Miniature Books for Sale

Catalog 70: January 2, 2018

KAREN NYMAN 7835 Rush Rose Drive #124

Carlsbad CA 92009-6828 760-944-3019

Email: karennyman2@gmail.com

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 returnable for any reason

within one week of purchase. Overseas buyers may pay with PayPal but it is necessary to contact me first.

Micro-Miniatures Up To 1-1/4" # Publisher Title Author Year Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 1 Barbara J.

Raheb Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Stevenson, Robert Louis

1979 Van Nuys CA

Gilt black pyroxylin (deluxe version)

174 pp.; frontispiece; marbled endpapers; copy #13; few were issued in this deluxe binding

15/16" x 3/4"

SOLD

2 Barbara J. Raheb

Fall of Camelot, The Malory, Thomas

1987 Tarzana CA

300 Gilt burgundy pyroxylin

112 pp.; marbled endpapers; 19 full-page illustrations; this abridged version of the story of King Arthur contains 6 of the original chapters

1-1/8" x 7/8"

$135.00

3 Barbara J. Raheb

Stamp Album 1977 Tarzana CA

300 Gilt red leather 22 pp.; the first of 3 editions; The Littlest Library; marbled endpapers; pages have pictorial spaces for 31 US postage stamps; includes magnifier (no glass) and several sheets of miniature stamps

1-1/8" x 15/16"

SOLD

4 Burt Randle Lincoln Messages Lincoln, Abraham

1940 (Pettigrew AR)

Blue leather; paper label; wire clasp

32 pp. handwritten and photographically reproduced; includes the Gettysburg Address and Lincoln's letter to Mrs. Bixby; blue cover appears to be scarce (other editions bound in red); Grace Broecker bookplate

1/2" x 7/16"

$250.00

5 Dawson's Book Shop

ABC for Tiny Schools

Cheney, William S.

1975 Los Angeles CA

Orange leather; "ABC" gilt-stamped on spine by Bela Blau

60 pp. letterpress by Cheney; smallest publication of Dawson's Book Shop; 2 pages devoted to each letter in this beautifully printed chubby wee book

11/16" x 5/8"

SOLD

6 David Bryce and Son

Smallest English Dictionary in the World

(1900) Glasgow, Scotland

Gilt red roan in embossed & painted metal PEARS locket with magnifier

384 pp. very fine india paper, frontispiece portrait of Dr. Johnson; photographic reduction to 1-1/2 point type

1-1/8" x 3/4"

$75.00

7 Hoshino Inauguration Speech of President Jimmy Carter

Carter, Jimmy

1978 Tokyo, Japan

150 Silver-gilt brown leather; 18 karat gold numbering bar on cover

95 pp.; marbled endpapers; text in English and Japanese; bookplates of Robert E. Massmann and Grace Broecker; 18k gold plate on front cover identifies this as #109; a.e.g.

1" x 1" $165.00

8 Kingsport Press

Extracts from the Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge

Coolidge, Calvin

1930 Kingsport TN

Pictorial gilt blue leather (some wear)

129 pp. letterpress from photoengraved plates; a.e.g.

7/8" x 5/8"

SOLD

#1 #2 #3 (album, 4 sheets of stamps & magnifier) #4 #5

# Publisher Title Author Year Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 9 Religious

Tract Society Small Rain Upon the Tender Herb

1880 London Gilt black leather 125+ pp.; printed by C. Whittingham, Chiswick; 5-pt. type; Biblical passages for every day of the year; see Bondy p.127; a.e.g.

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

$38.00

10 Stagecoach Press

Fort Union in Miniature

Utley, Robert M.

1953 Santa Fe NM

"Snakeskin" leather with gilt-stamped red label on spine

39 pp. letterpress; 2nd edition; gold star endpapers; 8 full-page hand-colored illustrations by Stephi; sewn and bound by hand; Fort Union was the largest military fort guarding the southwestern frontier in the 1800's

1-1/8" x 1"

$75.00

#6 #7 #8 #9 #10

Miniature Books Over 1-1/4” # Publisher Title Author Year Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 11 Abrams, in

Association with The Grolier Club

Miniature Books: 4,000 Years of Tiny Treasures

Bromer, Ann & Julian Edison

2007 New York NY

Pictorial paper boards; pictorial dust jacket

216 pp.; fully illustrated; precise miniature version of the 11" original; this is one of an unspecified number of hardbound copies; all edges copper

3-1/16" x 2-7/8"

$275.00

12 Achille J. St. Onge Historic American Flags

Dodge, Norman L. (foreword)

1968 Worcester MA

2000 Gilt blue leather 50 pp. letterpress by Enschede; describes the 10 stamps in the Historic Flags Series issued on July 4, 1968; illustrated with 10 postage stamps; a.e.g.

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

$50.00

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

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

$75.00

14 Almquist & Wiksells

Portmonna Kalender 1926

1925 Uppsala, Sweden

Gilt brown leather 24 pp. printed in green & red; floral endpapers; 2 pages devoted to each month of the year (see page 6)

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

$20.00

#11 #12 #13

# Publisher Title Author Year Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 15 American

Tract Society

Dew-Drops 1849 New York NY

Gilt green cloth boards

128 pp.; a Biblical passage for every day of the year; neatly written gift inscription dated 1872; a.e.g.

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

$45.00

16 American Tract Society

Willie's Western Visit

(Frost, Annie S.)

1874 New York NY

Gilt pictorial blue cloth boards with color paper onlay on front cover

160 pp.; 8 leaves of plates; one of a series of 4 "Dot Books" by this publisher; a charming children's book; tightly bound and very good condition (see page 6)

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

SOLD

17 Barbara J. Raheb

Ms. Found in a Bottle

Poe, Edgar Allen

1981 Tarzana CA

100 Fine cork applied to covers; gilt pyroxylin spine; printed label

48 pp.; marbled endpapers; 6 hand-colored illustrations and title page vignette

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

$275.00

18 Barbara J. Raheb

Russian Fairy Tales (volume I)

Raheb, Barbara J. (compiler)

1982 Tarzana CA

100 Gilt black pyroxylin with color photo onlay; inner dentelles

76 pp.; gold moiré endpapers; 3 beautiful color illustrations with elaborate red and gold borders accompany the 3 stories; Grace Broecker bookplate

1-7/8" x 1-3/16"

SOLD

19 Barbara J. Raheb

Russian Fairy Tales (volume II)

Raheb, Barbara J. (compiler)

1982 Tarzana CA

100 Gilt black pyroxylin with color photo onlay; inner dentelles

76 pp.; gold moiré endpapers; 4 beautiful color illustrations with elaborate red and gold borders accompany the 3 stories; Grace Broecker bookplate

1-7/8" x 1-3/16"

SOLD

20 Black Cat Press

House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand, A

Lincoln, Abraham

1980 Skokie IL 249 Gilt blue leather by Bela Blau

51 pp.; decorative endpapers; the entire text of Lincoln's celebrated speech as originally written; introduction by Douglas McMurtie

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

SOLD

21 Black Cat Press

Man in the Smock, The

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

53 pp.; dainty 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

22 Black Cat Press

Maxims, Observations and Comments of Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln, Abraham

1967 Chicago IL

250 Gilt brown leather by Bela Blau

62 pp. letterpress; decorative endpapers; printed in black & brown; a chronological listing of noteworthy Lincolnisms; Kal Levitan bookplate and SIGNED by Norman Forgue

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

$70.00

23 Black Cat Press

Quick Brown Fox, The

Templeton, Richard H. Jr.

1975 Skokie IL 249 Gilt brown pictorial cloth boards by Bela Blau

46 pp.; illustrated by R. Hunter Middleton; endpapers decorated with hounds and foxes; a book of phrases used in type specimen books to determine the effectiveness of a new alphabet

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

$35.00

24 Black Cat Press

Song of Songs Which is Solomon's, The

Bible 1961 Chicago IL

350 Gilt white leather by the Monastery Hill Bindery

33 pp. letterpress; French-folded; marbled endpapers; chapter headings with red embellishments

2-1/2" x 2"

SOLD

25 Blau Nicolae Ceausescu, Activitatea si Vista

Blau, Mariana Orban

1976 Los Angeles CA

200 Gilt red leather by Mariana Blau; title on spine

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 1-5/16"

$15.00

26 Boots Cash Chemists

Pocket Stamp-Case and Calendar 1904-1905

1903 (London) Printed celluloid covers with a facsimile envelope on front and Boots building on the rear (1/2” split at fold)

8 pp. calendar in blue ink; several blank pages for inserting stamps; front cover mimics an envelope with stamp and postmark; made in the USA by Whitehead & Hoag Co. for the London firm Boots Cash Chemists (see page 6)

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

$65.00

#15 #17 #18 #19

# Publisher Title Author Year Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 27 Brepols et

Dierckx Zoon Petit Paroissien ou Recueil de pieux Exercices

1848 Turnhout, Belgium

Gilt black leather with title on spine and inner dentelles

288 pp.; French text; engraved frontispiece plus 2 additional engravings, finely executed; Little Parishioner or Collection of Pious Exercises; a.e.g.

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

SOLD

28 Carl Fromme Rokoko Kalender 1910

1909 Vienna, Austria Sterling silver & blue stone plaque over gilt taupe leather

64 pp. printed in black & red; German text; an exquisite finger calendar, each page with a lovely dainty border; a.e.g. (see page 6)

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

$225.00

29 Catharijne Press Young Stork's Baedeker Travel Guide, The

Bakker, Piet de

1998 Zuilichem Netherlands

175 Printed paper boards

40 pp. letterpress; tipped-in frontispiece; two 5-panel fold-out illustrations showing the eastern and western routes of migrating storks

2-5/8" x 1-11/16"

$75.00

30 Clearview Press West India Mission Unknown 2001 New Port Richey FL

195 Gilt brown cloth boards

68 pp. letterpress; frontispiece engraving; the story of missionaries sent to St. Thomas, Antigua, St. Croix, St. John and many other islands in the West Indies

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

SOLD

31 (Czechoslovakia) Odeon

Krute Kruhy (Cruel Circles)

Kocbek, Edvard

1972 Prague, Czechoslovakia

Printed black cloth boards

145 pp.; decorative floral endpapers; poems by the prominent Slovenian poet; depicts a man torn between god and evil, despair and hope

3" x 3" $15.00

32 Dawson's Book Shop

Miniature Books Written or Edited by Msgr. Francis J. Weber (Weber's 100 on cover)

Dawson, Glen (compiler)

1994 Los Angeles CA Printed paper wrappers

14 pp.; lists the 100 miniature books to his credit; a keepsake from the 1994 MBS Conclave in Ottawa

3" x 2-3/8"

$10.00

33 Dawson's Book Shop

Miniature Purple Cow, The (1st edition)

Burgess, Gelett

1966 Pasadena CA Gilt burgundy pictorial leather by Bela Blau

21 pp. letterpress in black ink by Grant Dahlstrom, author was an American humorist and illustrator, best known for this single, early, whimsical quatrain; this book showcases 10 of Burgess' poems plus 5 illustrations by him

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

$75.00

34 Dawson's Book Shop

Miniature Purple Cow, The (2nd edition)

Burgess, Gelett

1966 (1968)

Pasadena CA Gilt blue leatherette by Bela Blau

21 pp. letterpress in purple ink by Grant Dahlstrom, same as the first edition except for the binding and ink plus the size is a bit larger; title page specifies a printing year of 1966 but this was actually printed in '68

1-5/8" x 2-3/16"

$50.00

35 Dawson's Book Shop

Sixth & Figueroa Neal, Tom 1965 Los Angeles CA Gilt black cloth spine; simulated wood paper boards; printed dust jacket

31 pp. letterpress by William Cheney; 21 full-page drawings by multi-talented Tom Neal of characters and scenes between 5th and Wilshire in Los Angeles, the first Neal illustrations to appear in book form

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

$50.00

#31 #34 #35

# Publisher Title Author Year Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 36 Dawson's Book

Shop Types in the Cases of William M. Cheney ("Big Type Book" on cover)

Cheney, William M.

1961 Los Angeles CA

139 Black calf by Bela Blau with "Cheney" gilt-stamped on spine (small chip)

39 pp. letterpress by Cheney in black & red; map of California; a type specimen book; illustrated throughout; one of 100 copies signed by Cheney; Levitan bookplate

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

SOLD

37 Editalia Torino Minima (Little Turin)

1967 Rome Gilt brown leather; gilt leather bookcase

Each of the 5 volumes contains approx. 60 pages and is illustrated; Italian text; titles: Satira Torinese, Proverbi Torinesi, Canti Torinesi, Poesia Torinese and Amore di Torino

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

$125.00

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

Petrarch 1879 Venice, Italy 1000 Gilt vellum with gilt-stamped red leather label on spine

585 pp.; floral endpapers; each volume has a beautiful engraved frontispiece portrait plus attractive vignettes in the finely printed text; EXCEEDINGLY RARE; see Bondy pages 96-97; Houghton 270; top edge gilt

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

$495.00

39 Fisher & Brother Child's Life of Franklin

(1860) Philadelphia Gilt red cloth boards

192 pp.; frontispiece etching of Franklin; 8 illustrations; this interesting early account covers Franklin's parentage, his apprenticeship as a printer, his scientific discoveries & political career, his final days and his last will and testament (see page 6)

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

$175.00

40 Fisher & Brother Child's Life of Washington

(1860) Philadelphia Gilt red cloth boards

192 pp.; frontispiece etching of Washington; 9 illustrations; this interesting early account covers Washington's childhood, his army career, his presidency, retired life and anecdotes of his character

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

SOLD

41 G. E. Petter Life of Christ, The (1845) London Gilt black leather, both front & back covers

125 pp.; in fine condition; from the Diamond Series; a.e.g (see page 6)

2" x 1-5/16"

SOLD

42 garciadefuentes press

El Lince Iberico (The Iberian Lynx)

Garcia de Fuentes y Churruca, Manuel

2016 Marbella, Spain

Handpainted oil on parchment by Manuel Higuersa Cubero

84 pp.; Spanish & English text; illustrated with color photos, 2 postage stamps and a folded engraving; fore-edge gilding by Dolores Diaz Gallego; the Iberian lynx (Lynx pardina) exists only in Spain and is the world's most endangered cat species

2-1/2" x 2"

SOLD

43 H. C. Peck & Theo. Bliss

Little History of the United States, The

(1860) Philadelphia Gilt pictorial brown cloth boards

191 pp.; frontispiece of the U.S. flag; 46 chapters, each illustrated with a wood-engraved plate; an educational children's book (see page 6)

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

SOLD

44 Harris Brothers Bijou Language of Flowers

1848 London Gilt brown leather; both front & back covers

118 pp.; hand-colored frontispiece; includes 6 pages of advertisements at rear of book; a.e.g. (see page 6)

1-15/16" x 1-5/16"

$265.00

#36 #37 #42

#39 #43 #72 #27

#78 #86

#38

#65

#28 #14

#89 #53

#16

#45 #40

#44

#41

#26 #91

# Publisher Title Author Year Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 45 Henry Frowde

/ Hodder & Stoughton

Butterfly's Wings (1920) London Pictorial label over paper boards

32 pp. printed in green ink; floral endpapers; full-color frontispiece; a children's story in rhyme (see page 6)

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

SOLD

46 Hilleary & Petko

Maynard Geiger, Archivist-Historian

Weber, Francis J.

1982 Monterey CA

200 Gilt brown leatherette boards

19 pp. letterpress; decorative endpapers; 3 illustrations by David Salinas; biography of a Franciscan friar whose works are "the most significant contributions to American ecclesial history"; SIGNED by Weber

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

$28.00

47 Hilleary & Petko

Sweet Revenge, an Extract from the 1847 Journal of Walter Colton

Colton, Walter

1977 Monterrey CA

75 Printed maroon leatherette boards

7 pp. letterpress in 2 colors; Colton, a 19th century Congregational minister, describes his participation in an early form of “Californian manic behavior”

2" x 1-1/2"

$65.00

48 Hillside Press Centuries of Nostradamus, The

Irwin, Frank 1964 Franklin NH

375 Cloth boards; pictorial dust jacket

74 pp. letterpress; frontispiece portrait; the 16th c. physician Nostradamus has been credited with predicting many major world events; this copy signed by Irwin

2-3/8" x 2"

SOLD

49 Hillside Press Diary of John Dee Dee, John 1963 Franklin NH

325 Pictorial paper boards; cloth spine

28 pp. letterpress; John Dee was an English mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, occult philosopher, and advisor to Queen Elizabeth I

2-3/8" x 2"

SOLD

50 Hillside Press Japanese Fairy Tales

Irwin, Frank E. (compiler)

1962 Franklin NH

350 Green pictorial cloth boards; Japanese stab binding

72 pp. letterpress; frontispiece by Hokusai plus 5 additional illustrations by Hokusai and Hiroshige; stories and folklore of Old Japan

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

SOLD

51 Hillside Press John Aubrey's Miscellanies

Aubrey, John

1969 Franklin NH

250 Pictorial cloth boards

67 pp. letterpress; illustrated with 4 woodcuts and engravings; Aubrey was a 17th century ghost hunter

2-3/8" x 2"

SOLD

52 Hillside Press Woman's Wit Pyle, Howard

1978 Franklin NH

250 Printed cloth boards

50 pp. letterpress on handmade paper; originally written in 1890, Pyle's story is written in the style of The Arabian Nights

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

$25.00

53 Humphrey Milford

Blue Peter (1925) London Pictorial label over paper boards (spine tears)

32 pp. printed in green ink; full-color frontispiece; floral endpapers; a children's story in rhyme; 1925 inscription (see page 6)

2-11/16" x 2-3/8"

SOLD

54 (Hungary) Europa Konyvkiado

A Szerelmes Ordog Cazotte, Jacques

1977 Budapest, Hungary

Gilt & printed cloth boards

265 pp.; Hungarian translation of Cazotte's 18th century novel Le Diable amoureux; several full-page illustrations

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

$12.00

55 Imprenta Glorias

I Dated Oppenheimer

Stuart, Gloria

2010 Los Angeles CA

50 Floral paper boards; blue paper spine; printed label by Allwyn O'Mata

36 pp. letterpress; 9 tipped-in studio shots of Gloria Stuart; at the time of her death the Academy Award nominated actress was at work on her last book recounting her date with the famous physicist while a student at Cal Berkeley

2-1/2" x 3"

$175.00

56 JEN Press Tales From the Web, Volume II

Newman, J. Ed

2001 Edgewater FL

40 Gilt gray cloth boards; printed dust jacket

32 pp. letterpress; hand-colored illustrations; this volume revives a few more of the articles, verses, etc. that appeared in The Web

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

$30.00

57 Junipero Serra Press

President Lincoln's Ten Cannot-ments

Weber, Francis J.

2012 (Mission Hills CA)

150 Gilt black leatherette by Marianna Blau

18 pp. letterpress by Patrick Reagh, postage stamp; a collection of quotes plus 10 wise statements by which Lincoln governed his life

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

$28.00

#48 #54 #55 #56

# Publisher Title Author Year Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 58 Junipero Serra

Press Blessed Teresa of Calcutta

Weber, Francis J.

2004 Mission Hills CA

150 Gilt blue cloth boards by Mariana Blau

18 pp. letterpress by Nut Quad Press; postage stamp frontispiece, story of Mother Teresa and her visits to Los Angeles; Weber was present when she was beatified at the Vatican in 2003

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

$26.00

59 Junipero Serra Press

Short Story, A Weber, Rosemary

1990 San Fernando CA

300 Gilt green leather 17 pp. letterpress by Roger Pennels; postage stamp frontispiece; a love story written by a gifted child as part of a class project; a.e.g.

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

$24.00

60 Le Petit Oiseau Press

Incident of Border Warfare, An

1958 Chicago IL 50 Paper boards printed label

26 pp. letterpress; frontispiece & 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

61 Little Farm Press

Language of Herbs III, The

Conneen, Jane

1990 Bath PA 150 Green paper boards; paper label; printed sleeve

27 pp.; floral endpapers; French-folded; calligraphed text; hand-colored line drawings by the author of 10 herbs; signed & numbered

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

SOLD

62 Lorson's Books & Prints

Man of Business, A

Addison, Joseph

1984 Fullerton CA

350 Pictorial paper wrappers

8 pp. letterpress by the Ampersand Workshop; a bookish quotation

2-1/8” x 1-5/8”

$5.00

63 Miniature Book Society

Many Littles Make a Much

Lindemann, Caroline Y.

2004 Cincinnati OH

400 Gilt red leather 52 pp. letterpress by John Henry; 12 black & white photos; author is a charter member of MBS; gives information about the miniature book publishers and collectors she met and visited over the years

2-1/2" x 2"

$30.00

64 Miniature Book Society

Rose Parade, The Weber, Francis J.

1995 Pasadena CA

150 Gilt green & red cloth boards by Mariana Blau

16 pp. letterpress by Nut Quaid Press; history of Pasadena's annual mega event

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

$24.00

65 Miniature Dictionary Publishers

Liliput Dictionary, English-Italian

Wershoven, Prof. Dr. F. J.

New York NY

Gilt brown leather; title on spine with embellishments

577 pp.; decorative endpapers; printed in Germany by Schmidt & Gunther of Leipzig; all edges red (see page 6)

2" x 1-5/8"

SOLD

66 Oxford University Press & Henry Frowde

Gospel According to St. Luke

Bible 1900 London Gilt brown limp leather (gilt shows wear)

304 pp. on fine india paper; decorative endpapers have foxing; a.e.g.

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

$30.00

67 Pequeño Press

Them Poems Williams, Mason

1991 Bisbee AZ 65 Paper boards; printed label

14 pp. letterpress; eccentric accordion structure with handprinted serigraphic illustrations by Wall Batterton; 4 wildly funny poems written by the composer of Classical Gas; signed & numbered #33

2-3/4" x 2-3/4"

$55.00

68 Peter & Donna Thomas

Aesop's Fable: The Old Man and Death

Aesop 1986 Santa Cruz CA

200 Gray pictorial paper boards

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

2-15/16" x 2-5/8"

$40.00

69 Peter & Donna Thomas

Bathed in Such Beauty: A Pictorial Ramble on the John Muir Trail

Thomas, Peter & Donna

2017 Santa Cruz CA

8 Pictorial paper over boards

12 pp. accordion-folded on Peter's handmade paper; a thank you for supporting their soon-to-be-published 40-year bibliography

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

$50.00

#60 #61 #66 #69

# Publisher Title Author Year Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 70 Peter & Donna

Thomas Saroyan Saroyan,

William 1989 Santa Cruz

CA 150 Handmade paper

boards with a bas relief design

14 pp. letterpress on Peter's handmade paper (rag, hemp rope, abaca, cotton and other stray fibers); postage stamp; a bookish quote by Saroyan is printed in watermarks; Robert Massmann bookplate

2-7/8" x2-3/8"

$40.00

71 Piso Company Pocket Book Almanac 1914

1913 Warren PA Pictorial paper wrappers

32 pp.; includes a calendar and remedies for coughs, catarrh and diseases of women

2" x 1-3/8"

$10.00

72 Presbyterian Board of Publication

Psalms and Hymns Adapted to Social, Private, and Public Worship… plus Selections from the Book of Psalms …

1843 Philadelphia PA

Gilt black pictorial leather

745 pp.; 2 books bound as one; not in Welsh; this handsome chubby book is one inch thick and in fine condition; a.e.g. (see page 6)

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

SOLD

73 Press of Ward Schori

John Gilpin's Ride Cowper, John 1982 Evanston IL Gilt black leather 60 pp.; decorative endpapers; 18th c. poem abundantly illustrated with pen & ink drawings; interesting foreword by Schori with photos of the Cowper manuscript in the British Museum and of Cowper's home

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

$30.00

74 Press of Ward Schori

Murder: A Battle in the Civil War, The

Burdette, Robert

1995 Evanston IL Printed cloth boards by Don Brady

22 pp. by photo-lithography; pictorial endpapers; a rare eye-witness account by a young Union infantryman

2-3/8" x 2-9/16"

$27.00

75 Press of Ward Schori

Shaker Advice to Children on Behavior at Table

1994 Evanston IL 169 Gilt brown cloth boards

25 pp. letterpress; decorative endpapers; 5 illustrations of 19th century Shaker children; a poem from the Shaker Historic Collection; SIGNED and numbered by Schori

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

$28.00

76 Press of Ward Schori

We Shall Pay Any Price, Bear Any Burden

Newman, Ralph Geoffrey

1988 Evanston IL 100 Pictorial gilt navy blue leather; marbled paper slipcase with embedded Kennedy medallion

27 pp.; frontispiece; marbled endpapers; the text of JFK's funeral; a first edition; author is a well-known presidential scholar and civil war expert; a.e.g.

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

SOLD

77 Proof Press Legacy to the World Launsberry, Charles

(1967) Baltimore MD

50 Gilt red leather 23 pp. letterpress; 2nd printing; printed, handsewn, and bound by the publisher; the story of a pauper who felt he had much to give

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

$85.00

78 R. & A. Foulis Anacreontis Carmina cum Sapphonis et Algaei Fragmentis

Anacreon, Alcaeus & Sappho

1761 Glasgow, Scotland

Gilt brown leather; 3 raised bands; spine in 4 compartments; red morocco spine label

70 pp.; Greek text except for Latin half-title and imprint; Anacreon (born 570 BC) was a Greek lyric poet, notable for his drinking songs and hymns; Alcaeus and Sappho were allegedly lovers and were also ancient Greek lyric poets (see page 6)

2-7/8" x 2"

$375.00

#73 #75 #76 #77

# Publisher Title Author Year Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 79 REM Miniatures Checklist of Dard

Hunter Books from REM Miniatures

Massmann, Robert E.

1984 New Britain CT

150 Paper wrappers with printed label; matching sleeve

12 pp.; includes a sample of handmade Dard Hunter paper; keepsake for MBS Conclave III in Los Angeles

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

SOLD

80 REM Miniatures Conclave Keepsakes

Massmann, Robert E.

1993 New Britain CT

110 Paper slipcase with printed label; sleeve

14 pp.; includes a complete suite of illustrations for A Boston Cordial, The Werm Turns and for several other out-of-print REM Miniatures

Various $20.00

81 REM Miniatures New Girl in Town Massmann, Robert E.

1970 New Britain CT

Paper wrappers; sleeve

10 pp.; accordion-folded; a birth announcement in rhyme for a granddaughter of “Archie” St. Onge

2" x 1-7/8"

$6.00

82 Scott Free Press

How I Edited an Agricultural Paper

Twain, Mark 1982 Overland Park KS

270 Gilt brown cloth boards; gilt printed label

31 pp. letterpress in black & green; pictorial endpapers; frontispiece portrait of Twain; every page decorated; a humorous Twain story; signed & numbered

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

$20.00

83 Sunflower Press

Alphabet Alfresco Cunningham, Carol

1985 Mill Valley CA

85 Pictorial cloth boards; spine label

60 pp. letterpress on handmade paper; a hand-colored illustration for each letter of the alphabet of things that are found outdoors; signed & numbered

1-5/8" x 2"

$50.00

84 Sunflower Press

How Rabbit Lost His Tail

Phelan, Jacquie

2002 Mill Valley CA

25 Blue cloth boards; printed label

28 pp. letterpress; based on an old fable; illustrated profusely by the author; signed & numbered

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

$50.00

85 Sunflower Press

Sun: An Alphabet, The

Cunningham, Carol

1997 Mill Valley CA

50 Yellow paper boards; pictorial label

66 pp. letterpress in 3 colors; tipped-in frontispiece; profusely illustrated throughout; an alphabet book with each letter in some way relating to the sun; Cunningham's abiding interest in ancient cultures led her to fascinating material; signed & numbered

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

$150.00

86 T. Ward & Co. English Bible: Its History and Results, The (fourth thousand)

1836 London Gilt red embossed morocco; cathedral binding

126 pp.; frontispiece steel engraving; engraved portrait half title; commemorates the 300th anniversary of Coverdale's Bible published in 1535, the first complete Modern English translation of the Bible; a.e.g. (see page 6)

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

SOLD

87 Tabula Rasa Press

Voyager Lathourakis, John

1993 Seattle WA

300 Blue cloth with hologram; circular slipcase

54 pp. letterpress; marbled endpapers; 5 color photographs of Jupiter and Saturn; brief summaries of the information gathered from the Voyager missions of 1977

2-3/4" diam.

$65.00

88 Tamazunchale Press

Manuscript, The Singer, Isaac Bashevis

1986 Newton IA 250 Gilt burgundy leather by Reliure d'Art

52 pp. letterpress by Enschede; marbled endpapers; excerpted from Old Love; includes a short bio of the author; Singer was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1979 and was a prolific writer of short stories and novels; a.e.g.

2-9/16" x 1-7/8"

$75.00

89 Tiny Book & Novelty Co.

Little Webster Dictionary, The 18,000 Words

New York NY

Tan leather, wallet-style with snap closure

799 pp.; all edges red; red endpapers; fine condition (“San Diego, Calif.” is burnt into the leather cover) (see page 6)

2" x 1-1/2"

$24.00

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# Publisher Title Author Year Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 90 (Unknown) Sure and Straight

Road to Success Various (1910) Unknown Printed beige

wrappers 16 pp.; advertising booklet to promote saving money; financial wisdom with quotes by Andrew Carnegie, John Wanamaker, John D. Rockefeller, Lincoln, Franklin, etc.

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

$5.00

91 W. Strange Victoria Miniature Hints on Etiquette

1850 London Gilt black cloth boards

45 pp. plus 3 pages of advertising; hints for ladies, gentlemen and everybody; how to conquer bashfulness and awkwardness; a.e.g. (see page 6)

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

SOLD

92 Wee Willie's Workshop

First Battle of Bull Run, An Eye Witness Account

Drake, William Henry

1967 Nappanee IN

125 Pictorial paper boards

37 pp. letterpress; fold-out frontispiece; introduction by William Franklin; includes a fold-out reprint of an insightful letter written by a Michigan corporal engaged in the famous battle

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

$110.00

93 William Pickering

Plays of Shakespeare, The; Volumes I - IX

Shakespeare, William

1825 London Gilt red leather with inner dentelles

9-volume set; Pickering's first "Diamond Classic" in English (the bindings are in poor condition but interiors are very fine; this set is worthy of a new binding – please inquire – will send photos)

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

$295.00

94 Wind & Harlot Press

Dance Words Baris, Bonnie 1982 Shaker Heights OH

100 Cloth spine; paper boards; manuscript label

16 pp.; hand-lettered and illustrated by Bonnie Baris; quotes about dancing by various authors - Shakespeare, Praed, Sachs, Ellis, Tennyson, etc.

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

$85.00

95 Wind & Harlot Press

Ovid, An Elegy Marlowe, Christopher (translator)

1981 (Columbia SC)

200 Paper boards; printed label

12 pp. letterpress printed on Mulberry paper; Christopher Marlowe’s translation of Corinne Concubitus from Ovid’s Amores; 3 line drawings by Bonnie Baris; the first of 15 books by this talented press

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

$75.00

96 Worldhouse Publishers

Heather and Hilary Neal, Tom 1978 Los Angeles CA

Gilt brown leatherette boards; pictorial dust jacket

36 pp. handwritten by Neal; 16 pages of charming hand-colored drawings; inscription by Neal on the front loose endpaper; a Mother Goose mystery written in rhyme

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

$45.00

97 Xavier Press Wise Words About Letter Writing

Carroll, Lewis 1993 Baltimore MD

160 Gilt green cloth boards by Don Brady

19 pp. letterpress; decorative endpapers; frontispiece photo; 2 postage stamps; Carroll details his rules about letter writing; with a tipped-in reproduction of a letter from Dodgson, better known as Lewis Carroll

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

SOLD

98 Yellow Kid Press

Pig Tracks Serette, David W.

1983 Sebasco ME

150 Printed paper wrappers

28 pp. letterpress in 4 colors; postage stamp frontispiece; profusely illustrated in various colors; a mini history of Serette's press; dedicated to the first MBS Grand Conclave and Miriam Irwin

2-7/16" x 1-13/16"

$25.00

99 Yellow Kid Press

Story Without Words with the Yellow Kid

Serette, David W.

1970 Portland ME

100 Flipbook, printed paper wrappers

Second edition; a flipbook with 66 different images; the original was lent to publisher David Serette by Ruth Adomeit; Robert E. Massmann bookplate

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

SOLD

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