Miniatures

Haddon Heights, NJ: William Lewis Washburn, 1940.. Miniature (5 x 5 cm). Open-sewn gilt lettered vellum, with ribbon ties. Fine, in lightly smudged and soiled publisher's printed and numbered envelope. Copy #25 of an edition of 64 numbered copies handprinted by Washburn. BRADBURY (WASHBURN) 16.

Painting. Very Good. No Binding. Signed by Illustrator(s). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Central panel: 17.5x6.5 cm. Leaf: 24.5x16.5 cm. illustrated with animal and floral motifs. The portrait is tiny signed at the mid-right: "Raqm kamineh R.". Ink drawing with gouache embellished with gold on paper.

Cedar Falls, Iowa:: Islam Aly,, 2017.. Edition of 40. One book, 5 x 8 x 1.75", with ten sections of four folios, plus 5 miniature books attached by leather wrappings, each 1.5 x 1.5 x 0.75", with five sections of three folios. Materials: laser-cut mold-made Johannot paper; laser-engraved wooden boards. Coptic binding with leather wrappings connected to five small books. Signed, numbered, and dated by the artist. Islam Aly: "Fantastic Fauna is a bilingual book in English and Arabic, based on the tradition of having animal characteristics as caricatures of humans. The book was inspired from Ibn Al Mqufas's Kalila and Dimna, a ninth-century collection of animal fables, which came to Persia from India. Similar to George Orwell's political allegory Animal Farm, the stories are about people and politics. The animal characters were used to represent social inequality and oppression. "Fantastic Fauna shows animal images from medieval Islamic artwork that depict imaginary… Read More

London: Printed for the Company of Stationers, 1814. First (Only?). Very Good. A charming miniature book measuring approx 1" x 1" Bound in wine morocco wallet-style binding, flap cracked but not broken Contents a bit loose, age-toned, final leaf split at gutter, Very good overall Includes an engraved title and frontis, an almanac for the months of the year, tables of Kings, Queens, Mayors, Sheriffs, list of holidays, and current coins unpaginated, but approx 20 pp.

Washington DC:: Abstract Orange,, 2016.. Edition of 300. 29 pages; 1.75 x 2". Case-Bound. Accordion extending from the back pastedown. Mulberry paper hinges. Letterpress printed. Bound in orange cloth boards with title on front cover. Signed and numbered by the artist. This is the miniature version of Emeritz's large format edition of "Hand-Carved Alpha-Bet". As with the larger version the miniature alphabet book was printed with letters that were hand carved in wood by the artist. Each letter is a capital letter printed in orange.

New York: Abrams and The Grolier Club, 2007. Miniature edition and exact facsimile of the larger book "Miniature Books: 4,000 Years of Tiny Treasures" by Bromer & Edison; Maroon silk tie with white/gold/red tiny books from His Favorite Tie Neckwear housed in original plastic box packaging; Navy silk suspenders with red/green/gold books and bronze clasps from Paul Stuart, made in England, all from the estate of Julian Edison, all in fine condition.Julian Edison (1929 - 2017) was an internationally renowned miniature book collector and co-author with Anne. C Bromer of Bromer Booksellers. Julian was an influential support of Washing University Libraries in St. Louis and the Special Collections there has been renamed the Julian Edison Department of Special Collections

Graz: Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, 1984. Book. As New. Hardcover. 2 volumes in slipcase. The facsimile volume is bound in full calf with 5 raised bands and gilt design on spine and covers. 39 facsimile leaves with miniatures printed in color and gold and preliminary miniatures. The commentary volume is bound in patterned boards (hardcover) matching the slipcase. Text in German. 184 pp. Codices Selecti Vol. LXXVIII. This is number 603 from a limited edition of 925 copies of the ADEVA edition. .

Istanbul: Ertuğ & Kocabıyık Publications, 2000. New. Hardcover. Cloth bdg. Hand-bound by experienced craftsmen in Switzerland. 24x38 cm. In Ottoman Turkish (facsimile), Turkish (transcription) and English. (3 volumes set): 352 p. (facsimile); 308, [2] p. (Turkish transcription); 51, [2] p. (English). Colour ills. First edition. Limited edition. This is a limited edition of 1500 copies handbound in distinctive Japanese cloth embossed with patterns selected from imperial Ottoman textiles and printed on acid free paper. This volume is number 1362. In publisher's special slip case.
A miniature-illustrated manuscript of an 18th Century Festival in Ottoman Istanbul The original of this outstanding work, which is in the library of the Topkapi Palace Museum in Istanbul, contains 137 brilliantly-colored miniatures by Levni, the renowned painter of the court of Ahmed III (1703-1740). The miniatures illustrate a fifteen-day festival held on the occasion of the circumcision of four of the Sultan's sons in… Read More

Complete text of Equal Rites printed in tiny print in miniature book. Third in this compact series that was "specially handmade by imps of the Counterweight Continent" (as the jacket states). Actually typeset in Great Britain and printed in China. Hard-to-find collectible for Pratchett lover.

In a newly made fitted box. Twelve minature volumes. Cream vellum binding with red and brown title plates, gilt decoration and title on the spines. Dimensions are for the box.
A superbly boxed edition of 12 (see photographs). THE MANNA OF THE SOUL Easy and fruitful exercise for every day of the year by Father Paolo Segneri of the Company of Jesus.
Segneri was born at Nettuno. He studied at the Roman College, and in 1637 entered the Society of Jesus, not without opposition from his father. Oliva was his first master in the religious life; Sforza Pallavicino taught him theology. Under such guides, his virtues and talents developed to maturity.
He lectured on humanities for several years, and was ordained priest in 1653. By a careful study of Scripture, the Fathers, and the Orations of Cicero, he had prepared himself for the pulpit. He volunteered for the foreign missions, but Tuscany, the Papal States, and the chief cities of Italy were to be the scene of his labours. He preached at first in the great… Read More

Green calf binding with black title plate, gilt decoration and title on the spine. Gilt 'Cambridge panel' on both boards. Marbled end papers and on all edges.
Hardcover. A lovely book from the Miniature Library Series published by W. Suttaby, B. Crosby & Co. Engraved title and frontispiece printed together. Very, very Good condition.
Quintus Horatius Flaccus 8 December 65 BC – 27 November 8 BC), commonly known in the English-speaking world as Horace, was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus (also known as Octavian). The rhetorician Quintilian regarded his Odes as just about the only Latin lyrics worth reading: "He can be lofty sometimes, yet he is also full of charm and grace, versatile in his figures, and felicitously daring in his choice of words."
Horace also crafted elegant hexameter verses (Satires and Epistles) and caustic iambic poetry (Epodes). The hexameters are amusing yet serious works, friendly in tone, leading the ancient satirist Persius to comment: "as his friend… Read More

Brown calf binding with Gilt title and decoration on the spine. Dimensions are for one volume.
Full-Leather. Condition: Fair to Good with signs of aging on the binding. Bewick, Thomas (illustrator). Contain "Engravings on Wood by Bewick from designs by Thurston." Books are dated with contents in good and very readable condition.
Robert Burns (25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796), also known familiarly as Rabbie Burns, was a Scottish poet and lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland and is celebrated worldwide. He is the best known of the poets who have written in the Scots language, although much of his writing is in a "light Scots dialect" of English, accessible to an audience beyond Scotland. He also wrote in standard English, and in these writings his political or civil commentary is often at its bluntest.
He is regarded as a pioneer of the Romantic movement, and after his death he became a great source of inspiration to the founders of both liberalism and socialism, and a… Read More

Full red embossed leather bindings. Brown endpapers. Gilt edges. Good clean condition throughout. Recent buckram-covered box. Dimensions are for the box.
Two volumes each of Hood, Burns, Milton, Scott, Wordsworth and Longfellow.
A glorious set of miniatures crafted together by the outstanding restoration bookbinder Brian Cole, a one-off collation of some of the best British poets.

Full green calf bindings with gilt spine and red labels. Plain endpapers. Good clean condition throughout. Recent buckram-covered box. Volumes 1 to 9. Dimensions are for the box.
Consists of -- Macbeth, Hamlet, Coriolanus, Merchant of Venice, Romeo & Juliet, Timon of Athens, Tempest, Much Ado about Nothing, All's Well that Ends Well, Cleopatra, Love's Labours Lost, King Richard II, As You Like It, Measure for Measure, The Merry Wives of Winsor, Titus Andronicus, The Taming of the Shrew, Julius Caesar, Richard III, King Lear, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Pericles, Twelfth Night, Cymbeline, Comedy of Errors, King John, A Midsummers Night's Dream, Othello, Winter's Tale, Troilus and Cressida, King Henry IV, King Henry V, King Henry VI, King Henry VIII.
JUST FANTASTIC - LOOK & BELIEVE This is a one off boxed set produced by talented restoration and expert bookbinder, Brian Cole
William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the… Read More

Full navy calf binding. Gilt G. Bernard Shaw signature on the front board. Gilt title and decoration on the spine. Original navy cloth covered fitted box. 13 volumes. Dimensions are for the box.
See the pictures – you will be convinced that this is unique
George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950), known at his insistence simply as Bernard Shaw, was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond. He wrote more than sixty plays, including major works such as Man and Superman (1902), Pygmalion (1912) and Saint Joan (1923). With a range incorporating both contemporary satire and historical allegory, Shaw became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Born in Dublin, Shaw moved to London in 1876, where he struggled to establish himself as a writer and novelist, and embarked on a rigorous process of self-education. By… Read More