charles and Mary Lamb 35 Dawson's Suppressed Dawson, Glen 1998 Charleston Stiff brown 8 pp.; 5 photographs of Cheney that he omitted 2-7/8" $4.00 Book Shop Portraits of Wm. & Mary Helen SC paper wrappers from his 1983 autobiography; issued as a x 2- Cheney, The keepsake for MBS Grand Conclave XVI 3/8" 36 Dawson's Up 65 Years to Weber, Francis 1970 Los Gilt black leather 31 pp. letterpress by Bela Blau; decorative 1-5/8" $30.00 Book Shop Larchmont J. Angeles by Bela Blau endpapers; frontispiece cartoon; chronicles the x 1- CA 65 year history and expansion of the 1/4" incomparable Dawson's Book Shop 37 Eyre & Poetical Works of Longfellow, 1900 London Gilt black 1103 pp. printed on fine india paper; 2- $245.00 Spottiswoode Henry Wadsworth Henry morocco; frontispiece portrait; a vast collection of his 3/16" Longfellow, The Wadsworth hallmarked poems, ballads, poems on slavery, songs and x 1- sterling silver translations; a.e.g. 7/8" plaque
#31 #33 #37 # Publisher Title Author Yr Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 38 Fisher & Children of the Bible (1860) Philadelphia, Ornately gilt red 128 pp.; one volume in The Child's 3-1/16" $95.00 Brother New York pictorial cloth Evergreen Miniature Library; 8 illustrations x 2-3/8" Boston & plus frontispiece; yellow endpapers; stories Baltimore of Isaac, Moses, Joseph, David, Daniel, Jesus, Timothy and several other children of the Bible; a.e.g. 39 Fisher & Little Variety; or, (1860) Philadelphia, Gilt red cloth 128 pp.; not in Bradbury; beautiful engraved 3-1/16" $110.00 Brother Amusing and New York boards (corners frontispiece; the table of contents lists 25 x 2- Instructive Tales in Boston & rubbed) stories for children; 7 woodblocks illustrate 9/16" Prose and Verse for Baltimore the stories Young Folks 40 Fleece Stanley Morison: Warde, 1988 Wooley, Yellow and white 34 pp. letterpress by Smith Settle; a 2-5/8" x $48.00 Press Man of Letters Beatrice England cloth boards; blue biography of the noted English typographer 1- cloth-covered and book designer with several enlarged 15/16" slipcase typeface samples printed in various colors 41 Frederick Kate Greenaway's Greenaway, n.d. London & New Pictorial yellow 252 pp,; full-color frontispiece; 126 pages of 4" x 4" $30.00 Warne & Birthday Book Kate York cloth boards verses by Mrs. Sale Barker alternate with Co. 126 pages for writing in names of friends with birthdays; scattered full-color Greenaway illustrations 42 Henry Book of Common (1890) London Gilt avocado green 670 pp.; finger-shaped; blue endpapers; 3-5/8" x $125.00 Frowde Prayer, and leather; hallmarked inscription dated 1923; printed at the 1-1/8" Administration of the sterling silver esteemed Oxford University Press; a.e.g. Sacraments… plaque 43 Hilleary & Diamond Cut Hilleary, 1961 Monterey CA 250 Blue cloth boards 31 pp. letterpress; postage stamp 2-1/2" x $24.00 Petko Diamond Roger decorated with frontispiece; printed in black and red; 3 full- 2-1/8" (editor) gold stars; printed page illustrations printed from engravings; label several eyewitness accounts of the taking of the Serapis (1779) by John Paul Jones, one of the bloodiest engagements of its era 44 Hilleary & House on the Plaza, Hilleary, 1984 Monterey CA 175 Gilt cloth spine; 24 pp. letterpress; 2 engraved illustrations; 2-3/8" x $24.00 Petko The Roger floral paper boards the story of the Cooper-Molera adobe in 2" Monterey CA, an important example of "Monterey Colonial" architecture; a.e.g. 45 Hillside Bibliography of the Irwin, Frank 1971 Tilton NH 350 Green pictorial 51 pp. letterpress with 25 woodcuts and 2-3/8" x $28.00 Press Hillside Press E. cloth boards other illustrations; 9-page preface by Robert 2" E. Massmann; Massmann bookplate
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Antiquarian & Vintage Children's Books
# Publisher Title Author Yr Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 46 Hillside Bibliography of the Irwin, Frank 1980 Buffalo NY 300 Maroon gilt 50 pp.; illustrated throughout; includes a biography of 2-3/8" $30.00 Press Hillside Press, E. leather Frank Irwin; inscribed to Bob Massmann from by x 2" 1971-80 Eleanor Irwin; Massmann bookplate 47 Humphrey Blue Peter 1925 London Pictorial label 32 pp. printed in green ink; full-color frontispiece; floral 2- $95.00 Milford over paper endpapers; a children's story in rhyme; 1925 11/16" boards inscription x 2- 3/8" 48 JEN Press JED's micro- Newman, J. 1987 Edgewater FL Printed paper 8 pp. letterpress in 3 colors; a motley collection of 5 1-1/2" $6.00 JERNL No. 4 May Ed wrappers writings on trains, Canaveral, Miriam Irwin, the zebra, x 1- 1987 and solar cooking 1/8" 49 JEN Press Tales From the Newman, J. 1998 Edgewater FL 50 Gilt gray cloth 48 pp. letterpress; charming hand-colored illustrations 2-1/2" $30.00 Web, Volume No. Ed by Don Brady; throughout; s reprint of favorite articles from Newman's x 1- 1 printed dust amateur paper, the Web, which ran to 113 issues - 3/4" jacket fact, fiction, and verse; signed & numbered 50 JEN Press Tales From the Newman, J. 2001 Edgewater FL 40 Gilt gray cloth 32 pp. letterpress; hand-colored illustrations; this 2-1/2" $30.00 Web, Volume II Ed boards; printed volume revives a few more of the articles, verses, etc. x 1- dust jacket that appeared in "The Web" 3/4" 51 John H. Peter Rabbit Burgess, 1917 New York NY Color pictorial Boxed set of 7 books, each 12 pp. self-wrappers; 2-7/8" $175.00 Eggers Learns from Thornton W. wrappers; charming color illustrations throughout; titles include x 2- Striped Chipmunk original box Busy Folks and Sleepy Folks, Striped Chipmunk Has a 1/4" (boxed set of 7 with pictorial Secret, Johnny Chuck Loses His Temper, Paddy the books) label Beaver Gives Warning, Four Little Mice at School and Play, Peter Rabbit Learns from Striped Chipmunk & An Important Meeting at the Swimming Pool 52 Jones & Shipwreck, a Falconer, 1823 London Ornately gilt & 2 books bound together in a beautiful binding; Dutch 3-1/2" $195.00 Co. Poem & The William & blind-stamped endpapers; each book has an engraved title page and x 2- Poetical Works of Thomas olive green an engraved frontispiece; all edges marbled 1/4" Thomas Gray, Grey leather Esq. 53 Junipero Happy Birthday, Weber, 1976 San 300 Gilt red leather 15 pp. letterpress; postage stamp frontispiece; a 3" x 2- $27.00 Serra Uncle Sam! Francis J. Buenaventura celebration of the American system of government and 1/8" Press CA its advancement in the past 200 years; SIGNED by Weber on title page; a.e.g. (unsigned copy available for $25.00) 54 Junipero Los Angeles Weber, 1988 San Fernando 250 Gilt orange 12 pp. letterpress by Roger Pennels; postage stamp 2-7/8" $24.00 Serra International Francis J. CA leather frontispiece; interesting history of the airport; a.e.g. x 2- Press Airport 1/8"
#52 #71 #92 # Publisher Title Author Yr Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 55 Junipero Serra Short Story, A Weber, 1990 San 300 Gilt green leather 17 pp. letterpress by Roger Pennels; postage 2-7/8" $24.00 Press Rosemary Fernando stamp frontispiece; a love story written by a x 2- CA gifted child as part of a class project; a.e.g. 1/8" 56 Junipero Serra Blessed Teresa of Weber, 2004 Mission 150 Gilt blue cloth 18 pp. letterpress by Nut Quad Press; postage 2- $26.00 Press (El Calcutta Francis J. Hills CA boards by Mariana stamp frontispiece, story of Mother Teresa and 15/16" Camino Real Blau her visits to Los Angeles; Weber was present x 2- Press) when she was beatified at the Vatican in 2003 3/16" 57 Junipero Serra Toward Equality in Weber, 2007 (Mission 150 Printed yellow cloth 15 pp. by Patrick Reagh; postage stamp 2- $20.00 Press (El Our Schools: Francis J. Hills CA) boards by Mariana frontispiece; tipped-in photo; story of a Catholic 15/16" Camino Real Mendez vs. Blau jurist who championed integration in Orange x 2- Press) Westminster County 1/8" 58 Kitemaug Catherine's Anderson, 1991 Spartanburg 50 Printed yellow cloth 30 pp. letterpress in 5 colors; an illustration for 3" x 2- $24.00 Press Counting Book Frank J. SC boards each number from 1 to 10 followed by 5/8" translations of each number into 5 languages 59 Kitemaug Ferris Wheel, The Anderson, 1993 Spartanburg 150 Printed red paper 24 pp. letterpress; the story of America's first 2-5/8" $6.00 Press Frank J. SC wraps Ferris Wheel erected for the 1893 Chicago x 2" World's Fair 60 Kitemaug Glasgow, U. S. A. Anderson, 1990 Spartanburg 150 Tartan cloth boards; 48 pp. letterpress; describes the 13 American 2-3/4" $20.00 Press Frank J. SC printed spine label villages, towns and cities that were names x 2- (compiler) after Glasgow, Scotland, by new settlers 1/8" 61 Leopold B. Hill Alice in Carroll, (1850) London, Gilt leather spine 254 pp.; frontispiece; one in a series called 3-5/8" $145.00 Wonderland Lewis England and tips; marbled Langham Booklets for Children; issued in x 2- paper boards by wrappers and subsequently bound by the 1/2" Notary Binders Notary Binders in London 62 Livermore & Tiny Book on 1905 Providence Gilt brown/green 97 pp. of recipes for about 75 different 2- $85.00 Knight Co. Sandwiches, The RI leather sandwiches: banana sandwiches, celery 1/16" sandwiches, Milwaukee Sandwiches, etc., etc.; 1-3/4" all edges red 63 Livermore & Tiny Book on the 1905 Providence Gilt brown/green 298 pp. of recipes for over 200 dishes that can 2- $95.00 Knight Co. Chafing Dish, The RI leather be prepared in a chafing dish plus an 1/16" introduction of "suggestions", all edges red 1-3/4" 64 Log-Anne Log-Anne Press Logan, 1980 Santa Ana 100 Black cloth boards 28 pp. letterpress; illustrated with woodcut 2-3/4" $30.00 Press Herschel CA with printed labels; prints and line drawings; history of the press x 2- pictorial dust jacket and a list of its miniature books; illustrations of 1/8" three tabletop presses are included 65 Lorson's Books Come to the Berger, 2007 Fullerton 50 Maroon cloth boards 44 pp. letterpress; designed, printed and 2-1/2" $150.00 & Prints Cabernet Sidney CA with label; clamshell bound by Joe D'Ambrosio; inside front cover x 2- (compiler) box with labels has an embedded 3-dimential wine cellar; a 3/8" compendium of wine writers' critiques printed on various hues of Ingres paper (in wine colors); signed by D'Ambrosio
#56 #62 #65 # Publisher Title Author Yr Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 66 Lytel Press One Conceited Wickham, 1978 St. 50 Manuscript cards 30 manuscript cards penned by the author in 2-1/16" $60.00 Ladybug's Four- Joan Adams Augustine in hand-painted red and black; ladybugs decorate each x 1-1/2" Letter Nonsense FL pictorial box alphabet card Alphabet 67 Miniature Book Many Littles Make Lindemann, 2004 Cincinnati 400 Gilt yellow cloth 52 pp. letterpress by John Henry; 12 black & 2-1/2" x $20.00 Society a Much Caroline OH boards white photos; author is a charter member of 2" MBS; gives information about the miniature book publishers and collectors she met and visited over the years 68 Mt. Hawley Treasure Chest 1962 Peoria IL Pictorial paper 20 books each with 28 pp.; printed in green 2" x 1- $35.00 Publishing Co. wrappers in with 1335 full-page illustrations on alternating 7/8" original cardboard pages "treasure chest" 69 National Cash Smallest Bible in Bible 1963 Dayton Printed paper A tiny microfiche version of the Bruce Rogers 51 mm x $25.00 Register the World, The OH wrappers (3-1/4" x World Bible (1,245 pages) published 1n 1949; 51 mm Company 2-1/2") contains encased in an informative booklet (NCR) microfiche 70 (Nazi Das Deutsche 1943 Germany Pictorial paper 12 pp. book of German children's songs; 2-3/4" x $25.00 Propaganda Lied. Heft 6, wrappers includes 5 scores with lyrics 1-7/8" Booklet) Kinderlieder 71 Nelson, Editeurs Choix de Pensees Pascal, n.d. Paris Floral cloth flexible 88 pp.; decorative endpapers; a collection of 3-1/2" x $24.00 Blaise boards "thoughts" by Pascal; a.e.g. 2-3/8" 72 Northern New Testament of New (1890) Belfast Gilt black leather 532 pp. on fine india paper; finger-shaped 3-5/8" x $30.00 Publishing Our Lord and Testament (extremities book; complete New Testament of the Bible; 1-1/8" Office Savior Jesus rubbed) printed at the esteemed University Press in Christ Oxford 73 Oak Park Press Specimens: From Yarnell, Jim 1983 Wichita KS 200 Gilt burnt orange 64 pp. letterpress in at least 6 colors; 2-5/8" x $125.00 Rags to Rushes leather profusely illustrated; describes 12 handmade 1- papers, with specimens of each, and tells how 15/16"" they came to be; an especially beautiful and well-crafted book 74 Peter & Donna Aeg Egg Thomas, 1990 Stryno, 40 Printed homemade 16 pp. handwritten and illustrated throughout 3" x 2- $65.00 Thomas Peter Denmark paper boards by Donna Thomas on handmade paper; text 3/8" in Danish and English; jointly published by the Thomas clan and the Vilsbolls in Denmark 75 Peter & Donna Pretty Rocks, The Thomas, 1991 Santa 150 Blue cloth boards 12 pp.; miniature reproduction of a manuscript 2-15/16" $40.00 Thomas Suzanne Cruz CA with 3 embedded book by Suzanne Thomas (at age 6); using x 2-1/8" polished stones phonetic spellings; Suzanne tells the story of an angel who takes a walk and finds pretty rocks; 1992 MBS Distinguished Book Award winner 76 Piso Company Pocket Book 1905 Warren PA Pictorial paper 32 pp.; includes a calendar and remedies for 2" x 1- $20.00 Almanac 1906 wrappers coughs, catarrh and croup, plus testimonials 3/8"
#66 First Card #66 Box #73 #74 # Publisher Title Author Yr Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 77 Piso Company Pocket Book 1913 Warren PA Pictorial paper wrappers 32 pp.; includes a calendar and remedies 2" x 1- $20.00 Almanac 1914 for coughs, catarrh and diseases of women 3/8" 78 Press of the Bewick Weygand, 1980 Nappanee 40 Rose paper boards; 32 pp. letterpress; frontispiece plus 4 2-5/8" $150.00 Indiana Kid Connection, The James L. IN pictorial label additional block prints, masterfully printed, x 1- (Maestro Press) set and bound by Weygand; details his ties 7/8" to Bewick on a trip to England in 1976 79 Press of Ward Luck Twain, 1984 Evanston 199 Printed gold cloth boards 49 pp. letterpress; 3 illustrations by Robert 2-3/4" $30.00 Schori Mark IL J. Wahlgren; first edition; SIGNED by x 2- Schori; Twain first told this amusing tale in 1/4" 1884 in Harper's Magazine; top edge gilt 80 Press of Ward Maimonides on Pilchik, Ely 1985 Evanston 149 Gilt purple leather by 42 pp.; decorative endpapers; one 2-5/8" $35.00 Schori Human Excellence E. IL Hugo Grummich illustration; Maimonides was a 12th c. x 1- Jewish sage; one of 8 books published by 7/8" Schori relating to Jewish thought and culture 81 Press of Ward Murder: A Battle in Burdette, 1995 Evanston Printed cloth boards by 22 pp. by photo-lithography; pictorial 2-3/8" $27.00 Schori the Civil War, The Robert IL Don Brady endpapers; a rare eye-witness account by a x 2- young Union infantryman 9/16" 82 Press of Ward William Marder, 1993 Evanston 199 Gilt velour boards with 82 pp.; decorative endpapers; several 2-1/2" $55.00 Schori Shakespeare, Louis IL metal bust of illustrations; author was a Shakespeare x 2- Nearer My Bard to Shakespeare on front scholar who collected over 20,000 items of 1/8" Thee cover; black velour Shakespeare memorabilia; this copy slipcase SIGNED by both Schori and the author 83 Religious Tract Children's Bread (1845) London Ornately gilt black 128 pp.; 8th edition; short Biblical extracts 2" x 1- $118.00 Society leather for every day of the year, specifically 1/4" intended for juveniles; a very nice copy; a.e.g. 84 Religious Tract Gems of Sacred 1834 London Gilt maroon leather 256 pp.; lovely steel engraving frontispiece; 2-3/4" $100.00 Society Poetry (5th wrap-around binding "David Bryce Bookseller" bookplate on front x 2- Edition) pastedown; religious poetry with 2 indexes 1/4" at the back; a.e.g. 85 REM Miniatures Elihu Burritt, As Klingberg, 1962 New Gilt navy blue morocco 51 pp.; frontispiece portrait; Massmann's 2-1/2" $150.00 Much a Brother Haddon E. Britain CT first miniature book; author was a miniature x 1- book collector; Burritt was an idealistic 7/8" reformer who supported anti-slavery, temperance and self-education 86 Rosenberry Appletta's Fairy Katz, Diane 2006 Pittsboro Unbound kit (finished 64 pp. calligraphed text on Echizen Washi 2-3/8" $25.00 Books Friends (unbound NC size is 2-3/8" x 2-3/8") paper with silver, gold and silk inclusions; x 2- kit) wonderful whimsical full-color fairy 3/8" illustrations by author; includes instructions for cutting, folding and binding the book
#79 #82 #85 # Publisher Title Author Yr Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 87 Simon and Tiny Nonsense Kunhardt, 1949 New York Pictorial paper Boxed set of 12 children's books, each with 3-1/8" $185.00 Schuster Stories (Boxed set Dorothy NY boards; original approx. 20 pp.; Tiny Golden Library; charming x 2- of 12) box with sliding color illustrations by Garth Williams; books in 1/8" lid pristine condition 88 Somesuch Press Frontier Tales of Dobie, J. 1979 Dallas TX 395 Gilt vellum by 47 pp. letterpress by David Holman; frontispiece; 2-1/2" $75.00 the White Mustang Frank Jim Tapley Dobie writes about the fabled beautiful white x 1- mustang that ran wild and free across the 7/8" American wild west; signed & numbered by the printer 89 Somesuch Press That Was Randado Allen, John 1956 Dallas TX 295 Marbled paper 43 pp. letterpress on Rives paper by David 3" x 2" $60.00 Houghton boards; printed Holman; double title page in 3 colors plus a spine label double page illustration by Ed Lindhof; a sentimental essay about the Texas old frontier town of Randado; signed & numbered by printer 90 Sunflower Press Two Poems from Baudelaire, 2000 Mill Valley 20 Floral paper 24 pp. letterpress; accordion-folded; the poems 2-5/8" $70.00 Les Fleurs du mal Charles CA boards; paper are illustrated with copies of 11 watercolor x 2- label; paper landscape paintings by Carol Cunningham 1/8" band 91 Tabula Rasa Everybody's Sanity Frost, Robert 1983 Morro Bay 150 Printed paper 11 pp. letterpress; a short essay published as a 2-3/8" $6.00 Press CA wrappers Christmas keepsake x 2" 92 Thomas State of the Alford, Henry (1900) New York Gilt blue cloth 96 pp.; author was the Dean of Canterbury; 3-5/8" $35.00 Whittaker Blessed Dead, The NY boards originally published in 1875; a.e.g. x 2- 1/2" 93 Wee Willie's Afternoons with the Weygand, 1963 Nappanee 100 Cloth spine; 22 pp. letterpress; 2 illustrations of old presses; 2-1/2" $125.00 Workshop Nappanee Bard James IN patterned green frontispiece photo of Leander Hershberger, the x 2- & silver boards Nappanee Bard, and one of America's least 1/8" known private pressmen; Massmann bookplate 94 Wells Gardner Songs of Blake, 1899 London Beige pictorial 118 pp.; collection of 27 children's poems with 22 3" x 2- $95.00 Darton & Co. Innocence, The William cloth boards charming illustrations spaced throughout; a.e.g. 1/2" 95 Wells Gardner 'Midget' London, Bulley, 1901 London Gilt cream cloth 224 pp.; Midget Series, 24 illustrations after 3" x 2- $135.00 Darton & Co. The Eleanor boards photos; a children's guide to 43 London 1/2" landmarks from the British Museum to Buckingham Palace; clean and bright copy; a.e.g. 96 William M. Offhand Display of Cheney, 1949 Los -50 Brown cloth 7 pp. letterpress by Cheney; first edition; a type 1-5/8" $425.00 Cheney (Ye Job Types in Our William M. Angeles spine; printed specimen book recording the modest collection of x 1- Press imprint) Basement CA paper boards types available in his shop displayed in unusual 1/8" quotations; Cheney's first miniature book; RARE 97 Worldhouse Mother Goose Neal, Tom 1977 Los Gilt cloth 31 pp. handwritten by Neal; a collection of 13 2-7/8" $40.00 Publishers Angeles boards; pictorial unconventional nursery rhymes with 16 hand- x 2- CA dust jacket colored drawings by the author; neat inscription to 1/4" Glen & Mary Helen Dawson from Tom Neal 98 Xavier Press Ottmar Bellas, R. C. 1986 Baltimore 500 Gilt maroon 37 pp. letterpress; illustrated with line engravings 2-1/2" $48.00 Mergenthaler's MD pictorial cloth by of early Linotype machines; Mergenthaler was the x 2" Marvel Don Brady world-famous inventor of the Linotype; includes a sample of Linotype brass matrix
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