Category: Miniature Book

The Mad 2265 Mile Dash of the Scott Special

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Skokie, IL, Black Cat Press : 1980

Seller ID: KGK523-005

Binding: Gilt-stamped maroon morocco, marbled end-papers

Condition: Fine

Skokie, IL: Black Cat Press, [1980]. Miniature Book. 1 13/16 x 1 6/16 inches. Unpaginated. [70] pp. Title page printed in red and black with a small locomotive vignette, frontispiece of locomotive, 1 small train car vignette headpiece, double-page map of the route of the Scott Special; text clean, unmarked. Gilt-stamped maroon morocco, marbled end-papers; binding square and tight. INITIALED by Norman Forgue on the colophon. KGK523-005. Fine. LIMITED EDITION of 249 copies, design and typography by Norman W. Forgue, bound by Bela Blau. "The Scott Special, also known as the Coyote Special, the De...
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Br. Curtis's Carriage: A Letter to Dea. Button

By: Harvey Curtis

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, Peggy Christian : 1972

Seller ID: RGKK819-038

Binding: Printed stiff paper wrappers, with the original sl

Condition: Very Good

Los Angeles, CA: Peggy Christian, 1972. Miniature Book. 1 13/16 x 1 1/4 inches. 18 pp. Decorative initials; text clean, unmarked. Printed paper wrappers; binding square and tight. Housed in a paper slipcase with a ribbon pull. Glen Dawson's copy without distinguishing marks. RGKK819-038. Very Good. LIMITED EDITION of 200 copies. The text of this volume contains a letter from Brother Harvey Curtis giving detailed instructions to Deacon Ira Button on the type of carriage Curtis would like built, prior to June, 1846. Printed at the Press at the Gatehouse, letterpress by William M. Cheney. REFEREN...
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Br. Curtis's Carriage: A Letter to Dea. Button

By: Harvey Curtis

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, Peggy Christian : 1972

Seller ID: OG914-041

Binding: Printed stiff paper wrappers with slip case

Condition: Very Good

Los Angeles, CA: Peggy Christian, 1972.Miniature Book.1 13/16 x 1 1/4 inches.18 pp.Decorative initials; text clean, unmarked.Printed stiff paper wrappers; binding square and tight.Housed in a paper slipcase with a ribbon; ribbon loose. OG914-041.Very Good. LIMITED EDITION of 200 copies, printed letterpress by William M. Cheney at the Press at the Gatehouse.The text of this volume contains a letter from Brother Harvey Curtis giving detailed instructions to Deacon Ira Button on the type of carriage Curtis would like built, prior to June, 1846. REFERENCES: Bradbury, 20th-Century U.S. Miniature Bo...
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Dunlap and Claypoole: Printers to George Washington and the American Congress

By: Herbert Kerkow

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Milwaukee, WI, The ABCDarium of Clifford L. Helbert : 1988

Seller ID: IY915-087

Binding: Quarter black cloth, gray decorative paper over bo

Condition: Fine

Milwaukee, WI: The ABCDarium of Clifford L. Helbert, 1988. Not Quite A Miniature Book. 3 1/8 x 2 1/2 inches. [iv], (20) pp. Half-title, frontispiece, black-and-white portrait of David Claypoole; text clean, unmarked. Quarter black cloth, gray decorative paper over boards, printed paper front cover label, spine titled in gilt, original clear plastic dust-jacket with the number of the edition (61) on a yellow sticker on the front panel of the dust-jacket, decorative end-papers; binding square and tight. IY915-087. Fine. LIMITED EDITION of 200 numbered copies, this is number 61. This article fir...
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The Colonel Cal'ates

By: Herschel C Logan (1901-1987)

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, Dawson's Book Shop : 1972

Seller ID: CGSZ118-011

Binding: Brown cloth over boards titled in black

Condition: Very Good

Los Angeles, CA: Dawson's Book Shop, 1972. Miniature book. 2 3/8 x 2 inches. (55) pp. Frontispiece, illustrated throughout, Bookhaven Press device on colophon; text clean, unmarked. Brown cloth stamped in black; binding square and tight, light foxing to front cover. CGSZ118-011. Very Good.LIMITED EDITION of 200, this is number 70. Printed from handset Bembo type on Warren's Eggshell paper, at Bookhaven Press by Pall W. Bohne, who also executed the binding. Illustrated and written by Herschel C. Logan, featuring his comic character The Colonel. Logan was a commercial artist who launched his per...
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The Colonel Cal'ates

By: Herschel C Logan (1901-1987)

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, Dawson's Book Shop : 1972

Seller ID: RGKK819-124

Binding: Brown cloth over boards titled in black

Condition: Fine

Los Angeles, CA: Dawson's Book Shop, 1972. Miniature book. 2 3/8 x 2 inches. (55) pp. Frontispiece, illustrated throughout, Bookhaven Press device after colophon; text clean, unmarked. Brown cloth over boards titled in black; binding square and tight. Bookplate "Ex libris Raymond A. Smith" on front pastedown. RGKK819-124. Very Fine.LIMITED EDITION of 200, this is number 67. Printed from handset Bembo type on Warren's Eggshell paper, at Bookhaven Press by Pall W. Bohne, who also executed the binding. Illustrated and written by Herschel C. Logan, featuring his comic character The Colonel. Logan ...
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The Colonel Cal'ates

By: Herschel C Logan (1901-1987)

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, Dawson's Book Shop : 1972

Seller ID: RGKK819-113

Binding: Brown cloth over boards titled in black

Condition: Fine

Los Angeles, CA: Dawson's Book Shop, 1972. Miniature book. 2 3/8 x 2 inches. (55) pp. Frontispiece, illustrated throughout, Bookhaven Press device after colophon; text clean, unmarked. Brown cloth over boards titled in black; binding square and tight. Glen Dawson's copy without distinguishing marks. RGKK819-113. Fine.LIMITED EDITION of 200, this is number 38. Printed from handset Bembo type on Warren's Eggshell paper, at Bookhaven Press by Pall W. Bohne, who also executed the binding. Illustrated and written by Herschel C. Logan, featuring his comic character The Colonel. Logan was a commercia...
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The Colonel Cal'ates

By: Herschel C. Logan (1901-1987)

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, Dawson's Book Shop : 1971

Seller ID: CH316-003

Binding: Brown cloth stamped in black

Condition: Fine

Los Angeles, CA: Dawson's Book Shop, 1972. Miniature book. 2 3/8 x 2 inches. (55) pp. Frontispiece, illustrated throughout, Bookhaven Press device on colophon; text clean, unmarked. Brown cloth stamped in black; binding square and tight. CH316-003. Fine.LIMITED EDITION of 200, this is number 99. Printed from handset Bembo type on Warren's Eggshell paper, at Bookhaven Press by Pall W. Bohne, who also executed the binding. Illustrated and written by Herschel C. Logan, featuring his comic character The Colonel. Logan was a commercial artist who launched his personal press, Log-Anne Press, after r...
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Renno's Raiders

By: James Lamar Weygand (1919-2003)

Price: $85.00

Publisher: Nappanee, IN, Maestro Books : 1966

Seller ID: GKK220-030

Binding: Pictorial orange paper over boards

Condition: Very Good

Nappanee, IN: (Printed by James Lamar Weygand for Maestro Books), 1966.Miniature Book. 1 3/4 x 2 1/2 inches. (25) pp. Frontispiece, title page, color illustration, colophon; text clean, unmarked. Pictorial orange paper over boards; binding square and tight. Glen Dawson's copy without distinguishing marks. GKK220-030. Very Good.LIMITED EDITION of 100 copies, printed from handset type by James Lamar Weygand for Maestro Books. In 1866, the Reno gang conducted the world's first train robbery in Seymore, Indiana. This little volume includes two excerpts from contemporary newspaper reports of the ev...
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Seven Letters from Jane Austen to Frank and Charles Austen

By: Jane Austen (1775-1817)

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Alta Loma, CA, Crosscurrents [Bookhaven Press] : 1992

Seller ID: NA921-011

Binding: Grey cloth spine, blue paper over boards, printed

Condition: Very Good

(Alta Loma, CA): Crosscurrents, (1992). Miniature Book. 2 13/16 x 2 3/16 inches. [x], (52), [2] pp. Half-title, title-page vignette in slate blue, slate blue illustrations throughout; text clean, unmarked, partially unopened. Grey cloth spine, blue paper over boards, printed paper front cover label; binding square and tight. NA921-011. Very Good. LIMITED EDITION of 300 numbered copies, this is number 17, composed on a computer in Garamond and Palace script types and then converted to letterpress type by Old Mill Graphics, printed and bound at Brookhaven Press in Alta Loma, CA. This book was pr...
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Trois Fables de La Fontaine

By: Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695)

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Pasadena, CA, Karen Dawson (Dawson's Book Shop) : 1965

Seller ID: CGSZ118-030

Binding: Flexible vellum wrappers, gilt-titled spine

Condition: Very Good

Pasadena, CA: Karen Dawson (Dawson's Book Shop), 1965. Miniature Book. 1 7/8 x 1 1/8 inches. [ii], (23) pp. Half-title, color frontispiece and 3 illustrations; text clean, unmarked. Flexible vellum wrappers, gilt-titled spine; binding square and tight. CGSZ118-030. Very Good. Edited by Karen Dawson, designed by Guillaume du Chênais, illustrations by William M. Cheney. Printed by William M. Cheney. Jean de la Fontaine was a famous French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century. REFERENCES: Bradbury, 20th-Cent. U.S. Miniature Books, No. 1719; Jones, A Los Ang...
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Miscellanies

By: John Aubrey (1626-1697)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Franklin, NH, The Hillside Press : 1969

Seller ID: OG914-062

Binding: Gilt-titled blue cloth

Condition: Fine

Franklin, NH: The Hillside Press, 1969. Miniature Book. 2 3/8 x 2 inches. [iv], (x), (69) pp. Frontispiece, black-and-white illustrations throughout; text clean, unmarked. Gilt-titled blue cloth; binding square and tight. OG914-062. Fine.LIMITED EDITION of 250 copies, this is number 62, handset in 6 pt. Bulmer Roman type. John Aubrey was an English antiquary, natural philosopher, and writer. "In the Miscellanies psychic marvels and mysteries are related, classified and documented, in a most diverting way. Accounts of premonitions, poltergeists and hauntings are frequently borrowed from ancient...
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Inaugural Address of John Fitzgerald Kennedy

By: John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1916-1963)

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, Bela Blau : 1965

Seller ID: RGKK819-008

Binding: Full gilt navy-blue leather, clear plastic dust-ja

Condition: FIne

Los Angeles: Bela Blau, 1965. Miniature Book. 1 1/4 x 1 5/8 inches. (51) pp. Frontispiece is a half-tone portrait of Kennedy, all pages printed within gilt borders; text clean, unmarked. Full gilt navy blue leather, clear plastic dust-jacket; binding square and tight. Glen Dawson's copy without distinguishing marks. Bookplate of Raymond A. Smith. RGKK819-008. Fine. LIMITED EDITION of 1,000 copies, this is number 228. Handset, printed, and bound by Bela Blau. This was Blau's first miniature book. It was published on January 20, 1965, four years after Kennedy's Inaugural Address was delivered i...
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The Inaugural Address of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, President of the United States

By: John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Worcester, MA, Achille J. St. Onge : 1961

Seller ID: IY915-236

Binding: Gilt-stamped black leather, decorative end papers,

Condition: Fine

Worcester, MA: Achille J. St. Onge, 1961. Miniature Book. 2 11/16 x 1 7/8 inches. (32) pp. Black-and-white frontispiece portrait of Kennedy by Fabian Bachrach tipped-in; text clean, unmarked. Gilt-stamped black leather, decorative end papers, all edges gilt; binding square and tight. IY915-236. Fine.FIRST EDITION, first printing. Bradbury notes 3 printings for a total of 8,000 copies. This copy does not note the printing as a second or third printing. President Kennedy's Inaugural Address, printed from Lutetia type on Old Kentucky Linen paper by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, Haarlem, Holland. REFERE...
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Captain Jack: Being the Reminiscences of a Sea-Going Bookseller

By: John Friend

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Long Beach, CA, The Seahorse Press : 1963

Seller ID: KG71414-3

Binding: Full dark-brown leather, front cover ruled in gilt

Condition: Very Good

Long Beach, CA: The Seahorse Press, 1963.Miniature Book.2 1/8 x 1 3/4 inches.[ii], 32, [2] pp.Half-title, title page with seahorse device in blue, initial letter "I" printed in brown ink, seahorse and ship decoration on page 19 in blue, seahorse device in brown ink on colophon; text clean, unmarked, paper lightly toned. Full dark-brown leather, front cover ruled in gilt, red leather spine label titled in gilt; binding square and tight, minor shelf wear.SCARCE. KG71414-3. Very Good. LIMITED EDITION of 300 copies set and printed by William M. Cheney and bound by Bela Blau for the Seahorse Press....
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Mites & Other Poems in Miniature

By: John Hoyer Updike (1932-2009)

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Northridge, CA, Lord John Press : 1990

Seller ID: CE420-001

Binding: Cream paper spine printed with typographic ornamen

Condition: Fine

Northridge, CA: Lord John Press, 1990. Oblong Miniature Book. 2 1/4 x 2 15/16 inches. [vi], (26) pp. Half-title, list of poems, typographic ornaments repeat throughout, pages numbered in red; text clean, unmarked. Cream paper spine printed with typographic ornaments and red title, tan paper over board, decorative end-papers; binding square and tight. SIGNED by John Updike on the half-title. CE420-001. Fine. LIMITED EDITION of 226 total copies, this is copy 57 of 200 numbered copies, designed by Susanne Watson and printed by Patrick Reagh Printers, Inc., using Monotype Inland Caslon, on Frankfo...
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Mites & Other Poems in Miniature

By: John Hoyer Updike (1932-2009)

Price: $375.00

Publisher: Northridge, CA, Lord John Press : 1990

Seller ID: CE420-002

Binding: Full red cloth titled and decorated in black, deco

Condition: Fine

Northridge, CA: Lord John Press, 1990. Oblong Miniature Book. 2 1/4 x 2 15/16 inches. [vi], (26) pp. Half-title, list of poems, typographic ornaments repeat throughout, pages numbered in red; text clean, unmarked. Full red cloth titled and decorated in black, decorative end-papers, red cloth-covered slip case; binding square and tight. SIGNED by John Updike on the half-title. CE420-002. Fine. LIMITED EDITION of 226 total copies, this is copy K of 26 lettered copies, designed by Susanne Watson and printed by Patrick Reagh Printers, Inc., using Monotype Inland Caslon, on Frankfort cream paper, b...
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Climb the Mountains

By: John Muir (1838-1914)

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Pasadena, CA, Karen and Susan Dawson : 1966

Seller ID: CH316-008

Binding: ll red leather, black leather spine label titled i

Condition: Very Good

Pasadena, CA: (Karen and Susan Dawson), 1966. Miniature book. 1 5/8 x 1 1/4 inches. [ii], vi, (13) pp. Half-title, title page printed in red and black, decorative initials in red and black, a few type ornaments in the text; text clean, unmarked. Full red leather, black leather spine label titled in gilt; binding square and tight. Original prospectus included. CH316-008. Very Good. LIMITED EDITION of 40 copies, printed by William M. Cheney, and bound by Bela Blau. This little volume contains an excerpt from John Muir's Our National Parks (1901, p. 56). It begins "Climb the mountains and get the...
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William Morris

By: John William Mackail (1859-1945)

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Roswell, GA, The Hillside Press : 1983

Seller ID: KGK523-011

Binding: Blue cloth illustrated and titled in red, hand-col

Condition: Fine

Roswell, GA: The Hillside Press, 1983. Miniature Book. 2 1/2 x 2 inches. [vi], vi, (58) pp. Half-title, Black-and-white frontispiece portrait of Morris, red fleuron on title page, 4 black-and-white illustrations; text clean, unmarked. Blue cloth illustrated and titled in red, hand-colored end-papers; binding square and tight. KGK523-011. Fine. LIMITED EDITION of 275 numbered copies, this is copy number 102, handset at the Hillside Press in 6-point Bulmer Roman type. The text of this miniature book was written by William Morris's official biographer. "John William Mackail was a Scottish academi...
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Conferring the Doctor of Humane Letters Degree upon Glen Dawson

By: Jon R Wallace

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Azusa, CA, Azusa Pacific University : 2009

Seller ID: IA514-1

Binding: White textured paper over boards, titled in red on

Condition: Fine

[Azusa, CA]: (Azusa Pacific University), 2009. Miniature Book. 2 3/4 x 2 7/8 inches. (32) pp. Text printed in red and black ink; text clean, unmarked. White textured paper over boards, titled in red on front cover and spine; binding square and tight. IA514-1. Fine. LIMITED EDITION of 50 copies printed for Glen Dawson, his family and friends to commemorate September 18, 2009 when Azusa Pacific University conferred the Doctor of Humane Letters on Mr. Dawson. The text consists of the remarks made upon the occasion by Jon R. Wallace, President of Azusa Pacific University. Printed by the Parker Pr...
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