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1 Miniature Books for Sale Catalog 66: March 1, 2017 KAREN NYMAN 7835 Rush Rose Drive 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 4 Barbara J. Raheb 5 Barbara J. Raheb 6 Borrower's 7 Borrower's 8 Borrower's 9 Borrower's 10 Ernest A. Robinson 11 Gleniffer Book of Fools, The Raheb, Barbara J. Goodbye, Mr. Chips Personal Journal Diary Hilton, James Portrait of Royalty Raheb, Barbara J. Sugar Plum Tree Field, Eugene Little Lion Dog, The Mr. Higginbotham's Catastrophe Puppet Theater: The Art Tell-Tale Heart, The Mite, The Queen Zenobia Chaya, Elenore D. Hawthorne, Nathaniel Coad, Arlyn & Luman Poe, Edgar Allan Robinson, Ernest A. Lapeyre, Zenobia 1984 (Tarzana ) 1997 Agoura Hills 1980 Van Nuys 1981 Van Nuys 300 Gilt burgundy pyroxylin 300 Gilt navy blue pyroxylin 300 Gilt white pyroxylin with metal clasp 300 Gilt burgundy pyroxylin 1984 Tarzana 300 Gilt green pyroxylin 1982 Cleveland Heights OH 1979 Winterport ME 1980 Winterport ME 1980 Winterport ME 1893 Grimsby, (1989) Paisley, Scotland 300 Gilt red leather 300 Gilt green leather spine; marbled paper 300 Brown cloth ; pictorial 350 Gilt leather spine; marbled paper Ornate gilt brown cloth 200 Gilt brown leatherette 32 pp.; marbled endpapers; 15 illustrations 15/16" x 47 pp.; marbled endpapers; 18 illustrations 15/16" x 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 32 pp.; 2 illustrations; a collection of children's poems 64 pp. letterpress on rag paper; 6 hand-colored illustrations 91 pp. letterpress on rag paper; decorative endpapers; frontispiece portrait of author 80 pp. letterpress on rag paper; decorative endpapers; hand-colored frontispiece; 10 black & white illustrations 41 pp. letterpress on rag paper; 3 hand-colored illustrations 28 pp.; 7 illustrations; all pages bordered in red; issued as a curiosity; at time of issue, smallest book in the world ever printed from type; the type used is Brilliant 20 Lines to 1 inch 64 pp.; Zenobia was a third century queen who led a famous revolt against the Roman Empire and ruled Egypt until /16" x 15/16" x 15/16" x x 13/16" x x 13/16" x 13/16" x 1- x 13/16" $ $70.00 $60.00 $70.00 $60.00 $ #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8

2 12 Gleniffer 13 Jack R. Levien 14 Lilliput 15 Lilliput Wee de la Mare, The Geboorte Verhaal (Nativity Story in Dutch) Account of the Life of Dr. Samuel Johnson, An Book of Lambspring, The de la Mare, Walter Levien, Jack R. Johnson, Samuel Delphinas, Nicholas Barnaud 1976 Paisley, Scotland 1971 Enkhuizen, Holland Bristol, n.d. Bristol, 130 Gilt black leatherette 100 Gilt brown leather Gilt brown Moroccan goatskin 100 Gilt red morocco 40 pp.; decorative endpapers; a selection of the short poems by Walter de la Mare; blue silk page marker 28 pp.; Dutch text; an abridged version of the New Testament story; this very tiny gem includes 4 doublepage illustrations from the 15th century 48 pp.; hand-colored frontispiece portrait; line illustrations throughout; Johnson's autobiography up to his 11th year; top edge gilt 52 pp.; marbled endpapers; 16 brilliantly hand-colored 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 1-1/16" 1/16" 11/16" x 1- x 1- x 1" $70.00 $50.00 $ #9 #10 #11 #12 #13 #14 #15 Miniature Books Over 1-1/4 # Publisher Title Author Year Place Cc Binding Description H x W Price 16 A. Mame et Fils 17 Achille J. St. Onge 18 Achille J. St. Onge La Journée du Anonymous 1899 Tours Chrétien, Sanctifiée par la Prière et la Meditation Inaugural Address of Richard Milhous Nixon, The Sermon on the Mount, The Nixon, Richard Milhous Bible, New Testament 1969 Worcester MA 1973 Worcester MA Gilt avocado green morocco with elaborate inner gilt dentilles 1500 Gilt navy blue leather 384 pp.; frontispiece engraving of Mary & Jesus; French text; silk page marker; every page with a delicate red border; the daily duties of Christians, including devotional prayers to saints and angels, similar in function to a Book of Hours; a.e.g. 45 pp. letterpress by Enschede on handmade paper, tipped-in photo of Nixon; a.e.g. 3- x 2- x 1-34 Gilt red crushed 55 pp. letterpress by Enschede in black ink with 2- x morocco by red capital letters; decorative endpapers; from the 1- Sangorski & Sutcliffe Gospel of St. Matthew, chapters 5, 6 and 7; a.e.g. $ #16 #17 #18

3 19 Anne & David Bromer 20 Arm & Hammer 21 Arm & Hammer 22 Ash Ranch 23 Beaux Art Publishing If 24 Black Cat 25 Black Cat 26 Black Cat Bestiary, A Benjamin Franklin: On Conversation Chamberlain, Sarah Franklin, Benjamin In the Beginning Rouze, Gordon Griffin, The (deluxe edition) Books, Sayings, Apothegms, Maxims, Epigrams Herbert Clark Hoover: A Eulogy Laughing Up Your Sleeve 27 Blau Tribute to John F. Kennedy, Jr., A 28 Bronte 29 Bronte Bronte Garden Book, The Jefferson and the Polygraph Machine Hildreth, Don Kipling, Robert & Robert Service Petty, G. Harvey Trueblood, D. Elton 1979 Boston MA 125 Orange plaid paper ; matching dust jacket with 2003 Sugar land TX 2004 Sugar Land TX 1989 San Diego 2002 Toronto, Canada 55 Pictorial paper 50 Blue cloth with printed s 26 Gilt red leather spine; embossed foil ; slipcase with marbled paper 29 Gilt black goatskin with onlays 1981 Skokie IL 249 Pictorial gilt brown cloth by Bela Blau (1977) Skokie IL 249 Gilt black leather by Bela Blau Orleans, Ilo 1984 Skokie IL 249 Gilt brown leatherette by John Lariviere Kennedy, Sen. Edward M. Pruchnicki, Suzanne Smith Pruchnicki, Suzanne 2000 Los Angeles 300 Gilt black leather by Mariana Blau 1988 Manteno IL 100 Gilt green leather 2005 Bourbonnais IL Printed paper 38 pp. letterpress on Troya Japanese paper; 15 highly detailed wood engravings by Sarah Chamberlain of exotic animals including the panda, koala, Siberian tiger, and platypus; signed & numbered 104 by Chamberlain; printed on one side only 29 pp. letterpress in 2 colors; decorative endpapers; Franklin's do's and don'ts of polite conversation followed by a collection of his famous quotes 28 pp. letterpress; decorative endpapers; a collection of opening words, sentences and paragraphs from books in the publisher's library (authors include Poe, Wilde, Hemingway, Verne and Hardy) 35 pp. letterpress in 3 colors with gold embellishments; marbled endpapers; "a note on a fabulous creature's rise from a guardian of gold to a symbol of printing"; letter T of only 26 copies; signed by Hildreth 2-37 pp. letterpress; decorative endpapers; satin page 2- marker; 4 illustrations by publisher Mary Devenyi (2 are hand-colored); contains the text of 2 poems, If and The Quitter; both poems express human values and a philosophy of life; signed & numbered 35 pp. calligraphed text by Petty; decorative endpapers; author had a deep love for words and books - his favorite sayings on books are presented here 28 pp.; decorative endpapers; frontispiece portrait; the eulogy delivered by Trueblood followed by a short resume of Hoover 46 pp. by offset typography in 2 colors; pen and ink drawings throughout by Doris Frankner; witty poetry 18 pp. letterpress by Patrick Reagh in black and green; frontispiece; Senator Ted Kennedy's moving tribute to his nephew, delivered in July 1999; Robert E. Massmann bookplate 24 pp. letterpress on pale green paper; marbled endpapers; 8 original watercolor paintings illustrate a collection of poetry and prose on the beauty of gardens; signed & numbered 10 pp.; hand-colored illustrations of Charles Wilson Peale; Peale designed and marketed this early copier for Jefferson who used it to make copies of his correspondence /16" 2" 9/16" /6" $ $ $38.00 $55.00 #21 #22 #23 #25

4 30 Bronte Mishka and the Magic picture 31 C. Marpon & E. Flammarion 32 Castle Baird 33 Catharijne 34 Catharijne 35 (Czech Republic) Orbis 36 Darton, Harvey & Darton & J. Harris 37 Dawson's Book Shop 38 Dawson's Book Shop 39 Dawson's Book Shop Mes Prisons (My Prisons: Memoirs of Silvio Pellico) Adlai: The Wit and Wisdom of Adlai Ewing Stevenson Anne Frank ( ), A Biography Pruchnicki, Suzanne Pellico, Silvio (1860) Paris Baird, Jane Kok, Henri A. R. Dutch Windmills Thurkow, Guus Svatebni pisen (Wedding Song) Pictures of Grecian History, in Miniature H. Dickon Arkwright's Digest of a Journey Lately Undergone Prayers Written at Vailima Spenser, Edmund 1984 Manteno IL 200 Cloth ; pictorial Period half tan morocco and marbled ; 4 raised bands; title gilt-stamped on spine 1993 Sausalito 75 Printed paper 1995 Zuilichem, the Netherlands 1993 Zuilichem, the Netherlands 35 pp. letterpress; decorative endpapers; 18 illustrations; a sweet tale of a young girl, her dog Mishka and an antique painting 205 pp; marbled endpapers; profusely illustrated by Tony Johannot; a classic, first published in Italian in 1831; Bondy p.97 says "remarkable early example of a really excellent process of photographic reduction" 32 pp. letterpress printed in 3 colors by Feathered Serpent ; decorative endpapers; postage stamp frontispiece; foldout 3-panel Doonesbury cartoon; nicely designed and printed; signed & numbered by the printers 190 Gilt red leather 40 pp. letterpress; frontispiece photo of Anne Frank; a biography in a clear and legible type 175 Pictorial paper 1975 Prague Gilt and blindstamped brown leather; slipcase Mills, Alfred 1810 London Publisher's original gilt red roan (extremities scuffed) Cheney, William M. Stevenson, Robert Lo uis Victorian Idyll, A Nethery, Wallace 1977 Los Angeles 1973 Los Angeles 1989 Los Angeles Brown cloth with title gilt-stamped on spine 500 Orange/buff printed paper 65 Florentine paper ; printed on spine 54 pp. letterpress; 3-page introduction followed by 24 illustrations of early twentieth-century windmills 101 pp.; decorative endpapers; Czech text; Spenser is an English poet best known for The Faerie Queene; he is often considered one of the greatest poets in the English language 96 pp.; first edition; a children's book complete with 48 plates designed by Alfred Mills; this and the other titles by Mills were immensely popular and are still highly prized today; Kal Levitan bookplate 20 pp. letterpress; 2nd edition; the first edition of this book was published in 1950 by William Cheney with an Eagle Rock imprint in ; this edition, also printed by Cheney, is smaller in size and includes a new introduction 100 pp. letterpress by Plantin ; woodcut engraving; 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 65 pp. letterpress by the Netherys; three illustrations; a mid-19th century tale of unabashedly romantic sensibilities x 3" 2-1/4" $20.00 $ " x 3" $ $ $18.00 $80.00 #32 #34 #38 #39

5 40 Denny Kruska Books Glen Dawson at 99 Kruska, Denny 41 Desert Treasure? Beamer, Esther K. 42 Ephemera Designs An Impossible Enchantment 43 Erespin To Cairo Came a Certain Man 44 Eyre & Spottiswoode Royal Bijou Birthday Book 45 Fleece Country Life, The 46 Fleece Whole Benefits That Paper Brings, The Lang, Andrew (translator) 2011 Sherman Oaks 1985 Green Valley AZ 1978 Cambridge MA 250 Gilt red cloth by Mariana Blau 125 Red pictorial cloth by Tabula Rasa 50 Beige leather by Barbara Blumenthal; printed Shirbini, Ash n.d. Austin TX 100 Stiff paper covers loose leaf bound with 3 brass rings; slipcase Lindsley, Kathleen Churchyard, Thomas 1905 London Gilt black leather with hallmarked sterling plaque 1997 West Yorkshire, (2002) Woolley, 47 Flying Pig Etiquette Twain, Mark 1992 Cincinnati OH 48 garciadefuentes press 49 (Germany) Offizin Andersen Nexo La Corbata / The Tie Leipzig Garcia de Fuentes y Churruca, Manuel (editor) 2015 Marbella, Spain 1983 Leipzig, Germany 300 Patterned cloth ; printed 285 Patterned paper 200 Gilt teal cloth Striped cloth shaped like a shirt; cloth tie & metal tie bar; mini shirt box Gilt & blindstamped deep blue leather; printed slipcase 35 pp. by The Castle ; 10 illustrations; a 2- pictorial history of his lifetime awards from the Sierra Club, American Alpine Club, Ski Mountaineers of California, the ABAA, the Historical Society of Southern California plus his Bronze star won in WWII 37 pp. letterpress by Tabula Rasa ; decorative endpapers; frontispiece; an original short story on a search for buried treasure finally found 77 pp. letterpress by Tramp Printers; marbled 3" endpapers; 8 hand-colored illustrations; taken from Lang's enormously popular Grey Fairy Book, published in 1900; a deluxe copy bound in leather and hand-colored 19 pp. letterpress; short story adapted from the Hazzu'l-Quhuf (Literary History of the Arabs) of Ash Shirbini (1687); nicely printed 377 pp.; a selection from the poetical works of Shakespeare, Wordsworth, Tennyson, Milton, Cowper, etc.; a.e.g. 50 pp. letterpress by Simon Lawrence; 19 full-page engravings by Kathleen Lindsley of English pub signs; an especially beautiful book by this talented press 1/4" 61 pp. letterpress on handmade paper; 1- frontispiece engraving plus 7 additional x 3" handsome engravings by Anthony Christmas; Churchyard's entire 44-stanza poem written in 1588; first English-language description of a paper mill and the craft of paper making 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 78 pp.; frontispiece; Spanish & English text; 14 pages of illustrations including instructions for tying various fancy knots; describes the history of the necktie and the principal knots used to tie it 450 pp.; English text; 86 pages of descriptive text followed by 100's of color photos of Leipzig and its landmarks and attractions; a.e.g. 1/4" $ $90.00 $75.00 #41 #45 #48 #49

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7 50 Gleniffer 51 Gleniffer 52 Gold Stein Adam Ferguson and the Idea of Community Forbes, Duncan Victoria & Albert Macdonald, Ian Liberty Enlightening the World 53 Goode Bros. Miniature History of 54 H. C. Peck & Theo. Bliss 55 Henry Frowde 56 Henry Frowde / Hodder & Stoughton Austone, Lionel 1979 Paisley, Scotland 1988 Paisley, Scotland 1986 Santa Ana 200 Printed blue leatherette 253 Gilt dark brown leather 142 Copper-gilt blue-green cloth with embedded silver medallion; by Bela Blau (1900) London Printed purple paper Forest Scenes (1851) Philadelphia Gilt brown cloth Vicar of Wakefield, The Little Old Woman of X, The Goldsmith, Oliver (1896) London, (1912) London, Gilt red leather with elaborate inner dentelles Pictorial over paper (spine chipped) 57 Hillside Colonial Coins Irwin, Frank E Tilton NH 250 Pictorial cloth 58 Hillside Heraldic Bookplates Irwin, Frank 59 Hillside My Early Life Fillmore, Millard 60 (Hungary) Madrid határán Gyaros, Laszlo 61 JEN Maupassant, Maupassant, From the French Guy de 1979 Buffalo NY 250 Orange pictorial cloth 1987 Buffalo NY 250 Gilt blue cloth 1976 Budapest, Hungary 1998 Edgewater FL Gilt pictorial cloth 50 Gilt blue cloth ; printed dust jacket 23 pp.; marbled endpapers; Ferguson is widely regarded as one of the founding fathers of sociology 26 pp. letterpress with brown ink; Cockerell marbled endpapers; illustrated with 4 postage stamps; a beautiful volume published to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Queen Victoria's ascension to the throne and the 500th year of Paisley as a burgh 33 pp. letterpress on Mohawk Superfine paper in 6- point Garamont type by Ampersand Workshop; decorative endpapers; 3 illustrations; the history of the Statue of Liberty 40 pp.; illustrated with woodcuts of British rulers from William I to George V; a.e.g. 192 pp.; profusely illustrated with engravings of birds and animals found in the wild (monkeys, rattle snakes, bats, tigers, alligators, etc., etc.); a.e.g. 584 pp.; printed on very fine India paper; frontispiece portrait of Goldsmith; completed in 1761, this was a very popular and widely read novel among Victorians; very fine condition; a.e.g. 32 pp. printed in green ink; full-color frontispiece; floral endpapers; a children's story in rhyme 36 pp. letterpress; illustrated with 13 full pages of photo engravings of rare early American coins 40 pp. letterpress; 12 illustrations; the history of heraldic bookplates plus a bibliography; signed and numbered by Frank Irwin 67 pp. letterpress; the only known complete account of our thirteenth president's youth and early manhood 130 pp.; illustrated throughout with photos and ink drawings; text in English, Hungarian, Russian, Spanish; concerns the National-Revolutionary War of the Spanish People 32 pp. letterpress in 6 colors; hand-colored illustrations throughout; a short biography of Maupassant plus 23 quotations from his short stories; signed and numbered by the publisher 1-5/16" 1-1- x 1" " $23.00 $ $75.00 #52 #57 #60 #61

8 62 Junipero Serra 63 Junipero Serra 64 Junipero Serra Bayeux Tapestry, The Los Angeles: A Bicentennial Salute William Randolph Hurst 65 Langenscheidt Lilliput Dictionary: English-Latin Weber, Francis J. Loomis, Charles F. Weber, Francis J Mission Hills 275 Printed paper 1981 San 500 Gilt dark gray Buenaventura leather 1995 San Fernando Berlin, Schoneberg 17 pp. letterpress by Regis Graden; frontispiece; this early medieval 230-foot long tableau is actually an embroidered cloth which depicts the events leading up to the Norman conquest of 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. 150 Gilt brown cloth 27 pp. letterpress by John Lathourakis; marbled endpapers; Weber recounts a 1951 experience from his seminary days Brown vinyl 511 pp.; an especially chunky dictionary, nearly one inch thick; uncommon title 66 Langenscheidt Little Webster 1995 New York NY Blue vinyl 640 pp.; printed in Germany; a completely revised edition of the original Little Webster published in Le Petit Oiseau 68 Le Petit Oiseau 69 Little Farm 70 Little Farm Indian and White Man Welsh, Doris V. One Solitary Life Francis, James A. Dixie Cups Winding Roads of Ireland, The 71 Log-Anne Southern Cross of Honor, The 72 Lorson's Books & Prints 73 Miniature Book Society As I Remember Jim Bigger Than Life: The Story of Ward K. Schori Conneen, Jane Conneen, Jane Logan, Herschel C. Bothamley, Robert Henry, John 1954 Chicago IL 100 Pictorial paper ; printed 1963 Chicago IL 150 Aqua cloth spine with printed ; printed paper 1995 Bath PA 100 Paper ; printed s; sleeve with 1988 Bath PA 150 Green linen ; paper s; printed sleeve 1976 Santa Ana 2013 (La Habra ) 2011 San Diego Printed paper Printed paper 320 Gilt aqua cloth by Mariana Blau 43 pp. letterpress; completely handmade by noted bibliographer Doris Welsh in the workshop of the Newberry Library; scattered illustrations and very interesting text 7 pp. letterpress; frontispiece; completely handmade by Doris Welsh in the workshop of the Newberry Library; thought-provoking facts about Jesus, "the centerpiece of the human race and the leader of the column of progress" 27 pp.; decorative endpapers; the history of Dixie Cups with15 hand-colored drawings of various styles, from 1928 to 1960; signed & numbered 32 pp. letterpress; French-folded; shamrock-printed endpapers; 9 beautiful hand-colored illustrations of the Irish landscape accompany an original poem by Conneen; printed entirely from etched intaglio plates; signed & numbered; a Bradbury pp. letterpress in red ink; 3 illustrations; these inscribed bronze crosses were presented to Confederate veterans in 1900; includes a fold-out excerpt by Paul Harvey 8 pp.; frontispiece color photo; an excerpt from Jim Lorson: Boy Bookseller at 75; a keepsake from MBS Conclave XXXII in Boston 20 pp. letterpress by Patrick Reagh; frontispiece photo; a short biography of publisher Ward Schori and a compendium of the impressions of several of Schori's friends and acquaintances 3-1/4" 1/4" 2-2" 2" " X " 2- $6.00 $24.00 $60.00 $8.00 #64 #67 #68 #69

9 74 Oak Park 75 Opuscula 76 Papyrus 77 of the Indiana Kid Casey at the Bat Collecting Steinbeck Glasgow 1990 J.L.W.: G.B.S. 78 of Lieutenant and the Ward Schori Squaw, The 79 of Mark Twain on Ward Schori Horseback 80 of Ward Schori Roosters 81 Rebecca 82 Rebecca 83 REM Miniatures Thayer, Ernest L Wichita KS 350 Gilt red cloth 60 pp. letterpress; 8 full-page color illustrations; classic baseball lore; signed by publisher Jim Yarnell and illustrator Bill Jackson; Kal Levitan bookplate Dunbar, Maurice 1983 Venice FL 250 Gilt cloth 61 pp.; marbled endpapers; tipped-in photo frontispiece; discusses books by and about Steinbeck; numbered and signed by both author and publisher Andrusko, Karoly 1990 Ljubljana, Slovenia Weygand, James Lamar & George Bernard Shaw Matson, Nehemiah Harnsberger, Caroline Thomas Babcock, Ralph W Nappanee IN 1995 Evanston IL 1978 Evanston IL 1995 Evanston IL Ideal Man, The Wilde, Oscar 1988 Hyattsville MD Last Leaf, Mammon and the Archer, Springtime a la Carte (3 volumes) Ere e Eme Henry, O. Massmann, Robert E Hyattsville MD 1983 New Britain CT 200 Gilt red leatherette 56 pp.; English text; this is Andrusko's 200th miniature book published to honor Conclave VIII of the MBS in Glasgow; illustrated with 20 linocuts including a self portrait of Andrusko; signed by Andrusko and publisher Martin Znidersic 45 Gilt leather spine; spine ; marbled paper 165 Gilt red cloth Pictorial gilt brown leatherette by Josephine Diez 175 Silver-gilt cocoa velour Printed paper 200 Printed marbled paper by Don Brady; slipcase 59 Blue leatherette ; handcolored ; sleeve with handcolored 24 pp. letterpress in black & blue; line illustration of Shaw; publisher James Weygand's letter to George Bernard Shaw and his reply 37 pp.; decorative endpapers; frontispiece; a story from the pioneer days of an army man and his Indian wife; final book by this press x 2-2- x 2-2" 2- x 1- x 35 pp. letterpress; decorative endpapers; x illustrations by Herschel Logan & Richard 2- Heath; author is a well-known authority on Twain; this essay concerns his wary relationship with horses; signed by author & publisher 80 pp. letterpress in 3 colors; one original wood engraving plus 56 amusing rooster illustrations with ornate borders, all collected by the author 8 pp.; a monologue from the play A Woman of No Importance (1916) 35 pp. each volume; printed in 2 colors at Train Printing; illustrations throughout all 3 books by Edith Arlene Caro; three O. Henry short stories with surprise endings; each volume signed & numbered by the publisher 2-15/16" 2- x 2-9/16" 12 pp.; calligraphy text and illumination by E. 1- x Helene Sherman; one of only 59 hand-colored copies to celebrate Massmann's 59th birthday; an REM spoof; signed and inscribed to Jeanne Bennett $75.00 $ $50.00 $33.00 #75 #77 #80

10 84 REM Miniatures My Parents Grave Wheeler, Hannah Robinson 85 REM Miniatures REM Magic Nursery Rhymes 86 Rock, Brothers, and Payne Friendship's Offering: A Sacred Gift in Verse and Prose 87 Samuel Lowe Story of Little Black Sambo, The 88 Sandlin's Books & Bindery 89 Sir D. Hunter Blair & J. Bruce Fishing for a Discharge Psalms of David in Metre; According to the Version 90 Stoll & Edwards 8 Bookmites for Children 91 Sunflower Some Remarks About Tea 92 Tabula Rasa 93 Tamazunchale 94 Tamazunchale Great Debate of 1594, The (2 volumes) Literary Antiquary Model E, The Massmann, Robert E. Bannerman, Helen Van Buren, Colonel 1988 New Britain CT 1977 New Britain CT Green leatherette ; printed ; sleeve 500 Green leatherette ; handcolored 1848 London Ornately gilt black leather (extremities rubbed) (1941) Kenosha WI 1993 Valparaiso IN Pictorial paper (rear cover damaged) 100 Leather with multi-colored leather inlaid scene on both covers Bible 1808 Edinburgh Maroon leather; wallet-style binding Cunningham, Carol Mount, Robert L. Irving, Washington Smith, Thomas R New York NY 1974 Mill Valley 1981 Morro Bay Pictorial paper ; original pictorial box 65 Black leather spine; paper 300 Paper ; gilt leather spine 12 pp.; a mid-19th century poem by Ward Schori's mother, one of 9 siblings, in honor of her parents 36 pp.; in red ink with 16 hand-colored illustrations that fold out - each image changes when you hold it against a strong light; numbered 192 pp.; engraved frontispiece plus 5 additional engravings; approx. 20 solemn verses, essays & prayers; titles include, Happiness and Lessons of Humility 12 pp.; first published in 1899; 6 color illustrations by the author; a controversial children's book 30 pp. letterpress in 2 colors; paste paper end sheets; frontispiece; recalls an incident during the Civil War as told by Van Buren of the 192nd Infantry; page marker is a string with an attached miniature fish hook 328 pp.; beautiful Dutch endpapers; a wellprinted scarce early edition; Spielmann 429; a.e.g. 8 juvenile books with 8 pp. each with charming illustrations throughout; difficult to find with the original box 28 pp. letterpress in 3 colors; orange endpapers; color illustrations throughout; ruminations on the history of tea-time customs; copy #1 2 volumes, each with 62 pp. letterpress; frontispiece; the story of the great arms debate between the longbow and the arquebus (prototype of the modern rifle); Kal Levitan bookplate; signed & numbered 1984 Newton IA 250 Gilt tan leather by 40 pp. letterpress by Enschede; marbled Reliure du Centre endpapers; postage stamp frontispiece; a portrait of a 19th c. book collector; a.e.g Newton IA 250 Gilt red leather 86 pp. letterpress; marbled endpapers; 4 full-page illustrations; story of the development of Maytag's most successful wringer washer, in production for an amazing run of 45 years; author was Maytag's R&D director 2-2" /4" 1-2- $16.00 $60.00 $ $ $45.00 #87 #88 #91 #93

11 95 Tarantula Regina Caeli 96 Washington Miniature Books University, Olin from the Collection Library of Julian I. Edison 97 Wee Willie's Workshop 98 Wells Gardner Darton & Co. 99 William Lewis Washburn 100 Wind & Harlot 101 Wind & Harlot 102 Winthrop General George Armstrong Custer Kent, Susannah Edison, Julian I. Frost, Lawrence A. Life of Edward VII Bulley, King of Great Britain Eleanor & Ireland Poems of Li Po, The Chinese Poet, Done Into Vignettes (deluxe edition) Ankenbrand, Frank, Jr Austin TX Beige cloth ; printed spine 1965 St. Louis MO 1968 Dundee MI 1901 London, 1941 Haddon Heights NJ On a Favourite Cat Gray, Thomas 1991 Shaker Heights OH Question of Love, A Baris, Robert Finest Land, The Lessing, Bruno 103 Xavier Kitty Knight Joynes, J. William 104 Yellow Kid Serette's Cherubikon Serette, David W Shaker Heights OH 1914 New York NY 1994 Baltimore MD 1980 Portland ME Stiff paper wrapper enclosing 8 printed cards (not miniature) 135 Blue and yellow printed paper ; title on spine Gilt cream paper with gilt leather s on front cover and spine 27 Mottled leather with title gilt stamped in English and Chinese 52 Paper ; printed spine 27 Paper ; printed Color pictorial 160 Gilt white cloth by Don Brady 750 Printed paper (edges faded) 6 pp. letterpress in blue ink by Carol Kent's daughter Susie; illustrated; accordion-folded stiff paper; a riddle Keepsake from Julian Edison's first miniature book exhibition; 4 pp. text by Edison on miniature book collecting followed by the exhibition catalogue of 57 books; foreword by William Matheson who went on to the Library of Congress as Rare Book Curator 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 his early years and his ambition to become a soldier 183 pp.; 15 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. 2- $ " x 6" $ " 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; this is copy #4 of 27 deluxe copies; Irene Winterstein bookplate and Kathryn Rickard bookplate 24 pp. letterpress on Japanese paper; marbled endpapers; 5 hand-colored illustrations by Bonnie Baris accompany the charming poem about Salima, a clumsy tortoise-haired cat; a beautifully executed book 20 pp. letterpress in black & red; marbled endpapers; two poems beautifully printed; The Passionate Shepherd to His Love by Marlowe and The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd by Raleigh 32 pp.; illustrated; short story of a German immigrant's adjustment to life in New York City 24 pp. letterpress; 3 illustrations; decorative endpapers; bookmark; the story of Kitty Knight who successfully defied the British when they swept through Georgetown /16" x 3" 24 pp. letterpress in 3 colors; every page has a 1- cherub illustration and a 4-line poem by Serette $ $85.00 $ $ #97 #99 #102 #104