Miniature Books from Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB

(Sunflower Press, Mill Valley, California, 1981). Limited Edition. ). Limited to 100 copies signed by the author. The present copy is number 18 and has been printed French fold handmade Japanese paper from hand-set types, illustrations printed in red. This adaptation of a Chinese folk tale was written, designed & printed at Sunflower Press by Carol Cunningham. It was… Read more about this item

Tel Aviv; (1973): Sinai. 4 Cm. 288 pages, A miniature specimen book of Sefer Tehillim (The Book of Psalms). The only recorded copy in OCLC shows a copy at Hebrew Union College. This is the first book in Kesuvim (Writings), the third section of Tanach, and consists of 150 Perakim (chapters). The original Hebrew text was written in a… Read more about this item

New York: Stone Street Press, 1982. First Edition. 12mo. Pansur Bawn, 9th Century Irish Poem / trans. by Malachi McCormick -- Of Jeoffry, My Cat / by Christopher Smart -- On the True Name of the Cat / From the Hsien-i [by] Liu Yuan-Ch'ing -- Three Cat-Poems / by Charles-Pierre Baudelaire -- On Lutestrings Catt-Eaten / by Thomas Masters… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: The Press in the Gatehouse, 1963. Limited Edition. 4.2 x 6.2 cm. 30(2)pp., limited to 200 copies. Bound by Bela Blau in 1/4 dark brown morocco over marbled paper covered boards, spine lettering gilt, and sold at the Dawson Book Shop. A fine copy.

Delaware, Ohio: Miniature Book Society, 2014. First Edition. 2 1/4" x 2 5/8" 47p, with colored portrait of Monsignor Weber whose own production of miniatures has been a passion and have been collected both for those of bibliography, California History, Catholic leaders and subjects as diverse as FDR and the Spruce Goose. This miniature is a very nice work… Read more about this item

Northridge, Ca: Lord John Press, 1981. First Edition. 5.2 x 7.5 Cm. Limited to 400 copies signed by former President Gerald R. Ford. The present copy is #270, designed and printed by Castle Press. 29pp., bound by Bela Blau in 1/2 dark blue leather over marbled paper covered boards, spine lettering gilt, printed on Warren" Olde Style paper. A… Read more about this item

[Paris}: Np/nd (ca.1820). 1.9 x 2.8 cm. 64pp. (pages 62-64 blank) illustrated with 8 full page engraved plates, contains an almanac, bound in full red pictorial gilt morocco, one chip to from board, and two chips to rear board. [Welsh-2694] Scarce. These little books were mainly published for ladies containing love songs or verses of love. Many, such as… Read more about this item

R.I.: River's Edge Studio, 1970. Limited Edition. 5.6 x 8 cm. Limited to 500 copies printed from Jan von Krimpton Spectrum and Cancelleresca Bastarda types on handmade Hayle paper from the Hayle Mill, Maidstone, England, by Joh. Enchede en Zonen, Haarlem, Holland. 200 copies (nos. 1-200) have been hand bound in full leather, (nos. 201-500) bound in Beau Brilliant… Read more about this item

Paris: Chez Marcilly, Rue St Jacques. 6 X 4.4 cm. Later 19th century reprint of this very popular work, in French. 94pp. pictorial title page, 6 other full page illustrations, bound in full red morocco ruled in blind, page edges speckled red. A fine copy.

Philadelphia: Smith & Peck, 1845. 6.5 x 8.2 cm. The preface is written in rhyme that gives descriptions of each site and the corresponding plate. 191pp. (1) pp. ad at rear, illustrated with 48 illustrations which includes the title page. Bound in green pictorial gilt cloth depicting firemen putting out a building on fire, spine lettered and decorated in… Read more about this item

New York: Traders Press, 1967. First Edition. 6.5 x 7.5 cm. Limited to 2500 copies printed at The Little Press of Jack R. Levien, engraved half-title and frontispiece, photographic illustrations, and with several charts recording the daily value of the mark in relation to the dollar from 1919 to1923. A fine copy bound in pictorial cloth depicting a mark,… Read more about this item

By the Author [at the Junipero Serra Press, San Fernando, CA, nd. Ca.1984). Limited Edition. 5.3 x 7.3cm. 14(1)pp., frontispiece Olympic stamp tipped in, bound in red morocco lettered and decorate in gilt, all edges gilt. A fine bright copy. Francis Weber was not only a miniature book collector but also the author of many works.

Paris: Nd: typographie De AD. R. Laine, r. des S. Peres, 19. 2.2 x 3 cm. Half-title, 92pp., four full page plates, bound in a celluloid type binding backed in velvet, upper board lettered and decorated in black, silk endpapers, all edges gilt. Soiling and minor light wear to spine otherwise a very good copy of a child's… Read more about this item

Glasgow; nd: David Bryce & Son. 2x3cm. 617(1)pp. with the last page containing English coins and measurements. Unbelievable, the text is in three columns. Bound in red morocco, lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, tiny chip to outer margin of title page otherwise a lovely near fine copy.

[Marcilly, Paris], 1836. 2 x 2.7 Cm. 63pp., illustrated with 8 full page illustrations, bound in full gilt decorated red morocco, all edges gilt, lacks front and rear free endpapers, pencil markings on pastedowns. A very good little copy and quite scarce locating only two auction records and only one copy via OCLC. [Welsh, D.V. Miniature books, no. 2840]… Read more about this item

San Fernando Valley, CA.nd: Junipero Serra Press (printers). Limited Edition. 2" x 3" Limited to 350 copies, signed by the author twice, 17pp. designed by Francis Braun, Art work by Anthony kroll, bound in full green polished calf pictorially stamped and lettered in gilt, all edges gilt. A lovely copy, near fine.

New York: Traders Press, the Little Press of J.R. Levien, 1968. 2 1/4" x 2 1/2" Limited Edition. #68/500 copies, illustrated, bound in marbled paper covered boards backed in black cloth, paper label to upper boards. A fine copy.

The Castle Press of Pasadena: Junipero Serra Press. Limited Edition. 70mm x 55mm. One of only 150 copies, and the one hundredth miniature published by this press, 13pp., plus colophon, bound by Roswell bookbinders of Phoenix in brown cloth lettered in gilt, spine lettering gilt, decorative endpapers, one illustration depicting miniature books within a case. A fine copy. … Read more about this item

Boston: Dayton and Wentworth, 1854. 3" X 4 1/2" hand colored floral frontispiece, 128pp., bound in a red embossed cloth pictorially stamped in gilt depicting a rose, pictorial gilt spine, yellow endpapers, all edges gilt. A charming little book of poetry.

New York: Daniel Hitt, 1810. 2 5/8" x 4 3/4" Second edition, revised, 184pp., 6pp. A Word to a Sabbath-Breaker and (2)pp. publisher's advertisements with prices, bound in full calf, flat spine ruled in gilt, damp stain to first few leaves, pages toned, Minor chipping to foot. A good copy.