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Ornamental Versals: Lombardic Style

by Challenger, Margaret

Margaret Challenger, 1998. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine. Margaret Challenger. A handmade book, hand-drawn and hand-colored, fine in a paper slipcase. Miniature, 2.5" x 2". An ornamental alphabet copied from medieval texts, inexplicably missing 'X' and 'Y'. Cleverly folded, opens in 2 different directions. This is #2 of only 10 copies.

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£60.87

Kisses: A Treasury of Romance

Philadelphia: Running Press, 1995. Hardcover. Very Good-/Very Good. Miniature pop-up book; contains six functioning pop-ups; miniature, white boards, measuring 3.25in x 2.75in; vg- (cocked; boards extremely bowed and soiled) in vg dj (edges bumped and worn); SIX pop-ups.

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£8.12

Tootle #8 (Little Little Golden Book)

by CRAMPTON, GERTRUDE

Book measures 2 3/4" x 2 3/4" Little Little Golden Book. Miniature version of this very cute story is Unpagenated, First Edittion, "A" is present on the inside of back cover.

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£766.15

Song of Solomon (New English Bible Version)

Margaret Challenger, 2000. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. Margaret Challenger. A handmade miniature, 2" x 2.6", bound in homemade paper, with hand-written calligraphy and art. #19 of 20 copies. Near fine (small dent on front board edge; one corner worn). 12pp.

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£48.70

Beautiful Northumberland County, Ontario, Canada

by Challenger, Margaret

Margaret Challenger, 1999. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good-. Limited Edition, No. 9 of 15 copies; miniature T'fold book form, green hardcover boards, measuring approx. 2.75in x 2.5in, housed in half green slipcase; 'text pages were written out, then reduced and printed' but 'the art and coloured lettering and photographs in the spread are original in each book'; vg- (top third of front board and all of rear board sunned and faded; glue on title page darkening; edges of pages... Read more about this item

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£24.35

Gabriela Mistral: A Biography

by Coffey, Marjorie

Bisbee, Ariz.: Pequeno, 1999. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Marjorie Coffey. A handmade miniature, 2.75" square, bound in black leather with red leather applique, cover has a cut-out foldover with a velcro attachment. Interior has numerous folding pages. This is #21/55 copies SIGNED in front by Coffey and in the rear by publisher Pat Baldwin, vg (cracked at two fold-out poems, lightly cocked).

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£73.04

Ossian, fils de Fingal, Barde du Troisieme siècle: Poesies Galliques

by Ossian. Macpherson, James (Letourneur, Pierre Prime Felicien & Saint Georges, David de. transl.)

Chez Dufart, Imprimeur-Libraire. Paris. An. 6. [1798] 7 volumes in 3. 12mo. Tome Premier: 205pp, Engraved frontis.; Tome Second: 203pp, Engraved frontis.; Tome Troisieme: 195pp, Engraved frontis.; Tome Quatrieme: 183pp, Engraved frontis.; Tome Cinquieme: 158, (1)pp, Engraved frontis.; Tome Sixieme: 134, (1)pp, Engraved frontis.; Tome Septieme: 146, (1)pp, Engraved frontis. Quarter calf, marbled boards, spines in six compartments with gilt rules, lettering and embellishment. All edges sprinkled blue.... Read more about this item

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£150.00

I've Called You All Together...A Book of Toasts

by Baldwin, Pat & Jaime Gonzalez

Bisbee, Ariz.: Pequeno, 1989. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. A handmade miniature, 2.5" x 2", accordion-folded marbled-paper with quotes attached. Sits in a half-slipcase that serves as a display stand. This is #3/50 copies SIGNED by designers/publishers Pat Baldwin and Jaime Gonzalez, vg condition (boards bowed; two-thirds of boards heavily sunfaded).

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£40.58

From a Writer's Notebook

by BROOKS, Van Wyck

Worcester: Achille J. St. Onge, 1955. Hardcover. Fine. Miniature book (2" x 2 1/2"). Full green calf gilt, all edges gilt. Fine in (original?) plastic box. One of 1000 copies printed by the Chiswick Press. A miniature book.

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£81.16

PUBLIUS TERENTIUS AFER.

by TERENCE. --- Miniature book

Impensis Gul Pickering. Londini. (London). 1823 /22. MINIATURE BOOK. (3.3 x 2 inches). Portrait frontis, vi, 220pp. Two title pages, one dated 1822, the other 1823. A fine copy of this expertly printed little volume in a highly attractive leather binding of beautiful full plum morocco by Lanscelin. Spine with five raised bands, each with gilt piping. Compartments ruled, lettered and fully decorated in gilt. Boards with triple gilt ruled borders. Stamped monogram to the front board. Board edges double... Read more about this item

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£750.00

The Pictore Alphabet, Or, ABC in Rhyme

New Haven, CT: S. Babcock, 1840. Pamphlet. tiny stain at bottom edge else a very good copy. 8 pp. a very small book [1-3/4" x 2-7/8"].

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£101.45

The Parisian Miniaturist, Honore

by Millar, Eric (introduction and notes)

London: Faber & Faber. 1959. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good in Good+ Dustjacket. DJ protected in now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. DJ is a little worn at edges with barely visible tape marks at the top and tail of spine. Light creasing to the front. 30 pages. Part of the Faber Library of Illuminated Manuscripts. A look at the work of the 13th century miniaturist Honore with 8 magnificent tipped-in full colour plates from illuminated manuscripts. . 1st Edition.... Read more about this item

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£13.15

La Divina Commedia (Miniature)

by Dante, Alighieri

455 pp.+ 1 plate h.t. 6,5x4,5 cm. G. Barbèra, Editore, Firenze, 1919.
--- Text in Italian. The book is complete. Full leather contemporary binding, with rich gold decoration on covers and spine. Some edgewear. All edges red – discolouration on top-edges. Some notes on endpapers – all other pages are bright and clean.

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£259.47

The Great Tungus Catastrophe

by Lathourakis, John P

Pasadena, Cal.: Grant Dahlstrom, 1974. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+. John P. Lathourakis. Apparently the 1st printing of this little history, later published by Lathourakis' own Tabula Rasa Press. A 3" x 2.25" miniature in decorated boards, vg+; The front endpapers were stuck together and have been pulled apart (binding flaw I think) but it didn't do much damage. 57 pp. incl. illustrations & a map.

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£40.58

PUBLIUS VIRGILIUS MARO.

by VIRGIL. --- Miniature book

Impensis Gul Pickering. Londini. (London). 1821. MINIATURE BOOK. (3.3 x 2.1 inches). Portrait frontis, title page, 284pp (including second title page. A fine copy of this expertly printed little volume in a highly attractive leather binding of beautiful full dark green morocco by Lanscelin. Spine with five raised bands, each with gilt piping. Compartments double ruled, lettered and fully decorated in gilt. Boards with triple gilt ruled borders. Stamped monogram to the front board. Board edges double... Read more about this item

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£750.00

Paradise: Nature, Stardust, Music & Romance

by Dante Alighieri

Santa Cruz, Cal.: Peter and Donna Thomas, 1999. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Limited Edition, No. 10 of 42 stated on colophon; a miniature 'book', approx. (2.75in x 2in); decorated hardcovers enclose wooden frame with five paper flags attached to dowels for turning; title on front of flag, quote on rear; quote reads '... for not only in my eyes is paradise. -Dante-'; vg (boards bowed; flags wrinkled).

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£81.16£68.99

The Night Before Christmas

by Moore, Clement C.; Tudor, Tasha (illus)

Worcester: Achille J. St. Onge. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine Dustjacket. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Red leather boards, gilt lettering and decorative elements, aeg, printed endpapers, frontispiece, dustjacket with slight tear on back. 95x63mm. np. Illus. (color plates).

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£121.74

Doll Books for Girls and Boys: Dolly at Home ABC, Dolly Dear, Dolly in Town, Little Flower Girl, and Only a Doll

New York: Merrimack Publishing Company, 1982. Soft cover. Very Good. Collector's Miniature Set of 5 Different Old Fashioned Doll Books; illustrated stitched paper covers, miniatures all measuring 2.5in in height, varying widths, housed in publisher's hard plastic case. Overall vg (edgewear, bumping to covers) except for 'Only a Doll' which is fair (stitched binding came undone, prev. owner rebound by staple to side edge of last 8pp which obscures portions of these pages) in good case... Read more about this item

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£28.41

THE THIRTY-SIXTH PSALM TWO VERSIONS

by [Miniature Book]: Washburn, William L. [printer]

Haddon Heights, NJ: William Lewis Washburn, 1940.. Miniature (5 x 5 cm). Open-sewn gilt lettered vellum, with ribbon ties. Fine, in lightly smudged and soiled publisher's printed and numbered envelope. Copy #25 of an edition of 64 numbered copies handprinted by Washburn. BRADBURY (WASHBURN) 16.

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£365.22

Written Language: Volumes I, II, and III. A Three Volume Set.

by Challenger, Margaret

Margaret Challenger, 2001. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Limited Editions, Volume I No. 12 of 20, Volume II No. 4 of 20, Volume III No. 15 of 20; set concerns the history of the written language, on development of spaces between words, punctuation, etc. Three uniformly bound miniatures, measuring 2.75in x 2.25in, each in handpainted boards with a short paper slipcase; each bound in complicated 'dos-a-dos' style where first and third sections face one way and one turns the book around... Read more about this item

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£121.74£103.48

The Rubaiyat of Omar KhayyÃ¡m of NaishÃ¡pÃºr

by Khayyam, Omar

Needham, MA: Rosemary Press, 1916. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine Archival Box[es]. Limited Edition. Hardcover. "Dedicated to the CHILE CLUB a group of congenial souls, generous, self sacrificing; truly American; therefore chivalrous lovers of their wives." "One of the Chile Club edition privately printed." Printed by the Rosemary Press of George W. and Winthrop M. Southworth for the members of the Chilean Club. Among the most scarce of the many miniature Rubaiyats. Bradbury lists 8... Read more about this item

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£1,623.20

Dance Circle

by Cunningham, Carol

Mill Valley, Cal.: Sunflower, 1990. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. Jacqueline Phelan. 1st, a 2.75" x 2.25" miniature in blue boards with hand-colored illustration on cover, near fine. This is #6/50 copies SIGNED by Cunningham, with 4 color plates and other hand-colored vignettes, including a Navajo Rainbow Man at the colophon.

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£60.87

Rookwood [Miniature Design Binding]

by Sweeney, Bobbie; Yockey Sprague, Susan [illus]; Fletcher, Erin [binding]

Cincinnati, OH: Mosaic Press, 2016. Unique. Hardcover. Fine in Fine Archival Box. Unique. Hardcover. "This miniature is about Rookwood Pottery, a studio founded in 1880 by Maria Longworth Nichols, who fell in love with the Arts and Crafts Movement. Nichols desired to bring these European and Oriental designs to America. Throughout its run, Rookwood became known for several styles of design, glazes and unique shapes. I choose to bind this book with stone veneer in the hopes that it would capture the... Read more about this item

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£608.70

HISTORY OF THE BIBLE

Full leather original binding, 3 x 5 cm., xiii, 14, 256p., 15 full page woodcuts, very good condition , Rare american thumb bible.
References:
Shoemaker, R.H. Checklist of American imprints for 1820-1829, xxx
Adomeit, R.E. Three centuries of thumb Bibles, A54
Bradbury, R.C. Antique United States miniature books, 1690-1900, B239

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£206.68

Bibliomania (Miniature)

by Flaubert, Gustave

[A tale] Illustrated by Dugald Stermer. 69 pp. 6,9x4,7 cm. The Somesuch Press, Dallas, Texas, 1984. No. 212 of 325 numbered copies, printed from Trinité type by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, Haarlem Holland and bound by Reliure d'Art du Centre S.A., Limoges, France.
--- Text in english. Leather bound, gilt lettering and decoration on front cover. All edges gilt. Numbered and signed copy. No wear. Unmarked.