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Erasmus Desiderius 1536 Miniature Book .
Desid: Erasmi Roter: Flores una cum septem centuriis sapient. dictor; collecti opera D. Simeonis Partlicii. de Spitsbergi. Marcom anni Phil. et P.L.C
Amsterod Amsterdam :Apud Ioannem Ianssonium 1640 . 0. A very good early full leather binding. 32mo. pp.330. 4.5" x 2.5" x 0.75" 11.5cm x 6.5cm x 1.8cm. Old brown calf with gilt border. Edges rubbed and carefully strengthened. Smooth spine carefully rebacked preserving the original spine. Spine with rubbed gilt decoration and early red leather title label: "Flores Erasmi." Red page edges. Inner gilt dentelles rubbed. Original marbled endpapers. Engraved book plate to verso of the front board for the 'Clarendon' family. Previous inked owner's detail to front free-endpaper and top edge of title-page: "Geo. Williamson juni. Louvain 1851". Engraved title-page. Gathered in 8s with horizontal chain lines. BMC gives format as 32mo. Referenced by: Fothergill collection 1737 / CLC E 269 . " .Originally built as an English country house on the site of a medieval manor house The Grove served as the family seat of the Earls of Clarendon second creation the Villiers family from 1776c.1920. Since its Georgian construction The Grove has been altered and extended four times by a number of noted architects including Surveyor of the King's Works Robert Taylor. " - See Wikipedia . Amsterod [Amsterdam] :Apud Ioannem Ianssonium, 1640 . 0 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 45730
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M. E. Cohen William C. Wolff Miniature Book Collection Library of Congress
Happy Birthday to You!: A Pop-Up Book Little Pop-Up Books
Andrews McMeel Pub. Hardcover. POOR. Noticeably used book. Heavy wear to cover. Pages contain marginal notes underlining and or highlighting. Possible ex library copy with all the markings/stickers of that library. Accessories such as CD codes toys and dust jackets may not be included. Andrews McMeel Pub hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3185887477 ISBN : 0836229444 9780836229448
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GALL Alice Crew. Illustrated by Lee Wright Stanley. Miniature book.:
PANDORA PIG.
New York The Saalfield Publishing Co. 1917. Edition unknown 1917 miniature paperback book 82 x 69 mm 3¼ x 2¾ inches shiny white colour illustrated thin card covers 16 pages including title page 7 full page coloured illustrations. No inscriptions staples slightly rusty otherwise a near Fine crisp clean copy. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. paperback
Bookseller reference : 31125
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GALL Alice Crew. Illustrated by Lee Wright Stanley. Miniature book.:
FREDERICK MOUSE.
New York The Saalfield Publishing Co. 1917. Edition unknown 1917 miniature paperback book 82 x 69 mm 3¼ x 2¾ inches shiny white colour illustrated thin card covers 16 pages including title page 7 full page coloured illustrations. No inscriptions staples a touch rusty very small pale brown stain on first text page otherwise a near Fine crisp clean copy. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. paperback
Bookseller reference : 31123
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GALL Alice Crew. Illustrated by Lee Wright Stanley. Miniature book.:
DORA DUCK.
New York The Saalfield Publishing Co. 1917. Edition unknown 1917 miniature paperback book 82 x 69 mm 3¼ x 2¾ inches shiny white colour illustrated thin card covers 16 pages including title page 7 full page coloured illustrations. No inscriptions staples slightly rusty otherwise a near Fine crisp clean copy. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. paperback
Bookseller reference : 31124
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MINIATURE BOOK. STRANG Mrs. Herbert editor.:
TOPSY AND TURVY AND ALL THAT. In the Baby's Omnibus Books series.
London Humphrey Milford / Oxford University Press 1933. FIRST EDITION dated 1933 on reverse of title page miniature book approximately 80 x 65 mm 40 mm thick 3 x 2½ inches 1½ inches thick pink and white illustrated boards illustrations of nursery characters and toys on endpapers 184 pages illustrated throughout in black and white some full page some by May Smith. SPINE MISSING child's name on front endpaper contents clean. Acceptable copy of scarce miniature title. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 31088
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BROWNING Robert. Miniature book.:
GOLDEN LEAVES.
London Collins Clear-Type Press 1926. EDITION UNKNOWN circa 1926 miniature book 75 x 55 mm 3 x 2 1/8 inches cover size coloured frontispiece of a mounted cavalier coloured title illustration of a queen with white lilies and a large old book small floral decorations throughout 64 pages bound in original publisher's light brown suede reverse calf gilt title to upper cover top edges gilt marbled endpapers. Poems by Browning. Minute chip to top of spine no inscriptions. A near Fine clean tight copy. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
Bookseller reference : 31078
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LAWRENCE John. Written and illustrated by Lawrence. Miniature book.:
GOOD BABIES BAD BABIES.
London Julia MacRae 1987. FIRST TRADE EDITION 1987 miniature book approximately 90 x 75 mm 3½ x 3 inches pinkish brown cloth with coloured plate onlaid gilt lettering to upper cover and spine floral patterned endpapers 32 pages. Coloured frontispiece and 23 pages of delightful coloured illustrations with simple captions. A New unread crisp clean copy with no inscriptions issued without dustwrapper. First published in a limited edition in 1986 with black and white illustrations. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 31077
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CLEMENTS A. illustrator. Miniature book.:
FLOWER TALK.
Bristol Lilliput Press 1986. FIRST EDITION 1986 20 x 20 mm 13/16 x 13/16 of an inch cover size miniature fold out concertina book of 25 pages 24 delicately hand coloured including the title page plus colophon page bound into original publisher's pink cloth wallet style binding with tuck-in flap gilt border to upper cover with gilt corner ornaments and gilt title spine plain hand marbled endpapers. No inscriptions a Fine crisp clean copy. An A to Z of the Victorian language of flowers in which every flower had a meaning. At the top of each page is a pretty hand coloured flower illustration with below it a list of flowers beginning with that letter with their meanings. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 31054
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WAIN Louis. Miniature book.:
THE LOUIS WAIN KITTEN BOOK.
London Anthony Treherne & Co. Ltd 3 Agar St. Charing Cross 1903. Printed by Edmund Evans at the Racquet Court Press 1903 16mo 74 x 74 mm 3 x 3 inches buff cloth with black and blue illustration of 2 kittens lettered red on upper cover lettered black on spine top edges blue 87 stiff card pages printed 1 side only plus 2 pages of adverts our title No. 2 in list of 4. 20 delightful full page coloured illustrations all cats and kittens most dressed each facing rhyming couplet. Upper cover slightly rubbed and faintly stained small pale stain to lower cover 2 minute holes in lower hinge colour on top edges rather worn remains of tiny label on front pastedown very slight sign of old gluing to fold of front endpapers crack to joint between title page and following leaf binding sound and firm one or two tiny pale marks to a few margins tiny piece of gummed paper on lower corner of rear pastedown for no obvious reason - see image. A near very good copy of a scarce Wain title. Copies of this title turn up with 1904 printed on the title page and top edges blue these also have the imprint of the New York printer H. B. Claflin Co. Others undated like ours sometimes have Treherne's street address as above others do not. The British Library and the National Library of Scotland hold undated copies with accession dates of 1903. Dale No. 134 dated 1904; Necker No.2091 1903. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 31043
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DAWN Gloria. Miniature book.:
HISTORY OF ENGLISH COSTUME. Cover title: Fashion.
Bristol Lilliput Press 1985. FIRST EDITION 1985 miniature book approximately 25 x 20 mm 1 x ¾ inches cover size silhouette frontispiece and 21 UNCOLOURED costume plates ranging from Saxon to Edwardian 48 pages bound in original publisher's pink cloth gilt title to spine. No inscriptions a Fine as new copy. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 31055
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ANONYMOUS. Illustrated by Dorothy Furniss. Miniature book.:
THE JACK BOOK.
London Anthony Treherne & Co. Ltd 1905. FIRST EDITION 1905 miniature book 79 x 79 mm 3 1/8 x 3 1/8 inches grass green cloth red black and white illustration to upper cover top edges red 83 pages. 20 very jolly colour plates each facing text or verse both printed on thick card 1 side only. Contains Jack and the Beanstalk Jack the Giant Killer and 2 nursery rhymes featuring Jack. 4 very small barely visible splashes to upper cover no inscriptions. A near Fine clean tight copy quite scarce. No. 9 in a list of 9 Humpty Dumpty Books for Children inside upper cover 'The prettiest Child Books in the world'. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 31021
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HANNA BARBERA. 2 MINIATURE FLIP BOOKS.:
PIXIE & DIXIE in "I SAW SEE-SAW" and HUCKLEBERRY HOUND in "THE SIMPLE SKIMAN".
No place Hanna-Barbera Prods 1960. 2 miniature oblong Flip Cartoon and Sketch Books circa 1960 approximately 32 x 51 mm 1¼ x 2 inches about 30 pages printed 1 side only each with black and white illustration on righthand half of recto pale green printed paper to upper cover cut flush with vignette single staple binding. Neither book has rusty staples Pixie & Dixie is a Fine crisp copy the upper cover of Huckleberry is very lightly creased contents undamaged. These Hanna Barbera Kineograph Flip Cartoon and Sketch Flicker Books are quite scarce. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
Bookseller reference : 31036
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MURRAY Gordon. Miniature Book.:
ONE DANCING PRINCESS.
Bexhill Sussex Silver Thimble Books 1982. FIRST EDITION 1982 LIMITED EDITION OF 500 COPIES THIS BEING No. 155 SIGNED ON HALF-TITLE BY AUTHOR/PUBLISHER. Miniature book 53 x 40 mm 2 x 1½ inches 2 full page black and white illustrations 42 pages story told in verse. Bound in the original publisher's pale blue cloth printed paper label to upper cover. A Fine clean crisp copy. One of the earliest books published by Gordon Murray and authored by him. Quite scarce. Gordon Murray b.1921 was a visionary English puppeteer puppet maker sculptor film and television producer author wordsmith bookmaker and actor who spent almost thirty five years at the forefront of childrens television puppetry. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 31006
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MASSMANN Robert E. Illustrated by C. E. Massmann. Miniature book.:
DER WINZIGE STRUWWELPETER. Signed copy. Cover title: The Somersault Book.
New Britain CT REM Miniatures printed at The Art Press 1982. FIRST EDITION 1982 EDITION LIMITED TO 300 COPIES SIGNED BY ROBERT MASSMANN ON PAGE 11 AND BY C. ERNEST MASSMANN THE ILLUSTRATOR ON THE COLOPHON. Miniature book 48 x 48 mm 1 7/8 x 1 7/8 inches cover size tiny coloured photograph of Struwwelpeter doll mounted on frontispiece 6 handcoloured illustrations of Struwwelpeter of which 4 are on the pastedowns and endpapers 1 is a repeat 16 pages including colophon and title page. Bound in the original publisher's dark green leatherette with mounted hand-coloured circular label on upper cover. In orange thin card slipcase with shaped hand-coloured illustrated label. A Fine unused copy in Fine crisp clean slipcase. The text of each page is printed in a different direction so that as the book is read it has to be turned "in a somersault". Some German text but mainly in English. Essay on and history of the Heinrich Hoffmann character Struwwelpeter. Robert E. Massmann is an author librarian and publisher of miniature books under his imprint REM Miniatures. He assembled a major collection of miniature books and is a founding member of the Miniature Book Society. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 31022
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MRS HERBERT STRANG editor. Miniature book.:
TEENY-WEENY'S BEDTIME BOOK. The Teeny-Weeny Books.
London Humphrey Milford / Oxford University Press 1931. FIRST EDITION 1931 miniature book 84 x 71 mm 3¼ x 2¾ inches frontispiece title vignette and 28 illustrations 7 full page 76 pages bound in original publisher's blue stiff boards cut flush coloured illustration on both covers lettered white double page list of Teeny-Weeny Books inside upper cover vignettes of nursery characters on rear endpapers. Little stories about rabbits a little cat a bear. No inscriptions board edges head and tail of spine and corners slightly worn surface eroded on illustration on lower cover see image a couple of inner joints slightly cracked binding tight and firm occasional very slight faint foxing. A good plus clean copy. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 31008
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HOUNSHAM Barbara. Written and illustraterd by Hounsham. Miniature book.:
WHAT NANCY FOUND IN THE RAINBOW.
London Anthony Treherne & Co. Ltd 1905. FIRST EDITION 1905 miniature book 79 x 79 mm 3 1/8 x 3 1/8 inches light grey green cloth red and black illustration to upper cover top edges red 83 pages. 20 red and black and white plates each facing text both printed on thick card 1 side only. A couple of minute marks to lower cover expertly restitched no inscriptions. A near Fine clean tight copy. Nancy with the help of her kite climbs on a rainbow and goes to Rainbow Land where she meets a beautiful fairy who acts as her guide. She finds out that everything that will be invented already exists in Rainbow Land including flying machines and an automobile that can travel at 200 miles per hour. But she also meets a dragon that the fairy cannot control. The dragon frightens Nancy and her kite enables her to return to earth where no-one believes her story. The final plate on rear pastedown has a key to the weird creatures in the story. No. 10 in a list of 10 Humpty Dumpty Books for Children inside upper cover 'The prettiest Child Books in the world'. Most illustrations dated 1905. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 31020
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MINIATURE BOOK. Anonymous.:
PUSS IN THE PALACE.
London Humphrey Milford / Oxford University Press 1919. SECOND EDITION circa 1919 first published circa 1910 by Henry Frowde miniature children's book approximately 67 x 59 mm 2½ x 2¼ inches buff boards double string knot binding large colour plate on upper cover of the cat in doublet and hose pretty green and mauve floral endpapers 31 pages. Charming coloured frontispiece of a shepherd boy dancing with a shepherdess vignette to title page all text printed green. Lower cover lightly stained minute hole in lower hinge no inscriptions. A very good plus clean tight copy. The cat becomes court jester and has his simple friends promoted to be Lord and Lady but they get bored and return to their humble life. The cat rises very high at court but is overthrown and he too returns gratefully to the cottage hearth. Items in this little series are often found lacking the frontispiece as with use the string cuts through its inner margin. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 31033
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FARROW G. E. Illustrated by Harry Furniss. Miniature book.:
THE WALLYPUG BOOK.
London Anthony Treherne & Co. Ltd 1905. SECOND EDITION stated on title page circa 1905 miniature book 79 x 79 mm 3 1/8 x 3 1/8 inches pale green cloth yellow red and black illustration to upper cover top edges red 83 pages. 20 very jolly lively colour plates each facing a 4 line verse all printed on thick card 1 side only. All the people and creatures are the subjects of King Wallypug of Why. There are dressed pigs folk from Japan a hippotamus a crocodile a salamander and a newspaper selling rabbit all dressed. The last is Dumpsy Deazil a pretty doll. A couple of very minor marks to cloth a neat inscription on blank page 5 title of plate page 11 written in a small neat hand across lower corner of plate a name written in the same hand across lower corner of plate page 35 see images occasional slight dusty mark to margins. A very good plus tight copy. First published undated in 1905 No. 7 in The Humpty Dumpty Books for Children series 'The prettiest Child Books in the world'. List of 10 titles inside upper cover. Based on The Wallypug of Why 1895 by the same team. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 31019
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ARCHER JEAN. Written and illustrated by Jean C. Archer. Miniature book.:
THE FLAP-JACK.
London Anthony Treherne & Co. Ltd 1905. SECOND EDITION stated on title page circa 1905 miniature book 79 x 79 mm 3 1/8 x 3 1/8 inches buff cloth blue red and black illustration to upper cover 99 pages. 24 jolly colour plates each facing a page of text both printed on thick card 1 side only. Lovely story about baron's little son's pet blue rabbit. A couple of very small slight stains to top corner of upper cover occasional very slight margin mark no inscriptions. A very good plus copy. First published in 1904 No. 4 in The Humpty Dumpty Books for Children series 'The prettiest Child Books in the world'. A list of 10 titles is inside the upper cover. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 31017
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WHITTLE Jenny. Miniature book.:
A BEETLE ASSEMBLY.
Bristol Lilliput Press 1985. FIRST EDITION 1985 LIMITED EDITION OF 250 NUMBERED COPIES THIS BEING NUMBER 94 miniature book approximately 34 x 24 mm 1 3/8 x 1 inches cover size 20 hand coloured beetles including frontispiece 1 per page within a decorative border 44 pages bound in original publisher's de luxe full morocco with double ruled gilt border to both covers with gilt diamond pattern within gilt ruled spine top edges red marbled endpapers. No owner inscription a Fine as new copy. Signed "Allan" on the limitation page Allan Armstrong the printer. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
Bookseller reference : 31024
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DAWN Gloria. Miniature book.:
HISTORY OF ENGLISH COSTUME.
Bristol Lilliput Press 1985. FIRST EDITION 1985 LIMITED EDITION OF 200 NUMBERED COPIES THIS BEING NUMBER 28 miniature book approximately 34 x 24 mm 1 3/8 x 15/16 inches cover size silhouette frontispiece and 21 hand coloured costume plates ranging from Saxon to Edwardian 48 pages bound in original publisher's de luxe full morocco double ruled gilt border to covers gilt woman's head to upper cover richly gilt on spine pale grey marbled endpapers top edges red. No owner inscription a Fine as new copy. Signed "Allan" on the limitation page Allan Armstrong the printer. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
Bookseller reference : 30994
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Muldrow Diane; Collodi Carlo; Miniature Book Collection Library of Congress; Walt Disney Productions; Marvin Fred
Walt Disney's Pinocchio Little Nugget
Golden Pr. Used - Good. Shows some signs of wear and may have some markings on the inside. Golden Pr unknown
Bookseller reference : GRP77873831 ISBN : 2724252284 9782724252286
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MINIATURE BOOK. STRANG Mrs. Herbert editor.:
TIPPENNY-TUPPENNY'S FAIRY SHOES. And 2 other stories.
London Humphrey Milford / Oxford University Press 1939. FIRST EDITION 1939 miniature book approximately 84 x 67 mm 3¼ x 2 5/8 inches yellow and white checked stiff card covers cut flush printed paper label to upper cover spine plain frontispiece and last page of text as pastedowns 44 thick pages frontispiece title vignette and 12 illustrations 3 full page 1 repeated. No inscriptions spine slightly darkened 2 inner joints partly cracked binding otherwise sound. A very good plus copy. The other stories: The Singing Pies; and Grizel about a little cat who lost her tail. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
Bookseller reference : 30992
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MINIATURE BOOK. STRANG Mrs. Herbert editor.:
TIPPENNY-TUPPENNY AT THE ZOO.
London Humphrey Milford / Oxford University Press 1938. FIRST EDITION 1938 miniature book approximately 84 x 67 mm 3¼ x 2¾ inches colour illustrated stiff blue card covers cut flush frontispiece and last page of text as pastedowns 44 thick pages frontispiece title vignette and 15 illustrations 4 full page. Minute chip at head and tail of spine spine a touch darkened very light slight foxing to pastedowns no inscriptions 2 inner joints partly cracked binding otherwise firm and sound. A very good plus copy. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
Bookseller reference : 30998
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MINIATURE BOOK.:
DEWDROPS.
London Religious Tract Society 1840. FOURTEENTH EDITION inscribed 1842 miniature book approximately 50 x 30 mm 2 x 1¼ inches dark brown cloth cut flush gilt title to upper cover pale yellow endpapers 128 pages. Daily Bible texts for the year. Printed by Charles Whittingham of the Chiswick Press. Minute chip to head and tail of spine 2 pale names on front endpaper the earliest dated 1842. Contents very nice. A very good copy. First published circa 1830 a very popular item which was reprinted many times. Welsh Bibliography of Miniature Books Nos 2312-2315. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 31001
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MINIATURE BOOK. Anonymous.:
ESMERALDA.
London Humphrey Milford / Oxford University Press 1920. SECOND EDITION circa 1920 miniature children's book approximately 79 x 70 mm 3 1/18 x 2¾ inches pale grey boards extra colour plate of Esmeralda in Turkish costume on upper cover green and mauve floral endpapers 31 pages. Attractive coloured frontispiece line vignette on title unsigned. Poor little Esmeralda has been stolen to be the slave of a witch. Small childish scribble above Esmeralda on upper cover frontispiece neatly pasted to reverse of front endpaper front endpaper slightly damaged at lower corner see image no inscriptions contents clean and bright. A very good plus clean crisp copy marked on cover plate as noted. First published circa 1910 by Henry Frowde. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 30990
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LAWRENCE John. Written and illustrated by Lawrence. Miniature book.:
GOOD BABIES BAD BABIES.
London Julia MacRae 1987. FIRST TRADE EDITION 1987 miniature book approximately 90 x 75 mm 3½ x 3 inches pinkish brown cloth with coloured plate onlaid gilt lettering to upper cover and spine floral patterned endpapers 32 pages. Coloured frontispiece and 23 pages of delightful coloured illustrations with simple captions. A Fine crisp clean copy with no inscriptions issued without dustwrapper. First published in a limited edition in 1986 with black and white illustrations. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 31002
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MINIATURE BOOK. Anonymous.:
THE GOLDEN DOOR.
London Henry Frowde and Hodder & Stoughton 1910. FIRST EDITION circa 1910 reprinted by Humphrey Milford circa 1919 miniature children's book approximately 67 x 59 mm 2½ x 2¼ inches purple boards double string knot binding large pretty extra colour plate mounted on upper cover green and mauve floral endpapers 31 pages. Coloured frontispiece and line vignette on title page. A dream fairy tale about little Lucinda and the penalties of prying. Pencil name and date 1914 on reverse of frontispiece otherwise a Fine crisp clean copy. Items in this little series are often found lacking the frontispiece as with use the string cuts through its inner margin. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 30995
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ANTHOLOGY OF VARIOUS POETS. Miniature book.:
BY WOOD AND STREAM.
London Collins Clear-Type Press 1930. EDITION UNKNOWN circa 1930 miniature book 74 x 54 mm 3 x 2 1/8 inches cover size coloured frontispiece of a young girl in a white dress and pink hat picking flowers coloured title illustration of queen with white lilies and a large old book small floral decorations throughout 64 pages bound in original publisher's brown suede reverse calf gilt title to upper cover top edges gilt marbled endpapers. Poems by Byron Thomas Hood Smollett Wordsworth Tennyson Shelley Christina Rossetti etc. Small rusty mark on front endpaper and reverse of frontispiece rusty pin left in the book no inscriptions. A very good plus clean copy. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
Bookseller reference : 31004
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MINIATURE BOOK.:
A DAY ON THE FARM. In the Sunshine series.
London John F. Shaw & Co. Ltd 1930. Edition unknown circa 1930 miniature book 82 x 70 mm 3¼ x 2¾ inches frontispiece and 20 black and white illustrations 8 full page 76 pages bound in colour illustrated thick card covers cut flush vignettes of nursery characters on endpapers. No inscriptions spine slightly worn. A very good copy. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
Bookseller reference : 30936
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MRS HERBERT STRANG editor. Miniature book. Illustrated by Cicely Englefield:
TEENY-WEENY'S ANIMAL BOOK. The Teeny-Weeny Books.
London Humphrey Milford / Oxford University Press 1933. FIRST EDITION 1933 miniature book 84 x 73 mm 3¼ x 2 7/8 inches frontispiece of African elephant and 32 illustrations 9 full page all by Englefield 76 pages bound in original publisher's red stiff boards cut flush coloured illustration of polar bear on both covers lettered white double page list of Teeny-Weeny Books inside upper cover vignettes of nursery characters on rear endpapers. Stories about wild animals tigers camels rhinoceros kangaroo etc. No inscriptions spine very slightly rubbed a couple of small light score marks to covers faintest foxing to page edges 1 inner joint slightly cracked binding tight and firm. A very good plus clean copy. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 30934
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MINIATURE BOOK. STRANG Mrs. Herbert editor.:
BAA-BAA AND MOO-COW. In the Tippenny-Tuppenny Books series.
London Humphrey Milford / Oxford University Press 1930. FIRST EDITION 1930 miniature book approximately 71 x 61 mm 2¾ x 2½ inches blue stiff card covers cut flush coloured illustration of the toy lamb and toy cow on both covers list of 8 books in the Tippenny-Tuppenny series on reverse of front endpaper illustration of toys inside both covers no pagination 44 thick pages title vignette and 21 black and white illustrations 6 full page. Little animal stories for young children. No inscriptions very slightly worn at tail of spine a couple of inner joints slightly cracked binding tight and firm very slight small crease to upper corner of first page. A very good plus clean copy. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
Bookseller reference : 30935
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ANONYMOUS. Miniature book.:
THE NEW ENGLISH WARBLER and THE LITTLE ENGLISH WARBLER.
Derby Thomas Richardson 1840. Edition unknown circa 1840 miniature book approximately 70 x 42 mm 2¾ x 1¾ inches LACKING HALF THE DOUBLE PAGE FOLDING HAND COLOURED FRONTISPIECE OF THE RED CROSS KNIGHT present is the title page with hand coloured vignette: "The Light Guitar". In 2 parts pages: 2 9-146 including 5 page index; 9-146 including 5 page index PART II LACKING FOLDING FRONTISPIECE AND TITLE PAGE bound in full dark red leather gilt rules and gilt title to spine pink endpapers. No music. Tiny chip at tail of spine 20 mm ¾" crack at foot of lower hinge leather slightly stained corners slightly worn faint inscription and some old sums on front endpapers rear endpapers slightly soiled fore-edge of title page well thumbed as are many pages mainly near beginning light stain to margin of pages 52 54 and 55 all easily legible many pages dusty some very lightly soiled name in ink in top margin of page 101 another on page 52 of Part II final page of index in Part II browned. A good set of 2 scarce titles frontispiece defective in Part I as noted and lacking frontispiece and title page in Part II. Copac lists a few copies of The Little English Warbler first published in 1803 in Edinburgh by Oliver & Co. Welsh Bibliography of Miniature Books No. 4443 listing only The Little English Warbler published in Derby; Bondy Miniature Books page 150 listing only The Little Warbler "the best known English collection of songs" published in Edinburgh in 1803. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 30932
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A BEAUTIFUL ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT BREVIARY ON VELLUM IN LATIN WITH FINE HISTORIATED INITIALS AND MINIATURE
USE OF PARIS
Paris after or in 1398 and before ca. 1405. 195 x 135 mm. 7 3/4 x 5 1/4". 587 leaves COMPLETE double column 32 lines in a lovely gothic script by more than one hand. A full list of contents available upon request. Two volumes. HANDSOME DARK RED MOROCCO BY W. H. SMITH AND SON stamp signed "WHS" in gilt on rear turn-ins covers sem� with gilt fleurs-de-lys tools gilt Celtic-inspired knot centerpieces raised bands spine compartments with rows of fleurs-de-lys gilt titling plain morocco turn-ins vellum doublures and endleaves all edges gilt. In fleece-lined slipcases. Rubrics in red line-enders in blue gold and red numerous one- or two-line initials in gold with dark blue penwork or bright blue with red penwork a total of 19 three-line initials painted blue and pink on gold ground with ivy leaf extenders three six- or seven-line initials similarly decorated and NINE SIX- OR SEVEN-LINE HISTORIATED INITIALS AND ONE 10-LINE MINIATURE THREE OF THESE WITH FULL RINCEAUX BORDERS WITH DECORATIVE U-SHAPED BARS each image with the figures portrayed against a tessellated background the letter painted blue or pink on contrasting ground within a thin gold border. With a few contemporary and later notations and pen-trials; old bookseller's description tipped onto front free endpaper of volume I. Bernard Quaritch "Illuminated and other Manuscripts" 1931 no. 21. Bindings with very trivial imperfections but especially lustrous and very fine. The full borders just slightly trimmed the six Calendar leaves with small modern marginal repairs text not affected trivial rubbing to paint in a few places the silver tarnished as usual burnished gold worn away in a few places occasional small smudges to ink and other minor mostly marginal blemishes but generally showing few signs of use and in all A LOVELY MANUSCRIPT VERY CLEAN AND ATTRACTIVE AND THE HISTORIATED INITIALS ESPECIALLY WELL PRESERVED. This beautifully bound Breviary is both impressively voluminous and handsomely decorated with an explosion of small gilt and painted initials and ten figural scenes painted with remarkable skill. Although the historiated initials stand less than 30 mm. tall or in the case of the single miniature 42 mm. the level of detail--from the finely molded faces to the tessellated backgrounds that glisten like snakeskin-indicate they were executed by a highly competent atelier. All nine initials occur in volume I with subjects that include five depictions of David in prayer or playing music ff. 7r 16v 24r 35r and 42r; a fool with a staff f. 29v; a scene with four tonsured clerics at a lectern f. 49r; the Father and Son in matching robes and haloes seated and facing each other f. 56v; and a holy man censing an altar as God looks down from a cloudburst f. 77r. Volume I also contains a miniature of the Trinity depicting God the Father seated and supporting a crucified Christ while a dove the Holy Spirit gracefully descends from the Father's mouth to the Son. The scene is adored by a kneeling cleric dressed in red-tinged robes a white surplice and a long amice. Dr. Patricia Stirnemann initially proposed the intriguing possibility that the cleric might be pseudo cardinal Pierre de F�tigny d. 1392 apostolic protonotary and canon of Paris who was named cardinal by the anti-pope Clement VII in 1383; however his dress does not seem to indicate the rank of cardinal and thus this identification remains uncertain. The excellence of the historiation and the fine quality of the hand alone make it likely to have originated in Paris and the contents further connect it to the Benedictine abbey of St. Germain des Pr�s particularly because of the presence in the Sanctorale of a major initial for the feast of St. Germain or Germanus the only initial of its type in the entire Sanctorale. The earliest proposed date for this manuscript is 1398 the year of the donation by Jean de Karoulay canon of Notre-Dame to the diocese of Paris for the celebration of the feast of St. Ivo or Yves. The proposed date for the completion of work on this Breviary ca. 1405 is suggested by the style of the decoration which includes tessellation in the backgrounds of the historiated initials and floral sprays in the borders of a particular type. We are grateful to Dr. Stirnemann for this dating and to Dr. Consuelo Dutschke for her thorough work on the manuscript's contents and localization. We could not find a record of our Breviary at auction but it appeared as item no. 21 priced at �110 in Quaritch's important 1931 catalogue of "Illuminated and other manuscripts" where it is described as "beautifully written" and featuring "very delicate miniatures with elegant ivy-leaf borders." The extremely well-preserved state of the manuscript makes it clear that this book was lovingly cared for by its previous owners for generations. unknown
Bookseller reference : ST15198a
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A VELLUM ILLUMINATED MINIATURE MANUSCRIPT BOOK OF HOURS IN LATIN AND DUTCH WITH CHARMING HISTORIATED INITIALS
USE OF ROME
Netherlands ca. 1460. 90 x 63 mm. 3 1/2 x 2 1/2". 343 leaves COMPLETE single column 17 lines in a gothic book hand. Contents: blank page f. 1r; Calendar with two charts and two diagrams in Dutch and Latin f. 1v; Various prayers to Christ and meditations on the Passion including the prayer to the Holy Face of Christ and "O Bone Jesu" f. 17; Hours of the Passion f. 24r; Hours of the Virgin f. 45r; three blank leaves f. 97-99; Various prayers to the Virgin including "O Intemerata" and "Obsecro te" f. 100r; Hours of the Holy Spirit with masses f. 124r; Weekday Hours with masses f. 133r; Seven Penitential Psalms and Litany f. 188r; Office of the Dead f. 208r; Suffrages f. 245r; Various prayers f. 274r; Seven verses of St. Bernard f. 310v; blank leaf f. 312; Reading from 2 John describing the Passion followed by various prayers f. 313r; Prayers in an informal hand f. 328r; Fifteen Paternosters in Dutch f. 329r; A rubric in Dutch followed by prayers in Dutch f. 339r. Attractive 17th century dark brown morocco with extensive gilt tooling covers and spine with a lacy circular motif surrounded by a halo of small flowers all framed by floral borders and cornerpieces original straps and brass clasps bearing a shell motif all edges gilt with a painted now faded floral design. Rubrics in red numerous one-line initials in red and blue line fillers in red and blue "KL" of Kalends and numerous two-line initials gilt on blue and pink ground many three-line initials and several larger initials at major intervals in combinations of red blue and gold with floral decoration 37 LEAVES WITH FULL FLORAL BORDERS of acanthus leaves blossoms gold dots and vine-stem and 19 HISTORIATED INITIALS including one that is more of a half-page miniature. Leather with general minor wear but the binding entirely sound and extremely pleasing. Borders with a little smudging and trimmed close at the fore edge though the decoration grazed in just a few cases vellum with light soiling here and there more on the first and last few leaves other quite minor signs of use but THE CONTENTS VERY CLEAN OVERALL AND THE HISTORIATED INITIALS WELL PRESERVED. With small-scale historiation and a large collection of accessory texts and prayers this diminutive Book of Hours is of special interest for its extensive decorative charm and textual complexity. In addition to the Hours of the Virgin integral to every Book of Hours this volume contains three other major prayer cycles: the Hours of the Passion the Hours of the Holy Spirit and the Weekday Hours. The last was a specialty of 15th century Flemish Books of Hours and as here was often accompanied by an image cycle. As noted by Wieck in "Time Sanctified" the accompanying images reflect the devotion of that particular day: Sunday Hours of the Holy Trinity Monday Hours of the Dead Tuesday Hours of the Holy Spirit Wednesday Hours of All Saints Thursday Hours of the Holy Sacrament Friday Hours of the Cross and the Saturday Hours of the Virgin. The other major cycle of images here belongs to the Hours of the Virgin and depicts the usual event for each hour: Annunciation Visitation Nativity Annunciation to the Shepherds Adoration of the Magi Presentation in the Temple Massacre of the Innocents and the Flight into Egypt. The artist of these initials had very little space to work with given the small dimensions of the page but he met the challenge with considerable success; each initial displays a surprising amount of information about the figures and surroundings. The hand is practiced and confident and the detail work quite clear. The figures make the most of the space they inhabit and the overall impression is one of great delight and an unexpected degree of character. In addition to the formal cycles mentioned above the present Book of Hours is further distinguished by an unusually large number of prayers blessings and readings most of which give clues about how this particular book would have been used. Since a Book of Hours like this one would have been highly customizable further study of these auxiliary texts could reveal much about the identity of the patron. unknown
Bookseller reference : ST13806
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A FINE MINIATURE PAINTING OF A FUNERAL SCENE FROM A BOOK OF HOURS IN LATIN
BEGINNING OF THE OFFICE OF THE DEAD
Paris early 15th century. 178 x 125 mm. 7 x 5". Text in single column four lines on recto 15 lines on verso in an excellent gothic book hand. A FINE SQUARE MINIATURE SHOWING A FUNERAL SERVICE two priests reciting from an elevated lectern and next to a large draped coffin mourners in black seated to the left the activity taking place inside a space enclosed by elegant columns and under a vaulted ceiling a lovely four-line initial beneath it in burnished gold and several colors infilled with ivy leaves in white and orange other one- or two-line initials in blue with red penwork or on the verso in burnished gold and colors THE MINIATURE SURROUNDED BY AN EXQUISITE FULL BORDER OF IVY LEAVES in colors or gold on painted and hairline stems. Remains of mounting hinge at top a few speckles a bit of yellowing and slight wrinkling in margins but the leaf very well preserved in general with no significant flaking of paint and with the gold still bright. Apart from those relatively few copies with illustrated calendars the miniatures found in Books of Hours are almost entirely devoted to retrospective Bible scenes that are obviously outside the experience of the illuminator; it is only in the present kind of funeral scene at the beginning of the Office of the Dead that we can see a contemporaneous rendering of a scene from the daily life of the Middle Ages. Miniatures that begin the Office of the Dead vary more in iconographic terms than any of the others that recur in the Book of Hours and while our painting is typical in subject matter and design it is noteworthy in at least a couple of ways. The frame and border here are beautifully executed in the style of the Boucicaut Master with much delicate and very elaborate painting all of which is shown to good advantage inside unusually comfortable margins. And although the miniature itself shows in general a relatively primitive attempt at perspective for example the pews and the altar are steeply raked the presence of the lovely slender column in the foreground in concert with the darkened vaulting behind the altar gives the painting a convincing sense of depth.The work here was done by an artist under Parisian influence and the developed architecture suggests that the painter was familiar with the Burial Services compositions created by Parisian illuminators in the 1410s. see Millard Meiss "French Painting in the Time of Jean de Berry: Boucicaut Master" London 1968 figs. 135-50 and 172-74. unknown
Bookseller reference : ST12829
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A PRINTED LEAF FROM A MINIATURE BIBLE IN ENGLISH
TEXT FROM LUKE
Edinburgh: Nimmo Hay and Mitchell Ltd 1919. 44 x 29 mm. 1 3/4 x 1 1/8". Double column 64 lines of text and headline in an exceptionally tiny roman type. Matted. Bondy pp. 109-10; Herbert 2064 both citing 1911 edition. Tiny nick to the inner edge not affecting text but a fresh attractive specimen of a technical tour de force of the printing art and in Bondy's words a "very great curiosity. Nimmo, Hay and Mitchell, Ltd unknown
Bookseller reference : ST10962a
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Miniature book. By Pamela BRUCE .:
LITTLE THINGS TO PLEASE LITTLE MINDS.
Cambridge Rampant Lions Press 1979. FIRST EDITION 1979 LIMITED TO 400 COPIES miniature book 64 x 45 mm 2½ x 1¼ inches frontispiece and 8 full page woodcut illustrations by James Bruce each facing very brief text bound in original publisher's brown and yellow marbled boards paper title label to upper cover pages: 22. No inscriptions a Fine crisp clean copy. Bondy Miniature Books page 180. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 30880
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ANONYMOUS. Miniature book.:
THE THREE BEARS. Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
London Birn Brothers Ltd. circa 1930. Paperback edition miniature book 86 x 75 mm 3¼ x 3 inches 15 full page black and white illustrations 31 pages including title page bound in publisher's original shiny colour illustrated paper wraps cut flush the three bears in front of their cottage to upper cover lower cover red with Goldilocks eating the porridge title on upper cover and spine. Although the bears are dressed on the upper cover inside they are not see images. Lower cover lightly creased tiny crease to upper corner of upper cover minute closed tear at top of spine no inscriptions. A very good clean copy. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. paperback
Bookseller reference : 30875
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MINIATURE BOOK. STRANG Mrs. Herbert editor.:
THE LITTLE GREEN FROG and other stories. In the Tippenny-Tuppenny series.
London Humphrey Milford / Oxford University Press 1938. FIRST EDITION 1938 miniature book approximately 85 x 68 mm 3¼ x 2½ inches green stiff card covers cut flush coloured illustration to both covers frontispiece and last page of text as pastedowns 44 thick pages frontispiece and 14 illustrations in the text. No inscriptions spine just slightly darkened first gathering held only by lower stitch 2 inner joints partly cracked binding otherwise sound. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
Bookseller reference : 30878
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STEVENSON Philip. Miniature book.:
BRITISH BUTTERFLIES.
Bristol Lilliput Press 1983. FIRST EDITION 1983 LIMITED EDITION OF 150 NUMBERED COPIES THIS BEING NUMBER 100 miniature book approximately 31 x 20 mm 1¼ x ¾ inches cover size 38 hand coloured butterflies including frontispiece 1 per page within a decorative border 8 pages of prelims and text bound in original publisher's de luxe full green leather tooled in a diamond pattern top edges red red patterned endpapers. No owner inscription a Fine as new copy. Signed "Allan" on the limitation page Allan Armstrong the printer. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 30862
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CARLYLE Thomas. Miniature book.:
THOUGHTS FROM CARLYLE. Compiled by Alice Jouveau du Breuil. In The Miniature Series.
Edinburgh Nimmo Hay & Mitchell 1908. Edition unknown 1908 miniature book 93 x 63 mm 3½ x 2½ inches cover size decorated double title page 160 pages bound in red suede with single blind ruled border to covers gilt title to spine all edges gilt gilt and green floral endpapers. Covers slightly discoloured minute dark spot on upper cover tiny neat inscription dated 1909 on endpaper otherwise a very good clean copy. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
Bookseller reference : 30830
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MRS HERBERT STRANG editor. Miniature book.:
TEENY-WEENY'S TRAINS. The Teeny-Weeny Books.
London Humphrey Milford / Oxford University Press 1931. FIRST EDITION 1931 miniature book 83 x 72 mm 3¼ x 2 7/8 inches frontispiece title vignette and 26 illustrations 4 full page 74 pages bound in original publisher's green stiff boards cut flush coloured illustration of little boy and toy steam train lettered white double page list of Teeny-Weeny Books inside upper cover vignettes of nursery characters on rear endpapers. No inscriptions spine very slightly rubbed faintest foxing to page edges. A near Fine clean copy. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 30849
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CARROLL Lewis. Miniature book.:
ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. Abridged.
No place Box Clever Miniatures 1990. Edition unknown circa 1990 miniature book approximately 24 x 16 mm 15/16 x 5/8 inches black and white illustrations by John Tenniel 16 pages including title page bound in white card with coloured illustration of Red Duchess to upper cover. Fine as new copy in Fine white card slipcase with repeat of cover illustration. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
Bookseller reference : 30852
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MINIATURE BOOK. STRANG Mrs. Herbert editor.:
TEENY WEENY'S WONDER BOOK.
London Humphrey Milford / Oxford University Press 1931. FIRST EDITION 1931 miniature book approximately 83 x 72 mm 3¼ x 2 7/8 inches green stiff card covers cut flush coloured illustration to both covers nursery characters to rear endpapers list of titles in the series to front endpapers 73 pages frontispiece title vignette and 22 illustrations 4 full page some by by Grace Lodge. 6 little stories including The Kind Dragon Wishing for Wings and Red Feather. No inscriptions spine just very slightly rubbed. A very good plus clean copy. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
Bookseller reference : 30848
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MINIATURE BOOK. STRANG Mrs. Herbert editor.:
TEENY WEENY'S PETS.
London Humphrey Milford / Oxford University Press 1932. FIRST EDITION 1932 miniature book approximately 83 x 72 mm 3¼ x 2 7/8 inches grey stiff card covers cut flush coloured illustration to both covers nursery characters to rear endpapers list of titles in the series to front endpapers 69 pages frontispiece and 26 illustrations 4 full page. Little stories about 2 children and their pet dogs and cats. No inscriptions head and tail of spine just slightly rubbed minute chip to bottom of lower hinge. A very good plus clean copy. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
Bookseller reference : 30850
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ANONYMOUS. Miniature book.:
MAN FRIDAY. Collins miniature fairy tale series.
London Collins Clear-Type Press no date 1910. FIRST EDITION circa 1910 miniature book approximately 65 x 60 mm 2½ x 2¼ inches cover size coloured frontispiece and 3 very good colour plates by R. James Williams red vignette and lettering to title page text printed throughout in red 32 pages bound in cream boards extra coloured illustration of Man Friday printed on upper cover coloured vignette of a parrot on lower cover no endpapers but first and last coloured plate pasted to insides of covers as issued. 5 mm ¼" chipped from bottom of spine tiny black mark at top of upper hinge lower cover slightly worn at fore-edge faint foxing to title page and final page. No inscriptions a good plus copy of a scarce little Robinson Crusoe item. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 30846
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CRANE Walter. Miniature book.:
FLORA'S FEAST A Masque of Flowers.
Bristol Lilliput Press 1985. FIRST EDITION IN THIS TINY FORMAT 1985 facsimile of famous book of flower-fairy pictures and verse. Miniature book approximately 25 x 20 mm 1 x ¾ inches cover size hand coloured title page and 37 full page uncoloured illustrations each with a 2 line verse colophon on recto of rear endpaper bound in original publisher's red cloth without lettering top edges gilt. No inscriptions a Fine as new copy in Fine cream hand coloured DUSTWRAPPER repeating the title illustration on the upper panel and with printed title on spine. There was also a limited de luxe edition of 75 copies in full leather gilt hand coloured throughout of which 10 copies had a silver panel on the upper cover. First published as a 4to volume by Cassell in 1889 with coloured illustrations throughout. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 30851
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Miniature book of Common Prayer.:
THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER and administration of the Holy Communion. together with the psalter or psalms of David . but without the prefaces portions of the calendar some of the occasional services and articles of religion.
London Eyre & Spottiswoode Bible Warehouse Limited 33 Paternoster Row E.C. Edinburgh & New York 1895. Edition unknown circa 1895 printed by Eyre & Spottiswoode Ltd 702 PAGE VERSION miniature book approximately 53 x 45 mm 2 1/8 x 1¾ inches bound in original publisher's full brown leather rounded corners gilt title to spine sterling silver hallmarked plaque attached to front cover depicting 5 angels' heads in relief surrounded by clouds based on a work by Joshua Reynolds all edges gilt brown endpapers 702 pages including title page. Spine slightly rubbed at head and tail and on lower hinge edges of lower cover very slightly rubbed title page very slightly worn at top and bottom edges a few corner tips creased pages 81-84 reinserted and 83/84 with slight loss to upper margin tiny pale stain to 1 page with loss of a couple of letters all easily legible see images final page and facing endpaper slightly dusty. No inscriptions a very good copy. Reprinted by Eyre & Spottiswoode circa 1903 with 630 pages. Welsh Bibliography of Miniature Books No.1854 702 pages and 1862 630 pages; Bondy Miniature Books pages 131 and 167; Griffiths Bibliography of Book of Common Prayer page 433 lists a 702 page copy dating it circa 1905. The sections omitted from the 630 page edition listed in the title are not quite the same as in the 702 page edition: "but without the calendar occasional services and articles of religion". MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 30847
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