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See More... (Miniature Books) O'Mara, Michael DOGS IN MINIATURE.
(Los Angeles) n.p. (1992) oblong miniature book (6.3 x 7.5 cm) cloth, marbled endpapers unpaginated
Limited to 20 numbered copies, signed by the author. Nine etchings by the artist/author, each signed and numbered, Thermal Intaglio drypoints in sepia ink. Accordion folded.
Price: $ 450.00 other currencies Order nr. 117212

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See More... (Miniature Books) O'Mara, Michael THE GRAND CANYON.
(Los Angeles) Thomas Henry Press 2004 oblong miniature book (6.1 x 7.5 cm) cloth unpaginated
Limited to 30 numbered copies, signed by the author on colophon. Black and white frontispiece with color illustrations tipped in. Accompanied by one watercolor.
Price: $ 250.00 other currencies Order nr. 117210

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See More... (Miniature Books) O'Mara, Michael O MISTRESS MINE.
(Los Angeles) Thomas Henry Press 2002 miniature book (7.5 x 6.6 cm) cloth, paper wrap-around jacket which holds book and watercolor. unpaginated
Limited to six numbered copies, signed by the author on colophon. Artwork painting by D. Wing. Black and white frontispiece; color illustrations. Accompanied by one original watercolor.
Price: $ 450.00 other currencies Order nr. 117208

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See More... (Miniature Books) O'mara, Michael PRIVATE INTERLUDE.
(San Diego Brighton Press) n.d. miniature book (7.5 x 6.7 cm) cloth unpaginated
Numbered edition, signed on colophon by the author, this being number 16. Etchings from copper plates of personal romantic encounters. One etching loosely inserted in pocket on back pastedown which is signed. Accordion folded.
Price: $ 450.00 other currencies Order nr. 117214

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See More... (Miniature Books) THE PAPERS OF EASTERN EUROPE.
(Nappanee, IN Press of the Indiana Kid 1970) miniature book (6.7 x 5.5 cm) quarter leather, title gilt-stamped on spine, illustrated paper-covered boards, all edges uncut unpaginated
Limited to 65 copies (Bradbury, Indiana Kid 6). A satirical look at paper specimens (mainly toilet paper) from a variety of locations in eastern Europe when it was still under Communist rule. Numerous specimens tipped in. With miniature bookplate of Kathryn Rickard on front pastedown. Tanning on endpapers and throughout text.
Price: $ 300.00 other currencies Order nr. 117378

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See More... (Miniature Books) THE PAPYRUS WEYGAND.
(Nappanee, IN) Maestro Press 1980 miniature book (6.9 x 4.9 cm) illustrated paper-covered boards, top edge cut, other edges uncut unpaginated
Limited to 45 copies, signed by publisher James L. Weygand on colophon (Bradbury, Indiana Kid 15). Frontispiece illustration of sun god Ra. Foreword. Linoleum cut illustrations by Joy Weygand. Foldout portion of a circa 1300 B.C. letter.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 117357

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See More... (Miniature Books) Petko, Edward FINE PRINTING AND THE '80'S.
Los Angeles Columbian 415 Chappel (1980) miniature book (7.3 x 5.9 cm) marbled cloth, label with title on spine, top edge cut, other edges uncut 31, (3) pages
Limited to 100 numbered copies; this copy with presentation by the author on colophon to Roger Levenson. (Bradbury, Richard J. Hoffman 2). An essay on the prospects of fine printing in the 1980s. Preface. Originally in print in the 1980 Catalogue of the Western Books Exhibition.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 117131

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See More... (Miniature Books) Petty, G. Harvey CALLIGRAPHY & LETTERING.
Evanston, Illinois Press of Ward Schori n.d. (circa 1984) oblong miniature book (5.1 x 6.7 cm.) full red leather with black onlays, slipcase. (vi), xi, 73, (1) pages.
Limited to 220 copies (from previously owned prospectus) (Bradbury, Schori, 31). Printed in two colors by offset lithography. A collection of interesting quotes on writing beautifully presented by the author who did the calligraphy and designed each page. In a special binding.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 116432

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See More... (Miniature Books) PLAYERS IN SHAKESPEARE.
(San Francisco Juniper Von Phitzer Press 2000) oblong miniature book (7.7 x 7.0 cm) leather on wooden boards, labels on boards; slipcase, title and colophon on labels on slipcase unpaginated
Limited to 33 numbered copies, initialled by the author. Color illustrations of major characters in the works of William Shakespeare. Accordion folded.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 116844

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See More... (Miniature Books) Poe, Edgar Allan TWO POEMS
Utrecht Catharijne Press 1984 miniature book (4 x 6.5 cm) full leather, vellum cover label on-set. 22, (4) pages.
Limited to 100 numbered copies and each containing a signed and numbered photogravure by Johan de Zoete. Reprints "To Helen" and "Annabel Lee." Typography by Guus Thürköw and binding by Luce Thürköw.
Price: $ 200.00 other currencies Order nr. 2721

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See More... (Miniature Books) Rasmussen, Lucile (compiler) DRAWINGS BY KATE GREENAWAY, VERSES BY LAURA E. RICHARDS FROM THE LADIES' HOME JOURNAL 1895 AND 1896.
(Berkeley, CA) Rasmussen Press 1974 miniature book (7.5 x 6.5 cm) floral decorated cloth, leather insert on front board with title gilt-stamped, all edges gilt (xii), 81, (3) pages
Limited to 200 numbered copies. (Bradbury, Rasmussen Press 2). Foreword by the compiler. Table of contents. Kate Greenaway (1846-1901) was a British watercolorist and illustrator whose works became popular in the United States by the 1880s (Houfe 324). Richards (1850-1943), the daughter of Julia Ward Howe, was an American poet who wrote over 90 books. First published in the Ladies' Home Journal 1895-1896 and reproduced here for the first time in book form.
Price: $ 200.00 other currencies Order nr. 117128

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See More... (Miniature Books) Ritchie, Ward A GUIDE TO THE HAND PRESS.
Engravings by Anthony Christmas West Yorkshire Fleece Press (1989) miniature book (7.3 x 5.5 cm) cloth, paper cover label. 38, (4) pages.
First edition, limited to 200 copies. Printed in letterpress by Simon Lawrence. An interesting essay on the joys of printing by letterpress. Contains a survey of the development of the private press movement, plus an account of Ritchie's students. Exquisitely illustrated with engravings by Anthony Christmas. Presentation on the half-title "For Gloria Stuart, my favorite press man, Ward Ritchie."
Price: $ 225.00 other currencies Order nr. 116423

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See More... (Miniature Books) Ritchie, Ward LANDACRE & QUINCE.
(Los Angeles Dawson's Book Shop 1989) miniature book (7.4 x 6.8 cm) cloth, raised bands at top and bottom of spine, illustrated label on front board, top edge cut, other edges uncut unpaginated
Limited to 50 copies for Dawson's Book Shop per colophon (Bradbury, Dawson's 87). Woodcut illustrations by Paul Landacre with poetry by Peter Lum Quince. Reflections on the collaboration between illustrator and poet from earlier years. Illustrations from the original blocks, at the time still in the printer's possession.
Price: $ 450.00 other currencies Order nr. 117011

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See More... (Miniature Books) Roscoe, William. BUTTERFLY'S BALL AND GRASSHOPPER'S FEAST.
Boston Anne & David Bromer 1977 miniature book (6 x 5 cm) full green leather stamped in gilt. (24) pages.
Limited to 150 copies of which this is one of the 25 deluxe copies bound in full leather by Gray Parrot and containing a pocket in the back with extra prints of the woodcut illustrations (Bradbury, Bromer 1). Printed letterpress by Sarah Chamberlain at her Chamberlain Press who has signed and lettered this copy.
Price: $ 850.00 other currencies Order nr. 116884

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See More... (Miniature Books) Salladay, Phoebe Chaffin THE DIARY OF PHOEBE CHAFFIN SALLADAY.
Portsmouth, OH Gilguy Press 1980 miniature book (7.3 x 6.2 cm) cloth, paper cover label. 28, (2) pages.
Limited to 200 numbered copies (Bradbury, Gilguy 1 who gives the limitation as 150 copies). Linda K. Donaldson's first book. A previously unpublished diary describing life in Portsmouth, Ohio during 1810 to 1847. Bradbury states that this book was printed by hand on handmade paper produced by Donaldson. Presentation on free endpaper "Thank you, Linda Donaldson, September 1st, 1981" and has a handwritten note from her to Kathryn Rickard thanking her for buying her book. With the miniature bookplate of Rickard on the front pastedown.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 117165

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See More... (Miniature Books) Serette, David PLUS E X.
Sebasco, ME Yellow Kid Press 1983 miniature book (4.8 x 3.0 cm) 35 mm film case unpaginated
Not in Bradbury. A scroll book housed in a 35mm film roll, described as "for adults." A collection of risqué verse. With miniature bookplate of Kalman Levitan.
Price: $ 250.00 other currencies Order nr. 117182

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See More... (Miniature Books) SHAKER HERBS: AN ESSAY BY CYNTHIA ELICE RUBIN WITH 19TH CENTURY SHAKER HERB LABELS.
(Northampton, MA) Catawba Press 1984 oblong miniature book (7.2 x 6.2 cm) paper-covered boards 37, (3) pages
Limited to 155 numbered copies (Bradbury, Catawba, 1). Surveys the origins of the Shaker religious community and their production and marketing of various medicinal herbs. Contains descriptions of those herbs and their supposed medicinal benefits. An excerpt from "Shaker Industries" in The Clarion (Fall 1979), reprinted with the permission of the Museum of American Folk Art. Labels tipped in frontispiece and in the text.
Price: $ 250.00 other currencies Order nr. 116443

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  (Miniature Books) Sherman, E. Helene BEAU-BEAU'S 1 2 3.
(Sudbury, MA Kurbel Books 1984) miniature book (6 x 6 cm) embroidered cloth covers with small metal dog attached to a ribbon as a bookmarker Printed accordian style with 21 leaves.
Limited to 200 numbered copies (Bradbury, Kurbel 4). Art by E. Helene Sherman, Layout by Robert E. Massmann and frontispiece portrait by Fred G. Moynlhan, Jr. Ten stages in this dog's life as told in illustrated pictures with hand-colored numbers. This special edition of this book has a needlework binding hand-made by Gayle Roberts-Cullen and is signed by her, the author and Joseph L. Curran who operated Kurbel Books. This special version has additional pages of illustrations, all illustrations colored by hand, and four extra pages of pasted on 20-cent stamps of dogs.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 117169

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See More... (Miniature Books) Smith, Delia SQUIDGY CHOCOLATE CAKE.
(Paisley, Scotland) Gleniffer Press (1990) miniature book (2.7 x 2.1 cm) red leather stamped in gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges stained red, loosely inserted in a pocket of a card printed by Gleniffer, in plastic bag. Not paginated.
Limited to 25 numbered copies. Accompanied by four page description of the miniature books produced by this press. Miniature bookplate of Kathryn Rickard on front pastedown. One of the scarcer of the titles produced by this press.
Price: $ 250.00 other currencies Order nr. 117439

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See More... (Miniature Books) A SOLAR PRINTING PRESS 1878.
Nappanee, IN (Press of the Indiana Kid) 1978 miniature book (6.9 x 4.8 cm) illustrated paper-covered boards, top edge cut, other edges uncut (iv), 26, (4) pages
Limited to 45 copies, signed by publisher James L. Weygand on colophon (Bradbury, Indiana Kid 13). Cover linocut by Joy Weygand. An effort to employ solar power in printing commemorated on its 100th anniversary. With miniature bookplate of Kathryn Rickard on front pastedown.
Price: $ 200.00 other currencies Order nr. 117361

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See More... (Miniature Books) Stevenson, Robert Louis SUMMER SUN.
N.P. Lyceum Press 2001 oblong miniature book (7.3 x 7.7 cm) quarter cloth, decorated paper-covered boards, paper spine label, bottom edge uncut unpaginated
Limited to 20 numbered copies. Signed on colophon. Hand colored illustrations by Carmen Voss. Prefatory quote by Anaxagoras, circa 434 B.C.
Price: $ 300.00 other currencies Order nr. 117148

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  (Miniature Books) St. Francis of Assisi CANTICLE OF THE SUN.
(Sudbury, MA Kurbel Books 1984) miniature book (6.2 x 5.8 cm) pebbled brown cloth with paper cover and spine labels, brown paper slide-on case with paper cover label. (20) pages printed accordian style.
Limited to 150 numbered copies with "Hand painted by E. Helene Sherman, Rev. Joseph L. Curran" on limitation page (See Bradbury, Kurbel 3 where his gives the limitation as 500 copies). The colophon states that this is one of 150 copies produced for the Second Convention of the Miniature Book Society held in Newton, Mass." and is labeled as part of the "DeLuxe Edition." One mounted postage stamp and four hand-drawn illustrations and calligraphy and hand-illumination by E. Helene Sherman. Layout by Robert E. Massmann. With the miniature bookplate of Kathryn Rickard on front pastedown.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 117180

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See More... (Miniature Books) Stuart, Gloria BOATING WITH BOGART.
Los Angeles Imprenta Glorias 1993 miniature book (7.5 x 5.2 cm) paper-covered boards, paper spine label. not paginated (26 leaves).
Limited to 100 numbered copies (Bradbury, Imprenta Glorias 1). In this book Gloria Stuart tells her story of going boating with Humphrey Bogart in 1938. Printed by Robin Price. Composition by Bieler Press. Embellishments by Davie Dicker (pseudonym of Ward Ritchie). With a Humphrey Bogart United States postal stamp laid in. Signed by Gloria Stuart and Davie Dicker.
Price: $ 300.00 other currencies Order nr. 60819

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See More... (Miniature Books) Thomas, Peter & Donna. GOOD BOOKS, A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE BOOKS MADE BY PETER & DONNA THOMAS 1978-1991.
Santa Cruz, Ca P & D Thomas 1992 miniature book (6.8 x 5 cm) quarter leather, marbled paper over boards loosely inserted in a specially made folding box (quarter leather with marbled paper covered boards) with book pocket and containing a sleeve with numerous sheets from books that were printed by the press. 97+(1) pages.
First edition, limited to numbered 200 copies of which this is one of the 25 with a selection of leaves from books they printed and contained in a special binding. Gives a brief history of the press and a bibliography describing 52 books made by the Thomases. Illustrated with illustrations from the books. Nicely produced. With the miniature bookplate of Kathryn Rickard.
Price: $ 450.00 other currencies Order nr. 116268

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See More... (Miniature Books) Thompson, Eben Francis THE ROSE GARDEN OF OMAR KHAYYAM.
6 volumes. Worcester, MA privately printed 1932 miniature book (0.9 x 0.5 cm) gilt leather housed in half leather, marbled paper-covered boards, clamshell box, gilt leather variously paginated
Limited to 250 copies (Bradbury, Commonwealth Press 1 and 2). Clamshell box contains six volumes:

Eben Francis Thompson, A Thimblefull of Books.
Kind Words About the Smallest Printed Book in the World.
3 volumes of The Rose Garden of Omar Khayyam (15.0 x 13.0 cm; 4.5 x 4.0 cm; 0.9 x 0.5 cm).
Proof sheet for the smallest volume.

Advertised as "the smallest book ever printed." Printed as a result of a challenge from the author to Hamilton B. Wood, of the Commonwealth Press, to challenge the record for the smallest book (Bradbury). Includes a small magnifying glass for viewing the text. With miniature bookplate of Kathryn Rickard. Clamshell box scuffed and lightly worn at edges.
Price: $ 1,350.00 other currencies Order nr. 117185

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