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1 Miniature Books for Sale Catalog 49: May 1, 2014 KAREN NYMAN 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 made out 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 1 Barbara J. 2 Barbara J. 3 Barbara J. 4 Barbara J. 5 Barbara J. 6 Barbara J. 7 Barbara J. 8 Barbara J. 9 Barbara J. 10 Borrower's Captains Courageous David Copperfield Kipling, Rudyard 1977 Tarzana Dickens, Charles Fish Patrol, London, Jack Liber Culinaria, Barbara J. (compiler) Little Red Hen, Peter Rabbit Pop-Up Book Scarlet Letter, Tsar Sultan Unicorn Book, Frog Prince, 1980 Van Nuys 1981 Van Nuys 1984 (Tarzana ) Lang, Andrew 1990 Agoura Hills Potter, Beatrix 1993 Agoura Hills Hawthorne, Nathaniel Pushkin, Alexander, Barbara J. (compiler) 1993 Agoura Hills 1982 Tarzana 1981 Van Nuys Brothers Grimm 1981 Winterport ME 300 Gilt turquoise pyroxylin spine; marbled 24 pp.; 1 illustration; Littlest Library; a story of the sea taken from the 1893 novel 300 Gilt brown pyroxylin 48 pp.; marbled endpapers; 6 illustrations; the classic originally published in Gilt navy blue pyroxylin 300 Gilt mottled brown pyroxylin; metal clasp 300 Gilt burgundy pyroxylin 83 pp.; 4 illustrations; stories set on the San Francisco Bay of Jack London's youth 48 pp.; 3 illustrations; a manuscript on medieval cookery; includes 10 recipes; wrote the entire text in calligraphy 32 pp.; marbled endpapers; profusely illustrated; an old folk tale 150 Gilt green pyroxylin 10 pp.; marbled endpapers; every page with hand-colored illustrations; 5 hand-colored popups accompany the classic children's tale 300 Gilt red pyroxylin 39 pp.; marbled endpapers; frontispiece portrait of author; Hawthorne's magnum opus set in 17th c. Puritan Boston 100 Jeweled gilt black pyroxylin 300 Pictorial gilt white pyroxylin 350 Red cloth ; hand-colored and printed labels 71 pp.; marbled endpapers; 4 hand-colored illustrations; an 1831 poem written after a Russian fairy tale by Vladimir Dahl 71 pp.; moiré endpapers; 12 illustrations; a compilation of unicorn legends 32 pp. letterpress on rag paper; 4 hand-colored illustrations; classic fairy tale of a spoiled princess who reluctantly befriends a frog x 5/8" 1- x 1" 1- x 1" x 5/8" $ $ $ $ $ $1, $ $ $ $65.00 #6 First Pop-up #6 Cover #6 Fourth Pop-up

2 #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #7 #8 #9 11 D. Bogue Bijou Almanac for London, Gilt green decorated card (rebacked) 12 (Hungary) (Blank Book) (Hungary) Terracotta covers with velvet spine 13 Josua Reichert 14 Kathrin Hohensee Smallest Book in the World Etwas von den Wurzelkindern 15 Kathrin Hohensee Unterm Holderbusch (Round the Mulberry Bush) 16 Mosaic 17 Reese C. David 18 Reese C. David Hasty Put-ins Old Man and the Chairs, von Olfers, Sibylle Godden, Jean H. David, Richard Tailor's Poems, A David, Richard 19 Schloss English Bijou Almanac for 1836 Poetically Illustrated by L.E.I. 20 Waldmann & Phitzner 21 Waldmann & Phitzner 2002 Leipzig, Germany n.d. Leipzig, Germany n.d. Leipzig, Germany 1981 Cincinnati OH 1933 (Pittsburgh PA) 1943 Pittsburgh PA Almanac 1835 London, Tan leather; hinged wood box Pictorial paper ; cloth spine Blue cloth spine; pictorial paper Printed leatherette Gilt teal green leather 56 pp. engraved throughout with portrait frontispiece of Flora Mae Ivo; a.e.g. (bound out of order and lacking some of the portraits) A lovely chubby book with about 150 blank pages 26 pp.; an ABC book printed in full color by renown German typographer Josua Reichert; smallest book in the world at time of publication (photo on page 5) 24 pp.; German text; color illustrations throughout; author was a German art teacher and nun who wrote and illustrated children's stories - this is her best known tale 28 pp.; color illustrations throughout; classic German nursery rhymes 44 pp.; illustrated; recipes for the gourmet who's in a hurry; author was a restaurant editor for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer 1" x x 15/16" 2.4 mm x 2.9 mm x 5/8" 15/16" x 15/16" 15/16" x $ $24.00 $ $48.00 $48.00 $ pp. letterpress; rare; a poem by the publisher's 1- x $ father, a Welsh immigrant; very legible text; inscription; 15/16" Massmann bookplate (photo on page 5) Gilt brown leather 46 pp. letterpress; rare; 2 poems by the publisher's father who was a tailor by trade; very legible text (photo on page 5) Gilt green paper (lacking spine and portions of back cover) I Love You 1952 (Germany) Gilt red leather in original Plexiglas case with built-in magnifier; velvetlined presentation box Lord's Prayer, Bible (1970) (Germany) Gilt black leather in original Plexiglas case with built-in magnifier; velvetlined presentation box 52 pp.; 6 finely engraved portraits, an entirely engraved almanac with Royal Family, poetry, etc.; a.e.g. I Love You in 9 languages German, French, English, Italian, Chinese, Russian, Arabic, Portuguese and Spanish; one of a group of 4 books published in the 1950 s and advertised as the smallest books in the world ; an ultra micro-miniature; originally purchased from the Gutenberg Museum in Mainz, Germany (photo on page 5) 1- x $ /16" 11/16" x 3.5 mm x 3.5 mm 14 pp.; Lord s Prayer in 7 languages - English, 3.5 mm French, German, English (American version), Spanish, x 3.5 Dutch and Swedish; each prayer is produced complete mm in offset printing on one page, preceded by a title page in the corresponding language; an ultra-microminiature; originally purchased from the Gutenberg Museum in Mainz, Germany $50.00 $45.00 $45.00 #10 #11 #12 #14 #15 #16 #19

3 Miniature Books Over 1-1/4 22 Achille J. St. Onge 23 Achille J. St. Onge 24 Achille J. St. Onge 25 Anne & Peter Stockham 26 Azusa Pacific University 27 Black Cat 28 Black Cat 29 Black Cat 30 Black Cat Addresses of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Magna Carta of King John, A. D Selections from His Writings Infants Cabinet of Various Objects Elizabeth II Lincoln, Abraham Conferring the Wallace, Doctor of Humane Jon R. Letters Degree upon Glen Dawson DAFFYnitions Petty, G. Harvey Let re Be Light Lucretius on Life & Death Printing, A Modest Art Nichols, Dale Hartman, Frank E. (foreword) Ransom, Will 1977 Worcester MA 1965 Worcester MA 1950 Worcester MA n.d. Elstree, 2009 North Hollywood 1000 Gilt blue pictorial leather by Weatherby Woolnough 1250 Gilt undyed calf with blindstamped border by Proost en Brandt 1500 Gilt navy blue leather by Sangorski & Sutcliffe 48 Books bound in leather; clothbound 2-piece box with gilt label (3- ) 50 Printed white paper (1977) Skokie IL 249 Gilt brown leather by Bela Blau 1969 Chicago IL 200 Gilt turquoise pictorial leather by Bela Blau 1976 Skokie IL 249 Gilt black pictorial leather by Bela Blau 1984 Skokie IL 249 Gilt brown cloth by Bela Blau 24 pp. letterpress by Stanbrook Abbey ; marbled endpapers; frontispiece color photograph; addresses delivered on the occasion of her Silver Jubilee; St. Onge's last publication; a.e.g. 70 pp. letterpress by Enschede on handmade Hayle paper; decorative endpapers; handsome armorial frontispiece; the first document forced onto a King of by his subjects to limit his powers and protect their rights; a.e.g. 76 pp. letterpress on handmade rag paper by Chiswick ; illustrated with photos of Lincoln from the Chicago Historical Society; 13 letters and addresses including Gettysburg Address and his letters to General Grant and Mrs. Bixby; a.e.g.; a Bradbury /16" 2 books. each with 30 pages plus 28 cards in full color (3" ); a reprint of the rare original children's set printed by John Marshall in 1801; #19 of only 48 copies (photo on page 5) 27 pp. by Parker in black and red; text of 2- the laudatory remarks rightfully heaped on Glen Dawson when he was conferred with a doctorate degree by Azusa University on September 18, pp. in 3 colors; calligraphed by Petty; decorative endpapers; a daffy-nition is an attempt to explain an unexplainable word, usually leaving the reader more confused over 125 of them are gathered herein 26 pp. letterpress in black and turquoise; marbled endpapers; illustrated by author; story of the 16th century artist Caravaggio and his use of light 51 pp. letterpress; 2-color illustrations by Calvin Brazelton; the eminent poet and philosopher's thoughts, translated in the meter of Omar Khayyam's Rubaiyat 90 pp.; marbled endpapers; author was a book designer; this essay on the history and qualities of printing was delivered at the University of Oklahoma in /8" 2-5/8" 2- $65.00 $50.00 $ $ $40.00 $30.00 $60.00 #22 #24 #28

4 31 Bronte 32 Burgess & Bowes 33 Carter, Hendee and Co 34 Chatto and Windus 35 David Bryce and Son 36 David Bryce and Son Thing of Beauty, A Pruchnicki, Suzanne (editor) Midget Dictionary: English-Italian and Italian-English Miniature Almanac for the Year of Our Lord 1834 Smoker's Text Book, Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments King Henry VI (set of 3 volumes) Hamer, J. Shakespeare, William 37 Dawson's Book Shop Fleecestreet's Greek in a Nutshell Cheney, William M. 38 Dawson's Book Shop 39 Dawson's Book Shop Random Notes on Men, Women and Books at USC Nethery, Wallace A Visit With Dr. R. Dawson, Ernest (1984) Manteno IL 40 Japanese paper ; printed label n.d. London, Gilt leather 1833 Boston MA Marbled paper (repaired with neat handsewn stitches) 1874 London, (1901) Glasgow, Scotland 1904 Glasgow, Scotland 1972 Los Angeles 1980 Los Angeles 1988 Los Angeles Gilt blue cloth 38 pp. letterpress on Japanese papers; a 3" collection of quotes on beauty by Keats, Poe, Shakespeare, Wilde, Spenser, Marlowe, Byron, Dryden and many more 254 pp.; translates words, useful phrases, Christian names, numbers, etc. (also available: Spanish, German, and French versions) 3- x 32 pp.; a typical almanac of the era with 2- eclipses, postage rates, courts, lunar calendar, 15/16" plus "Legal Relations of Man and Wife" and "Sayings for Farmers" by Dr. Benjamin Franklin 107 pp.; lacks engraved title page; a comprehensive anthology of prose and verse on tobacco and smoking; finely produced; difficult to find; a.e.g. Ornately gilt 876 pp. on finest india paper; one of a large flexible black variety of publisher's bindings - this one with morocco; metal "Illustrated Miniature Bible" on front cover; all case (lacks edges yellow (see page 5) magnifier) Flexible suede in various colors 200 Gilt calf spine; marbled by Bela Blau (uniform with Pig Latin) 3-volume set with over 1,200 pages total on fine india paper; flawless unopened condition; a.e.g. 57 pp. letterpress by William Cheney plus errata sheet; Greek for "the busy student of today" - the alphabet, numerals, pronunciation, accents, punctuation, etc. 150 Gilt leatherette 48 pp. letterpress by Wallace Nethery; notes on the Gomperz Library, ex libris John Locke, rare imprints, Saul and Lillian Marks, book clubs and more 120 Marbled paper ; printed label on spine 25 pp. letterpress by Wallace Nethery; Glen Dawson's father describes 2 wonderful days spent as the guest of Dr. A. S. W. Rosenbach, the "most fabulous of all bookmen" 2-13/16" 1- x 1-2- x 1-2- x 1-2- x 2-2- x 2-3/16" $32.00 $10.00 $75.00 $ $ $85.00 $65.00 $30.00 $ E. Newbery (Elizabeth) Bible in Miniuture, or a Concise History of the Old & New Testaments 1780 London: Corner of St. Paul's Church Yard Gold-tooled red morocco with black onlays 256 pp.; marbled endpapers; 2 engraved title pages and 13 engraved plates (lacks one plate); Adomeit B26; the best-known and most elaborate Thumb Bible; a.e.g. 1-x $ /16" #31 #33 #39

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6 41 E. T. Hazeltine Pocket-Book Almanac E. T. Hazeltine Pocket-Book Almanac E. T. Hazeltine Pocket-Book Almanac E. T. Hazeltine Pocket-Book Almanac E. T. Hazeltine Pocket-Book Almanac Eyre & Spottiswoode 47 Feathered Serpent Royal Bijou Birthday Book Fable of the Earth, A 48 Ford Joys of Friendship, 49 Ford Unusual Flying Objects in Oz 50 Gamma Eta Gamma Fraternity 51 Gilbert K. Westgard II Delta of Gamma Eta Gamma, Spring Formal Annie Graham: Uncle's Return 52 Gilguy Diary of Phoebe Chaffin Salladay, 53 Gleniffer St. John III, V. 16, in 267 languages 54 Heavenly Monkey El Autobus Azul: Handmade Papers of Costa Rica 55 Hilleary & Petko John Carroll and the Vernacular Liturgy da Vinci, Leonardo Ford, Alla T. (compiler) 1881 Warren PA Pictorial paper 1888 Warren PA Pictorial paper 1889 Warren PA Pictorial paper 1890 Warren PA Pictorial paper 1892 Warren PA Pictorial paper 1905 London, Gilt black leather with hallmarked sterling silver plaque (rubbed) 1976 San 275 Marbled paper Anselmo ; printed label 1969 Lake Worth FL Ford, Alla T Lake Worth FL Alger, Horatio Salladay, Phoebe Chaffin Milroy, Rollin 500 Gilt orange pictorial cloth 500 Pictorial paper ; pictorial dust jacket 1927 Red and black plastic covers; triangular plaque; decorative cord 1987 Boynton Beach FL 1980 Portsmouth OH 1983 Paisley, Scotland 2008 Vancouver BC 1991 Monterey 200 Gilt blue cloth 200 Pale green cloth ; printed paper label 500 Gilt maroon leatherette with Plexiglas box 50 Printed paper 135 Gilt black leather spine; embossed gold foil 32 pp.; with claims to cure asthma, whooping cough, consumption 32 pp.; with claims to cure asthma, whooping cough, consumption, etc. 32 pp.; with claims to cure asthma, whooping cough, consumption, etc. 32 pp.; with claims to cure asthma, whooping cough, consumption, etc. 32 pp.; with claims to cure asthma, whooping cough, consumption, etc. 377 pp.; a selection from the poetical works of Shakespeare, Wordsworth, Tennyson, Milton, Cowper, etc.; a.e.g. (photo on page 5) 26 pp. letterpress; with 13 hand-colored illustrations; designed and printed by Susan Acker; one of many fables written by da Vinci, similar to those by Aesop; signed and numbered #57 2" 2" 2" 2" 2" 2-7/16" 26 pp. on pink paper; a collection of quotes on friendship and peace by authors and statesmen; Robert E. Massmann bookplate and an Eisenhower postage stamp; signed and numbered 36 pp.; a volume on the different flying objects in the Oz books; 23 pages of illustrations by Bill Eubank; signed and numbered 24 pp.; a dance card for the Spring Formal of the Gamma Eta Gamma fraternity; provides space to list 14 dance partners (unused); list of patrons and dance committee members (photo on page 5) 118 pp.; one of 3 miniature volumes authored by Alger and published by Westgard; a first edition; decorative endpapers; signed and numbered 62 pp. letterpress on publisher's handmade paper; illustrated; previously unpublished diary spanning 21 years by an early Ohioan 69 pp.; a language specimen book printed from specially reduced plates, originated from typesetting circa 1860; 267 examples 3" 2-2" 38 pp.; Anniversary Edition printed to mark years since its original publication, with 4 tipped-in paper samples; the original edition consisted of only 15 copies and was the first book printed by author Rollin Milroy; #20 of only 50 copies 15 pp. letterpress in 2 colors; Vatican postage stamp; illustration; Carroll is considered an unequaled champion of progressive thought $ $75.00 $12.00 $45.00 $20.00 $30.00 $ $22.00 #41 #42 #43 #44 #45

7 56 Hillside Book in History, Irwin, Eleanor 57 Hillside Miser Elf, Herford, Oliver 58 Humphrey Milford Gospel According to St. John 59 (Hungary) Haláltánc (Dance of Death) Bible Holbein, Hans, the Younger 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 1972 Tilton NH 250 Salmon pictorial cloth 1904 London, 1974 Budapest, Hungary 60 (Hungary) Lenin (1970) Budapest, Hungary 61 Imprimeries Populaires Poemes de J. Petit-Senn Petit-Senn, Jean Antoine 62 JEN Roaring Run, A Newman, J. Tale of Love and Ed Fantasy 63 Juniper Von Phitzer 64 Juniper Von Phitzer 65 Junipero Serra (El Camino Real ) 66 Junipero Serra An Alphabet Coloring Book Heart Bob Hope Memorial Garden Californian at Santiago de Compostela Neilson, Lloyd L. Hiemstra, Marvin 1956 Geneva Switzerland 1996 Edgewater FL 1997 San Francisco 2000 San Francisco 2006 (Mission Hills ) 1990 San Fernando Gilt black leather Gilt pictorial black cloth Printed cloth ; pictorial dust jacket Red leather 75 Gilt green cloth with printed dust jacket Paper with printed label; with plastic crayon on string as a page marker 21 Cloth with applied handpainted wooden heart 175 Gilt green cloth by Mariana Blau 38 pp. letterpress; 8 full-page hand-colored Herford drawings; 3 poems by Herford who was a 19th c. author and illustrator 224 pp. on india paper; printed at the Oxford University ; exceptionally fine condition; a.e.g. 219 pp.; text in Hungarian, English, German and Russian; reduced reproductions of the 41 macabre engravings by Holbein; biography of Holbein and story of his allegorical medieval poem Approximately 200 pp.; text in Hungarian, Russian and English; commemorates the 100th anniversary of Lenin's birth; profusely illustrated with photos pp.; marbled endpapers; French text; a 1- collection of poems by Jean Antoine Petit-Senn; 7/16" 4 illustrations x 1" 35 pp. letterpress; hand-colored illustrations; a sensitive account of an infatuation with nature; Roaring Run is a stream in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains; signed and numbered by the author/publisher 6 pp. letterpress; accordion-fold; alphabet letters depicted are from Illuminated Alphabet by odore Menten 71 pp.; patterned endpapers; a historical fiction diary based in 18th century Holland through the eyes of a young girl who lives in Hindeloopen on the Zuider Zee; signed 14 pp. letterpress by Patrick Reagh; decorative endpapers; postage stamp frontispiece; Bob and his wife Dolores are both buried at Msgr. Weber's San Fernando Mission 2- x3" Gilt burgundy leather 15 pp.; postage stamp frontispiece; Bishop Thaddeus Amat of California traveled to Santiago and the Romanesque cathedral visited annually by thousands; a.e.g. $45.00 $40.00 $45.00 $24.00 $12.00 $20.00 $30.00 $10.00 $75.00 $28.00 #59 #64 #66

8 67 Junipero Serra San Xavier del Bac 68 Kitemaug Something About Cats 69 Knickerbocker Leather & Novelty Co. Anderson, Frank J. Shakespeare's Shakespeare, Works (24-volume William set) 1985 San Fernando 1983 Spartanburg SC 300 Gilt gray leather 19 pp. letterpress by Roger Pennels; postage stamp frontispiece; the history of the finest example of mission architecture in the United States; a.e.g. 50 Printed paper 4 pp. letterpress; illustrated; humorous thoughts on cats (1920) New York NY Gilt leather in Boxed set of 24 books; decorative various colors; gilt endpapers; frontispiece; all edges red leather box (books are very fine; box has wear) 70 (Koran) Koran n.d. Ornately gilt red leather with strap to close 71 Le Petit Oiseau 72 MarMichel 73 MarMichel Hurricane, 1926 Welsh, Garnet Varner & Earle Basil Welsh Our Lady of the Angels Via Crucis 74 Michael Canoso San Francisco '96 Canoso, Michael 75 Miniature Book Society 76 Miniature Book Society 77 (Nazi Propaganda Booklet) 78 (Nazi Propaganda Booklet) 79 (Nazi Propaganda Booklet) 80 (Nazi Propaganda Booklet) Duodecimoes from Moby-Dick; or, Whale Melville, Herman Scottish Tale, A MacDonald Ian Das Deutsche Lied. Heft 1, Volkslieder Der Fuhrer macht Geschichte, 1937 Des Fuhrers Kampf im Osten 1 Des Fuhrers Kampf in Holland 1958 Chicago IL 50 Black cloth spine with printed spine label; printed brown paper 2000 Los Angeles 1997 Los Angeles 1996 (Cambridge MA) 500 Gilt cloth by Mariana Blau 504 Gilt cloth spine; paper Cloth with plaque 2010 Lexington KY 500 Black paper ; walletstyle 2005 Cincinnati OH 400 Gilt orange cloth 1943 Germany Pictorial paper 1937 Germany Pictorial paper (1940) Germany Pictorial paper 1940 Germany Pictorial paper Approx. 300 pp.; Arabic text; beautifully printed; all pages clean and bright; page marker with magnifier (photo on page 5) 34 pp. letterpress; 2 eyewitness accounts of a destructive Florida hurricane plus a newspaper account of a honeymoon couple who were caught in the storm; one of 15 titles typeset, printed and bound by Doris Welsh 12 pp. letterpress by Regis Graden; tipped-in frontispiece; LA's new cathedral which serves the total Archdiocese of over 5 million Catholics 12 pp. letterpress by Regis Graden; postage stamp frontispiece; discusses the 14 Stations of the Cross 72 pp. autograph book; a keepsake from MBS Conclave XIII filled with signatures of many of the attendees 20 pp. letterpress on handmade paper at the King Library ; produced during a workshop for 2010 Conclave attendees 46 pp. letterpress; illustrated with numerous photos; the story of the creation of Gleniffer and publisher Ian Macdonald's friendships within the MBS 12 pp. book of German folk songs; includes 5 scores with lyrics 36 pp.; Fuhrer Makes History, 1937; 17 full-page black & white photos 32 pp.; Fuehrer's Battle in the East; 17 full-page black & white photographs 36 pp.; Fuehrer's Battle in Holland; 16 full-page black & white photos plus a map " 2- x " 2" 2" $4.00 $ $42.00 $ $18.00 $24.00 $10.00 $20.00 $20.00 $22.00 $22.00 $22.00 #71 #78 #79 #80

9 81 Orbis Mozart in Prag (Mozart in Prague) 82 Pequeño 83 of Ward Schori 84 of Ward Schori 85 Richard J. Hoffman 86 Rivercrest House 87 River's Edge Studio Gabriella Mistral: A Biography Lot's Wife Was a Skeptic Pigs is Pigs Angel's Flight, A Los Angeles Funicular Railway Overland in '49 Flowers & Plants on United States Postage Stamps 88 Saalfield Publishing Co. Lincoln's Gettysburg Speech 89 Sunflower 90 Swan Sonnenschein & Co. Kachinas Rachel Birthday and Memorandum Book Seifert, Jaroslav Coffey, Marjorie Cook, Gladys 1988 Evanston IL Butler, Ellis Parker 1970 Prague Red leather with decorative stiff paper slipcase 1999 Bisbee AZ 55 Black leather with red onlays 1990 Evanston IL 1988 Van Nuys Gay, William 1981 Mount Pleasant MI Lawrence, Miriam B. Lincoln, Abraham Cunningham, Carol 1970 East Greenwich RI Akron OH 1980 Mill Valley 1900 London, Green cloth with gilt label Gilt royal blue velour 200 Gilt cloth spine; pictorial paper by Bela Blau 200 Gilt black cloth 200 Gilt green leather Gilt green suede 125 Black paper with printed paper label 62 pp. beautifully printed in black and gold; Czech text; author was a great Czech poet; nicely illustrated; decorative endpapers; silk page marker 36 pp. letterpress on Lana laid paper; illustrated throughout, multiple fold-outs; this is the author's salute to Mistral who, though denied the right to attend school, rose to the highest honor a poet can receive, a Nobel prize for Literature 34 pp. letterpress on rag paper; marbled endpapers; 2 woodcut illustrations by Karoly Andrusko; author is an award-winning Chicago poet 39 pp.; marbled endpapers; reproduced from the original printing of 1905 with the illustrations as drawn by Will Crawford; an amusing story often included in anthologies of American humor 19 pp. letterpress; printed in black and blue inks; story of the shortest railroad in the world, in Los Angeles; it covered a distance of 365 ft and took 45 seconds to ride; includes an original ticket for a ride and a fold-out photograph 33 pp. letterpress; marbled endpapers; fascinating account of a Michigan man who trekked to California during the gold rush by himself - without any protection or companionship 45 pp. letterpress by Enschede on handmade paper; decorative endpapers; 16 botanical US postage stamps accompany the detailed text a beautiful and classy book; a.e.g. 32 pp.; also includes Lincoln's letter to Mrs. Bixby, his "Rules for Living" and portions of various letters 28 pp. letterpress in 2 colors; 10 Kachina illustrations by Dianne Weiss; Kachinas are spirits of things in the real world and Kachina dolls play a significant role in Hopi ceremonies; signed and numbered Gilt red leather Approx. 150 pp.; 17-page history, origin and meaning of the name Rachel and famous women in history named Rachel, followed with a memorandum section with 2 dates on each page and a quotation at the top; Massmann bookplate; a.e.g. (also available: Connie, Kitty, Betty and Bessie) 2- x 3" 2-2-5/8" /8" $60.00 $65.00 $30.00 $40.00 $22.00 $90.00 $9.00 $60.00 $65.00 #84 #85 #90

10 91 Tabula Rasa 92 Tamazunchale Prometheus: A Poet's Death by Water Publisher's Favorite 93 Ursus French Louie: Hermit of the Adirondacks 94 Wallace Nethery 95 Yellow Kid 96 Yellow Kid 97 Yellow Kid 98 J. Masters and Co. Fleurons by Chance Cherubic Capitulation, A Le Jeux de Cupidon Pegs of a Feather Gold Dust (vol. 1 & 2) 99 Tiffany & Co. Calendar for William P. Nimmo & Co. Thoughts from Emerson Taylor, Brian 1994 Seattle WA Smith, Charlotte (compiler) Kenwell, Gerald Nethery, Corry Serette, David W. Serette, David W. Serette, David W. 200 Blind-stamped green leather 1988 Newton IA 250 Gilt black leather by Reliure d'art 1983 Amsterdam, NY 1989 Los Angeles 140 Gilt green cloth 50 Fleur de lis paper with printed label 1969 Portland ME 35 Pictorial printed 1971 Portland ME 75 Yellow printed stiff paper 1979 Sabbathday Lake ME (1888) London, 1915 New York, Paris, London 1883 Edinburgh, Scotland 100 Marbled cloth ; printed paper label Ornately gilt cream cloth ; clothcovered slipcase Ornately gilt maroon leather Red cloth spine; mauchline covers; front cover with rose floral (3 tiny chips) 24 pp. letterpress; an account of the poet Shelley who died with a beautifully bound miniature book titled "Prometheus Bound" on his person; Massmann bookplate 52 pp. letterpress by Enschede; marbled endpapers; essays by Ward Schori, Miriam Irwin, Carol Cunningham, Frank Anderson, the Dawsons and Eleanor Irwin; a.e.g. 38 pp. letterpress; 3 illustrations; wonderful account of the relationship the author enjoyed with "the greatest character of all", a hermit, woodsman and trapper from the turn of the century 30 pp. letterpress by Nethery; 12 delicate fanciful floral doodles created in Corry's spare time; printed in blue ink on recto leaves; Robert E. Massmann bookplate 16 pp. letterpress; Serette used cherubic initial letters from Stephenson, Blake & Co. and added amusing text; an ABC book; Robert E. Massmann bookplate 28 pp. letterpress in 3 colors; poetic captions by Serette accompany the cherubic 17th century woodcut reproductions; Massmann bookplate 34 pp. letterpress in 6 colors; decorative endpapers; the comic story of Peter and Paul Peg profusely illustrated with Serette's creative sketches 182 pp. total in 2 volumes; a collection of "golden counsels" for the sanctification of daily life; all edges red 36 pp.; a page for each month of the year, plus postage rates, holidays, birthstones, etc. and information on Tiffany & Company 128 pp.; floral endpapers; a collection of passages from Emerson's writings x 3" 2-1/16" x 1-5/8" 2" 5/8" 3-3/8' 3-3- $10.00 $ $40.00 $ #98 #99 #100