Karen Nyman Miniature Books 7835 Rush Rose Drive Carlsbad CA

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1 Karen Nyman Miniature Books 7835 Rush Rose Drive Carlsbad CA Sunflower Press Mill Valley CA #1 #2 #3 #4 1 About Sunflowers 2 Alphabet Alfresco 3 Apricot Moon 4 Cradle Song, A Christmas 5 Dance Circle 6 Daring Voyages Pictorial 28 pp. letterpress; sunflower endpapers; text is printed in black, illustrations in orange; signed & numbered Pictorial cloth boards 60 pp. letterpress on handmade paper; a hand-colored illustration for each letter of the alphabet of things that are found outdoors Orange velour boards; printed paper Watts, Isaac Pictorial cloth boards with printed on spine 26 pp. letterpress; marbled endpapers by Susan Acker; 15 poems in the Japanese haiku style with woodcut vignettes embellishing each one; decorations printed in apricot orange with text in black 26 pp. letterpress in 2 colors; every page illustrated; signed & numbered Pictorial 32 pp. letterpress in 5 colors; 4 illustrations by Jacqueline Phelan of Native American Indian dancers in their fabulous costumes: Wolf Dancer; Crown Dancer, Eagle Dancer, Hoop Dance and more Cloth boards; printed ; elaborate hinged box with working compass 44 pp. letterpress; 10 illustrations; history of early European sea explorers; details explorations from 600 BC to the 15th century AD; signed & numbered 1- x 1-5/8" 1-5/8" x 2" x 1- x 2-1/2" $40.00 $35.00 #5 #6 Box #6 Book

2 #7 #8 #9 7 Elephant 8 First Emperor of China 9 Frog Prince, The 10 Garden, The Marvell, Andrew 11 Gutenberg 12 Gutenberg (deluxe edition) 13 Hedgehog and the Hare, The 14 How Rabbit Lost His Tail Phelan, Jacquie 15 Jazz Elephant patterned fabric boards; printed on spine Taupe cloth boards; pictorial paper Black leather spine; green 50 pp. letterpress in 2 colors on handmade paper; nearly every page is illustrated & many are hand-colored and illuminated; a collection of elephant facts & trivia; signed & numbered 35 pp. letterpress; 6 beautiful color illustrations by the author plus 6 Chinese postage stamps; details the 1974 discovery of the burial grounds of Qin Shi Huang - over 7,000 life-size terracotta men & horses have been uncovered; signed & numbered 30 pp. letterpress in 3 colors; marbled endpapers; illustrated; the classical fairy tale; a spoiled princess reluctantly befriends a frog, who magically transforms into a handsome prince; signed & numbered copy # Floral cloth boards 26 pp. letterpress in 5 colors; a 17th c. poem illustrated on every page with nature-printed flowers; a Bradbury 100; signed & numbered Gray ; printed s 1977 Brown ultrasuede; printed s Printed cloth spine; Blue cloth boards; printed Purple ; paper 20 pp. letterpress in black & red; several illustrations including 5 linocuts; Gutenberg is accredited with the invention of printing but his exact role is still unknown; signed & numbered 20 pp. letterpress in black & red; several illustrations including 5 linocuts; Gutenberg is accredited with the invention of printing but his exact role is still unknown; signed & numbered 26 pp. letterpress in 3 colors with wonderful illustrations throughout; an original tale with a moral 28 pp. letterpress; based on an old fable; illustrated profusely by the author 36 pp. letterpress; decorative endpapers; an original poem by Cunningham with 11 wonderfully whimsical illustrations by Trish Daly; a beetle, dragon, tern and cat form a jazz quartet in spite of the cat's mistress 3-3/16" x 2-1/2" 1" x 1-3/8" x x 3-3/8" x 3-3/8" 3" 3/8" x 3" $ $85.00 $80.00 #10 #11 #12

3 #13 #14 #15 16 Kachinas 17 Land of the Inca 18 Le Chien Guingan et Le Chat Calicot 19 Lion and Mouse 20 Lotus- Blossom & Moon-Flower 21 Marco Polo (deluxe) 22 Mark Twain's Raft Passage Black ; printed 28 pp. letterpress in 2 colors; 10 Kachina illustrations by Dianne Weiss; these Hopi dolls play a significant role in Indian ceremonies; signed & numbered Mauve pictorial cloth boards 44 pp. letterpress in black and gold; double title page; 5 fullpage color illustrations plus 5 in gold on a black background; the Incas were orderly and docile people who made astonishing technological and cultural advancements; signed & numbered x Collin, Marcie 1977 Floral fabric boards; printed Clemens, Samuel Langhorne (Mark Twain) 23 Masks 24 Mr. Finney Longfellow, Henry and the Turnip Wadsworth 36 pp. letterpress; French translation of Eugene Field's most popular children's poem "The Duel"; delightful hand-colored illustrations abound; signed & numbered Pictorial paper wrappers 16 pp. letterpress on pale green paper; woodcut illustrations; an Aesop's fable rewritten; signed & numbered Gilt red stiff paper wrappers, bound Japanese-style Antique Chinese silk brocade boards; black cloth spine 22 pp. letterpress on Japanese paper; printed in black & red; an adaptation of a Chinese folk tale; designed, printed, numbered & signed by Cunningham 28 pp. letterpress printed in black & red; concise story of the relationship between March Polo and Kubla Khan; a very interesting read and beautifully crafted; signed & numbered Pictorial 27 pp. letterpress in black and red; frontispiece of Twain; 4 illustrations by Maryline Poole Adams; excerpted from Life on the Mississippi; signed & numbered Printed cloth binding by Joe D'Ambrosio with 3- dimensional demon mask set-in; windowed slipcase Purple ; pictorial plus title on spine 48 pp. letterpress; 25 full-color linocut illustrations of unusual tribal and religious masks from countries around the world; copy #11 of 125; the demon mask on the cover was produced and hand-glazed by Anita Walden 28 pp. letterpress in 4 colors; lavender endpapers; a delightful poem profusely illustrated with linocuts by Cunningham 2-1/8" x 2" x x x $60.00 $75.00 $45.00 $70.00 $55.00 #16 #17 #18

4 #19 #20 #21 #22 #25 #27 25 Muses 26 Never Cry Wolf 27 Ode for the New Year Purple cloth boards; printed Pictorial paper boards Unknown Floral cloth boards 54 pp. letterpress; profusely illustrated with drawings by Gene Holtan of the 9 Greek Muses; the muses were the 9 daughters of Zeus and were the personification of knowledge and the arts; signed & numbered 32 pp. letterpress in 3 colors; a re-telling of the old classic fable with linocut or hand-colored illustrations on every page; signed & numbered 34 pp. letterpress, gold ink on lavender paper; signed & numbered copy #1 3-1/8" 1/4" $ " x 2" $75.00 #30 #31 #32

5 #23 #33 28 Puss in Boots Gilt black leather spine; pictorial 29 Silverpearl Plums (deluxe edition) 30 Some Remarks About Tea 31 Summer Songs (1st edition) 32 Summer Songs (2nd edition) 33 Sun, An Alphabet, The (compiler) (compiler) 34 Time Machines 35 Toad 36 Two Poems from Les Fleurs du mal 37 Woven Wind (deluxe edition) Baudelaire, Charles 1986 Silver gilt purple leather Black leather spine; Orange paper Purple paper Yellow paper Chartreuse paper Tan cloth boards; pictorial Floral paper boards; paper Striped silk boards; custom Plexiglas box 36 pp.; orange endpapers; the classic folk tale with charming handcolored illustrations scattered throughout 30 pp. letterpress in 2 colors; purple endpapers; an anthology of 17- syllable verses in the Japanese haiku style 28 pp. letterpress in 3 colors; orange endpapers; color illustrations throughout; ruminations on the history of tea-time customs 28 pp. letterpress; a collection of early English poetry by Milton, Shakespeare, Dryden and others 28 pp. letterpress in 2 colors; 2nd edition; a collection of early English poetry by Milton, Shakespeare, Dryden and others 66 pp. letterpress in 3 colors; tipped-in frontispiece; profusely illustrated throughout; an alphabet book with each letter in some way relating to the sun; Cunningham's abiding interest in ancient cultures led her to fascinating material; signed & number 38 pp. letterpress; frontispiece; illustrated throughout; the history of time machines - obelisks, sun dials, and various types of clocks 28 pp. letterpress in 4 colors; an original humorous poem written, illustrated, printed and bound by Cunningham 24 pp. letterpress; accordion-folded; illustrated with copies of 11 watercolor paintings by Cunningham 40 pp. letterpress in 6 colors; illustrated throughout; the story of this most luxurious of fabrics, the fiber of the aristocracy since 2600 BC; signed & numbered x 3" x 1-1- x 1-1/2" 1/2" 1/8" 5/8" $90.00 $ $ $70.00 $ #34 #35 #36