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1 Miniature Books for Sale Catalog 74: September 1, 2018 KAREN NYMAN 7835 Rush Rose Drive #124 Carlsbad Website: 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 . 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 2 Barbara J. Raheb 3 Barbara J. Raheb History of Costume Tom Thumb Poetry & Prose 4 D. Bogue Bijou Almanac for Editorial Balmes Santos Evangelios (The Holy Gospels) 6 (Hungary) A világháború emlékére (A World War Remembrance) 7 Libreria del Teatro 8 Popular Products, Inc. Dialoghi Holy Bible: contains over 230 pages of the New Testament Raheb, Barbara J. (editor) Perrault, Charles Kipling, Rudyard Leopardi, Giacomo 1980 Van Nuys 1980 Van Nuys 1981 Van Nuys 1848 London, England (1950) Barcelona, Spain 300 Gilt burgundy pyroxylin 300 Gilt brown pyroxylin spine; marbled paper 300 Gilt burgundy pyroxylin Gilt green decorated card (rebacked) Green moiré cloth 1914 Hungary Metal hinged case with relief profile of Emperor Franz Joseph II 1943 Firenze (Florence) St. Louis MO 250 Gilt olive leather with 3 raised bands Black printed paper ; title on spine 47 pp.; marbled endpapers; includes 42 fashion plates of both male and female attire from prehistoric times to pp.; 3 illustrations by Gustave Dore; complete text of the first English fairy tale in print, originally published in French in pp.; marbled endpapers; 17 illustrations from Kipling's works; poems plus 3 unabridged stories from the Just So Stories 56 pp. engraved throughout with portrait frontispiece of Flora Mae Ivo; see Bondy p. 44; a.e.g. (bound out of order and lacking some of the original portraits) 31 pp.; decorative endpapers; Spanish text in black ink and every page with delicate red border; a.e.g. 48 pp.; Hungarian text; publication date corresponds with the Emperor's declaration of war against Serbia for assassinating his nephew and heir apparent, Franz Ferdinand; very fine condition 84 pp.; well-produced tiny book by the process of photographic reduction; 3 dialogues by the celebrated Italian poet; Giacomo Leopardi was one of the most radical and challenging thinkers of the 19th century; see Bondy page 178; Spielmann pp.; mass produced with tiny print; Robert E. Massmann bookplate 15/16" x 3/4" 15/16" x 3/4" 15/16" x 3/4" 1" x 3/4" 1-1/4" x 1" 15/16" x 7/8" 7/8" x 5/8" 1-1/4" x 1-1/8" $ $75.00 $95.00 $ $7.00 #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6

2 #7 #8 #9 Book #9 Box #10 # Publisher Title Author Year Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 9 Religious Tract Society Small Rain Upon the Tender Herb 10 Rock & Co. Bijou Illustrations of Christ's Life 11 Rock Brothers & Payne Bijou Almanac Roger Huet Past and Present Hood, Thomas 13 Roger Huet Stanzas Wilde, Richard Henry 14 Roger Rimbaud Déclaration des droits de l'enfant (1850) London Gilt brown leather; elaborate 2-piece gilt leather container (1850) London Ornately gilt brown leather 1858 London Ornately gilt red leather; 2-piece red leather container 1993 Montreal, Canada 1993 Montreal, Canada 199 Ornately gilt, bound in an antique Spanish style 199 Ornately gilt, bound in an antique Spanish style 1990 France Printed brown leather (blemish on rear cover) 128 pp.; 4th edition; printed by C. Whittingham, Chiswick, in 5-point type; Biblical passages for every day of the year; see Bondy p.127; a.e.g. 32 leaves printed one side only with engraved title and 31 illustrations of Christ; a.e.g. 32 leaves; views of Washington, St. Petersburg, Rome, Constantinople, Lisbon, Madrid, Vienna and Brussels; see Bondy p. 44; a.e.g. 31 pp.; marbled endpapers; frontispiece and scattered illustrations; hand-sewn; one volume from the Nostalgic Miniature Book Collection 30 pp.; marbled endpapers; frontispiece and scattered illustrations; hand-sewn; one volume from the Nostalgic Miniature Book Collection 82 pp.; 10 principles of the Declaration of the Rights of the Child adopted unanimously by the United Nations in /4" x 1-1/16" 1-3/16" x 1" 1-1/4" x 1-1/16" 1" x 13/16" 1" x 13/16" $50.00 $ " x 7/8" #11 Book #11 Box #12 #13 #14 Miniature Books Over 1-1/4 # Publisher Title Author Year Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 15 Achille J. St. Onge 16 Achille J. St. Onge 17 Achille J. St. Onge 18 (Aide Memoire) Remarks at the Dedication of the Wallace Library Macleish, Archibald Saint Augustine, Wickham, Florida, Joan Sermon on the Mount, The Bible, New Testament 1967 Worcester MA 1967 Worcester MA 1973 Worcester MA 1250 Gilt blue niger morocco by Proost en Brandt 2000 Gilt red pictorial leather by Proost en Brandt 1500 Gilt red leather (spine faded) The Call (1920) Ornate silverplate over brass with original mechanical pencil and loop 63 pp. letterpress by Enschede; tipped-in photo portrait of Macleish, the former Librarian of Congress; a.e.g. 86 pp. letterpress by Enschede; 4 illustrations; a 400-year history of America's oldest city; a.e.g. 55 pp. letterpress by Enschede in black ink with red capital letters; decorative endpapers; from the Gospel of St. Matthew, chapters 5, 6 and 7; a.e.g. Beautiful Art Nouveau aide memoire with its original pad of paper intact with no handwriting; springs open when pencil is removed; titled The Call; very nice condition (see page 7) 2-7/8" x 2-7/8" x 2-3/4" x 1-7/8" 2-3/4" x 1-3/4" $45.00

3 #21 #22 #23 #24 #25 # Publisher Title Author Year Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 19 American Daily Food for Tract Society Christians (1911) New York NY Gilt green cloth 20 American Dew Drops 1849 New York NY Gilt brown cloth Tract Society 21 Andre Kundig 22 Andre Kundig 23 Andre Kundig 24 Andre Kundig 25 Andre Kundig 26 Anthony Treherne & Co. 27 Black Cat 28 Black Cat Goldene Worte (Golden Words) Idle Thoughts Paroles de la Bible (Parole Vivante on cover) Pensees Espagnoles Pensees Grecques Julius Caesar In the Image of Man Shanghaied Shakespeare, William Bradford, Ralph Wirtz, Robert White 1957 Geneva, Switzerland 1956 Geneva Switzerland 1953 Geneva, Switzerland 1958 Geneva, Switzerland 1957 Geneva, Switzerland 1904 London, England 192 pp.; a Biblical passage for every day of the year; has inscription dated 1911; good condition only 128 pp.; a Biblical passage for every day of the year; a.e.g. (see pages 4 & 7) Gilt tan 96 pp.; German text; one of a series of books leatherette wraps published annually for many years 3-3/16" x 2-1/2" x 1-1/2" 1-1/2" x 1-1/16" Gilt gray 96 pp.; English text; a collection of maxims by 1-1/2" x leatherette wraps famous literary & political figures 1-1/16" Gilt dark green 96 pp.; French text; Bible quotes, published to 1-1/2" x leatherette wraps commemorate the 300th anniversary of the 1-1/16" printing of the Gutenberg Bible Gilt lavender 96 pp.; French text; a collection of Spanish leatherette wraps thoughts Gilt navy blue leatherette Gilt blue leather with gilt inner dentelles (1981) Skokie IL 249 Gilt blue leather by Bela Blau 1981 Skokie IL 249 Pictorial gilt green leather by Bela Blau 96 pp.; French text; a collection of quotes from ancient Greeks 311 pp. printed in easy-to-read 8-point by Neill & Co. of Edinburgh; decorative endpapers; silk page marker; top edge gilt ; other titles available; see Bondy p pp. letterpress in 2 colors; decorative endpapers; frontispiece drawing by Benjamin Greenstein; based on an ancient Chaldean tale 1-1/2" x 1-1/16" 1-1/2" x 1-1/16" 2-3/4" x 2-3/4" x 2" 30 pp. French-folded; dainty floral endpapers; 2-1/2" x printed in 3 colors; a story of the sea prefaced 2" with a 7-page history of the Black Cat $35.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $50.00 $27.00 #26 #27 #28

4 From left to right: #32, #70, #52, #20, #50, #53, #36, #95, #41, #90, #40, #38, #42 #101 Solid Pewter Bookends Front left to right: #97, #73, #45, #88, #89, 96

5 # Publisher Title Author Year Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 29 Black Cat 30 Black Cat 31 Breed, Butler & Co. 32 Breed, Butler & Co. 33 Bunseido 34 Company of Stationers 35 D. Appleton- Century Company 36 Dalpayrat et Depelley Editeur 37 Dawson's Book Shop 38 Dawson's Book Shop Testament of Freedom, A To Remember Me Forgue, Norman (compiler) Fanny's Journey Aunt Fanny Fanny's Pic-nic Aunt Fanny Tapa, the Bark Paper of Samoa and Tonga London Almanack for the Year of Christ 1808 Crumbs from the Masters Table Petit Mois de Marie, Notre Mere Charles Lamb's Town and Country Revisited Gettysburg Address, The Bell, Lilian & Ulista Brooks (1966) Chicago IL n.d. (Skokie IL) 1866 Buffalo NY 1866 Buffalo NY 1979 Tokyo, Japan 200 Gilt red leather by Bela Blau Printed paper Gilt purple pictorial cloth (gilt is faded) Gilt brown pictorial cloth 256 Printed Japanese paper with stab binding 1807 London Gilt leather with overlays; matching slipcase Mason, W. (1937) New York NY Nethery, Wallace & Corry Lincoln, Abraham (1895) Limoges Gilt brown morocco; 4 raised bands; gilt inner dentelles 1983 Los Angeles 1963 Los Angeles 43 pp. letterpress; gold star endpapers; French-folded; Forgue's collection of words based on "Ideas Worth Fighting For"; quotes by Milton, Whittier, FDR, Webster, Emerson and many others 12 pp. letterpress by Ward Schori; hand-sewn, author's desire to leave something of value and beauty when he departs; Robert E. Massmann bookplate 64 pp.; a charming and moralistic children's tale in the highly collectable Aunt Laura series; gilt on cover is faded but otherwise a fine copy; a.e.g. 64 pp.; a charming and moralistic children's tale in the highly collectable Aunt Laura series; very fine copy; a.e.g. (see pages 4 & 7) 34 pp. letterpress on kozo paper plus 4 leaves of paper samples; includes a note on sources, bark into tapa, dyes, ornamentation, current uses of tapa, and vocabulary; authors collected the samples during a Polynesian tapa research trip in Spring pp.; finely engraved throughout; 4-page spread of the House of Lords; this early almanac is in very good condition; a.e.g. (see page 7) Blue cloth 192 pp.; facsimile of the first book published by this press in 1831; a collection of inspirational passages from the Bible; a very pristine copy 100 Gilt black cloth by Bela Blau 1000 Gilt red leather by Bela Blau 124 pp. by Firmin; red ribbon page marker; fleur-de-lis endpapers; frontispiece of Christ on the Cross; French text; every page with decorative floral border; a prayer book dedicated to Jesus mother; a.e.g. (see page 4) 55 pp. letterpress by Wallace Nethery; illustrated with 16 tipped-in photographs of the remaining streets, houses, taverns & churchyards associated with Charles Lamb; includes a folding map of "Lamb Country"; number 9 of only 60 copies actually completed 22 pp. letterpress; illustrated with a photo of Lincoln; handset, printed by Bela Blau for Dawson's; all pages have a gold border. In 1965, Blau produced a companion volume, The Inaugural Address of John Fitzgerald Kennedy. (see page 4) 2-1/2" 5/8" 2-7/8" 1/4" 1-1/2" 1/8" 1-1/2" 1/8" 3-3/16" 2-1/4" 2-7/8" 1/8" 3-3/16" 2-7/8" x 3" 1-5/8" $32.00 $65.00 $45.00 #29 #33 #37

6 # Publisher Title Author Year Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 39 Dawson's Book Shop 40 Dawson's Book Shop 41 Dawson's Book Shop 42 Dawson's Book Shop 43 Durrie & Peck; Smith & Peck 44 Piso Company Grand Conclave, The King's Breakfast, The Prayers Written at Vailima (deluxe) Speech of June 4, 1940 Weber, Francis J Los Angeles 125 Pictorial yellow paper Milne, A. A Pasadena 100 Gilt navy blue leather Stevenson, Robert Louis Churchill, Winston Spencer Child's Picture Child, Testament, The Isabella Pocket Book Almanac Editalia Firenze Minima (Little Florence) 46 Fisher & Brother 47 Fisher & Brother; Fisher & Denison 48 Flying Pig Cluster of Stories, for brother and sister Philip Hamilton, The Soldier's Orphan; or Virtue's Reward. Mr. Jefferson's Ice Cream 1973 Los Angeles 30 Pictorial gilt orange leather by Patron & de la Mauviniere 1964 Los Angeles Maroon calf by Blau with "Churchill" giltstamped on spine (1846) New Haven & Philadelphia Blind-stamped black cloth; ornately gilt spine with title 1895 Warren PA Pictorial paper 1967 Rome Gilt brown leather; gilt leather mini bookcase (see page 4) (1860) Philadelphia, New York, Boston, Baltimore D. M. B. (1865) Philadelphia & Baltimore Shessler, Tom Gilt pink cloth (gilt is faded) Blind-stamped cloth 2018 Zionville NC 118 Pictorial paper ; printed label; hand-bound by Mark Palkovic 28 pp. letterpress by Richard Hoffman; frontispiece; preface by Mary Helen Dawson; the history of the Miniature Book Society including the events of the first Grand Conclave held in Tipp City OH in pp. letterpress by Karen Dawson; one of Milne's most popular children's verses; reprinted from a 1924 issue of Punch; includes a forward by M. D. Hurley (Milne authored Winnie-the-Pooh) (see page 4) 100 pp. letterpress by Plantin ; woodcut engraving by Mary Kuper; Vailima was Stevenson's home in Samoa where he lived from 1890 until his death in 1894; 20 prayers he wrote there as a tribute to the Samoan ways and an expression of his own beliefs (see p. 4) 2" 7/8" 1-7/8" 1/2" 2-7/8" 14 pp. letterpress by William Cheney; photo 1- portrait of Churchill; the speech that rallied x 1" England after the evacuation of Dunkirk; a souvenir for an Antiquarian Bookseller's party at the home of Franklin & Judy Murphy (see p. 4) 191 pp.; woodcut frontispiece of the Holy Family; this juvenile book has 46 stories of Jesus, each with a woodcut illustration 32 pp.; with claims to cure asthma, croup, consumption; fine condition Each of the 5 volumes contains approx. 60 pages and is illustrated; Italian text; titles: Amore di Firenze, Poesia Fiorentina, Proverbi Fiorentini, Satira Fiorentini, Stornelli Fiorentini 192 pp.; 10 woodcut illustrations; one volume in the "Child's Evergreen Miniature Library" of moral and religious works 192 pp.; blue endpapers; woodcut frontispiece; a moralistic tale for children; SRCE (see page 7) 3-1/4" 5/8" 2" 1-5/8" 3-1/16" 2-3/16" 22 pp.; frontispiece plus one illustration; 2-5/8" Thomas Jefferson was very fond of ice cream & was the first American to write a recipe for it; the recipe is included in the text along with other historical info on this favorite dessert; a 2018 MBS conclave keepsake $ $80.00 $8.00 $ $85.00 $ #39 #41 #42 #48

7 #20 #32 #85 #98 #57 #75 Book & Slipcase #76 #67 Book & Slipcase #70 #47 #34 Book & Slipcase #18 #50 #52 #72

8 Publisher Title Author Year Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 49 Ford Joys of Collecting Children's Books, The Ford, Alla T. 50 G. Barbera Juvenilia D'Annunzio, Gabriele 51 G. E. Petter 52 G. E. Petter 53 Geoffrey Parker 54 Gleniffer 55 Gleniffer 56 Gosling Brothers 57 Henry Frowde 58 Hillside 59 Hillside Diamond Etiquette For Gentlemen, The 1968 Lake Worth FL 500 Gilt red cloth 106 pp.; 16 full-page illustrations of antiquarian children's books; a wonderful essay about the author's favorites; signed & numbered 1925 Firenze Elaborately gilt brown leather with original card slipcase (1845) London Gilt blue cloth (faded, scuffed and soiled) Diamond Text Book (1840) London Gilt dark green leather Address Book Cross, The Times, The Just a Suggestion! ("Beverages" on cover) Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Holy Communion Davis, Margaret Thomson Macdonald, Ian Bewick's Select Fables Bewick, Thomas briefs: poems by Tram Combs Essex, England 2000 Wigtown, Scotland 1984 Wigtown, Scotland Gilt yellow leather 260 Gilt pale yellow cloth (1950) Bermuda Printed paper 363 pp. on fine india paper; fleur-de-lis endpapers; one of several titles in the Vade- Mecum series; Italian text; extremely fine; all edges red (see pages 4 & 7) 104 pp.; from the Diamond Series; chapters on letters of introduction, recognitions, dining, evening parties, etc.; fascinating reading; handwriting on endpapers but binding tight & secure; a.e.g /8" 7/8" 2" 5/16" 128 pp.; from the Diamond Series; Bible 2" quotations for every day of the year; very fine; 5/16" a.e.g. (see pages 4 & 7) Approx.16 lined pages for each letter of the alphabet; die-cut indexed tabs; lovely pristine vintage address book with no handwriting; hand-bound; a.e.g. (see page 4) 30 pp.; decorative endpapers; first edition; original story about the sale of a war veteran's Victoria Cross for the love of his wife 400 Gilt brown leather 23 pp. printed on one side only; marbled endpapers; 7 illustrations; the history of London's famous newspaper, published to commemorate its 200th anniversary; all edges red (1900) London Gilt black leather; hallmarked sterling plaque (extremities are scuffed) 1965 Franklin NH Combs, Tram 1966 Franklin NH 375 Gilt blue cloth ; pictorial dust jacket 3-3/16" x 2-1/4" 2" 1/2" 2" 16 pp.; 23 cocktail recipes; Gosling has been 3- manufacturing and distributing rum and spirits 3/16" x since " 688 pp. on very fine india paper; Oxford Miniature Editions; frontispiece portrait of choir boys; a.e.g. (see page 7) 3/4" 50 pp. letterpress; 11 engraved illustrations of 2- Bewick's original woodcuts accompany the 11 fables by Aesop 425 Pictorial cloth 80 pp. letterpress; a book of poetry with 7 fullpage illustrations by D. Clark; Tram Combs 2- was descended from early settlers among the Indians; in 1951 he became a bookseller on St. Thomas Island $ $22.00 $8.00 $25.00 #49 #54 #55 #58

9 # Publisher Title Author Year Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 60 Hillside Famous History of Tom Thumb, The 61 Hillside Wedding of the Foxes, The 62 Hillside Whirligig Id and Other Regressions, The 63 Junipero Serra 64 Junipero Serra 65 Junipero Serra 66 Junipero Serra Californian at Santiago de Compostela Ashton, John (introduction) Irwin, Frank Weber, Francis J. Gaspar de Portola Weber, Francis J. History's Great Popes" Toward Equality in Our Schools: Mendez vs. Westminster 67 Kent & Co. Tilt's Miniature Almanack for Knickerbocker Leather & Novelty Co. 69 Knickerbocker Leather & Novelty Co. Shakespeare's Works (24-volume set) Bookcase for Shakespeare Set 70 L. G. Challenger History of Little Goody Two-Shoes, The Weber, Francis J. Weber, Francis J. Shakespeare, William 1968 Franklin NH 1968 Franklin NH 1961 Franklin NH 1990 San Fernando 1990 San Fernando 2016 (Mission Hills ) 2007 (Mission Hills ) 1881 London, England (1920) New York NY (1920) New York NY (1960) London, England 180 Gilt black leather 250 Pictorial cloth 350 Printed paper 200 Gilt burgundy leather 42 pp. letterpress; frontispiece plus delicate vignettes throughout 46 pp. letterpress; a collection of Japanese fables and fantasies; 6 illustrations by the Japanese artist Odake 52 pp. letterpress; a book of poetry; the first book published by this esteemed press and one of 200 copies bound in paper; inscribed and signed by the author/publisher Frank Irwin 15 pp. letterpress; postage stamp frontispiece; Bishop Thaddeus Amat of California traveled to Santiago and the Romanesque cathedral visited annually by thousands; a.e.g. 200 Gilt green calf 16 pp. letterpress; postage stamp frontispiece; biography of the first Spanish governor of the Californias; a.e.g. 160 Gilt white leatherette by Mariana Blau 150 Printed yellow cloth by Mariana Blau 14 pp. letterpress by Patrick Reagh; 2 postage stamps; eight 20th-century Catholic popes have been honored with an elegant and colorful Easter stamp; Weber describes the hierarchy of the Catholic church and their responsibilities 15 pp. letterpress by Patrick Reagh; decorative endpapers; 41-cent postage stamp frontispiece; tipped-in photo; the story of a Catholic jurist who championed integration in Orange County Gilt burgundy 32 pp.; 2 pages are devoted to each month of leather; gilt the year; front endpapers have handwriting leather slipcase and a newsprint pastedown; a.e.g. (see p. 7) Gilt flexible leather; original wood box with hinged lid Boxed set of 24 books in remarkable pristine condition; marbled endpapers; frontispiece portrait of Shakespeare; all edges red; RARE in fitted wood box (see page 10) Dark wood Vintage book shelf intended to hold the 24 Shakespeare titles (above) published by Knickerbocker (see page 10) Gilt red morocco 156 pp.; a children s miniature dedicated "to all young gentlemen and ladies who are good, or intend to be good." This is a reduced reprint of the edition published by J. Newbery, London, in 1765 and is illustrated throughout with numerous woodcuts (see pages 4 & 7) 2- x 2" 2- x 2" 2-1/4" x 1-3/4" 2-1/2" x 1-7/8" 2-1/2" x 1-7/8" 2-1/4" x 2-7/8" 2-15/16" 1/8" $25.00 $25.00 $ /16" $ /2" 3-1/4" x 2-1/4" 11-1/4" x 4-5/8" 1/2" 1-11/16" 1/2" #61 #62 #63 #64

10 #68 Knickerbocker Leather & Novelty Co., Shakespeare s Works (24 volumes) in fitted wood box, c.1920 #69 Vintage wood bookcase for displaying the 24 Shakespeare volumes, c. 1920

11 # Publisher Title Author Year Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 71 Log-Anne Kansas Logan, Herschel C. & Elbert Hubbard 72 Marcilly Le Royaume des Lebrun, Mme. Nains (Kingdom of Camille the Dwarfs) 73 Miniature Book Society 74 Opuscula 75 Pairault & Cie 76 Pairault & Cie 77 Pequeño 78 Peter & Donna Thomas Catalog of the 1989 Miniature Book Competition Russ Kingman: Jack London Collector Anderson, Frank (compiler) Hanson, Robert F Santa Ana 100 Pictorial paper 1840 Paris Pictorial paper ; card slipcase 1989 Hyattsville MD 1 Gilt brown cloth by Don Brady (unique) 1982 Venice FL 250 Pictorial paper Jeannot & Colin Voltaire 1895 Paris Original printed paper ; red leatherette slipcase La Filleile du Seigneur. Histoire du Chien de Brisquet Seeing Glass, The Baldwin, Pat Story of Word Pictures, The (deluxe edition) 79 of Ward Schori Fireflies 80 of Grant's Memoirs, Ward Schori The General's Greatest Victory Nodier, Charles 1897 Paris Lewis, Mark W Santa Cruz Ankenbrand, Frank Newman, Ralph Geoffrey Original printed paper 1999 Bisbee AZ 50 Blue & white Japanese paper ; printed label; Velcro closure 1965 Evanston IL 1989 Evanston IL 50 Blind-stamped green leather; printed dust jacket 100 Gilt cream leather hand-painted by Josephina Diez 170 Gilt blue leather by Hugo Grummich 16 pp. letterpress; dos-a-dos binding; 3 illustrations; loving and colorful descriptions of the state of Kansas by each author 128 pp.; French text; 8 fine steel engravings accompany the 8 chapters; lacks front free endpaper; inscription dated 1875 (see page 7) 63 pp. in 2 colors; includes an index; designed by Rebecca Bingham; detailed descriptions and photos of approximately 50 books entered in the 1989 MBS Book Competition (see page 4) 2-7/8" 5/8" 3" $ /16" 5-3/4" x 4-1/2" 36 pp.; photo frontispiece plus 2 additional photos; 2-3/4" Kingman became a Jack London authority, wrote a biography, established a museum and more all 7/8" relating to the adventurous Jack London; signed & numbered 84 pp.; 5 engraved plates by Steinlen; some pages uncut; plus 16 pages advertising the volumes in this "Collection Minuscule" (see page 7) 66 pp. ; 5 illustrations by M. Moisand; some pages uncut; plus 5 pages advertising the volumes in this "Collection Minuscule" (see page 7) 40 pp. letterpress on Classic Crest; accordionfolded; this book has 2 spines and is another creative structure by Pat Baldwin; a compilation of ten quotations relating to mirrors plus 3 tipped-in illustrations and 2 small mirrors; signed & numbered 14 pp. letterpress on Peter's handmade paper; deluxe edition; one hand-painted and illuminated initial by Donna Thomas; a poem; Robert E. Massmann bookplate; signed & numbered 47 pp. letterpress in 2 colors on Natsume paper; collection of Haiku beautifully illustrated by Andre Chappaz & Ron Solms; signed & numbered by Ward Schori 29 pp.; star endpapers; printed in 2 colors; frontispiece portrait plus additional illustrations; author was an antiquarian book seller who specialized in the American Civil War and Abraham Lincoln 1-1/2" 1/4" 1-1/2" 1/8" 2-3/4" 7/8" 7/8" 2-5/8" 1/8" $95.00 $95.00 $50.00 $60.00 $ #74 #77 #79

12 # Publisher Title Author Year Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 81 of Ward Schori 82 of Ward Schori 83 of Traci Ann Schori 84 Red Dog 85 Religious Tract Society 86 REM Miniatures 87 REM Miniatures 88 REM Miniatures Lincoln, The Literary Genius Printshop Nostalgia Red-Headed Woodpecker, The A Million Miles, A Million Smiles Young Christian's Pocket-Book Lilliputia Produced by Robert Massmann Win, Place and Show, or the Fund Raising Jack Barzun, Jacques 1977 Evanston IL Ornately gilt black leather Nolf, John T Evanston IL 200 Printed brown leatherette Lark, Olive Webb Brogan, Jim & Elaine Massmann, Robert E. Massmann, Robert E. Wise and Otherwise, A Blumenthal, Grave and Gay Garner Walter Hart 89 Rivington's Sacred Allegories: Old Man's Home. Shadow of the Cross, The Distant Hills, & King's Messengers 90 Schmidt & Gunther Dictionario Liliputiense Espanol-Ingles Adams, William Agejas, Lor. Gonz Evanston IL 100 Gilt red cloth by Don Brady 2012 Branchburg NJ 99 Blue cloth ; paper label; printed sleeve 1836 London Gilt black flexible leather (see page 7) 1983 New Britain CT 1967 New Britain CT 1965 New Britain CT Paper ; printed label; sleeve with label 49 pp.; marbled endpapers; illustrated; how Lincoln became our most eloquent president; this essay is considered the finest ever written on Lincoln's writing style; author is a master of the English language 80 pp.; illustrated throughout with dozens of cartoons from "old days in the printshop", reprinted from old issues of The Island Printer magazine 21 pp. letterpress; hand-colored frontispiece; an original moralistic poem recited by the publisher's great great aunt and then recorded; publisher is Ward Schori's 12-year-old granddaughter A keepsake from MBS Conclave XXX in Asheville; one folded sheet of paper illustrates the first 30 MBS Conclaves, their location, hosts, and distance from one to the next 192 pp.; first edition; a nicely printed pocketsized collection of religious "counsels, comfort, and cautions" to "read, digest, and practise"; includes a 4-page price list of other miniature publications by this press; fine condition; a.e.g. 8 pp.; one of very few copies; details 7 tiny items produced by Massmann without his REM imprint or as ephemera; 2 pockets contain bookplates for several friends and a calling card for Father Joe Curran 500 Paper 22 pp.; a humorous tale of how Father Murphy tried to raise money for his poor parish by entering a donkey into a horse race and the resulting publicity; 2 tipped-in illustrations 250 Scroll on plastic spool; housed in cylindrical plastic case with printed label 1883 London Gilt brown cloth with matching lidded box (gilt) (1940) Leipzig, Germany Ornately gilt brown leather (title on spine) Lithographed on parchment paper in brown ink with titles in green and embellishments in red; a sampling of witty and wise literary nuggets by Emerson, Churchill, Wilde, Twain, Ginsberg and many others Approx. 160 pp. each; 4 books in a matching box; box is titled "Sacred Allegories"; a Presentation Edition; fine condition; all edges red (container measures 4 3/4 x 2 ) (see page 4) 755 pp. finely printed on india paper; clear legible type; a Spanish to English dictionary; all edges red (see page 4) 2-1/2" x 1-7/8" 2-5/8" x 2-1/2" x 2" 2-5/8" x 2-1/4" 2-11/16" 3/16" 1-3/4" x 1-5/8" 1-7/8" x 1-3/4" 2" high x 54" long 3-1/2" x 2-1/2" x 1-1/2" $25.00 $12.00 $14.00 #81 #82 #83 #87

13 # Publisher Title Author Year Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 91 Splendid Potpourri, information & recipes for making sweet scents 92 Sunflower Mr. Finney and the Turnip 93 Tamazunchale David Swan, A Fantasy 94 (Unknown) Kalender für das Jahr 1900 Acker, Susan, 1979 Mill Valley Dianne Weiss & Carol Cunningham Cunningham, Carol Hawthorne, Nathaniel 1988 Mill Valley 230 Lavender pictorial paper 50 Purple paper ; pictorial label plus title on spine 1984 Newton IA 250 Gilt green leather (spine faded) 1899 Vienna, Austria 95 (Unknown) Notes Gilt brown pigskin;4 raised bands; leather spine label; slipcase 96 Victoria & Albert Museum 97 Waldmann & Pfitzner 98 Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. 99 William Pickering 100 Yellow Kid 101 Miniature Book Society Huntley & Palmers Biscuits Lord's Prayer, The Life of Edward VII Libri de Officiis de Senectute et de Amicitia Beagle's Adventure 1985 (London) Pictorial paper Bible (Germany) Gilt black leather in original Plexiglas case with built-in magnifier; velvetlined presentation box Bulley, Eleanor 1901 London Ciceronis, Marcus Tullius Longfellow, Stephen (father of Henry Wadsworth) 1821 London 1968 Portland ME 46 pp. letterpress; frontispiece; every page illustrated; 9 potpourri recipes "to preserve the sweetness of a garden long after its flowers have bloomed"; inscribed to Stu from Carol (Cunningham); numbered 2 and signed 28 pp. letterpress in 4 colors; lavender endpapers; a delightful poem profusely illustrated with linocuts by Carol Cunningham; number 3 of only 50 copies; signed 37 pp.; letterpress by Enschedé; marbled endpapers; frontispiece portrait stamp of Nathaniel Hawthorne; a fantasy from Twice- Told Tales; a.e.g. Gilt brown leather 40 pp.; finger-shaped; printed in black & red; with original pencil (in fleur-de-lis endpapers; a.e.g. (see page 4) loops, to close) Gilt cream paper with gilt leather labels on front cover and spine Red cloth printed label 75 Pictorial printed ; original printed sleeve This high quality chunky blank book has hundreds of pages (1/2" thick); fleur-de-lis endpapers; a.e.g. (see page 4) 28 blank pages; cover reproduces a pocket calendar issued by Huntley & Palmers; originally came as a free gift within selected biscuit tins at Christmas time (see page 4) 14 pp.; in 7 languages; each prayer is produced complete in offset printing on one page, preceded by a title page in the corresponding language; smallest engraved and printed book in the world at the time of publication 149 pp.; 16 black & white photos; compiled from various sources, the story of this early 20th century king of Great Britain and Ireland, and Emperor of India; a.e.g. (see page 7) 155 pp.; engraved portrait frontispiece and extra engraved title page; printed in 4.5 Diamond type by C. Corrall; Latin text 18 pp. letterpress in 7 colors; Serette's first miniature book; 11 ornaments in various colors illustrate the 200-year-old poem; Robert E. Massmann bookplate Bookends 2010 San Diego 100 Solid Pewter Horse front & rear; keepsake from MBS Conclave XXVIII in Lexington KY (see p. 4) 2-5/8" 2-1/4" 2-5/8" 7/8" 3" x 1-1/4" 2-3/4" 3-1/4" 5 mm x 6 mm $ " x $ /2" 3-1/2" 1/8" 1-9/16" 1/4" $95.00 #91 #92 #94 #100