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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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The Han-Nya Shingyo: A Scroll of Buddhist Prayer [Miniature]
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Tokyo: Add-Rie Studio / Lilliput Oval Saloon, 1980. Limited Edition. No Binding. Fine. Miniature Scroll. 50x810 mm. 3 hand-colored Buddhist illustrations. Housed in custom wood box. 100 copies produced. Beautiful miniature scroll with text in Chinese and Sanskrit. Printed, colored, and bound at the Addo-Rie Studio for the Lilliput Oval Saloon using materials such as Kawashima silk weave, Torinoko paper, red sandalwood, Paulownia wood, etc. In original sandalwood box, wrapped in tissue, numbered inside lid. Scarce.
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- Date Published 1980
- Keywords MINIATURE BUDDHIST PRAYER SCROLL BUDDHISM CHINES SANSCRIT SANDALWOOD BOX SILK HAND COLORED ILLUSTRATIONS LIMITED EDITION
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THE THIRTY-SIXTH PSALM TWO VERSIONS
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Metamorphoses 5.
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Cedar Falls, Iowa:: Islam Aly,, 2017.. Edition of 30. 2 x 2 x 1.5" miniature book. Laser-cut mould-made Johannot paper. Twenty sections of 2 folios per section. Handbound in laser cut and engraved wooden boards with Coptic binding of linen thread. Signed and numbered by the artist. Islam Aly: "In the Metamorphoses series, I am focusing on Islamic art and design. I want to reveal how patterns develop and morph in a book that makes the viewer experience their beauty, elegance, harmony, intricacy, and complexity. "Metamorphoses 5 represents a square that morphs into a star. The patterns in the book are combined, duplicated, interlaced, and arranged in multiple combinations that are precise, beautiful, and symbolic.
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The Bible in Miniature; Or, A Concise History of the Old and New Testaments (Miniature)
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188 pp. 5,2x4,5 cm. With 9 full-page engravings in-text. Printed by H. Mozley, Gainsborough, 1815. --- Leather bound (modern binding). Gilt lettering on spine. Trace of tape on first engraving. A note written on the last two blank pages, before endpapers. Otherwise, pages are clean.
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Miniature Book - London Almanack for the Year of Christ 1792
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London: The Company of Stationers, 1792. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 64Mo. This is an edition of the London Almanack for 1792. Measuring 1.2 X 1.4 in a leather wallet, A.E.G., consisting of 40 pages, of which 19 leaves are printed on both sides with 2 other leaves printed on one side only. Very good condition with a small pocket at both ends, one of which contains a neatly written ownership inscription dated 1844. The Almanack contains a monthly calendar, a Table of Kings & Queens Reigns, Lord Mayors and Sheriffs, list of Holidays and a list of Current Coins. Uncommon with 3 copies worldwide referenced in ESTC as T127702 although the collation given in ESTC differs from this copy and appears to have been cut and pasted in for all the editions of the London Almanack published between 1788 & 1797.
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Tacuinum sanitatis. Vollstandige Faksimile-Ausgabe im Originalformat der Handschrift Codex 2396 der Osterreichischen Nationalbibliothek
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Graz: Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, 1984. Book. As New. Hardcover. 2 volumes in slipcase. The facsimile volume is bound in full calf with 5 raised bands and gilt design on spine and covers. 39 facsimile leaves with miniatures printed in color and gold and preliminary miniatures. The commentary volume is bound in patterned boards (hardcover) matching the slipcase. Text in German. 184 pp. Codices Selecti Vol. LXXVIII. This is number 603 from a limited edition of 925 copies of the ADEVA edition. .
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THE THIRTY-SIXTH PSALM TWO VERSIONS
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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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Metamorphoses 5.
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Cedar Falls, Iowa:: Islam Aly,, 2017.. Edition of 30. 2 x 2 x 1.5" miniature book. Laser-cut mould-made Johannot paper. Twenty sections of 2 folios per section. Handbound in laser cut and engraved wooden boards with Coptic binding of linen thread. Signed and numbered by the artist. Islam Aly: "In the Metamorphoses series, I am focusing on Islamic art and design. I want to reveal how patterns develop and morph in a book that makes the viewer experience their beauty, elegance, harmony, intricacy, and complexity. "Metamorphoses 5 represents a square that morphs into a star. The patterns in the book are combined, duplicated, interlaced, and arranged in multiple combinations that are precise, beautiful, and symbolic.
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The Bible in Miniature; Or, A Concise History of the Old and New Testaments (Miniature)
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Bryce's Thumb English Dictionary (Miniature)
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Comprising: Besides the ordinary and newest words in the language, short explanations of a large number of scientific, philosophical, literary, and technical terms. 386 pp. 5,8x4,5 cm. David Bryce and Son, Glasgow, n.d. (1890-1900) --- Full leather, gilt lettering on front cover. Some edgewear. All edges gilt, pages bright.
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London: The Company of Stationers, 1792. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 64Mo. This is an edition of the London Almanack for 1792. Measuring 1.2 X 1.4 in a leather wallet, A.E.G., consisting of 40 pages, of which 19 leaves are printed on both sides with 2 other leaves printed on one side only. Very good condition with a small pocket at both ends, one of which contains a neatly written ownership inscription dated 1844. The Almanack contains a monthly calendar, a Table of Kings & Queens Reigns, Lord Mayors and Sheriffs, list of Holidays and a list of Current Coins. Uncommon with 3 copies worldwide referenced in ESTC as T127702 although the collation given in ESTC differs from this copy and appears to have been cut and pasted in for all the editions of the London Almanack published between 1788 & 1797.
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The Han-Nya Shingyo: A Scroll of Buddhist Prayer
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1980 Tokyo, Add-Rie Studio, 1980. 50x810mm. Buddhist Prayer Scroll in Chinese and Sanskrit script (not transcribed), with three illustrations and colophon. Handbound with Kawashima silk weave cover and red Sandal-wood roll, with brocade ties preserved. Enclosed in a special hand-made Paulownia wooden case, 80x38x28mm. Title on upper lid with copy-number inside.in Ms. in Indian ink. Text printed on Torinoko paper, dyed with powder of Clam on both sides and decorated with powder of Mica and with gold and silver. Illustrations coloured by hand. Limited edn. of 100 copies only. BONDY, page 183. An excellent executed MINIATURE edition of one of the most popular Buddhist Prayers in Japan. In MINT condition.. 1st Edition. No Binding. As New.
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The Sad Tale of Bazouge
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Boston: Museum of Fine Arts (Boston). Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1961. Booklet. Light crease at the spine of the front cover. ; A humorous tale of a crow or raven who successively, page after page, drinks and drains numerous glasses of spirits until its view of the world blurs, it stands, then falls on its back. Told wordlessly, with drawings only, and the story line is obvious. The stylized head and beak of the bird reoccur in Steinlen's book illustrations of crows and vultures. Swiss-born, creative polymath Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen (1859-1923) was painter, fabric designer, sculptor, periodical publisher, printmaker, and illustrator. Renowned for his turn-of-the-century, Art Nouveau-style, Steinlen produced drawings of Parisian street life, depicting average working-class people, actors, vendors, prostitutes, the upper class out of their element, criminals, and families, all in the urban environment. He was equally known for his many drawings of cats in both natural…
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The Beauties Of Washington Irving (Illustrated by George Cruikshank)
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THE BEAUTIES OF WASHINGTON IRVING. ILLUSTRATED BY GEORGE CRUIKSHANK. PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM TEGG, LONDON, 1866. 4 X 5/58. 373 5/8. pages, plus adverts. USED. Good condition. All gilting still visible on titling on spine. Foxed on a a few pages.
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Harold's Fairy Tale
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HAROLD'S FAIRY TALE, FURTHER ADVENTURES WITH THE PURPLE CRAYON. HARPER & BROTHERS FIRST EDITION. Exlib. Acceptable Condition. No Dust Jacket is included. RARE.
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A Picture For Harold's Room
by Johnson, Crockett
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Johnson, Crockett: A Picture For Harold's Room, A Purple Crayon Adventure. First Edition, Harper & Brothers 1960. Ex-lib. Good Condition/ No Dust Jacket. Rare/scarce. 64 pages 6 1/4 X 8 3/4
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Harold's Trip To The Sky
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Johnson, Crockett. Harold's Trip To The Sky. More Adventures With The Purple Crayon. First Edition. Harper & Bros., 1957. Hardcover. Used. Good Condition/ No Dust Jacket. Front cover sticker damage. A clean, solid copy. Please see our photos. Rare/Scarce.
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Gone is Gone: or The Story of a Man Who wanted to Do Housework
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GONE IS GONE, BY POPULAR CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATOR WANDA GA'G. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ VERY GOOD DUST JACKET. 1935 Coward-McCann First Edition, Stated Twelfth Printing Thus. A crisp, clean copy in a nice yellow unclipped dust jacket. A nice find.
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Equal Rites: Compact Discworld Novel
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Complete text of Equal Rites printed in tiny print in miniature book. Third in this compact series that was "specially handmade by imps of the Counterweight Continent" (as the jacket states). Actually typeset in Great Britain and printed in China. Hard-to-find collectible for Pratchett lover.
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English-French French-English Midget Series Dictionary
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A very good+ red cloth bound softcover, completely revised and corrected.25.000 Words with Dialogues, ets. Containing Automobile Terms, Dialogues, Geographical and Christian Names, Photographic Terms, Etc.
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Let the Games Begin.
by [Pequeño Press] Linda Geenen
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Bisbee, Arizona:: Pequeno Press,, 1998.. Edition of 50. 2.5 X 2.875", 131 page miniature. Printed in Eurostile and Zapf types on Neenah Classic Crest paper by Pat Baldwin. The illustrations were "painted" on the computer from a collection of antique playing cards. Poker chip on front cover, facsimile of $1000 bill on back cover. The felt covered boards with silk screened symbols, handmade paper end papers and binding were done at Waterleaf Mill & Bindery by Patrice Baldwin and staff. Signed and numbered. These pithy observations of a professional dealer range from comments by the players on life, poker and other players to commentary on the philosophy of poker.
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Shapes (Miniature).
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Washington DC:: Abstract Orange,, 2018.. Edition of 100. 2 x 1.75" miniature. Single sided accordion fold extending from the back pastedown. Colophon printed on back pastedown. Bound in gray bookcloth with title in orange gilt on front board and spine. In a protective stiff plastic slip case opening at the top. Designed, laser cut, letterpress printed and bound by Lauren Emeritz. Signed and numbered by the artist. Emeritz has printed a colorful book of shapes using orange, blue, and black inks. Each shape is displayed twice on facing pages. The left side shows the image in white with color background in ink. The right side shows the shape printed in ink with a white background. The seven shapes and colors are: Circle - Orange; Square - Blue; Triangle - Orange; Arrow - Gray; Heart - Orange; Star - Blue; Hand - Orange.
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