Bromer Booksellers & HM Editions, 2015. Miniature. 2 1/4 x 2 3/4. 72 pages + 4 original leaves tipped-in. Bound by Sarah Creighton in full black morocco gilt all-over in a vine pattern. In red silk clam shell box with leather spine label. Fine. No. XXXII of XXXV deluxe signed..... More
Mt. Horeb: Perishable Press, 1979. Miniature, 2 1/2 x 3 3/8. (28) pages illustrated with printers' ornaments. Wraps. Fine. Twenty-six paragraphs begin with the 26 letters of the alphabet. One of 225 copies printed in very readable 6-point type, on Shadwell paper made by the Hamady's daughter on her tiny..... More
Tilton, NH: Hillside Press, 1971. 1 3/4 x 2. 51 pages. Green cloth gilt. Near fine. WITH: The Hillside Press Illustrated Miniatures 1961-1966. Wraps. More
(Wakefield), The Fleece Press, (1991). 47 mm x 70 mm (1 3/4 x 2 3/4 inches). 27 leaves illustrated with wood engravings. Floral cloth. Fine. One of 290 set in 8-point Van Dijck at the Rocket Press. More
(Pico Rivera, 1994). 2 1/4 x 2 3/4. 161 pages. Seven wood engravings by John DePol. Gold-printed decorations for each chapter head. Full black morocco with abstract onlays of red & blue morocco, stamped all over with iridescent blue & green dots & one gilt circle, top edge gilt and..... More
NY: The Grolier Club, 2019. 8 x 11. 435 pages. Profusely illustrated, with an Index. Cloth., dust wrapper. Fine. Scholarly exhibition catalogue of some 240 items. The emphasis here is on the bindings, and the book may almost be seen as an illustrated history of bookbinding. More
Izmir, 2017. Miniature. 3 x 2 1/4. 58 numbered pages (but many are blank or have a single word). Sixteen text pages in English are followed by 6 original postage stamps loose in plastic mounts. Green cloth gilt. Fine. "The Turkish passion for flowers is well known," writes Sönmez. The..... More
Izmir, 2017. Miniature. 3 x 2 1/4. Twenty-eight text pages in English are followed by 6 original postage stamps loose in plastic mount. (There are 60 numbered pages, but many are blank or have a single word.) Red cloth gilt. Fine. The 6 marbled images are Istanbul, Alps, North Italian..... More
Tübingen, 1995. Miniature, 2 x 2 3/4. 75 pages, including 10 tipped in specimens of ebru. Full green morocco with envelope flap, gilt decoration on both covers, miniature marbled endpapers. Fine. No. III of 70 copies in this deluxe binding, signed by the author/marbler. The ancient art of Ebru, or..... More
Fleece Press, (2009). Miniature. 2 1/2 x 2 1/4. (54) pages + 6 foldout color plates illustrating 30 fishing flies. Bound in pink & blue Compton marbled paper boards; blue cloth slipcase. TWO ACTUAL fishing flies are mounted on the inside of front and rear boards. Fine. One of 260..... More
Fleece Press, (2009). Two volumes. Miniature. 2 1/2 x 2 1/4. (54) pages + 6 foldout color plates illustrating 30 flies. Blue morocco spine, pink & blue Compton marbled paper boards. Plus all 30 fly patterns tied for this book. The flies are mounted within 8 mats which open accordion..... More
Boston: Bromer, 1984. 2 x 2 1/2. Miniature manuscript of 32 leaves of calligraphed text and water colors. Bound by Arno Werner in red morocco with the alphabet in gilt, all edges gilt. Fine in morocco & cloth tray case. A delicate alphabet book --F for Fava Bean, N for..... More
NY, (1929). 2 1/2 x 3 1/4. 19 leaves. A blank page for Memoranda faces each month; there are 4 pages of Tiffany's sterling silver marks. Green morocco gilt. Light wear along bottom edge. Very good. The binding is attractive; the contents are uninspired. More
Fleece Press, 2010. 3 x 4 3/4. Sixteen leaves, 17 actual postage stamps tipped in. Cloth & boards with a repeat pattern of a Claire Melinsky stamp. Fine. The tipped-in stamps (printed lithographically) were made from wood engravings or linocuts by John Lawrence, Christopher Wormell, Andrew Davidson, David Gentleman, Jeremy..... More
Fleece Press, 2010. 3 x 4 3/4. Twenty-four leaves, 32 postage stamps tipped in, and 8 more stamps in rear pocket. Cloth & boards housed in a box, by Stephen Byrne, whose red & grey metal replicating lid replicates a Victorian English postbox. Fine. One of 100 (actually 80) special..... More
Whittington & Lorson's, 1988. Miniature 1 3/4 x 2 1/2. xv, (18) curiously paginated pages, including 8 full page wood engravings by Peter Foster. Blue cloth gilt on cover. Fine in slipcase. One of 175 copies. The prehistoric creatures in this miniature book are horned beetles. Butcher 93... More
