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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.

Roseliep, Raymond. Light Footsteps. La Crosse, WI: Juniper Press, 1976.
Colophon: 220 copies handset & printed in Caslon type with Goudy Handtooled as leads on Warrens Olde Style & in covers of Japanese Kimkora. Second Printing. B20th 1/2588.

Tarachow, Michael. Under the Planting Moon or a Lake. La Crosse, WI: Juniper Press, 1980.
#8 of 180 copies. B20th: Not listed.

Tarachow, Michael. Blackhill Vision. La Crosse, WI: Juniper Press, 1982.
#12 of 250 copies.
Colophon: 250 copies handset, printed, & sewen at Juniper Press in April, 1982. Haiku-short poem series number 12. B20th: Not listed.

Boldman, R. Wind in the Chimes. La Crosse, WI: Juniper Press, 1983.
#15 of 225 copies.
Colophon: Number 15 in the Haiku and Short Poem Series. 225 copies. Hand set in ATF Bulmer. Sumac Press for Juniper Press. B20th: Not listed.

Minor, James. A Measure of Light. La Crosse, WI: Juniper Press, 1984.
Colophon: 200 copies by Sumac Press for Juniper Press. B20th: Not listed.

Walsh, Phyllis. Quaking Aspen Grove. La Crosse, WI: Juniper Press, 1985. 6 pp. 3" x 4-3/4".
Bound in beige paper cover with the title printed in green and the author's name printed in black on the front cover. Accordian folded text. B20th: Not listed.