FS: Miniature Books

[P. O. Box 2321]

[#1318] Adams, Maryline Poole: JACK-IN-THE-BOX / AN ALPHABET. Berkeley:
Poole Press, 1991. 1st Limited ed. Cloth, Miniature, (Adams, Maryline
Poole illust.) Fine in Fine slipcase. Miniature alphabet pops-up into a
Jack-in-the-Box. Linoleum cut illustrations.Number 59 of 99 signed
copies. Out of print. Designed after a Jack-in-the-Box. Miniature
alphabet with a hinged lid, lifing as covers swing open to reveal Jack
and his twenty-six namesakes (Jack Ass, Jack Boot, Jack-in-the-Cellar,
etc.). Linoleum cut illustrations, design, printing and binding by
Maryline Poole Adams. Black cloth with decorative title lables, fine
paper. 2 7/8" x 2 1/4". Includes prospectus. $225.00

[#1834] DES FUHRERS KAMPF IN FRANKREICH. Heinrich Hoffmann, 1940. Wraps,
Miniature, (Photographic illust.) Good: tear to rear wrap else Very
Good. A miniature book of photographs of Hitler in France, published
for the German Red Cross. Cover shows Hitler in front of the Eiffel
Tower. Interior photographs include a Panzer tank, Stuka planes, heavy
guns, German soldiers at the Arc, El Duce and Hitler 'welcomed' by
French citizens, and more. Also features a map of the German Reich near
its full expansion. An interesting record of how Nationalist Socialism
saw itself when it was almost on top of the world in miniature form.
Out of print, scarce. $75.00

[#1319] Griggs, Bob: ELRAE, THE LITTLEST PRINTER. Salem: Beaverdam
Press, 1987. 1st Limited ed. Cloth, Miniature, (Griggs, Bob illust.)
Fine in Fine slipcase. An elf and his adventures at the printing shop.
Number 33 of 225 copies. Out of print. Printed on an 1842 bench model
Albion press directly from type on fine paper. Binding and slipcase
grey cloth. 3 1/3" x 3". Includes prospectus. $125.00

[#1635] (Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm): BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. Morro
Bay: Tabula Rasa Press, 1984. 1st Limited ed. 1/4 Leather, Miniature,
48 pp. (Morrison, Esther illust.) Fine. #138 of 300 copies. Marbled end
papers, gold stamped spine, full page (2.5" x 2") illustrations. An
attractive miniature. $85.00

[#2149] HAZEL AND WILLOW. London: H. Frowde Hodder & Stoughton, 1902c.
Cloth, Miniature, 32 pp. Very Good: very light browning. 2"x2"
miniature animal morality tale for children. Color pastedown cover,
color frontis, simple cord binding. $100.00

[#1363] Kipling, Rudyard: THE ELEPHANT'S CHILD OR HOW THE ELEPHANT GOT
HIS TRUNK. Berkeley: Poole Press, 1990. 1st Limited ed. Cloth,
Miniature, 39 pp. (Adams, Maryline Poole illust.) Fine. #48 of 100
signed and numbered copies. Original woodcuts by Maryline Poole Adams,
including two full spread plates. 2.5x2". $150.00

[#2377] Kunhardt, Dorothy: HOP, HOP LITTLE KANGAROO. Simon & Schuster,
1948. Boards, Miniature, (Williams, Garth illust.) Very Good: owner sig
in pencil, lt rubbing spine. "A Tiny Golden Book" (miniature)
illustrated by 'Little House' artist Garth Williams. Out of print.
$37.50

[#1593] Lapeyre, Zenobia: AMERICAN STORIES WITH A TWIST. Montreal:
Editions du Parnasse, n. d.. 1st Limited ed. Cloth, Miniature,
(Monochrome illust.) Fine. 1.25" x 1" miniature of humorous tales, #34
of 150, signed by the author. $100.00

[#1754] THE JUST SHAPING OF LETTERS. Seattle: Tabula Rasa, 1993. 1st
Limited ed. Cloth, Miniature, Fine in Fine slipcase. Three volume set
in slipcase. I. Alphabet of Creation / An Ancient Legend from the Zohar

with drawings by Ben Shahn. 47 pages. #64 of 125 copies. II. The Divine
Alphabet by Lucia de Pacioli. 55 pages. #64 of 200 copies, signed by
the publisher. III. Direction For The Construction of the Text or
Quadrate Letters by Albrecht Durer. 73 pages. #64 of 150 copies.
Marbled slipcase. $65.00

[#1196] Welty, Eudora: THE LITTLE STORE. Newton: Tamazunchale Press,
1985. 1st Limited ed. Leather, Miniature, Fine. #165 of 250. 2.5" x 2".
$75.00

[#1342] Wershoven, F. P. and Lor Gonz. Agejas: LILLIPUT DICTIONARY.
Leipzig: Schmid & Gunther, n. d.. Leather, Miniature, Very Good: light
rubbing to leather. Four-volume English to Italian / French / German /
Spanish miniature set with matching case, all gold stamped leather.
$150.00
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