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1 Miniature Books for Sale Catalog 53: January 1, 2015 KAREN MAN 702 Rosecrans Street San Diego 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 shipped to you on approval; they are returnable for any reason within one week of purchase. Please pay promptly after you have received your books with a check payable to Karen Nyman and mail to address above. Overseas buyers may pay with PayPal but it is necessary to contact me first. Micro-Miniatures Up To 1-1/4 # Publisher Title Author Yr Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 1 Amanda Epstein 2 Barbara 3 Barbara 4 Barbara 5 Barbara 6 Barbara 7 Barbara 8 Barbara 9 Barbara 10 Barbara 11 Barbara Dolls and Doll Houses Huntley, Kris 1976 (New York ) Gems from Tennyson Book of Fools, Tennyson, Alfred Lord, Barbara (compiler) 1981 Van Nuys 1984 (Tarzana ) Goodbye, Mr. Chips Hilton, James 1997 Agoura Hills Nightingale, Origins of Food, Personal Journal Diary Portrait of Royalty Andersen, Hans Christian, Barbara (compiler), Barbara 1979 Van Nuys 1980 Van Nuys 1980 Van Nuys 1981 Van Nuys Song of Songs Bible 1980 Van Nuys Tale of Pigling Bland, Tale of Samuel Whiskers or Roly-Poly Pudding Potter, Beatrix Potter, Beatrix n.d. (Tarzana ) 1983 Agoura Hills Pictorial paper ; printed label 300 Gilt brown 300 Gilt burgundy 300 Gilt navy blue 300 Gilt black 300 Gilt burgundy 300 Gilt white with metal clasp 300 Gilt burgundy 300 Gilt red spine marbled 300 Gilt green 300 Gilt green 22 pp.; 9 full-page hand-colored illustrations 1-1/8" x of antique dolls plus 9 full-page hand-colored 7/8" illustrations of doll houses 80 pp.; marbled endpapers; every page illustrated with ornate lettering; reproduced from an antique original 15/16" x 32 pp.; marbled endpapers; 15 illustrations 15/16" x 47 pp.; marbled endpapers; 18 illustrations 15/16" x 28 pp.; marbled endpapers; 3 illustrations 15/16" x 11/16" 142 pp.; marbled endpapers; scattered illustrations 40 pp.; moiré endpapers; illustrated with a decorative heading for every month 48 pp.; decorative endpapers; every page illustrated and captioned with a British monarch from King Alfred to George VI 15/16" x 15/16" x 15/16" x 29 pp.; 2 illustrations 15/16" x 11/16" 64 pp.; delicate floral endpapers; lavishly illustrated throughout; revised edition 15/16" x 32 pp.; marbled endpapers; 6 illustrations 15/16" x $85.00 $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7

2 12 Gleniffer 13 Lilliput 14 Mosaic Queen Zenobia Lapeyre, Zenobia Account of the Life of Dr. Samuel Johnson, An Healing and Belief Johnson, Samuel Cousins, Norman (1989) Paisley, Scotland Bristol, 1982 Cincinnati OH 200 Gilt brown ette Gilt brown Moroccan goatskin 600 Gilt maroon 64 pp.; Zenobia was a 3rd century queen who led a famous revolt against the Roman Empire and ruled Egypt until /8" x 13/16" 48 pp.; hand-colored frontispiece portrait; line illustrations 1-1/8" x throughout; Johnson's autobiography up to his 11th year; top 7/8" edge gilt 80 pp.; marbled endpapers; condensed version of Human Options; top edge gilt 1-1/16" x 13/16" $65.00 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13 #14 Miniature Books Over 1-1/4 # Publisher Title Author Yr Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 15 Achille St. Onge 16 Achille St. Onge 17 Allied Newspapers 18 Arm & Hammer Declaration of Independence (1st printing) Form and Order of the Service in the Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Shakespeare's Works (11 volumes) Lawman and Mildred Taitt, Shakespeare, William Haley, Evetts 1970 Worcester MA 1953 Worcester MA (1932) London, 2005 Sugar Land TX 1000 Gilt black 2000 Gilt red crushed morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe Black fabricoid with rounded corners 50 Pictorial 2- color paper 52 pp. letterpress; first printing; the text is followed by a list of the signers plus 15 pages of interesting notes regarding the signing; a.e.g. 77 pp. letterpress by Chiswick ; frontispiece portrait; printed in black and red; includes a table of contents, the entire Coronation service and the national anthem; a St. Onge masterpiece; a.e.g. Each book approx. 400 pp.; titles: Julius Caesar, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Macbeth, Cymbeline, Winter's Tale, King Richard II, King Richard III, Comedy of Errors, As You Like It, Merry Wives of Windsor, Tempest 24 pp. letterpress and hand-bound; decorative endpapers; 1 illustration; printed in 2 colors; delightful biographical story of a frail school teacher and her unlikely wooing by a lawman in /8" x 1-7/8" 2- x 1-7/8" 3/8" 2-5/8" x 2-5/16" $ $55.00 (or $5 each) $38.00 #16 #18 #19

3 19 Black Cat 20 Black Cat 21 Black Cat 22 Black Cat 23 Black Cat Epigrams Gutenberg, To Printers Throughout World Voltaire, Francois M. A. In a Far-off World Schreiner, Olive Maxims, Observations and Comments of Abraham Lincoln Lincoln, Abraham 1975 Skokie 249 Gilt white by the Monastery Hill Bindery 1937 Chicago 500 Printed 1976 Skokie 249 Gilt green by Bela (1967) Chicago Three Psalms Bible 1967 Chicago 24 Inaugural Address of John Fitzgerald Kennedy 25 A Tribute to John F. Kennedy, Jr. 26 Breed & Lent 27 Breed & Lent 28 Breed & Lent 29 Burgess & Bowes 30 Burgess & Bowes 31 (Czech Republic) Orbis Daisy and Dot Daisy and Dot (cover says "DOT") Daisy's Death Midget Dictionary: English-French and French-English Poems by Robert Burns Svatebni pisen (Wedding Song) Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, Sen. Edward M. Aunt Fanny (Frances Elizabeth Barrow) Aunt Fanny (Frances Elizabeth Barrow) Aunt Fanny (Frances Elizabeth Barrow) Burns, Robert Spenser, Edmund 1965 Los Angeles 2000 Los Angeles (1866) Buffalo (1866) Buffalo (1866) Buffalo London, London, 1975 Prague, Czech Republic 250 Gilt brown by Bela 200 Gilt black by Bela Gilt vellum cover; vellum slipcase by Bela 300 Gilt black by Mariana Gilt brown pictorial cloth Gilt plum pictorial cloth Gilt green pictorial cloth 44 pp. French-folded; calligraphed text by G. Harvey Petty in black and lavender; decorative endpapers with lavender fleur de lis; a collection of wise and satirical statements 4 pp. letterpress in black and red on Rothenberg paper; first book by Black Cat ; from a speech delivered to an international printers convention in Utrecht 28 pp. letterpress; green endpapers; tale of a man and a woman in a distant world 62 pp. letterpress; decorative endpapers; printed in black and brown; a chronological listing of noteworthy Lincolnisms 28 pp. letterpress in black and green; marbled endpapers; text of the Bible's 8th, 46th and 100th Psalms 51 pp. letterpress on vellum; frontispiece portrait; the now famous speech delivered by Kennedy on January 20, 1961; illustrated with a photo of JFK; all pages have a gold border; one of very few copies printed on and bound in vellum 2-5/8" x 2-1-1/4" 1/16" 2-1-1/4" 1/16" 1-5/8" 3/8" 18 pp. letterpress by Patrick Reagh in black and green; frontispiece; Senator Ted Kennedy's moving 9/16" tribute to his nephew, delivered in July 1999; Robert E. Massmann bookplate 64 pp.; one of 6 small books in the Aunt Fanny 1-3/8" series; all 6 books in this series are about cats; x 1" beautiful condition for this very scarce Civil War era book; a.e.g. 64 pp.; one of 6 small books in the Aunt Fanny 1-3/8" series; all 6 books in this series are about cats; x 1" beautiful condition for this very scarce Civil War era book BUT it was bound in the wrong cover; a.e.g. 64 pp.; one of 6 small books in the Aunt Fanny 1-3/8" series; all 6 books in this series are about cats; x 1" beautiful condition for this very scarce Civil War era book BUT lacks title page through page 4 (2 leaves); a.e.g. Gilt red 233 pp.; containing automobile terms, dialogues, geographical and Christian names, photographic terms, etc. Tartan cloth with giltstamped portrait Blind-stamped and gilt brown ; slipcase 245 pp.; "Midget" Classics series; includes a biography, approximately 75 of his most famous poems and a glossary; as new condition 101 pp.; decorative endpapers; Spenser is an English poet best known for Faerie Queene; one of the greatest poets in the English language 3-1/4" 1/4" 3-1/4" 1/4" $12.00 $35.00 $65.00 $35.00 $ $65.00 $ $ $ $10.00 $ " x 3" $28.00 #21 #24 #26 #27 #28

4 32 David Bryce & Son Bryce's Thumb Gazetteer of the World 33 Dawson's Book Shop 34 Dawson's Book Shop 35 Dawson's Book Shop 36 Dawson's Book Shop Bibliography of Cheney Miniatures, A Franciscan Missions of California Railroads & Buses Trois Fables de la Fontaine 37 E. P. Dutton & Co. Bible Forget-Me- Nots 38 Eyre & Spottiswoode Imitation of Christ, Bliss, Carey S. Whytock, Emily & Norman McFadden, John M. La Fontaine, Jean de Havergal, Frances Ridley Kempis, Thomas A Glasgow, Scotland 1975 Los Angeles Gilt red suede; yapp edges 150 Decorative paper ; printed label; dust jacket 1969 Glendale 200 Ecru linen ; letterpress label 1979 Los Angeles 1965 Los Angeles 1884 New York 1906 London, 39 Flying Pig Etiquette Twain, Mark 1992 Cincinnati OH 40 (Germany) Friedrich Miniaturbuchverlag Hölderlin: Leipzig Ausgewählte Gedichte 41 (Germany) Offizin Andersen Nexo Deutsche Demokratische Republik Hölderlin, Friedrich 1998 Leipzig, Germany 2000 Leipzig, Germany 150 Gilt blue cloth Vellum with gilt-stamped spine Gilt blue cloth pictorial Gilt red 200 Gilt cloth Gilt green ; pictorial slipcase Gilt blue ; slipcase 434 pp.; comprising the most recent statistical information and notices of the most important historical events associated with the places named, also, the last census; all edges red (title page is frayed) 32 pp. letterpress by Vance Gerry; a checklist of William Cheney's more significant miniature books, 31 titles over a 26-year period 51 pp. letterpress by William Cheney; 6 full-page pen and ink drawings; story of the chain of Franciscan missions started by Junipero Serra in pp. letterpress by William Cheney in 6 colors; 19 illustrations printed directly from old cuts, some used in the printing of time tables; includes an original Pacific Electric ticket 21 pp. letterpress by William Cheney; French text; text in black ink; 4 full-page illustrations by Cheney in brown ink; a beautiful very small book published by Karen Dawson for Dawson's Book Shop 96 pp. with text printed in gold ink; 28-page introduction followed by 31 days of Biblical texts surrounded by artistic floral designs in blue and gold; all edges blue 2-1/8" 2-7/8" 1/4" 1-7/8" 15/16" 2-3/8" x 1-3/8" 1/16" 2-15/16" x 3" 570 pp.; 10 illustrations of famous religious 2- paintings; first printed in American in 1749, it has 3/16" been the most widely read devotional manual apart from the Bible; its appeal has been attributed to 7/8" "the great simplicity of its style and its freedom from intellectualism or theological dogmatism"; a very fine copy (see photo on page 10) 52 pp.; Twain's witty parody of etiquette, providing advice for proper decorum in 3 unusual social settings: At the Funeral, At a Fire, and Visiting Cards 282 pp.; German text; the selected poems of Friedrich Hölderlin who was a major German lyric poet, commonly associated with the artistic movement known as Romanticism Approx. 300 pp.; 20 pages of text in German followed by approx. 250 full-page photographs, all relating to the German Democratic Republic, its citizens, customs and institutions 2-7/8" $45.00 $80.00 $75.00 $40.00 $60.00 $45.00 $ $25.00 $25.00 $25.00 #32 #33 #34 #41

5 42 Hilleary & Petko San Diego, the City and the Saint 43 Hillside Early Woodcuts and Engravings 44 Hillside Falstaff and His Companions 45 Hillside Heraldic Bookplates 46 Hillside Holbein's Dance of Death 47 Hillside John Aubrey's Miscellanies 48 Historical Society of Southern California Six Presidents I Have Served, 49 (Hungary) Kodály Zoltán Weber, Francis 1992 Monterey 150 Printed paper Irwin, Frank E Franklin NH Shakespeare, William 1966 Franklin NH 375 Maroon gilt cloth Irwin, Frank 1979 Buffalo 250 Orange pictorial cloth Hans Holbein the Younger 1965 Franklin NH 375 Pictorial cloth Aubrey, John 1969 Franklin NH 250 Pictorial cloth Andrews, Thomas F. 50 (Hungary) Madrid határán Gyaros, Laszlo (compiler) 51 Junipero Serra 52 Junipero Serra 53 Junipero Serra 54 Junipero Serra C.E.D. " Lady" Eulogy for a Cardinal Interfaith in Action Los Angeles: A Bicentennial Salute Weber, Francis Weber, Francis Weber, Francis Weber, Francis 2001 Los Angeles 1982 Budapest, Hungary 1976 Budapest, Hungary 1988 San Fernando 1979 San Fernando 1976 San Buenaventura 1981 San Buenaventura 11 pp. letterpress in 2 colors by Roger Hilleary; postage stamp; a keepsake from Conclave X held in San Diego 275 Beige pictorial 62 pp. letterpress; history of woodcuts and cloth engravings with eleven full-page illustrations; signed and numbered by Frank Irwin; Robert Massmann bookplate 30 Printed paper Gilt tan cloth with inset metal plaque Pictorial cloth 300 Gilt blue 300 Gilt red 42 pp. letterpress; this Shakespeare character was a favorite of Queen Elizabeth; includes 12 silhouettes done by Paul Konewka, a German artist, in pp. letterpress; 12 illustrations; their history plus a bibliography; signed and numbered by Frank Irwin 37 pp. letterpress; illustrated with 12 of the early 16th century original wood engravings; signed and numbered by Frank Irwin 67 pp. letterpress; illustrated with 4 woodcuts and engravings; Aubrey was a 17th century ghost hunter 23 pp. letterpress by Regis Graden; author discusses the 6 presidents of the Historical Society of Southern California from Michael Dougherty to Sig Demke; SIGNED by author 197 pp.; Hungarian text; photo illustrations; a biography of the Hungarian composer, pedagogue, linguist and philosopher 130 pp.; illustrated throughout ; text in Hungarian, Russian, Spanish, English; concerns the National-Revolutionary War of the Spanish People 17 pp. letterpress; postage stamp frontispiece; Mrs. Carrie Estelle Doheny's collection of rare books was spectacular; her gilt bookplate is tipped-in; SIGNED by Msgr. Weber; a.e.g. 18 pp. letterpress; James Francis McIntyre was the longtime Archbishop of Los Angeles and an outstanding energetic innovator; a.e.g. 2-3/16" 13/16" $7.00 $38.00 $27.00 $30.00 $30.00 $ /16" $ /8" x $ /8" x 2-7/8" x 300 Gilt black calf 15 pp. letterpress; postage stamp frontispiece; 2-7/8" x the story of the WWII ship Dorchester and its 2-1/8" 4 heroic military chaplains; a.e.g. 500 Gilt dark gray 21 pp. letterpress; an excerpt from Charles F. Lummis' Out West XXX, first published in 1909; Lummis is known to miniature book collectors for his beautiful Birch Bark Poems books; a.e.g. 2-1/8" x 2-7/8" $12.00 $32.00 $24.00 $24.00 $24.00 #42 #43 #45 #50

6 55 Junipero Serra 56 Junipero Serra (El Camino Real ) 57 Junipero Serra (El Camino Real ) 58 Junipero Serra (El Camino Real ) 59 r n r Spruce Goose, Air Force One Benjamin Franklin Space Needle, Atlantic Weber, Francis Weber, Francis Weber, Francis Weber, Francis Andrusko, Karoly 1983 San Fernando 2009 (Mission Hills ) 2010 (Mission Hills ) 2008 (Mission Hills ) 1976 Senta, Yugoslavia 300 Gilt white 17 pp. letterpress; pictorial endpapers; the story of Howard Hughes' aircraft, the largest and most famous ever built; a.e.g. 50 Silver-gilt blue cloth by Mariana 160 Printed orange cloth by Mariana 150 Silver-gilt gray cloth by Mariana 400 Gilt ette ; printed yellow dust jacket 60 (Koran) Koran 1955 Gilt red with magnifier on string and strap to close; original box 61 Kylix Autobiography of a Vine (deluxe edition) 62 Le Petit Oiseau Prentiss, A. N. One Solitary Life Francis, James A. 63 Life Magazine Life Magazine: Nov 23, 1936 Miniature Magazine 64 Lilliput Book of Delphinas, Lambspring, Nicholas Barnaud 65 Little Farm In Praise of Strawberries Conneen, Jane 2007 Santa Rosa 35 Gilt green by Klaus Ullrich Rotzscher 1963 Chicago 150 Aqua cloth spine with printed label; printed paper (handmade by Doris Welsh) New York n.d. Bristol, Printed paper 13 pp. letterpress by Patrick Reagh in 3 colors; postage stamp frontispiece; red endpapers; the story of "America's flying White House" 14 pp. letterpress by Patrick Reagh in black and red; postage stamp frontispiece; decorative endpapers; a mini history of our bookish American statesman 14 pp. letterpress by Patrick Reagh; postage stamp frontispiece; history of Seattle's famous landmark 2-1/8" x 2-7/8" 2-15/16" 1/8" 2-15/16" 1/8" 2-15/16" 3/16" 92 pp.; short text in 3 languages; 40 illustrations 1-7/8" x printed directly from woodcuts (other titles 1-5/8" available: United Nations, Toronto,and Canadian Lake Districts) Several hundred pages, beautifully printed; text is entirely in Arabic; all pages clean, bright and as new; tasseled page marker; a.e.g. 36 pp. letterpress on Unicorn handmade paper; designed and printed by Peter Koch; illustrated; this endearing story of the life of a grape vine, personally told by the vine itself, was first published in 1866; unique copy SIGNED by publishers and printers; number 15 of only 35 deluxe copies 1- x 1" 2-5/8" x 2-1/8" 7 pp. letterpress; frontispiece; thought-provoking 1-7/8" x facts about Jesus, "the centerpiece of the human 1- race and the leader of the column of progress" 32 pp.; promotional piece for Life Magazine with photo by Margaret Bourke-White on cover; miniature reprint of Volume 1 Number 1 cover 100 Gilt red morocco 52 pp.; marbled endpapers; 16 brilliantly handcolored illustrations derived from the original text; a poem about spiritual alchemy well known as one of the gems from the Musaeum Hermeticum published in 1625; top edge gilt 1994 Bath PA 125 Strawberry fabric ; printed label; red sleeve with printed label 26 pp. calligraphed text, 5 full-page hand-colored illustrations; French-folded; an essay on the history and uses of strawberries including a few interesting recipes; signed and numbered; an especially beautiful book 3-1/4" x 2-3/8" 1-3/8" x 1" x 2- $30.00 $26.00 $26.00 $26.00 $12.00 $75.00 $ $60.00 $18.00 $ $ #59 #60 #62 #64

7 66 Merrimack Publishing Corp. 67 (Nazi Propaganda Booklet) 68 (Nazi Propaganda Booklet) 69 (Nazi Propaganda Booklet) 70 Pequeño 71 of Ward Schori 72 of Ward Schori 73 of Ward Schori 74 of Ward Schori 75 Rebecca 76 REM Miniatures Famous History of Tom Thumb Der Fuhrer macht Geschichte, 1933 Der Fuhrer macht Geschichte, 1934 Der Fuhrer macht Geschichte, 1936 Ashton, John (introduction) (1971) New York Gilt black ette 1933 Germany Pictorial paper 1934 Germany Pictorial paper 1936 Germany Pictorial paper Geehickety Squamplatt Bross, Jennifer 1994 Bisbee AZ 50 Paper over with mylar insert in cover Abraham Lincoln, An Autobiographical Narrative (3-Volume Set) Benjamin Cardozo on Values House That Jack Built, Newman, Ralph Geoffrey Pilchik, Ely E Evanston 1986 Evanston 1994 Evanston Love Poems Schori, Ward 1993 Evanston Last Leaf, Mammon and the Archer, Springtime a la Carte (3 volumes) From Tipp City to Cin-Ci- Ci, Put the Blame on Miriam! Henry, O. Massmann, Robert E Hyattsville MD 1989 New Britain CT Gilt by Hugo Grummich (red, white and blue); slipcase 225 Gilt black by Hugo Grummich Gilt cloth 150 Gilt white cloth 200 Printed paper by Don Brady; slipcase Cream paper ; red sleeve with label 42 pp.; frontispiece and numerous illustrations; pirated copy of the Hillside volume published in the 60's 36 pp.; Fuhrer Makes History, 1933; 17 full-page black & white photos 36 pp.; Fuhrer Makes History, 1934; 17 full-page black & white photos 36 pp.; Fuhrer Makes History, 1936; 17 full-page black & white photos 39 pp.; frontispiece and illustrations by Pat Baldwin; a parody of all TV pitchmen about a product that cures absolutely everything; signed & numbered #46 Total of 153 pp. in 3 volumes, illustrated throughout; marbled endpapers; Lincoln as a young man, his years as a lawyer and politician, and his years as President 59 pp.; 2 portrait illustrations; the address on values given by Supreme Court Judge Cardozo to a graduating class of rabbis in 1931 x 2- x 22 pp. hand-set and printed by Ward 2- Schori's grandson under Schori's 15/16" tutelage; the well-known Mother Goose rhyme is profusely illustrated throughout 48 pp. letterpress; decorative endpapers; postage stamp; 2 anonymous late 18th century poems 35 pp. each volume printed in 2 colors at Train Printing; illustrations throughout all 3 books by Edith Arlene Caro; each volume signed by the publisher and numbered 17 of 200 copies 8 pp.; a drawing for each MBS Conclave by C. Ernest Massmann and E. Helene Sherman; a joint keepsake with Kurbel Books for Conclave VII $10.00 $22.00 $22.00 $22.00 $ /16" $ /8" 2-9/16" $ /8" 2-5/8" x 2-9/16" x 1-7/8" x 1- $20.00 $30.00 $ $6.00 #70 #71 (volume III) #75 (1 of 3 volumes)

8 77 REM Miniatures 78 Rosenberry Books 79 Schmidt & Gunther 80 (Slovenia) Tatran 81 Somesuch 82 Ste. Anne de Beaupre 83 Stoll & Edwards 84 Sunflower 85 Sunflower 86 Sunflower Malefica Exotica, Volumes I & II Appletta's Fairy Friends Little Webster, Massmann, Robert E. Katz, Diane Wershoven, Dr. F. J Dotyky (Touches) Valek, Miroslav Facsimile of "A Journal of a Trip Down East, Aug. 1858" Miniature Prayerbook 8 Bookmites for Children Daring Voyages Puss in Boots Some Remarks About Tea 1998 New Britain CT 2006 Pittsboro NC Leipzig, Germany 1972 Bratislava, Slovakia Ellison, Frank 1981 Dallas TX Cunningham, Carol Cunningham, Carol 1924 New York 1926 New York 1995 Mill Valley 1989 Mill Valley 1975 Mill Valley 200 Paper dos-a-dos; handcolored labels; sleeve 2 Japanese paper by Kim Batcheller (student of Jan Sobota) Gilt brown with snap closure ("Miami Fla" on rear cover) Gilt ivory 200 Printed paper Gilt brown Pictorial paper ; original pictorial box 30 Cloth ; printed label; elaborate hinged box with working compass 30 Gilt black spine; pictorial paper 65 Black spine; paper 20 pp. total in 2 volumes bound dos-a-dos; the story of kudzu, a pesky vine that grows several inches a day; #92 of only 100 numbered copies; volume II is Kudzu - Can it be defeated? 64 pp. calligraphed text on Echizen Washi paper with silver, gold and silk inclusions; wonderful whimsical full-color fairy illustrations by author who also published this charming book; one of only 2 bound copies; signed by author/publisher (also available unbound, in sheets, for $40.00) 793 pp.; decorative endpapers; 18,000 words and their definitions; all edges red; this 1930's vintage dictionary is in "as new" condition 156 pp.; 5 illustrations in black and gold; author was a Slovak poet, publicist and politician; a beautifully printed selection of his poetry 62 pp. by the Meriden Gravure Company; forward by Isaac Oelgart; A Journal is one of America's rarest miniatures, escaping all bibliographical notice - the author is a complete unknown; SIGNED by Stanley Marcus and the printer, Stephen Stinehour 124 pp.; decorative black and white endpapers; frontispiece; 3 full-page illustrations; a collection of devotions and prayers for Catholics; a.e.g. 8 juvenile books of 8 pp. each with charming illustrations throughout; difficult to find with the original box 44 pp. letterpress; 10 illustrations; history of early European sea explorers; details explorations from 600 BC to the 15th century AD; signed and numbered 2 of only 30 copies 36 pp.; orange endpapers; the classic folk tale with charming hand-colored illustrations scattered throughout; signed and numbered 6 of only 30 copies 28 pp. letterpress in 3 colors; orange endpapers; color illustrations throughout; ruminations on the history of tea-time customs; copy #1 2- x 2-3/8" 3-1/4" x 3-1/4" 2- x 3-1/8" 2-7/8" x 2- x 2-2-7/8" x 3" 1- x 1- $20.00 $ $18.00 $25.00 $18.00 $ $ $80.00 $70.00 #77 with sleeve #83 (box) #85

9 87 Swan Sonnenschein & Co. 88 Tabula Rasa 89 Tabula Rasa 90 Tamazunchale 91 Tamazunchale Kitty Birthday and Memorandum Book Beginning, Nickel, Christy (adaptation) War Prayer, Twain, Mark 1900 London, 1983 Morro Bay Gilt red 300 Gilt cloth 1991 Seattle WA 200 Maroon gilt pictorial Claude Monet Savin, Janet 1986 Newton IA 250 Gilt lavender by Reliure d'art My Chinese Childhood 92 USSR (Kniga) Epigram (5 volumes) 93 Walt Disney Productions 94 Wee Willie's Workshop 95 Wells Gardner Darton & Co. 96 William Lewis Washburn Walt Disney Flip Book, A Buck, Pearl S Newton IA 250 Gilt & blindstamped by Reliure d'art Novikov & Kutick (compilers) General George Frost, Armstrong Custer Lawrence A. Life of Edward VII King of Great Britain & Ireland Poems of Li Po, Chinese Poet, Done Into Vignettes 1986 Moscow, USSR Anaheim Bulley, Eleanor 1901 London, Ankenbrand, Frank 7000 Gilt cloth ; printed slipcase Paper 1968 Dundee MI 135 Blue and yellow printed paper 1941 Haddon Heights NJ Gilt cream paper with gilt labels 27 Gilt by A. Oldach & Son Approx. 150 pp.; 17-page history, origin and meaning of the name Kitty and famous women in history named Kitty, followed with a memorandum section with 2 dates on each page and a quotation at the top; Robert Massmann bookplate; a.e.g. 64 pp. letterpress; marbled endpapers; 8 full-page illustrations by Laura Johnson; an adaptation of the creation myth of the Huron Indians, first related in 1800 by a Huron chief; Massmann bookplate 42 pp. letterpress; marbled endpapers; 8 pen and ink illustrations; a prose poem; Twain's scathing indictment of war, and particularly of blind patriotic and religious fervor as motivations for war 61 pp. letterpress by Enschede; marbled endpapers by Faith Harrison; postage stamp; Monet's biography starting with his childhood in LeHavre through his life at Giverny; a.e.g. 58 pp. letterpress by Enschede; postage stamp frontispiece; 3 full-page illustrations in brown ink by Corinne Guiney; author was the recipient of both the Pulitzer Prize for Good Earth and the Nobel Prize for literature; a.e.g. 5 books, each book approx. 240 pp.; an anthology of epigrams by 30 different authors in 5 languages: English, Greek, German, Spanish, Russian, and French; beautifully printed and illustrated (see photo on page 10) 60 pp.; 1940's vintage Chip 'n' Dale flip book of a Disney chipmunk chasing and leaping for peanuts 36 pp. letterpress by publisher Phil Weygand; 2 tipped-in sepia photos; author owned the largest library of Custer books and materials; this biography gives a glimpse of Custer's early years and his ambition to become a soldier 2-5/8" 1/8" 2-1/8" 2-5/8" 2-1/4" " x 3-2-5/8" 7/8" 183 pp.; 15 black and white photos; compiled from 3" various sources, the story of this early 20th century king of Great Britain and Ireland, and Emperor of India; a.e.g. (see photo on page 10) 54 pp. letterpress in black and red; each page with green ruled border; 3 illustrations by Dan Burne Jones and John Dixon; 9 poems elegantly printed; SIGNED by Ankenbrand 2-3/8" x $65.00 $20.00 $42.00 $75.00 $60.00 $60.00 $18.00 $ $85.00 $ #91 #93 #96

10 #97 Terrestrial Globe Inkwell, c Victorian travelling inkwell with original glass ink bottle under an embossed brass lid; housed in a terrestrial hinged globe; globe appears to be a paper lithograph over brass (some of the paper is chipped); the small ink bottle inside is black from dried ink and has no chips or cracks. Made in Austria (see photo below). 1-7/8" diameter. $ #95 #38 #97 #92 Reference Books # Publisher Title Author Yr Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 98 Achille. St. Onge 99 Achille St. Onge 100 Achille St. Onge Heaven and Hades Miniature Book Collector (8 issues) Miniature Book Collector (Volume 1, Number 4) 101 Lilliputter News-letters of the LXIVMOS 102 Microbibliophile, Blumenthal, Walter Hart Adomeit, Ruth (editor) Adomeit, Ruth (editor) Henderson, James D. Twentieth Bradbury, Century United Robert C. States Miniature Books 103 Opuscula Little is Beautiful or Make Mine a Small One Weber, Francis 1965 Worcester MA Worcester 1963 MA 1961 Worcester MA 1968 Woodstock VT 2000 North Clarendon VT 200 Gilt maroon cloth Printed stiff paper Printed stiff paper 500 Orange cloth (spine is slightly faded) 1000 Gilt cloth ; dust jacket 1995 Ellenton FL Red stiff paper wrapper 64 pp. by Enschede; first edition; illustrated; a humorous book on the basic works of diabolic literature and some famous books of allegedly divine inspiration 16 pp. each; published quarterly over a 3-year period, this journal caused a renaissance of miniature book collecting and publishing 16 pp.; published quarterly over a 3-year period, this journal caused a renaissance of miniature book collecting and publishing (one of 8 issues) First edition; compiles twenty-one facsimile issues of Henderson's noted publication: November November 1929, with two authentic miniature attachments tipped in; foreword and index by Robert E. Massmann; Massmann bookplate 465+ pp.; illustrated with photographs of publishers; more than 3,400 miniature books by 335 publishers are included; an indispensable reference for collectors; as new condition 170 pp.; frontispiece photo; chapters on the ABC's of miniature bookdom, the MBS Conclaves, biographical essays, miniature trivia questions, collections, etc. 8-1/8" x 5-3/8" 4" x 3-3/8" 4" x 3-3/8" 9-1/4" x 6-3/8" 9-1/4" x 6-1/4" 8-1/4" x 5-3/8" $30.00 $ $16.00 $65.00 $35.00