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Angelou, Maya. The Aristocrat . Newton, IA, Tamazunchale Press, 1986. 2 9/16" x 1 7/8". 48 pp.
COLOPHON: Two hundred fifty copies of this book have been printed from Trinitétype by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen Haarlem, Holland, and bound by Reliure d'Art du Centre S.A. Limoges, France, using Faith Harrison's endpapers . This is copy No. 21. Bound in orange leather with gold stamping, all edges gilt.
Autographs of Miniature Book Publishers . Newton, IA, Tamazunchale Press, 1983. 2 1/16" x 3 ". [82] leaves.
COLOPHON: 250 copies . This is copy # 10. 95 facsimile autographs of 80 publishers. Transparent polycarbonate covers displaying title page in three colors fastened with a polyurethane loop tied with blue ribbon.
Bahar, Ann.The Russian Icon . Newton, IA, Tamazunchale Press, 1988. 2 3/8" x 1 5/8". 30 pp.
COLOPHON: Two hundred fifty copies of this book have been printed from Trinitétype by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen Haarlem, Holland, and bound by Reliure d'Art du Centre S.A. Limoges, France, using Faith Harrison's endpapers . This is copy No. 12. Signed by Charlotte M. Smith. Bound in red leather with gold stamping, all edges gilt.
Bradstreet, Anne. Anne Bradstreet . Newton, IA, Tamazunchale Press, 1986. 2 1/2" x 2 1/8". 38 pp.
COLOPHON: The type used in this book is 6 point Calson composed on the Linotype. The paper is Rives Mouldmade. The color reproductions were printed from engravings made from 120-line color separations. Typography, printing, and binding by Tabula Rasa Press, Morro Bay, CA. Printed in an edition of 250 copies of which this is No.20 . Bound in Puritan tan leather with gold stamping. Two color illustrations by Polly Kemp, printed by letterpress.
Buck, Pearl S. My Chinese Childhood . Newton, IA, Tamazunchale Press, 1986. 2 1/2" x 1 3/4". 58 pp.
COLOPHON: Two hundred fifty copies of this book have been printed from Trinitétype (medium wide nr.2) by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen Haarlem, Holland, and bound by Reliure d'Art du Centre S.A., Limoges, France, using Faith HarrisonŐs endpapers . This is copy No. 9. Bound in brown leather with gold stamping, embossed oriental motif, three illustrations by Corinne Guiney, all edges gilt. A 5-cent Pearl Buck postage stamp as frontispiece.
Capote, Truman. The White Rose . Newton, IA, Tamazunchale Press, 1987. 2 1/2" x 1 3/4". 31 pp.
COLOPHON: Two hundred fifty copies of this book have been printed from Trinitétype by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen Haarlem, Holland, and bound by Reliure d'Art du Centre S.A. Limoges, France, using Cockerell endpapers . This is copy No. 10. Bound in white vellum with gold stamping, with blind-stamped rose, all edges gilt. Colored illustration of white rose tipped in.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel. David Swan : a fantasy : from 'Twice-told tales' . Newton, IA, Tamazunchale Press, 1984. 2 5/8" x 1 7/8". 37 pp.
COLOPHON: Two hundred fifty copies of this book have been printed from Trinitétype by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen Haarlem, Holland and bound by Reliure d'Art du Centre S.A. Limoges, France . This is copy No. 8. Signed by Charlotte M. Smith. U.S. 20 cent commemorative postage stamp of Hawthorne as frontispiece. Bound in dark green leather with gold stamping, all edges gilt.
Hollander, John. A Hollander Garland . Newton, IA, Tamazunchale Press, 1985. 2 1/2" x 2 3/8". 33 pp.
COLOPHON: Two hundred fifty copies of this book were printed and hand bound, in leather, at Tabula Rasa Press. The type is Garamond, the paper is Mohawk Letterpress. The endpapers are by Faith Harrison . This is copy No. 9. Introduction by Charlotte M. Smith. Bound in blue leather with gold stamping, all edges gilt.
Irving, Washington. A Literary Antiquary: from Bracebridge Hall . Newton, IA, Tamazunchale Press, 1984. 2 1/2" x 1 3/4". 40 pp.
COLOPHON: Two hundred fifty copies of this book have been printed from Trinitétype by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen Haarlem, Holland, and bound by Reliure d'Art du Centre S.A. Limoges, France, using Cockrell endpapers . This is copy No. 10. Bound in light brown leather with gold stamping, all edges gilt. A 1940 Washington Irving 1-cent stamp as frontispiece.
My Favorite Miniature Book: Nine Essays by Collectors of Miniature Books . Newton, IA, Tamazunchale Press, 1984. 2 1/2" x 1 3/4". 84 pp.
COLOPHON: Two hundred fifty copies of this book have been printed from Trinitétype by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen Haarlem, Holland, and bound by Reliure d'Art du Centre S.A. Limoges, France, using Cockrell endpapers . This is copy No. 19. Bound in dark blue leather with gold stamping, all edges gilt.
Publisher's Favorite: Six Essays by Publishers of Miniature Books . Newton, IA, Tamazunchale Press, 1988. 2 1/2" x 1 7/8". 52 pp.
COLOPHON: Two hundred fifty copies of this book have been printed from Trinitétype by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen Haarlem, Holland, and bound by Reliure d'Art du Centre S.A. Limoges, France, using Faith HarrisonŐs endpapers . This is copy No. 15. Signed by Charlotte M. Smith. Bound in dark blue leather with gold stamping, all edges gilt.
Savin, Janet. Antonin Dvorak . Newton, IA, Tamazunchale, 1988. 2 1/2" x 1 13/16". 48 pp.
COLOPHON: Two hundred fifty copies of this book have been printed from Trinitétype by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen Haarlem, Holland, and bound by Reliure dŐArt du Centre S.A. Limoges, France, using Faith HarrisonŐs endpapers . This is copy No. 12. Original copy of a commemorative stamp honoring Dvorak issued in Czechoslovakia as frontispiece. Bound in light brown leather with gold stamping, all edges gilt.
Savin, Janet. Claude Monet . Newton, IA, Tamazunchale Press, 1986. 2 11/16" x 2 3/16". 61 pp.
COLOPHON: Two hundred fifty copies of this book have been printed from Trinitétype by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen Haarlem, Holland, and bound by Reliure d'Art du Centre S.A. Limoges, France, using Faith Harrison's endpapers . This is copy No. 9. Bound in lavender leather with facsimile of MonetŐ signature, all edges gilt.
Singer, Isaac Bashevis. The Manuscript . Newton, IA, Tamazunchale Press, 1986. 2 9/16" x 1 13/16". 52 pp.
COLOPHON: Two hundred fifty copies of this book have been printed from Trinitétype by Joh Enschedé en Zonen Haarlem, Holland, and bound by Reliure d'Art du Centre S.A., Limoges, France, using Faith Harrison's endpapers . This is copy No. 10. Bound in red leather with gold stamping, all edges gilt.
Smith, Charlotte. Book Interlude . Newton, IA, Tamazunchale Press, 1983. 2 3/4" x 1 7/8". 44 pp.
COLOPHON: Two hundred fifty copies of this book have been printed from Trinitétype by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen Haarlem, Holland, and bound by Reliure d'Art du Centre S.A., Limoges, France, using Cockrell end papers . This is copy No. 66. Signed by the author. Bound in maroon leather with gold stamping, all edges gilt.
Smith, Thomas R. The Model E . Newton, IA, Tamazunchale Press, 1984. 2 1/2" x 2". 86 pp.
COLOPHON: 250 copies of this book were printed and hand bound, in leather, at Tabula Rasa Press. The type is 8 point Cloister Old Style. The endpapers are by Faith Harrison . This is copy No. 9. Signed by the author. Bound in red leather with gold stamping, all edges gilt.
Updike, John. Confessions of a Wild Bore . Newton, IA, Tamazunchale Press, 1984. 1 3/4" x 2 1/2". 34 pp.
COLOPHON: Two hundred fifty copies of this book have been printed from Trinitétype by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen Haarlem, Holland, and bound by Reliure d'Art du Centre S.A., Limoges, France, using Cockrell endpapers . This is copy No. 8. Bound in brown leather with gold stamping, all edges gilt.
Warren, Robert Penn. Six Poems . Newton, IA, Tamazunchale Press, 1987. 2 1/2" x 1 5/8". 58 pp.
COLOPHON: Two hundred fifty copies of this book have been printed from Trinitétype Nr.4 by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, Haarlem, Holland, and bound by Reliure d'Art du Centre S.A., Limoges, France, using Faith Harrison's endpapers . This is copy No. 11. Signed by Charlotte M. Smith. Bound in light blue leather with gold stamping, all edges gilt.
Welty, Eudora. The Little Store . Newton, IA, Tamazunchale Press, 1985. 2 1/2" x 1 17/8". 51 pp.
COLOPHON: Two hundred fifty copies of this book have been printed from Trinitétype by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen Haarlem, Holland, and bound by Reliure d'Art du Centre S.A., Limoges, France, using Cockrell endpapers . This is copy No. 8. Bound in light green leather with gold stamping, all edges gilt.
White, E. B. The Geese . Newton, IA, Tamazunchale Press, 1985. 2 1/2" x 1 7/8". 51 pp.
COLOPHON: Two hundred fifty copies of this book have been printed from Trinitétype by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen Haarlem, Holland, and bound by Reliure d'Art du Centre S.A., Limoges, France, using Faith Harrison's endpapers . This is copy No. 2. Bound in goose gray leather with gold stamping, all edges gilt.
It is commonly held that Achille St. Onge was the most eminent artisan in the field of miniature book publishing. He commissioned the finest craftsmen, both in the United States and in Europe, to print and bind his works, e.g., Sangorski & Sutcliffe of London, Joh. Enschedé en Zonen in Haarlem, Holland, and Reliure d'Art du Centre, Limoges, France. His selection of appealing text and his attention to the paper, font, illustration, and design of his works set a new standard in miniature book production in the twentieth century. If St. Onge was dissatisfied with the final result, as he was with The Inaugural Address of Thomas Jefferson (1943), he destroyed all copies in his possession. Thus, only 30 copies from the initial run of 1,000 of that title are all that remain.
Achille St. Onge issued his first miniature title Noel, Christmas Echoes Down the Ages in 1935, and continued to publish until his death in 1978. In all, 46 titles (with some variant editions) were produced. There are only 13 known complete collections of the press of Achille St. Onge in the world. This is one of them.
All titles published by the Press of Achille St. Onge are exhibited in the Special Collections Department (3rd floor). A catalog entitled Miniature Books Published by Achille J. St. Onge: The Charlotte M. Smith Collection is also available at that location.
Displayed in the Special Collections Department (3rd floor).
Babylonian clay tablet . c.2047-2039 B.C. 1 5/8" x 1 5/8" x 3/8".
Receipt and notification of the delivery of one goat.
Boethius. De Consolatione Philosophiae . Joann. Blaeu, 1668. 3 1/4" x 2 1/8". 212 pp.
Bound in full contemporary calf, with author's and printer's name, and date in gilt on spine. Title page engraved and illustrated. Boethius's most famous and important book, and one of the early printed books in small type, 30 lines to a page.
Dante Alighieri. La Divina Commedia . 2 vol. London, England, Guilielmus Pickering, 1822. 3 3/8" x 2".
In Latin. With illustrations. Bound in full calf green leather with marbled end papers. Author's name in gilt on spine, edges gilted.
Galileo. A Madama Cristina De Lorena . Padova, Brothers Salmin, 1896. 11/16" x 5/8". 20 pp.
Woodcut portrait. 2 pt type. Bound in brown leather with ornate gold decorations in green figured cloth and paper case. One of the most famous and popular miniature books in existence. This hitherto unpublished letter of Galileo was first printed in the collected edition of his works in 1895. Inside dentelles. In this letter to his friend and patron, the great scientist puts forth one of the earliest and most eloquent pleas for the harmony of religion and science. One of the smallest books printed from movable type.
Homer. [Homer's Iliad and Odyssey]. 2 vol. London, Guilielmus Pickering, 1831. 3 5/8" x 2 1/8".
In Greek. Engraved portrait of Homer, engraved title pages. Printed by Charles Whittingham, who printed many of the best books of the period. Original red cloth, original paper labels.
THS KAINHS DIAQHKHS APANTA. [Novum Jesu Christi Domini Nostri Testamentum]. Sedani, Joannis Jonnoni, 1628. 3 1/4" x 1 7/8". 574 pp.
Black leather. Gold-tooled with central decoration on covers. Spine is divided into five compartments with raised bands and very elaborate tooling. Maurice Baring's copy with his bookplate and signature. Jannon's Greek type is first ever created for a miniature edition.
Livre d'Heures Vat. Ross 94: Fin du XVeme Siecle . Fribourg, 1983. 2 1/2" x 3 1/2". 480 pp.
A miniature Book of Hours, facsimile of a book created in Flanders around 1500 from the Vatican Library. Ninety-five illustrations reproduced in eight colors plus gold on 80 lb. acid-free paper. Bound in France in sheepskin. In presentation box.
Pindar. Ta Tog Pihdarog. [Ta Tou Pindarou Sesosmens, Olympia, Pythia, Nemia, Isthmis] . 4 vol. in 3. Glasguae, Excudebant R. and A. Foulis, 1754-1757.
Four volumes of Pindar in three. One of the fine editions of the Greek classics printed by this press. Full red morocco with simple gold border on covers and floral decoration on spines. Black inlay leather for title in compartment on spine. Marbled endpapers.
Publius Virgilius Maro . London, Guilielmus Pickering, 1821. 3 3/4" x 1 3/4". 283 pp.
Pickering Diamond classic. Medallion portrait by Grave. Bound in contemporary maroon morocco, gilt leaves. This edition of Virgil is extremely rare in that a fire at Corrall's printing works destroyed all but about one hundred copies.
Quintus Horatius Flaccus and Publius Virgilius Maro . 2 vol. Guilielmus Pickering, 1820. 3 3/8" x 1 7/8".
Bound in leather. With Wilbur Macy Stone's bookplates. With illustrations.
A Selection from the Discourses of Epictetus . 6 vol. Pasadena, CA, Tabula Rasa Press, 1980. 2 3/4" x 2 1/8". 64 pp.
COLOPHON: Compiled and edited by John Lathourakis. This six volume work was typeset in 8 point Bodoni Book and printed on acid-free Warren's Old Style Woven. The binding is of leather and elephant hide and stamped in 22 KT gold. The end papers are printed on hand- made paper and the colored divider sheets are Moriki handmade rice paper. The design, typography, printing, and binding were all done at Tabula Rasa Press during the month of October, 1980 . The edition consists of 150 numbered and signed copies of which 50 were prepared with a leather slipcase. This is copy number 17. Signed by John and Gizella Lathourakis. Slipcase is covered in leather and the inside is lined in elephant hide.
Adomeit, Ruth. Three Centuries of Thumb Bibles . New York, Garland Pub., 1980.
Benson, A.C. and Sir Lawrence Weaver, ed. The Book of the Queen's Dolls' House . London, Methuen and Company, Ltd., 1924.
Bondy, Louis W. Miniature Books, Their History from the Beginnings to the Present Day . London, Sheppard Press, 1981.
De Vinne, Theodore Low. Upon Small Types: The Preface to Brilliants . Brooklyn, NY, Trader's Press, 1969. 2 3/8" x 1 3/4". 27 pp.
COLOPHON: This is a privately published book. H.O. Bullard, NY, set 6 pt on 9 Optima, and it was reduced to 4 pt on 6 (or with 2 pts leading). Optima was designed by Herman Zapf. I pasted up the repros and make the little designs. Then Willis MacDonald Co., Inc., NY, printed the book offset. The paper is Olin's Waylite. This bright opaque sheet adds legibility to small letters. Its acid free composition will prevent these pages from becoming yellow and brittle in a few years. T.C. Woolnough and Son, Ltd., in London bound these sheets by hand with great care and skill. I feel that the best way for a book to be prized and saved is to put it in a good binding. Years later, if the contents have any merit, a few copies will have survived. This is number 182 of 500 copies . Red calf, gold-stamped.
Hanson, Robert F. Discovering Miniature Almanacs . Venice, FL, Opuscula Press, 1980. 2 11/16" x 1 3/4". 70 pp.
COLOPHON: This is the second in the series of "Discovering Miniature..." published by Opuscula Press. It has been printed in an edition of 200 copies...signed, numbered, and hand bound. The type is 8 pt. Souvenir. Copy number 94.
Hanson, Robert F. Discovering Miniature Books . Mattituck, NY, Opuscula Press, 1978. 2 3/4" x 2 3/8". 60 pp.
COLOPHON: This is the first book to be published by the Opuscula Press. It has been printed in an edition of 350 signed, numbered, and handbound copies. The type is 8 point Universal, and the text paper is Springhill 60 lb Ivory offset. This is copy 32 . Signed by Robert Hanson. Paper bound in paper slipcase.
Levitan, Kalman L. In Search of Miniature Books . Palm Beach Gardens, FL, Kaycee Press, 1985.
Lucas, E.V., ed. The Book of the Queen's Dolls' House Library . London, Methuen and Company, Ltd., 1924.
Massmann, Robert. Bibliography of R.E.M. Miniatures . Second supplement 1982-1987. New Britain, CT, 1987. 2" x 3/4". 12 vols.
COLOPHON: 250 numbered sets. This is number 14. Printed at the Art Press. Typography, design, hand coloring and binding by REM . A separate volume for each item in slipcase. The set is in another slipcase. In full leatherette with illustrations.
Miniature Book Collector Quarterly . Woodstock, VT, Lilliputter Press, Achille J. St. Onge, 1960. (6 issues). 4" x 3 3/8" each.
Issues include: December 1961, September 1961, March 1961, December 1960, September 1960, June 1960, and a two volume Index. Editor, Ruth Elizabeth Adomeit. Compiled by Robert E. Massmann, Director of Library Services, Central Connecticut State College.
Miniature Literature: The Stanley Marcus Collection at the Bridwell Library . Dallas, TX, Sunhill Press, for the Birdwell Library, 1995. 3 1/8" x 3". 63 pp.
COLOPHON: Curated by David J. Lawrence, Bridwell Library, Dallas. Five hundred copies of this book were set in Linotype Granjon by Kent LeFebvre and printed letterpress on Rives paper by Darrell Hyder at the Sun Hill Press, North Brookfield, MA. The photographs were taken by Hillsman Stuart Jackson, Dallas, TX, and printed in duotone by Allethaire Press, Williamsburg, MA. Elisabeth Hyder designed the cover papers, with binding by Gallery Leather, Mt. Desert, ME . This is copy 486. Signed by David J. Lawrence. Eight illustrations. Bound in blue geometric papers designed by Elizabeth Hyder with label on front cover.
Munda, Jose, and Martin Znidersic. Miniatura Knjiga [The Miniature Book] . 2 vol. Ljubljana, Yugoslavia, Cankarjeva Zalozba and The International Miniature Book Society, 1983. 3 1/4" x 2 3/8".
Bibliography of the International Exhibition. Author of the bibliography is Joze Munda. Author of the accompanying texts is Martin Znidersic. Translated into English by Branka Javornik and Martin Cregeen. The book was published with the assistance of the printing houses CGP Delo, Ljudska pravica and Mladinska knjiga. For the sixth Slovene book fair. Bound in ecru cloth with brown title an design on front cover and spine.
Musgrave, Clifford, O.B.E. Queen Mary's Dolls' House, and Dolls Belonging to Her Majesty the Queen . London, Pitkin Pictorials Ltd., 1978.
Spielmann, Percy Edwin. Catalogue of the Library of Miniature Books Collected by Percy Edwin Spielmann . London, E. Arnold, 1961.
Stone, Wilbur Macey. A Snuff-Boxful of Bibles . Newark, Carteret Book Club, 1926.
Welsh, Doris V. A Bibliography of Miniature Books (1470-1965) . Cobleskill, NY, K.I. Rickard, 1989.
Welsh, Doris V. The History of Miniature Books . Albany, N.Y., Fort Orange Press, 1987.
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