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1 Miniature Books for Sale Catalog 76: January 2, 2019 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 1-5/16" # Publisher Title Author Year Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 1 Anne & David Bromer 2 Barbara J. Raheb 3 Barbara J. Raheb 4 Black Cat 5 Borrower's Remarkable Story of Chicken Little, The Liber Culinaria Chandler, J. G Boston MA 85 Pictorial paper ; printed label by Green Dragon Bindery Raheb, Barbara J. (compiler) 1984 (Tarzana ) Tales of Mystery Poe, Edgar Allen 1981 Van Nuys (volumes I and II) Testaments of Faith 6 Firmin Didot Le Petit Paroissien de l'enfance 7 Hoshino Old Enemy, New-Friend 8 Jack R. Levien Forgue, Norman W. (compiler) Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare, William Imaida, Isao Bible Pictures Levien, Jack R. (illustrator) 300 Gilt black pyroxylin; metal clasp 46 pp. letterpress by Darrell Hyder in quite readable type; text of the first edition (1840); this is #46 of only 50 copies offered for sale 48 pp.; marbled endpapers; 4 illustrations; a manuscript on medieval cookery; includes 10 recipes; Raheb wrote the entire text in calligraphy 300 Gilt green pyroxylin 88 pp. total in 2 volumes; marbled endpapers; 6 illustrations; four of Poe's classic short stories 1976 Skokie 249 Gilt burgundy leather by Bela Blau 1978 Winterport ME 300 Gilt brown leather spine; marbled paper (1820) Paris Highly gilt red leather (both covers & spine) 1979 Tokyo, Japan 1972 Enkhuizen, Holland 150 Gilt blue leatherette; matching slipcase; 18 karat gold numbering bar on slipcase 100 Gilt tan leather; "Bible" on spine 30 pp. letterpress; red endpapers; printed in black and red inks; 4 credos of faith to commemorate the bi-centennial year 37 pp. letterpress; 2 hand-colored illustrations by Amanda Epstein; signed and numbered by Jane Bernier 80 pp.; frontispiece engraving plus 4 additional engraved illustrations; a RARE tiny devotional book for children in very fine condition; a.e.g. 104 and 88 pp.; marbled endpapers; first part in English, second part in Japanese, paginated separately; 2-part tale of a trip to Sydney, Australia; top edge gilt 61 pp.; no text; a full-page illustration on each page, from The Creation and The Garden of Eden to Haman on His Gallows (from the Book of Esther); a.e.g. 1-5/16" x 1" 1-5/16" x 1" 15/16" x 3/4" 1-1/4" x 1- x 5/8" 1-1/8" x 13/16" $ $ $ /16" $ /4" 1" x 13/16" #1 #2 #3 (2 volumes) #4 #5 #6

2 9 Jack R. Levien 10 Lilliput 11 Mosaic Business Worries Levien, Jack R. Beekeeper's Craft, A Murray, Frank Roses 12 Schloss English Bijou Almanac for 1837 Poetically Illus. Rawnsley, Ellis 1970 Enkhuizen, Holland 1985 Bristol, England 1983 Cincinnati OH 100 Gilt red leather 18 pp.; first edition; 4 line illustrations by Levien; an old Jewish story from Amsterdam told to Levien by a friend x Gilt green leather Silver gilt cloth 1836 London Gilt red paper wrapper 48 pp.; marbled endpapers; hand-colored frontispiece plus 11 additional hand-colored illustrations of various bees and hives; a working beekeeper outlines the beekeeper's year 1-3/8" x 1" 28 pp.; 2 illustrations by Romilda Dilley; top edge gilt 15/16" x 3/4" 64 pp.; completely engraved with 6 fine illustrations (Coleridge, Goethe, Cooper plus 3 others); Schloss published these minuscule bijou almanacs for only 8 years, ; a.e.g. (gilt is faded) 13/16" x 9/16" #7 (book & slipcase) #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 Almanacs & Calendars # Publisher Title Year Place Binding Description H x W Price 13 Carl Fromme Fromme's Wiener Portemonnaie Kalender (Unknown) Fick-Kalender 1901 (Pocket Calendar 1901) 1902 Vienna, Austria 1900 Stockholm, Sweden Goldtone metal covers; red cloth spine Elaborately gilt brown leather (both covers) 15 (Unknown) Day by Day (1930) (Germany) Gilt blue leather with Art Deco geometric pattern in various colors 16 (Unknown) Marbled ; gilt leather spine & corners 17 (Unknown) Geldtaschen-Kalender 1923 (Purse Calendar 1923) 1922 Silvertone metal covers; red leather spine 66 pp.; German text; nicely printed almanac in black and red; delicate blue borders; frontispiece; a keepsake from the wedding celebration of Elsa and Adolf Kramrisch; a.e.g. 64 pp.; delicate floral endpapers; Danish text; nicely printed almanac in black with red line borders; some neat inked handwriting; a.e.g. 100 pp.; produced as a giveaway item for a stationery store, English text; this calendar is printed in red and black with several glassine leaves in the center for stamps 64 pp.; holly endpapers; charming almanac with French text; printed in black and red; several blank pages have penciled handwritten notes in French; all edges red 1-3/4" x 1-3/8" 1/ $65.00 $ /16" $ /8" 1-3/4" x 1-1/4" 56 pp.; decorative endpapers; almanac with German text 1- x printed in black and red; pristine with no handwriting; a.e.g. 1-3/8" $55.00 $70.00 #13 #14 #15 #16 #17

3 Miniature Books Over 1-1/4 # Publisher Title Author Year Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 18 ABCDarium of C. L. Helbert 19 Achille J. St. Onge 20 Amistad Peasants of the Vistula Ross, Albion H. From a Writer's Notebook Brooks, Van Wyck Bibliography of Amistad Carter, Miniature Books Yolanda 1988 Milwaukee WI 1955 Worcester MA 1990 Austin TX 21 Andre Kundig Pensees Anglaises 1962 Geneva, Switzerland 22 Andre Kundig Pensees Arabes 1957 Geneva, Switzerland 23 Andre Kundig Pensees du XVIII Siecle 1976 Geneva, Switzerland 24 Andre Kundig Pensees et Maximes 1959 Geneva, Switzerland 25 Andre Kundig Pensees Feminines 1964 Geneva, Switzerland 26 Anne & David Bromer 27 Anson D. F. Randolph Co. Butterfly's Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast Pocket History of the Presidents and Information about the United States, A Roscoe, William Rand, Thomas 200 Gilt green cloth spine; gilt paper 53 pp. letterpress with several color illustrations; first edition; chapter 10 of Ross' Journey of an American followed by a short biography of the author 1000 Gilt green calf 88 pp. letterpress by Chiswick ; marbled endpapers; our greatest literary historian has assembled a provocative series of ideas and observations; witty comments on popular authors, Nietzsche, Darwin, Poe and more; a.e.g. Printed cloth Gilt blue leatherette wraps Gilt red leatherette Gilt black leatherette wraps Green leatherette wraps Gilt cream leatherette wraps 1977 Boston MA 150 Marbled paper with printed label by Gray Parrot 1897 New York NY Color pictorial white cloth (some soiling) 70 pp.; illustrated throughout; a detailed bibliography of 43 miniature books (mostly dollhouse scale) published by Yolanda Carter; pp.; French text; a collection of quotations by famous Englishmen 96 pp.; French text; a collection of Arabic quotations 3" 3/8" 1-1/ 1-1/ 96 pp.; French text; a collection of quotations by 1-1/ famous 18th century literary and political figures 96 pp.; French text; a collection of thoughts and maxims 96 pp.; French text; a collection of feminine quotations 24 pp. letterpress on Japanese paper; designed & printed by Sarah Chamberlain; French-folded; 8 gorgeous wood engravings by Chamberlain; this is Chamberlain's first miniature commission by the Bromers; copy #47 79 pp.; 2nd edition; printed at the University, Cambridge MA; brief biographies of all the Presidents up to William McKinley, with portraits of all (see page 6) 1-1/ 1-1/ 2-9/16" x 2-5/16" $25.00 $90.00 $90.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $12.00 $ $65.00 #18 #20 #26

4 28 Arm & Hammer 29 Ash Ranch 30 Big Wheel 31 Black Cat 32 Black Cat 33 Black Cat 34 Black Cat Dimestore Soldiers The Story, Catalogue No. 1 Rouze, Gordon 2004 Sugar Land TX Hildreth, Don 1987 San Diego Saddle Up for Alaska! Zahner, Craig 1976 Auburn IN Book Gluttons and Book Gourmets Essay on Limited Editions, An Homecoming of the Lost Book, The (Return of the Lost Book on spine) One Hundred Proverbs Adapted from the Japanese 35 Blau Inaugural Address of John Fitzgerald Kennedy 36 Bodle Books Blumenthal, Walter Hart 1962 Chicago 50 Gilt brown cloth ; printed labels Printed color 100 Cloth spine with printed label; printed paper 300 Gilt black leather Starrett, Vincent 1982 Skokie 249 Mottled red leatherette by Bela Blau Schwarzwald, Eugenie Forgue, Norman Kennedy, John Fitzgerald Life Reeked with Joy: Henriksson, A History of the Past Anders (compiler) 1961 Chicago 1960 Chicago 1965 Los Angeles 1984 Brooklyn NY 300 Gilt blue leather spine; paper by Monastery Hill Bindery 17 Gilt red leather by the Monastery 1000 Gilt royal blue leather 300 Gilt blue cloth spine and rear cover; marbled paper front cover 36 pp. letterpress; 18 color illustrations of vintage toy soldiers; these miniatures, which originally sold in 5 &10 cent stores such as Woolworth's, were popular in the early 19th century 2-1/4" 12 pp. letterpress in 4 colors; illustrated; a detailed 3" $8.00 catalog of Hildreth's 3 smallest volumes: Jose and the Burro, Coyote, and The Tramp Printer 23 pp. letterpress in 2 colors on a 5x8 press; Zahner is the grand nephew of James Weygand ( of the Indian Kid) who mentored him throughout this book's production; original essay on a wonderful trip to Alaska when just a boy 84 pp. letterpress; a wonderful essay on book collecting and some insatiable collectors; author Blumenthal was a noted scholar, author, editor, and book collector 41 pp. letterpress in 2 colors; decorative endpapers; very interesting essay on the dubious quest for limited editions; author Starrett was an American writer, journalist, and bibliophile 23 pp. letterpress on handmade paper; Frenchfolded; spine is erroneously stamped "Return of the Lost Book"; a wonderful bookish essay translated from the German 28 pp, letterpress; French-folded; frontispiece print of Mount Fujiyama; every page is ruled in red; fine preface on Forgue s interest in miniature objects and books; an especially beautiful and early book by this press; one of only 17 copies bound in full leather 1-15/16" 2-1/8" x 1-3/4" 51 pp. letterpress; frontispiece portrait; the now 1-5/8" x famous speech delivered by Kennedy on January 1-3/8" 20, 1961; illustrated with a photo of JFK; all pages have a gold border 45 pp.; 9 pen and ink illustrations by Edmund Venella; choice passages on European history written by freshmen university students; signed and numbered #46 by publisher Carmen Carter, daughter of Yolanda Carter (Amistad ) x $ $ $40.00 #28 #30 #36

5 37 Bronte 38 Butternut Turning the Grindstone, A Cautionary Tale 39 Castle Baird Seven Nursery Rhymes Franklin, Benjamin Shaker Industries Metzger, Stephen and Cynthia Elyce Rubin 40 Castle Marriage Service of Susan Marie Denne and George Edward Kinney 41 Catharijne 42 Chanticleer 43 Clearview 44 D. Lothrop & Co. 45 David Bryce and Son 46 Dawson's Book Shop In Praise of the Virtuous Woman Little Red School House, The Fate of the Schooner Louise H. Randall Baird, Jane Ogilvie, Bruce C. Randall, Louise H Manteno 150 Cloth spine with paper label; marbled paper 1977 Charlestown MA 225 Printed paper ; slipcase with printed label 1991 Sausalito 100 Printed paper 1983 Pasadena 1994 Zuilichem Netherlands 2000 Vernon Hills 1998 New Port Richey FL 50 Cloth ; printed dust jacket 190 Printed silver cloth 100 Gilt red pictorial cloth by Don Brady 195 Gilt gray cloth Miss Tiny 1877 Boston MA Color pictorial paper (restored) Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments Birch Bark Poems of Charles F. Lummis, The Gordon, Dudley 1901 Glasgow & London 1969 Los Angeles Gilt black morocco; metal case with builtin magnifier Printed pale green cloth 20 pp. letterpress; 6 full-page illustrations by Elmira Smith Wilkey; the supposed source of the expression "have an axe to grind"; signed by Wilkey and numbered #25 34 pp. printed by Meriden Gravure Company; the history of Shakerism, founded in England in 1847; 10 illustrations of popular Shaker products with detailed captions 27 pp. letterpress; illustrated with 7 charming engraved woodblocks, circa 1870; signed and numbered #23 by publisher Jane Baird and printer Susan Acker 28 pp.; copy #41 of a special edition of 50 copies for the first MBS Conclave held in Tipp City, Ohio; includes the ceremony, the vows, the names of attendants and musicians, etc. (groom's father was the founder of Castle ) 2-5/8" x 2-2-5/8" 3" 3/8" $35.00 $ pp. letterpress; frontispiece pen & ink illustration 2-5/8" x $70.00 by Auk de Boer; praise and properties of a good wife taken from Proverbs 31:10-31; each proverb is accompanied by a Hebrew character 73 pp. letterpress; decorative endpapers; generously illustrated with photos and sketches; biographical narrative of the author's experiences in 4 different one-room school houses 75 pp. letterpress; printed and bound by Don Brady; well-illustrated account by the survivor of an 1892 shipwreck 30 pp.; frontispiece plus 6 additional full-page illustrations; printed in brown ink; 6 sweet and charming children's stories in very large readable type; SRCE (see page 6) 876 pp. on finest india paper; frontispiece; Bryce advertised this marvel as the "Smallest Bible in existence" (see page 6) 27 pp. letterpress; illustrated; Lummis' miniature editions were printed on real birch bark and issued from ; includes birch bark sample frontispiece and sewn-in covers of one of Lummis' books; excellent 13-page biography plus a complete bibliography 3" $ $ /16" 3/8" 2-1/4" x 1-5/8" x 1-1/4" 3" 1/ $40.00 #38 #39 #40

6 #58 #97 #52 #59 #85 #84 #91 #44 #60 #65 #77 #45 #27 19 th Century Miniature Books

7 47 Dawson's Book Shop 48 Dawson's Book Shop 49 Dawson's Book Shop 50 Dawson's Book Shop Climb the Mountains (prospectus) La Vida y la Obra de Altamirano (The Life and Works of Altamirano) Muir, John 1966 Pasadena Printed 4 pg. letterpress-printed prospectus of Muir's Climb the Mountains; original price bound in leather was a mere $3.00 Pena, Carlos Gonzales Picture Book: Charlot, Images and Verses Jean Poetry for Children 51 F. C. Avis Lilliputian Ode, The Pope, Alexander 52 Fisher & Brother Joseph and His Brethren; or, the good child rewarded 53 Ford Joys of Friendship, The 54 G. Barbera Liriche Tragedie e Versi Vari 55 (Germany) Offizin Andersen Nexo 56 Gleniffer Sanssouci Betjeman in Miniature Ford, Alla T. (compiler) Manzoni, Alessandro Betjeman, Sir John 1964 Los Angeles 300 Red leather with 30 pp. letterpress; Spanish text; decorative designs in gold endpapers; frontispiece portrait; printed & on both covers by bound by hand in Mexico for Dawson's; Juan Silva printed on the 71st anniversary of the illustrious Mexican politician and author, Altamirano 1974 Los Angeles 300 Printed paper ; printed slipcase 1982 Los Angeles 150 Gilt blue leather by Bela Blau (1970) London, England Gilt flexible leather 1860 Philadelphia, New York, Boston, Baltimore Gilt brown cloth 1969 Lake Worth FL 500 Gilt orange pictorial cloth 1952 Firenze (Florence) 1984 Leipzig, Germany 1976 Paisley, Scotland Ornately gilt black leatherette (both covers and spine) Gilt burgundy leather; decorative slipcase 250 Gilt maroon leatherette 1/8" 1-1/ 140 pp. by Lynton Kistler; miniaturized 2-1/8" facsimile of the 1933 original; reproduction of the 32 full-color lithographs by Jean Charlot; 3/4" captions by the famed French poet Claudel; this copy was a sample for an upcoming book fair and lacks the dust jacket 46 pp.; introduction by Nethery is letterpress; facsimile reprint of a scarce and obscure American juvenile based on the work of the same name by Charles and Mary Lamb 21 pp. letterpress; patterned endpapers; a poem written by Pope after reading Gulliver's Travels, a.e.g. (see Bondy page 180: "an attractively printed volume" 192 pp.; frontispiece plus 7 additional illustrations; one of 12 volumes in this publisher's Evergreen Miniature Library for children (see page 6) 26 pp. on pink paper; dedicated to Dwight D. Eisenhower; a collection of quotes on friendship and peace by authors and statesmen; Eisenhower postage stamp; inscribed to Kathryn Rickard; signed and numbered 531 pp.; decorative endpapers; frontispiece portrait; Italian text; a collection of tragedies, lyrics and verses; Edizone Vade Mecum; all edges red 431 pp.; German text; decorative endpapers; well over 100 photos and illustrations of Sanssouci, the former summer palace of Frederick the Great, King of Prussia 42 pp. letterpress; marbled endpapers by Cockerell; six poems by the Poet Laureate printed on right side only $5.00 $25.00 $ " $ / 3-3/8" 2-1/4" 1/4" $20.00 $95.00 $65.00 $25.00 $25.00 #48 #49 Book #49 Slipcase #54

8 57 graphic design press 58 H. C. Peck & Theo. Bliss 59 Henry Frowde 60 Henry Frowde / Hodder & Stoughton Aphorisms and Cape, Steve Sayings, collected (editor) chiefly in Monroe and Owen Counties, Indiana Indians of America Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Holy Communion Hazel and Willow Govey, Lilian Amy (illustrator) 61 Hillside Book in History, The Irwin, Eleanor 62 Hillside Hillside, Illustrated Miniatures, Irwin, Frank E. 63 Hillside Miser Elf, The Herford, Oliver 64 Hillside Soundings Thoreau, Henry 65 J. Buffum Offering, The Carter, S. C. (editor) 66 Jack R. Levien Autobiography of an Early American Wood Engraver Anderson, Alexander 1996 Bloomington IN (1850) Philadelphia PA (1900) Oxford & London (1930) London, England 22 Pink printed paper Brown cloth; giltstamped Indian on front cover; ornately gilt spine with title Gilt taupe leather; genuine ivory on both covers (slightly bowed) Pictorial label over paper 28 pp. letterpress printed on a Vandercook SP-12 in 2 colors; sayings collected in memory of Ruth Adomeit, ; Cape was a cataloguer of rare books and special collections at the Lilly Library 191 pp.; table of contents lists 45 fascinating chapters on various American Indian tribes, early explorers, buffalo hunting, wigwams, weapons, etc.; every chapter has a woodcut illustration; fine condition; a.e.g. (see page 6) 688 pp. on very fine india paper; Oxford Miniature Editions; frontispiece portrait of Christ; exceptionally fine, clean and bright; SRCE with full ivory panels on both covers; a.e.g. (see page 6) 32 pp. printed in green ink; floral endpapers; full-color frontispiece; a children's story in rhyme; Hazel and Willow are taught a lesson by some naughty squirrels (see page 6) 1985 Buffalo NY 300 Gilt blue leather 67 pp. letterpress; marbled endpapers; frontispiece; from manuscript volumes to books of the present time; signed and numbered 1966 Franklin NH Printed paper 1972 Tilton NH 250 Pictorial cloth 1964 Franklin NH 375 Pictorial cloth 1852 Boston MA Gilt red cloth 1968 New York NY 500 Black cloth spine; marbled paper ; printed label 24 pp.; 13 illustrations; a bibliography of 16 illustrated miniature books, pp. letterpress; 8 full-page hand-colored Herford drawings; 3 poems by Herford who was a 19th c. author and illustrator 77 pp. letterpress; frontispiece portrait of Thoreau; passages from Thoreau's writings that refer to sound beyond the range of hearing 3/4" 3-1/8" 5/8" 2-1/8" 2-5/8" 1/4" 84 pp.; this Victorian gift book is a collection 3- of 36 poems and essays on flowers; authors 3/16" include Longfellow, Byron, Edgarton, Montague, and Milton; lacks front loose 1/4" endpaper; a.e.g. (see page 6) 48 pp.; decorative endpapers; 21 illustrations by the author; this engaging autobiography was written in 1848; 3-page bibliography 1/4" $45.00 $ $95.00 $45.00 $40.00 $30.00 $50.00 #61 #63 #66

9 67 Jubilee ( of the Rainbow Serpent) 68 Junipero Serra 69 Junipero Serra 70 Junipero Serra 71 Junipero Serra 72 Junipero Serra 73 Karen Nyman (for The Miniature Book Society) 74 Kitemaug 75 Log-Anne 76 Lorson's Books & Prints God's Gift to Children, a Folktale from the Mensa People America's Painter: Norman Rockwell Cigar Bands John Paul the Great: A Eulogy National Archives, The ( ) Silver Jubilee Memoir ( ) A Walking Tour of Asheville Bookstores Letter to Bushrod, A Wayside Cross, The 77 Marcilly Les Feeries Morales Kennedy, Amos Paul, Jr. Weber, Francis J. Weber, Francis J. Weber, Francis J. Weber, Francis J. Weber, Francis J. Nyman, Karen Washington, George Palmer, H.R. Country Calendar Morgan, Gwenda (Illustrator) 1993 Oak Park 30 Senegal cloth ; printed label 1983 San Fernando 2018 (Mission Hills ) 2005 (Mission Hills ) 1985 San Fernando 1984 San Fernando 2012 San Diego 1987 Spartanburg SC 1982 Santa Ana 300 Gilt orange leather 200 Gilt brown cloth by Mariana Blau 150 Gilt red leatherette by Mariana Blau 200 Gilt blue leather (faded) 13 pp. letterpress; linocut illustration of Africa; publisher Amos Kennedy designs, prints and binds his books by hand; his focus is on the "Negro experience"; signed by Kennedy 12 pp. letterpress; postage stamp frontispiece of Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer; details Rockwell's association with The Saturday Evening Post; a.e.g. 19 pp. letterpress by Patrick Reagh; decorative "cigar band" endpapers; illustrated with an authentic La Fendrich cigar band; a mini history of cigar bands - their invention, famous collectors and collections (called "vitolphilia") 12 pp. letterpress by Patrick Reagh; decorative endpapers; papal frontispiece; details some of the accomplishments of this revered pontiff 13 pp. letterpress by Francis Braun; postage stamp frontispiece; SIGNED by Weber; a.e.g. 350 Gilt red calf 14 pp. letterpress by Francis Braun; postage stamp frontispiece; written to commemorate Weber's 25 year intimate relationship with Christ 100 Pictorial paper bound Japanese style 150 Printed blue/green cloth 50 Printed paper 1985 Fullerton 150 Gilt cloth spine; marbled paper ; hard slipcase (1840) Paris Embossed paper pictorial 13 pp.; printed in full color; lists and describes six of downtown Ashevillle's most intriguing used and antiquarian book stores plus Asheville BookWorks; 2-page map; issued in kit form as a keepsake from MBS Conclave XXX in Asheville NC 28 pp. letterpress; Bushrod was Washington's favorite nephew and inheritor of Mount Vernon, Washington's library and his papers 16 pp. calligraphed in brown ink; frontispiece and 2-page illustration by Herschel Logan who also designed, printed and hand-bound it 28 pp. letterpress by the Whittington ; 12 beautiful wood engravings by Morgan accompany a verse for each month of the year; authors include Keats, Shakespeare, and Milton 3" 3/4" 3" 1/8" /16" 2-2-3/4" 2-5/8" 3/8" 2-3/4" 1/8" $90.00 $30.00 $30.00 $24.00 $15.00 $24.00 $8.00 $ pp.; 5 gorgeous highly detailed plates; half 3" $ title page has been cut; lacks front free endpaper; 1843 signature by "Florence" (see page 6) #67 #69 #76

10 78 Masako Ishiguro Book on the Chair, The 79 Minia Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 80 Miniature Book Society 81 Mystical Places 82 (Nazi Propaganda Booklet) 83 Opuscula Page, Mathi Small is Beautiful Bondy, Louis W Nagoya, Japan Carroll, Lewis (1940) Jamaica NY 1987 Burbank 18 Faux snakeskin; book is the cushion on a wooden chair (chair is 3-1/4" high) Gilt red pictorial leather; gold paperboard slipcase Sky Islands Timm, Jill 1999 Austin TX 35 Snowy white cloth ; ribbon spine Des Fuhrers Kampf Zur See Spuds 84 Pairault & Cie La Souris Blanche (The White Mouse) 85 Pairault & Cie Le Petit Poucet (Tom Thumb) 86 Peter & Donna Thomas 87 of Ward Schori 88 of Ward Schori Story of the Tree Keeper's Wisdom, A Addie: An Obituary Kindergarten Wisdom Hanson, Robert F. Moreau, Hegesippe 12 pp.; book contains 6 full-color pop-ups. When it is placed on the chair, it opens to create different styles of armchair, each with an appropriate book lying open on it 192 pp.; pink endpapers; reprint of the 1865 children's classic with 42 illustrations by John Tenniel; top edge gilt 400 Gilt blue cloth 51 pp. letterpress by Tabula Rasa ; marbled endpapers; preface by Msgr. Francis J. Weber; Louis Bondy's address for MBS Conclave III in Burbank 1940 Germany Pictorial paper 1979 Mattituck NY 300 Gilt brown cloth 30 pp. accordion-folded; 12 stunning color photographs taken in the Canadian Rockies near Baniff; several photos are sweeping fold-out panoramas; numbered & signed 36 pp.; The Fuehrer's Naval Battles; 17 fullpage black and white photos 58 pp.; highlights some general information about the potato plus the history of the potato, how to grow potatoes, how to cook potatoes and potato trivia 1895 Paris Gilt brown morocco 62 pp.; marbled endpapers; French text; frontispiece and 4 illustrations by Henri Pille; original bound in; regular edition on paper (see page 6) Perrault, G. H Paris Gilt brown morocco 60 pp.; marbled endpapers; French text; frontispiece and 3 illustrations by the famous Steinlen; original bound in; regular edition on paper; a.e.g. (see page 6) Thomas, Peter & Donna Schori, Ward (Introduction) Fulghum, Robert 1985 Santa Cruz 1987 Evanston 1988 Evanston 200 Gilt leather spine; pictorial handmade paper 120 Gilt black cloth by John Lariviere 120 Gilt white cloth by Hugo Grummich 27 pp. letterpress on Peter's handmade paper; 5 full page illustrations cut by Donna; one hand-colored vignette; a Bradbury 100; signed & numbered 38 pp. letterpress; frontispiece; touching tribute to a beautiful young woman who perished at the age of 27; includes tributes and remembrances 10 pp. letterpress in 2 colors; marbled endpapers; miniature version of the widelypublished essay Everything I Ever Really Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten; signed & numbered 1-3/4" x 1-3/4" 2-1/4" x 1-1/ 2-5/8" x 2-1/4" 2-5/8" x 2-1/ 2-15/16" 3/16" 1-1/ x 1-1/4" 1-1/ x 1-1/4" x 1- x 2-1/8" x 1-3/4" $65.00 $40.00 $60.00 $22.00 $ $ $55.00 $24.00 $30.00 #79 #86 #87 #88

11 89 of Ward Schori 90 Robert C. Bradbury 91 Sampson Low, Marston and Co. 92 Scott Free 93 Sunflower 94 Sunflower 95 Sunflower 96 Tabula Rasa 97 V. H. Casterman 98 Wallace Nethery Old Barn, The Troth, John Collecting Massmann, Miniature Robert E. Books, Number 5 The Two Gentlemen of Verona Bobtail Streetcar, The Elephant Shakespeare, William Cassidy, Terence W. Cunningham, Carol Time Machines Cunningham, Carol Woven Wind Cunningham, Carol Baseball - One Harris, Eldon L'Imitation de la Sainte Vierge Fleurons by Chance 1980 Evanston 2005 Worcester MA 240 Orange/red cloth Printed paper ; original printed envelope (1900) London Brown leather with title giltstamped on spine 1986 Overland Park KS 1991 Mill Valley 1996 Mill Valley 1987 Mill Valley 1981 Morro Bay 1880 Tournai, Belgium Nethery, Corry 1989 Los Angeles 175 Pictorial yellow cloth 45 Elephant patterned fabric ; printed label on spine 25 Chartreuse paper ; pictorial label 40 Striped silk ; custom Plexiglas box with a lift-off lid 300 Gilt leather spine; marbled Gilt brown leather with 5 raised bands & inner dentelles 50 Fleur de lis paper with printed label 27 pp. letterpress; marbled endpapers; $30.00 frontispiece; 11 woodcuts by Herschel C. Logan; a 13/16" poem attributed to Troth with an interesting introduction by Schori on the history of barns in America; inscribed to Bob Massmann; top edge gilt 4 pp.; keepsake of MBS Conclave XXIII; an essay entitled "My Miniature Book Odyssey"; a timeline for Massmann's miniature book collecting odyssey 266 pp.; top edge gilt; decorative endpapers; nicely printed in very readable text; top edge gilt (other titles available) (see page 6) 44 pp. letterpress in 2 colors; decorative endpapers; postage stamp plus 3 illustrations; describes a set of 4 stamps issued by the USPS depicting different types of streetcars; signed & numbered 50 pp. letterpress in 2 colors on handmade paper; nearly every page is illustrated and many are hand-colored and illuminated; a collection of elephant facts and trivia; signed & numbered 3" 78" $6.00 $ /16" x 2-1/8" $35.00 x 3-3/16" 38 pp. letterpress; frontispiece; illustrated 2- x throughout; the history of time machines - obelisks, sun dials, and various types of clocks; signed & numbered #16 of only 25 copies 40 pp. letterpress in 6 colors; illustrated throughout, some hand-colored; the story of this most luxurious of fabrics, the fiber of the aristocracy since 2600 BC; signed & numbered #10 of only 40 copies 2-5/8" 59 pp. letterpress; marbled endpapers; interesting 2-1/8" x baseball history is relayed in this tale of a conversation between a father and his baseball-fan daughter; signed & numbered by author 296 pp.; decorative endpapers; red silk page marker; French text; charming edition of this text of devotion; beautifully printed in 4.5-point type; very fine condition; a.e.g. (see page 6) 2-15/16" 30 pp. letterpress by Nethery; 12 delicate fanciful 2- x floral doodles created in Corry's spare time; printed 3" in blue ink on recto leaves $75.00 #89 #94 #95