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Bible History . New York, S. Wood, 1814. 1 7/8" x 1 1/4". 254 pp.
Printed and sold by S. Wood. Brown leather, five fillets and "Bible" in gold on spine. Sixteen cuts with captions.
The Bible in Miniature for Children . Worcester, England, Dorr, Howland & Co., 1835. 2 1/4" x 1 11/16". 192 pp.
Stereotyped by Shepherd, Oliver, and Co. Contains twenty-five engravings. Original green cloth.
The Bible in Miniature, or A Concise History of the Old and New Testaments . Gainsbrough, H.& G.; Mozley, 1798. 1 5/8" x 1 7/16". 220 pp.
Nine woodcut illustrations, calf, rebacked with cloth. The Mozleys printed miniature Bibles from 1795 to 1815 but very few copies were recorded.
The Book of Common Prayer . London, Oxford University Press, n.d. 2 1/8" x 1 13/16". 688 pp.
Frontispiece of unusual design. Red morocco, silver cover showing five cherubs surrounded by clouds, with a Birmingham hallmark dated 1904.
Chained Bible and Lectern . London, Oxford University Press, ca.1920. Lectern, 6" x 3 1/4" x 3" and Bible, 1 13/16" x 1 3/16".
With a metal chain similar to what may be seen in Hereford and other cathedrals, to which is attached a miniature Holy Bible, containing both the Old and New Testaments. Has hundreds of pages printed in double column, with numerous full-page illustrations. Bound in antique leather with embossing on both covers.
The Child's Bible. Philadelphia, PA, Fisher and Brother, 1834. 2 1/4" x 1 7/8". 192 pp.
By a Lady of Cincinnati (reputed to be Harriet Beecher Stowe). With plates. Blue cloth. Blind- stamped diamond design on rear cover. Spine gold-stamped with words "Holy Bible" between decorations. Twenty-seven wood engravings probably by Alexander Andersen. Stereotyped by J.A. James, Cincinnati, OH.
De Imitatione Christi, Libri Quatour, auctore Thomas A. Kempis , 1851. 2 1/4" x 1 3/8". 509 pp.
Bound in black morocco in the Jansenist style with raised hands by Thiboran-Joly. Inner doublures are in red morocco with double-gilt fillets enclosing a rich border of fleur-des-lys ornaments. A distinguished miniature of Thomas A. Kampis printed in a very clear type. The book is preserved in a matching, full morocco pull-off case. From the Arthur A. Houghton, Jr. collection.
The Finger New Testament . London, Oxford University Press, n.d. 3 5/8" x 1 1/8". 256 pp.
Inscription 1893. Bound in black leather with black ribbon.
The Form of Solemnization of Matrimony . London, Eyre and Spottiswoode, n.d. 2 1/4" x 1 7/8". 64 pp.
Coarse black leather with a hallmarked silver cover of five cherubs.
The Golden Rule . Berkeley, CA, Poole Press, 1987. 2 7/8" x 1 3/4". 32 pp.
COLOPHON: Handset, printed, and, bound by M.P. Adams from text supplied by Gerald A. Nemath, M.D. Edition limited to 55 copies of which numbers 1-15 are printed on handmade St. Armand, specially decorated, and encased. No.4 . Signed by M.P. Adams. Sixth-century Coptic binding. Signatures chain-stitched with linen cord to cherry wood boards, which tie together with bead-decorated waxed cord. All pages bordered. Three color title page. Colored symbols of each religion. Colored and hand-decorated title page and initial letters, suede case with gold-stamped title.
[Gospels] Set of five: St. Matthew, St. Mark, St. John, St. Luke, and the Psalms . London: Oxford Press, c.1925. 2" x 2 1/2". 5 vols.
Bound in dark blue suede. Humphrey Milford Bijou Edition.
The Han-Nya-Shingyo . Tokyo, 1980. 2" x 2 3/8".
COLOPHON: Limited to 100 copies. Copy #62 . One of the most popular Buddhist prayers in Japan. A Buddhist prayer scroll, in Chinese characters and Sanskrit with three Buddhist illustrations. Encased in special handmade wooden box case. Text printed with collotype printing and the illustrations colored by hand. Using the following materials: cover of the scroll, Kawashima silk weave; Text, front endpaper, and colophon, the most famous Japanese paper, Torinoko. Dyed with powder of clam on both sides. Decorated with grass-design woodcut print with powder of mica and with genuine gold and silver leaves. For Sanskrit text, using a half-thickness of the original first grade Torinoke paper to be rolled smoothly. Roll: sandal wood. Box case: Paulownia wood. Title on the upper lid and the limited number inside of it written in India ink by hand. Our craftpersons' mark stamped in red on lower side of the case. Printed, colored, and bound all by hand at Addo-Rie Studio.
Hymns Ancient and Modern . London, William Clowes and Sons, ca.1900. 2 1/4" x 1 7/8". 861 pp.
Complete edition. Black morocco, front cover in sterling silver with fine raised design of five cherubs surrounded by clouds, gilt edges. Made in Birmingham in 1912.
Koran . Czechoslovakia, ca.1950. 1 7/16" x 1". [538 pp.]
Printed entirely in Arabic. Dark green leatherette, gilt-stamped, with fastener and magnifying glass on a silk thread attached to the binding, metal ring to suspend on chain, gilt edges.
Looman, Jacob, Johannes Schot, and Abraham Van der Putte. Psalmen Des Propheten Davids . Amsterdam, 1688. 3 1/16" x 1 7/8". [398 pp.]
Leather-backed tortoise shell covers with metal hinges and two clasps at fore-edge. Much printed staff music in text. Enclosed in box with hand-printed label on cover.
Megillah . New Britain, CT, Robert E. Massmann, 1968. 1 1/2" x 45".
No. 76 of 100 copies; signed by Massmann. In bamboo case with bronzed metal spindle. Printed on 100% rag paper. Old Testament Book of Ruth. Printed at Art Press.
Midrash Memoir: A Touch of Exposition of the Sacred Scriptures . Evanston, IL, Ward Schori Press, 1984. 2 5/16" x 9/16". [54 pp.]
COLOPHON: This third book by Dr. Pilchik follows the style of the second, Talmud Thought, with all type in Baskerville. It is printed by offset-lithography on Mohawk Superfine. Linotype by Boston and hand composition set by Ward Schori. Plates and presswork by The Schori Press, Inc . Edition limited to 275 copies. Bound in white leather, hot-stamped with distinctive designs in gold on front and spine. Top edge gilt. Endsheets are printed with an idealized conception of King Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem. Illustration of a silver miniature Torah Ark with its matching small Torah.
Mois de St. Joseph, Mois de Marie, and Mois du Sacre Coeur . 3 vol. Limoges, France, n.d. 2" x 3 1/2".
Three volumes bound in black, red and blue full morocco, banded in a small black leather, white velvet-lined box. Gilt letters, inner dentelles, with individually designed and decorated endpapers.
Taylor, John. Verbum Sempiternum . London, Longman and Co., 1849. 2 1/2" x 2". [274 pp.]
Reprint of 1693 (Third) edition. Also contains Salvator Mundi. Finely bound in later plain calf, attractive marbled endpapers, printed by C. Whittingham of Chiswick.
The Torah . In a copper-molded case. Handmade scrolls. n.d.
Wesley, Rev. John. A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the People Called Methodists . London, Wesleyan Conference Office, n.d. 3 3/8" x 2 1/8". 701 pp.
Bound in black with clasp. "Wesley" is stamped in gold on the spine.
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves . Chicago, IL, Black Cat Press, 1962. 2 1/2" x 1 7/8". 46 pp.
COLOPHON: Translated from the Arabian Nights, Foreword by Lloyd Emerson Siberell with decorations by Calvin Brazelton. The type for this miniature was first composed entirely by hand, in eleven pt Scotch Roman and its italic. Reproduction proofs of the original type were made, then photographically reduced to the present size. Printed by offset lithography in an edition limited to 400 copies by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, Haarlem, Holland. Design and typography by Norman W. Forgue.
Andersen, Hans Christian. The Emperor's New Clothes . Dallas, TX, Somesuch Press, 1994. 2 7/8" x 2 7/16". 40 pp.
COLOPHON: Translated and illustrated by Erik Blegvad. Excerpt from Hans Christian Andersen by Elias Bredsdorff reprinted by permission of Phaidon Press Limited, Great Britain. The inscription and illustrations for this edition are from a copy of the 1959 first edition given to Stanley Marcus by the author-illustrator. Color xerography by Larry Barkley at BookLab in Austin. Hand printed and bound by Carol Kent. Trump Mediaeval capitals courtesy David Edwards. And a brief remembrance of Hans Christian Andersen. 250 copies, this is number 48 . Signed by Stanley Marcus. Preface by Elias Bredsdorff. Original color illustrations handbound in cloth with front board medallion.
Burgess, Thornton W. [Children's Booklets]. All were published by the Winthrop Press in 1914, are the same size (2 13/16" x 2 1/4"), and have the same number of pages (10). Each booklet has a cover illustration by Harrison Cady printed in six colors. In self-wrappers.
Danny Meadow Mouse Learns Something .
The Feast at the Big Rock .
How Unc' Bully Possum Met Buster Bear .
Jack Frost Helps Paddy the Beaver .
Striped Chipmunk's Secret Joke .
Carroll, Lewis. Advice from a Caterpillar . Bexhill-on-Sea, England, Silver Thimble Books, 1983. 2 1/16" x 1 5/8". [48 pp.]
COLOPHON: No. 1 of 150 copies, bound and colored by hand, signed by Gordon Murray, Publisher and Designer. Inscribed by Gordon Murray. Illustrations after John Tenniel. Bondestat Printers, Eastbourne . Illustrations hand-colored. Bound in orange cloth with illustrated paper label.
Carroll, Lewis. Pig and Pepper . Bexhill-on-Sea, England, Silver Thimble Books, 1984. 2 1/8" x 2 5/8". [44 pp.]
COLOPHON: No. 1 of 150 copies, bound and colored by hand, signed by Gordon Murray, Publisher and Designer. Inscribed by Gordon Murray. Illustrations after John Tenniel. Bondestat Printers, Eastbourne . Hand-colored by Murray Bound in gold cloth with paper label bearing title, author, and colored illustration.
Carroll, Lewis. Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland . 2 vol. Paris, Minia Press, n.d. 3 1/8" x 2 1/8".
One volume bound in red leather, one in green, gilt titles on spine. Marbled endpapers, in slipcase. Illustrations by John Tenniel.
Carroll, Lewis. The Walrus and the Carpenter . Bexhill-on-Sea, England, Silver Thimble Press, 1983. 2 1/16" x 1 5/8". [44 pp.]
COLOPHON: No. 1 of 150 copies, bound and colored by hand, signed by Gordon Murray, Publisher and Designer. Inscribed by Gordon Murray. Taken from ÓThrough the Looking GlassÓ.
Chandler, J.G. Remarkable History of Chicken Little and Remarkable Story of Chicken Little . Watertown, MA, Anne and David Bromer, 1979. 2 1/4" x 1 7/8" and 1 1/8" x 15/16". 46 pp. and 24 pp.
COLOPHON: This book was printed by Darrell Hyder in an edition of 150 copies from Bodoni Book type on Hahnemuehle Ingres paper. The six pen and ink illustrations are by Janet Hobbs, who handcolored 35 copies. The binding is by C. Allan Carpenter. This is copy III. Signed by Janet Hobbs and Darrell Hyder . First miniature edition of the original manuscript of Chicken Little by John Greene Chandler with an introduction by Herbert H. Hosmer, Jr., great-grandnephew of Chandler. Darrell Hyder, printer. 6 pt Bodoni Book type on French Rives. Bound in marbled paper over boards in half-leather. Enclosed with smaller book in a double slipcase with silk ribbons.
The Famous History of Tom Thumb; Wherein is declared, His Marvellous acts of Manhood, Full of Wonder and Merriment . Franklin, NH, Hillside Press, 1968. 2 5/16" x 1 15/16". 42 pp.
COLOPHON: The text for these books was set by hand in 6 pt. Bulmer Roman type and printed at The Hillside Press in the month of March, 1968. This edition limited to 250 numbered copies of which this is number 91 . Mint in gilt-stamped black morocco.
Guiney, Corrine. Beauty and the Beast . Berkeley, CA, Wild Hare Press, 1982. 2 1/2" x 2 1/2". 28 pp.
COLOPHON: The classic fairy tale retold with illustrations by Corinne Guiney. This book was designed, typeset, illustrated, marbled, printed and, bound by hand at Wild Hare Press in Berkeley, CA. The text type is Italian Oldstyle printed on Rives lightweight buff paper and Antique Ingres endpapers. This book is number 10 in an edition of 100 . Signed by Corinne Guiney. 1-25 are the Deluxe version. With 14 original illustrations by Corinne Guiney. Quarter bound with natural Morocco and Turkish marbled covers of Antique Ingres paper. Ornamental initials, created for each page, decorate the text in mauve. The illustrations are in forest green ink. Deluxe copies have a hand-colored frontispiece and a portfolio slipcase of natural Morocco, tied with brown satin ribbon.
Jack Be Nimble and Other Rhymes . Santa Cruz, CA, The Good Book Press, 1987. 2 15/16" x 2 1/2". 36 pp.
COLOPHON: 200 copies of this book have been printed using illustrations by Donna Thomas. The handset type was letterpress printed on Peter's All Rag handmade paper. It was handbound by the printers. 1-25 have deluxe bindings . Copy number 7. Fifteen Mother Goose Rhymes. Handset letterpress printed with Canterbury type on nine colors of Peter's handmade paper. Bound in deep blue Moroccan leather with a picture hand-painted on vellum inset in a gold paper frame within the cover. 175 copies are bound with handmade paper over boards, title printed on label framed by marbled handmade paper.
Kipling, Rudyard. The Elephant's Child or How the Elephant Got His Trunk . Berkeley, CA, Poole Press, 1990. 2 11/16" x 1 15/16". 39 pp.
COLOPHON: Written in 1902 by Rudyard Kipling and newly illustrated with wood engravings by Maryline Poole Adams. Designed, illustrated, letterpress printed, and bound by M.P. Adams. Type is 8 pt Deepdene set by M & H type, paper is Basingwerk. Of an edition limited to 100 copies, this is no. 8 . Signed by Maryline Poole Adams. Bound in red and black synthetic material.
Kipling, Rudyard. How the Camel Got His Hump . Mendocino, CA, Attic Press, 1992. 2 5/8" x 2 1/8". [25 pp.]
COLOPHON: This un-Sanforized edition of 75 copies was printed at the Attic Press by Judy Detrick on Ingres Antique paper, using Centaur type, and bound by Betty Storz . Decorated double page title spread. Marbled boards with leather spine and paper cover label.
Aunt Laura. The publisher, Breed & Butler, produced a number of childrenÕs books under the authorship of Aunt Laura. They were released in three series. For each series the date and the size remained the same.
First Series: published in 1862. 2 1/8" x 1 1/2".
Christmas Stories . 64 pp.
Fairy Tales . 64 pp.
New Testament Stories . 64 pp.
Old Testament Stories . 64 pp.
Picnic in the Woods . 64 pp.Second Series: published in 1863. 1 7/8" x 1 3/8".
Carl's Visit to the Child Island . 61 pp.
Grandma's Story of the Vain Little Girl . 61 pp.
Doll's Surprise Party . 64 pp.
Morsels of History . 64 pp.Third Series: published in 1863 and called "Little Walter's Library". 1 5/8" x 1 1/4Ó.
Faithful Sheep . 62 pp.
Little Folks . 63 pp.
Lear, Edward. The Owl and the Pussy-Cat . Wind and Harlot Press, 1992. 2 7/8" x 2 1/8". [32 pp.]
COLOPHON: Fifty-one copies of this small edition of The Owl and the Pussy-Cat by Edward Lear were made in 1991 at Wind and Harlot. This is copy 2 . Signed by Bonnie Baris and Bob Baris. Composed on Bernhard Modern types at the press and printed by hand on acid-free Okawara paper. Six original hand-colored drawings by Bonnie Baris. Sewn and bound in beige paper over boards. A seventh illustration by Bonnie adorns the cover.
The Life of General Tom Thumb . Troy, NY, Moore and Nims, n.d. 2" x 1 3/8". 64 pp.
Colored paper cover with title on front and back.
Long, Long Ago . Bristol, England, Lilliput Press, 1985. 1 3/8" x 1". [40 pp.]
Hand-colored with handmade metal clasps. Deep red leather binding with raised bands with figure in relief on front cover and design on back cover. Marbled endpapers. With illustrations by A. Clements and S. Morton. #9 of 55 copies; signed by Allan Armstrong
Mister, Ernest. Birthday Daisy Chain . New York, E.P. Dutton, n.d. 2 7/16" diameter.
Printed in Bavaria. In a round box. Inside a daisy chain of 12 colored pictures as the centers of white daisies. Accordion-fold.
The Nursery Library Reading Book . London, G. Routledge and Sons, n.d. 2 3/4" x 2 1/8". 16 pp.
Illustrations in color, self cover.
Youthful Recreations . Dallas, TX, Somesuch Press, 1986. 2 7/8" x 1 7/8". [42 pp.]
COLOPHON: This book was designed and printed by Susan Acker at the Feathered Serpent Press. Of 175 copies this is Number 5 . Signed by Susan Acker. Preface by Justin G. Schiller. Original edition published in 1801 in London. It is believed that this edition was published the following year in Philadelphia by Jacob Johnson. This edition is reprinted from a copy in the possession of Stanley Marcus. It has been reduced by one-third and typeset to reproduce the original spacing and punctuation. Cover is made of leather with a Battersea enamel plaque made by Halycon Days Enamels at Billston commissioned for this book, painted by hand. In slipcase.
There are 37 examples of this genre, dating from 1790-1917 on display. The physical descriptions, including the dates of issue, are fairly evident from the pieces themselves. More complete descriptions were not compiled for the exhibition.
Adams, Maryline Poole. A Peep-Show Alice . 2 vol. Berkeley, CA, Poole Press, 1989. 2 7/8" x 2 1/4".
COLOPHON: The two volumes of A PEEP-SHOW ALICE were designed, illustrated (after Tenniel), letterpress printed, and handbound by M.P. Adams. The type is hand set Deepdene, the paper is Lana Laid. Edition limited to 100 copies, of which this is no.42. Signed by M.P. Adams . AliceÕs adventures unfold on handcut, hand-colored panels, viewed through a die-cut peep-hole. Bound with each peep show is a text: with Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, a preface giving a short history of peep shows; with Through the Looking Glass, the Red Queen's instructions to Alice on becoming Queen. Each peep show is fully bound in gray book cloth. Letterpress printed in pale Victorian patterns. Black cloth slipcase with peep-hole title holds the two volumes.
Massmann, Robert E. Moby Dick Meets the Pequod . New Britain, CT, Art Press, 1968. 2 5/8" x 2".
COLOPHON: Designed, executed, and hand colored by Robert E. Massmann. Drawings by C. Ernest Massmann. Handmade cover by E. Helene Sherman. Limited to 250 copoies. This is number 166. Printed at Art Press . Opens to a depth of 12". Stiff pictorial wrapper, drawn and lettered by E. Helene Sherman. Miniature peep show with three hand-colored panels.
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