Miniature Books for Sale Catalog 54: March 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. Bluebird, The d'Aulroy, 1980 Van Nuys 300 Gilt navy blue 71 pp.; marbled endpapers; 7 illustrations 15/16" $135.00 Raheb Countess CA pyroxylin x 3/4" 2 Barbara J. Brown Wolf London, 1981 Van Nuys 300 Gilt pyroxylin spine; 44 pp.; 2 illustrations; the complete text of London's 15/16" $125.00 Raheb Jack CA marbled paper short story; first published in Everybody's x 3/4" boards Magazine, August 1906 3 Barbara J. Classical 1980 Van Nuys 300 Gilt black pyroxylin 84 pp.; marbled endpapers; 10 illustrations 15/16" $225.00 Raheb Mythology CA with cameo set-in x 3/4" 4 Barbara J. Herbs and Spices 1979 Van Nuys 300 Gilt green pyroxylin 63 pp. 34 full-page illustrations by Barbara Raheb 15/16" $160.00 Raheb CA of herbs and spices with captions x 3/4" 5 Barbara J. Medieval Bestiary, 1999 (Agoura 100 Gilt red leather 64 pp.; marbled endpapers; 41 highly detailed 1-1/8" x $600.00 Raheb A Hills CA) hand-colored illustrations; a book of beasts based 13/16" on a 12th century manuscript 6 Barbara J. Raggedy Ann & Gruelle, 1990 Agoura Hills 300 Gilt brown pyroxylin 32 pp.; marbled endpapers; 5 illustrations 15/16" $130.00 Raheb Andy Johnny CA x 3/4" 7 Barbara J. Snow Queen Andersen, 1980 Van Nuys 300 Gilt navy blue 102 pp.; marbled endpapers; 17 illustrations; 15/16" $165.00 Raheb Hans CA pyroxylin revised edition x 3/4" Christian 8 Hoshino Inauguration Carter, 1978 Tokyo, 150 Silver-gilt black 95 pp.; marbled endpapers; text in English and 1" x 1" $150.00 Speech of Jimmy Japan leather; 18 karat Japanese; bookplates of Robert E. Massmann and President Jimmy gold numbering bar Grace Broecker; 18k gold plate on front cover Carter on cover identifies this as #109; a.e.g. 9 Hoshino Song of Songs Bible 1979 Tokyo, 120 Gilt black leather; 126 pp.; marbled endpapers; top edge gilt; English 7/8" x $150.00 Japan gilt black leather text; gilt-stamped number on slipcase indicates this 3/4" slipcase is #93 10 Hugo Konversations- Sanders, 1896 Berlin, Flexible red 475 pp.; German text; smallest encyclopedia in the 15/16" $200.00 Steinitz Lexikon Daniel Germany leather; engraved world at time of publication; first miniature book x 1-1/4" Verlag brass case with owned by Louis Bondy inspiring him to become a magnifier & loop collector, writer, and seller of miniature books
#1 #3 #5 #6 #8 #9 #10 Miniature Books Over 1-1/4” # Publisher Title Author Yr Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 11 Achille J. St. Elegy Written in a Gray, 1960 Worcester 1000 Gilt undyed 45 pp. letterpress by Enschede on handmade all- 2-3/8" x $80.00 Onge Country Churchyard Thomas MA natural calf by rag paper; frontispiece portrait and several full- 1-5/8" Proost en Brandt page illustrations in green ink; beloved 18th c. poem that mourns the death of common men; Spielmann 174A; a.e.g. 12 Achille J. St. Jewish Festivals, The Jacobs, 1961 Worcester 2000 Gilt blue leather 63 pp. letterpress by Enschede on handmade all- 2-5/8" x $65.00 Onge Louis MA rag paper; illustrated throughout; the history, 1- pageantry and celebration of the 7 Jewish 11/16" festivals: New Year, Day of Atonement, Tabernacles, Passover, Pentecost, Hannukah and Purim; a.e.g. 13 American Susy Hall (Frost, 1874 New York Gilt pictorial cloth 160 pp.; 8 leaves of plates; one of a series of 4 2-7/16" $95.00 Tract Society Annie S.) NY boards with color "Dot Books" by this publisher; a charming x 1-3/4" paper onlay front children's book; endpapers with 2 old cover inscriptions, tightly bound and very good 14 American Willie's Western Visit (Frost, 1874 New York Gilt pictorial 160 pp.; 8 leaves of plates; one of a series of 4 2-7/16" $95.00 Tract Society Annie S.) NY cloth boards with "Dot Books" by this publisher; a charming x 1-3/4" color paper children's book; tightly bound and very good onlay front cover 15 Amistad Welcome to Texas Carter, 1986 Austin TX 15 Green cloth 116 pp.; 5 books bound together: Heroes of the 2-5/8" x $50.00 Press Yolanda spine & rear Alamo, The Eyes of Texas, The Armadillo, Texas 2" (compiler) board; front Citizenship, The Timmermann Touch; copy #13 cover printed of a very few made especially for the MBS paper boards Conclave VI Auction; illustrated throughout and signed by Yolanda Carter 16 Ampersand Fragments of the Voss, 1988 Fullerton 100 Cloth boards; 28 pp. letterpress in 2 colors including 2 2-3/4" x $175.00 Workshop Rainbow Carmen CA leather spine accordion fold signatures by Lyceum Press; 5 1-7/8" with printed label glorious hand-colored illustrations by the author of birds; one of Bradbury's "100 Favorite U.S. Miniature Books" 17 Anne & David Miniature Books Bromer, 1985 Boston 750 Printed paper 12 pp.; an article written for Anne Bromer's 2-7/8" x $10.00 Bromer Deserve More Anne MA wrappers colleagues and subsequently published in AB 2-1/4 Respect Bookman's Weekly 18 (Austria) Portemonnaie- 1963 (Vienna) Pictorial paper 64 pp.; from the collection of noted miniature 2" x 1- $5.00 Calendaria Kalender 1964 wrappers (with book collector Irene Winterstein 1/2" Immensee photo of the Alps) 19 B. Waugh & Collection of Hymns 1833 New York Gilt brown 549 pp.; Dutch marbled endpapers with an old 3-1/16" $125.00 T. Mason for the Use of the leather inscription dated 1834; a lovely old hymnal; x 2" Methodist Episcopal a.e.g. Church, A
#11 #13 #14 # Publisher Title Author Yr Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 20 (Belgium) Livre de Prieres 1928 Belgium Gilt brown 120 pp.; frontispiece; French text; prayers for 1-7/8" $25.00 Zech et Fils (Book of Prayers) leatherette every occasion with a delicate border on each x 1- page; a.e.g. 1/2" 21 Black Cat ABCs of Baker Snyder, Dee 1983 Skokie IL 249 Gilt leatherette 97 pp.; decorative endpapers; 9 illustrations; an 2-7/8" $50.00 Press Street boards by Bela alphabetical listing and description of items in x 2" Blau Sherlock Holmes' famous habitat; Grace Broeker bookplate 22 Black Cat Author's Proof Zara, Louis 1979 Skokie IL 249 Pictorial gilt 34 pp. on rag paper; French-folded; decorative 2-1/4" $25.00 Press brown cloth endpapers; several illustrations; the author's early x 1- boards by Blau printing experiences 5/8" 23 Blau Birthday Memoir, A Weber, 1984 Los Angeles Gilt leather 17 pp. letterpress by Patrick Reagh; 1-7/8" $33.00 Francis J. CA spine; paper commemorates the 70th birthday of Bela Blau, one x 1- boards of California's most gifted bookbinders; signed by 9/16" both Bela and Mariana Blau 24 Bridwell Miniature Literature: Lawrence, 1995 Dallas TX 500 Blue & white 63 pp. letterpress on Rives paper by Daryl Hyder; 3" x 3" $50.00 Library The Stanley Marcus David J. decorative 8 illustrations; Bridwell Library was the recipient of Collection of (curator) paper boards; the Stanley Marcus Collection; a bibliography of Miniature Books printed label some of the more important miniature books from the collection of 1,100 that they received; Grace Broeker bookplate 25 Bunseido Early Chinese Shimura, Asao 1980 Japan 128 Japanese 17 pp. letterpress on Chinese bamboo papers plus 2- $42.00 Press Papermaking paper wrappers 5 leaves of paper samples; text is translated from 15/16" with stab Mr. Pan's experimental hemp paper-making x 2" binding simulating the Later Han dynasty method 26 Catharijne William Morris Thurkow, 1997 Zuilichem 190 Floral paper 47 pp. letterpress; frontispiece portrait; 11 tipped- 2-5/8" $90.00 Press Wallpapers Guus Netherlands boards; printed in samples printed on a reduced scale of 1:12; x 1- (introduction) label 9-page introduction discusses the history of 3/4" William Morris and his classic wallpaper designs; Grace Broeker bookplate 27 Catherine Bite-Sized Book of Murray, 2014 Columbus Printed stiff 56 pp.; a tiny cookbook about tiny foods with 1-7/8" $30.00 Murray Bite-Sized Recipes Catherine OH paper boards abundant full-color photographs…these foods x 1- (compiler) make great appetizers, snacks and treats; all 3/8" recipes were tested in Catherine's kitchen 28 Chanticleer joggerfy of the u. s. Ogilvie, Bruce 1996 Vernon Hills 149 Gilt pictorial 122 pp. letterpress; illustrated throughout by Gayle 2-1/8" $30.00 Press of a. C. IL green cloth Seldon; an intriguing geography quiz with answers x 2- boards by Don in the folded pages; signed and numbered by the 1/2" Brady author and illustrator 29 Circle Press Advice to Teachers (1990) York, Gilt black 26 pp. letterpress; elegant blue moiré endpapers 2-5/8" $25.00 England leather printed in black and red; taken from a text first x 1- published in 1887: "Requisites for successful 7/8" management in the schoolroom"; a.e.g.
#24 #25 #26 # Publisher Title Author Yr Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 30 Clearview Press Great American Butler, Ellis 2006 New Port 50 Pictorial paper 44 pp.; 3 illustrations by Frederic Dorr Steele; 2-3/4" x $25.00 Pie Company, Parker Richey FL boards by Don facsimile of the 1907 edition; a short story about 2" The Brady the daydreams of Ephraim Deacon and his friend Phineas Doolittle who plan to corner the pie market 31 Commonwealth Rose Garden of Thompson, 1932 Worcester 250 Gilt red leather by 27 pp. in black with red striping; includes a 1-3/4" x $185.00 Press Omar Khayyam, Eben Francis MA Carl E. Sohlberg foreword that discusses Thompson's translation 1-1/2" The of the brilliant jewels of thought of the Persian astronomer poet; these quatrains deal with fate, love and the mysteries of creation; a.e.g. 32 David Bryce and Chips from Wordsworth, Glasgow, Gilt pale green 129 pp. in black with red striping; printed at the 3-1/2" x $45.00 Son Wordsworth William Scotland leather (some University Press; a fine selection of 2-3/8" soiling) Wordsworth's poetry; a.e.g. 33 David Bryce and Horses, Cattle, Glasgow, Gilt tan leather 165 pp.; decorative endpapers; frontispiece; 3-5/8" x $125.00 Son Sheep, Pigs, Scotland printed labels scattered illustrations; how to care for animals 2-3/8" Dogs, Cats, and how to treat their illnesses and diseases; Poultry, Birds, includes an index and advertisements for other Etc. Bryce publications 34 David Bryce and Lady of the Scott, Sir 1900 Glasgow, Mauchline cover 191 pp. in black with red striping; decorative 3-1/2" x $110.00 Son Lake: A Poem in Walter Scotland over gilt brown endpapers (chipped); frontispiece; a narrative 2-1/2" Six Cantos leather (scene of poem first published in 1810; each canto depicts Melrose Abbey) the action of a single day 35 Dawson's Book Dissertation on Nethery, 1993 Los 50 Gilt red leather 38 pp. letterpress by Nethery; frontispiece; 2-7/8" x $30.00 Shop Gravity, A Wallace Angeles spine; printed Gravity is a small town in Iowa and the 2-1/4" CA paper boards birthplace of the author 36 Dawson's Book Francis J. Nunis, Doyce 1983 Los 250 Printed cloth 32 pp. letterpress in black and red by Roger 2-3/16" $50.00 Shop Weber, The B. Angeles label; printed Hilleary on rag paper; frontispiece portrait; a x 2" Monsignor of the CA paper boards salute to honor Weber's 20 years of service as Archives archivist for the archdiocese of Los Angeles; includes a checklist of his miniature books 37 Dawson's Book Mr. H in America Nethery, 1981 Los 150 Gilt green 23 pp. letterpress by Nethery; frontispiece by 2-7/8" x $28.00 Shop Wallace Angeles leatherette by Pall Bohme; Mr. H was a farce by Charles Lamb, 2-1/8" CA Bela Blau first performed at Drury Lane in 1806 38 Dawson's Book Sixth & Figueroa Neal, Tom 1965 Los Gilt black cloth 31 pp. letterpress by William Cheney; 21 full- 2- $50.00 Shop Angeles spine; simulated page drawings by multi-talented Tom Neal of 13/16" CA wood paper characters and scenes between 5th and Wilshire x 2- boards; printed in Los Angeles, the first Neal illustrations to 1/16" dust jacket appear in book form
#32 #33 #34 # Publisher Title Author Yr Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 39 Demorest Demorest's Gem (1870) (New Gilt purple 132 pp.; 3 frontispieces (one in color) plus 2-1/4" x $100.00 Souvenir York NY) paper wraps 20 full-page woodcut illustrations; an 1-7/8" intriguing and rare ephemeral ladies souvenir book with advertisements for Mme. Demorest's fashions; also includes poems, jokes, puzzles, etc.; a.e.g. 40 E. C. Press California Miscellany Cummings, 1992 San 200 Gilt blue cloth 44 pp. letterpress; marbled endpapers; 2-1/2" x $22.00 Eileen Diego CA boards postage stamp; a collection of interesting 2-7/8" (compiler) California essays including "Book Shortage in Early California" 41 E. T. Hazeltine Pocket-Book Almanac 1887 Warren Pictorial paper 32 pp.; with claims to cure asthma, 2" x 1- $15.00 1888 PA wrappers whooping cough, consumption 3/8" 42 Editalia Torino Minima 1967 Roma Gilt brown Each book has approx. 60 pages & is 1- $125.00 leather; gilt illustrated; Italian text; titles: Satira 11/16" leather Torinese, Proverbi Torinesi, Canti Torinesi, x 1-3/8" bookcase Poesia Torinese and Amore di Torino 43 Eyre & Spottiswoode Book of Common (1900) London, Gilt black 2 books bound together: 700 pp. in Book 2-1/8" x $250.00 Prayer; Hymns England leather ; sterling of Common Prayer plus 861 pp. in Hymns 1-3/4" Ancient and Modern silver plaque Ancient and Modern; printed on very fine with chariot india paper; early inscription; one leaf is scene damaged, else near fine; a.e.g. 44 Eyre & Spottiswoode Handbook of Practical Dods, 1906 London, Gilt red leather 836 pp. on very fine india paper; includes 2-1/4" x $295.00 Cookery Matilda Lees England with ornately 50 engravings, philosophy of cookery and 2" decorated spine table of contents; recipes for pies, soufflés, (scuffed) soups, purees, puddings and more; Bondy called this "the most extensive cookery book in miniature", a.e.g. 45 Eyre & Spottiswoode Poetical Works of Tennyson, (1900) London, Gilt blue flexible 1035 pp. on fine india paper by "His 2-1/2" x $75.00 Alfred Lord Tennyson, Alfred Lord England suede with Majesty's printer"; all edges blue and very 2" The Yapp edges fine condition 46 (Germany) Ausgewahlte Heine, 1998 Leipzig, 250 Gilt green 287 pp.; Heine was one of the most 2-1/4" x $22.00 Miniaturbuchverlag Gedichte (Selected Heinrich Germany leather with significant German poets of the 19th 1-3/4" Leipzig Poems) pictorial century; includes an index and short slipcase biography 47 (Germany) Ausgewahlte Schiller, 1998 Leipzig, 250 Gilt blue leather 286 pp.; Schiller was an 18th century 2-1/4" x $22.00 Miniaturbuchverlag Gedichte (Selected Friedrich Germany with pictorial German poet, philosopher, historian and 1-3/4" Leipzig Poems) slipcase playwright; includes an index and short biography 48 (Germany) Minibook Constitution of the 1996 Munich, Gilt blue 255 pp. in black and blue inks; easy-to- 2-1/4" x $25.00 Munich United States of Germany leather; pictorial read English text of both historic 1-3/4" America; The U.S. flag documents Declaration of slipcase Independence 49 Henry Frowde Christian Year: (1895) London, Gilt black 480 pp. on very fine India paper; 2-1/8" x $60.00 Thoughts in Verse for England leather with title frontispiece; originally published in 1827; 1-7/8" the Sundays and on spine "thoughts in verse for the Sundays and Holydays Holy Days throughout the year"; a.e.g.
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# Publisher Title Author Yr Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 50 Hestan Isle Miniaturist to Mogul (Grant, Peter) 2002 Lockerbie, 100 Printed slick 9 pp. letterpress; frontispiece portrait; the story 2-1/2" $12.00 Press Scotland paper boards of Robert Fulton, the steamboat developer, who x 2- was also a miniature portrait painter, inventor 5/16" and engineer; SIGNED by publisher Peter Grant; Grace Broeker bookplate 51 Hilleary & Sweet Revenge, an Colton, Walter 1977 Monterrey CA 75 Printed maroon 7 pp. letterpress in 2 colors; Colton, a 19th 2" x 1- $75.00 Petko Extract from the leatherette century Congregational minister, describes his 1/2" 1847 Journal of boards participation in an early form of Californian Walter Colton manic behavior 52 Hillside Press Printer's Marks and Irwin, Frank 1976 Tilton NH 250 Pictorial cloth 51 pp. letterpress; 18 illustrations of early 2-3/8" $35.00 Colophons boards printer's marks, from 15th c. Caxton, Schoffer x 2" and Elzevir to early 20th c. Goudy 53 Hillside Press Sound Track Irwin, Frank 1969 Franklin NH 350 Pictorial cloth 79 pp. letterpress; 6 striking illustrations by 2-3/8" $22.00 boards David Wiggins; on sounds, music, saints, Sufis x 1- and orchestration 7/8" 54 Hillside Press Woman's Wit Pyle, Howard 1978 Franklin NH 250 Printed cloth 50 pp. letterpress on handmade paper; 2-3/8" $25.00 boards originally written in 1890, Pyle's story is written x 1- in the style of the Arabian Nights 7/8" 55 JEN Press Chali, The Admiral's Maupassant, (1998) Edgewater FL 50 Gilt gray cloth 32 pp. letterpress; 9 hand-colored illustrations; 2-1/2" $35.00 Story Guy de boards; printed a miniature adaptation of the novel that reads x 1- dust jacket like a short story; set in exotic India in the 3/4" Colonial Period; signed and numbered 56 Jonathan Kate Greenaway's Greenaway, 1973 London, Pictorial paper 32 pp.; facsimile of the 1885 edition with a 2-3/4" $8.00 Cape Alphabet Kate England wrappers charming color illustration for each letter of the x 2- alphabet 1/4" 57 Junipero Serra El Pueblo de San Weber, 1978 San 300 Gilt black 24 pp. letterpress; postage stamp frontispiece; 2-1/4" $27.00 Press Jose de Guadalupe Francis J. Buenaventura leather history of the oldest civil settlement in Alta, x 2- CA California; a.e.g. 7/8" 58 Junipero Serra "Replanting" of Weber, 1994 San Fernando 125 Gilt cloth spine; 18 pp.; frontispiece portrait of Frederick the 2-5/8" $25.00 Press Frederick, The Francis J. CA marbled paper Great, one of history's most brilliant generals; x 2- boards with he played the leading role in breaking up the 1/4" printed label Holy Roman Empire and unifying the German states; his body was removed numerous times, hence the term the royal "replanting" 59 Junipero Serra Cesar Chavez Weber, 2009 (Mission Hills 100 Printed orange 12 pp. in 3 colors by Patrick Reagh; decorative 2-7/8" $26.00 Press (El Francis J. CA) cloth boards by endpapers; postage stamp frontispiece; a short x 2- Camino Real Mariana Blau history of the American farm worker, labor 1/8" Press) leader and civil rights activist 60 Junipero Serra Corita's "Love Weber, Msgr. 2015 (Mission Hills 150 Printed yellow 8 pp. letterpress in 5 colors by Patrick Reagh; 2-7/8" $30.00 Press (El Stamp" Francis J. CA) leatherette by postage stamp frontispiece; story of the 1985 x 2- Camino Real Mariana Blau issuance of the wildly-popular 22-cent postage 1/8" Press) stamp designed by one-time nun Corita Kent; over 800 works of art are attributed to Kent
#53 #55 #58 # Publisher Title Author Yr Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 61 Junipero Serra Rock Star and the Davis, 2015 (Mission 200 Gilt black 10 pp. letterpress in 2 colors by Patrick Reagh; 2-7/8" x $50.00 Press (El Old Country Priest Marly Hills CA) leatherette by unique 49-cent postage stamp frontispiece; 2-1/8" Camino Real Mariana Blau story of an unlikely duo - Msgr. Weber and Joe Press) Walsh of the Eagles - and their 25-year friendship; one of only 10 copies available to collectors 62 Kathryn I. My Adventures in Rickard, 1996 Cobbleskill 350 Gilt blue leather 187 pp. by Editions du Parnasse; frontispiece 2-7/8" x $75.00 Rickard Minibibliomania Kathryn I. NY photo of Rickard; tales of collecting 5,000 2-3/8" miniature books; lists her favorite books; her collaboration with Doris Welsh; frank comments about many publishers 63 Kitemaug Boy Who Drew Cats, Hearn, 1979 Spartanburg 100 Paper wrappers 38 pp. letterpress; illustrated with 7 woodcuts 2-1/4" x $35.00 Press A Japanese Tale, Lafcadio SC bound Japanese by the publisher; this Japanese fairy tale was 2-1/4" The style; paper translated into English by Lafcadio Hearn and sleeve first published in 1898 64 Kitemaug Categorical Anderson, 1970 Spartanburg 100 Printed cloth 32 pp. letterpress in 3 colors; a clever book of 1- $28.00 Press Frank J. SC boards; printed cats by category, each with an illustration plus 15/16" dust jacket one fold-out illustration x 1-3/4" 65 Kurbel Books 117th Psalm, The Bible 1986 Sudbury MA 300 Gilt red cloth 10 pp. accordion-folded; marbled endpapers; 7 2" x 1- $35.00 boards hand-colored and illuminated pages by E. 7/8" Helene Sherman and Joseph Curran; Grace Broeker bookplate 66 Life Magazine Advertisement Card (1960) New York Paper wrappers 2 tipped-in mini magazines on an original 3-1/8" x $40.00 with 2 Miniature NY on oblong 10" x subscription card, each 32 pp.; Life Magazine 2-3/8" Magazines 4-1/2" card with angel and eagle (January 4, 1883 issue); Life Magazine with Michele de Kramer on the cover (January 27, 1958 issue) 67 M. Swift & Gold Beater, The Hayes, 1967 Hartford CT 1000 Gilt navy blue 33 pp. letterpress by Enschede, blue 2-7/8" x $125.00 Sons Stephen R. leather by endpapers with gold-stamped leaves; tipped-in 2-1/8" Proost en frontispiece plus 4 additional illustrations; Brandt history of making gold leaf; 82,800 hammer blows are necessary to beat gold to desired leaf thickness of .000003 inch; a.e.g. 68 MarMichel Franciscan Crown Weber, 1998 Los Angeles 500 Red leather 16 pp. letterpress by Regis Graden; the history 2-7/8" x $20.00 Press Rosary and the City Francis J. CA spine; gray cloth of the official seal of Los Angeles 2-1/8" of Los Angeles, The boards by Mariana Blau 69 Mermaid Press Nasty Nancy & Her Johnson, 1962 New York 1 Printed paper 16 pp. letterpress in 5 colors; the only 2-3/8" x $95.00 Cat, A Horrid ABC Fridolf NY boards by Karen miniature by this press and an outstanding 1-7/8" Book Nyman; card ABC book; a Bradbury 100 slipcase
#65 #67 #69 # Publisher Title Author Yr Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 70 Michael Ottawa '94 1994 (Cambridge Printed cloth boards; 72 pp. autograph book; a keepsake from MBS 2-1/4" $5.00 Canosa MA) spine label Conclave XIII; all pages are blank x 3" 71 Minia Press Fables of Aesop 1943 Jamaica NY Gilt red pictorial cloth 126 pp.; a fine selection of the classic fables with 2" x 1- $125.00 Aesop, The (design on both front 19 full-page illustrations by Charles H. Bennett 5/8" & back covers); gold paperboard slipcase 72 Minia Press Fables of Aesop 1943 Jamaica NY Gilt blue pictorial cloth 126 pp.; a fine selection of the classic fables with 2" x 1- $80.00 Aesop, The boards (extremities 19 full-page illustrations by Charles H. Bennett 5/8" rubbed); no slipcase 73 (Nazi Der Fuhrer 1938- Germany Pictorial paper 36 pp.; The Fuehrer and the Worker; 28 full-page 2" x 1- $22.00 Propaganda und der 1939 wrappers with photo black & white photos 1/2" Booklet) Arbeiter of Hitler 74 (Nazi Der Fuhrer 1938- Germany Pictorial paper 36 pp.; The Fuehrer and the Movement; 28 full- 2" x 1- $22.00 Propaganda und die 1939 wrappers with photo page black & white photos 1/2" Booklet) Bewegung of Hitler; with string 75 Opuscula Discovering Hanson, 1980 Venice FL 200 Gilt cranberry red 70 pp. letterpress; marbled endpapers; 2-3/4" $42.00 Press Miniature Robert F. cloth boards; printed wonderful reference for almanac collectors with x 1- Almanacs dust jacket chapters on American, English, French and other 7/8" Europeans almanacs; includes a bibliography of additional references; signed & numbered 76 Opuscula Saint Weber, 1993 Bradenton 125 Gilt green cloth 26 pp.; history of the magnificent Gothic Revival 3" x 2- $18.00 Press Brendans Francis J. FL boards by Don Brady style church completed in 1927 in Los Angeles; 1/8" it has served as a location for various Hollywood productions 77 Pequeño Task of the Conrad, 1997 Bisbee AZ 65 Paper boards; printed 17 pp. letterpress; twisted accordion-fold 3" x 3" $65.00 Press Artist Joseph label construction; cover paper and illustrations by Sylvia Lovell-Cooper; an essay by one of the greatest turn-of-the-century novelists; signed & numbered #23 78 Peter & Paper Making Thomas, 1988 Santa Cruz 50 Gilt leather spine with 13 pp. handwritten on handmade paper; the 4 3" x 2- $60.00 Donna With Kids Tanya, CA 2 raised bands; Thomas children made the paper, wrote the text, 3/8" Thomas Suzanne, marbled paper boards made the pictures, then printed and bound this Alana & delightful book; signed by each child Russell 79 Peter & Saroyan Saroyan, 1989 Santa Cruz 150 Blind-stamped pink 14 pp. letterpress on Peter's handmade paper 2-7/8" $40.00 Donna William CA handmade paper (rag, hemp rope, abaca, cotton and other stray x2- Thomas boards fibers); postage stamp; a bookish quote by 3/8" Saroyan is printed in watermarks; Robert E. Massmann bookplate 80 Peter & Rags Make Thomas, 1985 Santa Cruz 225 Printed leather spine; 32 pp. letterpress on Peter's handmade paper 1-1/2" $55.00 Donna Paper Peter CA handmade paper (various colors); 6 linoleum block prints by x 1- Thomas boards Donna illustrate each phase of papermaking 1/4"
#72 #74 #77 #80 # Publisher Title Author Yr Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 81 Poole Press Victorian Signatures, Adams, 1982 Berkeley 100 Printed paper 26 pp. letterpress in 3 colors; map endpapers; with 2-7/8" $125.00 Builders' Signatures on Maryline CA boards; gilt 11 full-page illustrations of the signatures applied to x 2- San Francisco Victorian Poole leather spine Victorian homes by tract home builders; the 1/4" Houses elaborate ornamentation and curlicues used by 7 prolific builders of homes in San Francisco were also uniquely "signed" 82 Press in Letter of Junipero Serra to Weber, 1984 Pasadena 25 Printed paper 14 pp. from engraved plates; this very special letter 2-1/2" $75.00 Hugus Alley the Reverend Father Fray Francis J. CA boards by was brought to Santa Barbara Mission in 1833 and x 1- Fermin Francisco de Clarese Kroll preserved; number 7 of only 25 printed 3/4" Lasuen, A Bicentennial Discovery 83 Press of Celebration of Vice Harris, 1990 Evanston Gilt blue 112 pp.; decorative endpapers; a one-page 2-5/8" $45.00 Ward Presidents of the United Bea IL leather by biography and a full-page pen and ink portrait of x 2- Schori States of America Hugo every Vice President up to Dan Quayle; SIGNED 3/16" Grummich and numbered by Ward Schori; top edge gilt 84 Press of Last Battle of the Civil Schori, 1991 Evanston Printed gray 38 pp.; decorative endpapers; 13 full-page 2-5/8" $25.00 Ward War, The Ward IL cloth by Hugo illustrations; a detailed description of the April 13, x 2- Schori Grummich 1865, battle; SIGNED by Ward Schori 3/16" 85 Proof Press Creative Art of Printing, 1968 Baltimore 100 Gilt brown 20 pp. letterpress in 2 colors; an essay taken from 2-1/4" $125.00 The MD leather Printing: The Challenging Career; designed, x 1- typeset, printed and bound by the publisher A. C. 7/8" Wirth 86 Proof Press Darwin's Mistaken Theory Three 1967 Baltimore 50 Gilt red cloth 12 pp. letterpress in 2 colors on pink paper; a 1-3/4" $60.00 on Evolution Monks MD comical report by three monkeys on Darwin's x 1- Theory of Evolution; typeset, printed and bound by 1/2" the publisher A. C. Wirth 87 Proof Press Raven, The Poe, 1966 Baltimore 70 Gilt red 22 pp. letterpress printed on vellum in brown ink; 2-1/2" $120.00 Edgar MD leather title page with ornate green border; typeset, printed x 2" Allan & bound by the publisher A. C. Wirth 88 Proof Press Somebody's Mother Brine, (1967) Baltimore 200 Gilt maroon 20 pp. letterpress in 3 colors; every page with 2- $65.00 Mary Dow MD leather delicate borders; one of 13 miniature books 3/16" (printed on designed, typeset, printed and bound by Carl Wirth; x 1- vellum) a lovely, tender poem on motherhood and one of 5/8" my personal favorite books 89 Scott Free How I Edited an Twain, 1982 Overland 270 Gilt brown 31 pp. letterpress in black and green; decorative 2-1/4" $20.00 Press Agricultural Paper Mark Park KS cloth boards endpapers; frontispiece portrait of Twain; every x 2- page decorated; Twain's 1870 tale of newspaper 3/4" editing is still humorous today; signed & numbered by the publisher 90 Somesuch Crossroads, The Terry, 1999 Dallas TX 200 Gilt black 48 pp. letterpress; pictorial endpapers; 2 illustrations 2-7/8" $50.00 Press Marshall leather by David Lazarus; fictional account of a Civil War x 2- era soldier; SIGNED by author and illustrator 7/8"
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# Publisher Title Author Yr Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 91 Somesuch Press Four Stumbling Bacon, Roger 1985 Dallas TX 50 Gilt navy blue 20 pp. letterpress in 3 colors by Feathered 2-3/4" $75.00 Blocks to Truth, The leather by Serpent Press; decorative endpapers; 6 x 2- (deluxe edition) Feathered illustrations; a 13th century contribution to 3/4" Serpent Press human wisdom published by Stanley Marcus on the occasion of his 80th birthday; letter M of 50 deluxe lettered copies 92 Swan Bessie Birthday and 1900 London, Gilt red leather Approx. 150 pp.; 17-page history, origin and 2-5/8" $65.00 Sonnenschein & Memorandum Book England meaning of the name Bessie and famous x 2- Co. women in history named Bessie, followed 1/8" with a memorandum section with 2 dates on each page and a quotation at the top; a.e.g. 93 Tabula Rasa Alphabet of Creation, Shahn, Ben 1993 Seattle WA 125 Purple-gilt black 47 pp. letterpress in 2 colors; decorative 2-5/8" $30.00 Press An Ancient Legend cloth boards endpapers; an ancient legend from the Zohar x 2- from the Zohar with drawings on every page by Ben Shahn 1/4" 94 Tabula Rasa Important Titles Lathourakis, 1992 Seattle WA 200 Yellow cloth 20 pp. letterpress; lists 30 humorous and 2-1/4" $12.00 Press John spine; printed important-sounding titles for your blank x 2- paper boards books…in the old days blank books were 1/4" used by decorators to fill out a library on the cheap! 95 Tabula Rasa Uffizi ABC, The 1992 Seattle WA 300 Pictorial cloth 64 pp. letterpress printed in Italy on 3" x $40.00 Press boards handmade paper; a facsimile reproduction in 2-1/2" miniature of a 6" by 8" volume; beautifully illustrated with portraits of artists, from A (Angelico) to Z (Zuchero) 96 Tamazunchale My Favorite Miniature Smith, 1984 Newton IA 250 Gilt black leather 88 pp. letterpress by Enschede; Cockerell 2-1/2" $45.00 Press Book, Nine Essays Charlotte by Reliure d'Art marbled endpapers; essays are by James De x 1- by Collectors of (compiler) Lancey, Ruth Adomeit, Robert E. Massmann, 3/4" Miniature Books Julia Wightman, Msgr. Francis J. Weber, Virginia Schoonover, Kal Levitan, Stanley Marcus and Charlotte Smith; a.e.g. 97 Thomas Nelson & Faithful Promiser, 1853 Edinburgh Ornately gilt red 128 pp.; a collection of Bible "crumbs from 3" x $125.00 Sons & Paton & The leather the Master's Table which may serve to help 2-1/2" Ritchie the thoughts in the hour of closet meditation or the season of sorrow", a.e.g. 98 (Unknown) Dome des Invalides (1900) France Silverplate over Beautiful Art Nouveau aide memoire with its 2" x $175.00 brass with original pad of paper completely intact; 1- original pencil springs open when pencil is slid out; fine 3/16" 99 William Lewis Thirty-Sixth Psalm, Bible 1940 Haddon 64 Gilt parchment 28 pp. letterpress in black and red; each 2" x $395.00 Washburn Two Versions, The Heights NJ covers bound page with green ruled border; Irene 2" oriental style; Winterstein and Kathryn Rickard bookplates; pink ribbon tie this copy is #46 of only 64 printed
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