La Henriade by VOLTAIRE [François-Marie Arouet] - 1824: Poeme

Portland, Maine:: Rebecca Goodale,, 2015.. Edition of 5. 3 x 2.75"; miniature accordion with 6 panels. Handcolored dry point plates. Cloth bound with hand stitching on front board. Laid in paper wraparound with matching hand-stitched snake on spine. In cloth-covered slipcase. Signed and numbered by the artist. Rebecca Goodale: "The Ribbon Snake has been added to the Special Concern list in the state of Maine. Thamnophis sauritus is a smaller, more delicate snake than the garter snake."

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.

London: Printed for the Company of Stationers, 1814. First (Only?). Very Good. A charming miniature book measuring approx 1" x 1" Bound in wine morocco wallet-style binding, flap cracked but not broken Contents a bit loose, age-toned, final leaf split at gutter, Very good overall Includes an engraved title and frontis, an almanac for the months of the year, tables of Kings, Queens, Mayors, Sheriffs, list of holidays, and current coins unpaginated, but approx 20 pp.

FIRST EDITION WITH ALL FOUR BOOKS SIGNED BY HILARY KNIGHT! Likely the ONLY such set listed anywhere in the world right now. Each book is signed differently, NONE are personalized, two are dated in 1992. Condition is a strong Very Good: pristine text & illustrations, the boards look like new. But some age-related foxing on endpapers, mild wear on dust jackets. Slipcase has original $2.95 price clearly visible and remarkably only mild wear. Simply a wonderful and unique set. Signed by author.

Six Volumes, 4" h x 3" w. Peter Rabbit is dated 1911 other five are 1905. Bound in original red paper covered boards with pictorial down the front covers that are surrounded by a stamped design of holly and berries. White paper inside aged with yellowish tint. each book has numerous full-page color and some black and white illustrations throughout, the only credited illustrator John R. Neill for Peter Rabbit. Introductions by L. Frank Baum. Publisher's ads at ends. A Very Good set, lacking the original slipcase, spines are rubbed and falling apart, binding on Cinderella is gone. Interior contents are good solid some pages do have pencil writing/ marks from a child SCARCE as a complete set. The tumultuous and complicated history of "Little Black Sambo" as a book and as a pejorative term adds a painful overlay to this otherwise charming Christmas stocking stuffer. Each miniature book has different page count, listed below. Fairy tales of Grimm -127 pages Fairy tales from Anderson - 126 pages Cinderella… Read More

Portland, Maine:: Rebecca Goodale,, 2015.. Edition of 5. 3 x 2.75"; miniature accordion with 6 panels. Handcolored dry point plates. Cloth bound with hand stitching on front board. Laid in paper wraparound with matching hand-stitched snake on spine. In cloth-covered slipcase. Signed and numbered by the artist. Rebecca Goodale: "The Ribbon Snake has been added to the Special Concern list in the state of Maine. Thamnophis sauritus is a smaller, more delicate snake than the garter snake."

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.

Cedar Falls, Iowa:: Islam Aly,, 2017.. Edition of 40. 2.5 x 2.5 x 2.5" hexagon-shaped miniature book. Laser cut mould-made Johannot paper. Twenty sections of 4 folios per section. Handbound in laser-engraved plexiglass covers with Coptic binding of linen thread. Signed and numbered by the artist. Islam Aly: "Sacred Meanings is based on the hexagon, one of the main shapes in creating grids and patterns in Islamic art. The form of the book, its words, and its progression reveals the fading and development of a pattern. The book invites viewers to consider their experiences with the transcendent and indivisible. Sacred Meanings presents an encounter that deals with the dichotomies of life, fall and rise, suspicion and faith, disorientation and orientation, chaos and order.

Pittsburgh, PA: Jones & Laughlins Steel , 1878. The RARE Third Edition, 1878. A true miniature, 4.1275 cm x 6.35 cm, bound in flexible leather tooled in gilt front cover, tooled in blind rear, all edges gilt, no slipcase present. Very Good, rubbing to covers, especially at joints, faint pencil notations end pages. (1), 279 pp., Index paginated a-k, ( 3 pp. ads) (16 blank note pages), (1). With illustrations. A book intended for use and small enough to fit into a pocket. Earliest holdings noted at Worldcat are the 1888 eighth edition, that edition held by only 3 libraries. . Third Edition. Flexible Leather. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 4.1275 cm x 6.35 Cm. Miniature.

FIRST EDITION WITH ALL FOUR BOOKS SIGNED BY HILARY KNIGHT! Likely the ONLY such set listed anywhere in the world right now. Each book is signed differently, NONE are personalized, two are dated in 1992. Condition is a strong Very Good: pristine text & illustrations, the boards look like new. But some age-related foxing on endpapers, mild wear on dust jackets. Slipcase has original $2.95 price clearly visible and remarkably only mild wear. Simply a wonderful and unique set. Signed by author.