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.
Kingsport Press
Kingsport, TN
1928-1932
Lincoln, Abraham. Address of Abraham Lincoln. Kingsport, TN:
Kingsport Press, 1929. 139 pp. 7/8" x 5/8".
Colophon: By training division of Kingsport Press under the direction
of E.G. Ingraham, Education Dir. Ded: To Student Craftsmen
Everywhere. A special edition of 125 copies of this book have been
printed for the members of the Antiquerian Institute of Graphic Arts.
The initial edition was a first prize at E.D.A. at Boston in 1928.
Printed by movable type, red leather binding, all edges gilted.
Lettered in gilt. B20th 2. Four additional copies, not among the special edition, Gift of
Carol Kapell in memory of Pauline B. Deems.
Coolidge, Calvin. Extracts from the Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge. Kingsport, TN: Kingsport Press Inc., 1930. 129 pp. 7/8" x
5/8".
Colophon: Full blue leather stamped in gilt with a design of
radiating lines and stars. The upper cover has a gilt initial "C",
all edges gilted. A finely produced miniature printed from movable
type. Copyright 1929, Calvin Coolidge. All rights reserved. B20th 3.
One additional copy, Gift of
Carol Kapell in memory of Pauline B. Deems.
Washington, George. Washington, His Farewell Address. Kinsport,
Tennessee: Kingsport Press, 1932. 142 pp. 7/8" x 5/8".
Colophon: Portrait showing profile in white against black background,
decorated with flags. 7 ff., including half-title, portrait and
title. Type: printed from movable type in a minute and very clear
type, 3-pt. Blue morocco, richly stamped in gilt on both covers and
spine with a design composed of dotted lines and stars. Initials "GW"
in center on front cover. Gilt edges, fine. The same edition as the
tiny Lincoln and Coolidge. The text is taken, with a few slight
variations, from "American Masterpieces" of the 15-volume set of
"Modern Eloquence". This little volume is a tribute by the
printer-publishers on the occasion of the bicentennial of
Washington's birth. B20th 4.
Four additional copies, Gift of
Carol Kapell in memory of Pauline B. Deems.
