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 Black Cat Press Skokie IL / Chicago IL #3 #50 #69 # Title Author Yr Cc Binding Description H x W Price 1 19th Century American Juvenile Authors 2 Abraham Lincoln's Last Hours 3 Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves Davidson, Gustav Taft, Charles Sabin Gilt purple cloth by Pictorial gilt maroon leather by Gilt brown pictorial leather 4 Alphabet Sentences Petty, G. Harvey (1978) 249 Gilt blue cloth by 5 Alphabetum Zanium Petty, G. Harvey Gilt red leather spine; marbled paper by 6 Ancient Wheel of Fortune (1968) 200 Gilt green leather by (spine faded) 7 April Stories Bender, Karen Ann Gilt red leather spine; printed paper 38 pp. in 2 colors; 5 illustrations; French-folded; brief biographies of writers who hid behind pen names, a common practice in the 19th century, often by women for modesty's sake 28 pp. letterpress; decorative endpapers; fascinating account by the army surgeon present at the assassination, death and autopsy of President Lincoln 48 pp. letterpress by Enschede; translated from the Arabian Nights; 15 2-color line illustrations by Calvin Brazelton; although 400 copies are cited, only 100 copies were bound; a.e.g. 30 pp. in calligraphy; the art of calligraphy from the 5th c. BC through the 16th century; illustrated throughout; includes a fold-out chart of the alphabet in Phoenician, Old Greek, Classical Greek, Etruscan, Latin, Roman, Uncial and Miniscule 27 pp. calligraphic text by Harvey with letterpress foreword & index; red alphabet endpapers; a beautiful alphabet book in black, red & turquoise on gray paper 32 pp. letterpress; marbled endpapers; printed in black & green inks; 38 pp. in 2 colors; French-folded; a series of charming stories by the 8-year-old granddaughter of collector Esther Beamer; 6 illustrations by Elizabeth Houghtlin; Robert Massmann 8 Author's Proof Zara, Louis Gilt brown cloth 34 pp. on rag paper; French-folded; decorative endpapers; several illustrations; the author's early printing experiences 2-1/ x 2-9/16" x 2-1/ x x 2-1/16" x $65.00

2 9 Awakening and Other Poems Davis, Frank Marshall Gilt black leather by 10 Bear Hunt, Lincoln, Abraham Gilt brown leather by 11 Bibliography of Miniature Books and Ephemera (2- volume set) Gilt brown leather by ; marbled paper slipcase 12 Black Man's Verse Davis, Frank Marshall Gilt black leather by 13 Book Gluttons and Book Gourmets 14 Books, Sayings, Apothegms, Maxims, Epigrams 15 Brief History of the U. S. Naval Academy, A 16 Challenge: A Manuscript, Blumenthal, Walter Hart Petty, G. Harvey Hill, Aimo W., Jr. 44 pp. letterpress; decorative endpapers; written in free verse by a noted black poet, activist and businessman; Robert Massmann 42 pp. in black with red capital letters; text in calligraphy by G. Harvey Petty; frontispiece portrait of Lincoln; one of only 3 Lincoln poems ever published; using backwoods slang mixed with fine phrases, he describes a bear hunt from his youth 139 pp. total; a history of the press and a bibliography of publications; also lists keepsakes and books in production 51 pp. letterpress on handmade rag paper; Davis was a 20th century poet, journalist and political activist; Spielmann 114A 2-3/8" Gilt black leather 84 pp. letterpress; decorative endpapers; a wonderful essay on book collecting and some insatiable collectors Pictorial gilt brown cloth by (1978) 249 Gilt navy blue leather by 35 pp. calligraphed text by Petty; decorative endpapers; author had a deep love for words & books - his favorite sayings on books are presented here 85 pp. on pale blue paper; marbled endpapers; 12 illustrations in 3 colors by the author, a US Navy Commander Blue paper wrappers 2-1/ x 17 Christmas in Bethlehem Hutchison, Ruth Gilt burgundy cloth by 18 Christmas Parable, A W. (1964) 200 Gilt red leather by Bela 19 Christmas Story, A J. B. H.., Jr Gilt morocco spine; paper 20 Concerning Lincoln and the Declaration of Independence, As One Southerner to Another 21 Death of Abraham Lincoln Basler, Roy P Gilt blue cloth by 60 pp.; 8 color linoleum block illustrations by Eileen Tabor; decorative endpapers; this holiday story takes place in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 33 pp. letterpress; decorative endpapers; Frenchfolded; a lovely and sentimental printer's Christmas tale 28 pp. letterpress on handmade paper in black with red embellishments; one of a limited edition printed for friends at Christmas; only 50 copies for sale; a charming bookish Christmas story; a.e.g. 45 pp.; decorative endpapers; most interesting essay on Lincoln's views on secession, the American Union, and war objectives; author was the editor for the Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln; Massmann Whitman, Walt Gilt black leather 53 pp.; marbled endpapers; a lecture given by Walt Whitman on the anniversary of Lincoln's death; Massmann ; a.e.g. 22 Dream of Wings, A Crouch, Tom D Gilt blue cloth by Lariviere 23 Dude Retires, Concidine, J. Francis (1964) 195 Pictorial gilt brown leather by (spine faded) 24 Elbert Hubbard: A Man of the Century 25 Entrances and Exits: Recollections of Ohio ater Beckman, James W. McCuen, Harold E. 26 Epigrams Voltaire, Francois M. A. 27 Essay on Limited Editions, An 28 Extract from the Enemies of Books, An Starret Blades, William Gilt tan leather by Bela Gilt green leather by Gilt white leather by the Mottled red leatherette by Gilt brown leather by 43 pp. in black and blue, marbled endpapers; the story of the Wright Brother's first 4 flights from Kitty Hawk 56 pp. letterpress; decorative endpapers; frontispiece; printed and illustrated in 2 colors; entertaining story about a gangster "dude"; a well-designed early Black Cat production 68 pp.; a biography of Hubbard, one of the most outspoken men of his era; publisher of the Kelmscott Press 93 pp.; 21 sepia photographs of theatrical luminaries; McCuen's recollections of Ohio theater 44 pp. French-folded; calligraphed text by G. Harvey Petty in black & lavender; decorative endpapers with lavender fleur de lis; a collection of wise and satirical statements; Massmann 41 pp. letterpress in 2 colors; decorative endpapers; very interesting essay on this timely topic 36 pp.; scattered illustrations in red and black; first published in 1880, the author's outrage at any mistreatment of books; Robert Massmann x 1-9/16" x 1-1/ x x x $85.00 $38.00 $60.00 $36.00 $95.00 $50.00

3 29 F.D.R. Gettysburg Speech Roosevelt, Franklin D. 30 Four Christmas Stories Various Authors Pictorial gilt gold leather by 31 Gutenberg, To Printers Throughout World (1967) 200 Gilt navy leather 32 pp. letterpress; marbled endpapers; Roosevelt's speech delivered in May pp. in 3 colors; illustrated; an anthology 2-1/ x Printed wrappers 4 pp. letterpress in black and red on Rothenberg paper; first book by this press; from a speech delivered to an international printers convention in Utrecht 32 Happy Birthday America Printed wrappers 10 pp. by offset lithography; an inspiring and patriotic message; issued as a keepsake for friends of the Black Cat Press 33 He is Nothing But a Little Boy 34 Herbert Clark Hoover: A Eulogy 35 History of the Cadiz Short Line Railroad, A 36 History of the Cadiz Short Line Railroad, A 37 Homecoming of the Lost Book, (Return of the Lost Book on spine) 38 Homecoming of the Lost Book, (Return of the Lost Book on spine) Trueblood, D. Elton White, Robert W. White, Robert W. Schwarzwald, Eugenie Schwarzwald, Eugenie White pictorial cloth Gilt black leather by Gilt red leather with metal train replica Gilt red leather with metal train replica (spine faded) 1961 Gilt blue full leather by Gilt blue leather spine; paper by 39 Horseman in the Sky, A Bierce, Ambrose Gilt blue pictorial leatherette 40 House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand, A Lincoln, Abraham 41 How a Person may know under which of the twelve signs they are born Gilt blue leather by Bela Gilt orange leather by 42 Hunter, Schreiner, Olive Gilt brown mottled cloth by Laraviere 2-1/ x 34 pp.; illustrated by Barbara J. Raheb 3/4" x 3/4" 28 pp.; frontispiece portrait; the eulogy delivered by Trueblood followed by a short resume of Hoover 76 pp. letterpress; frontispiece and 21 illustrations; decorative endpapers; one of the very few miniature books ever published on a railroad; the now defunct Cadiz ran on a 10 mile track between the western Kentucky towns of Cadiz and Gracey 76 pp. letterpress; frontispiece and 21 illustrations; decorative endpapers; one of the very few miniature books ever published on a railroad; the now defunct Cadiz ran on a 10 mile track between the western Kentucky towns of Cadiz and Gracey 23 pp. letterpress on handmade paper; French-folded; variant spine stamping "Return of the Lost Book"; a wonderful bookish essay translated from the German; one of a few copies in full leather 23 pp. letterpress on handmade paper; French-folded; spine is erroneously stamped "Return of the Lost Book"; a wonderful bookish essay translated from the German 32 pp.; design and calligraphy by G. Harvey Petty; decorative endpapers; author Ambrose Bierce fought in a number of Civil War battles and died mysteriously in 1914; a Civil War story 46 pp.; "faithfully reprinted as it appeared in the Book of Knowledge"; wisdom of the ancients 61 pp.; Schreiner was a South African author, anti-war campaigner and intellectual; last miniature book published by Black Cat Press; Massmann 43 I'm Fine Printed self-wrappers 4 pp. letterpress; a poem which preaches the practical benefit of positive thinking as we grow older; a keepsake for friends of the press 44 In a Far-off World Schreiner, Olive Gilt green leather by 45 In the Image of Man Bradford, Ralph (1981) 249 Gilt blue leather by Bela 46 Judge Not a Book By Its Cover 47 Judge Not a Book by Its Cover Averill, John Averill, John Gilt mustard yellow leather Red cloth ; pictorial dust jacket 48 Laughing Up Your Sleeve Orleans, Ilo Gilt brown leatherette by Laraviere 28 pp. letterpress; green endpapers; tale of a man and a woman in a distant world 39 pp. letterpress in 2 colors; decorative endpapers; frontispiece drawing by Benjamin Greenstein; Massmann 60 pp. in black and gold; marbled endpapers; a book of 26 proverbs, one for each letter of the alphabet, each with a full-page amusing illustration by Averill; although 400 copies are stipulated in the colophon, only 100 were bound: a.e.g. 58 pp.; a book of 26 proverbs, one for every letter of the alphabet; each with a full-page amusing illustration by Averill; first miniature book by this esteemed press 46 pp. in 2 colors; pen and ink drawings throughout by Doris Frankner; witty poetry x 1-7/16" 3" x 2-1/8" 3" x 2-1/8" 2-1/ x 2-1/ x 2-11/16" x 2-1/16" x 3-1/16' x 2-3/4" 1-3/8" x 1-1/8" $10.00 $ $ $80.00

4 49 Let Shakespeare Speak Gallienne, Wilfred Hansford 50 Lucretius on Life & Death Hartman, Frank E. (foreword) 51 Mad 2265 Mile Dash of the Scott Special, Miller, Harry I Gilt black pictorial leather by Gilt black leather by Gilt maroon cloth 52 Man in the Smock, Harris, Carla Gilt blue cloth by 53 Maxims, Observations and Comments of Abraham Lincoln 54 Miniature Books Relating to Postage Stamps (2 volumes) 55 Miniature World of Norman Forgue, Lincoln, Abraham Levitan, Kalman L. Guthrie, James (1967) 250 Gilt brown leather by SIGNED Gilt red leatherette by Gilt cloth by Bela 56 Miniatures Ruthberg, Helen Gilt aqua leather by 57 More Tales for Bibliophiles (3 volumes) Sacher-Masock, L. Von; Hayno Focken & Fedor Von Zobeltitz 58 My South Sea Island Maugham, W. Somerset Gilt leather by Bela ; marbled paper slipcase 32 pp. letterpress; frontispiece; decorative endpapers; "a symposium of the bard's opinions on contemporary events"; from a speech delivered at the Shakespeare Birthday Dinner in Chicago in pp. letterpress; 2-color illustrations by Calvin Brazelton; the eminent poet and philosopher's thoughts, translated in the meter of Omar Khayyam's Rubaiyat 68 pp.; decorative endpapers; illustrated; true account of a 1905 railroad race 53 pp.; dainty floral endpapers; frontispiece; excerpt from Memoirs of an ex-girl Friday; author was an employee of Norman Forgue - she writes of the early hectic days of Black Cat Press 62 pp. letterpress; decorative endpapers; printed in black & brown; a chronological listing of noteworthy Lincolnisms; Kal Levitan and SIGNED by Norman Forgue 150 pp. total in 2 volumes; decorative red & gold endpapers; introduction by Robert Massmann; a bibliography of over 60 miniature books with postage stamps or relating to postage stamps; Grace Broecker x 1-3/8" 2-1/ x 2-1/ x 93 pp.; illustrated throughout; intro by Ward Schori; Guthrie was a Life Magazine reporter assigned to interview Forgue; this essay is a description of Forgue's miniatures and much more 90 pp.; 14 black and white photos of room settings and dollhouse furnishings; authored by a noted authority on dollhouses; Robert Massmann 149 pp. total letterpress printed in 2 colors; decorative endpapers; 3 volumes of bookish stories, each with a frontispiece; titles: Bookbinder of Hort, Books Interchanged and Elzevir; Raymond Smith Gilt green leather 32 pp. letterpress; marbled endpapers; illustrated; this is the first printing of this text in book form; Maugham's reflections on owning an island 59 Napoleon on Christ Bonaparte, Napoleon 1984 Printed paper wrappers 10 pp. calligraphy in 2 colors by G. Harvey Petty; Napoleon's essay on the singular life of Jesus Christ 60 Night Walks, Traveling Abroad, A Flight (3 volumes) Dickens, Charles Gilt leatherette by ; marbled paper slipcase 61 No Crabb, No Christmas Morley, Christopher Pictorial gilt red leather by 62 On the Return of a Book Lent to a Friend 63 One Hundred Proverbs Adapted from the Japanese 64 Oriental Encounters: Two Essays in Bad Taste Starrett, Vincent 212 pp. total; delicate floral endpapers; each book illustrated throughout by Barbara J. Raheb; 3 essays displaying Dickensian observation, humor, satire and fantasy 20 pp.; French-folded; decorative endpapers; a witty holiday essay by Morley, a Rhodes scholar and prolific early 19th century author 2-1/ x $ /16" $ x x 1-5/8" 2-1/ x Green paper wrappers not in Bradbury 3-7/8" x 2-1/ Gilt red leather by the Monastery Press SPECIAL Gilt black leatherette (title on spine; 5 Chinese characters on front cover) 65 Our Lady of Mercy Zara, Louis Pictorial gilt cloth by 66 Quick Brown Fox, Templeton, Richard H. Jr Gilt brown pictorial cloth by 28 pp, letterpress in black and red; French-folded; frontispiece print of Mount Fujiyama; every page is ruled in red; interesting preface on Forgue s interest in miniature objects and books; an especially beautiful and early book by this esteemed press 45 pp. in black & red ink on all rag Japanese Linen; 3" x 2- frontispiece; Chinese red endpapers; contains 2 essays 3/16" written in 1937 during a sojourn in China: " Passing of the Eunuch" and "Old Movements in New China" 43 pp. in 3 colors; red & gold decorative endpapers; a Christmas tale x 46 pp.; illustrated by R. Hunter Middleton; endpapers decorated with hounds & foxes; a book of phrases used in type specimen books to determine the effectiveness of a new alphabet $90.00 $150.00

5 67 Sages of the Ages Petty, G. Harvey 68 Sam Patch, Yankee Leaper 69 Santa Who Was Late, 70 Santa Who Was Late, 71 Santa's Own Story of His Many Lives Zara, Louis Zara, Louis Jones, E. Willis Gilt green leather by Gilt brown leatherette by (1979) 249 Gilt red leather by Bela Gilt red leather by Bela (REPAIRED) Pictorial gilt red leather by 72 Scandal in Bohemia, A Doyle, Arthur Conan Gilt cloth by Laraviere 73 Shanghaied Wirtz, Robert White Pictorial gilt green leather by 74 Soliloquy of a Postage Stamp 75 Song of Songs Which is Solomon's, Brady, Ernest 1978 Printed paper wrappers; postage stamp Bible Gilt white leather by the 76 Spirit of Christmas Various Authors Pictorial gilt red cloth 77 Testament of Freedom, A 78 Testament of Freedom, A 79 Testaments of Faith W. 80 Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days Unknown (1966) 200 Gilt red leather by Bela (1966) 200 Gilt red leather by Bela (slightly faded spine) Gilt burgundy leather by Gilt green leather by (spine faded) 81 Three Psalms Bible Gilt black leather by 36 pp. French-folded; decorative endpapers; calligraphed text; a collection of wise proverbs by discerning writers 39 pp. letterpress; story of a 19th century daredevil "leaper" who became a bona fide tourist attraction in upstate New York 45 pp.; decorative floral endpapers; 2-color frontispiece by Dale Nichols; a charming and original short story; signed by Norman Forgue 45 pp.; decorative floral endpapers; 2-color frontispiece by Dale Nichols; a charming and original short story 54 pp.; decorative endpapers; Santa frontispiece plus reproductions of 36 watercolor paintings by Rainey Bennett; printed in black and red inks; Santa's biography 110 pp.; complete text of the first Sherlock Holmes short story originally published in / x 1-1/ 2-1/ x 2-1/ x 2-3/8" 2-3/4" 30 pp. French-folded; dainty floral endpapers; printed in 2-1/ x 3 colors; a story of the sea prefaced with a 7-page history of Black Cat Press; of Stanley Marcus 6 pp. letterpress; an early keepsake 3" x 2-1/4" 33 pp. letterpress; French-folded; marbled endpapers; chapter headings with red embellishments 2-1/ x 69 pp. in 3 colors; illustrated; decorative red & gold endpapers; the story of the origin of the Christmas card 43 pp. letterpress; French-folded; Forgue's collection of words based on "Ideas Worth Fighting For"; quotes by Milton, Whittier, FDR, Webster, Emerson and many others 43 pp. letterpress; French-folded; Forgue's collection of words based on "Ideas Worth Fighting For"; quotes by Milton, Whittier, FDR, Webster, Emerson and many others 30 pp. letterpress; red endpapers; printed in black & red inks; 4 credos of faith to commemorate the bicentennial year 25 pp.; decorative endpapers; frontispiece; printed in black and green inks; a sweet and old fashioned anniversary story about Bruno and Beryl 28 pp. letterpress in black and green; marbled endpapers; text of the 8th, 46th and 100th Psalms 2-1/ x 2-1/ x x 82 To Remember Me n.d. Printed paper wrappers 12 pp. letterpress by Ward Schori 83 Two Essays Le Gallienne, Richard Gilt red-orange leather 36 pp. letterpress; French-folded; the 2 bookish essays are Philosophy of Limited Editions and Anarchy in a Library, taken from Prose Francies 84 What's a Flag Gilt brown leather by 85 Where Our Christmas Customs Come From 86 Whole Art of Detection by Sherlock Holmes, Gilt red leather by Bela Shaw, John Bennett (1968) 300 Gilt black leather (lacks metal bust) 87 Yesterdays Smith, Thomas R Gilt brown wood-grain cloth 22 pp. letterpress in black, red and blue; decorative endpapers; US flag frontispiece; essay taken from an editorial in New York Times, June 14, 1940 (Flag Day) 28 pp. letterpress in black with illustrations in red and green; decorative endpapers 58 pp. letterpress in 3 colors; decorative endpapers; frontispiece; introduction by Vincent Starrett, a Holmes authority; Sherlockian quotations and musings excerpted from his books; a.e.g. 2-9/16" x $20.00 $45.00 $80.00 $3.00 $60.00 $75.00