Miniature Books for Sale

Catalog 50: July 1, 2014

KAREN NYMAN 702 Rosecrans Street

San Diego CA 92106-3013 619-226-4441

Email: karennyman2@cox.net

Website: www.KarenNymanMiniatureBooks.com

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

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

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

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

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Micro-Miniatures Up To 1-1/4” # Publisher Title Author Yr Place Cc Cover Description H x W Price 1 Barbara J.

Raheb 1890 Almanac 1980 Tarzana

CA 300 Gilt brown

pyroxylin 32 pp.; reproduced from original Piso pocket almanac

15/16" x 3/4"

$100.00

2 Barbara J. Raheb

Deserted Village, The

Goldsmith, Oliver

1981 Van Nuys CA

300 Gilt navy blue pyroxylin

43 pp.; 2 illustrations; marbled endpapers 15/16" x 3/4"

$135.00

3 Barbara J. Raheb

Little Match Girl, The Andersen, Hans Christian

1984 Tarzana CA

Gilt burgundy pyroxylin

32 pp.; marbled endpapers; 3 illustrations by Barbara Raheb

15/16" x 3/4"

$125.00

4 Barbara J. Raheb

Pit and the Pendulum, The

Poe, Edgar, Allen

1981 Van Nuys CA

300 Gilt black pyroxylin

44 pp.; marbled endpapers; frontispiece portrait of Poe

15/16" x 3/4"

$135.00

5 Barbara J. Raheb

Poet's Corner, The: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

1979 Van Nuys CA

300 Gilt burgundy pyroxylin

32 pp. total; marbled endpapers; frontispiece portrait of the author

15/16" x 3/4"

$125.00

6 Barbara J. Raheb

Poet's Corner, The: John Greenleaf Whittier

Whittier, John Greenleaf

1979 Van Nuys CA

300 Gilt burgundy pyroxylin

48 pp. total; marbled endpapers; frontispiece portrait of the author

15/16" x 3/4"

$135.00

7 Barbara J. Raheb

Silhouette Book, The Raheb, Barbara J. (compiler)

1981 Van Nuys CA

300 Gilt black pyroxylin

31 pp.; illustrated with 25 antique silhouettes 15/16" x 3/4"

$125.00

8 Barbara J. Raheb

Swiss Family Robinson, The

Wyss, Johann 1993 Agoura Hills CA

300 Gilt blue pyroxylin

37 pp.; marbled endpapers; 5 illustrations 15/16" x 3/4"

$135.00

9 Barbara J. Raheb

Tale of Peter Rabbit, The

Potter, Beatrix n.d. (Tarzana CA)

300 Gilt green pyroxylin

48 pp.; marbled endpapers; 21 illustrations 15/16" x 3/4"

$145.00

10 Barbara J. Raheb

Thumbelina Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm

1979 Van Nuys CA

300 Gilt burgundy pyroxylin

43 pp.; marbled endpapers; 7 illustrations 15/16" x 3/4"

$140.00

11 Barbara J. Raheb

Velveteen Rabbit, The

Williams, Margery

1990 Agoura Hills CA

300 Gilt brown pyroxylin

32 pp.; marbled endpapers; 8 illustrations by Barbara Raheb

15/16" x 3/4"

$130.00

12 Lilliput Press

Bristol Psalter, The Bible n.d. Bristol, England

Gilt black Moroccan goatskin; brass clip

50 pp.; printed by Allan Armstrong; favorite psalms illustrated by Richard Pope with intricate full-page illustrations; handcolored frontispiece and title page

1-1/16^' x 15/16"

$65.00

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Miniature Books Over 1-1/4” # Publisher Title Author Yr Place Cc Cover Description H x W Price 13 Achille J.

St. Onge Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1959, The Address by Carl Sandburg Before the United States Congress

Sandburg, Carl

1959 Worcester MA

2000 Gilt burnt orange leather by Proost en Brandt

38 pp. letterpress by Enschede; postage stamp frontispiece; decorative endpapers; this moving address was delivered at the cemetery of Gettysburg; a.e.g.

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

$65.00

14 Achille J. St. Onge

Noel, Christmas Echoes Down the Ages

Shaw, Robert K. (compiler)

1935 Worcester MA

278 Gilt red leather (some darkening to the front cover)

61 pp. letterpress by Stobbs Press; frontispiece; SIGNED by Robert K. Shaw and numbered 230; first miniature book published by St Onge and one of the hardest to find; a collection of Christmas sayings; a.e.g.

2-7/16"x 1-11/16"

$1,650.00

15 Achille J. St. Onge

Paul Revere's Ride: A Deposition (1st printing)

Revere, Paul 1963 Worcester MA

1000 Gilt & blind-stamped brown leather by Proost en Brandt

36 pp. letterpress by Enschede; decorative endpapers; first printing; the personal account by Revere of his famous ride; a.e.g.

2-11/16" x 1-7/8"

$75.00

16 Achille J. St. Onge

Remarks at the Dedication of the Wallace Library

Macleish, Archibald

1967 Worcester MA

1250 Gilt blue niger morocco by Proost en Brandt

63 pp. letterpress by Enschede; tipped-in photo portrait of Macleish, former Librarian of Congress; a.e.g.

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

$30.00

17 American Tract Society

Fred's Scrap-book (Frost, Annie S.)

(1874) New York NY

Gilt pictorial cloth boards with color paper onlay front cover

160 pp.; one of a series of 4 "Dot Books"; a charming children's book; one page loose and endpapers stained, otherwise tightly bound and very good

2-7/16" x 1-3/4"

$85.00

18 Anna Olswanger Books

Chicken Bone Man Olswanger, Anna

2004 Fair Lawn NJ

495 Gilt leatherette spine; marbled paper boards by Don Brady

29 pp.; marbled endpapers; 2 illustrations by Paula Goodwin Koz; the award-winning comical short story of a streetwise dog and his piano-playing "kid" in 1920s Memphis; includes the sheet music to "Chicken Bone Man"; signed and numbered by the author

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

$32.00

19 Anne & David Bromer

Bestiary, A Chamberlain, Sarah

1979 Boston MA

125 Orange plaid paper boards; matching dust jacket with label

38 pp.; 15 highly detailed wood engravings by Sarah Chamberlain of exotic animals including the panda, koala, Siberian tiger, and platypus; signed & numbered 121 by Chamberlain; printed on one side only

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

$150.00

20 Anne & David Bromer

Mark Twain Compliments the President's Wife (deluxe edition)

Clemens, Samuel

1984 Boston MA

50 Brown blind-stamped morocco by Barbara Blumenthal; "Mark Twain" on spine

14 pp. letterpress on handmade paper at the Poote Press; handcolored illustrations by Rez' Lingen; first edition of Clemens' humorous contribution to an autograph book presented to Mrs. Grover Cleveland in 1889; copy # XXXIX of the deluxe edition

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

$250.00

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# Publisher Title Author Yr Place Cc Cover Description H x W Price 21 Ash Ranch

Press Griffin, The (deluxe edition)

Hildreth, Don 1989 San Diego CA

26 Gilt red leather spine foil boards; slipcase with marbled paper

35 pp. letterpress in 3 colors with gold embellishments; marbled endpapers; "a note on a fabulous creature's rise from a guardian of gold to a symbol of printing"; signed & lettered T

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

$135.00

22 Ash Ranch Press

Nicodemus Dodge (deluxe edition)

Twain, Mark 1989 San Diego CA

26 Gilt blue leather spine; paper boards; matching slipcase

32 pp. letterpress on handmade paper in 3 colors; illustrated and bound by publisher Don Hildreth; a printing story excerpted from A Tramp Abroad; signed & lettered B

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

$175.00

23 Black Cat Press

Books: Sayings, Apothegms, Maxims, Epigrams

Petty, G. Harvey

1981 Skokie IL 249 Pictorial gilt brown cloth boards by Bela Blau

35 pp. calligraphed text by Petty in 2 colors; decorative endpapers; author had a deep love for words and books - his favorite sayings on books are presented here, authored by Milton, Twain, Gibbon, Eliot, Plato, Trollope, etc.

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

$35.00

24 Black Cat Press

Man in the Smock, The

Harris, Carla 1979 Skokie IL 249 Gilt blue cloth boards by Bela Blau

53 pp.; floral endpapers; frontispiece; excerpt from Memoirs of an ex-Girl Friday; author was an employee of Norman Forgue - she writes of the early hectic days of Black Cat Press

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

$30.00

25 Black Cat Press

Miniature World of Norman Forgue, The

Guthrie, James

1983 Skokie IL 249 Gilt cloth boards by Bela Blau

93 pp.; illustrated throughout; intro by Ward Schori; Guthrie was a Life Magazine reporter assigned to interview Forgue; this essay is a description of Forgue's handcrafted miniatures and much more

2-3/4" x 2"

$25.00

26 Blau Nicolae Ceausescu, Activitatea si Viata

Orban, Mariana

1976 Los Angeles CA

200 Gilt red leather by Mariana Blau

28 pp. letterpress by Mariana Blau; Romanian text; Ceausescu was the champion of Romania's independence; his rise from poverty to Presidency; signed by Mariana Blau

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

$15.00

27 Cannabis Press

Hand Papermaking in Nepal

Koretsky, Elaine

1981 Japan 200 Printed paper wrappers; bound Japanese-style

26 pp. letterpress on lovely fine paper; includes 2 illustrations and 5 samples of papers made by the author

2-15/16" x 2"

$40.00

28 Chanticleer Press

Little Red School House, The

Ogilvie, Bruce C.

2000 Vernon Hills IL

100 Gilt red pictorial cloth boards by Don Brady

73 pp. letterpress; generously illustrated with 1930's black and white photos; biographical narrative of the author's experiences in four different one-room schools

2-3/4" x 3"

$25.00

29 Clearview Press

Fate of the Schooner Louise H. Randall

Randall, Louise H.

1998 New Port Richey FL

195 Gilt gray cloth boards

75 pp. letterpress; printed and bound by Don Brady; well-illustrated account by the survivor of an 1892 shipwreck

2-15/16" x 2-3/8"

$25.00

30 Company of Stationers

London Almanack for the Year of Christ 1835

Almanac 1834 London, England

Black leather wallet-style with pocket

24 pp.; red endpapers; finely engraved throughout; 4-page spread of New Goldsmith's Hall which opened in 1835; bookplate of Clarice W. Hamill; very good condition; a.e.g.

2-1/4" x 1-5/16"

$175.00

31 David Bryce and Son

Shakespeare's Works (40 volumes)

Shakespeare, William

1904 Glasgow, Scotland

Gilt suede with customized revolving cabinet

Complete set of 40 books; various numbers of pages; other than small nicks on a few book spines, this is a very nice set (see photo, p. 4)

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

$1,000.00

#21 #22 #24

#31 Shakespeare's Works

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

32 Dawson's Book Shop

Climb the Mountains (2nd edition)

Muir, John 1966 Pasadena CA

Gilt orange leather with printed leather label on spine by Bela Blau

13 pp. letterpress by William Cheney in black and red; Cheney included more text than in Glen Dawson's first edition and still made a smaller page size; published by Karen and Susan Dawson for Dawson's Book Shop

1-5/8" x 1-3/16"

$60.00

33 Dawson's Book Shop

H. Dickon Arkwright's Digest of a Journey Lately Undergone

Cheney, William M.

1977 Los Angeles CA

Brown cloth boards with title gilt-stamped on spine

20 pp. letterpress; 2nd edition; the first edition of this book was published in 1950 by William Cheney with an Eagle Rock imprint in wrappers; this edition, also printed by Cheney, is smaller in size and includes a new introduction

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

$18.00

34 Desert Press Treasure? Beamer, Esther K.

1985 Green Valley AZ

125 Red pictorial cloth boards by Tabula Rasa Press

37 pp. letterpress by Tabula Rasa Press; decorative endpapers; frontispiece; an original short story on a search for treasure

2-5/8" x 2"

$28.00

35 Erasmus Buchhandlung

Miniatur ExLibris Horodisch, Abraham

1966 Amsterdam 100 Gilt maroon leather 92 pp. of text in Dutch with many bookplate illustrations plus 3-page summary in English; followed by 13 miniature bookplates commissioned by the world's greatest collector, Gianni Mantero of Como, Italy

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

$125.00

36 Ferd. Ongania Le Rime (2 volumes bound in one)

Petrarca 1879 Venice, Italy 1000 Gilt red morocco with 4 raised bands; gilt inner dentelles; slipcase (worn)

585 pp.; each volume has a beautiful engraved frontispiece portrait plus attractive vignettes in the finely printed text; described by Bondy as EXCEEDINGLY RARE; see Bondy pages 96-97; top edge gilt

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

$750.00

37 Flying Pig Press Limit 55 Palkovic, Rick

2014 Cincinnati OH

100 Printed white cloth boards

59 pp.; 26 quirky 55-word stories with 26 accompanying illustrations; some with a clever twist ending; this book was a family affair by MBS past president Mark Palkovic (publisher), and his talented siblings

2-1/2" x 2"

$30.00

38 (Germany) VEB Fachbuchverlag

Ain der Wiege des Alphabets (Birth of the Alphabet)

Lulfing, Hans 1997 Leipzig, Germany

Blind-stamped black leather with ornately gilt spine; slipcase

287 pp.; alphabet endpapers; printed in black and red; illustrated with several 2 and 3 page fold-out drawings or photos of alphabets; German text

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

$25.00

39 H. C. Peck & Theo. Bliss

Birds of America, The

1860 Philadelphia PA

Gilt pictorial brown cloth (gilt somewhat faded)

191 pp.; descriptions and engravings of over 40 birds found in America; fine condition for this early book

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

$95.00

40 Hillside Press Bhagvat-Geeta, The

Wilkins, Charles (translator)

1972 (Tilton NH) 250 Gilt red leather 56 pp. letterpress; marbled endpapers, a 700-verse scripture that is part of the Hindu epic Mahabharata; a sacred text of the Hindus.

2-3/8" x 2"

$40.00

41 Hillside Press Catholica on American Stamps

Weber, Francis J.

1976 Tilton NH 250 Gilt maroon cloth boards

Approx. 100 pp. letterpress; every page ruled in red; descriptions and spaces for affixing postage stamps relating to Catholicism; includes 9 stamps

2-3/8" x 2"

$60.00

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

42 Hillside Press Letters of Thomas Jefferson

Jefferson, Thomas

1975 Tilton NH 250 Gilt red leather 87 pp.; frontispiece; some of Jefferson's most important letters are included here

2-3/8" x 2"

$45.00

43 Julian I. Edison

Miniature Books Edison, Julian I

1970 St. Louis MO 100 Gilt burgundy leather with 4 raised bands and title on spine

58 pp.; very well illustrated treatise discussing manuscripts, thumb Bibles, elaborate bindings, almanacs, silver covers and more; a.e.g.

2-5/8" x 2"

$160.00

44 Junipero Serra Press

America's Painter: Norman Rockwell

Weber, Francis J.

1983 San Fernando CA

300 Gilt orange leather

12 pp. letterpress; postage stamp frontispiece; a.e.g.

3" x 2-1/8"

$27.00

45 Junipero Serra Press

California: A Bibliography of Its Miniature Books

Weber, Francis J.

1976 San Buenaventura CA

350 Gilt black calf 49 pp. letterpress; publication data and descriptive information of 48 books; a.e.g.

3" x 2-1/8"

$45.00

46 Junipero Serra Press

Knute Rockne, All American

Weber, Francis J.

1988 San Fernando CA

250 Gilt green leather 12 pp.; postage stamp frontispiece; mini bio of the famed football coach; a.e.g.

2-7/8" x 2"

$24.00

47 Junipero Serra Press

Solemn Consecration at San Buenaventura Mission

Weber, Francis J.

1978 San Buenaventura CA

350 Gilt brown calf 22 pp. letterpress; frontispiece photo; this copy was a keepsake to Zamorano Club members who visited Msgr. Weber's mission; a.e.g.

3" x 2-1/8"

$24.00

48 Kitemaug Press

Answers to Life's Questions

Anderson, Frank J.

1999 Spartanburg SC

100 Paper wrappers 8 pp. letterpress; a humorous type specimen book

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

$4.00

49 Kitemaug Press

Letter to Bushrod, A

Washington, George

1987 Spartanburg SC

150 Printed blue/green cloth boards

28 pp. letterpress; Bushrod was Washington's favorite nephew and inheritor of Mount Vernon, Washington's library and his papers

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

$20.00

50 Le Petit Oiseau Press

Incident of Border Warfare, An

1958 Chicago IL 50 Paper boards printed label

26 pp. letterpress; frontispiece and numerous illustrations; describes the 1786 capture of 2 families by hostile Indians; one of the children remained with his captors for 20 years, became an Indian brave and raised an Indian family

2" x 1-1/2"

$145.00

51 Le Petit Oiseau Press

To a Skylark Shelley, Percy Bysshe

1952 Chicago IL 100 Paper boards printed labels

21 pp. letterpress; handset and printed by Welsh in the Newberry Library's workshop in 4-point type

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

$250.00

52 Lord John Press

Convention, The Coover, Robert

1982 Northridge CA 300 Red cloth boards 19 pp. letterpress by Patrick Reagh; SIGNED by the author; raucous essay on behind-the-scenes convention goings-on

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

$35.00

53 Lord John Press

Tenth Convention, The

Ford, Gerald R

1988 Northridge CA 350 Printed red, white & blue cloth boards by Mariana Blau

26 pp. letterpress by Patrick Reagh; one of two miniature books by this press done in collaboration with President Ford; SIGNED by President Gerald R. Ford

2-15/16" x 2-1/4"

$110.00

54 Monastery Hill Press

Abraham Lincoln's Last Full Measure of Devotion

Newman, Ralph Geoffrey

1981 Chicago IL 299 Gilt blue cloth boards; marbled paper slipcase

46 pp. letterpress in 2 colors; marbled endpapers; frontispiece plus one additional illustration; foreword by Lincoln's great grandson; describes the 19-day funeral attended by hundreds of thousands of grief stricken mourners

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

$70.00

55 (Nazi Propaganda Booklet)

Das Deutsche Lied. Heft 5. Liebeslieder

1943 Germany Pictorial paper wrappers

12 pp. book of German love songs; includes 5 scores with lyrics

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

$25.00

#50 #51 #62

# Publisher Title Author Yr Place Cc Cover Description H x W Price 56 (Nazi

Propaganda Booklet)

Der Fuhrer macht Geschichte, 1935

1935 Germany Pictorial paper wrappers

36 pp.; The Fuhrer Makes History, 1935; 17 full-page black & white photos

2" x 1-1/2"

$22.00

57 (Nazi Propaganda Booklet)

Der Fuhrer und das Winterhilfswerk

1943 Germany Pictorial paper wrappers

36 pp.; The Fuhrer and Winter's Aid; 28 full-page black & white photos

2" x 1-1/2"

$22.00

58 (Nazi Propaganda Booklet)

Des Fuhrers Kampf Zur See

1940 Germany Pictorial paper wrappers

36 pp.; The Fuehrer's Naval Battles; 17 full-page black and white photos

2" x 1-1/2"

$22.00

59 Oak Park Press

Greatest of E's, The Yarnell, Jim 1985 Wichita KS 300 Gilt red leather 106 pp. letterpress in 7 colors; the history of the alphabet with emphasis on its most commonly used letter, 45 illustrations showing the variety of designers' approaches to the drawing of the letter "E", signed & numbered

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

$75.00

60 Oak Park Press

Guacamole According to Luke

Yarnell, Jim 1983 Wichita KS 300 Gilt red & blue cloth boards

32 pp. letterpress on publisher's handmade paper; 10 color illustrations of ingredients; a sincere but light-hearted treatise on the making of guacamole; signed & numbered

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

$60.00

61 Opuscula Press

Explorer of California: Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo

Weber, Francis J.

1992 Bradenton FL

125 Printed blue cloth boards by Don Brady

14 pp.; postage stamp frontispiece; Cabrillo was California's earliest explorer; an essay about a carved stone found in 1901 that may be his headstone

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

$18.00

62 Opuscula Press

Mission Goes to Sea, A

Weber, Francis J.

1992 Bradenton FL

125 Silver gilt blue cloth boards

12 pp.; postage stamp frontispiece; history of the mission tankers launched during World War II

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

$18.00

63 Orbis Key to Prague Frantidek, Kozik

1967 Prague Pictorial cloth boards; slipcase

91 pp.; 2-page title page in 3 colors; silk page marker; English text; nicely illustrated essay on touring this beautiful historic city

2-7/8" x 3"

$22.00

64 Pamela Bruce Little Things to Please Little Minds

James, Bruce (illustrator)

1979 Cambridge, England

400 Marbled paper boards; printed label

22 pp. letterpress; 9 pen and ink drawings, each illustrates a charming 4-line rhyme; beautifully printed by Rampant Lions Press, the second oldest family fine press in the world

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

$30.00

65 Peggy Christian

Open Letter, An Earl, C. N. 1971 Los Angeles CA

200 Printed paper wrapper; stiff paper slipcase

12 pp. letterpress by William Cheney; an open (and angry) letter to the Republican City Central Committee protesting the assessment of a fee for accepting public office

1-11/16" x 1-5/16"

$20.00

66 Pequeño Press

Fleeting Moments LaBelle, Emy 1988 Bisbee AZ 3 Marbled paper boards; printed label

12 pp. letterpress on handmade paper; each page has a pocket with a removable printed card in full color; LaBelle wrote the poem especially for this extremely limited edition of 3; signed by publisher

3" x 2-1/4"

$75.00

67 Peter & Donna Thomas

Aesop's Fable: The Donkey and the Thistle

Aesop 1993 Santa Cruz CA

150 Printed green boards

12 pp. letterpress on publisher's handmade paper; 2 full-page linoleum-cut illustrations by Donna and Suzanne Thomas

3" x 2-5/8"

$35.00

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# Publisher Title Author Yr Place Cc Cover Description H x W Price 68 Peter &

Donna Thomas

Celia Fienes, a record of 17th Century Papermaking (deluxe edition)

Thomas, Peter

1990 Santa Cruz CA

25 Gilt brown leather

22 pp. letterpress on antique 17th century paper; 4 illustrations by Donna Thomas, one is an original watercolor; tipped-in paper sample

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

$195.00

69 Peter & Donna Thomas

Story of Word Pictures, The (deluxe edition)

Lewis, Mark W.

1984 Santa Cruz CA

50 Blind-stamped green leather; printed dust jacket

14 pp. letterpress on Peter's handmade paper; one handpainted and illuminated initial by Donna Thomas; a poem; Robert Massmann bookplate

2-1/8" x 2"

$60.00

70 Pierre Fanlac

Belles Amours de Temps Jadis

1966 Perigueux, France

Pictorial gilt red leather

94 pp.; French text; frontispiece; a collection of early poems by Guillaume de Poitiers, Francois Villon, Pierre Corneille and others

1-3/4" x 1-5/16"

$30.00

71 Pierre Fanlac

Poemes d'Amours 1966 Perigueux, France

Pictorial gilt black leather

94 pp.; French text; frontispiece; a collection of love poems by Baudelaire, Rudel, Hugo and others

1-3/4" x 1-5/16"

$30.00

72 Piso Company

Plucky Woman, A (1890) Warren PA Printed paper wrappers

16 pp.; a story designed to promote the selling of medicinal products made by the Piso Company

3" x 2-1/16"

$35.00

73 Poole Press Advice to a Young Man on Choosing a Mistress

Franklin, Benjamin

1982 Berkeley CA

130 Heart-shaped red velvet boards

25 pp. letterpress in 3 colors; marbled endpapers; every page has a delicate leaf border; embellished capital letters; 8 illustrations; this letter was considered scandalous when written in 1745 and wasn't published until the 19th century

2" x 2" $95.00

74 Poole Press Kings & Queens of England, The

Adams, Maryline Poole

1981 Berkeley CA

100 Printed paper boards

15 pp. letterpress on handmade paper in 3 colors; marbled endpapers by publisher; beautifully designed double title page; 28 lines of verse followed by a chronological listing of British Royalty

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

$45.00

75 Press in Hugus Alley

Venerable Fra Junipero Serra, A Bicentennial Memoir

Walker, Ardis Manly

1985 Pasadena CA

200 Printed pictorial card

4 pp.; French-folded; printed by Richard Hoffman; cover illustration by Bernhardt Wall; a sonnet titled Fra Francisco Garces

2-5/8" x 2"

$9.00

76 Press of the Indiana Kid

Action on the North Atlantic

Weygand, James

1988 Nappanee IN

50 Pictorial paper boards

20 pp. letterpress in 3 colors; Weygand recounts the printing of this book's 2-page illustration while cruising on the QEII (8 copies of this book were printed on publisher's handmade paper…this may be one)

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

$145.00

77 Press of the Indiana Kid

Renno's Raiders 1966 Nappanee IN

100 Pictorial orange paper boards

24 pp. letterpress in 2 colors; several color illustrations; contemporary newspaper accounts of the world's first train robbery…in Indiana! Massmann bookplate

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

$125.00

78 Press of Ward Schori

Halley's 1986 Visit to Planet Earth

Weber, Francis J.

1985 Evanston IL 50 Gilt pictorial blue leather

42 pp. letterpress; decorative endpapers; frontispiece; interesting comet trivia through the ages

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

$48.00

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# Publisher Title Author Yr Place Cc Cover Description H x W Price 79 Press of Ward

Schori Stranger Passed By, A

Petty, G. Harvey

1978 Evanston IL 350 Gilt blue cloth boards by Hugo Grummich

28 pp. design & calligraphy by G. Harvey Petty in 2 colors; illustrated by Herschel Logan; a fictional account that could have happened in the life of Jesus, as imagined by the author; Massmann bookplate

2-3/4" x 2"

$22.00

80 Rather Press Rather, A Small Press

Rather, Lois 1976 Oakland CA 150 Printed paper boards

45 pp. letterpress; 4 black and white photos; the story of the origin of the press, a husband and wife collaboration

2-9/16" x 2-1/8"

$65.00

81 Rebecca Press Quo'pourri Bingham, Rebecca (compiler)

1989 Hyattsville MD

50 Deluxe gilt cloth boards by Don Brady

24 pp. letterpress in 2 colors by Hummingbird Press; a potpourri of quotes by Ben Franklin, Lewis Carroll, Carl Sandburg, Nora Ephron, Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde, etc.; signed & numbered by the publisher

2-1/4" x 3"

$50.00

82 Richard J. Hoffman

Doyce Blackman Nunis, Jr.

Andrews, Thomas F.

1985 Van Nuys CA

200 Printed green paper wrappers

20 pp. letterpress in 2 colors by Richard Hoffman; Nunis was a highly respected educator, author, editor and historian

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

$12.00

83 River's Edge Studio

Flowers & Plants on United States Postage Stamps

Lawrence, Miriam B.

1970 East Greenwich RI

500 Gilt green stiff cover paper by Reliure du Centre

45 pp. letterpress by Enschede on handmade paper; decorative endpapers; illustrated with 16 botanical US postage stamps accompanying the detailed text…a beautiful and classy book

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

$50.00

84 Scott Free Press

Nora Awakened Ibsen, Henrik 1984 Overland Park KS

250 Pictorial gray cloth boards

44 pp. letterpress; one of 100 copies printed on handmade paper; handmade decorative endpapers; deckled edges; an excerpt from A Doll's House

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

$36.00

85 Sign of the Dragon Press (J. L. Kapika)

Eulogies to the Late President John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Mansfield, Mike & Earl Warren

1964 New Britain CT

500 Gilt black leather by Macdermott & Chant

30 pp. letterpress by Kapika; frontispiece portrait; decorative endpapers; SIGNED by author Mike Mansfield, majority Leader of the US Senate, and accompanied by his pasted down photo; a.e.g.

2-5/8" x 2"

$50.00

86 Silver Thimble Books

Saint and the Goblin, The

Saki 1985 Bexhill-on-Sea, England

150 Lime green cloth boards w/label (spine faded)

38 pp. scribed by the publisher; 5 handcolored illustrations; the complete text of Saki's short story; signed and numbered by publisher Gotdon Murray

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

$50.00

87 (Slovenia) Tatran

V nezvuc nej hodine

Florin, Theo H.

1972 Bratislava, Slovakia

Gilt embossed brown leather

91 pp.; illustrated; Slovak text; silk page marker; a handsome book of love poems

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

$28.00

88 Somesuch Press

Certain Unalienable Rights

Goldwater, Barry

1982 Dallas TX 250 Blue cloth boards; paper label

30 pp. letterpress; frontispiece portrait of Goldwater is an original wood engraving by Abigail Rorer; signed by printer and engraver

2-11/16" x 2-1/2"

$50.00

89 Somesuch Press

Love Solomon, Robert C.

1983 Dallas TX 1000 Printed paper boards

31 pp. letterpress by Feathered Serpent Press; decorative embellishments in red; discusses the meaning of love plus examples of poems, essays and postage stamps on love

2-7/8" x 2-35/8"

$40.00

#79 #80 #84

# Publisher Title Author Yr Place Cc Cover Description H x W Price 90 Somesuch

Press Pupi of Stanley Marcus' Collection, The

Wells, Maria Xenia Zevelechi

1995 Dallas TX 250 Gilt red leather 83 pp. letterpress; marvelous decorative endpapers and color illustrations throughout; the beautiful antique puppets collected by Marcus, now at the University of Texas in Austin

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

$60.00

91 Stabilimento di Colombo Coen

Costumi di Venezia

(1850) Venezia, Trieste, & Milano, Italy

Pictorial paper on boards (soiled()

25 pp. accordion-folded; every page is a full-color illustration of a Venetian in his or her work costume; each page with circular borders in gold; difficult to find these fragile costume books today

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

$350.00

92 Sunflower Press Garden, The Marvell, Andrew

1981 Mill Valley CA

55 Floral cloth boards

26 pp. letterpress in 5 colors; a 17th c. poem illustrated on every page with nature-printed flowers; signed and copy #1; a Bradbury 100

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

$95.00

93 Sunflower Press Lotus-Blossom & Moon-Flower

Cunningham, Carol

1981 Mill Valley CA

100 Gilt red stiff paper wrappers, bound Japanese-style

22 pp. letterpress on Japanese paper; printed in black and red; an adaptation of a Chinese folk tale; designed, printed, and signed by Cunningham; copy #1

2" x 2-3/4"

$24.00

94 Swan Sonnenschein & Co.

Connie Birthday and Memorandum Book

1900 London, England

Gilt red leather Approx. 150 pp.; history, origin and meaning of the name Connie and famous women in history named Connie, followed with a memorandum section with 2 dates on each page and a quotation at the top; Massmann bookplate; a.e.g.

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

$65.00

95 Tabula Rasa Press

Beggar, The Maupassant, Guy de

1979 Morro Bay CA

300 Gilt cloth spine; marbled paper boards

42 pp. letterpress; the author is generally considered to be the greatest French writer of short stories; signed and numbered; Massmann bookplate

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

$20.00

96 Tabula Rasa Press

Blue Beads and Garlic

Apostol, Jane 1975 Pasadena CA

200 Printed blue cloth boards

48 pp. letterpress; first edition; illustrations by Howard Goldstein; a how-to-travel book of Greece

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

$20.00

97 Tenfingers Press

Mission Cattle Brands

Thomas, Frank J.

1967 Los Angeles CA

100 White pictorial cloth boards, label

62 pp. letterpress; 25 linocut illustrations in 8 colors by the author of brands used to mark cattle owned by early California missions and presidios; a beautiful book, completely handmade; a Bradbury 100

2-7/8" x 2-5/16"

$120.00

98 (Unknown) (Aide Memoire) Aide Memoire (1900) Ornate ailverplate with loop

Front cover is hinged; a pad of paper inside for notes

2-3/4" x 1-5/8"

$55.00

99 William Lewis Washburn

Wolf-King or Little Red Riding-Hood, The

Weiss, Harry (foreword)

1940 Haddon Heights NJ

64 Red cloth boards with printed label

64 pp. letterpress in black and red; frontispiece; finely printed with red initials at the start of each stanza; a burlesque version of the famous tale in verse; Irene Winterstein bookplate; this is copy #5

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

$295.00

#90 #97 #99

# Publisher Title Author Yr Place Cc Cover Description H x W Price 100 Wells Gardner

Darton & Co. Enchanted Doll, The

Lemon, Mark

1899 London, England

Beige pictorial cloth boards (lightly soiled)

147 pp.; a charming fairy tale lavishly illustrated by Richard Doyle; 4-page price list at the end of the book of other children's books by the publisher; a.e.g.

3" x 2-1/2"

$125.00

101 Worldhouse Publishers

Book Bay, Notes on a Tour

Neal, Tom

1976 Los Angeles CA

Gilt green cloth boards; pictorial dust jacket

62 pp. handwritten with numerous handcolored drawings by Neal; a delightful book about books; inscription by Neal on front loose endpaper; in addition to being a prolific author and illustrator, Neal worked for Dawson's Book Shop for 50 years

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

$65.00

102 Xavier Press Josephus Pilchik, Ely E.

1991 Baltimore MD

150 Gilt leather 37 pp. letterpress; marbled endpapers; Josephus was a first century Jew who was given Roman citizenship; he was a significant classic historian of mixed repute; signed and numbered; a.e.g.

2-1/2" x 2"

$50.00

103 Xavier Press Maryland Turtles

Norman, John E.

2001 Baltimore MD

300 Gilt red leather by Don Brady

28 pp. letterpress; 10 illustrations; tipped-in color photo frontispiece; details the habits and history of the 12 species of turtles, tortoises and terrapins inhabiting Maryland

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

$32.00

#101 #102 #103

Reference Books # Publisher Title Author Yr Place Cc Cover Description H x W Price

104 Achille J. St. Onge

Miniature Book Collector, Vol. II No. 2

Adomeit, Ruth (editor)

1961 Worcester MA

Printed stiff paper wrappers

16 pp.; published quarterly over a 3-year period, this is an excellent reference

4" x 3-3/8"

$20.00

105 Darleen Cordova

Weber's 101 and Counting

Cordova, C. Darleen (compiler

2013 Anaheim CA

150 Printed ivory cardstock

20 pp.; wonderful color photographs throughout; a bibliography of the 29 miniature books written or edited by Monsignor Francis J. Weber 1994-2013; a supplement to Miniature Books Written or Edited by Msgr. Francis J. Weber published by Dawson's Book Shop

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

$20.00

106 Opuscula Press

Little Books by Big People or Many Smalls Make

Weber, Francis J.

1991 Bradenton FL

Blue stiff paper wrapper

143 pp.; a collection of 50 essays about miniature books and a bibliography of 75 miniature books written by Msgr. Weber; SIGNED by Weber and inscribed to Massmann

8-1/4" x 5-3/8"

$40.00

107 Opuscula Press

Little is Beautiful or Make Mine a Small One

Weber, Francis J.

1995 Ellenton FL

Red stiff paper wrapper

170 pp.; frontispiece photo; chapters on the ABC's of miniature bookdom, the MBS Conclaves, biographical essays, miniature trivia questions, collections, etc.

8-1/4" x 5-3/8"

$40.00

108 Mary Lutz Jones

Los Angeles Typesticker: William M. Cheney, A

Jones, Mary Lutz

1981 Los Angeles CA

350 Red cloth spine; printed red cloth boards by Bela Blau

95 pp. letterpress by Richard J. Hoffman; a bibliography of Cheney's printed work

6-1/4" x 4-3/4"

$28.00