The Charlotte M. Smith Collection of Miniature Books
Return to: 20th Century U. S. Imprints in the Smith Collection
The portion of this website in front of you brings together in preliminary fashion a variety of lists and descriptions for United States Miniature Books published during the Twentieth Century. The books have then been organized by press or publisher as described in Robert C. Bradbury's Twentieth Century United States Miniature Books (No. Clarendon, Vermont: The Microbibliophile, 2000). This page describes titles held by the University of Iowa Libraries for the press or publisher described below. The descriptions generally follow Bradbury's format: Author. Title. Imprint (if it varies from the heading), date. Size in inches. Number of pages. Brief physical description. Illustrations note. Copy # of [##] copies.
Impressions Press
Spring Valley, CA
1994-1998
Horner, David. The Butterfly. Impressions Press, 1994. 2-5/16" x
1-13/16". 20pp.
Colophon: The Butterfly is the first book from Impressions Press. The
story was written by David Horner and was letterpress typeset on an
Intertype machine by Ed Blount of Ed's Typesetting. The type used was
6 pt Caledonia and 6 pt. Copperplate Gothic. Headings were set in 12
pt. Piranesi Light Italic. Printed by David Horner on a Kelsey Model
U hand press. Picture and dust cover printed on Deskjet 1200C. Hand
bound by David Horner with endsheet hand marbeling by Vee Newcomb.
This is an edition of 100 numbered copies. This is #34.
Hand bound in maroon leather. Enclosed inside a white dust jacket
with title and butterfly illustrations on the front cover. B20th
1.
Noyes, Alfred; Horner, David; and Bourdillon, William. The Highwayman and Other Poems. Impressions Press, 1994. 30 pp. 2-7/16" x
1-15/16".
Colophon: Computer typeset by David Horner using Arial and Arial
Italic. Printed offset by David Horner. Cover and endpaper by Vee
Newcomb. Hand bound by Vee Newcomb and David Horner. 100 copies, 26
of which are lettered A through Z and signed. This is #2, signed by
David Horner.
Typeset on a Laser Printer with four colored pictures printed on a
Deskjet 1200c. Printed offset on Simpson Evergreen, Cottonwood paper
in black ink. Hand marbled endpapers. Bound in black synthetic
enclosed in a white dust jacket. Title and illustration on front
cover. B20th 2.
Horner, David. Afternoon Tea. Impressions Press, 1996. 15 pp., 2
7/8" x 2 2/16".
Colophon: Intertype set by Ed's Typesetting in 9 point Times Roman
with Italic. Printed by David Horner on a Kelsey 5x8 on EverGreen
Vellum paper. Handbound by David Horner. 50 numbered copies printed.
This copy is number 8. Signed by author. B20th 4.
