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MINIATURE. BROWNING Elizabeth Barrett
Sonnets from the Portuguese.
New York. Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. Publishers. N.d. c.1900. Hardcover. 64mo. 6.5cm 2.5" 96p. in the original full limp suede binding gilt title block on upper cover a near fine copy ho3.4. . New York. Thomas Y. Crowell & Co. Publishers. N.d. c.[1900]. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 33982
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Miniature.
Stigtelyke Mengelpoëzy.
Middleburg: B. Van Dalan Marinus Zon 1774. Oblong miniature 8vo 53 by 39 mm 63 pp. Full calf both cover with gilt floral borders corner-pieces and central stamp marbled endpapers all edges gilt. § Charming Dutch miniature of anonymous devotional poetry. OCLC locates only one other copy at the Zeeunse Bibliotheek Middleburg. OCLC: 529383824. B. Van Dalan unknown
Bookseller reference : 110476
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Miniature.
Stigtelyke Mengelpoëzy.
Middleburg: B. Van Dalan Marinus Zon 1774. Oblong miniature 8vo 53 by 39 mm 63 pp. Full calf both cover with gilt floral borders corner-pieces and central stamp marbled endpapers all edges gilt. § Charming Dutch miniature of anonymous devotional poetry. OCLC locates only one other copy at the Zeeunse Bibliotheek Middleburg. OCLC: 529383824. B. Van Dalan unknown books
Bookseller reference : 110476
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MINIATURE. BIBLE
The Bible in Miniature Or a concise History of the Old & New Testaments
London: Printed for W. Harris 1771. 64mo 44 x 25 mms. pp. 255 256 blank followed by two more blank leaves D7 signed D5 two engraved title-pages 14 engraved plates of 15; lacking the plate at page 234 bound in red morocco with a central oval panel with the Christogram JHS in gilt on the rear cover lacking on front cover spine gilt in three compartments top edge gilt. A very good copy. Adomeit notes that this was the first appearance of this binding style on a miniature Bible; later editions published by Newbery in 1780 often exhibit exhibit the Christogram binding. Adomeit B18; copies in BL Bodleian Cambridge; N. Carolina Indiana. London: Printed for W. Harris, 1771 unknown
Bookseller reference : 9357
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MINIATURE. JOHN. NEW TESTAMENT
The Epistles General of St. John.
Birmingham: Printed by J. Moore High Street. no date c. 1835. 24mo 63 x 51 mms. pp. 55 56 - 62 blank with three blank leaves before the title-page contemporary red morocco title in gilt on cover with gilt border spine ornately gilt in compartments all edges gilt; boards a little sprung and slight wear to front joint but a very good copy. OCLC records a different imprint and registration: Birmingham Printed for T. Groom Islington-Row between 1830 and 1840 x 1 12-63 pages ; 63 mm; and attributes the work to Thomas Groom J. Moore and William March. Copies are found in Virginia Indiana and Texas. I have not located any copies of this imprint in OCLC in Copac or other libraries in the UK. Uncommon Birmingham: Printed by J. Moore, High Street..., [no date], [c. 1835], hardcover
Bookseller reference : 8632
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MINIATURE.
The Finger New Testament. Of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Translated Out of the Original Greek. A MINIATURE FINGER-SIZE VERSION MEASURING 9 x 2.5cm.
Henry Frowde. Oxford University Press. No date. c.1890. Full black morocco gilt all edges gilt. lacks front free endpaper. Silk ribbon bookmark. In good condition. No Date (c.1890) unknown
Bookseller reference : 81553
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Miniature.
The Golden Door.
London: Henry Frowde Oxford UP 1912 Board covers with illustration pasted on front cover. Boards and pages bound with two silk ties. Patterned endpapers. Cover illustration worn at edges. Corners also a little worn. A used but still reasonable copy. One of a series of miniature childrens's titles published by Frowde Oxford. These miniature titles are very scarce. Henry Frowde Oxford UP hardcover
Bookseller reference : 20819
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MINIATURE. MAUNDER Samuel:
The Little Linguist; or a Complete Guide to English Philology: comprising a Grammar in Miniature with all the rules of syntax; verbal distinctions &c. and Numerous English Examples. The Whole Designed to Promote a habit of Perspicuity in Speaking and Writing the Language
London: W. S. Johnson "Nassau Steam Press." no date 1852. 32mo 78 x 42 mms. pp. 5 4-96 144 134 29 30 blank 31 - 56 Cities Borough and Market Towns 57 - 58 adverts engraved frontispiece additional engraved title-page original publisher's gilt cloth with lozenge shape on each cover spine blocked in gilt with title "Maunder's Little Treasury" all edges gilt; rear cover and part of spine affected by damp some wear to extremities with the autograph ownership of G. Berry 1946 on the front paste-down end-paper. Samuel Maunder 1785 - 1849 was an indefatigable compiler of reference works. ODNB notes: "Maunder's first book was The Little Lexicon or Multum in parvo of the English Language 1825. His next book The Treasury of Knowledge and Library of Reference 1830 sold over 200000 copies. The Biographical Treasury 1838 was frequently revised and reprinted and was brought up to date by W. L. R. Cates 1873 1882. An interesting feature used elsewhere is the snippets of information and moral maxims printed in the four margins of each page. Other Treasuries were devoted to belles lettres 1841 history 1844 natural history 1848 and geography 1856 and 1860." He died at his home in Gibson Sqaure Islington on 30 April 1849. The first edition of this work was published by Darton in 1847 copies at University of Virginia University of Indiana; this 1852 edition is found only in Indiana formerly the copy of Ruth E. Adomeit. London: W. S. Johnson, "Nassau Steam Press...," [no date] 1852 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 8501
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MINIATURE. BRYCE John printer
The Smallest English Dictionary in the World. Comprising besides the ordinary and newest words in the language short explanations of a large number of scientific philosophical literary and technical terms.
Glasgow: John Bryce and Son no date. c. 1893. 32mo 32 x 18 mms. pp. 348 engraved portrait of Johnson as frontispiece bound in publisher's red leather with "Bryce's English Dictionary" on front cover and vertically "Pears" on the rear cover contained in a plain metal case lacking the magnifying glass that acts as circular window and the circular mounting is loose but present. Bryce published six of these miniatures in the 1890s all contained in a metal box or boxes. Glasgow: John Bryce and Son, [no date]. [c. 1893] hardcover
Bookseller reference : 7608
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Miniature: Neal Tom
6TH AND FIGUEROA
Los Angeles: Karen Dawson 1965. Miniature 2 13/16 x 2 1/16". Wood-patterned boards cloth spine. Fine in flap-clipped dust jacket encased in a half-morocco folding cloth case with inset. First edition. Printed by William M. Cheney engraving by Dan Taylor bound by Bela Blau. Twenty-one black and white illustrations by Neal with an index to the illustrations at conclusion of the text. Inscribed by the author/artist with an additional signed color drawing. Limitation unspecified. Bliss BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHENEY MINIATURES 14. [Karen Dawson] hardcover
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT68212
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Miniature: Greene AC. A. C.
A CHRISTMAS TREE
Dallas: Somesuch Press 1978. Miniature 7.5 x 5.5 cm. Cloth lettered in gilt. Fine. First printing in this format. One of three hundred numbered copies printed in Centaur and Arrighi types by William and Raquel Ferguson and signed collectively by them. Somesuch Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT52060
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Miniature: Clemens Samuel L.: Twain Mark pseud
A MARK TWAIN SAMPLER
Salisbury CT: Lime Rock Press 1980. Miniature 7.5 x 6.5 cm. Marbled paper over stiff wrappers printed label. Illustration. Miniature bookplate on front wrapper flap otherwise fine with publisher's promotional slip. Enclosed in substantially larger cloth clamshell box with inset and marbled paper onlay. One of 1001 copies printed as the Press' holiday keepsake. Selections from HUCKLEBERRY FINN accompanied by line drawings by Catryna Ten Eyck. A $75 cloth case on a $40 book. Lime Rock Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT63040
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Miniature: Clemens Samuel
COYOTE. By "Mark Twain."
San Diego: The Ash Ranch Press 1986. Miniature 31 x 30 mm. Full brown calf spine stamped in gilt. Frontispiece. Fine in black faux leather slipcase with title stamped on spine panel. Fine. Enclosed in an oversize custom half morocco folding case with inset for book and prospectus and a coyote and moon onlay on upper lid. Copy 'C' of 26 lettered copies in addition to 100 numbered copies printed on handmade paper and bound by Don Hildreth. The first Ash Ranch Press miniature. The Ash Ranch Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT68052
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Miniature: Boorstin Daniel J.
GRESHAM'S LAW: KNOWLEDGE OR INFORMATION
Dallas: The Somesuch Press 1980. Miniature 7.5 x 6.2 cm. Decorated cloth. Decorations. A few minor dust marks to cloth otherwise near fine. Copy 'A' of an unspecified quantity of lettered copies from a total edition of 300 copies 275 for sale designed printed and bound by Don Kelley and Susan Acker at the Feathered Serpent Press with decorations by Diane E. Weiss signed by the author and by Kelley Acker and Weiss. Accompanied by the publisher's review slip as well as a brief t.l.s. from Stanley Marcus to a noted Dallas book person hoping he'll be able to write an article about it. The letter and slip are folded and somewhat dust tanned. First printing in this format of remarks at a White House Conference on library and information services in November 1979. The Somesuch Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT68277
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Miniature: Saldivar y Silva Gabriel
LA REAL CÉDULA DE LOS PRIVILEGIOS A LOS HEREDEROS DE CROMBERGER 6 DE JULIO DE 1542
Mexico DF: Libreria Antiquaria "Mexico en Libros" G. M. Echaniz 1964. 4482pp. plus 32pp. facsimiles and caption. Miniature 45 x 40 mm. Green calf lettered in gilt decorated in blind. Extremities slightly sunned otherwise near fine. First printing in this format set and printed by hand in 6pt type by José Marin and bound by Juan Silva in May of 1964. Bradbury records that 200 copies were distributed by Dawson's Book Shop. An edition in English was also printed as a miniature. WELCH 6483. OCLC 774604790. BRADBURY DAWSON'S 20. Libreria Antiquaria "Mexico en Libros" G. M. Echaniz unknown
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT80595
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Miniature: Robinson W. W.
LITTLE HISTORY OF A BIG CITY LOS ANGELES
Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop 1963. Cloth and boards paper spine label. Miniature 5.1 x 4cm. Illustrations by Irene Robinson. Printed by Saul & Lillian Marks at the Plantin Press the number of copies not specified. Fine. Dawson's Book Shop hardcover
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT57219
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Miniature: Hutchins Edward H.
MARYLINE'S GARDEN
Cairo NY: Editions 1996. Miniature 7.5 x 6.5 cm. Nine panel double- sided accordion fold reflective mylar over boards with printed text labels and eight colored paper pictorial pop-downs. Fine in floral fabric bag with tie and printed label. First edition. Copy #39 of an edition reported to have consisted of only forty copies assembled by hand by Hutchins signed by him on the rear panel and numbered on the tag attached to the fabric bag. When unfolded the pop-downs are reflected by the mylar creating a kaleidoscopic garden with birds and butterflies. This copy is not accompanied by the box reported by Bradbury. OCLC: 37572224. BRADBURY 33. Editions hardcover
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT75971
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Miniature: Clemens Samuel L.: Twain Mark pseud
NICODEMUS DODGE
San Diego: The Ash Ranch Press 1989. Miniature. 2 5/16 x 1 7/8 inches. Full black publisher's leather. Miniature bookplate on pastedown otherwise about fine in three-color pictorial dust jacket. First edition in this format ordinary issue. From an edition of 52 copies printed on handmade paper by Don Hildreth this is one of 26 numbered copies bound thus in full black bonded leather gilt. The text is reprinted from A TRAMP ABROAD 1880. BRADBURY 2970. The Ash Ranch Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT65055
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Miniature: Clemens Samuel L.: Twain Mark pseud
NICODEMUS DODGE
San Diego: The Ash Ranch Press 1989. Miniature. 2 5/16 x 1 7/8 inches. Quarter calf and typographically decorated boards pictorial label. Miniature bookplate on front pastedown otherwise fine in matching slipcase. First edition in this format deluxe issue. From an edition of 52 copies printed on handmade paper by Don Hildreth this is copy 'c' of 26 "deluxe" copies bound thus. The text is reprinted from A TRAMP ABROAD 1880. Accompanied by the prospectus. BRADBURY 2970. The Ash Ranch Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT65059
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Miniature: Allen John Houghton
THAT WAS RANDADO
Dallas: Somesuch Press 1980. Miniature 7.5 x 5 cm. Marbled paper over boards printed spine label. Frontis and illustration by Ed Lindlof. Fine. One of 295 numbered copies printed on Rives paper by David Holman after a design by William Holman. Somesuch Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT52057
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MINIATURE: PRESS OF WARD SCHORI. COWPER William
The Entertaining and Facetious History of John Gilpin more often called. JOHN GILPIN'S RIDE.
MINIATURE: PRESS OF WARD SCHORI. COWPER William. The Entertaining and Facetious History of John Gilpin more often called. JOHN GILPIN'S RIDE. By William Cowper. Evanston Illinois:: The Press of Ward Schori 1982. First edition thus by this publisher; miniature book by The Press of Ward Schori. . A fine copy. . Miniature measuring 1 3/4 by 2 1/2 inches dark blue leather stamped in gold pp. xvi 62 illustrated. Printed from Baskerville Baskerville Italic and Bond Script type. The Press of Ward Schori, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 28182
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MINIATURE: ACHILLE J. ST. ONGE PRESS. JOHNSON Lyndon Baines.
THE INAUGURAL ADDRESS OF LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON President of the United States. Delivered at The Capitol/ Washington January 20 1965.
MINIATURE: ACHILLE J. ST. ONGE PRESS. JOHNSON Lyndon Baines. THE INAUGURAL ADDRESS OF LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON President of the United States. Delivered at The Capitol/ Washington January 20 1965. Worcester Massachusetts:: Achille J. St. Onge Press 1965. First edition thus by this publisher limited to 2500 copies. . A fine copy. . Miniature book measuring 1 15/16 by 2 5/8 inches blue-green leather stamped in gold 38 pages all edges gilt. Printed from Lutetia type on handmade 'Linton' paper by Joh. Enschede en Zonen Haarlem Holland. Achille J. St. Onge Press, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 28181
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Miniature: Conneen Jane illus
THE LANGUAGE OF HERBS
Bath PA: Little Farm Press 1990. Boards paper label. Miniature 4.5. x 4.6 cm. Illustrated with delicately colored drawings with facing descriptive text. First edition of the first of a three volume series. One of 150 numbered copies printed on Dresden Ingres signed by the artist. Fine in titled paper sleeve. Little Farm Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT61513
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Miniature: Hess Lynn
WHERE TIGERS ROAR IN SILENCE A BOOK OF RIDDLE POEMS
Salisbury CT: Lime Rock Press 1980. Miniature 7.5 x 6.5 cm. Stiff blindstamped wrappers. Illustrations. Trace of tanning to white wrappers from proximity to clamshell cloth box otherwise near fine. First edition. One of 999 numbered copies signed by the author. With illustrations by Catryna Ten Eyck. The text is printed on folded sheet in such a fashion that the fold- outs then reveal the answers and illustrations. Lime Rock Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT76056
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Miniature: Clemens Samuel L.: Twain Mark pseud
A MARK TWAIN SAMPLER
Salisbury CT: Lime Rock Press 1980. Miniature 7.5 x 6.5 cm. Marbled paper over stiff wrappers printed label. Illustration. Miniature bookplate on front wrapper flap otherwise fine with publisher's promotional slip. Enclosed in substantially larger cloth clamshell box with inset and marbled paper onlay. One of 1001 copies printed as the Press' holiday keepsake. Selections from HUCKLEBERRY FINN accompanied by line drawings by Catryna Ten Eyck. A $75 cloth case on a $40 book. Lime Rock Press hardcover books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT63040
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Miniature: Clemens Samuel L.: Twain Mark pseud
NICODEMUS DODGE
San Diego: The Ash Ranch Press 1989. Miniature. 2 5/16 x 1 7/8 inches. Quarter calf and typographically decorated boards pictorial label. Miniature bookplate on front pastedown otherwise fine in matching slipcase. First edition in this format deluxe issue. From an edition of 52 copies printed on handmade paper by Don Hildreth this is copy 'c' of 26 "deluxe" copies bound thus. The text is reprinted from A TRAMP ABROAD 1880. Accompanied by the prospectus. BRADBURY 2970. The Ash Ranch Press hardcover books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT65059
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Miniature: Clemens Samuel L.: Twain Mark pseud
NICODEMUS DODGE
San Diego: The Ash Ranch Press 1989. Miniature. 2 5/16 x 1 7/8 inches. Full black publisher's leather. Miniature bookplate on pastedown otherwise about fine in three-color pictorial dust jacket. First edition in this format ordinary issue. From an edition of 52 copies printed on handmade paper by Don Hildreth this is one of 26 numbered copies bound thus in full black bonded leather gilt. The text is reprinted from A TRAMP ABROAD 1880. BRADBURY 2970. The Ash Ranch Press hardcover books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT65055
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Miniature: Allen John Houghton
THAT WAS RANDADO
Dallas: Somesuch Press 1980. Miniature 7.5 x 5 cm. Marbled paper over boards printed spine label. Frontis and illustration by Ed Lindlof. Fine. One of 295 numbered copies printed on Rives paper by David Holman after a design by William Holman. Somesuch Press hardcover books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT52057
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Miniature: Boorstin Daniel J.
GRESHAM'S LAW: KNOWLEDGE OR INFORMATION
Dallas: The Somesuch Press 1980. Miniature 7.5 x 6.2 cm. Decorated cloth. Decorations. A few minor dust marks to cloth otherwise near fine. Copy 'A' of an unspecified quantity of lettered copies from a total edition of 300 copies 275 for sale designed printed and bound by Don Kelley and Susan Acker at the Feathered Serpent Press with decorations by Diane E. Weiss signed by the author and by Kelley Acker and Weiss. Accompanied by the publisher's review slip as well as a brief t.l.s. from Stanley Marcus to a noted Dallas book person hoping he'll be able to write an article about it. The letter and slip are folded and somewhat dust tanned. First printing in this format of remarks at a White House Conference on library and information services in November 1979. The Somesuch Press hardcover books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT68277
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Miniature: Clemens Samuel
COYOTE. By "Mark Twain."
San Diego: The Ash Ranch Press 1986. Miniature 31 x 30 mm. Full brown calf spine stamped in gilt. Frontispiece. Fine in black faux leather slipcase with title stamped on spine panel. Fine. Enclosed in an oversize custom half morocco folding case with inset for book and prospectus and a coyote and moon onlay on upper lid. Copy 'C' of 26 lettered copies in addition to 100 numbered copies printed on handmade paper and bound by Don Hildreth. The first Ash Ranch Press miniature. The Ash Ranch Press hardcover books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT68052
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Miniature: Conneen Jane illus
THE LANGUAGE OF HERBS
Bath PA: Little Farm Press 1990. Boards paper label. Miniature 4.5. x 4.6 cm. Illustrated with delicately colored drawings with facing descriptive text. First edition of the first of a three volume series. One of 150 numbered copies printed on Dresden Ingres signed by the artist. Fine in titled paper sleeve. Little Farm Press hardcover books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT61513
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Miniature: Greene AC. A. C.
A CHRISTMAS TREE
Dallas: Somesuch Press 1978. Miniature 7.5 x 5.5 cm. Cloth lettered in gilt. Fine. First printing in this format. One of three hundred numbered copies printed in Centaur and Arrighi types by William and Raquel Ferguson and signed collectively by them. Somesuch Press hardcover books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT52060
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Miniature: Hess Lynn
WHERE TIGERS ROAR IN SILENCE A BOOK OF RIDDLE POEMS
Salisbury CT: Lime Rock Press 1980. Miniature 7.5 x 6.5 cm. Stiff blindstamped wrappers. Illustrations. Trace of tanning to white wrappers from proximity to clamshell cloth box otherwise near fine. First edition. One of 999 numbered copies signed by the author. With illustrations by Catryna Ten Eyck. The text is printed on folded sheet in such a fashion that the fold- outs then reveal the answers and illustrations. Lime Rock Press hardcover books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT76056
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Miniature: Hutchins Edward H.
MARYLINE'S GARDEN
Cairo NY: Editions 1996. Miniature 7.5 x 6.5 cm. Nine panel double- sided accordion fold reflective mylar over boards with printed text labels and eight colored paper pictorial pop-downs. Fine in floral fabric bag with tie and printed label. First edition. Copy #39 of an edition reported to have consisted of only forty copies assembled by hand by Hutchins signed by him on the rear panel and numbered on the tag attached to the fabric bag. When unfolded the pop-downs are reflected by the mylar creating a kaleidoscopic garden with birds and butterflies. This copy is not accompanied by the box reported by Bradbury. OCLC: 37572224. BRADBURY 33. Editions hardcover books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT75971
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Miniature: Neal Tom
6TH AND FIGUEROA
Los Angeles: Karen Dawson 1965. Miniature 2 13/16 x 2 1/16". Wood-patterned boards cloth spine. Fine in flap-clipped dust jacket encased in a half-morocco folding cloth case with inset. First edition. Printed by William M. Cheney engraving by Dan Taylor bound by Bela Blau. Twenty-one black and white illustrations by Neal with an index to the illustrations at conclusion of the text. Inscribed by the author/artist with an additional signed color drawing. Limitation unspecified. Bliss BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHENEY MINIATURES 14. [Karen Dawson] hardcover books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT68212
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Miniature: Robinson W. W.
LITTLE HISTORY OF A BIG CITY LOS ANGELES
Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop 1963. Cloth and boards paper spine label. Miniature 5.1 x 4cm. Illustrations by Irene Robinson. Printed by Saul & Lillian Marks at the Plantin Press the number of copies not specified. Fine. Dawson's Book Shop hardcover books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT57219
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Miniature: Saldivar y Silva Gabriel
LA REAL CÉDULA DE LOS PRIVILEGIOS A LOS HEREDEROS DE CROMBERGER 6 DE JULIO DE 1542
Mexico DF: Libreria Antiquaria "Mexico en Libros" G. M. Echaniz 1964. 4482pp. plus 32pp. facsimiles and caption. Miniature 45 x 40 mm. Green calf lettered in gilt decorated in blind. Extremities slightly sunned otherwise near fine. First printing in this format set and printed by hand in 6pt type by José Marin and bound by Juan Silva in May of 1964. Bradbury records that 200 copies were distributed by Dawson's Book Shop. An edition in English was also printed as a miniature. WELCH 6483. OCLC 774604790. BRADBURY DAWSON'S 20. Libreria Antiquaria "Mexico en Libros" G. M. Echaniz unknown books
Bookseller reference : WRCLIT80595
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miniature; French chapbook
Fine handcrafted miniature binding on charming French chapbook of the early 1800�s
Paris: Imprimerie de Leb�gue Rue des Noyers c.1820-1840. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 parts in one volume 24mo 93 x 58mm. 44 24pp. 10 full-page engraved allegorical illustrations accompanying separately titled tales printed between engraved borders. Contemporary embossed and painted scenes front cover with scene personifying friendship a classicized figure welcoming a traveler and his dog to the door of his home with a moralizing quotation in French �Un bon ami vaut tout� �A good friend is all�. Rear cover depicting the crowning of virtues one putti lowering wreath to pair of classicized figures surrounded by moralizing quotation in French �Cest a la vertu vous la merites non cest vous �It is the virtue you merit not you� decorative period paper on pastedowns slight wear and rubbing text block loose in binding; contents otherwise clean. <br/><br/>The tales in rhyming verse are on familiar themes of friendship romance and the uncertainty of love. There are also poems for songs around the table and the meaning of flowers. The compact book overall ties in nicely some well-appreciated characters from Anthony Abbot the Great to Cinderella. Chapbooks were inexpensive and usually anonymous printings of these popular themes. This petite volume is fine for its entirely handcrafted contemporary binding which continues the internal themes to the unique exterior covering. Imprimerie de Leb�gue, Rue des Noyers hardcover
Bookseller reference : D6219
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miniature; French chapbook
Fine handcrafted miniature binding on charming French chapbook of the early 1800s
Paris: Imprimerie de Lebègue Rue des Noyers c.1820-1840. Hardcover. Very Good. 2 parts in one volume 24mo 93 x 58mm. 44 24pp. 10 full-page engraved allegorical illustrations accompanying separately titled tales printed between engraved borders. Contemporary embossed and painted scenes front cover with scene personifying friendship a classicized figure welcoming a traveler and his dog to the door of his home with a moralizing quotation in French Un bon ami vaut tout A good friend is all. Rear cover depicting the crowning of virtues one putti lowering wreath to pair of classicized figures surrounded by moralizing quotation in French Cest a la vertu vous la merites non cest vous It is the virtue you merit not you decorative period paper on pastedowns slight wear and rubbing text block loose in binding; contents otherwise clean. <br/><br/>The tales in rhyming verse are on familiar themes of friendship romance and the uncertainty of love. There are also poems for songs around the table and the meaning of flowers. The compact book overall ties in nicely some well-appreciated characters from Anthony Abbot the Great to Cinderella. Chapbooks were inexpensive and usually anonymous printings of these popular themes. This petite volume is fine for its entirely handcrafted contemporary binding which continues the internal themes to the unique exterior covering. Imprimerie de Lebègue, Rue des Noyers hardcover books
Bookseller reference : D6219
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MINIATURE].
Heures nouvelles dédiées aux princes.
Paris Théodore de Hansy 1729 1 vol. Relié in-64, plein maroquin rouge, dos à quatre nerfs orné de fleurons dorés, double filet et dentelle dorés en encadrement sur les plats, tranches dorées, 255 pp. Rare édition minuscule (6 x 4.5 cm) en maroquin rouge à dentelle de l'époque.
Bookseller reference : 117224
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MINIATURE].
Heures nouvelles dédiées aux princes.
Paris Théodore de Hansy 1729 1 vol. Relié in-64, plein maroquin rouge, dos à quatre nerfs orné de fleurons dorés, double filet et dentelle dorés en encadrement sur les plats, tranches dorées, 255 pp. Rare édition minuscule (6 x 4.5 cm) en maroquin rouge à dentelle de l'époque.
Bookseller reference : 117224
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Minini Massimo
Quarantanni. Galleria Minini 1973-2013, Milano, A&M Bookstore, 2013
Testo Italiano e Inglese. Traduzioni di Johanna Bishop. Grafica e Impaginazione di Amedeo Martegani. Milano, 2013; br., pp. 464, ill. e tavv. b/n e col., cm 21x30.
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Ministere de la Culture
De Michel-Ange a Gericault: Dessins De la Donation Armand-Valton, Paris Cedex 06, Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts, 1981
French Text. Paris, 1981; paperback, pp. 378, b/w and col. ill., b/w plates, cm 23x23. francaise paperback
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Ministero della pubblica istruzione - Salmi Mario a cura di
Mostra storica nazionale della miniatura Palazzo di Venezia Roma Catalogo
tela edit. con sovrac. ill., sovrac. rifilata nalle parte superiore e con rotture, appunti a margine
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Minuscule édité par PAB à 25 exemplaires[BENOIT (Pierre-André)] - BOTT (William) - SEUPHOR (Michel), traduction de.
Tout dort.
S.l. [Alès], PAB, 25 novembre 1949, 1 vol. carré 46 x 51 mm broché, sous couverture orangée imprimée en noir, de (1) f. bl. - (1) f. (titre) - (2) ff. (texte) - (1) f. (justificatif) - (1) f. bl.Bords de la couverture légèrement froissés, petite tache blanche très pâle au plat inférieur, bel exemplaire non coupé par ailleurs.
Bookseller reference : 13729
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Mirabeau, H.-G. Riquetti de
Hic & Hec oder Die Stufenleiter d. Wollust.
(Leipzig; Weimar, Kiepenheuer), 1989. 6,6x10,0 cm. 395 S. OLdr. m. OPp.-Schuber.
Bookseller reference : 182283
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Mirabella Giuseppe
Tranquillo Marangoni xilografo, 1912-1992. Opera incisa, Albairate, Ex Libris Museum, 1994
Milano, Biblioteca Braidense), 10 - 20 settembre 1994. Albairate, 1994; br., pp. 192, ill. b/n e col. italiano 88-85395-0
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Mirella Levi d'Ancona
Miniatura e miniatori a Firenze dal XIV al XVI secolo
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Miriam Fileti Mazza
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