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  Adomeit, Ruth Elizabeth THREE CENTURIES OF THUMB BIBLES; A CHECKLIST.
New York Garland Publishing 1980 8vo. cloth. xl, 390 pages.
First edition. This excellent bibliography gives much information about miniature Bibles printed from the 17th to the 19th century in America, England, and Europe. The book is the work of a collector who has brought together much information not available elsewhere. Descriptions are extensive and include size, binding, contents, illustrations, other notes, references to other bibliographies where they exist, and locations for known copies. An essential reference book for collectors of children's books (children were the primary audience for these works), miniature books, and publishing history.
Price: $ 152.00 other currencies Order nr. 24398

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  Albert, Neale M. THE NEALE M. ALBERT COLLECTION OF MINIATURE DESIGNER BINDINGS.
New York The Grolier Club 2006 9 x 11 inches hardcover, slipcase 212 pages
With photographs from Tom Grill, this book features miniature designer bindings from the collection of Neal M. Albert. Containing more than 7,000 color illustrations, the book covers all styles of bindings including traditional, variations, geometric, abstract, representational, gems, flora & fauna, lettering, diminutive, and experimental. The designer, year, dimensions, and a small description accompany the photos of each listed binding. Including opening essays by Patricia Juvelis and Neale M. Albert, this book reflects an entire world of fine bindings. Although small in size, these bindings showcase great exuberance and elegance.
Price: $ 75.00 other currencies Order nr. 106665

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  Benson, A.C., Lawrence Weaver, and E.V. Lucas (editors) THE BOOK OF THE QUEEN'S DOLLS' HOUSE.
2 Volumes. London Methuen & Co. (1924) 4to. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, labels on spine of both volumes, top edge cut, other edges uncut, slipcase xvi, 248, (2); xiv, 383+(1) pages
Limited to 1500 numbered copies. First volume describes the Dolls' House, made as a gift to Queen Mary, consort of King George V, with chapters on its architecture, furniture, paintings, gardens, and other subjects. The architect was Sir Edwin Luytens. Second volume describes the library and is illustrated with facsimilies and specimen pages of books and paintings made expressly for the Dolls House. Table of contents, list of illustrations, six appendices in first volume. Color frontispiece portrait of the Queen in first volume, the King in the second. 92 plates, 24 in color, in first volume. 24 plates, six in color, in second volume. Slipcase worn at edges and corners. Boards scuffed at edges. bumped at corners. Inside hinges of second volume cracked.
Price: $ 550.00 other currencies Order nr. 116193

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  (Bird & Bull Press) Henry, O. AN O. HENRY GIFT FROM HENRY, THE GIFT OF THE MAGI.
North Hills Bird & Bull Press (1979) scroll, (2.125 x 50 inches) housed in a protective "plastic pill box."
Limited to about 250 copies. (Taylor C21). Morris claims that this interesting piece of ephemera resulted from his "abortive attempt at producing a second miniature book." This copy has does not have a mailing label attached so it is probably one of those that was produced for booksellers (see Morris's description in bibliography).
Price: $ 100.00 other currencies Order nr. 2945

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  (Black Cat Press) MINIATURE BROADSIDES
Chicago Black Cat Press 1962 miniature (10.2 x 7.8 cm.) printed folder with ten miniature broadsides loosely inserted.
Limited to 400 copies of which only 275 have all ten of the broadsides (Bradbury, Black Cat, 14). The broadsides demonstate different typographic designs and borders.
Price: $ 65.00 other currencies Order nr. 7942

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  Bondy, Louis W. MINIATURE BOOKS, THEIR HISTORY FROM THE BEGINNINGS TO THE PRESENT DAY.
London Sheppard Press (1981) 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (viii), 221 pages.
First edition. Well illustrated history with information on printing, bookbinding and illustration. Contains a bibliography. Inscribed by Bondy on free endpaper.
Price: $ 65.00 other currencies Order nr. 3082

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  Bondy, Louis W. MINIATURE BOOKS, THEIR HISTORY FROM THE BEGINNINGS TO THE PRESENT DAY.
London Sheppard Press (1981) 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (viii), 221 pages.
First edition. Well illustrated history with information on printing, bookbinding and illustration. Contains a bibliography. Presentation on free endpaper "For Donn W. Sanford with best wishes from the author, Louis W. Bondy, London, March 18, 1991."
Price: $ 75.00 other currencies Order nr. 71670

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  Bondy, Louis W. MINIATURE BOOKS, THEIR HISTORY FROM THE BEGINNINGS TO THE PRESENT DAY.
London Sheppard Press (1981) 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (viii), 221 pages.
First edition. Well illustrated history with information on printing, bookbinding and illustration. Contains a bibliography. With a ruler loosely inserted to be used for measuring miniature books.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 71757

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  (Bookbinding) 35 MINIATURE BOOKS IN DESIGNER BINDINGS.
Boston Anne & David Bromer 1987 12mo. stiff paper wrappers, plastic box as issued. (78) pages.
Exhibition catalogue showing a collection formed by these Boston booksellers by commissioning modern binders from throughout the world to bind miniature books. With biographical sketches of each binder and a full color illustration of the binding created. Bookplate.
Price: $ 60.00 other currencies Order nr. 41664

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  Bromer, Anna C. and Edison, Julian I. MINIATURE BOOKS: 4,000 YEARS OF TINY TREASURES
New York The Grolier Club and Harry N. Abrams, Inc. 2006 small 4to. paper covered boards, top edge gilt, dust jacket 216 pages
Color illustrations; foreword by Stanley Marcus, preface by Eric Holzenberg, introduction by Anne C. Bromer and Julian I. Edison. Published to accompany the public exhibition held May 15-July 28, 2007; red-bordered white pictorial boards, with color photographs of miniature books in a line extending across lower and upper covers, printed title on spine, with Abrams and Grolier Club devices; pictorial dust-jacket similar in design to the binding, all edges coppered, silk bookmark. Dust jacket with tears
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 106802

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  (Christmas Book) Kane, Frank. (editor) THIS IS THIRTY FOR TOMMY
N.P. Privately printed by A.R. Tommasini 1977 small 12mo. cloth. x, 67 pages.
This is number thirty in a series of Christmas keepsakes for the friends of A. R.Tommasini. 950 copies printed. A biography of A. R. Tommasini, each chapter by a different author. Illustrated.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 56808

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  (Christmas Books) Hazlitt, William ON THE CONVERSATION OF AUTHORS.
N.P. Privately Printed by A. R. Tommasini 1951 small 12mo. quarter cloth with decorated paper-covered boards. (iv), 25+(1) pages.
Printed in an edition limited to 350 copies. A Christmas keepsake from A.R. Tommasini to his friends. It was taken from Hazlitt's essay, which first appeared in the London Magazine, September, 1820 and reprinted in his two volume collection of essays entitled The Plain Speaker, in 1826.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 58456

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  (Clearview Press) Sylvester, F.B. THE STRANGE TREASURE OF PROFESSOR FITZPATRICK.
New Port Richey, FL The Clearview Press 1995 miniature book (7 x 5 cm.) quarter cloth with paper covered boards, printed paper envelope. (iv), 22, (4) pages.
Limited to 200 copies (Bradbury, Clearview, 3). Designed, printed and bound by Don Brady, "as a labor of love," at his Clearview Press, this is the story of the book dealer, Frank Glenn, finding an unexpected treasure trove of rare books. The handmade cover is light brown Speckle Text, spine is dark brown linen with gold headbands. The text is set in 6 point Times Roman, printed on a 7 x 11 letterpress. Signed and numbered by Mr. Brady, enclosed in an envelope made from the cover paper.
Price: $ 75.00 other currencies Order nr. 47189

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  (Clearview Press) Sylvester, F.B. THE STRANGE TREASURE OF PROFESSOR FITZPATRICK.
New Port Richey, FL The Clearview Press 1995 miniature book (7 x 5 cm.) quarter cloth with paper covered boards. (iv), 22, (4) pages.
Limited to 200 copies (Bradbury, Clearview, 3). Designed, printed and bound by Don Brady, "as a labor of love," at his Clearview Press, this is the story of the book dealer, Frank Glenn, finding an unexpected treasure trove of rare books. The handmade cover is light brown Speckle Text, spine is dark brown linen with gold headbands. The text is set in 6 point Times Roman, printed on a 7 x 11 letterpress. Signed and numbered by Mr. Brady.
Price: $ 50.00 other currencies Order nr. 116378

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  (Illuminated Manuscripts) Amiranashvili, S. GRUZINSKAIA MINIATIURA (GEORGIAN MINIATURES).
Moscow Izkusstvo 1966 4to cloth, paper illustration on front board, dust jacket 71, (3) pages, with 126 plates
Text in Russian with summary and descriptions of illustrations also in English. Part of the "Memorials of Ancient Arts" series. A study of miniatures and illuminated manuscripts, from the 9th to the 17th century, and their role in providing insight into the study of medieval Georgian art. Endnotes and bibliography. Black and white illustrations tipped in text. 126 color and black and white plates. Listing of text illustrations and plates. Slip case worn at edges.
Price: $ 85.00 other currencies Order nr. 108112

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  (Illuminated Manuscripts) Harrsen, Meta THE NEKCSEI-LIPÓCZ BIBLE: A FOURTEENTH CENTURY MANUSCRIPT FROM HUNGARY IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, MS. PRE-ACCESSION 1.
Washington The Library of Congress 1949 folio. quarter leather, cloth, seal of Library of Congress gilt-stamped on front board. 99+(1) pages
Limited to 600 numbered copies. A study of a Hungarian illuminated manuscript, placing it in the context of the Bolognese School of Miniature Painting in Hungary in the 14th century and comparing it with contemporary manuscripts now at the Pierpont Mogran Library and the Vatican Library. Color frontispiece, preface by the author. Appendix, black and white illustrations and plates, index. Boards bumped at corners.
Price: $ 60.00 other currencies Order nr. 114886

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  (Illuminated Manuscripts) Sotheby's WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS AND MINIATURES.
London Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co. 1983 large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 153, (7) pages.
A catalogue for the auction held at Sotheby's in 1983 which offered such items as the earliest known complete set of illuminated playing cards, probably Lille, circa 1475, single leaves and miniatures, including illuminated leaves from Boccaccio's De Casibus in Middle English and in French, and miniatures from Paris, circa 1250, the Holy Land, circa 1300, London, circa 1390, and Zwolle, circa 1470, and more. Illustrated.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 58855

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  (Illuminated Manuscripts) WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS AND MINIATURES.
London Sotheby's 1990 large 8vo. paper wrappers. (ii), 131, (9) pages.
Illustrated catalogue of 131 lots.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 106029

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  (Illuminated Manuscripts) WESTERN MANUSCRIPTS AND MINIATURES.
London Sotheby's 1989 large 8vo. paper wrappers. (ii), 244, (9) pages.
Illustrated catalogue of the auction sale held December 5th. 136 lots.Ink ownership stamp in corner of free endpaper.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 106030

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  (Leadenhalle Presse) Tuer, Andrew W. QUADS FOR AUTHORS, EDITORS & DEVILS.
London Field and Tuer 1884 16mo. vellum, title gilt stamped on front board of parent and miniature books 94; 142, (16) pages
A collection of printers' jokes. Printed for the publisher by the Leadenhalle Presse. Quads, the little metal blanks used to fill in gaps, were otherwise 'of not much account.' Contained in a pocket at the back of this book is a miniature edition of the same, 1 5/8 by 1 1/16 inches. Parent book with engraved frontispiece, title page, and line engravings in the text. Glossary at end of text. Boards soiled and scuffed at edges. Front hinge of parent book cracked. With the bookplate of the noted miniature book collector, Kathryn Rickard on front pastedowns of both books and a hand written note by her loosely inserted.
Price: $ 750.00 other currencies Order nr. 116194

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  McMurtrie, Douglas C. MINIATURE INCUNABULA, SOME PRELIMINARY NOTES ON SMALL BOOKS PRINTED DURING THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY.
Chicago Privately printed 1929 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 11 pages.
Limited to 250 numbered copies. Illustrated.. From the reference library of H.P. Kraus with bookplate on front inside cover. Covers chipped and soiled.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 11870

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  " MIGHTY MIDGET", LIBRARY SET OF 5 CLASSIC TALES.
5 volumes. (New York, NY Merrimack Publishing Corp 1971) miniature books (5.8 x 5.1 cm.) paper covered boards stamped in gilt, printed box. various paginations.
These five titles were originally produced by The Hillside Press of Franklin, New Hampshire, as letterpress printed editions. These sets were reprinted for a wider distribution by Merrimack. Includes:
1. Wedding of the Foxes (1968)
2. Hans Christian Andersen. The Nightingale (1964)
3. The Fabulous History of Tom Thumb (1968)
4. Bewick's Select Fables (1965)
5. Hans Christian Andersen. The Bell and Other Tales (1967)
They are all illustrated. With the miniature bookplate of Alene B. Potter in each volume. Box is rubbed along edges.
Price: $ 100.00 other currencies Order nr. 117893

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  " MIGHTY MIDGET", LIBRARY SET OF 5 CLASSIC TALES.
5 volumes. (New York, NY Merrimack Publishing Corp 1971) miniature books (5.8 x 5.1 cm.) paper covered boards stamped in gilt, printed box. various paginations.
These five titles were originally produced by The Hillside Press of Franklin, New Hampshire, as letterpress printed editions. These sets were reprinted for a wider distribution by Merrimack. Includes:
1. Wedding of the Foxes (1968)
2. Hans Christian Andersen. The Nightingale (1964)
3. The Fabulous History of Tom Thumb (1968)
4. Bewick's Select Fables (1965)
5. Hans Christian Andersen. The Bell and Other Tales (1967)
They are all illustrated. Box is rubbed along edges.
Price: $ 90.00 other currencies Order nr. 117894

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  (Miiniature Books) Cardenas, Dorlene PITY AND PAT; INGRID.
Morro Bay, CA Tabula Rasa Press 1981 miniature book (5.5 x 4.8 cm) gilt-stamped paper-covered boards, marbled endpapers 58, (4) pages
Limited to 300 numbered copies, initialled by publisher John P. Lathourakis on colophon (Bradbury, Tabula Rasa Press 16). Two stories on one book. With miniature bookplate of Kalman Levitan on front pastedown.
Price: $ 55.00 other currencies Order nr. 118495

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  (Minature Books) THE PENTATEUCH.
(Paris J. Sofer) n.d. but circa 1893 miniature book (5.5 x 17.3 cm) scroll in silk cover, laid in paper-covered box unpaginated
Text in Hebrew. The title is on the case. A micrographic reproduction of the Torah or the Pentateuch--the first five books of the Old Testament--reduced from a Sefer-Torah, rolled in a scroll format. The micrographic scroll is inserted in the original silk covered case, gilt-stamped with the symbol of the Decalogue. Case is worn at its edges. The periodical Christian Work: Illustrated Family Newspaper, v. 62, p. 84, July 15, 1897, noted, "Lately, there has been circulating in England a marvel of the micrographic art in the shape of a Sepher Torah so small it can be inserted in the waistcoat pocket. It is the work of a Jewish scribe, J. Sopher of Paris."
Price: $ 850.00 other currencies Order nr. 116510

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