The Miniature Book Collection of Lois Boorman

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The Miniature Book Collection of Lois Boorman
Joshua Heller Rare Books, Inc., Washington DC
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C CATALOGUE THIRTY-ONE - FALL 2005

The Miniature Book Collection of Lois Boorman
Over a period of many years – the late Eighties and throughout the Nineties – certain times in our book business came
to be known as ‘Lois and Jodi’s afternoon’. The ladies were coming to tea! This was a ritual that was carefully nur-
tured and orchestrated to the total exclusion of the writer of this introduction.
Great laughter and a careful exchange of news and gossip of events in the book world were traded. There was always
much to talk about, especially a new miniature book that was about to be published – or to view a new arrival. The
only interruption allowed was Lois’ exit from the get-together for a smoke in the garden. This comraderie of friends
was something rarely seen. It was always a joyful and satisfying time.
With her death Lois left behind a remarkable gathering of close to four hundred miniature books in the finest condi-
tion – she was a stickler for obtaining the best copies with the best provenance. In addition, the collection includes a
group of interesting correspondence with collectors, printers and artists, as well as some reference books.
Jodi, Lois’s heir, has now entrusted us with the results of the passion of this fine book collector. This catalogue, which
has taken over four months to prepare, is a homage to Lois as collector and friend. Nearly two hundred books have
been carefully and professionally photographed specially for this publication.
The collection consists of miniature books about:
- people and their presses: #30 - #54
- books about books, bookmaking and book people: #55 - $113
- alphabet books: #114 - #130
- a run of all the published titles of the Ash Ranch Press, together with
correspondence between Don Hildreth and Kathryn Rickard: #131 - #161
- some stunning special copies and items in unique designer bindings and more fine examples from the collection:
#162 - #396.
All in all, a gathering of beautiful books that was assembled with great love, perseverance and a good eye, all on a
limited budget.
We feel sure that Lois would have approved of the fact that a major part of the sales from this catalogue will go to the
education of two underprivileged children. We hope you will share in our enthusiasm for Lois’ legacy.
- Joshua Heller
Catalogue: Phyllis Heller - Photography: Neil Greentree - Our thanks to: Bel Rubinstein, Dan Yett, & Carol Zavis.
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Celebrating our Twentieth Anniversary

ABOUT LOIS
“Lois Boorman (1922-2003) began collect-

ing illustrated children’s books as an
activity for her retirement. After being
introduced to miniature books, they soon
became the focus of her collecting efforts.
Once she discovered the craftsmanship
and beauty of books three inches or
smaller, there was no holding back her
enthusiasm for owning the best she
could afford on her modest retirement
budget.
Lois came by her love of print from her

father, a printer for the ‘Evening Star’
newspaper in Washington, DC. Growing
up she saw her father’s pleasure when he
brought home a well-printed book. She
absorbed his passion about the craft of
print. She came by her delight in ele-
gance from her mother and incorporated
both these ideas into her own individual
style. Her passion was to find a book in
as pristine state as possible - no flaws
inside or out. Given a choice, she always preferred the particularly elegant, the deluxe edi-
tion, the most stunning book she could afford.
Her father would have approved of her mini-collection of books about printers and their
presses as well as her attraction to one-of-a-kind designer bindings. He would also have
understood her willingness to have cereal for dinner for weeks at a time so she could gradu-
ally purchase an especially fine book she had found. Another of his lessons had been to avoid
debt, which she followed throughout her life.
By 1981 Lois had begun to buy a few miniatures. As soon as she joined the Miniature Book
Society she became engrossed in learning all she could about these books and those who
made, sold, and enjoyed such tiny treasures. She attended only one Conclave in person, but
poured over catalogs and read her copies of Bondy and Spielman with dedication. They made
her eager to see any and all kinds of miniature books available. Well before the internet
became a common research tool, her enthusiasm for the chase and her determination to locate
a specific book fueled her search for those graceful books she could hold in one hand. Lois had
a whimsical side as well, so you could never be entirely certain what might catch her eye. No
matter its subject, an elegant creation would be carefully considered.
The joy and pleasure these books gave Lois is almost indescribable. She was very aware she
was able to have them only because someone else had made a conscious decision to part with
them. It is in this spirit that these books, so painstakingly and individually chosen, are avail-
able. There was a wonderful twinkle in her eye when Lois discussed books and an incredible
single-mindedness when she was in pursuit of one. This catalog honors one woman’s niche
in a particular genre of the book collecting world.”
- Joanne Schwarz
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ABOUT THE LADIES
“Then there were the two ladies. One day I received a letter from a lady who wanted to come and see my books. She
wanted to bring another lady and she even told their ages. No one had ever done that. We set up a date for a one day
visit and they arrived at my door on time. One was a little younger than me, and the other was over 30 years younger
than me. They were great friends and the older one (Lois) told me right off that if anything happened to her, all her
books would go to Jody so they must never buy two books alike. That was not a problem because Jody likes word
play books (she works in a children’s bookstore) and Lois likes elegance. You could not meet any two women who are
so fervent, so keen, so inspiring and so just plain all fired up about miniature books. They are a delight to know.
“They bought some books and went home and ordered more. They came back for a second two day visit. They bought
books and went home and ordered more books. Jody writes interesting and sometimes long letters. Lois sends cards,
short notes, and she telephones. What a charming adventure this is.
“On their second visit I told the ladies about the book I had started on my adventures. That
was a mistake because they gave me no peace. More, more, more was all I heard. I sent them
a chapter and that made it worse. So, ladies, it’s on your heads. You got it. Now are you sat-
isfied?”
- Kathryn I. Rickard, My Adventures in Minibibiomania, 1996, p. 170-2.
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THE CATALOGUE
RELATED ITEMS INCLUDING CORRESPONDENCE
Nos.1 & 375.
1. Stand for miniature book. 1.375” x 3.25” x 1”. Handmade carved wood with spring to hold
the book in place. Signed and dated - ‘Henry Eggerding 1982’. $85.00
2. Vitrine for miniature books. 19” x 12.75” x 6.75”. Wood and glass with two glass shelves. Gable
front with paper shell decoration in the middle. Mirrored back. Door with metal knob. $250.00
3. Vitrine for miniature books. 15” x 11.75” x 9.75”. Wood and glass with two glass shelves. Door
opens with metal handle. $250.00
4. Vitrine for miniature books. 8.5” x 6” x 4.25”. Beveled glass with elaborate gilt metal trim and four
legs. Padded tan cloth back with metal studs and padded tan cloth base. Door hinge needs slight
repair. $250.00
No. 2.
5. Vitrine for miniature books. 15” x 11.75” x 9.75”. Glass with metal frame with front door opening.
Mirror backing. Two glass shelves - the top one with two divisions and the second shelf with one
division. $125.00
6. Miniature picture frame. 2.125” x 1.75”. Brown enamel over metal frame edged on both outer
and inner edges with bronze metal. Three-dimensional miniature metal tortoise on bottom of
frame. Metal clip with ‘Jay Strongwater’ on back and narrow black metal holder for standing
upright. $75.00
7. Correspondence between Kathryn Rickard and Ruth E. Adomeit from November 1980 to March 1991.
Typed letters signed, carbon copies of letters, handwritten notes and memos, prospectuses,
No. 3. Christmas cards, invoices, and a xeroxed article on Ruth E. Adomeit. 36 items in all. $250.00
8. Correspondence between Rabbi Kalman L. Levitan and Kathryn Rickard from March 1983 to
1990.
11 typed and hand signed letters and 1 note from Rabbi Levitan to Kathryn Rickard.
1 xeroxed letter and 1 handwritten letter from Kathryn Rickard to Rabbi Levitan.
1 Miniature Books Society Memorandum concerning the start-up of the Society.
Xeroxed note from Doris Welsh to Kalman Levitan and his follow-up note to Kathryn
Rickard.
Details of the solid gold Miniature Book Society pin - Levitan only had 10 made.
2 Prospectuses - one for the Kaycee Press.
Details concerning the Center for the Study of Miniature Books.
4 Season’s Greetings cards - some pop-up. As a group - $700.00
No. 4.
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Nos. 9 & 161.
9. Correspondence to Lois Boorman:

Personal folder of the collector’s correspondence from Gwenda Morgan, Monica Poole and Betty Clark (1986-1989),
with photograph of the collector by Bachrach.
From Gwenda Morgan, British woodengraver - 11 handwritten letters
6 greeting cards
From Monica Poole, British woodengraver - 6 typewritten signed letters
1 handwritten note
1 greeting card
From Betty Clark, British dealer (1988-1989) - 13 typewritten signed letters
1 handwritten letter
1988 price list of Monica Poole woodengravings
1988 price list of Gwenda Morgan woodengravings
4 photographic reproductions of the work of various woodengravers.
As a group - $350.00
REFERENCE MATERIAL
10. (American Art Association) An unusual Collection of Miniature Books Formed by A Lady. To be sold on Wednesday evening
February 15, 1928 at 8:15. American Art Association Incorporated. New York. 6.75” x 4.75”. Black and white illustra-
tions throughout. Set up on the Monotype in Italian Old Style. Sewn blue wrappers. Limited to 700 copies. The ‘Lady’
was Mrs. Wilbur M. Stone. Wrappers restored; brown marks from the glue showing on front wrapper. Minor tear.
Provenance: From the collection of Rabbi Kalman Levitan. With his bookplate. $350.00
NOTE: Two of the items listed later in the catalogue (#206 & 249) were included in this 1928 sale.
11. (American Book Collector) Directory of Private Book Collectors and their subjects collected for 1972-1973. 11” x 8.5”. Special
Number. 11” x 8.5”. Contains an article on ‘Miniature Incunabula’ by William Rodger. $10.00
12. (Amistad Press) Amistad Courier: A Newsletter About Miniature Books: 1 - 24. Published by Yolanda Carter of Amistad
Press. July 1980 -May 1984. 11” x 9”. Complete. Includes supplements, Index (Index for first issues folded in), and a
xeroxed letter from Y. Carter relating to the publishing of the Amistad Courier with an original inscription “To
Kathryn / Rickard from / Yolanda”. Bound in book form with gilt titled red and marbled paper over board sides.
Typwritten signed letter dated 3/10/86 from ‘Yolanda’ to ‘Kathryn’ laid in. $275.00
Provenance: From the collection of Kathryn Ida Hill Rickard. With her Bookplate.
13. (Bloomsbury Book Auctions) Catalogue of An Important collection of Miniature Books, Other Valuable Printed Books and
Two Illuminated Manuscripts to be sold by auction at 1.00 p.m. precisely on Thursday, 25 November 1999, at their rooms
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in 3 & 4 Hardwick Street, off Rosebery Avenue, London. EC1R 4RY. Sale 360. 9.75” x 7.25”. Color and black & white
illustrations. Orange wrappers. $15.00
14. (Louis W. Bondy) Miniature Books: Their History from the beginnings to the present day. By Louis W. Bondy. Sheppard
Press. London. 1981. First edition. 221 pages, includes Bibliography and Index. 8.5” x 6”. Color frontispiece. Black and
white illustrations throughout. Red cloth with gilt title on spine. Illustrated dust jacket covered with mylar. Signed on
the front free endpaper by Louis Bondy. $125.00
15. (Robert C. Bradbury) Twentieth Century United States Miniature Books. With bibliographic descriptions of each book arranged
by publisher. The Microbibliophile. Vermont. 2000. 9.25” x 6.5”. Includes black and white reproductions of photographs
of various printers, a List of Miniature Books by Author, Notes, sources, and Index to Publishers and Printers. Green
cloth boards with title in gilt on spine and front. Dust jacket. Edition limited to 1000 copies. $100.00
16. (Catalogues) Group of catalogues:

Bromer Booksellers: Catalog 42.
Important Miniature books from the Collection of Rabbi Kalman L. Levitan.
Catalog 93.
Catalog 104: A Medley of Miniatures
Catalog 104 1/2: A Medley of Micro Minis.
A Midsummer Medley of Miniatures: Vol. 1.
The Catharijne Press: Catalogue 13 - Miniature Books.
Doris Frohnsdorff: Catalog 34: Miniature Books.
Swann Galleries: 19th Century Literature Miniature Books: Thursday, May 15, 1997.
17. (Huntington Library) Henry E. Huntington’s Library of Libraries. By Donald C. Dickinson. San Marino, California.
[1995.] First edition. 10.25” x 7.25”. Black and white illustrations throughout. Gray cloth over board. Dust jacket with
picture of Huntington and the title. Corner slightly bumped. $30.00
18. (Anne & David Bromer) 35 Miniature books in Designer Bindings. Boston. 1987. 4.5” x 4.5”. Illustrated in color through-
out. Text in black. Gray wrappers with title in pink. $20.00
19. (Carteret Book Club) A Snuff-Boxful of Bibles. By Wilbur Macey Stone. With illustrations from the author’s collection.
Newark. MCMXXVI. (1926.) 6.25” x 4.75”. Printed by Douglas C. McMurtrie, Inc. Bound in brown cloth spine and
wood-veneer type paper boards with paper title label on front. One in an edition of 200 copies. Very good condition.
Prospectus laid in. $225.00
20. (Arthur A. Houghton, Jr.) The Collection of Miniature Books formed by Arthur A. Houghton, Jr. Wednesday, December 5,
1979. Christie, Manson & Woods Ltd. London. 1979. 9.5” x 7.25”. Colored frontispiece. 19 black and white plates. One
color plate. Pink wrappers. Price List laid in. Spine faded. $65.00
21. (The Lilliputter Press) The News-Letters of the LXIVMOS. James D. Henderson, Scrivener. Complete 21 issues
November, 1927 - November, 1929. With two authentic miniature attachments and a Foreword and Index by Robert
E. Massmann, Director of Library Services, Central Connecticut State College. Woodstock, Vermont. 1968. 9.25” x
6.25”. Facsimile edition. Bound in red cloth boards. Edition of 500 copies. $80.00
22. (Microbibliophile) The Microbibliophile: A Bimonthly Journal About Miniature Books. Published by Jon H. Mayo. North
Clarendon, VT. Volume XXII - 4 - September, 1998: Volume XXII - 5 - November, 1998: Volume XXII - 6 - January, 1999:
XXIII - 1 - March 1999: XXIII - 2 - May 1999. 8.5” x 7”. Stapled cream wrappers with color photographs. $40.00
23. (Miniature Book Collector) The Miniature Book Collector. Published Quarterly by Achille J. St. Onge. Worcester,
Massachusetts. Edited by Ruth E. Adomeit. Published quarterly. 4” x 3.375”. Colored wrappers.
Vol. I - June, 1960. No. 1; Vol. I - December, 1960. No. 3; Vol. II - September, 1961. No. 2; Vol. II - December, 1961. No.
3; Vol. III - March, 1962. No. 4. $50.00
24. (Miniature Book News) Miniature Book News. Published by Julian I. Edison. St. Louis, Missouri. 9” x 5.75”. Vols. 1 -
52: 1965 - 1983. Illustrations in black and white. Bound in red leather with gilt title on front and spine; marbled end-
papers. All edges decorated with small spots of red paint. First page only cut near text, but no text missing. $325.00
Provenance: From the collection of Kathryn Rickard, who had her set bound. With large gold bookplate on the front
endpaper and her small bookplate a page later.
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25. (Miniature Book Society)
1) A Catalogue of The Miniature Book Competition. Compiled and Edited by Frank J. Anderson. 1988. 2.875” x 2.875”.
Type was set by Miriam and Ken Irwin at Mosaic Press on a ALR computer. Cream wrappers with black title. 3000
copies. (Distinguished Book Award - See Item #119, Richard J. HOffman - The Story of the Alphabet. )
2) Catalog of the 1989 Miniature Book Competition. Compiled and Edited by Frank J. Anderson. Hyattsville,
Maryland. 1989. 5.5” x 4.25”. Black and white illustrations. Decorated wrappers. (Distinguished Book Award - See
Item #207, Feathered Serpent - The Stage Coach. )
3) Catalog of the 1990 Miniature Book Competition. Compiled and Edited by Valentine J. Poska. 1991. 5.5” x 4.25”.
Black and white illustrations. Decorated wrappers.
4) Catalog of the 1991 Miniature Book Competition. Compiled and Edited by Eileen B. Cummings & Maryline Poole
Adams. San Diego, California. 1991. 5.5” x 4.25”. Black and white illustrations. Decorated wrappers. (Distinguished
Book Award - see Item #113, Xavier Press - Women Printers in Early Maryland.)
5) Catalog of the 1992 Miniature Book Competition. Compiled and Edited by Maryline Poole Adams. 1992. 5.5” x
4.25”. Black and white illustrations. Decorated wrappers.
6) Catalog of the 1993 Miniature Book Competition. Compiled and Edited by Edward H. Hutchins. 1993. 5.5” x 4.25”.
Black and white illustrations. Decorated wrappers. (Distinguished Book Awards - See Item #122, Poole Press - Jack in
the Box and Item #126, Sandlin’s Books - ABC for Booklovers.)
7) Catalog of the 1995 Miniature Book Competition. Compiled and Edited by Peter & Donna Thomas. 1995. 5.5” x
4.25”. Black and white illustrations. Decorated wrappers. 750 copies.
8) Catalog of the 1996 Miniature Book Exhibition. 1996. 5.5” x 4.25”. Black and white illustrations. Wrappers.
(Distinguished Book Award - See Item #201, De Walden Press - The Malvern Story.)
9) 1997 Catalog for the Tenth Annual Miniature Book Exhibition. 1997. 5.5” x 4.25”. Black and white illustrations. Blue
wrappers.
10) 1998 Catalog for the Eleventh Annual Miniature Book Competition. 1998. 5.5” x 4.25”. Black and white illustra-
tions. Decorated wrappers. (Distinguished Book Award - See 170, Beaux Art Publishing - Graphic Art.)
11) Miniature Book Exhibition Catalogue 2000. 5.5” x 4.25”. Black and white illustrations. Blue wrappers.
12) Miniature Book Society Exhibition Catalog 2001. Compiled by Frank J. Anderson. 2001. 5.5” x 4.25”. Illustrations
in color. Wrappers.
13) A Catalog of the 2002 Miniature Book Exhibition. Compiled and edited by Frank J. Anderson. 2002. 5.5” x 4.25”.
Illustrations in color. Wrappers.
14) A Catalogue of the 2003 Miniature Book Exhibition. Compiled and Edited by Frank J. Anderson. 2003. 5.5” x 4.25”.
Illustrations in color. Red wrappers.
15) Miniature Book Society Auction: August 30, 1997, Bethlehem, PA. 7” x 5.5” Stapled wrappers.
26. (Kathryn I. Rickard) A Bibliography of Miniature Books (1470-1965). Compiled by Doris Varner Welsh. Edited for pub-
lication with a Preface by Msgr. Francis J. Weber. Published by Kathryn I. Rickard. Cobleskill, New York. (1965.) 1989.
11.75” x 8.5”. Dark blue boards with gilt title on spine. Light blue dust jacket. Signed by Kathryn I. Rickard on page
vii - Publisher’s Comments. Glued on to the title page is a label “With best wishes of the compiler Doris V. Welsh”,
and signed by her in purple ink. An edition of 500 copies. $225.00
27. (Achille J. St. Onge) Lilliputian Newspapers. By James D. Henderson, Scrivener of the LXIVMOS. Foreword by R.W. G.
Vail. Worcester, Massachusetts. MCMXXXVI. (1936.) 7.75” x 5.375”. Designed by William Dana Orcutt and printed
under his personal supervision at The Plimpton Press. Frontispiece of Wilbur Macey Stone and dedicated to him.
Index. Cream cloth spine with green leather title label with gilt title, green paper boards with title in gilt on front. Laid
in a pocket on the inside back cover are facsimiles of a letter and miniature newspapers. Top edge gilt. Deckle fore-
edge. Matching green slipcase. Slipcase spine starting to go at top and bottom. Limited edition of 1000 copies. $200.00
28. (Sothebys) Silver and Enamel Bindings. London. Friday 10th May 1985 at 11AM. (Many miniature bindings.) 10.75” x
8.25”. Black and white illustrations; some color illustrations. Laid in a blue cloth board folder with silver spine title
label; back cover fits in pocket on back inside cover. $45.00
29. (Percy Edwin Spielmann) Catalogue of the Library of Miniature Books collected by Percy Edwin Spielmann. Together with
some Descriptive Summaries. Edward Arnold. London. 1961. 8.75” x 5.75”. Black and white frontispiece and plates.
Maroon leather spine with gilt title, variegated light gray boards. Top edge red. Cream dust jacket with title in red on
front and spine. Mylar covers. No. 336 in an edition of 500 copies in a limited edition. $400.00
Provenance: With the bookplate of ‘E.P. M.’
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MINIATURE BOOKS - THEIR PEOPLE AND THEIR PRESSES
30. (Black Cat Press) Bibliography of Miniature Books and Ephemera 1961-1977. Two volumes. Compiled with Notes by
Norman W. Forgue and an Introduction by Richard Cady. Chicago/Skokie, Illinois. 1977. 2.75” x 2.25”. Illustrated.
Typography and designed by Norman W. Forgue. Printed in Linotype Garamond on Strathmore Pastel Ivory paper
by Alpha Beta Press. Bound by Bela Blau in brown leather, with gilt title on spine and press mark on front. Patterned
endpapers. Marbled paper slipcase. An edition of 249 copies. $225.00
31. (Black Cat Press) Miniature Books Relating ... To Postage Stamps. A Bibliography. Two Volumes. Compiled by Kalman L.
Levitan. Introduction by Robert E. Massmann. Skokie, Illinois. 1983. 2.75” x 2.25”. Frontispiece of Volume One has a
tip-in of the first experimental mini-stamp issued by the United States Postal Service, January 11, 1978. Design, typog-
raphy and production by Norman W. Forgue. Composed in Linotype Melior and printed on Coronado Text paper.
Handbound by Bela Blau in red leather with gilt title on front and spine. Red and gold patterned endpapers. Printed
in a limited edition for private distribution. Signed by Kalman l. Levitan. $200.00
Printed on cream paper is Soliloquy of a Postage Stamp by Ernest W. Brady bound into Volume Two as a Keepsake for
Friends. Black Cat Press. Skokie, Illinois. 1978.
32. (Black Cat Press) The Miniature World of Norman Forgue. By James Guthrie. Skokie, Illinois. 1983. 2.625” x 2”. Design,
typography and production by Norman W. Forgue. Photographic reproductions in color and black and white
throughout. Printed on Coronado Opaque paper by Alpha Beta Press. Bound by Bela Blau in tan leather with brown
title on spine and front. Photograph endpapers. One of 249 copies signed by Norman W. Forgue. $75.00
33. (Bridwell Library) Miniature Literature: The Stanley Marcus Collection of Miniature Books at Bridwell Library 26 February -
27 May 1995. Curated by David J. Lawrence. Dallas. 3” x 3”. Black and white photographs printed in duotone. Set in
Linotype Granjon and printed letterpress on Rives paper at The Sun Hill Press, Massachusetts. Bound in blue and
white patterned cover papers designed by Elisabeth Hyder; paper title label on front. No. 297 in an edition of 500
copies. $60.00
34. (Anne C. Bromer) Miniature Books Deserve More Respect. By Anne C. Bromer. Boston. 1985. 2.875” x 2.25”. Cream wrap-
pers with black title. An edition of 750 copies. This copy with the printed name ‘Anne C. Bromer’ crossed out and
handwritten on the front cover. Inside wrapper includes the handwritten words ‘For Lois’; and the back cover has the
inscription “Since writing this article ten years ago, miniature books have come to be respected and to be loved by
customers like yourself. With much appreciation, Anne Bromer. 12.95”. $35.00
The article was published in the AB Bookman’s Weekly, Autumn 1985.
35. (Castle Press) Minibibliophilia. By Msgr. Francis J. Weber. Dawson’s Book Shop. Los Angeles, California. 1979. Printed
by Grant Dahlstrom at The Castle Press, Pasadena. 2.75” x 2.125”. Tip-in frontispiece of Msgr. Weber’s bookplate.
Maroon leather spine with gilt title, marbled paper boards. One in an edition of 250 copies. $60.00
36. (Dawson’s Book Shop) Miniature Books. By Harry Lyman Koopman. Los Angeles. 1968. 1.875” x 1.375”. First minia-
ture printed by Grabhorn-Hoyem. San Francisco. Last book designed by Bruce Rogers. Printed in black with blue
decoration on each page. White covers with title and decoration in blue on spine. An edition of 400 copies. $150.00
37. (Julian I. Edison) Miniature Books. St. Louis, Missouri. 1970. Book and binding designed by Jack R. Levien, Holland.
2.625” x 2”. Printed by Koninklijke Drukkerij Van De Garde, Holland. Black and white reproductions of miniature
books throughout. Bound in red leather with a gilt arch on the front cover and title page which is the symbol of St.
Louis, where Mr. Edison resided. All edges gilt. $150.00
Provenance: From the collection of Kathryn Ida Hill Rickard. With her Bookplate. Also with the Bookplate of ‘ALP’,
who was the mentor of Rickard.
38. (Junipero Serra Press) Dean of Microbibliophiles. By Msgr. Francis J. Weber. 1993. Printed in Galliard and bound by the
Tabula Rasa Press in light peach/beige paper with black title on spine and front with reproduction of Wilbur Macey
Stone’s Bookplate. No. 32 of 125 copies. A treatise on Wilbur Macey Stone (1862-1941.) $55.00
39. (Robert E. Massmann) The Bibliomidgets of Achille J. St. Onge: A Memorial and a Bibliography. [New Britain, Connecticut.]
1979. 2.375” x2”. Design, typography and binding by Robert E. Massmann. Printed in Bodoni Book on Crane 100%
Rag Antique Laid watermarked paper. Frontispiece tip-in of St. Onge. Bound in red leather with paper title label on
front. Card slipover cover with title on front. An edition of 1000 copies. $125.00
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40. (Robert E. Massmann) The Exquisitry of William Lewis Washburn. By Robert E. Massmann. New Britain. [CT] 1999.
2.625” x 2.25”. Illustrated. Typography, design and binding by Robert E. Massmann. Bound in black cloth with paper
label on front cover. In a slipcover with title and laid in a card box with gold bottom and maroon decorated top with
paper title label. No. 46 of 99 copies. $75.00
The book includes a complete listing of Washburn’s miniature books published from 1929-1942 with some of the illus-
trations used in the originals and original selling prices.
41. (Miniature Book Society) Small is Beautiful. [By] Louis W. Bondy. Edited with a Preface by Msgr. Francis J. Weber.
1987. 2.5” x 2.25”. Designed, typeset, printed and bound by Tabula Rasa Press, of Morro Bay, California, on a com-
mission from the Miniature Book Society. Bound in blue cloth with gilt decoration on spine and title on front. One in
an edition of 400 copies. $90.00
Contains the text of Bondy’s Keynote Address delivered at the M.B.S. Conclave III.
42. (Miniature Book Society) Grande Dame. By Evron S. Collins. Cincinnati. 2003. 2.5” x 2”. Frontispiece sketch of Ruth
Adomeit by Jenny Nutting, with four black and white photographic reproductions of her towards the end of the book.
Printed on Nekoose Textweave paper by letterpress at John Henry’s Cedar Creek Press in Bodoni Book. Bound in blue
cloth (Adomeit’s favorite color) with gilt title label on front and side. Blue patterned endpapers. An edition of 400
copies, distributed exclusively to members of the Miniature book Society. $45.00
About Ruth Adomeit, the ‘Grande Dame of Miniature Books’.
43. (Opuscula Press) Discovering Miniature Christmas Books: A Selected Check-List. By Robert F. Hanson. Venice, Florida.
1980. 2.75” x 2.5”. Hand bound in green wrappers with title on front. No. 48 in a numbered edition of 200 copies signed
by Robert F. Hanson. With an inscription on the back free endpaper “For Irene Winterstein with thanks, Bob Hanson
12/2/80”. Small Bookplate laid in: “From the Collection of Irene Winterstein”. Printed dedication to Norman W.
Forgue. White wraparound slipcase printed in red. $40.00
This is the third book in a series of ‘Discovering Miniature ...’ by this press.
44. (Kathryn I. Rickard) The Kathryn I. Richard Miniature Book Collection. Robert H. Goddard Library. Clark University.
1996. 2.875” x 2.5” Frontispiece of Kathryn I. Rickard. Set in Palatino by Aldus Pagemaker on a Macintosh. Compiled
by Robert C. Bradbury. Sewn wrappers with black title on cover. Signed (unreadable). No. 4 in an edition of 75 copies.
$35.00
45. (Russian Miniature Books) Miniature Books USSR. Volume I & Volume II. Publisher ‘Book’. Moscow. 1975. 3” x 2.125”.
Volume I - Pre-Revolutionary Publications: Volume II - Publications of the Soviet Period. Under the general redaction of Dr.
of Pedagogical Science Professor O.S. Chubar’yan. With black and white and some color plates of miniatures. Bound
in green leather with gilt title and gilt and relief decorations. $100.00
46. (Schori Press) Miniature Books Published by The Press of Ward Schori. Robert H. Goddard Library. Clark University. 35th
Anniversary Exhibit. [Worcester, Massachusetts. July, 1997.] 2.875” x 2.625”. Photographs of Ward and Margaret Schori
as well as other black and white illustrations. Printed by photolithography at The Schori Press, Evanston, Illinois,
made possible by a donation from Margaret H. Schori. Editing, design and typography a joint effort of John Schori
and Robert Bradbury. Bound in blue leather with gilt title on spine and a simple blind tooled design on both front and
back. Silk head and tail bands. Marbled endpapers. A marbled paper portfolio by Richard Hordon in the back holds
original title pages for Schori’s first 10 miniature books. Matching marbled paper slipover. An edition of 200 copies.
This is one of 26 Deluxe copies in full leather and with the portfolio. $250.00
47. (Schori Press) Miniature Books Published by The Press of Ward Schori. Robert H. Goddard Library. Clark University. 35th
Anniversary Exhibit. [Worcester, Massachusetts. July, 1997.] 2.875” x 2.625”. Photographs of Ward and Margaret Schori
as well as other black and white illustrations. Printed by photolithography at The Schori Press, Evanston, Illinois,
made possible by a donation from Margaret H. Schori. Editing, design and typography a joint effort of John Schori
and Robert Bradbury. Pale green wrappers with black cover titling done by letterpress in Ward’s basement print shop.
An edition of 200 copies. $40.00
48. (Private Press of Don W. Sanford) Why Collect Miniature Books? By Don W. Sanford. [In 3 parts.] Ingleside, IL. 1992.
3” x 2”. Set in Goudy and lithographically printed on Mohawk Superfine. White wrappers with title and decoration
on front of each booklet. Staples. Published as a Keepsake for various Grand Conclaves of the Miniature Book Society.
Part I - September 4-7, 1992, in San Diego, California. An edition of 200 copies, signed by Don Sanford.
Part II - September 3-6, 1993, in Chicago, Illinois. An edition of 200 copies, signed by Don Sanford.
Part III - A Modern Response. - September 2-5, 1994, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. An edition of 125 copies, signed by
Don Sanford. $70.00
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49. (Tamazunchale Press) Autographs of Miniature Book Publishers.
Newton. [Iowa.] 1983. 2” x 2.875”. Facsimile autographs from 80 differ-
ent presses - often with comments. Cards in clear Plexiglass boards with
title page showing through; holes in card with polyurethane loop and
blue bow to bind the contents. Edition of 250 copies. $30.00
Provenance: From the collection of Kathryn Ida Hill Rickard. With her
Bookplate.
50. (Tamazunchale Press) My Favorite Miniature Book. Nine Essays by

Collectors of Miniature Books. Newton, Iowa. 1984. 2.5” x 1.75”. Printed in
No. 49.
Trinité type by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, Holland. Bound by Reliure
d’Art du Centre S.A., France, in black leather with gilt title on front.
Faith Harrison marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. No. 4 in an edition of 250 copies, signed by Charlotte Smith. $50.00
51. (Tamazunchale Press) Publisher’s Favorite. Six Essays by Publishers of Miniature Books. Newton, Iowa. 1988. 2.5” x 1.75”.
Printed in Trinité type by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, Holland. Bound by Reliure d’Art du Centre S.A., France, in gray
leather with gilt title on front and spine. Faith Harrison marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. No. 4 in an edition of 250
copies, signed by Charlotte M. Smith. $95.00
Provenance: From the collection of Kathryn Ida Hill Rickard. With her Bookplate. [See group photograph, page 59.]
52. (Wee Willie’s Workshop) G.H. Petty and His Private Press. Dundee, Michigan. 1962. Frontispiece reproduction of
Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Bookplate. Photographic tip-in of Petty. Printed by Philip Weygand. Bound with brown cloth
spine and decorated paper boards. An edition of 100 copies. $200.00
Includes a list of the 6 miniature books printed by Weygand.
53. (Doris Varner Welsh) Miniature Books from the Collection of Doris Varner Welsh. Robert H. Goddard Library. Clark
University. Worcester, Massachusetts. 1995. 3” x 2.5”. Frontispiece of Doris Varner Welsh. Set in Palatine type by Aldus
Pagemaker on a Macintosh. Compiled by Robert C. Bradbury. Wrappers with black title on front. Compliments Slip
of the Miniature Book Society laid in. No. 57 of 75 copies. $35.00
54. (Doris Varner Welsh) Miniature Books by Doris Varner Welsh. Chicago, Illinois. Originally printed in 1952. 5” x 3.375”.
Printed at The Phoenix, Richmondville, New York. Blue wrappers with black title on front. Printed by offset on acid-
free paper in January of 1988. 250 copies. $25.00
BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS, BOOKMAKING &

BOOK PEOPLE
55. (Alembic Press) A Little Black Book. [By Claire

Bolton.] Marcham. 1995. 2.75” x 2.5”. Handset and
printed in black with red. Bound in heavy textured
black boards in a Coptic binding with eight red sewn
sections across the spine. No. 58 of 100 copies. A type
specimen book demonstrating the ‘black’ letter type-
faces in the Alembic Press. $95.00
56. (Alembic Press) Miniature Pastepapers. Text and dec-

orative papers by Claire Maziarcsyk. Marcham. 1998.
3” x 2.75”. Accordion fold. Printed and with samples on
No. 55.
both sides of the book. Monotype set by Claire Bolton.
12 samples of pastepapers. Boards
bound in metallic gold & black; paper
title label on front. Matching pastepaper
slipcover. No. 81 in an edition of 140
copies. $125.00
57. (Beaverdam Press) Printers on

Morris. Edited by John J. Walsdorf.
Beaverton, Oregon. 1981. 3” x 2.25”.
Printed on Strathmore Text in a total edi-
tion of 360 copies. Set in Garamond.
No. 56.
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Frontispiece engraved on wood by Barry Moser. Red floral and animal design paper engraved by Sara Chamberlain.
Black leather spine. No. 130 of 300 copies thus; total edition of 326. $125.00
58. (Bela Blau) Book Shops. By L.C.P. (Lawrence Clark Powell) Printed by W.M. Cheney for Roy V. Boswell as a keepsake
for Banqueteers. Fifth California Antiquarian Book Fair. Ambassador Hotel. Los Angeles. November 1965. 2.375” x
1.625”. Bound by Bela Blau in brown calf, gilt-stamped title on front and spine. Scarce. $200.00
Provenance: From the collection of Raymond A. Smith and the collection of Kathryn Ida Hill Rickard. With their
Bookplates.
59. (Black Cat Press) More Tales for Bibliophiles. A set of 3 Volumes.
[Chicago.] Although dated 1945, this set was not published
until approximately 20 years later. 2.25” x 1.75”. In a marbled
paper over board slipcase.
I - Books Interchanged by Hayno Focken. Translated by
Theodore W. Koch. Designed by Norman W. Forgue. Printed
in black with red in Monotype Roman. Bound by Bela Blau in
red leather with gilt title on spine and front; gilt decoration.
Marbled endpapers. Printed in a very limited edition.
II - Bookbinder of Hort. By L. Von Sacher-Masock. Translated
by Theodore W. Koch. Designed by Norman W. Forgue.
Printed in black with brown in Monotype Roman. Bound by
Bela Blau in brown leather with gilt title on spine and front; No. 59.
gilt decoration. Marbled endpapers. Printed in a very limited
edition.
III - The Elzevir. By Fedor Von Zobeltitz. Translated by
Theodore W. Koch. Designed by Norman W. Forgue Printed in black with green in Monotype Roman. Bound by Bela
Blau in green leather with gilt title on spine and front; gilt decoration. Marbled endpapers. Printed in a very limited
edition. $250.00
60. (Black Cat Press) The Homecoming of The Lost Book. By Eugenie Schwarewald from the German by Albert Henry Allen.
Chicago, Illinois. 1961. 2.5” x 1.7”. Design and typography by N.W.F. Printed on Berestoke, handmade in England.
Blue leather spine with gilt title and blue Japanese paper boards. One of 300 copies. Spine and top of back board sight-
ly faded. Spine states “The Return of The Lost Book” which is incorrect. $110.00
Provenance: From the collections of Doris V. Welch and Kathryn Ida Hill Rickard. With the blue Bookplate “DVW 1992
KIR”.
61. (Black Cat Press) The Homecoming of the Lost Book. By Eugenie Schwarewald from the German of Albert Henry Allen.
Chicago, Illinois. 1961. 2.5” x 1.625”. One of a few copies bound in full blue leather with marbled endpapers. Gilt
title on spine and gilt illustration on front board. Top edge uncut. An edition of 300 copies. Signed by Norman W.
Forgue. $150.00
62. (Black Cat Press) Author’s Proof. By Louis Zara. Skokie, Illinois. [n.d.] 2.25” x 1.625”. Design and typography by
Norman W. Forgue. Printed on rag-content paper. Hand bound by Bela Blau in brown leather with gilt title on spine,
and decorative ‘A’ in gilt on the front board. Marbled endpapers. French fold. One in an edition of 249 copies. $85.00
63. (Black Cat Press) The Man in the Smock from the Memoirs of an ex-Girl Friday. Part I. By Carla Harris. Skokie, Illinois.
[n.d.] 2.5”x 1.75”. Design and typography by Norman W. Forgue. Frontispiece of Forgue. Printed on Strathmore
Antique in Linotype Fairfield by Alpha Beta Press. Bound by Bela Blau in blue leather with gilt title on front.
Patterned endpapers. One in an edition of 249 copies. $85.00
64. (Black Cat Press) Printing: A Modest Art. Based on an Address delivered at the University of Oklahoma October 22, 1947. By
Will Ransom. Skokie, Illinois. 2.5” x 2”. Design, typography & production by Norman W. Forgue. Printed by offset
lithography on Coronado Text paper at the Schori Press. Bound by Bela Blau in red leatherette with gilt title on spine
and front. Toning marbled endpapers. One in an edition of 249 copies, initialed by Norman W. Forgue. $85.00
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65. (Black Cat Press) Yesterdays. Recollections and Reflections on Growing Up in Newton, Iowa. By Thomas R. Smith. Skokie,
Illinois. 1982. 2.625” x 2”. Printed for the author for private distribution. Design and typography by Norman W.
Forgue. Illustrated with photographic reproductions. Printed in Linotype Fairfield on Teton Antique Paper by The
Schori Press. Bound by Bela Blau In brown wood veneer with title on spine and on front. Patterned endpapers.
Address label of Thomas R. Smith in Newton, Iowa laid in. 250 copies, of which only 100 are for sale. $95.00
66. (Anne & David Bromer) No. V-109: The Biography of a printing press. By Henry Morris. [Boston.] 1978. 2.375” x 1.875”.
Printed at the Bird & Bull Press on handmade paper and set in Kennerley types. Bound by E.G. Parrot with gilt-titled
tan spine, and purple patterned paper boards. Gray endpapers. Number 146 in an edition of 150 copies, signed by
Henry Morris. $350.00
The first and last miniature to be printed at the Bird & Bull Press and the first Bird & Bull checklist to appear in
print signed by Morris.
67. (Anne & David Bromer) No. V-109: The Biography of a printing press. By Henry Morris. [Boston.] 1978. 2.25” x 1.75”.
Printed at the Bird & Bull Press on handmade paper and set in Kennerley types. Bound by E.G. Parrot in vellum with
silver title on front gold patterned endpapers. Unnumbered copy in an edition of 150 copies. $225.00
The title refers to the number of the Bird & Bull’s printing press, which saw 53 years of service.
68. (Columbian 415 Chappel) Fine Printing and the ‘80’s. By Edward Petko. Los Angeles. California. [n.d.] 2.875” x 2.375”.
Printed on Urabec-Hoffman all-rag handmade paper. Bound in red/brown marbled paper over board with paper title
label on spine. An edition of 100 copies. $150.00
69. (Private Press of Muir Dawson) A Visit with Dr. R. By Ernest Dawson. 1968. First published in 1948. 2.5” x 2”. Titlepage
with cut-out ‘R’. Designed and executed by Robert E. Massmann. Printed at Art Press. Bound in maroon cloth with
paper title label on front. No. 64 of 120 numbered copies. $125.00
70. (Dawson’s Book Shop) Early Events in the Life of Thomas Dawson. Los Angeles. 1973. 2.375” x 1.875”. Printed for Glen
Dawson and Muir Dawson by William M. Cheney. Bound in brown leather with gilt title on spine. One in an edition
of 250 copies. $75.00
71. (Dawson’s Book Shop) Francis J. Weber: The Monsignor of the Archives. By Doyce B. Nunis, Jr. Los Angeles. 1983. 2.125”
x 2”. Illustration by Anthony F. Kroll. Printed in handset Bembo types on Lana Laid Rag on a 1900 Chandler & Price
pilot press owned by Edward Petko, M.D. Bound by Bela Blau with brown cloth spine, black title; illustration and title
in brown and black on cream board sides. One in an edition of 250 copies. $45.00
72. (Dawson’s Book Shop) Autobiography of W.M.C. [William M. Cheney.] Downey. 1988. 3” x 2.5”. Frontispiece repro-
duction of a slate cut by David Kindersley. Illustrated with photographic reproductions. Printing by William M.
Cheney. Bound by Bela Blau in brown cloth with small label on spine and black illustration on front. $65.00
73. (G.M. Echaniz) The 12 June 1539 Contracts. [In English and Spanish.] Mexico. 1964. 1.875” x 1.625”. Bound in red
leather with gilt tooled decoration and gilt title on front. Small metal clasp, initialed ‘JP’ to close book. One of only 15
copies imprinted especially for Thomas W. McDonald. Juan Pables established the first printing shop in America and
this is a facsimile and translation of his contract with Juan Cromberger, Master Printer in Seville. $95.00
74. (Fleece Press) The Fleece Press Guide to the Art of Wood Engraving. By George Tute. Woolley. [U.K.] 1986. 2.675” x 2.125”.
Illustrations by various woodengravers, all printed from the original blocks. In an edition of 250 copies, this is one of
5 Specials bound by Angela James to her own design. Full black leather with a design of an opened box with gold
stars on red, blue green and yellow flares coming out of the box. Doublures of turquoise and pink leather. Speckled
endpapers. On the back cover is the word ‘BOX’ repeated to form a square decoration. Initials for title on the spine
in gilt. A loose woodengraving by George Tute is laid in. In a gray cloth dropback box lined with cream felt and leather
title label with gilt lettering on spine. $1250.00
The first Fleece Press miniature.
75. (Fleece Press) The Fleece Press Guide to the Art of Wood Engraving. By George Tute. Woolley. [U.K.] 1986. 3” x 2.125”.
Nine illustrations by various woodengravers, all printed from the original blocks. Handset. Bound by Smith Settle in
full blue leather. Blue cloth slipcase. This is one of 40 in full leather in a total edition of 295 copies. A loose print by
George Tute is laid-in at the back of the Special copies. Spine slightly faded. $300.00
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The first Fleece Press miniature. Engravers include Joan Hassall,
Monica Poole, George Mackley, Peter Forster, John Lawrence, Kathleen
Lindsley and Jane Lydbury.
76. (Fleece Press) The Fleece Press Guide to the Art of Wood Engraving. By
George Tute. Woolley. [U.K.] 1986. 3” x 2.125”. Nine illustrations by var-
ious woodengravers, all printed from the original blocks. Handset.
Bound in Liberty fabric over boards with paper title label. Blue cloth
slipcase with title on spine. One in a total edition of 295 copies. $100.00
The first Fleece Press miniature.Engravers include Joan Hassall,
Monica Poole, George Mackley, Peter Forster, John Lawrence, Kathleen
Lindsley and Jane Lydbury. No. 76.
77. (Fleece Press) Stanley Morison: Man of Letters. [By] Beatrice Warde. [Wakefield, West Yorkshire.] 2.625” x 2”. Second
miniature of The Fleece Press printed by hand by Simon Lawrence. Bound by Smith Settle in beige and white cloth
with paper title label on spine. Blue cloth slipcase. Beatrice Warde’s obituary of Morison with an accompanying alpha-
bet of letters taken from some of the typefaces which were introduced during Morison’s career with Monotype Corp.
An edition of 240 copies. $75.00
78. (Fleece Press) A Guide to the Hand Press. By Ward Ritchie. Engravings by Anthony Christmas. [Wakefield, West
Yorkshire.1989.] 2.875” x 2.125”. Printed by Simon Lawrence and bound by Smith Settle in brown and cream patterned
boards with paper title label on front. An edition of 200 copies. $135.00
79. (Fleece Press) The Art of Binding Books. [By] Angela

James. Illustrated by Antony Christmas.
[Wakefield, W. Yorkshire. 1991.] 2” x 2.875”. Text
set in Van Diuck at The Rocket Press. Bound by
Angela James in leather in an abstract design of
mustard, navy, red, and blue leather inlays with
gray paper; doublures of mustard and cream
leather with gray paper and painted endpage to
match; back doublure in red and blue leather with
gray paper and toning painted back free endpaper.
Laid in a red leather envelope type folder lined
with blue felt, and a triangular yellow clasp with
elastic tie. In an edition of 290 copies, this is one of
10 Special copies bound by Angela James to her
own design and signed and dated by her. $1500.00
Together with:
The New Bookbinder: Journal of Designer Bookbinders. Volume 13, 1993.
11” x 8.5”. The first article is on Angela James and her use of color.
Front cover color illustration is of Angela James with a miniaturee
book, with her bindings illustrated on the back cover. As can be No. 79.
seen, each binding of the 10 Specials is a unique variant.
80. (Fleece Press) In Praise of John

Baskerville. A tribute by F.E.
Pardoe. Illustrated by Anthony
Christmas. [Wakefield, West
Yorks.] 1994. 2.125” x 2. 875”.
Printed at the Rocket Press.
Bound by Smith Settle in deco-
rated paper with paper title
label. 260 copies. $65.00
81. (Karli Frigge) Double Face.

Two-sided paper especially
marbled for this sampler by
Karli Frigge. [Holland.] 1991. No. 81.
1.75” x 1.25”. Published by Frits
Knuf. Bound by Het Balkon in
marbled cloth by Karli Frigge with green paper title label on front. One in an edition of 55 copies. $165.00
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82. (Good Book Press) Rags Make Paper. Santa Cruz. 1985. 1.5” x 1.25”. Printed letterpress on Peter Thomas’s handmade
paper with linoleum cuts by Donna Thomas. Tan leather spine with relief title on spine, handmade paper boards. No.
84 in an edition of 225 copies. $65.00
83. (Clifford L. Helbert) Dunlap and Claypoole:

Printers to George Washington and the American
Congress. By Herbert Kerkow. Privately published
by The ABCDarium of Clifford L. Helbert.
Milwaukee, WI. 1988. 3.125” x2.5”. Produced in
honor of the Constitutional Bicentennial. Black and
white illustration of Claypoole. Black spine with
gilt title; paper title label on gray handmade paper
boards. Gray Fabriano endpapers. No. 22 in an edi-
tion of 200 numbered copies. From an article in The
Inland Printer, 81:4 July 1928. $45.00
Provenance: From the collection of Kathryn Ida Hill
Rickard. With her Bookplate.
84. (Hillside Press) Printer’s Marks and Colophons. By Frank Irwin. Tilton, New Hampshire. 1976. 2.25” x 2”. Illustrations
of Press Marks. Handset and printed in Bulmer Roman. Bound in yellow cloth with black title on spine and press
devise on front. No. 243 of 250 copies. $50.00
85. (Hillside Press) The Plantin Press. By Frank Irwin. With Illustrations by Joseph Pennell. Buffalo, New York. 1978.
2.375” x 1.875”. Printed in Bulmer Roman. Hand bound in white leatherette with gilt title on spine and gilt illustra-
tion on front. Marbled endpapers. No. 45 in a total edition of 325 copies, most bound in cloth. $60.00
Provenance: From the collections of Arlene B. Potter and Kathryn Ida Hill Rickard. With their Bookplates.
86. (Hillside Press) T.E. Lawrence and Fine Printing. By Philip M. O’Brien. Printed in cooperation with Lorson’s Books &
Prints. Buffalo, New York. 1980. 2.25” x 2”. Printed on Rives imported paper. Cream boards with gilt title on spine.
No. 182 in an edition of 375 numbered copies. $45.00
87. (Hillside Press) Victor Hammer. By Eleanor Irwin. Centennial Edition. Buffalo, New York. 1982. 2.375” x 2”.
Frontispiece of Victor Hammer. Black and white illustrations. Set in Bulmer Roman and printed on Rives imported
paper. Bound in red leather with gilt title on spine and initials on the front. No. 130 in an edition of 250 copies, signed
by Eleanor Irwin. $50.00
88. (Hillside Press) William Morris. By M.J. Mackail. With Five Illustrations. Roswell, Georgia. 1983. 2.5” x 2”. Set by hand
in Bulmer and printed on Kelsey Egg-tint paper. Bound in blue cloth with title in red on spine and ‘Kelmscott’ in red
on the front. Hand colored endpapers. No. 140 in an edition of 275 copies. Signed by Eleanor Irwin. $45.00
89. (Junipero Serra Press) The Unfinished Psalter. [By] Msgr. Francis J. Weber. San Fernando, California. [n.d.] 2.875” x 2”.
Frontispiece of a 1939 3c. stamp of a printing press tipped-in. Printed letterpress in Baskerville on English book paper.
Bound in blue leather with gilt title on front board. All edges gilt. One in an edition of 200 copies, signed by Msgr.
Weber. $95.00
90. (Junipero Serra Press) C.E.D. “The Lady.” [Carrie Estelle Doheny.] [By] Msgr. Francis J. Weber. [San Fernando,
California.] 1988. 2.75” x 2”. Printed offset. Bound in blue leather with title in gilt on front. All edges gilt. Frontispiece
is the small green leather goldstamped bookplate of Estelle Doheny. One of 300 copies. $95.00
91. (Kitemaug Press) 6 and 8 point Type Specimens. Spartanburg. 1976. 2.25” x 1.5”. Illustrated. Sewn brown wrappers with
title on front. No. 48 of about 100 copies printed and bound by Frank J. Anderson. $30.00
92. (Kitemaug Press) William Parks: Williamsburg Printer. Spartanburg. [S.C.] 1991. 2.375” x 2.25”. Frontispiece of a print-
ing press. Printed by Frank J. Anderson on Ragston paper. Bound in brown wrappers with illustration of printing
press and title in black on front. An edition of 150 copies printed as a Keepsake of the Miniature Book Society ‘s
Conclave IX held in Williamsburg, Virginia, October 11-14, 1991. $30.00
Provenance: From the collection of Kathryn Ida Hill Rickard. With her purple stamp of KIR and two roses - with the
date ‘1992’ in ink beneath.
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Unique binding by Deborah Evetts
93. (Mel Kavin) You can judge a book by its cover. A brief survey of materials by Bernard Middleton. Edited by David
Pankow. Published by Mel Kavin and printed by Henry Morris. 1994. 3.125” x 2.5”. Designed by Ward Ritchie, illus-
trated by John de Pol, typeset by Patrick Reagh. Unique binding by Deborah Evetts in red morocco with design of
colored inlays and onlays of leather, floral paper and gold tooling. Head and tail bands sewn in blue and white.
Gray/white marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Binder’s stamp at base of back cover pastedown. In a lined maroon
leather box originally from another book! One in an edition of 500 copies, signed by Bernard Middleton, John de Pol,
Ward Ritchie, Patrick Reagh, Henry Morris, Tini Miura, Einen Miura and Mel Kavin. [Tini Miura bound 10 special
copies at the time.] $1750.00
94. (Mosaic Press) Silver Bindings from the Cornelius

J. Hauck Collection at the Cincinnati Historical
Society. Written by Miriam Irwin. Photographs
by J. Hill Manon. Cincinnati. 1983. 3” x 2.275”.
Black and white illustrations throughout.
Typeset in Century Schoolbook and hand bound
at the Cincinnati Bindery. Bound in black cloth
with silver decoration on front and silver title on
spine. $45.00
Published in honor of the first Grand Conclave of
Miniature Book Publishers, held September 1983. No. 94.
95. (Opuscula Press) The Golden Age of American Bookplate Design 1890-1925. By Francis W. Allen. Mattituck, New York.
1979. 2.375” x 2”. Examples of five bookplates tipped-in. Printed in Press Roman on Strathmore Writing paper. Blue
cloth boards. Dust jacket with title on spine and front. No. 32 in an edition of 300 copies, signed by Robert F. Hanson.
Spine slightly darkened. $50.00
96. (Press of the Indiana Kid) Search for an Albion. [By James Lamar Weygand.] Printed for Maestro Books. Nappanee,
Indiana. 1963. 2.625” x 1.875”. Light green boards with black and white illustration on back and front; black title on
spine. One in an edition of 100 copies. First Weygand miniature. [See illustration top of p.14.] $250.00
97. (Press of the Indiana Kid) The Tightwad and the Isfahan Columbian. [By James Lamar Weygand.] Nappanee, Indiana.
1975. Two illustrations. Printed and bound by James L. Weygand in dusky rose paper with black title on spine and
paper illustration label on front. One in an edition of about 35 copies, signed by James L. Weygand. Slight fading to
top of back board. [See illustration top of p.14.] $195.00
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Nos. 97, 96, 98, 99.
98. (Press of the Indiana Kid) A Solar Printing Press 1878. Nappanee, Indiana. 1978. 2.75” x 1.875”. For Maestro Books.
Fold-out black and white engraving of the solar press. Set, printed & bound by James Lamar Weygand. Orange paper
over boards with cover linocut by Joy Weygand
and black title on spine. About 45 copies. $150.00
99. (Press of the Indiana Kid) Ex Libris Minimus:

The Book. Nappanee, Indiana. Finished December
1987. 2.75” x 1.875”. Designed, set, printed and
bound by James Lamar Weygand. Bookplate
color schemes by Joy Weygand. Maroon spine
with gilt title; marbled paper boards with paper
title label on front. One in an edition of about 60
copies. $135.00
No. 98
100. (Patrick Reagh Printers) Glen Dawson - A No. 99.
Bookman Turns 80. By Thomas F. Andrews. June
1992. 2.875” x 2.125”. Printed in Monotype Baskerville types. Designed by Scott Fruetel and sewn in white card wrap-
pers with red title on front by Ruth Hoffman. A Keepsake issued in an edition of 300 copies. $25.00
101. (Press of Ward Schori) Calligraphy & Lettering. Quotations collected by G. Harvey Petty. Evanston, Illinois. 1984. 2”
x2.625”. Calligraphy by G. Harvey Petty. Textured beige paper with title in black on spine and black decoration on
front. Calligraphic endpapers. [200 copies.] Signed by Ward K. Schori. $85.00
102. (Schori Press) Printshop Nostalgia: Cartoons. ‘Old Days in the Printshop’. By John T. Nolf. Originally published in The
Island Printer Magazine. With a Preface by J.L. Frazier, Editor, The Island Printer Magazine. Evanston, Illinois. 1989.
Brown leather with title in brown on spine and front board.Endpapers miniaturized from the original book. In an edi-
tion of 200 copies, this is an unnumbered copy. $80.00
103. (Achille J. St. Onge) Formats and Foibles: A Few Books Which Might Be Called Curious. By Walter Hart Blumenthal.
Worcester. [MA] 1956. 2.375” x 1.875”. Printed on Monotype Plantin on Barcham Green’s White Wove handmade
paper by The Chiswick Press, London. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, London, in red leather with gilt title and dec-
oration on front board, gilt title on spine and gilt feather on back board. Red patterned endpapers. All edges gilt. One
in an edition of 300 copies. $200.00
104. (Seahorse Press) Captain Jack: Being the Reminiscences of a Sea-going Bookseller. By John Friend. Long Beach. [CA] 1963.
2.125” x 1.75”. Set and printed by Wm. M. Cheney. Bound by Bela Blau in brown leather with simple gilt decoration
and title label on spine. One in an edition of 300 copies. $125.00
Provenance: From the collections of Doris V. Welch and Kathryn Ida Hill Rickard. With the blue Bookplate “DVW 1992
KIR”.
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105. (Tamazunchale Press) Book Interlude. [By Charlotte Smith.] Newton, Iowa. 1983. 2.75” x
1.875”. Printed in Trinité type by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, Holland. Bound by Reliure d’art
du Centre S.A., France, in natural vellum with gilt title on front and spine. Cockerell marbled
endpapers. All edges gilt. No. 236 in an edition of 250 copies, signed by Smith. $80.00
The account of a bibliophilic trip to England and interviews with Sidney Cockerell and
Stanley Bray of Sangorski & Sutcliffe. (See group photograph on page 59.)
106. (Peter & Donna Thomas) Celia Fiennes: A Record of 17th Century Papermaking. Biography and
footnotes by Peter Thomas. Illustrations cut by Donna Thomas. Santa Cruz. [CA] 1990. 2.5”
x 2”. Tip-in of reproduction of 17th century paper. Text printed on paper made using 17th
century techniques. Binding and endpapers of 17th century paper with text. Title and engrav-
ing on front cover. No. 168 in an edition of 200 copies. $60.00
No. 106.
107. (Peter & Donna
Thomas) A Papermaking
Safari to Africa. By Peter
and Donna Thomas.
Santa Cruz. 1995. 3” x
2.2”. Text written by
Peter and illustrated by
Donna. Printed on paper
No. 107.
made from cotton rag
and Msasa fiber with light brown pattern on the back of the page. Letterpress printed. Bound in handmade light tan
paper with a black zebra stripe design, with a front pocket of two examples of handmade papers and the book bound
in black thread glued to the back board of the book. No. 96 in an edition of 100 copies. $75.00
108. (Traders Press) Autobiography of An Early American Wood Engraver. [by] Dr. Alexander Anderson. The Little Press of
J.R. Levien. New York. 1968. 2.5” x 2.25”. Illustrated. Black cloth spine, marbled paper boards with paper title label on
front. Illustrated endpapers. No. 7 of 500 copies. $60.00
109. (Wild Hare Press) A Pressing Problem: Being the True Story of the Printer's Devil. Text and etchings by Corinne
Guiney. 1982. 3” x 2.25”. Designed and printed by hand in black with red in Deepdene on Rives lightweight paper.
The etchings were created especially for the story and were tipped-in. Black leather with gilt title on spine and relief
illustration on front. Marbled endpapers. Red slipcase. No. 6 in an edition of 100 copies, signed by Corinne Guiney.
Provenance: From the collection of Kathryn Ida Hill Rickard. With her Bookplate. $150.00
No. 110.
110. (Juniper Von Phitzer) Book Quotation & Book-Making Pictures. Collected by Juniper von Phitzer. [San Francisco,
California.] 1994. 2.625” x 2.75”. Illustrated throughout. Designed, handset, letterpress printed by Juniper Von Phitzer.
Cover design by Marvin R. Hiemstra. Hand-tinting of illustrations by Lady Phitzer. Bound in black leather with gilt
design of books across both covers. All edges gilt. Gray patterned endpapers. No. 19 in an edition of 101 copies, signed
by Juniper von Phitzer. $100.00
Provenance: From the collection of Rabbi Kalman Levitan. With his Bookplate.
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111. (Xavier Press) Ottmar Mergenthaler’s Marvel. By R.C. Bellas. Baltimore. [MD] 1986. 2.5” x 2”. Frontispiece facsimile of
a German postal stamp of Merganthaler and other black and white illustrations. Set in Bodoni. Bound by Donald E.
Brady in red cloth with silver title on spine and silver relief silhouette of a man at a printing press on front. Laid in a
pocket on the inside back cover is a metal Linotype Circulating Matrix. Laid in at the first title page is a U.S. 32c. stamp
of Mergenthaler. No. 148 of 500 copies, signed by Francis X. Harrigan. $75.00
112. (Xavier Press) The Old-time Printer. By Mark Twain. Baltimore. 1988. 2.5” x 2’. Illustrated. Handset. Bound by Don
Brady in brown cloth with gilt title on spine and front. Brown endpapers. Original glassine wrappers. No. 124 of 175
copies, signed by Francis X. Harrigan. Two letterpress metal type letters in printed pocket inside back cover. $75.00
113. (Xavier Press) Women Printers in Early Maryland. By P.H. Bellas. Baltimore. 1991. 2.75” x 2.125”. Handset in Caslon and
printed on a handpress. Two tip-ins and illustrations in black and white. Red cloth boards with gilt title on spine and
front. Endpapers of a printshop scene. No. 83 in an edition of 200 copies. $75.00
ALPHABET BOOKS
114. (Black Cat Press) Alphabet Sentences: Scribal Art through Sixteen Centuries. By G. Harvey Petty. Skokie, Illinois. 1978?
2.125” x 2.75”. Design and calligraphy by G. Harvey Petty. Printed on Strathmore Pastelle. Produced by Norman W.
Forgue. Bound by Bela Blau in full blue leather with gilt calligraphic alphabet on front and gilt title on spine. Blue end-
papers with black calligraphic alphabet design. Tipped-in is a folded chart of the alphabet through the ages. Signed
by Norman W. Forgue. $95.00
115. (Catharijne Press) Florilegium: A collection of flower initials designed by Maurice Dufrène. Utrecht. 1988. 2.5” x 1.675”.
Printed in Bodoni Antiqua on Conqueror Bond Velin paper. With hand coloring. Bound in green suede with leather
title label. No. XIII of 15 Special copies with
the Art Noveau initials heightened in gold and
the surrounding floral designs in pastel colors
by Luce Thuckow. Book-shaped slipcase of
green and brown. $300.00
116. (Catharijne Press) Florilegium: A collection

of flower initials designed by Maurice Dufrène.
Utrecht. 1988. 2.5” x 1.675”. Printed in Bodoni
Antiqua on Conqueror Bond Velin paper. With
hand coloring. Bound in green suede with
leather title label on front. No. 33 of 150 stan-
dard copies. $150.00
Provenance: From the collection of Kathryn
Ida Hill Rickard. With her Bookplate.
Nos. 115 & 116.
117. (Chamberlain Press) Alphabetarium.
Wood engravings by Sarah Chamberlain. Jo Ann Reisler Ltd. 1982. 2.5” x 2”. Printed on mulberry paper in Garamond.
Bound in toned tan boards with title on front. Matching paper over board slipcase. No. 76 in an edition of 150 copies,
signed by Sarah Chamberlain. $200.00
118. (Emporium Publications) ABC’s of Boston. Illustrated by E. Helene Sherman. Charlestown, Massachusetts. [n.d.] 3.25”
x 2.625”. Deckle edges. Red cloth boards with gilt title on front. Patterned endpapers. Designed and executed by
Jerome Rubin. No. 95 of 250 copies, signed by E. Helene Sherman. $50.00
119. (Richard J. Hoffman) The Story of The Alphabet: Its

Evolution and Development. An essay written by Otto F. Edge,
The Cleveland School of Art. Embellished typographically
with printer’s flowers arranged by Richard J. Hoffman.
Printed in Van Nuys, California. 1988. 2.75” x 2.875”. Printed
by Richard J. Hoffman in black with various colors for the
embellishments. Bound in patterned cloth with title in red
on spine and a red ‘A’ on the front and a red ‘Ω’ on the back.
Green endpapers with alphabet and decoration. One in an
edition of 250 copies. $95.00
This book received a Distinguished Book Award from the
No. 119. Miniature Book Society in 1988.
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120. (Robert E. Massmann) A Boston Cordial. [New Britain, Connecticut.]
1981. 1.75” x 1.625”. Slipcase - 2” x 2”. Typography and binding by
Robert M. Massmann. Illustrations, title page calligraphy and illumi-
nation by E. Helene Sherman. Bound in red leatherette with paper
title label on front. Red leatherette chemise lined with marbled paper
and matching slipcase with paper label illustration on the spine and
red ribbon for ease of removal of book. In an edition of 500 copies,
this is a unique copy with many postage stamps tipped-in in cellu-
loid sleeves. With an inscription in ink on the front free endpaper
“Rabbi Kal - Greetings and best wishes - E. Helene Sherman” and an
inscription in ink on the back page “For Kal, / Fondly / Robert E.
Massmann”. $650.00
An illustrated alphabet which is a reissue in a smaller format of the
earlier ABC’s of Boston. It shows all the ‘must see’ attractions of
Boston.
Rabbi Levitan was first president of the Miniature Book Socviety, and compiler of Miniature Books Relating to Postage
Stamps.
121. (Poole Press) A

Christmas Alphabet. By
Maryline Poole Adams.
[Berkeley, California.]
1984. 2.125” 1.75”.
Accordion fold and
printed on both sides.
Printed from linoleum
blocks designed, cut,
hand-printed and col-
ored by Maryline Poole
Adams. Hand-bound by
the artist. Endboards of
dark green patterned
velvet; with a toning rust color velvet ribbon tie. Laid in a perspex box. No. 9 in an edition of 100 copies signed by
M.P. Adams in red. Inscription in red ink on colophon page “Best regards to Kal Levitan”. $225.00
Provenance: Collection of Rabbi Kalman Levitan. With his Bookplate.
122. (Poole Press) Jack-in-the Box: An

Alphabet by M.P. Adams. [Berkeley,
California.1991.] 3” x 2.25”. Designed,
illustrated, printed and bound by
Maryline Poole Adams. A pop-up color-
illustrated alphabet with a grinning
clown’s face above the alphabet. In an
illustrated and titled container with a lift-
up lid, which allows the alphabet to
open. Closure of black button and black
elastic. No. 4 in an edition of 99 signed
copies. $395.00
Provenance: From the collection of Rabbi
Kalman Levitan. With his Bookplate.
123. (Rebecca Press) Golden Alphabet.

1986. 2.75” x 2”. “Produced just for fun”
by Rebecca Saady Bingham. Decorated letters in gilt. French fold on tan paper. Bound in cream textured cloth with
gilt paper title label on front. Marbled endpapers. No. 3 of 200 copies, signed in pencil by Rebecca Bingham. Extra
sample page laid in. $125.00
124. (Rebecca Press) Lady Letters. [‘Haute couture’ alphabet signed and illustrated] by June Sidwell. 1986. 2.125” x 1.75”.
Published on the occasion of the Miniature Book Society Conclave IV, held August 29-September 1, 1986 in
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Washington, D.C. Designed by Rebecca Saady Bingham. Printed by Serif Press. Bound at The Green Dragon Bindery
in blue wrappers with paper title label on front; marbled endpapers. No.144 in a total edition of 150 copies thus, in a
total edition of 200 copies, initialed by Bingham in pencil. $45.00
125. (Rebecca Press) Extracts from the Devil’s Dictionary. [By] Ambrose Bierce. 1988. 2.75” x 2.25”. Set in Perpetua. Bound in
cream cloth with brown leather title label in front. Blue marbled endpapers. No. 37 of 200 copies, signed by Rebecca
Bingham. $65.00
126. (Sandlin’s Books & Bindery) ABC’s for Booklovers. Valparaiso, Indiana. 1992. Printed on Mohawk Superfine with
handset type. Bound in are examples of patterned, marbled and Japanese papers, as well as examples of onionskin
paper and linen. Hand sewn and bound in blue morocco grained goatskin with multi-colored title on front. No. 79
of 200 similar but not identical copies. Signed by Linda Sandlin for concept and illustration, as well as those respon-
sible for printing and binding. $195.00
First miniature from this press. Winner of the M.B.S. Book Competition Distinguished Book Award 1993.
127. (Tabula Rasa Press) The Alphabet of Creation. An ancient legend from the Zohar with
drawings by Ben Shahn. Seattle. [WA] 1993. 2.75” x 2.25”. Reprinted by arrangement
with Pantheon Books, a division of Random House, Inc. Printed in black with purple
illustrations and Hebrew letters. Printed in Cochin on acid-free paper. Black cloth
boards with title in pale purple on spine and illustration of Adam & Eve on the front
cover. Purple endpapers illustrated with typographic letters and signs. No. 118 in an
128. (Juniper Von Phitzer Press) An Alphabet for Flora. San Francisco, California. 1990.
2.5” x 2.875”. Designed, handset, letterpress printed, and hand-colored by Juniper Von
Phitzer. Bound in full silver leather with gilt title on spine and gilt flower on front. Silver
endpapers. All edges gilt. No. 26 of 125 copies signed by Juniper Von Phitzer. $125.00
129. (Juniper Von Phitzer Press) A Fantasy Title Page for a Phantasy Literary Tome. San
Francisco, California. 1991. 2.25” x 3”. Designed, handset, letterpress printed, and hand-tinted by Juniper Von Phitzer.
Bound by La Reliure d’Art du Centre in pink textured leather with gilt title and simple design on front. All edges gilt.
No. 16 in an edition of 110 copies signed by Juniper Von Phitzer. $125.00
130. (Juniper Von Phitzer Press) 26 Compliments. By Marvin R. Hiamstra. San Francisco, California. 1991. 1.875” x 3”.
Printed in various colors. Designed, handset, letterpress printed, and hand tinted by Juniper von Phitzer. Bound in
maroon textured leather with gilt title on front. All edges gilt. In a total edition of 101 copies, this is No. 10. Signed by
both Juniper Von Phitzer and Marvin R. Hiamstra. $125.00
THE ASH RANCH PRESS
A complete run of titles, with unique correspondence from the printer

131. (Ash Ranch Press) Bibliography of The Ash Ranch Press. Miniature Book Society, Inc. 1993. 2.625” x 2.75”. Color photo-
graph frontispiece of Don Hildreth. Printed at International Graphics on Mohawk Tomahawk paper. Handbound by
Donald Brady in black silk with gilt title on spine and thin metal gold color plate with title on front. Marbled endpa-
per designed by Diane Maurer. Designed and produced by Rebecca Saady Bingham for the Miniature Book Society,
One in an edition of 500 copies. $60.00
At the time of his death, Don Hildreth had already written most of the text for
this bibliography of The Ash Ranch Press.
132. (Ash Ranch Press) Coyote. By Mark Twain. [An excerpt from Roughing It.]
[Hemet, California. 1986.] 1.25” x1.125”. Frontispiece a pen-and-ink original
illustration of a coyote by Don Hildreth. Handset in Modern Italic and printed
letterpress on handmade paper, including endpapers. Bound in full brown
leather with green and yellow headbands; title on spine. Black leatherette slip-
case. In an edition of 126 copies, this is Letter ‘J’ of 26 Deluxe copies. $150.00
The 1st book of the Ash Ranch Press.
No. 132.
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133. (Ash Ranch Press) Tumbleweeds West, May 1987 * No. 1. By
Harry Oliver. [From his book, Desert Rough Cuts, A Haywire
History of the Borego Desert. Also texts by Mark Twain, Josh
Billings, and S. Omar Barker.] [San Diego, California.] 2.375”
x 2.75”. Printed exclusively for the Amalgamated Printers’
Association by Don Hildreth. Printed letterpress in brown on
tan paper. Stripey cream paper with the tile in three colors on
the front. Pages stapled inside the wrappers to form a match-
book shape. An edition of 250 copies. Signed and dated in red
ink “9-4-76 / Don Hildreth/ The Ash Ranch Press”. $50.00
The 2nd book of the Ash Ranch Press.
Provenance: From the collection of Rabbi Kalman Levitan.
With his Bookplate.
134. (Ash Ranch Press) The Tramp Printer. By King Wilkin. [San
Diego, California. 1987.] 1.25” x 1.125”. Original woodcut by
Don Hildreth. Handset in New Times Roman and printed let-
terpress on handmade paper. Bound by Hildreth in blue Nos. 133, 138, 139, 144.
pigskin with title on spine and decoration on the front cover.
Black leatherette slipcase. In an edition of 126 copies, this is Letter ‘J’ of the Deluxe issue of 26 lettered copies, signed
by Don Hildreth. The 3rd book of the Ash Ranch Press. $150.00
135. (Ash Ranch Press) Jose & the Burro. By Harry Oliver. [Text in both English and Spanish.][San Diego, California. 1987.]
1.25” x 125”. Illustrated with miniature reproductions of Oliver’s woodcuts.
Handset in New Times Roman and Modern Condensed; printed letterpress
on handmade paper. Bound by Hildreth in green pigskin with title on spine
and decoration on the front cover. Black leatherette slipcase. In an edition of
126 copies, this is Letter ‘J’ of the Deluxe issue of 26 lettered copies, signed
by Don Hildreth. Provenance: From the collection of Rabbi Kalman Levitan.
With his Bookplate.The 4th book of the Ash Ranch Press. $150.00
136. (Ash Ranch Press) The Private Press of Don Hildreth: The Story: Catalogue No.
1. To coincide with The Miniature Book Society Grand Conclave V. Chicago.
1987. 3.125” x 2.125”. Bound in maroon leatherette with gilt title on spine.
Inscribed by Don Hildreth “May 1989 / To Kathryn Rickard / An Angel to
the Art of Miniatures / Don Hildreth. Provenance: From the collection of
Kathryn Ida Hill Rickard. With her Bookplate. $150.00
The 5th book of the Ash Ranch Press. No. 134.
137. (Ash Ranch Press) The Private Press of Don Hildreth: The Story: Catalogue No. 1. To coincide with The Miniature Book
Society Grand Conclave V. Chicago. 1987. 3” x 2”. Sewn tan wrappers. $60.00
Provenance: From the collection of Kathryn Ida Hill Rickard. With her purple stamp.
138. (Ash Ranch Press) Keeping Christmas: Tales from The Spirit of Christmas by Henry Van Dyke. [San Diego, California.]
2.375” x 2.75”. Extract from The Spirit of Christmas. Handset and printed let-
terpress in green on green paper. Wrappers of textured light tan paper with
the title in three colors on the front. Pages stapled inside the wrappers to form
a matchbook shape. An edition of 400 copies. Signed on the inside front cover
by Don Hildreth. $40.00
The 6th book of the Ash Ranch Press.
Provenance: From the collection of Kathryn Ida Hill Rickard. With her purple
stamp.
139. (Ash Ranch Press) Tumbleweeds West, No. 2. How to write a Kentucky Novel. By
Cactus Jack Gaxter. [Contains a Mark Twain excerpt.] [San Diego, California.
1988.] 2.375” x 2.75”. Printed exclusively for the Amalgamated Printers’
Association by Don Hildreth. Printed by letterpress in brown on cream paper.
Stripey cream paper with the title in two colors on the front. Pages stapled
inside the wrappers to form a matchbook shape. Edition of 325 copies. $45.00
The 7th book of the Ash Ranch Press. No. 135.
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140. (Ash Ranch Press) Prairie Feathers. By Harry Carr from Old Mother Mexico. [San Diego, California. 1988.] 2.5” x 1.875”.
Color frontispiece of an Indian Chief in his Headdress. Handset in Caslon Old Style and printed on handmade paper
by Don Hildreth. Bound in brown suede with title on spine and beaded cover and title on front. Tan endpapers pat-
terned with a four-color Indian design. Beige slipcase with gilt title on spine. In a total edition of 52 copies, this is No.
H in a Deluxe lettered edition of 26 copies, signed by Don Hildreth. $275.00
No. 141. No. 140.
141. (Ash Ranch Press) Prairie Feathers. By Harry Carr from Old Mother Mexico. [San Diego, California. 1988.] 2.5” x 1.875”.
Color frontispiece of an Indian Chief in his Headdress. Handset in Caslon Old Style and printed on handmade paper
by Don Hildreth. Bound in brown suede with title on spine and illustration of feather in black on front in the suede.
Tan endpapers patterned with a four-color Indian design. No. 4 in a numbered edition of 26 copies, in a total edition
of 52 copies. $150.00
142. (Ash Ranch Press) The Tragedy of Little Red Tom, A Contribution to the Fight About Nature Books. By Henry Van Dyke.
[San Diego. California. 1988.] Frontispiece reproduction of a woodcut. Handset in Caslon Old Style and printed let-
terpress on handmade paper. Bound in full maroon calf, gold stamped, with brown and red handmade endpapers. In
matching maroon fabricoil slipcase. In an edition of 52 copies, this is Letter ‘D’ of 26 Deluxe copies, signed by Don
Hildreth. $200.00
Provenance: Book from the collection of Kathryn Ida Hill Rickard. With her Bookplate.
143. (Ash Ranch Press) Adult Western: A Christmas Stanza. [By] W.C. Tuttle. [San Diego. California. 1988.] 2.375” x1.875”.
Printed letterpress. Frontispiece of an old slot machine, hand-tinted. Bound in brown leather with gilt title on spine;
marbled endpapers. An edition of 350 copies printed for distribution to the Amalgamated Printers Association and as
a keepsake for the Miniature Book Society Grand Conclave VI, San Antonio, Texas. 1988. This is Letter ‘N’ of 26 Deluxe
copies, signed by Don Hildreth. $125.00
144. (Ash Ranch Press) Adult Western: A Christmas Stanza. [By] W.C. Tuttle. [San Diego. California. 1988.] 2.375” x1.875”.
Printed letterpress. Illustrated with a frontispiece of an old slot machine. Titled wrappers. An edition of 350 copies
printed for distribution to the Amalgamated Printers Association and as a keepsake for the Miniature Book Society
Grand Conclave VI, San Antonio, Texas. 1988. $50.00
Provenance: Book from the collection of Kathryn Ida Hill Rickard. With her purple rubber stamp.
145. (Ash Ranch Press) A Ballad of Santa Claus. [By] Henry van Dyke. (San Diego. California. 1988.] 1.875” x2.375”. Poem
printed as a Christmas keepsake. Illustrated by Don Hildreth on a double-page titlepage with gold stamped title.
Handset and printed on a vintage C. & P. pilot press on tan felt-finished paper. Bound in red moire fabricoid with gilt
title on front and red marbled endpapers by Don Hildreth. An edition of 100 copies, signed by Don Hildreth. $80.00
Provenance: Book from the collection of Kathryn Ida Hill Rickard. With her purple rubber stamp and Bookplate.
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146. (Ash Ranch Press) Tumbleweeds West. No. 3. [January 1989.] Whiskey Joe: A Story with A Moral. By Harry Oliver. [San
Diego, California.] 2.375” x2.75”. Printed exclusively for the Amalgamated Printers’ Association by Don Hildreth.
Printed letterpress in black on light tan paper. Cream paper with the title in three colors on the front. Pages stapled
inside the wrappers to form a matchbook shape. An edition of 200 copies. $40.00
147. (Ash Ranch Press) Nicodemus Dodge. By

Mark Twain. San Diego. CA. 1989. 2.625”
x 1.875”. [From the 1880 book, A Tramp
Abroad. Handset and printed letterpress
on handmade paper with a two-page
title illustration. Bound in printed and
gold-stamped paper over boards with
matching handmade endpapers; blue
leather spine with matching blue slip-
case. In an edition of 52 copies, this is
Letter ‘J’ of 26 lettered Deluxe copies,
signed by Hildreth. $300.00
Provenance: From the collection of Rabbi
Kalman Levitan. With his Bookplate.
148. (Ash Ranch Press) Nicodemus Dodge. By Mark Twain. San Diego. CA. 1989. 2.625” x 1.875”. [From the 1880 book, A
Tramp Abroad.] Handset and printed letterpress on handmade paper with a two-page title illustration. Bound in gold
stamped, black bonded leather with a three-color illustrated dust jacket. In an edition of 52 copies, this is No. 6 of 26
thus signed by Don Hildreth. $150.00
Unique designer binding
No. 149.
149. (Ash Ranch Press) The Griffin. A Note On A Fabulous Creatures Rise From A Guardian Of Gold To A Symbol Of Printing.
By Don Hildreth. [San Diego, California.] MCM.LXXX.IX (1989.) Book - 2.375” x 2.375”. Written, designed, printed,
and illustrated by Don Hildreth. Handset in Bernhard Modern Roman booklet and Modern Condensed Italic with
New Times Roman for the illustration titles. Letterpress printed in four colors, with gilt on a vintage Chandler & Price
pilot handpress using frost white Simpson Gainsborough Script paper. Unique binding in tan leather by Habib
Dingle, with an intricately tooled inlaid design of a griffin in three different colors on both the front and back boards.
Four metal studs on front and back covers. Doublures of wood patterned paper and free endpapers of tan leather. All
edges gilt. Book fits into a curved olive wood holder with leather trim where book is held. Black cloth box lined with
black velvet with separate matching lid; brown leather title label on lid. In an edition of 126 copies this is number 23
in a unique binding signed by Don Hildreth. $1750.00
Habib Dingle is a well-known binder, who won first prize in a Designer Bookbinders competition in 1989. His bind-
ings can be found worldwide in many collections, including the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
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150. (Ash Ranch Press) The Griffin. A Note on a Fabulous Creatures Rise From A Guardian of Gold to A Symbol of Printing. By
Don Hildreth. [San Diego. California.] MCM.LXXX.IX. (1989.) 2.375” x 2.5”. Gold frontispiece of a griffin. Written and
designed, printed and bound by Don Hildreth. Handset in Bernhard Modern Roman Booklet with New Times Roman
for the illustration titles and Bernhard Tango for the title page. Printed letterpress on a vintage Chandler & Price pilot
handpress using frost white Simpson Gainsborough Script paper. Bound in gold stamped red bonded leather with
relief design of a griffin on front. Blue marbled endpaper. No. 14 of 100 thus in a total edition of 126 copies, signed by
Don Hildreth. $125.00
151. (Ash Ranch Press) Tiny Tome, The Teddy Bear. [By Don Hildreth.] [San Diego. California.] 1989. .875” x 1.375”. Written,
designed and printed by Don Hildreth as a keepsake for the 1989 Miniature Book Society Grand Conclave VII.
Handset and printed letterpress in blue on light tan paper. Illustrated with three handtinted line cuts of bears. Bound
in brown leatherette with gilt title on spine and bear on front; marbled endpapers. An edition of 150 copies, with
seven copies specially bound. As this copy is bound in brown leatherette, not brown marbled papers as the
Bibliography states, it follows that this copy must be one of the seven Specials. $125.00
The 15th and smallest book from the Ash Ranch Press.
152. (Ash Ranch Press) J. Frank Dobie: A Biography. By Valentine J. Poska. [San Diego. California.] MCM.LXXX.IX. (1989.)
2.375” x 1.875”. Frontispiece photograph of Dobie by Horace Evans. Printed on wheat-colored Simpson Gainsborough
Script paper in brown ink accented in black, blue and gold varnish inks. Bound by Don Hildreth in brown and black
calfskin with snakeskin-embossed brown lambskin. Marbled endpapers in brown, blue and rich gold. Housed in a
brown leatherette slipcase. In an edition of 126 copies, this is Letter ‘J’ in the Deluxe edition of 26 copies, lettered A
through Z, and signed by Don Hildreth and Val Poska. $275.00
An original and concise mini-biography of the notable author of the Southwest, a respected teacher, scholar, natural-
ist, freedom fighter, and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Provenance: Book from the collection of Rabbi Kalman Levitan. With his Bookplate.
153. (Ash Ranch Press) J. Frank Dobie: A Biography. By Valentine J. Poska. [San Diego. California.] MCM.LXXX.IX. (1989.)
2.375” x 1.875”. Frontispiece photograph of Dobie. Printed on wheat-colored
Simpson Gainsborough Script paper in brown ink accented in black, blue and
gold varnish inks. Bound by Don Hildreth in tan textured fabricoid, gold
stamped and blind embossed. Marbled endpapers in brown, blue and rich
gold. In an edition of 126 copies, this is No. 14 of 100 bound thus, signed by
Don Hildreth, and dated ‘Aug. ‘89.’ $125.00
154. Ranch Press) SmallPAXweber: The Last of the Mission Sheltis. By Msgr.
Francis J. Weber. [San Diego, California.] MCMLXXXIX (1989). 2.375” x 1.875”.
Color frontispiece. Designed, printed and bound by Don Hildreth. Handset in
Baskerville and printed on Mohawk Superfine. Black leather spine with gilt
title, white leather sides with drawing of a dog on the front board. White moire
silk endpapers. White moire silk dropback box with black trim; recessed illus-
tration under plastic edged with gilt trim on front. Of 128 copies, this is Deluxe
Letter ‘I’ in a Deluxe edition of 26, lettered A thru Z, signed by both the author
No. 154.
and the printer. $450.00
The 68th miniature book by Msgr. Francis J. Weber.
155. (Ash Ranch Press) Book. By Mary Englebreit. [San Diego,

California. 1990.] 1.125” x 2”. Handset, letterpressed and
bound by Don Hildrath. Keepsake handset in Civilité Script.
Printed letterpress in black and red inks and gold stamping.
Black leather spine with brown leather boards. Front board
decorated with metal design and pink plastic heart. Red mar-
bled endpapers. In an edition of 100 copies, this is one of 24
Deluxe copies signed by Don Hildreth. $200.00
Provenance: From the collection of Kathryn Ida Hill Rickard.
No. 155. With her Bookplate.
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156. (Ash Ranch Press) The James Boys’ Loot. By J. Frank Dobie. [San Diego. California. 1990.]
3” x 2”. Designed and printed for the Amalgamated Printers’ Association. Handset in
Bernhard Modern Roman, illustrated, printed and bound by Don Hildreth. Bound in
brown marbled paper over board with gilt title on black spine and black leather oval
on front with cast brass cowboy hat laid-on. Matching marbled endpapers.In a total
edition of 200 copies, this is Letter ‘H’ of 26 Deluxe copies lettered A thru Z and signed
by Don Hildreth. $150.00
The 19th book from The Ash Ranch Press.
157. (Ash Ranch Press) The James Boys’ Loot. By J. Frank Dobie. [San Diego. California. 1990.]
3” x 2”. Designed and printed for the Amalgamated Printers’ Association. Handset in
Bernhard Modern Roman, illustrated, printed & bound by Don Hildreth. Bound in tan
wrappers with title and illustration on the front cover. In a total edition of 200 copies,
this is one of 174 thus. $50.00
158. (Ash Ranch Press) Mary Queen of Scots. Part One & Part Two. [A two-part, fictional treat- No. 156.
ment of the last thoughts of Mary Stuart and her Executioner on the solemn day of the
Eighth of February, 1587.] By Laurence Hines. San Diego, CA. [1990.] 3” x 2.125”. Frontispiece of Mary, Queens of
Scots. Assorted historical illustrations. Designed, printed and bound by Don Hildreth to commemorate the 8th Grand
Conclave of the Miniature Book Society in Glasgow, Scotland, 1990. Handset in Wedding Text and letterpress printed
on Simpson Sundance Felt Text paper. Parts One and Two are bound in dos-a-dos format - one side in maroon leather
with the signature and with royal seal in green, and the other side in black leather with a relief design: three small
brass hinges on spine. All edges purple. Purple patterned endpapers. Laid in a gold fabricord slipcase with black trim
and purple ribbon tab; gilt title on spine and signature and royal signet on side. Of 33 copies, this is Letter ‘M’ of 26
Deluxe lettered copies (A through Z) and 7 numbered State Proofs, all with slipcases and signed by the author and
the printer. $450.00
The 20th book of The Ash Ranch Press.
Together with: Prospectus for Mary Queen of Scots. 2.875” x 2”. Sewn deep purple wrappers, gold-stamped signa-
ture and signet on the front. Printed by Don Hildreth in an edition of 225 copies.
The 21st book of the Ash Ranch Press. This book was out of print the first week of issue. According to Bondy, “One of
the most prodigious modern miniature books I have ever seen and of the highest quality.” - Bibliography of The Ash
Ranch Press, p.28.
159. (Ash Ranch Press) A Letter From Santa Claus. By Mark Twain. San Diego, California. MCMXC. (1990.) 1.875” x 2.125”.
Printed as a keepsake. Handset in Piranesi Italic and printed letterpress on white Simpson Sundance Felt paper. Two-
color frontispiece illustration and three-color title page. Bound in red velveteen with gilt illustration on front; black
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leather spine with gilt title.
Endpapers of embossed
gold fold. Laid in a card
wrapper with the word
‘NOEL’ in large red wood-
type on front. An edition of
125 copies. Signed by Don
Hildreth. Card wrapper
with gold rose sticker. The
inscription inside wrapper
reads “Dear Kathryn
/Wishing you/ a Happy
Holiday / and a Healthy &
Wealthy / New Year!/ Don
Hildreth” Further hand-
written comment in blue “‘Letter from Santa Claus’ from Don 1990”. $100.00
A Letter from Santa Claus was written by Mark Twain for his daughter, Susie, when she was five years old, and first
published in Clara Clemens’ 1931 book My Father, Mark Twain.
The 22nd book of the Ash Ranch Press.
No. 160.
160. (Ash Ranch Press) Tiny Tome/Tomo Minusculo. An original story by Don Hildreth. [San Diego, California. 1991.] 1.25”
x 2”. Designed, illustrated, engineered, typeset, printed and bound by Don Hildreth. Dos-a-dos version of Tiny Tome,
The Teddy Bear (1989) in English and Spanish. Spanish translations done by Eileen Cummings. Handset in Baskerville
and illustrated with line cuts of bears. Centerfold pop-up of a bear. Printed on a hand press on Simpson Gainsborough
Script paper. Black leather spine, gold-stamped bands and title; brown leather sides with inset metal teddy bears on
both covers (gold on one side and silver on the other). Blue marbled endpapers. Black leatherette slipcase with a teddy
bear on both sides and gilt title on spine. In an edition of 126 copies, this is Letter ‘U’ of 26 Deluxe copies, signed by
Hildreth and Cummings. $300.00
The 23rd book of the Ash Ranch Press.
161. Correspondence between Kathryn Rickard and Don Hildreth - 1989-1991:

8 letters from Don Heldreth to Kathryn Rickard. (With some handwritten changes).
4 typewritten copies (most unsigned) from Kathryn Rickard to Don Hildreth. (Some comments.)
2 memos - handwritten by Kathryn Rickard to Don Hildreth.
Envelope addressed to Kathryn I. Rickard and handwritten note from Eileen Cummings to say that Don Hildreth had
passed away.
Memo and canceled check to Don Hildreth; Memo to Eileen Cummings.
9 items of prospectus material.
One photograph showing a miniature book.
Round shaped Christmas greeting from Don Hildreth. As a group - $650.00
[See photograph top of p.3.]
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THE COLLECTION CONTINUES: #162 - #396.
No. 162.
162. (Add-Rie Studio) A Tale of Genji. [In illustrations.] Toyko. 1979. 2.25” x 1.625”. Accordion fold. 15 double-page color
plates plus colophon. Plates printed on Torinoko paper decorated with powder of clam and colored by a silk screen
process. Hand bound with Torinoko paper with gold and silver over boards, pink paper
title label. In a Japanese style folder of pure silk mottled plum/lilac over boards with
small ivory clasp. Torinoko endpapers dyed with powder of mica. One in an edition of
100 copies. $250.00
A beautiful visual miniature Artist’s Book based on A Tale of Genji, which is one of the
classic literary books of ancient Japan. It is the earliest long novel written by Murasaki
Shikibu, a famous writer of the 10th century.
163. (Almanac) London Almanack for the year of Christ 1834. Printed for the Company of
Stationers. 2.25” x 1.375”. With a view of the New Grammar School, Christ’s Hospital
over four pages. Gives the days of the month, changes of the moon, Saints’ Days, high
water tides at London Bridge, and public holidays. Bound to a design in brown, green
and tan leather with an overall gold-tooled design. Red endpapers. Edges gilt. Laid in a
matching slipcase. Faint Stamp Duty ink stamp on title, not detracting from clarity of No. 163.
printing of text. $350.00
164. (Almanac) London Almanack for 1868. Printed for the Company of Stationers. 2.25” x 1.375”. With a view
of the Royal Dramatic College at Woking, which includes a view of a train, over four pages. Gives the
days of the month and week, changes of the moon, Saints’ Days, high water tides at London Bridge, pub-
lic holidays, Officers of State, the Court of the Lord Mayor and Aldermen, Regal Table and the Royal
Family. Bound in a design of green leather with pale green and light tan inlays with a heavily gold-tooled
design. Yellow endpapers. All edges gilt. In a matching heavily tooled slipcase. $425.00
165. (Almanac) London

Almanack for 1890.
[London.] 2.625” x .625”.
Title page duplicated.
Gives the days of the No. 164.
month, changes of the moon, Saints’ Days, high water tides at
London Bridge, cycle of the Sun, and other details. Bound in red
leather with simple gold-tooled design on spine and both sides. All
edges gilt. Beige endpapers. Slipcase of red leather with intricate
floral gold tooled design. Small slit at top of front free endpaper.
Ink inscription on the front pastedown ‘From Georgia Curzon’.
Label of bookseller/stationer Smythson of Bond Street on rear
pastedown. $875.00
No. 165.
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166. (Ampersand Workshop) The Great Western Railway:
Practically Described and Illustrated. Vol. I - Text: Vol. II -
Plates [Accordion fold]. 1984. 2.625” x 2”. Set in Times
Roman & Italic types and printed on Mohawk Superfine
paper by letterpress. Illustrations were hand-colored by
Carmen Voss and the whole printed and bound by William
Voss at The Ampersand Workshop. Cream spines with
black title and green patterned paper boards. Light green
paper slipcase. No. 11 of 50 copies, signed by William Voss
in Volume I; signed by Carmen Voss in Volume II. $275.00
This account is taken from Francis Whishaw ‘s The Railways of Great
Britain and Ireland, published in 1842.
Provenance: From the collection of Kathryn Ida Hill Rickard. With
No. 166. her Bookplate.
167. (Au Diamant Bleu) Horlogerie de Precision ... 1908. [French.] (Calendar for 1908.) Paris. 2.25” x 1.385”. Thin cream tex-
tured card with gold grandfather clock design and decorations on front. $40.00
Provenance: From the collection of Stanley Marcus. With his Bookplate.
168. (Audrey Arellanes) Fireflies: Selections from Rabindranath Tagore made by Audrey Arellanes. [Alhambra, California.
1968.] 1.75” x 2.875”. Printed in Narrow Bembo Italic handset by Audrey Arellanes. Blue cloth spine, tan boards with
title on front. No. 153 of 200 copies. $100.00
Provenance: From the collections of Doris V. Welch and Kathryn Ida Hill Rickard. With the blue Bookplate “DVW 1992 KIR”.
169. (Bay’s Books) A Description of Jesus Christ. By Publius Lentunus. The Private Press of Stephen Bayuzick. Edinboro. Pa.
First Edited Edition 1986. 2.625” x 1.875”. Thin purple wrappers with dust jacket of white and gold bonded cloth;
paper title label on front in gilt. With A Controversial Addendum in accordion fold format attached to back cover. $75.00
170. (Beaux Art Publishing) Graphic

Art: Original Etchings and
Reproductions by Mary E. Devenyi.
[Essay on Graphic Art by Paul
Devenyi. Biographical note on Mary
Devenyi.] Toronto. 1998. 2.75” x 2.5”.
15 original color etchings tipped-in,
and 11 black and white reproductions.
Printed on acid-free paper, with origi-
nal graphics printed on handmade
Echizen gampi. Bound in brown
suedette with gilt title on spine and
No. 170.
decorative gilt ‘D’ on the front. Plum
handmade Japanese endpapers. No. 21 of 35 copies, signed by Mary E. Devenyi. $375.00
This book received the Distinguished Book Award in 1998 of the Miniature Book Society.
171. (Black Cat Press) A Christmas Story. By J.B.H. Jr. Chicago, Illinois. [1937.] 2” x 1.5”. Printed direct from type on hand-
made paper. Typography by N.W.F. Brown leather spine with gilt title, brown and gold patterned boards. All edges
gilt. A limited edition printed for friends at Christmas. 50 copies for sale. $95.00
172. (Black Cat Press) My South Sea Island. By W. Somerset Maugham. Chicago, Illinois. [1936.] 2” x 1.625”. Typography by
Norman W. Forgue. Printed direct from Linotype Modern on Strathmore Pastelle paper. Top edges uncut. Bound in
green leather with gilt title on spine and gilt decoration on front board. Marbled endpapers. One in an edition of 199
copies. Signed by Norman W. Forgue. Slight fading to spine. $125.00
173. (Black Cat Press) Two Essays: Philosophy of Limited Editions and Anarchy in a Library. Taken from Prose Fancies by
Richard Le Gallienne. Chicago. 1961. 3” x 2.125”. Design and typography by Norman W. Forgue. Printed in Caslon on
Alexandra Japan plate paper. Bound by Elizabeth Kner in brown leather with gilt title on spine and front. One in an
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174. (Black Cat Press) A History of the Cadiz Short Line Railroad. By Robert W. White. Edited, with
additional text by Norman W. Forgue. Chicago, Illinois. 1966. 3” x 2.125”. Frontispiece of W.C.
White, the founder of the railroad. Design and typography by Norman W. Forgue. Illustrated
with photographs and drawings. Printed in Linotype Times Roman direct from type by let-
terpress and illustrations produced by offset lithography. Bound by Bela Blau in full brown
leather with gilt title on spine and small metal relief of an engine inset on front. Patterned end-
papers. [250 copies.] Very slight fading to spine. $125.00
175. (Black Cat Press) Epigrams: Francois Marie Arouet De Voltaire. Skokie, Illinois. Early Summer
1975. 2.875” x 2”. Conceived and produced by Norman Forgue. Original calligraphy by G.
Harvey Petty and printed in black with violet decorations by Ward K. Schari at his press.
Cream leatherette with gilt title on spine and front cover. Violet and white decorated endpa-
pers. Top edges uncut. Laid in is a Publisher’s Note pertaining to new publications. $95.00
176. (Black Cat Press) A Brief History of the U.S. Naval Academy Annapolis, Maryland. Written and
Illustrated by Aimo W. Hill, Jr., Commander U.S. Navy. Skokie, Illinois. 1978. 2.875” x 2.125”.
No. 174.
Design, typography and production by Norman W. Forgue. Text set in Linotype Fairfield on
Strathmore Pastelle blue antique paper by offset lithography. Bound by Bela Blau in blue leather with gilt title on spine
and U.S. Academy seal in gilt on front. Marbled endpapers. One in an edition of 249 copies. $100.00
177. (Black Cat Press) Awakening and Other Poems. By Frank Marshall Davis. Skokie, Illinois.1978. 2.75” x 2.25”. Design,
typography and production by Norman W. Forgue. Composed in Linotype Bodoni and printed on Strathmore antique
paper. Hand bound by Bela Blau in black leather with gilt title on spine and gilt illustration on front board. Marbled
endpapers. One in an edition of 249 copies. $85.00
178. (Black Cat Press) Skipjacks of the Chesapeake. Written & Illustrated by Aimo W. Hill, Jr. Skokie, Illinois. 1982. 2.5” x 2”.
Design, typography and production by Norman W. Forgue. Text in Memphis Bold composed on the Linotype machine
and printed in offset lithography on Mohawk Superfine by the Schori Press. Handbound by Bela Blau in gray/green
leatherette with gilt title on spine and gilt illustration of a bay scene on front. Endpapers illustrated with Skipjack
designs. One in an edition of 249 copies, signed by Norman W. Forgue. $80.00
179. (Black Cat Press) Night

Walks: Travelling Abroad: A.
Flight. By Charles Dickens. 3
volumes. Skokie, Illinois
MCMLXXXII (1982). 2.75” x
2”. Design, typography &
production by Norman W.
Forgue. Bound by Bela Blau.
All three volumes in a green
marbled slipcase. An edition
of 199 sets.
1. Night Walks. Introduction
by Harry Stone. Illustrations
by Barbara J. Raheb in black
and white with blue. Blue
leather binding with gilt title
No. 179.
on spine and front.
Endpapers of gold color foliage against a gray floral background.
2. Travelling Abroad. Introduction by Harry Stone. Illustrations by Barbara J. Raheb in black and white with brown.
Brown leather binding with gilt title on spine and front. Endpapers of gold color foliage against a red floral back-
ground.
2. A Flight. Introduction by Harry Stone. Illustrations by Barbara J. Raheb in black and white with green. Green leather
binding with gilt title on spine and front. Endpapers of green color foliage against a white background.
The set - $250.00
180. (Black Cat Press) Christmas in Bethlehem. By Ruth Hutchinson. Skokie, Illinois. 1983. 2.625” x 2”. Design, typography
and production by Norman W. Forgue. Text composed in Baskerville. Color illustrations cut as linoleum blocks by
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Eileen Tabor and reduced from the originals. Bound in the studio of Bela Blau in brown leatherette with gilt title on
spine and front, with gilt decorations. $75.00
About the history and traditions of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and how the town got its name.
181. (Bela Blau) The Ten Commandments. Los Angeles, California. 1971. 1.5” x 1.125”. Handset, printed and bound in black
with gilt spine title and gilt illustration of the Ten Commandments tablet on the front. Decorated endpapers.
Illustration of Moses bringing down The Ten Commandments. $75.00
182. (Bela Blau) Hungarians in the United States. By Glen Dawson. Los Angeles. 1972. 1.5” x 1.25”. Handset, printed and
bound by Bela Blau in white with gilt title on spine and front cover. No limitation. $35.00
183. (Bela Blau) Christmas in Pastoral California. [By] Rev. Francis J. Weber. Los Angeles. 1971. Handset, printed in red and
bound in green leather with gilt title on spine and red and white illustration on front by Bela Blau. Red and gold pat-
terned endpapers. Red top and tail bands. Spine faded. $35.00
184. (Anne & David Bromer) The Butterfly’s Ball and the Grasshopper’s Feast. [By William
Roscoe.] [Boston. 1977.] Illustrated with black and white wood-engravings. Designed and
printed at the Chamberlain Press in Easthampton, Mass. in March 1977. Printed in Goudy on
Kitakata. Bound by E.G. Parrot in marbled paper with
paper title label on front. French fold. No. 78 of 150 copies,
signed by Sarah Chamberlain. $300.00
The first miniature book published by Anne & David Bromer.
185. (Anne & David Bromer) A Bestiary: Woodengravings

by Sarah Chamberlain. [Boston.] 1979. 2.125” x 2.25”.
Printed at the Chamberlain Press. Printed on Troya in
Cancelleresca. Bound by Sallie Ruff in bronze silk boards
and vellum spine with gilt title. Gold endpapers. Separate
bronze silk portfolio lined with gold paper with a suite of
numbered engravings, all signed by Sarah Chamberlain.
Both items in a bronze slipcase bordered with gold paper;
red ribbon. No. 6 of the 35 Deluxe copies in an edition of
125 copies, signed by Ann and David Bromer. With the
No. 185.
Prospectus in a mylar cover. $450.00
Provenance: From the collection of Stanley Marcus. With his Bookplate.
186. (Anne & David Bromer) Twelve of Hearts. Manuscript conceived and designed by
Robert Gould. Calligraphy by Colleen. Boston. 1982. 2.625” x 2.125”.
A different color illustration for each heart. Bound in white vellum with three red ribbons through spine, gilt title on
spine; initials of both designer and calligrapher in gilt on front. Red endpapers. No. 8 in an edition of 36 copies, signed
by Robert Gould. $350.00
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187. (Anne & David Bromer) Shall I Die? Shall I Fly? [By] William Shakespeare. 1986. 2.375” x 1.625”. Printed at Firefly
Press. Hand illumination by Suzanne Moore. Binding designed by Don Glaister and executed by Barbara Blumenthal
in cream handmade paper with silver title design on front and back. No. 18 in an edition of 160 copies, which includes
35 Deluxe copies. $125.00
188. (Bronte Press) Christmas with Dickens. Manteno, Illinois.1986. 2.75” x 2.125”. Hand printed and illustrated with color
by Suzanne Grazow-Pruchnicki. Red leather with gilt title and decoration on front. Marbled endpapers. No. 67 in an
edition of 100 copies, signed by the artist. Recipes for food and drink mentioned in the writings of Dickens. $150.00
189. (Bronte Press) The Bronte Garden Book. [A selection of quotes about gardens by various authors.] Illustrated by Suzanne
Smith Pruchnicki. [Manteno, Illinois.1988.] 2.75” x 2.125”. Hand printed and handset in Goudy Old Style.
Handcolored illustrations. Green leather binding with title and decoration in gilt on front. Patterned endpapers. No.
33 in an edition of 100 copies, signed by Suzanne Smith Pruchnicki. $175.00
190. (Bronte Press) Jeanne of Arc: Marvellous Maiden of France. By Suzanne Smith Pruchnicki. [1992.] 2.375” x 3.25”. Printed
letterpress in Garamond type with original hand colored illustration. Bound in turquoise paper over thin board; paper
title label with illustration on front. No. 23 in an edition of 75 copies, signed by Suzanne Smith Pruchnicki. $200.00
Laid in is a special suite of 5 uncolored prints, created by the author during her travels in France along with the route
taken by Jeanne in 1429. Signed by Suzanne Smith Pruchnicki.
191. (Calendar) Colgate & Co. Calendar 1903. Per-

fumers, New York. U.S.A. Established 1806. 2.25”
x 1.75”. Color illustration of a child for each
month of the year. Sewn wrappers, includes title
page. Small crease on front cover, .75” crease on
back wrapper and small marks. $95.00
192. (Michael Canoso) Bethlehem ‘97: Keepsake Conclave

XV. 2.125” x 3.125”. Dark gray cloth over board
with blue paper front giving title and decorated
with flecks of silver and gold in the paper. Blank
No. 191.
book signed by various printers, artists, binders,
and collectors at the Conclave, including Maryline Poole Adams, Robert E. Massmann, Donna Thomas and Mel
Kavin. Signed by Michael Canoso. $75.00
193. (Catherijne Press) The House of Judgment. By Oscar Wilde. Utrecht. 1985. 2.625” x 2”. Printed on vellum by Hans
Hartzheim in red, blue, yellow and black after a calligraphed original by J.H. Moesman. Colophon in pocket on back
doublure. Total edition of 165 copies. No. X of a special edition of 15 copies printed on and bound in full vellum by
Gus Thürklów with black calligraphic title on front and thin black ribbon ties. Vellum colophon inserted in small pock-
et on back doublure. $695.00
Moesman was an important Dutch artist. Born in Utrecht in 1909, he was famous for his surrealist paintings, drawings and calligra-
phy.
194. (Circle Press) Dame Wiggins of Lee and her seven wonderful cats. [York, England.1992.] 2.625” x 1.875”. Black and white
illustrations of old engravings. Bound in white lamb with gilt title and illustration on front board. Green moire silk
endpapers. All edges gilt. No. 69 in a special edition of 85 copies. $150.00
195. (Michael Coles) Mrs. Staveley’s Garden. By Pamela Bruce. Illustrated by

Susan Tilham. [Cambridge.] 1984. 2.5” x 1.75”. Handcolored illustrations.
Decorated paper boards with paper title label. Edition of 200 copies.$65.00
196. (Crosscurrents) Seven Letters from Jane Austen to Frank and Charles Austen.
[1992.] 2.875” x 2.5”. Produced for the 1992 conference of the Jane Austen
Society of North America. Set on a computer using Garamond and Palace
Script types. This was processed to convert the digital type to letterpress
type. The book was printed and bound in Alta Loma at Brookhaven Press,
which was also responsible for the design. In a special binding by Joseph
D’Ambrosio of white lace over white cloth boards which are convex in
shape. Blue endpapers. Laid in a cream cloth dropback box specially
shaped for the binding on the base; paper title label on spine. Signed and
dated by D’Ambrosio in 1994 in pencil on the rear pastedown. No. 26 in
an edition of 300 numbered copies. $300.00 No. 196.
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197. (Dawson’s Book Shop) Prayers Written at Vailima. By Robert Louis Stevenson. With an Introduction by Mrs.
Stevenson. Los Angeles. 1973. 2.5” x 2”. Special printing by Saul & Lillian Marks at the Plantin Press. Wood engrav-
ings by Mary Kuper. Bound by Patron & de la Mauviniere in tan leather. Brown and gilt leather title label on spine
and with brown and gilt leather inlaid decoration on front. No. 17 in an edition of 30 copies. $195.00
198. (Dawson’s Book Shop) In Search of Max Beerbohm. [By] Wallace & Corry Nethery. Los Angeles. 1984. 2.875” x 2”.
Handset and printed from type by Wallace Nethery. Lithographic printing of 12 black and white photographs by
George Kinney, the Castle Press, Pasadena, California. Binding by Bela Blau in blue cloth with gilt title on spine and
gilt decorative design on front. Edition of approximately 100 copies. $70.00
199. (Dawson’s Book Shop) Max & G.K.C. By Wallace & Corry Nethery. Los Angeles.
1985. 2.875” x 2.25”. Tip-in photograph of G.K.Chesterton’s house in black and white;
5 caricatures and cartoons. Printed by Wallace Nethery from handset Monotype
Bembo and Baskerville types. Bound by Bela Blau with gilt titled red leather spine,
and red and white patterned paper spine. An edition of 100 copies. $95.00
Provenance: From the collection of Kathryn Ida Rickard. With her Bookplate.
200. (Dawson’s Book Shop) The Second Lady Beerbohm. By Corry Nethery. 1987. 2.875”
x 2.25”. Printed by Wallace Nethery, primarily from Monotype Bembo. Bound by Bela
Blau in blue cloth with paper title label on spine. No. 116 of 150 copies, signed by the
printer and the author. Extra title label laid in on back pastedown. $75.00
A biographical sketch with the author’s added remarks and comments.
No. 199.
No. 201.
201. (De Walden Press) The Malvern Story. By J.R. Kellett. [Malvern, England. 1996.] 2.25” x 2.75”. Frontispiece and color
illustrations tipped-in. Fold-out map. Written, illustrated, hand colored and hand bound by J.R. Kellett. Printed by
S.H. Watkins & Son. Bound in maroon leather with raised bands on spine, black title label and gilt decoration; gilt
decoration on front cover. Marbled endpapers. Laid in a marbled paper boards slipcase. No. 22 in a limited edition of
50 copies signed by Jan Kellett. $295.00
Distinguished Book Award at the Miniature Book Society in 1996.
202. (De Walden Press) Shakespeare’s Flowers. Quotations from his plays with illustrations from old herbals. Compiled by
Jan Kellett. Malvern, England.
1998. Accordion fold. Hand col-
ored illustrations. Printed on
Griffen Mill hand-made paper by
S.H. Watkins, Malvern. Bound in
turquoise leather with gilt title
and flowers on the front; book
attached to back board. In a black
suede envelope with metal leaf
design closure. Laid in a blue box
lined with white satin and sepa-
rate lid. No. 18 in a limited edition
of 49 copies, signed by Jan Kellett.
$450.00
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203. (Desert Press) That Comet. By Esther K. Beamer. Glen Valley, Arizona. 1985. 2.625” x 2”. Designed by Esther K. Beamer.
Printed and handbound by John and Gizella Lathourakis of Tabula Rasa Press. Printed in Garamond on a
Vandercook on 100% rag paper. Bound in blue leatherette with silver title on spine, and inlaid silver metallic illus-
tration of a comet on front. Illustrated endpapers. No. FL136 in an edition of 325 copies signed by Esther K. Beamer.
Text taken from a booklet by the editors of Sky & Telescope magazine. $75.00
204. (Editions) Parting Wish. From an 1800s autograph album. Editions. Catskill, New York. 1993. 2.75” x 2.75”. Pop-up book
which can be viewed in a circle. Spiral binding with card sides; paper title label on front cover. Thin card envelope
folder with title on spine and cut-out floral label on side. Signed by Edward H. Hutchins. $40.00
205. (Editions du Parnasse) The Dolls that Never were Mine. By Kathryn I. Rickard. Montreal, Canada. 1984. 2.625” x 2”. Blue
decorated boards with title and decoration in gilt. Marbled endpapers. An edition of 500 copies. Signed by Kathryn I.
Richard. $50.00
206. (Edition Mignardise) Ver-Vert Suivi de la

Chartreuse, L’Abbaye at Autres Piéces. [French.] [Jean
Baptiste Louis] Gresset. Paris. 1855. 2.375” x 1.625”.
Printed on pale pink paper. Full green morocco with
intricate floral gold-tooled decoration in all corners
and center; spine with title, four raised bands and
gold tooled design. Pastedowns with intricate gold
tooled decoration around edges with marbled endpa-
pers. Gold tooling on all edges of the binding. A.e.g.
Green ribbon marker. Spine lightly faded. $1650.00
Gresset, (1709-1777), was a poet and dramatist, a
teacher in Jesuit colleges, and made his name with the
poem Ver-Vert (1734). This poem is a charming trifle
about a pampered convent parrot, highly decorous
and learned in religious phrases, who is invited to
show his paces at another convent, but picks up some
shocking language on the journey there and scandal-
izes the good nuns. - The Concise Oxford Dictionary of French Literature. No. 206.
NOTE: In Item #10 we offer the catalogue ‘An Unusual Collection of Miniature Books Formed by a Lady ... 1928 ...” This
book is item #117 therein.
207. (Feathered Serpent Press) The Stage Coach. By Washington Irving. San
Rafael.[CA] 1988. 2.625” x 2”. Frontispiece of a 16p British postal stamp of the
Norwich Mail in a Thunder Storm (1827). Designed by Don Graeme Kelley and
printed by Susan Acker at the Feathered Serpent Press. Bound in pale pink
paper with black title on front and spine; red illustration of coach and horses
across both covers. Red illustrated endpapers. No. 28 in an edition of 190 copies,
signed by Susan Acker. $90.00
This book received a 1989 Distinguished Book Award from the M.B.S.
Bookplate.
208. (Figment Press) The Cardboard Court. Essay by Louise de la Rue. [California. n.d.]
3” x 2.25”. Blue, red and black illustrations, most with hand coloring. Designed,
typeset and printed on Shadow Mould paper and bound by Dianne Weiss. Bound
in red cloth with orange paper title label on front. No. 7 in an edition of 65 copies,
signed by Dianne E. Weiss. $200.00
209. (Figment Press) A Carousel. By Dianne Weiss. [California. 1992.] 2.375” x 2.75”.
Designed, illustrated, printed and bound at the Figment Press with hand-colored
illustrations. Opens to form a circle to show carousel animals drawn from old
illustrations. Shiny silver paper in a second layer behind illustrations adds depth
to carousel. Blue cloth boards with illustration and mirror-type circular decora-
tion. Multi-colored ribbon tie. No. 56 in an edition of 100 copies, signed by Dianne
Weiss. $325.00
No. 208.
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210. (Fleece Press) Yan Tyan Tethera Counting Sheep. Woolley, Wakefield. 1987. 2.75” x 2”. Wood engravings in black and
white by Kathleen Lindley. Accordion fold. Printed by Simon Lawrence. Bound by Smith Settle in beige boards with
paper title label on front board. Green Slipcase. One in an edition of 275 copies. $95.00
211. (Fleece Press) The Country Life. By Kathleen Lindley. 1997. 2.5” x 2”. Black and white wood-
engravings. Bound in floral cloth with paper spine label. Edition of 300 copies. $75.00
212. (Bern L. Fontana) A Miniature History of Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo. [By]
Bernard L. Fontana. Pasadena. 1997. 3” x 2.5”. Designed and printed at The Castle Press. Color
frontispiece and color illustration, with one black and white illustration. Bound in brown cloth
with gilt title on spine and front cover. Marbled endpapers. An edition of 250 copies. $65.00
213. (Carl Fromme) Fromme’s Wiener Port-Monnaie Kalendar 1907. Wien. 2” x 1.375”. Calendar for
the year, includes blank pages for notes, rates of exchange, birthdays of the royal family, as well
as important dates of the Jewish calendar for 5667-5668. Bound in plum/brown morocco with a
sterling silver (stamped) Art Nouveau ornament affixed to the outer front top corner. With the
rubber stamp of the binder, J. Silberberg of Wien, across the back endpaper. All edges gilt.
(Bondy, Miniature Books, p. 168.) An old small pencil notation on one page. $295.00
No. 213. Provenance: From the collection of Rabbi Kalman Levitan. With his Bookplate.
214. Gem Edition) Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam of Naishapur. With an

Address by the Hon. John Hay. Reprint of Translation (4th Edition)
rendered into English Verse by Ed. Fitzgerald. Privately Printed.
[London.?] MCMV. (1905.) 4.25” x 2.625”. Black and white etchings
signed with a ‘V’ in most of the plates. A large paper copy, printed in
black with red. Bound in full brown leather with green inlays at the
corners which are intricately tooled with a floral design on both cov-
ers; simple rectangular gilt tooled design on the brown leather links
the four corners. Spine with four raised band, gilt design as well as gilt
title and date of publication. Doublures with a rim of brown leather
with the rectangular gilt tooling and an inlay of green floral paper
with light silver flecks which is also used as the front free endpapers.
This is repeated for the back inside cover. All edges gilt. No. 87 in an
edition of 105 copies. Handwritten in red ink ‘For Presentation only
F.S.’ on the verso of the page preceding the title page. On the title page
itself, in red ink, is the signature of ‘F.S.’ and the date ‘August 1905’.
Two small marks on the front cover, and an even smaller mark on the
back cover, nevertheless in beautiful condition. $850.00
215. (Gleniffer Press) Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House Library. By Ann

Bahar. [Paisley.] Scotland. 1991. 2.625” x2”. Color frontispiece of the library in the Dolls’ House.
Bound in navy leather with silver title and crown on the front cover. Marbled endpapers. No. 37
in an edition of 265 numbered copies. $175.00
216. (Greenstone Books) In the Woods. A Forest Hymn by

William Cullen Bryant; When Woods were Green by Henry
Wadsworth Longfellow; Nature by Ralph Waldo Emerson. St
Paul, Minnesota. 1969. 2.8” x 2.25”. Illustrated with black and
white wood engravings. Bound in a thin brown wood veneer
with the title blind-stamped in darker brown on front. No. 175
in an edition of 500 copies. $50.00
217. (Hillside Press) The Nightingale. By Hans Christian

Andersen. Franklin, New Hampshire. 1964. 2.375” x 1.875”. Black and white illus-
trations. Handset. Bound in white vellum with black title on spine and black linear
design on front with gray/black illustration of a nightingale. No. 106 in an edition
of 350 copies. $100.00
Note: Not all the copies were bound in vellum, some were bound in leather or cloth.
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218. (Hillside Press) Bewick’s Select Fables. With Engraved Illustrations of the Original Woodcuts. Franklin, New
Hampshire. 1965. 2.25” x 2”. Handset in Bulmer Roman type. Bound in gray-green cloth with black title on spine.
Illustrated yellow dust jacket with title in black on spine. No. 350 in an edition of 375 copies. $55.00
219. (Hillside Press) Stars To-night. By Sara Teasdale. Illustrations by Dorothy Lathrop. Buffalo, New York. 1981. 2.125” x
1.875”. Production by Ward Schori. Illustrations handcolored. Handset in Roman Century on Rives imported paper.
This is No. TWO of 10 specially bound copies by Hugh Grummich in blue leather with gilt title on spine and gilt
decoration on both boards. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Thin white ribbon marker. No. 217 of 350 copies, signed
by Eleanor Irwin. $175.00
220. (Hillside Press) Stars To-night. By Sara Teasdale. Illustrations by Dorothy Lathrop. Buffalo, New York. 1981. 2.375” x
2”. Illustrations handcolored. Handset in Roman Century on Rives imported paper. Bound in cream cloth with gilt
title on spine and gilt decoration on front. Marbled endpapers. No. 68 of 350 copies. $45.00
221. (Richard J. Hoffman) Angels Flight: A Los Angeles Funicular Railway. By Msgr. Francis J. Weber. A Note in the
Transportation History of Los Angeles. Van Nuys. [CA] 1988. 2.625” x 2.125”. Fold-out black and white illustration.
Red cloth spine with gilt title, pale blue paper boards with black design. Laid in a slot on the back doublure in a ‘tick-
et’ to the Funicular. An edition of 200 copies. $50.00
222. (Imprenta Glorias) Boating with Bogart. By Gloria Stuart. Embellishments by David Dicker (Ward Ritchie). Published
for Imprenta Glorias. Los Angeles, California. 1993. 3” x 2.125”. Printed on blue paper with blue marbled paper
boards and title label on spine. With a Humphrey Bogart United States postal stamp laid in. 100 copies printed by
Robin Price. Signed by Gloria Stuart and Ward Ritchie. $300.00
223. (Imprenta Glorias) Remembering Casablanca. By Julius J. Epstein. Imprenta Glorias. 1994. 36p. 2.5” x 3”. Conceived and
illustrated in color by Gloria Stuart and designed by Ward Ritchie. Printed by John Robinson. Red marbled paper
boards, paper title label across spine and boards. An edition of 50 copies, signed by Epstein, Stuart and Ritchie.$325.00
224. (Iron Bear Press) ... the problem with dream-

ing ... [San Diego, California. 1999.] 2.125”
x 3”. Accordion fold. Paintings, prints, text
and hand binding by Diane Weintraub.
Images are prints based on paintings. Text
set in Times Roman on Neenah Classic
Avon Brilliant. Bound in turquoise cloth
with a design on the front of stitches and
small colored beads. No. 17 in an edition of
50 copies, signed by Diane Weintraub. A
miniature Artist’s Book. $135.00 No. 224.
225. (Johnnycake Press) Journey by Pony Cart: From the Finger Lakes to the Berkshire Mtns. By Philip Newell Youtz. 1985. 3”
x 2.5”. Illustration. With fold-out map in back. Printed in Binny Old Style monotype on a Vandercook Universal III
proof press. Binding designed and made by Carol Joyce in brown oasis goatskin
with simple raised pattern of mountain, gilt title on front. Brown Sugi bark endpa-
pers and brown internal leather hinges. No. 23 in an edition of 50 copies signed in
pencil by the publisher, Jennifer Dossin. Signed by the illustrator, David Marshall,
on the illustration page and map. $275.00
226. (Junipero Serra Press) America’s Painter Norman Rockwell. By Msgr. Francis J. Weber.
San Fernando. [CA] 1983. 3” x 2.125”. Designed by Francis Braun. Frontispiece of a
USPS 8c stamp of a Tom Sawyer painting by Rockwell. Bound in orange leatherette
with gilt title on front. All edges gilt. One in an edition of 300 copies. $75.00
227. (Carol & Zachary Kent) It’s Magic. Remarks by Kevin Aram, a lute player based i n
London. 1989. Printed by Carol and Zachary Kent, Midsummer 1991. 2.125” x 1.75”.
Black and white illustration. Marbled paper boards with cream paper illustration of
a book spine over the spine. Marbled endpapers. A keepsake for lovers of the book
and of the guitar. $45.00
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No. 228. 228. (Kurbel Books) Canticle of the Sun. By St. Francis of Assisi.
[Translated by Rev. Joseph L. Curran.] [Sudbury, Massachusetts. 1984.]
2.5’ x 2.125”. Accordion fold. 6 Vatican stamps with images of St. Francis.
Design by Robert E. Massmann. Printed by Shea Bros. Inc. Calligraphy
and illumination, some by hand, by E. Helene Sherman. Bound by Bela
and Mariana Blau in blue leather lined with marbled paper. Book
attached to back board; gilt title on spine. Blue ribbon with medallion of
St. Francis attached to back board. Card slipcover with paper title labels
on front and spine. In a plastic box. An edition of 500 copies. $75.00
229. (Kurbel Books) Fabergé. By Joseph L. Curran. 1988. 3” x 2.375”.

Double accordion fold with text on left, opening from the center and
most color photographic illustrations on the right. Layout by Robert E. Massmann, and printed by Shea
Bros., Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts. Bound by Bela & Mariana Blau in blue cloth with metallic embroi-
dered eggs on both front and back covers; title in black on spine. Yellow painted wooden egg attached to
bottom of book by ribbon. Plexiglass box. No. 11 in an edition of 250 copies, signed by Rev. Joseph L. Curran. $200.00
No. 229.
230. (Le Petit Oiseau Press) Christmas: The Christmas Story as told by St. Luke. [Chicago. 1963.] 1.875” x 1.5”. Color fron-
tispiece and illustration tipped-in. Black and white illustrations. Hand set, printed and bound by Doris V. Welsh in
the S.T.A. workshop in the Newberry Library. Green cloth spine and tips with paper title label; light green paper
boards, black title and illustration on front. One in an edition of 150 copies. $150.00
Provenance: From the collections of Doris V. Welch and Kathryn Ida Hill Rickard. With the blue Bookplate “D.V.W. 1992 K.I.R.”
231. (Lilliputter Press) The Little Cookie Book. Thirty-one Favorite Recipes of a Minibibliophile. [By Ruth E. Adomeit.]
Woodstock, Vermont. 1960. 2.375” x 1.625”. Illustrated by Helen B. Herrick. Printed on Warren’s Thintext paper by The
Elm Tree Press in Caledonia with Garamond. Binding in blue cloth spine with yellow title; yellow cloth boards with
title and illustration on front. Endpapers illustrated with items from a kitchen. An edition of 200 copies. One internal
signature split, but not loose. $40.00
232. (Lorson’s Books & Prints) Nursery Rhymes. Wood engravings by Gwenda Morgan. Printed by The Whittington Press.
1985. 2.5” x 1.675”. Printed in 6 pt Garamond on Zerkall mould-made paper. Bound by Smith Settle in brown leather
with gilt title on spine. Top edge gilt. Separate marbled paper folder containing a set of proofs. All laid in a brown
cloth dropback box with paper title label on spine. No. XV of 35 Special copies signed by Gwenda Morgan in a total
See Item # 9 - Correspondence to Lois Boorman.
233. (Lorson’s Books & Prints) Country Calendar. Wood engravings by Gwenda Morgan. Printed by The Whittington Press.
Andoversford. 1985. 2.5” x 1.875”. Printed in 6 pt Garamond on Zerkall mould-made paper. Bound by Smith Settle in
brown leather with gilt title on spine. Top edge gilt. Separate marbled paper folder containing a set of proofs. All laid
in a tan cloth dropback box with paper title label on spine. No. XV of 35 Special copies signed by Gwenda Morgan in
a total edition of 150 copies. $450.00
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234. (Lorson’s Books & Prints) Country Calendar. Wood engravings by Gwenda Morgan. Printed by The Whittington Press.
Andoversford. 1985. 2.5 x 1.875”. Printed in 6pt Garamond on Zerkall mould-made paper. Bound by Smith Settle in
Whittington marbled paper with gilt-titled tan spine. Brown endpapers. Brown slipcase with tan cloth trim. An out-
of-series copy of 115 thus bound in a total edition of 150 copies. $125.00
235. (Lorson’s Books & Prints & The Whittington Press) Good Babies Bad Babies. By John Lawrence. 1986. 2.5” x 1.875”.
Black and white wood engravings. Printed in red in Bell type on Zerkall mould-made paper. Tan cloth spine with gilt
title; toning floral paper boards. Cream slipcase with tan cloth trim. No. 41 of 140 thus in a total edition of 175 copies.
$115.00
236. (Lorson’s Books & Prints & The Whittington Press) Weeds in my Garden. By Miriam Macgregor. 2.5” x 1.875”. Hand
colored illustrations. Printed in Garamond on Zerkall mould-made paper. Black spine with gilt title; Japanese paper
boards. Yellow silk portfolio containing a set of uncolored proofs. Both items laid in a yellow silk dropback box with
paper title label on spine. In an edition of 175 copies this is No. XV of 35 Special copies signed by Miriam Macgregor.
$475.00
237. (Lorson’s Books & Prints & The Whittington Press) A Study of Dinosaurs on the Comparative Method or Comparative
Dinosaurs for Students, Amateurs, Fanciers and Breeders. By H.J. Mudwinkle, FRS & Bar. Illustrated by Peter Forster.
Whittington Press for Lorson’s Books & Prints. 1988. 2.5” x 1.875”. Printed in Scotch Roman on Basingwerk paper.
Bound in blue cloth with gilt title on front. Blue marbled endpapers. Blue slipcase. One in an edition of 175 copies.
$125.00
238. (Lorson’s Books & Prints & The Whittington Press)
Predators in my Garden. [Illustrations and text] By
Miriam McGregor. Lorson’s Books & Prints & The
Whittington Press. [1993.] Wood-engravings hand-
colored. Printed in Garamond on Zerkall mould-
made paper. Bound in full brown leather with gilt
title on spine. Gold raw silk bound folder with a set
of the engravings in black-and-white. All laid in a
gold silk dropback box with toning yellow paper
trim and paper title label on spine. In a total edition
of 250 copies this is No. XIX of 50 Special copies
signed by Miriam Macgregor. $450.00
239. (MarMichel Press) Via Crucis. By Msgr. Francis J. No. 238.

Weber. Los Angeles, California. 1997. 2.875” x 2.125”.
Typeset in Weidemann on Mohawk Superfine.
Designed and printed letterpress by Regis Graden at
Nut Quad Press. Tipped-in frontispiece of a com-
memorative stamp issued by the Hashemite
Kingdom of Jordan. Bound by Marianne Blau in brown cloth spine with gilt title, light brown boards. Small bookplate
of previous owner on back inside cover. One in an edition of 504 copies. $35.00
Keepsake from Msgr. Weber at the Miniature Book Society 1997 Conclave.
240. (Robert E. Massmann) Prospectus for Mark Twain’s “The War Prayer”. 1.25” x 1.375”. In small white envelope. $15.00
“Mark Twain did not permit his indictment of glorifying the glamor of war to be published until after his death. He felt it would fall
on deaf ears, because he was truthful; and only dead men can tell the truth in this world.” - Prospectus.
241. (Robert E. Massmann) Keepsake of Eloise and Bob Massmann for M.B.S. Conclave XV. Approx. 3” x 2.625”. Blue wrap-
pered book which folds open. Various quotes as text. Typography by Richard A. Massmann. Design, layout and fab-
rication by Robert E. Massmann. An edition of 150 copies. $25.00
242. (Robert E. Massmann) Collector’s Clean Sweep. Colonial Besom Keepsake of Eloise and Robert Massmann. M.B.S.
Grand Conclave IX. Williamsburg. [VA] 1991. Approx. 2.125” x 3”. Typography, design, layout and assembly by
Robert E. Massmann. Illustrated cover and slipcase label by C. Ernest Massmann. Hand coloring by Eloise C. Mass-
mann. Book in the shape of a broom with a stick handle. Illustrated cover folder. An edition of 200 copies. $25.00
243. (Minia Press) Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found there. By Lewis Carroll.
Two volumes. Paris. Printed in France. [n.d.] ca. 1945. 3.125” x 2.125”. Vol. I - With Forty-Two Illustrations by John
Tenniel. Vol. II - With Fifty Illustrations by John Tenniel. Re-bound in green leatherette with five raised bands and
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gilt title and
decoration on
spine. Green
marbled endpa-
per. Top edge
gilt. In yellow
paper covered
card slipcase.
$350.00
Provenance:
From the collec-
tion of Kathryn
Ida Hill Rickard.
With her Book -
No. 243. plate.
244. (Minia Press) The Fables of Aesop. Edmund S. Wood. Jamaica. 1943. 2” x 1.625”. Frontispiece, black and white illustra-
tions [by Charles Bennett]. Red cloth with gilt title on spine and title in English with tortoise on front and title in Greek
and image of a bee on back, all in gilt. Gold slipcase.Gold card slipcase with slight tear. $150.00
#65 in Doris Welch’s Bibliography.
245. (Miniature Book Society) Three Miniature books. 2.125”x 1.375”. Keepsakes in plastic box.
1) Peace on Earth. Accordion fold book. Marbled paper boards with paper title label on front. Thin gold color cord with
gold sequin and metal ball around book.
2) 1989. Accordion fold calendar book with marble paper boards and paper title label on front. Blue ribbon tie.
3) Untitled. Blue decorated paper boards with empty white Japanese paper envelope folder. Pale blue ribbon ties with
metal ball to pull to close. $60.00
246. (Miniature Book Society) Various Keepsakes from Grand Conclave XV. 1997:
1) Juniper Von Phitzer - An Alphabet Coloring Book. San Francisco, CA. 2.5” x 2”. The Grand Conclave XV. 1997.
Accordion fold. Mottled brown/gold paper boards with semi-circular silver paper title label. Attached to the book by
red string is a small red crayon.
2) Kitemaug Press - Be Whatever You Are. 1997. 1.5” x 1.5”. Color illustrated accordion fold book. Blue wrappers.
Keepsake from Frank & Jeanette Anderson.
3) Kurbel Books- Wooden Book. 1.5” x 1.125”. Gray paper with title over wood. White cord so the book can be worn as
a necklace.
4) A pop-up thin brown card Printing Press - approx. 2” x 1.5”.
5) Persea Press - Keepsake of a folded sheet with quote and design inside.
6) Bronte Press - Keepsake signed by Suzanne Smith Pruchnicki. 2.75” x 2.125”.
7) Roger Huet - The Book of Happiness. Miniature cotton reel with pink ribbon. .75” x .5”. As a group - $75.00
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247. (Müszaki Konyvkiado) Herendi Porcelán. [By] Dr. Sikota Gyözö. Budapest. 1977. 2.875” x 2.125”.
Color frontispiece. Essay in Hungarian and English on the Herendi Porcelain factory with color plate
illustrations of 49 ceramics. Descriptions of images in Hungarian and English. Bound in blue
leatherette with gilt title on spine and miniature flower painted circular porcelain plaque on front.
Housed in a cream velvet lined blue box with the Herendi crest in gilt on the lid lining with the word
‘Handpainted’ and the numerals ‘1825-1976 150’. An edition of 500 copies with the porcelain plaque.
Issued to celebrate the 150 years of Herendi Porcelain. $250.00
248. (Robert D. Naiva) The Concord Fight: The Narrative of Jeremy Lister. Volume I. The Concord Fight: An
Account by Amos Barrett. Volume II. Concord. 1975. 3” x 1.125”. Printed in Bembo type by Joh.
Enschedé en Zonen, Haarlem, Holland. Bound by Reliue de Centre S.A., France, in navy leather with
gilt titles on front. Red endpapers. All edges gilt. Blue cloth slipcase. One in an edition of 2000 copies.
Volume I: Being so much of the narrative of Ensign Jeremy Lister of the 10th Regiment of Foot as per-
tains to his services on the 19th April 1775.
Volume II: The personal experiences of the author who participated in the fight. Foreword by Allen
French. $150.00
Provenance: From the collection of Kathryn Ida Hill Rickard. With her Bookplate in each book.
249. (Ferd. Ongania) Le Rime de Petrarca. [Italian.] [Francesco Petrarch.] Venice. MDCCCLXXIX. (1879.)
2.375” x 2.125” x .875”. Two miniature volumes bound as one. A portrait frontispiece to each volume
and numerous engraved vignettes throughout. Bound by Zaehnsdorf (with their stamp on the front pastedown) in No. 247.
blue crushed morocco with an intricate central gold tooled design as well as a fine gold tooled edge design on both
boards. Spine with title and five raised bands, intricately tooled. Leather design continues on edge of front doublure,
with blue silk doublure and free endpapers. Top edge gilt. Original wrappers bound in. No. 411 in an edition of 1000
copies. This is one of a few uncut large-paper copies. $2000.00
No. 249.
This book contains six sonnets which had recently been discovered by G. Veludo, the dedicatee.
NOTE: In Item #10 we offer the catalogue ‘An Unusual Collection of Miniature Books Formed by a Lady ... 1928 ...” The
above book is shown in the largest illustration and described as ‘A Little Masterpiece of Typography Exquisitely
Bound.’ It is described and mentioned in many of the best bibliographic works on miniature books.
250. (Opuscula Press) Prayers written at Vailima: With an

Introduction by Mrs. Stevenson and A Christmas Sermon. [Two
volumes.] By Robert Louis Stevenson. Bradenton, Florida.
1985. 2.875” x 2.375”. Frontispiece of Robert Louis Stevenson.
Printed in Oracle type. Prayers at Vailima handbound in quar-
ter black leather and cream Fabriano paper with blue paper
title label on front and blue paper trim alongside spine; blue
flower patterned endpapers. A Christmas Sermon handbound
in quarter tan leather and cream Fabriano paper with blue
paper title label on front and blue paper trim alongside spine;
No. 250.
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red flower patterned endpapers. Both books in a blue slipcase with black titles on spine. In a
total edition of 175 copies, this is No. 26 of 26 Special sets. Prospectus included. $250.00
251. (Payot & Co.) Réflexions sur Le Temps, L’Espace et La Vie. [French.] By Henry Bergson.
Paris. [n.d.] 3.75” x 2.75”. Bound in paisley Liberty material over card with paper title label
on front. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. $65.00
One in a series of French miniature books - Bibliothéque Miniatures.
No. 251. Superb Fore-edge Painting in fine condition

252. (Gui. Pickering) Publius Terentius Afer. [Italian.] [Terence, a
Roman Playwright.] London. MDCCCXXII. (1822.) 3.375”. x 2”.
Bound by ‘Nutt: Cambridge’ in red leather with four raised bands
on the spine. Gilt title on spine and gilt tooled design on edges of
covers and inner doublures. Fore-edge painting of ancient
Roman ruins. All edges gilt. Ink signature of previous owner on
front pastedown. $1250.00
The 7th in the Diamond Classic series. Fine fore-edge painting
with great detail.
Provenance: From the collection of Rabbi Kalman Levitan. With
his Bookplate.
No. 252. No. 252 - Fore-edge.

A set of two volumes with Superb Fore-edge Paintings in fine condition
253. (Gui. Pickering) La Divina Commedia. Di Dante Alighieri. [Italian.] Two volumes. Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London. MDC-
CCXXIII. (1823.) 3.625” x 2”. Frontispiece of Dante engraved by R. Grave. Paginated as one volume, followed by four
advertisements. Bound in green leather with title and gold tooling on spine and simple gold-tooled design on covers.
Five raised bands on spine. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Both volumes with fine detailed fore-edge paintings
with views of landscapes. Slight wear to spines and corners. $2000.00
254. (Gulielmus Pickering) Quintus Horatius Flaccus. [Italian.] 57

Chancery Lane, London. 1824. [Last page states 1826.] A Reprint. 3.25”
x1.675”. Engraved frontispiece. Bound in red leather with title and
gold tooling on spine and simple gold-tooled lines on cover. Five
raised bands on spine. All edges gilt. Green ribbon marker. $475.00
Provenance: From the collection of Kathryn Ida Rickard. With her
Bookplate. [See illustrations top of p. 39.]
255. (P’Nye Press) A Coffee Cantata. [By Frederika Postman.] 4.75” x

No. 253. Above - Volume I. 3”. Tan sheet of paper folded to form a book. A list of words relating
Right - Volume II - detail to coffee printed in brown. $15.00
of fore-edge painting.
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256. (JoAnna Poehlman) Drawings
in a Nutshell. Wisconsin,
Milwaukee. 1985.Approx.
1.75” x 1.25” at the widest
points. Walnut shell with tiny
accordion fold book inside.
Handpainted lithograph of
various nuts. Title and nut
names in pencil. Shell with
brown ribbon closure, and in
a brown hessian bag with the
letters ‘NUTS’ in black on the
one side and a string closure
to the bag. A/P signed by
Poehlman. $350.00
Together with:
Catalogue of an exhibition of
JoAnna Poehlman: Books,
Works on Paper and Sculpture No. 254.
1964-1994 at the Wustum
Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, Wisconsin. March 27-May 1, 1994. 11” x 7.5”. Illustrated cover wrappers.
Price list of the work of JoAnna Poehlman.Handwritten letter from JoAnna Poehlman to Lois Boorman about her pur-
chase of the above book,listing some collections that possess this item.
TWENTY-FIVE FINE EXAMPLES

FROM THE POOLE PRESS (1979-1995)
257. (Poole Press) Aelian on Fly Fishing. Foreword by J. R. Adams.
[Berkeley, California.] 1979. 2.625” x 2.2”. Handset, printed and bound
at Poole Press by Maryline P. Adams. Illustrations by J.R. and M.P.
Adams. Brown spine with title in green, and brown marbled paper
boards. No. 138 of 250 copies, signed by M.P. Adams and J.R. Adams.
$150.00
258. (Poole Press) Kipling’s American Catches: Epic story of heroic size
about exploits in salmon fishing. Foreword by J.R. Adams. 1980. 2.625” x
2.25”. Frontispiece of Kipling tipped-in, as well as another tip-in.
No. 256. Printed in black with green. Designed, handset, printed and bound by
Maryline P. Adams. Set in Garamond, printed on German made Ingres
Antiqua paper, marbling by the printer. Green cloth spine with gilt title; marbled paper boards. No. 54 in an edition
of 150 copies. Signed by M.P. Adams. $150.00
259. (Poole Press) Prophecy. [Nursery Rhyme.] [Berkeley, California.] September 1980. 2.625” x 2.125”. Printed in black with
brown decorative borders on yellow paper. Handset, printed and bound by Maryline Adams. Sewn binding of thin
card covered in decorated paper with narrow yellow title label. One in an edition of approximately 50 copies. $115.00
260. (Poole Press) The Kings & Queens of England. An Anonymous Mnemonic.
[Berkeley, California.] 1981. 1.75” x 1.87”. Handset, printed and bound by
Maryline Adams. Libra type on handmade paper from the mill of Joseph
Batchelor. Marbled endpapers by Maryline Adams. Bound in patterned
paper with paper title label on front printed in red. No. 33 of 100 copies
signed in red by M.P. Adams. $150.00
261. (Poole Press) The Jackdaw of Rheims from ‘The Ingoldsby Legends’ by R.H.
Barham. [Berkeley, California.] 1981. 2.25” x 3.25”. Designed, printed, illus-
trated and bound by Maryline Poole Adams. Handset in Libra type, letter-
press printed on paper mouldmade at St. Cuthbert’s Mill in England, illus-
trations hand colored. Bound in red/tan marbled paper boards with brown
leather gilt-titled spine and corners No. 47 in an edition of 125 copies, signed by M.P. Adams. $200.00
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262. (Poole Press) Advice to a
Young Man Choosing a Mistress:
1745. [By] Ben Franklin.
[Berkeley. 1982.] 2.25” x 2.25” -
at the widest points. Designed,
handset, printed and bound by
Maryline Poole Adams. Heart-
shaped book. Printed in brown
with tan decoration on each
page. Two-color illustrations
throughout. Bound in brown
velvet with gilt title on front
cover. Marbled endpapers. No.
No. 262. 130 in an edition of 130 copies,
signed by M.P. Adams. $175.00
“Franklin’s letter to a hypothetical correspondent is reproduced here in a setting popular in 15th Century France: heart-shaped illu-
minated manuscripts. ... The idea of this book is to give the feeling of an illuminated manuscript by using 18th Century Fournier
fleurons and chap-book illustrations, and thereby provide an appropriate setting for Franklin’s wit.” - Colophon.
263. (Poole Press) Victorian Signatures: Builders’ Signatures on San Francisco Victorian Houses.
[Berkeley, California.] 1982. 2.675” x 2.25”.
Handset in 8pt Cochin and printed on a C.
& P. Pilot press. Illustrated. Handbound by
M.P. Adams in brown leather spine with
stamped title; green and brown patterned
paper boards with front title. Green endpa-
pers of map placing examples of the
Victorian Signature Houses. No. 29 of 100
numbered copies, signed by M.P. Adams.
$175.00
Provenance: From the collection of Rabbi Kalman
Levitan. With his Bookplate.
No. 263. No. 264.
264. (Poole Press) Merrie England: A philatel-
ic celebration of ancient festivals. [Berkeley, California.] 1983. 3” x 2”. The four British stamps entitled Folklore used in
this book were issued in February 1981. Written, designed, handpress printed and bound by Maryline P. Adams. Set
in Cochin on Barcham Green paper. French fold. Bound in brown spine with green title and toning marbled paper
boards. No. 57 in a total edition of 101 copies, signed by M.P. Adams in red. $275.00
265. (Poole Press) The Story of Little Black

Sambo. By Helen Bannerman. 1899. Illustrated
by Maryline Poole Adams. [Berkeley,
California.] 1983. 2.625” x 2”. Designed, print-
ed letterpress, and bound by Maryline Poole
Adams. Handcolored linoleum cut illustra-
tions. Printed in Cochin on handmade
Japanese Kitikata and bound in black and
brown leather with gilt decoration on front
and spine; gilt title on spine. Black paper slip-
case. This is No. B of 25 Deluxe lettered copies
in an edition of 100 copies signed by M.P.
Adams. $350.00
No. 265. 266. (Poole Press) Mistletoe: Legends, Myths, &

Folk Lore. Written & illustrated by Maryline
Poole Adams. [Berkeley, California.] 1984. 2.5” x 1.875”. Design, printing, binding, linoleum blocks and marbling all
by Maryline Poole Adams. Printed letterpress in Deepdene type on damped handmade Barcham Green paper.
Specially bound in green leather with red leather spine title label and red leather gilt inset of mistletoe on front. Green
leather slipcase with red edge strip and red ribbon. In an edition of 100 copies, this is No. K of 26 special lettered
copies with the special binding and a frontispiece of a 1982 U.S. Post Office State Birds & Flowers 20c stamp. This
copy inscribed in green ink: “All the best to Kal Levitan - Maryline Poole Adams”. $275.00
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267. (Poole Press) The Great Fire of London
1666: Six Days of the Conflagration from
the Diary of Samuel Pepys. [Berkeley,
California.] 1985. 2.875” x 2.25”.
Woodcut frontispiece of Pepys and
full-page woodcuts on brown paper,
including one fold-out. Designed,
printed and handbound by Maryline
Poole Adams. Set in Deepdene and
printed letterpress on Frankfurt
Cream paper. Bound in red leather with gilt
title on spine and relief design on front
cover. Marbled paper slipcase with red
leather trim, plus red ribbon for ease of
removal of book. Of 100 copies printed, this No. 267.
is No. 22 of 30 which are specially bound
and contain a 1996 St. Helena issue stamp Great Fire and commemorating the 300th year of the arrival of settlers to
the island after the Great Fire. Signed by Maryline Poole Adams. $375.00
268. (Poole Press) Pepys Pops Up: Moving

Events from the Diaries of Samuel Pepys, Esq.
1660-1667. [Berkeley, California. 1986.] 3”
x 2.5”. Designed, engineered, letterpress
printed, assembled, and handbound by
Maryline Pool Adams. Seven double-page
spreads with pop-ups, fold-downs, lift-
ups and moveable parts. Red ribbon
markers. Bound in red leather with a red
leather enclosed folded title label on front,
and a wraparound strip with gilt button
closure. Laid in a black felt-lined wooden
box, with a slide-off wood lid painted
with a scene of London in 1660. Painted No. 268.
paper title label on side of box. No. 2 in an
edition of 40 copies, signed by Maryline Poole Adams. Inscribed in ink “to Kal Levitan with love – 8/31/86”. $600.00
269. (Poole Press) Presenting – The Seven Ages of Man. By Mr. William Shakespeare.
As Rendered Movingly By Mrs. Maryline Poole Adams. [Berkeley,
California.1986.] 2.625” x 2.125”. Designed, engineered, letterpress printed,
assembled, and handbound by Maryline Pool Adams. Seven double-page
spreads with pop-ups, fold-downs, lift-ups and moveable parts. Bound in
white cloth with brown decoration and illustration, with red title, on front.
Closure of round metal button and elastic. Laid in a center-opening box made
to represent the Globe Theatre. No. 22 in an edition of 45 signed and numbered
copies. $425.00
270. (Poole Press) Lewis Carroll’s Jabberwocky. [Berkeley, California. 1986.] 2.5” x 2”.
Designed, illustrated, printed and assembled by Maryline Poole Adams. ‘Click
tablet’, an education toy format from the late 18th century; now known as
‘Jacob’s Ladder’ format. Six wooden boards. Black and white wood-engrav-
ings with text on cut-out white paper to fit on both sides of the wood boards.
Front and back boards printed on red paper. Black wrap-a-round thin card pro-
tective cover. No. 43 in an edition of 99 copies, signed by M.P. Adams. $150.00
[See illustration top of p. 42.] No. 269.
271. (Poole Press) The Golden Rule East & West. [Quotes from various religions.] [Berkeley, California.] 1987. 2.75” x 1.875”.
Handset, printed and bound by M.P. Adams. Printed in several colors. Bound in brown wood board with sewn spine
forming decoration and cords with brown beads as closure tie. In an edition of 55 copies, this is one of the 40 regular
copies, numbered and signed by M.P. Adams. Very good. $175.00
[See illustration top of p. 42.]
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No. 270. No. 271.
272. (Poole Press) Christmastide in Ancient Britain. [Berkeley, California.] 1987. 2.875” x 2.125”. Accordion fold. Designed,
handset, printed, and bound by Maryline Poole Adams - inspired by the Christmas stamps issued 18 November, 1986,
in the United Kingdom. 5 Christmas stamps as illustrations. Gray
check Japanese paper boards lined with red leather. With removable
red leather spine, with gilt title, which allows the book to be totally
open. No. 32 in an edition of 51 copies, signed by M.P. Adams. $300.00
Bookplate.
273. (Poole Press) The Quangle Wangle’s Hat. By Edward Lear - 1877.
With wood-engravings by Maryline Poole Adams. [Berkeley,
California. 1988.] 2.75”
x 2”. Designed, hand-
set, letterpress printed,
and handbound by
M.P. Adams. Set in 10pt
Poltowski, printed on
Mohawk Superfine
paper. Wood-engrav-
No. 272.
ings printed from the
blocks. Bound in black and white patterned ‘QW’ paper; black leather
spine with gilt title. Black slipcase decorated with the same patterned
paper and a bow of purple/gold ribbon and small metal bobble. Black
endpapers. An edition of 75 copies, signed by Adams. $125.00
274. (Poole Press) The Elephant’s Child or How the Elephant got his Trunk. No. 273.
Written in 1902 by Rudyard Kipling & newly illustrated with wood
engravings by Maryline Poole Adams. [Berkeley, California.] 1990. 2.75” x 2”. Designed, illustrated, letterpress print-
ed and bound by M.P.
Adams. Printed in
Deepdene on Bassing-
werk. Bound in red paper
with a woodcut covering
both the back and front
boards. Title on spine and
front cover. Red endpa-
pers. No. 35 in an edition
of 100 copies, signed by
M.P. Adams. $125.00
Provenance: From the
collection of Kathryn Ida
Rickard. With her Book-
plate.
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No. 275.
275. (Poole Press) The Embroideries of Mary Queen of Scots. A Sampler by M.P. Adams. [Berkeley, California.] 1990. 3” x
2.125”. Written, designed, embroidered, printed, hand colored and bound by Maryline Poole Adams. Printed in
Deepdene, with Union Pearl display on Barcham Green handmade paper from the 1930s. Embroidered cloth binding
in various colors of Mary Queen of Scots decorated with seed pearls on the front cover; embroidered thistles on the
spine with ‘MR’ and simple embroidery design on back cover. Top edges uncut. Laid in a brown velvet folder with a
trim around the edges of beige stitching; lined with dark brown cloth, and tied with beige ribbons. No. 39 in an edi-
tion of 45 copies signed by M.P. Adams. $750.00
Examples of Mary’s needlework can be seen at Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk, the Victoria & Albert Museum London, and
the Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh.
276. (Poole Press &

Rebecca Press) Conclave
Cookbook. Illustrated by
Maryline Poole Adams.
Compiled by Rebecca
Saady Bingham. [Ber-
keley, California. Hyatts-
ville, Maryland.] 1992.
3” x 2.125”. This collabo-
ration celebrates the 10th
Conclave of the
Miniature Book Society.
Letterpress printed at
the Poole Press with
handset Deepdene type
on Mohawk Superfine.
Handbound by Donald
Brady in white damask
cloth with gilt title on
spine and gilt cutlery
place setting on front with a miniature Imari porcelain plate in the center. Cream ribbon marker. Announcement laid
in back of plexiglass container, which opens at the top. In an edition of 125 copies, this is No. 10 of 1 - 35 which are
specially bound. $300.00
Recipes from 10 host cities of Miniature Book Conclaves 1983-1992.
277. (Poole Press & Rebecca Press) e-i-e-i-o (Eileen, Eileen, Oh!) 1992. 2.375” x 2.875”. Sewn salmon wrappers with title on
front and two palm trees - one blue and one red. Blue Japanese endpapers. Printed for the Miniature Book Society
Conclave. An edition of 201 copies. This copy signed in green ink “Saved especially for Katherine Rickard by
Maryline Adams”. $100.00
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278. (Poole Press) Matryoshka – Russian Nesting Dolls. [In 5 volumes.] By Maryline Poole Adams. [Berkeley, California.
1993.] 2.75” x 2.25” x 1.625”. Designed, illustrated, printed and bound by Maryline Poole Adams. Bound in red leather
with gilt title on spine, and color illustration of a Russian doll on the front board; marbled paper trim and marbled
endpapers. No. 28 in an edition of 55 copies, signed by Adams. [The edition of 55 copies was not fully completed.] $450.00
279. (Poole Press) Envoy. From

No. 278.
‘Underwoods’ by Robert Louis
Stevenson. [Berkeley,
California. 1993.] 3” x 2”.
Designed, illustrated, printed
and bound by Maryline Poole
Adams. Printed in purple on
various color papers. Semi-cir-
cular shape. Bound in black
leather with title in gilt on
spine. Matching black leather
slipcase with gilt title. No. 32
of 65 copies, signed by M.P.
Adams. $275.00 No. 279.
280. (Poole Press) Masters in this Hall. A Christmas Carol written by William Morris in 1859 herein presented with his dec-
orations & the illustrations of Maryline P. Adams. [Berkeley, California] 1995. 3” x 2.25”. Designed, handset, printed
and bound by Maryline Poole Adams. Printed in Libra with Goudy 30 and Morris’ initial letters enhancements, print-
ed on Lana Royal paper. With a U.K. 15 1/2p postage stamp with Morris designed wallpaper. Bound in blue leather
with gilt title on spine and rectangular red and blue leather onlay decoration on the front. Red endpapers. Brown vel-
vet open-sided folder tied with gold ribbon. No. 21 of 30 Special leather bound copies in an edition of 100 copies,
signed by Maryline Poole Adams. $350.00
281. (Poole Press) Sherlock Holmes - A Philatelic Gallery. [Berkeley, California.] 1995. 3” x2”. Accordion fold within a bind-
ing of black cloth
spine and corners and
patterned cloth sides
with small paper title
label on front. Spine
can be removed for
full viewing. Inspired
by a set of U.K. com-
merative Sherlock
Holmes stamps issued
in October 1993, it
contains 5 postage
stamps relating to var-
ious Holmes stories. No. 281.
Printed in black on
No. 280. blue paper. No. 20 in an edition of 100 copies, signed by Maryline Poole Adams. $225.00
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282. (Rebecca Press) Edna St. Vincent Millay: Sonnets & a Few Poems. [Hyattsville, Maryland.] 1982. 2.75” x 2.125”.
Frontispiece is an 18c U.S. stamp of Edna St. Vincent Millay. Designed by Rebecca Saady Bingham. Typeset and print-
ed by Serif Press. Bound by Green Dragon Bindery in beige/green slubbed silk with the initials of the poet in salmon
color embroidered by Mark Levi on the front board. No. 41 in an edition of 200 copies, initialed by R.S.B. $95.00
283. (Rebecca Press) Original wood engraving of a goose by Sarah Chamberlain. 3” x 2.25”. Gray flecked wrapper. Signed by
Chamberlain. Keepsake: MBS: Conclave VI. $35.00
284. (Rebecca Press) The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. By Washington Irving. Wood engravings by Sarah Chamberlain. Rebecca
Press. 1983. [Hyattsville, Maryland.] 2.5” x 3”. Designed by Rebecca Saady Bingham. Printed on Curtis Colophon
paper. Green postage stamp of Washington Irving as frontispiece. 10c. stamp tipped in as part of the book. Printed by
Jane Pomeroy at the Burntcoat Press. Bound at the Green Dragon Bindery. Endpapers for the deluxe edition marbled
by Christopher Weimann. Full blue leather with inset of orange moon and black relief illustration of two riders and
a tree. All edges speckled black. Slipcase of blue leather trimmed with orange leather. No. 31 of 35 deluxe copies in an
edition of 150 copies, signed by Rebecca Saady Bingham. $500.00
The design of this binding is taken from the ‘Legend of Sleepy Hollow’ stamp that is tipped in the book.
285. (Rebecca Press) The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. By Washington Irving. Wood engravings by Sarah Chamberlain. Rebecca
Press. 1983. [Hyattsville, Maryland.] 2.5” x 3”. Designed by Rebecca Saady Bingham. Printed on Curtis Colophon
paper. 10c. stamp tipped in as part of the book. No. 71 in an edition of 150 copies,
signed by Rebecca Saady Bingham. Unique binding by Angela James in
September 1994. Bound in dark blue leather to a geometric design with illustrat-
ed painted panels in yellow, blue and black. Title in gilt on spine. Handpainted
leather doublures with toning endpapers. All edges gilt with blue stripes. Laid in
a deep blue box lined with plum suede and with a yellow ribbon to remove the
book from the box. Matchbox-like cover in plum/pink with yellow and black title
label on front. $1500.00
1983 was the bicentennial year of the birth of Washington Irving.
286. (Rebecca Press) The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. By Washington Irving. Wood engrav-
ings by Sarah Chamberlain. 1983. [The bicentennial year of the birth of
Washington Irving.] Designed by Rebecca Saady Bingham. Set in Fairfield
Linotype with initial caps in Fry’s Ornamented. Printed on Curtis colophon paper
by Jan Pomeroy at the Burntcoat Press. A 10c stamp of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow No. 287.
is used as an illustration. Bound at the Green Dragon Bindery in blue cloth with round orange paper title label on
front. No. 100 in a total edition of 150 copies, signed by Rebecca Saady Bingham. $75.00
287. (Rebecca Press) The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Original wood engraving of the first illustration, signed by ‘S.
Chamberlain for Mimi and Arnold’. Image - 2.5” x 2.75”. Frame - 6.375” x 5.875”. Blue mount and silver/gilt frame.
$150.00
Mimi and Arnold Elkind, both now deceased, were major collectors of contemporary fine press and illustrated books.
288. (Rebecca Press) Erté Maquettes. [Foreword by Rebecca Saady Bingham. Introduction by Salomé Estorick.] [Hyattsville,
Maryland.] 1984. 2.875” x 2.125”. Pencil frontispiece of Erté at 91. Color illustrations of the maquettes. Binding by
Green Dragon Bindery of
black cloth boards, silver
leather spine with black title,
and silver endpapers. White
card stapled booklet with sil-
ver title and decoration on
front with eight color
maquette illustrations. Black
card slipcase with black rib-
bon for easy removal of
book. No. 500 in an edition
of 2,200 copies (of which 1-
200 are specially bound in a
deluxe edition), signed by
Rebecca S. Bingham $150.00
These miniature images are
taken from original paintings No. 288.
which were at the Grosvenor Gallery, London.
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289. (Rebecca Press) The Wild Swans. By Hans Christian Andersen. Wood Engravings by Sarah Chamberlain. 1986. 2.875”
x 2.25”. Set in Kennerley Light monotype. Designed by Rebecca Saady Bingham. Bound at the Green Dragon Bindery
in green leather spine and white boards with title and decoration on front board. No. 147 of 250 regular copies in a
total edition of 315. Signed by Rebecca Bingham. $95.00
The 100th Anniversary year of Hans Christian Andersen.
290. (Rebecca Press) Rosanella. By Comte De Caylus. Wood Engravings by Sarah Chamberlain. 1988. 3” x 2.25”. Illustrated
with original wood engravings by Sarah Chamberlain. Design by Rebecca Saady Bingham. Edition of 315 copies,
signed by S. Chamberlain and Rebecca Bingham. This is No. L of 15 state proof copies which were bound at the Green
Dragon Bindery. Purple leather binding with onlay of pink rose with two green leaves. Doublures of pink suede. All
edges gilt. Separate folder of rose color marbled paper over thin board containing a suite of all the wood engravings
signed or initialed by Sarah Chamberlain. Also in the folder is a painting of a rose, signed by Chamberlain. Both items
are laid in a pink suede dropback box with relief title and rose decoration on the front; lined with matching rose mar-
bled paper. $850.00
Rosanella is the third in a set of three fairy tales in which roses are significant story elements.
291. (Rebecca Press) The Ideal Man. By Oscar Wilde. 1988. 2.75” x 2.25”. White wrappers sewn with gilt thread. Black
Japanese endpapers. Purple title and floral decoration and green glass bead on front cover. $45.00
292. (Rebecca Press) Quo’pourri. [Quotes by various authors.] [Maryland. 1989.] 2.375” x 2.875”. Designed by Rebecca
Saady Bingham and Cheryl Parker. Printed and illustrated in purple and turquoise. Pages of different sizes at fore-
edges with strips of various color paints down the side. Handset in Cowell type and printed at Hummingbird Press.
Bound in glittery handmade pink cover papers over board by Therese Bisceglai. Illustrated polymer clay rectangle
onlay on front board. Turquoise handmade endpapers. Prepared for the Miniature Book Society Conclave VII. One
of only 12 copies with the polymer onlay. $175.00
No. 293.
293. (Rebecca Press) The New House. By David Mamet. [Hyattsville, Maryland. 1989.] 2.75” x 2.25”. Wood engravings by
Sarah Chamberlain. Printed in brown in Monotype set by Mackenzie-Harris at the Hummingbird Press. Sarah
Chamberlain’s wood engravings were printed in brown from the blocks. Bound in brown leather spine, brown wood
veneer with fanlight design on front and miniature door knob. Brown illustrated endpapers of the interior of a house.
Brown ribbon marker with miniature gold colored key at end. An extra suite of prints in a tan marbled paper enve-
lope type folder is included. Both items in a tan marbled paper over board slipcase with a brown leather blind-
stamped illustration of the front door of a house. In a total edition of 250 copies bound at the Green Dragon Bindery,
this is No. 41 of 50 Deluxe copies signed by Rebecca S. Bingham and David Mamet. $425.00
This book represents the combined inspiration and efforts of Patty Joffee and Rebecca Bingham.
294. (Rebecca Press) The Seventh Princess & The Goldfish. By Eleanor Farjeon. Illustrated by Edith Bingham. 1993. 2.675” x
2.5”. Designed by Rebecca Saady Bingham with the stories printed at opposite ends of the book. Photocomposition
and color separations by Robert R. Cole, Jr. and A.J. Trilli at Valley Graphics. Printed at International Graphics. Bound
by Don Brady in quarter white leather and handmade paper. Illustration on both boards and title in gilt on spine. The
Seventh Princess has gold endpapers and The Goldfish has marbled endpapers. No. 8 of 275 copies thus, signed by
Rebecca Bingham. $95.00
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295. (REM Miniatures) Historic Boston, Lexington, Concord. In Pen Drawings by E. Helene Sherman. [New Britain,
Connecticut. 1975.] 3” x 3.375”. Published by Robert E. Massmann. With 16 blue ink drawings plus a fold-out map of
Paul Revere’s ride. Sewn red wrappers with paper title label on front. $20.00
296. (REM Miniatures) Tales of The Wayside Inn. In Pen Drawings by E. Helene Sherman. [New Britain, Connecticut. 1975.]
3” x 3.375”. Published by Robert E. Massmann. Printed at Art Press. Fourteen drawings in red. Sewn blue paper wrap-
pers with paper title label on front. Spine slightly faded. $20.00
297. (Kathryn I. Rickard) An Old Love Story. [By Kathryn I. Rickard.] The Phoenix. Richmondville. N.Y. October 1987. 2.5”
x 2”. Lilac wrappers and text pages. Decorated title page. An edition of 250 copies. Two ink inscriptions; the first
“November, 1987 / To my Dear / Friend, Doris / Welsh with / love./ Kathryn I. Richard” and “to Lois and Jody / on
their buying / week-end June, 10-11,/ 1994. / Kathryn I. Richard”. $30.00
Kathryn I. Rickard states: “The incident in this little booklet took place on March 20, 1986.”
Provenance: From the collections of Doris V. Welch and Kathryn Ida Hill Rickard. With the blue Bookplate “D.V.W.
1992 K.I.R.”
298. (Kathryn I. Rickard) The Attack Fly. [By] Kathryn I. Rickard. Scott’s Printing Company. Duanesburg, New York. April
1989. 2.5” x 2”. White wrappers and text pages. Decorated title page. An edition of 250 copies. Ink inscription: “To /
Jody & Lois / on their buy- /ing week-end / June 10, 11 - 1994 / Kathryn I. /Rickard”. $30.00
Kathryn I. Rickard states: “The incident in this little booklet took place on October 20, 1988.”
299. (River’s Edge Studio) Flowers & Plants on the United States Postage Stamps. [By] Miriam B. Lawrence. East Greenwich,
R.I. 1970. 3.25” x 2. 375”. Illustrated with 16 tipped-in U.S. stamps. Printed on handmade Hayle paper from England,
by Joh. Enschede en Zonen, Holland. In a total edition of 500 copies, this is No. 56 of 200 bound in full green leather
with gilt title on front and spine by Reliure du Centre, Limoge, France. Brown patterned endpapers. All edges gilt.
$250.00
Provenance: From the collections of Alene B. Potter and Rabbi Kalman Levitan. With their Bookplates.
300. (Achille J. St. Onge) Friendship. By Ralph

Waldo Emerson. Worcester. 1939. 2.375”
x1.625”. Frontispiece of Emerson. Printed in
Times New Roman on Worthy Hand and
Arrows paper by D.B. Updike [at] The
Merrymount Press, Boston. Bound in blue
morocco with gilt decoration on both covers
and spine; gilt title on front. Cream silk ribbon
marker. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. An
edition of 950 copies. Very scarce. $800.00
The second book printed for Achille J. St.
Onge - this copy has a square spine.
301. (Achille J. St. Onge) Abraham Lincoln: President

of the United States 1861-1865: Selections from his
Writings. Worcester. [MA] 1950. 3.125” x 2”.
Printed from Monotype Plantin on J. Barcham
Green’s handmade all rag wove paper by The Chiswick Press, London, and bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, London,
in navy leather with title and decoration on front and spine in gilt. All edges gilt. An edition of 1500 copies. $225.00
Winston Churchill’s Broadcast

302. (Achille J. St. Onge) King George VI: The Prime Minister's Broadcast February 7, 1952. [By] The Right Honourable
Winston S. Churchill. Worcester. [MA] 1952. 2.375” x 1.5”. Printed at The Chiswick Press, London in Monotype Plantin
on J. Barcham Green's handmade all rag wove paper. With two photographs of the King by Karsh, and Dorothy
Wilding. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe in brown leather with Royal cipher and gilt title on front. Red patterned end-
papers. All edges gilt. An edition of 750 copies. $500.00
303. (Achille J. St. Onge) The Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Worcester. [MA] 1953. 2.75” x 1.875”. Frontispiece
of Queen Elizabeth in black. Printed in Monotype Plantin on Arnold’s handmade Laid Record paper by The Chiswick
Press, London, in black and red. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, London, in red leather with gilt title on front and
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spine and gilt insignia on back.
Red patterned endpapers. All
edges gilt. Stamp of Sangorski &
Sutcliffe on back doublure. An
304. (Achille J. St. Onge) From a

Writer’s Notebook. By Van Wyck
Brooks. Worcester. [MA] 1955.
2.375” x 1.875”. Designed by
Frank J. Lieberman. Printed
from Times New Roman type on
Kelmscott handmade paper by
The Chiswick Press, London.
No. 303.
Bound in green leatherette with
gilt title on front and spine and
gilt decoration. Patterned endpapers. All edges gilt. One in an edition of 1000 copies. $125.00
305. (Achille J. St. Onge) Wild Apples: History of the Apple Tree. By Henry David Thoreau. Worcester. [MA] 1956. 3” x 2”.
Designed by Bruce Rogers. Presswork by The Marshbanks Press, New York. Bound by Frank Fortney in tan leather
with relief pattern in front and gilt title on spine and front. One of 950 copies. $250.00
306. (Achille J. St. Onge) Abraham Lincoln 1809 - 1959: The Address by Carl Sandburg before the United States Congress
Washington, D.C. February 12, 1959. Worcester. [MA] 2.625” x 1.875”. Frontispiece of a beardless Lincoln on a 1c stamp.
Printed from Spectrum type on Antique paper by Joh. Enschede en Zonen, Holland. Bound by Froost en Brandt,
Holland, in tan leather with gilt title and decoration on front. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. An edition of 2000
copies. $75.00
307. (Achille J. St. Onge) The Inaugural Address of John Fitzgerald Kennedy President of the United States Delivered at the Capitol,
Washington January 20, 1961. Worcester. [MA. 1961.] 2.625” x 1.625”. Frontispiece of Kennedy. Printed from Latetia type
on ‘Old Kentucky Linen’ paper by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, Haarlem, Holland. Bound in navy leather with gilt title
and decoration on front. Red patterned endpapers. All edges gilt. $125.00
308. (Achille J. St. Onge) The Night Before Christmas. By Clement C. Moore.
No. 312. Illustrated [in color] by Tasha Tudor. Worcester. [MA] 1962. First edition.
3.75” x2.75”. Printed by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, Haarlem, Holland.
Bound in red leather with gilt title on front. Illustrated endpapers. All
edges gilt. Illustrated dust jacket. $200.00
309. (Achille J. St. Onge) Paul Revere’s Ride: A Deposition. The Personal
Account by Revere of his famous ride with an Introduction by Esther
Forbes. Worcester. [MA] 1963. 2.375” x 1.875”. Frontispiece of Paul Revere.
Printed from Baskerville type on ‘Old Kentucky Linen’ paper by Joh.
Enschedé en Zonen, Haarlem, Holland. Bound by Proost en Brandt N.V.,
Amsterdam, Holland, in full brown leather with gilt title on front and
relief illustration of Revere on his horse. Marbled endpapers. All edges
gilt. An edition of 1000 copies. $75.00
No. 308.
Churchill made Honorary Citizen of the U.S.A.
310. (Achille J. St. Onge) Sir Winston S. Churchill Honorary Citizen of The
United States of America by Act of Congress April 9, 1963. Worcester, Massachusetts. 1963. 2.5” x 1.625”. Printed in Bembo
on ‘Old Kentucky Linen’ paper by Joh. Eschedé en Zonen, Haarlem, Holland. Frontispiece of Churchill. Bound in red
leather with gilt title on front. Green patterned endpapers. A first edition of 1000 copies. $175.00
311. (Achille J. St. Onge) Thomas Jefferson on Science and Freedom. A letter to the student William Greene Munford. June 18,
1799. With a Foreword by Julian P. Boyd. Worcester. [MA] 1964. 2.625” x 1.875”. Frontispiece profile of Jefferson from
Gilbert Stuart's medallion. Printed from Baskerville type on 'Old Kentucky Linen' paper by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen,
Haarlem, Holland. Bound by Froost en Brandt, Amsterdam, Holland, in full green calf with title in gilt on front cover
and spine. All edges gilt. Patterned endpapers. One in an edition of 1000 copies. $275.00
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312. (Achille J. St. Onge) The Twenty Third Psalm. Illustrated [in color] by Tasha Tudor. Worcester. [MA] 1965. First edition.
3.75” x2.75”. Printed by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, Haarlem, Holland. Bound in green leather with gilt title on front.
Illustrated endpapers. All edges gilt. Illustrated dust jacket. [See illustration middle of p. 48] $125.00
313. (Achille J. St. Onge) Thoreau’s Turtle Nest from ‘The

Journal Notes of Henry David Thoreau’. With a Preface by
Walter Harding. Worcester. [MA] 1967. 2.625” x 1.875”.
Frontispiece of a USPS 5c stamp of Thoreau drawn by
Leonard Baskin. Printed from Baskerville type on Ingres
Butten paper by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, Haarlem,
Holland. Bound by Froost en Brandt, Amsterdam,
Holland, in full brown calf with title and turtle in red-
gilt on front cover. All edges gilt. One in an edition of
1500 copies. $125.00
314. (Achille J. St. Onge) Abraham Lincoln: The Song in His

Heart. By Kenneth A. Bernard. Worcester, Massachusetts.
1970. 3” x 2.25”. Frontispiece of Lincoln. Illustrations
reproduced courtesy of Boston University Collection of
Lincolniana. Printed in Monotype Baskerville and Modern by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, Haarlem, Holland. Bound by
Reliure de Centre, France, in green leather with gilt title on spine and gilt title and Lincoln portrait in gilt on front.
All edges gilt. One in an edition of 1500 copies. $125.00
315. (Achille J. St. Onge) The Last Will and Testament of an Extremely Distinguished Dog. By Eugene O’Neill. Worcester. [MA]
1972. 2.875” x 2.125”. Frontispiece photograph of O’Neill with the dog. Printed from Lutetia by Joh. Eschedé en Zonen,
Haarlem, Holland. Bound by Reliure de Centre, France, in full tan calf with gilt title on front and relief impression of
a dog. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. An edition of 1000 copies. $110.00
316. (Achille J. St. Onge) Shelley. By A.C. Swinburne. Worcester. [MA] 1973. 2.375” x 1.875”. Printed in Romanée and
Spectrum by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, Haarlem, Holland. Bound by Reliure de Centre, France, in red leather and gilt
title and decoration on front. All edges gilt. One in an edition of 500 copies. $140.00
“This poem by A.C. Swinburne appears here for the first time in print.” - From the Note.
317. (Achille J. St. Onge) Mayor of Indianapolis. [By] Father Joseph F. Weber. Worcester. [MA] 1975. 2.875.” x 2.125”. Printed
from Lutetia by Joh. Eschedé en Zonen, Haarlem, Holland, and bound in Limoge, France, in black leather with title in
gilt on front. $125.00
318. (Achille J. St. Onge) California on United States Postage Stamps. [By[ Francis J. Weber. Worcester. [MA] 1975. 3.25” x
2.25”. Frontispiece of a 6c 1969 stamp. Black and white reproductions of stamps. Printed in Spectrum type by Joh.
Enschedé en Zonen. Haarlem, Holland. Bound by Reliure du Centre S.A. Limoges, France, in blue leather with gilt
title on spine and front. All edges gilt. One in an edition of 1500 copies. $75.00
319. (Achille J. St. Onge) The Addresses of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Delivered at Westminster Hall and Guildhall on the
occasion of her Silver Jubilee 1952 - 1977. Worcester, Massachusetts. 1977. 2.75” x 1.875”. Color frontispiece of the Queen.
Printed in Perpetua on Crown and Scepter paper at Stanbrook Abbey Press, Worcester, England. Binding planned by
Sydney M. Cockerell with drawings by Joan Tebbutt. Bound by Weatherby Woolnough in blue leather with gilt title
on spine and gilt lion on front and gilt unicorn on back. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. One in an edition of 1000
copies. $175.00
320. (Karen Slinson Saro) Miniature Origami Book. 1989. 2” x 2”. White flecked paper opening out into a circular pattern.
Green silver-flecked handmade paper over card with yellow ribbon. $25.00
321. (Press of Ward Schori) The Preacher and The Moonshiner. By Loy Warwick. [Original title ‘Father’s Disreputable
Friends’.] 1957. 1.75” x 1.5”. Wood engravings in black and white by Sarah Chamberlain. Handset in 6pt Bodoni on
Mohawk Letterpress paper. Bound in green leather with gilt title on spine; front cover with gilt title and decoration.
Top edge gilt. $95.00
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322. (Schori Press) The Lullaby Book of Poems by Eugene Field. Evanston, Illinois.
1963. 2” x 2.25”. Printed on white paper with silver glints in blue with a blue
decorative border framing the text. Bound in blue leather with gilt title and
illustration in gold, pink and white on the front board. Marbled endpapers.
Top edge gilt. An unnumbered copy in an edition of 600 copies, signed by
Ward K. Schori. Spine slightly faded. $125.00
323. (Schori Press) Memories: An Anthology. Evanston, Illinois. [1965?] 1.75” x

2.75”. Various antique ornaments and cuts have been used as well as four
original drawings by Andre Chappaz. Typography by Ward Schori. Bound in
black leatherette with gilt title on spine and gilt title and decoration on front;
gilt feather on back board. No. 47 of 330 copies in the regular binding of 330
thus in a total edition of 500 copies. $95.00
324. (Schori Press) The Old Barn; A poem attributed to John Troth. Woodcuts by Herschel
C. Logan. Calligraphy by Rebecca A. Shepherd. Evanston, Illinois. 1982. 2” x 2.75”.
Letterpress printing from Linotype composition and foundry type was done by Ward
Schori at his private press. Printed on natural white sheet. Bound in brown cloth with
black title on spine and front. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. An edition of 240
copies, signed by Ward K. Schori. $95.00
325. (Press of Ward Schori) Mark Twain and Birds. By Caroline Thomas Harnberger.
Evanston. [IL] 1984. 2.75” x 2.25”. Typography by Ward Kermit Schori. Line drawings
of Blue Jays by Elise Pike Lerman. Frontispiece of a U.S. Blue Jay stamp from a com-
memorative block known as CAPEX; noting the cooperation between the United States
and Canada in preservation of our mutual wildlife heritage. Printed by letterpress direct
from type and engravings on ivory-colored Teton Text. Bound in blue cloth with silver
title on spine and silver color metal plate inset on front board with title and illustration.
Laid in a perspex box. One in an edition of 239 copies. $125.00
326. (Press of Ward Schori) We Shall Pay Any Price, Bear

Any Burden: John Fitzgerald Kennedy 1915-1963. By
Ralph Godfrey Newman. [Evanston, Illinois. 1988.]
2.125” x 2.5”. Designed by Ward Schori. Printed in
Souvenir type by photolithography by The Schori Press
on Mohawk Superfine. Bound by Hugo Grammich in
black leatherette with gilt title label on spine and gilt
image of Kennedy on the front cover. Dark blue mar-
bled endpaper. Marbled paper over board slipcase,
with shiny copper medallion of Kennedy set into the
side cover and protected with clear plastic. An edition
of 300 copies. $175.00
No. 326. Provenance: From the collection of Kathryn Ida Hill Rickard.
With her Bookplate.
327. (Press of Ward Schori) Christmas Poems. By James Whitcomb Riley. Evanston, Illinois. [1982.] 1.875” x 1.5”. Black and
white endgrain wood engraving illustration by Sarah Chamberlain. Design for the cover by Andre Chappaz. Design,
hand typesetting and production by Ward K. Schori.Poetry typeset by computer, with headings, title page and mis-
cellaneous matter handset with foundry type. Most of the book printed by photo-offset, but the illustration printed by
letterpress direct from the engraved block. Printed on Allegro Vellum. Bound in white cloth with blue title on spine
and manger scene illustration on the front cover in blue. Top edge gilt. One in the regular edition of 241 copies. $45.00
328. (Press of Ward Schori) Majesty: Britain’s “QUEEN MUM”. By Francis J. Weber. Evanston, Illinois. 1990. Frontispiece
British 20p stamp of the Queen Mother. Black and white photographic reproductions. Designed and typeset by Ward
Schori using Centaur for the text and other parts except for the title, which is, appropriately, named Royal Script.
Printing done by photolithography at The Schori Press. Printed on white velvet finish Vintage No. 1 Coated by
Northwest. Bound by Hugo in brown suedette with gilt title on spine and gilt title and the crest of the House of
Windsor on front board. All edges gilt. [200 copies?] Signed by Ward K. Schori. $135.00
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No. 329.
329. (Press of Ward Schori) William Shakespeare: Nearer My Bard to Thee. By Louis Marder. Evanston, Illinois. 1993. 2.5” x
2.125”. Black and white frontispiece of Shakespeare. Photographic reproduction of Dr. Louis Marder with a bust of
Shakespeare. Palatino typeface on Mohawk Superfine, printed by photolithography. Typography and design by Ward
Schori. Bound in brown velvet with gilt title on spine and gold-painted metal plaque of Shakespeare with gilt deco-
ration on front. Plaque of Shakespeare is reproduced from a 19th Century medal honoring him, from the collection of
the author. Photographic endpapers. No. 34 in an edition of 199 copies, signed by Ward Schori. $125.00
As a Shakespeare scholar, Dr. Marder has over 20,000 items of Shakespeare memorabilia.
Provenance: From the collection of Rabbi Kalman Levitan. With two of his Bookplates.
330. (Carol Schwartzott) The Garden. Quote by Gertrude Jekyll from Home and Garden and a quote by Thomas Reinhardt,
Landscape Architect. [Niagara Falls, New York.] First edition. 2.875” x 2.875”. Sepia drawings, book design and bind-
ing by Carol Schwartzott. Accordion fold with handmade paper wrappers with a relief design on front and matching
pink ribbon tie. Plastic box. No. 75 of 500 copies initialed by Carol Schwartzott. $20.00
331. (Carol Schwartzott) The Shades of Autumn. [By] Lana LaForest. [Niagara Falls, New York.] 2.75” x 3”. Accordion fold.
Color illustrations. Book design and binding by Carol Schwartzott. Wrappers of marbled paper with brown ties.
Plastic box. No. 163 of 500 numbered copies. $20.00
332. (Carol Schwartzott) A Winter Song. [Two poems - one by

Eileen Mathias & the other by F. Ann Elliott.] Niagara Falls,
New York. 1994. 2.875” x 2.876”. Book design and binding by
Carol Schwartzott. Accordion fold. In architectural vellum
wrappers with a white ribbon tie. Plastic box. No. 83 of 500
copies, initialed by Carol Schwartzott. $20.00
333. (Carol Schwartzott) April Rain. By Robert Loveman. [Niagara

Falls, New York. 1995] 2.875” x 2.875”. Handcolored draw-
ings, book design and binding by Carol Schwartzott.
Accordion fold with handmade paper wrappers with a cut-
out on front and yellow ribbon tie. Endpapers with a pattern
of handpainted daffodils. Plastic box. No. 75 of 500 copies ini-
tialed by Carol Schwartzott. $20.00
No. 334.
334. (Carol Schwartzott) The Blind Men and the Elephant. Niagara Falls, New York. [1994.]
1.5” x 1.5”. Book art and design, hand colored illustrations by Carol Schwartzott.
Glued accordion fold, bound in brown and gold fabric with fabric patterned end-
papers. Card slipcase with image of elephant on sides. No. 50 in an edition of 82
copies initialed and dated by Carol Schwartzott. Provenance: From the collection of
Rabbi Kalman Levitan. With his Bookplate. $125.00
335. (Carol Schwartzott) The Blind Men and the Elephant. Niagara Falls, New York. [1994.]
2.875” x 2.875”. Book art and design, hand colored illustrations by Carol
Schwartzott. Accordion fold, in card wrappers. Illustrated label of elephant on front.
Card slipcase with paper title on spine and elephant illustration on side. No. 31 in No. 336.
an edition of 500 copies initialed and dated by Carol Schwartzott. $50.00
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336. (Carol Schwartzott) The Envious Camel. [By Beha-Ed-din Zohein. Niagara Falls, N.Y. 1994.] 2” x 2.25”. Six-sided book.
Book design and binding by Carol Schwartzott. Handpainted illustration on front cover. Black card shaped slipcase
with paper title label on spine and handcolored decorative pattern on side. No. 11 in an edition of 80 copies, signed
and dated by Carol Schwartzott. [Illustrated bottom of p.51.] $65.00
337. Silver Binding) Hymns Ancient and Modern. William Clowes & Sons Ltd.
London.[n.d.] 2.125” x 1.75”. Bound in brown leather with gilt title on front and
spine. All edges gilt. Laid in a sterling silver stamped decorated with raised swirls
carrying case with silver chain and loop so that it can be attached to the waist.
Initials of a original owner on shield in center of design. Hallmarks on side of case.
Inscription on front free endpaper ‘Alice 27.9.96’. $695.00
338. (Silver Binding) Hymns Ancient and Modern. William Clowes & Sons Ltd.
London. [n.d.] 2.125” x 1.75”. Bound in brown leather with gilt title on spine. All
edges gilt. Front cover overlaid with a sterling silver plaque showing a relief design
of a horse-drawn carriage and people in front of a church with trees in the back-
ground. Hallmarks at bottom of plaque. (Bondy - p.167.) $425.00
No. 337.
339. (Silver Binding) The Book of Common Prayer. Oxford University
Press. [Oxford. n.d.] 2.125” x 1.875”. Black leather binding with gilt
title on spine. All edges gilt. Gilt decoration edging the inside of
both covers. Purple ribbon marker. Front cover overlaid with a ster-
ling silver plaque showing a floral relief design with a cross on a
central panel backed with red leather. Hallmarks at bottom of
plaque include the maker’s mark - ‘G. & C. Ltd.’ and date 1895.
Previous owner’s ink signature and date - Xmas /95. $475.00
340. (Silver Binding) The Book of Common Prayer and Hymns Ancient
and Modern. Eyre & Spottiswood. London. [n.d.] 2.25” x 2” x 1.25”.
Black leather binding with gilt title on spine. All edges gilt. Green
ribbon marker. Front cover overlaid with a sterling silver plaque
showing a relief design of lilies against a textured background with
a decorative edge design. Hallmarks at bottom of plaque indicate a
No. 338.
1910 date and include the maker’s mark - ‘G. & C. Ltd.’. $400.00
341. (Silver Binding) Codex Argenteus.

Bibliothecae R. Univ. Upsaliensis. [Sweden.]
[n.d.] 1.25” x 1” stapled booklet. Laid in 1.375”
x1.125” silver box. Codex Argenteus is a manu-
script bound in silver made in Stockholm. The
box is a miniature of the binding, which shows
figures and angels on the front with a floral bor-
der design and a crest on the back with the
same floral design. Hallmark on box. $475.00
On the inside bottom of the box is a bookplate show-
ing the provenance of “D.V.W. 1992 K.I.R.” - Doris
Varner Welch and Kathryn Ida Rickard.
The original manuscript is the property of Upsala
No. 339.
University, Sweden.
No. 340.
Three images of No. 341.

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342. (Silver Thimble Books) Harrods 1884. ‘The Baron’. [From The Chelsea Herald of 30 August 1884.] Inscribed by Gordon
Murray. Designed and published by Gordon Murray. East Sussex. 1983. 2.125” x 1.7”. Black and white illustrations.
Bound in green cloth with illustrated paper title label on front. One of 500 copies, signed by Gordon Murray. $50.00
343. (Silver Thimble Books) The Saint and the Goblin. [By] ‘Saki’. [East
Sussex.] 1985. 2.125” x 1.75”. Illustrations colored by hand. Designed
and published by Gordon Murray. Printed by Bondestat, Eastbourne.
Bound in green fabric with colored paper title and illustrated label on
front. No. 19 of 150 copies, bound and colored by hand. Signed by
Murray. Slight fading to spine and light marks on back cover. $95.00
344. (Silver Thimble Press) The Pied Piper. [By] Abraham Elder. [East Sussex.]
1985. 2.125” x 1.625”. Designed and published by Gordon Murray.
Round frontispiece and back page with handcolored illustrations. Text
pages shaded blue round the edges. Bound in green /orange/tan cloth
with oval hand-painted illustration of the Pied Piper on front. Yellow
endpapers painted with a geometric design. Black paper slipcase with
paper title label on side; black ribbon for ease of removal of book. No. 27
No. 345.
of 50 copies bound and colored by hand, signed by Murray. $135.00
345. (Silver Thimble Press) The Three Kings. By Henry Wadsworth

Longfellow. [East Sussex.] 1985. 2.125” x 1.625”. Designed, made and
published by Gordon Murray. Handpainted illuminated letters.
Bound in brown fabric with front inset of black cloth with silver
metallic stitching to emulate a shining star. Illustrated endpapers.
Black paper slipcase with paper title label on side; black ribbon for
ease of removal of book. No. 2 of 50 copies bound and colored by
hand, signed by Gordon Murray. Brown spine faded. Small circular
label at bottom of slipcase spine with an ink ‘2’. $150.00
Bookplate.
346. (Silver Thimble Books) Summer. [Poems by]

John Clare, Richard Jefferies, William Barnes.
[East Sussex. 1986.] 2.5” x 2”. Original callig-
raphy and color illustrations by Gordon
Murray. Bound in light tan fabric with petit-
point embroidery of a rose on front board.
Decorated endpapers. Fore-edge painted
with flowers. French fold at fore-edge. Black
paper slipcase with paper title label on side;
black ribbon for ease of removal of book. No.
2 in an edition of 50 copies, signed and dated
by Gordon Murray. $325.00
Provenance: From the collection of Kathryn
Ida Hill Rickard. With her Bookplate.
No. 347.
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347. (Silver Thimble) Sonnets Five. By William Shakespeare. [East Sussex. 1986.] 2.125” x 1.625”. Designed, made and pub-
lished by Gordon Murray. Handpainted flowers illuminated with gold paint at the beginning of each sonnet. Bound
in plum fabric with petit-point embroidery of an iris on the front. Endpapers painted with different scenes. Black
paper slipcase with paper title label on side; black ribbon for ease of removal of book. No. 34 in an edition of 50 copies
signed, numbered and dated by Gordon Murray. [Illistrated bottom of p. 53.] $350.00
348. (Silver Thimble Press) February by John Clare 1793-1864. [East Sussex.] March 1987. 2.5” x 2.75”. Original calligraphy
and color illustrations by Gordon Murray. Bound in light brown fabric with inlay of winter scene on paper. Black card
slipcase with paper title label on side; black ribbon for ease of removal of book. No. 2 in an edition of 32 copies, signed
by Gordon Murray. Very slight fading to spine. $350.00
Erratum Slip on front free endpaper as the first 8 copies were bound with first 3 verses out of order.
349. (Silver Thimble) All is Vanity and The Smile. Poems by

Lord Byron. Written-out (calligraphy) by Gordon Murray
for presentation to Dr. Kalman L. Levitan. 1992. 2.375” x 2”.
Flower decorated title page. Blue sky-like hand painted
endpapers. Bound with cover of original watercolor of
Lord Byron against a brown background. Glassine over-
cover bound in. Black slipcase with cut-out window for
handwritten title on one side and open window for view-
ing painting of Byron. Laid-in is a handwritten note “To
Kal - /With best wishes to/ you and the Center: / I am still
producing/ miniatures, but putting/ them down to
‘mature’/ for a few years!/ Many thanks for the photo./
Yours,/Gordon./20.7.92” $650.00
Together with: A signed card from Kal Levitan stating that
”All is Vanity is a one time book (1 of a kind) done by
Gordon Murray [sic.] for me.” All in fine condition.
350. (Frank Smythson) “Bond Street” Calendar for 1973. New Bond Street, London. 2.375” x 1.375”. Bound in blue leather
with gilt ‘Bonne Année’ on front. $55.00
Provenance: Bookplate of Billie and Stanley Marcus designed by Rockwell Kent.
351. (Somesuch Press) Frontier Tales of the White Mustang. By J. Frank

Dobie. Foreword by Lon Tinkle. Dallas. [TX] 1979. 2.5” x 1.75”. Designed
and printed by David Holman. Drawing by Jerry Bywaters. Bound in
cream vellum with gilt title on spine and gilt mustang on front. No. 44 in
an edition of 395 copies, signed by David Holman. $100.00
352. (Somesuch Press) Portraits of the Queen: The Stamp Collages of Jack
Milroy. Dallas, Texas. [1979.] 2.875” 2.5”. Two sheets of 4 stamps showing
the original artist’s collage, with a frontispiece of the set of postage
stamps of the Queen on which the collages were based. Printed for the
Somesuch Press by The Rara Avis Press in Wisconsin. Printed in Caslon
No. 352.
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No. 352.
Old Style on Hayle and Dresden Inges paper. The stamp collages were fabricated by Jack and Katie Milroy. Bound by
Amy Cuthbert in red leather with gilt title on spine and gilt lines and crown on front cover. Red marbled paper slip-
case. No. 7 in an edition of 100 copies signed by Milroy. Scarce. $450.00
With a commentary by William Packer, Art Critic of the London Financial Times, and a Statement by the artist. (Bondy
- p. 174) Provenance: From the collection of Kathryn Ida Rickard. With her Bookplate.
353. (Somesuch Press) The Wars of the Words. By Willard R. Espy. Illustrated by Charles C. Hefling, Jr. Dallas. [TX] 1980.
2.875” x 2.25”. Illustrated. Designed, handset, printed and bound by Don Graeme Kelley and Susan Acker at the
Feathered Serpent Press, San Anselmo, California. Beige paper boards with blue illustration of a knight. No. 42 in an
edition of 200 copies. Signed by Don Graeme Kelley and Susan Acker. $125.00
354. (Somesuch Press) Christmas

Stamps from around the World.
Introduction by Belmont Faries.
Dallas. [TX] 1982. 3” x 2.7”. 18
Christmas stamps tipped-in.
Designed, handset and printed
by Don Graeme Kelley and
Susan Acker at the Feathered
Serpent press. Bound by The
Schuberth Bookbindery. Bound
in red leather with gilt stampedf
illustration of Joseph and Mary
No. 354.
on a donkey in relief. Spine with
gilt title ‘Worldwide Christmas Stamps’. Green illustrated endpapers with matching green paper slipcase with the
same red endpaper illustrations. Red ribbon to remove book. No. 44 of 800 copies signed in red by Don Graeme Kelley
and Susan Acker. $195.00
355. (Somesuch Press) Pueblo Art, Southwestern Indian Pottery. [By] Francis H. Harlow. With an Introduction by Ford
Ruthling, Designer of U.S. ‘Pueblo Art’ Postage Stamps. Dallas. [TX] 1983. 2.75” x 2”. Tipped-in
are 4 stamps showing Pueblo art. Designed, printed and bound by Don Graeme Kelley and Susan
Acker at the Feathered Serpent Press, San Rafael, California. Bound in tan cloth with black title
on spine and black and tan pot on front. Decorated black and tan endpapers. No. 9 in an edition
of 395 thus. $100.00
356. (Somesuch Press) Love. Introduction by Robert C. Solomon. [Quotes by various authors.] Dallas.
[TX[ 1983. 2.875” x 2.625”. Designed, handset and printed by Don Graeme Kelley & Susan Acker
at the Feathered Serpent Press, San Rafael, California. Printed in black with red illustration and
vignettes. Bound by the Schuberth Bindery in pinkish paper with red decoration across both cov-
ers and title in black on front. Deep red endpapers with black figures of a man and a woman in
medieval dress. U.S. 20c stamp with ‘LOVE’ glued in on page 19 and U.S. 8c ‘LOVE’ stamp glued
in on page 24. United Kingdom 14p stamp for Valentine’s Day glued in on page 14. Edition of
1000 copies. $75.00
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357. (Somesuch Press) Skyborne: A Ballooning Baedeker. By Toby Smith. With five commem-
orative postage stamps. Dallas, Texas. 1985. 2.75” x 2.5”. 5 international postage stamps
with hot air ballons. Printed by Peter Wells with decoration by Priscilla Spitler. Printed
in Monotype Cochin Light on Frankfort White paper. Bound in blue cloth with gilt title
on spine and front. Metal insignia of the International Balloon Club inlaid on front cover.
Endpapers illustrated with balloons. No. 252 in an edition of 285 copies, signed by John
Smith and Betsy Wells. $100.00
358. (Splendid Press) Fifty State Birds & Flowers on Stamps: An Album. Mill Valley,
California. 1982. 2.75” x 2.75”. Designed, printed and bound by Susan Acker & Carol
Cunningham. Blue leather spine with gilt title, and
blue cloth boards with a bird pattern. Slipover cover
with bird and flower stamp imprint. This is one of 50
numbered copies signed by Acker and Cunning-
hamin an edition of 70. Slight fading to spine. $175.00
359. (Splendid Press) The Horses of San Marco. [Mill

Valley, California.] 1983. 2.125” x 2.75”. Designed,
printed and bound at the Splendid Press. Illustrations
in colors, with a stamp issued by the Metropolitan
Museum of Art, New York, to commemorate the exhi-
bition ‘The Horses of San Marco’. Printed in Italian
No. 358. Old Style type on imported Rives papers. Bound in
purple cloth with a reproduction of the black and white illustration of the
horses; gilt title on spine and front. Gold endpapers with a black and white
illustration of Venice. Gold folder tied with purple ribbon. 200 copies, ini-
tialed by Carol Cunningham, Dianne Weiss and Susan Acker. $175.00
Bookplate.
360. (Sunflower Press) Marco Polo and his years at the Court of
Kublai Khan. By Carol Cunningham. [Mill Valley, California.] 1980.
2.5” x 2.75”. Designed, written and printed by Carol Cunningham
on French Arches paper from handset Optima type. Bound in
black cloth spine with beige silk brocade patterned with a brown
and tan Chinese dragon on both front and back. Brown endpapers
with Chinese calligraphic words and the English meaning. No. 33
in an edition of 125 copies, signed by Cunningham. $105.00
Provenance: From the collection of Kathryn Ida Hill Rickard. With
No. 359. her Bookplate. [See also Item No. 361.]
361. (Sunflower Press) Small plum envelope containing samples of

materials used in cov-
ering books, including
that of Marco Polo and
his years at the Court of
Kublai Khan and Woven
Wind. 2.75” x 1.625”.
[ca. mid 1980s.] $40.00
362. (Sunflower Press)

Kachinas. By Carol
Cunningham.
Illustrated by Dianne
Weiss. Mill Valley,
California. 1980. 2.5” x
No. 360. 2.875”. Designed and
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printed by Carol Cunningham on Curtis Rag using handset Optima type. Bound in black boards with paper title label
on front. No. 52 in an edition of 125 copies, signed by Carol Cunningham. [Kachinas are the ceremonial masked men
of the Pueblo Indians.] Provenance: From the collection of Kathryn Ida Hill Rickard. With her Bookplate. $135.00
No. 363.
363. (Sunflower Press) The First Emperor of China. By Carol Cunningham. [Mill Valley, California.] 1984. 2.875” x 2.875”.
Large Chinese postal stamp of horse and man as title page illustration. 5 Chinese postal stamps as illustrations, as well
as illustrations in various colors by Carol Cunningham. Designed by Carol
Cunningham and printed in letterpress on Arches paper. Deluxe copy
bound by Joseph D’Ambrosio in tan leather with a relief design and cal-
ligraphy on the front and back. Photographic endpapers of the famous
Chinese clay warriors. Laid in a black dropback box with ribbon; paper title
label on spine. No. III of 25 Deluxe copies in a total edition of 125 copies,
signed by Carol Cunningham. $300.00
Bookplate.
364. (Sunflower Press) Woven Wind. By Carol Cunningham. Mill Valley,

California. 1987. 2.875” x 2.625”. Written, designed and bound by Carol
Cunningham. Illustrations in color. Bound in striped multi-colored silk with
purple endpapers decorated with a design of silkworms. Laid in a plexi-
No. 364.
glass box with a removable lid, through which a purple silk ribbon is
drawn to remove the book. Metal bead at end of ribbon. No. 16 in an edition of 40
copies, signed by Carol Cunningham. $350.00
A book about how silk is made and how it has been admired and used through the
centuries. [See also item No. 361.]
365. (Sunflower Press) Haniwa: The Clay Sculpture of Early Japan. Mill Valley, California.
1988. 2.625” x 3”. Written, illustrated and printed from handset Optima type by
Carol Cunningham. Illustrations in brown. Bound in brown handmade paper
with natural string sewn binding; illustration in black on front cover. Housed in a
black wraparound card folder with paper title label on side and clasp with brown
clay fish. No. 18 in an edition of 55 copies signed by Carol Cunningham. $175.00
366. (Sunflower Press) Spring, Sweet Spring. [Quotes by various authors.] [Mill Valley,
California. 1989.] 1.5” x 2.375”. Designed and printed on Rives paper. Illustrations
in color. Bound in white flower patterned cloth with paper title label on front. No.
22 in an edition of 40 copies, signed by Carol Cunningham. $125.00
[See illustration top of p. 58.]
No. 365.
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367. (Tabula Rasa Press) Ada Lovelace. By Lydia Gans. Morro
Bay, California. 1982. 2.75” x 2”. Printed in Granjon on archival
Permalife paper. Bound in green half leather and marbled
paper across the middle half of the book, with gilt title on front.
Gilt flower on back board. No. 22 in an edition of 300 copies,
initialed by J.P.L. [Ada Lovelace was the daughter of the poet,
Byron.] $75.00
368. (Tabula Rasa Press) Libertalia: A Daniel Defoe Discovery. In

two volumes. [By] Robert J. Mount. Morro Bay, California. 1982.
2.115” x 1.875”. Printed in Bodoni Book on Permalife Olde Style
No. 366. paper. Designed, typeset, printed, and bound by Tabula Rasa
Press on hand-operated equipment. Brown leather spine with
gilt title and gilt decoration on each side; brown marbled boards. Matching endpapers. In an edition of 300 copies,
this is an unnumbered set. $95.00
369. (Tabula Rasa Press) The Raven. [By] Edgar Allan Poe. Illustrations by Max Taylor. Morro Bay, California. 1985. 2.625”
x 3.25”. Illustrations in black and white. Palatino type composed on the Linotype on Rives Heavyweight mouldmade
100 percent rag paper made in France. Printed on a hand-fed proof press. Bound in brown leather with black raven
across front and spine; gilt title. Endpapers created for this book with design of birds. No. 50 in an edition of 300
copies, signed by John Lathourakis and Gizella Lathourakis. $175.00
370. (Tabula Rasa Press) Pegasus. [Title in English and Greek.] By John Peter Lathourakis. Morro Bay, California. 1986. 1.5”
x 2”. Printed in Century composed on the Linotype and printed on archival paper. Handbound in black leather with
red/gold decoration on front, spine and back; title on front. Marbled endpapers. 1.5”
x 1.5” Winged pewter horse with book. Laid in a plastic box with clear lid. In an edi-
tion of 150 copies this is an unnumbered copy. $150.00
371. (Tamazunchale Press) A Literary Antiquary from Bracebridge Hall. By Washington

Irving. Newton. [IA] 1984. 2.5” x 1.75”. A 1940s 10 cent stamp of Washington Irving
used as a frontispiece. Printed in Trinité type by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, Holland.
Bound by Reliure d’art du Centre S.A., France, in tan leather
with gilt title on front. Cockerell marbled endpapers. All edges
gilt. No. 25 in an edition of 250 copies. $70.00
372. (Tamazunchale Press) The Model E. By Thomas R. Smith.

Newton. [IA] 1984. 2.5” x 2.125”. Printed and hand bound at
Tabula Rasa Press. Four black and white photographs of the
Model E Maytag washing machine. Printed in Cloister Old
Style. Bound in red leather with gilt title on front and spine.
Endpapers of Faith Harrison. No. 4 in an edition of 250 copies
signed by Smith. [See group illustration top of p. 59.] $45.00 No. 370.
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Group photograph of items from the Tamazunchale Press.
373. (Tamazunchale Press) Confessions of a Wild Bore. By John Updike. Newton, Iowa. 1984. 2.5” x 1.75”. Printed in Trinité
type by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, Holland. Bound by Reliure d’Art du Centre S.A., France, in maroon leather with gilt
title on front. Cockerell marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. No. 249 in an edition of 250 copies. $75.00
374. (Tamazunchale Press) Claude Monet. By Janet Savin. Newton, Iowa. 1984. 2.75” x 2.25”. Frontispiece of a French 1
Franc postal stamp of a Monet painting. Printed in Trinité type by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, Holland. Bound by Reliure
d’Art du Centre S.A., France, in purple leather with gilt title on spine and front. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt.
No. 4 in an edition of 250 copies, signed by Charlotte Smith. $75.00
375. (Tamazunchale Press) The Little Store. By Eudora Welty. Newton, Iowa. 1985. 2.5” x 1.75”. Printed in Trinité type by
Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, Holland. Bound by Reliure d’Art du Centre S.A., France, in green leather with gilt title on
front and spine. Cockerell marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. No. 242 in an edition of 250 copies. $75.00
376. (Tamazunchale Press) The Geese. By E.B. White. Newton, Iowa. 1985. 2.5” x 1.75”. Printed in Trinité type by Joh.
Enschedé en Zonen, Holland. Bound by Reliure d’Art du Centre S.A., France, in gray leather with gilt title on front
and spine. Faith Harrison marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. No. 4 in an edition of 250 copies, signed by Charlotte
M. Smith. $85.00
377. (Tamazunchale Press) My Chinese Childhood. By Pearl S. Buck. Newton, Iowa. 1986. 2.5” x 1.75”. Frontispiece of U.S.
stamp of Pearl Buck. Printed in Trinité type by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, Holland. Bound by Reliure d’Art du Centre
S.A., France, in brown leather with gilt title on front and spine; relief design on front. Faith Harrison marbled endpa-
pers. All edges gilt. No. 4 in an edition of 250 copies, signed by Charlotte Smith. $125.00
378. (Tamazunchale Press) The Manuscript. By Isaac Bashevis Singer. Newton, Iowa. 1986. 2.625” x 1.875”. Printed in Trinité
type by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, Holland. Bound by Reliure d’Art du Centre S.A., France, in maroon leather with gilt
title on front and spine. Faith Harrison marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. No. 4 in an edition of 250 copies, signed by
Charlotte M. Smith. $100.00
Mentioned in article in Biblio - June 1997.
379. (Tamazunchale Press) Anne Bradstreet. With Introduction and Illustrations by Polly Kemp. Newton, Iowa. 1986. 2.5”
x 2.125”. Printed in Caslon on Rives Mouldmade. Typography, printing and binding by Tabula Rasa Press. Bound in
beige leather with gilt title on spine and gilt title and decoration in gilt on front. Marbled endpapers. No. 4 in an edi-
tion of 250 copies, signed by Charlotte M. Smith. $75.00
380. (Tamazunchale Press) The Aristocrat. By Maya Angelou. Newton, Iowa. 1986. 2.5” x 1.75”. Printed in Trinité type by
Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, Holland. Bound by Reliure d’Art du Centre S.A., France, in tan skin with gilt title on front
and spine. Faith Harrison’s marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. No. 4 in an edition of 250 copies, signed by Charlotte
Smith. $95.00
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Provenance: From the collection of Kathryn Ida Hill Rickard. With her Bookplate in front and her purple rubber stamp
on the back free endpaper.
381. (Tamazunchale Press) The White Rose. By Truman Capote. Newton, Iowa. 1987. 2.5” x 1.75”. Frontispiece photograph
of a white rose. Printed in Trinité type by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen,Holland. Bound by Reliure d‘Art du Centre S.A.,
France, in natural vellum with gilt title on front and spine. Cockerell marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. No. 4 in an
382. (Tamazunchale Press) The Russian Icon. By Ann Bahar. Newton, Iowa. 1987. 2.375” x 1.625”. Frontispiece photograph
of the Icon. Printed in Trinité type by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, Holland. Bound by Reliure d’art du Centre S.A., France,
in deep red leather with gilt title on front and spine. Faith Harrison marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. No. 5 in an
edition of 250 copies, signed by Charlotte Smith in red ink. $65.00
383. (Tarantula Press) Arachne. [Adapted fromTales from Greek

Mythology by Katharine Pyle, London, 1928.] [Austin, Texas. 1993.]
3” x 2.5”. Printed and bound by Susannah Kent of the Tarantula
Press. Blue leather with a tooled design of a spider-web and paint-
ed white, yellow and pink flowers with green leaves. Laid in a plum
cloth dropback box. No. ‘F’ of 26 Special lettered copies in an edi-
tion of 100 copies, signed by Susannah Kent. $450.00
384. (Tern Press) A Cropper. [Poems] by Bernard Tomlinson. [Market

Drayton. 1989.] 4” x 3”. Set in Bembo and printed by Nicholas and
Mary Parry on T.H. Saunders paper. Illustrated by Nicholas Parry in
color. Bound in light brown cloth over board. No. 97 in an edition of
100 copies, signed by Nicholas Parry. $50.00
385. (Tiffany & Co.) Calendar for 1922. Tiffany & Co. Jewellers and
Silversmiths. New York. Paris. London. 3.375” x 2.5”. Dark green
No. 383. endpapers. Green leather cover with an overall gilt design. $50.00
386. (Peter & Donna Thomas) Saroyan: Love of Paper. Santa Cruz. [CA] 1991. 3” x 2.25”. Printed and bound by Peter &
Donna Thomas using paper they made from rag, Russian hemp rope, abaca, cotton, and other stray fibers. Paper in
shades of dusky rose and white. Frontispiece is U.S. 29c stamp of William Saroyan. Bound with textured dusky pink
paper over boards, simple relief design and title on front. No. 142 in an edition of 150 copies. $50.00
387. (Peter & Donna Thomas) Song of Creation. By John Muir. [Santa Cruz, CA. 1999.] Accordion fold. 2.625” x 2.125”.
Variant of accordion fold with color insert between blue edges. Illustrated and bound by Donna Thomas on paper
handmade by Peter Thomas. Blue/green endboards with title and illustration paper label on front. No. 53 in an edi-
tion of 500 copies. $85.00
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388. (Twin Heart Press) Sidewinder Trails and Other Tales: Incident at Falling Rock. By Cactus Jack Gaxter. In Memory The
Ash Ranch Press. Don Hildreth aka Cactus Jack Gaxter. 1992. 2.5” x 2”. Handset in New Times Roman and printed
letterpress. Bound at Twin Heart Press in yellow wrappers with illustration and title on front. Triangular pocket on
back holds an even smaller (1.5” x 1.75”) wrappered book entitled ‘The Man in the Moon is a Cat: A Lunar Observation’
by Cactus Jack Gaxter. No. 97 in an edition of 150 copies. The smaller book is an edition of 250 copies. $35.00
Seventh book from Twin Heart Press. These tales were written by Hildreth for his Ash Ranch Chronicles.
389. (Juniper Von Phitzer) Gloria in Excelsis Deo. 1994. [Colophon states that the book was completed on the 27th of July
1993.] 2.25” x 2.75”. Designed, handset, and letterpress printed by Juniper Von Phitzer and tinted by hand by Lady
Phitzer. Bound in gold leather with title in red on front. Deep red decorated endpapers. All edges gilt. No. 21 in an
edition of 101 copies signed by Juniper Von Phitzer. $175.00
390. (walking bird press) Tablelands. [Text and image by] Tara Bryan. [Newfoundland. 1999.] 3” x 2.125”. Accordion fold.
Printed on various papers, with an image of the landscape known as the Tablelands. Letterpress printed and bound
by Tara Bryan with beige endboards with title in front in black, and orange slipcase with orange ribbon. No. 18 in an
edition of 50 copies signed and dated by Tara Bryan. $95.00
391. (William Lewis Washburn) Poems of Li Po: The Chinese Poet. Done into vignettes by Frank Ankenbrand, Jr. Foreword
by Beaumont Brunstyle. Haddon Heights, New Jersey. 1941. 2.375” x 2”. Black and white illustration of Li T’ai Po by
John J.A. Dixon, and two plates by Dan Burne Jones. Printed in black with green border around text and red poem
title along side of page. Bound in mottled glowing brown leather with gold title down side of front and Chinese title
on fore-edge side. Patterned brown endpapers. No. 10 in a Deluxe edition of 27 copies, signed by Frank Ankenbrand,
Jr. In particularly fine condition. [See illustration top of p. 62.] $1000.00
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No. 391.
392. (Doris V. Welsh) The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence May 20, 1775. Chicago. 1954. 2.125” x 1.8”. Handset and
printed by Doris V. Welsh in the S.T.A. workshop in the Newberry Library. Bound in red cloth spine and tips, paper
title label on spine; patterned gold foil board sides. Edition of 100 copies. The third book printed by Doris Varner
Welsh. $250.00
393. (Wild Hare Press) Beauty and the Beast. The Classic Fairytale retold with Illustrations by Corinne Guiney. [Berkeley,
California.] 1982. Woodcuts in green. Designed, typeset, illustrated, marbled, printed and bound by hand. Printed in
Italian Oldstyle on Rives lightweight buff paper and green Antiqua Ingres endpapers. Light tan leather spine with
stamped title, marbled paper boards. No. 40 in an edition of 100 copies, signed by Corinne Guiney. $110.00
394. (Windcrest Press) Borglum in Texas. By Valentine J. Poska. [San Antonio. Texas.] 1991. 2.75” x 1.875”. Set by hand. Front
endpaper with illustration of Mount Rushmore. Tipped in photograph and 3c and 29c stamps of Mount Rushmore.
Red cloth binding with ‘B’ in gilt on front. No. 25 of 75 copies, signed by Val Poska. $75.00
This book commemorates the 50th anniversary of the dedication of Mount Rushmore.
395. (Xavier Press) Wise Words About Letter Writing. By Lewis Carroll. Baltimore. [MD] 1993. 2.625” x 2”. Frontispiece of
Carroll. 2 U.S.A. color stamps promoting letterwriting; fold-out facsimile of letter from Dodgson. Handset in Bulmer
type and printed on a handpress by F.X. Harrigan. Bound by Don Brady in green cloth with gilt title on spine and
front. Endpapers of facsimile of Carroll’s handwriting. No. 157 of 160 copies. $95.00
396. (Xavier Press) Poe: Master of Macabre. By P.H. Bellas. Baltimore. [MD] 1995. 2.75” x 2.125”. Illustration of monument
of final resting place of Poe and his family. Purple commemorative stamp of Poe tipped-in. Handset in Verona and
Caslon and printed on a Handpress by F.X. Harrigan. Red border around text on each page. Bound by Don Brady in
blue cloth with title in gilt on spine and front. Red endpapers with titles on various books by Poe in white. A pocket
on the rear doublure contains a laminated small piece of paper with the words ‘A blade of grass from Poe’s original
grave site (see page 19)’ and the blade of grass. No. 39 in an edition of 200 copies. $100.00
No. 249.
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Joshua Heller Rare Books, Inc., Washington DC

C CATALOGUE THIRTY-ONE - FALL 2005

Celebrating our Twentieth Anniversary

“Lois Boorman (1922-2003) began collect-

Lois came by her love of print from her

9. Correspondence to Lois Boorman:

16. (Catalogues) Group of catalogues:

50. (Tamazunchale Press) My Favorite Miniature Book. Nine Essays by

BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS, BOOKMAKING &

55. (Alembic Press) A Little Black Book. [By Claire

56. (Alembic Press) Miniature Pastepapers. Text and dec-

57. (Beaverdam Press) Printers on

79. (Fleece Press) The Art of Binding Books. [By] Angela

80. (Fleece Press) In Praise of John

81. (Karli Frigge) Double Face.

83. (Clifford L. Helbert) Dunlap and Claypoole:

94. (Mosaic Press) Silver Bindings from the Cornelius

99. (Press of the Indiana Kid) Ex Libris Minimus:

116. (Catharijne Press) Florilegium: A collection

119. (Richard J. Hoffman) The Story of The Alphabet: Its

121. (Poole Press) A

122. (Poole Press) Jack-in-the Box: An

123. (Rebecca Press) Golden Alphabet.

THE ASH RANCH PRESS

A complete run of titles, with unique correspondence from the printer

No. 141. No. 140.

147. (Ash Ranch Press) Nicodemus Dodge. By

Unique designer binding

155. (Ash Ranch Press) Book. By Mary Englebreit. [San Diego,

161. Correspondence between Kathryn Rickard and Don Hildreth - 1989-1991:

165. (Almanac) London

170. (Beaux Art Publishing) Graphic

179. (Black Cat Press) Night

185. (Anne & David Bromer) A Bestiary: Woodengravings

191. (Calendar) Colgate & Co. Calendar 1903. Per-

192. (Michael Canoso) Bethlehem ‘97: Keepsake Conclave

195. (Michael Coles) Mrs. Staveley’s Garden. By Pamela Bruce. Illustrated by

206. (Edition Mignardise) Ver-Vert Suivi de la

214. Gem Edition) Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam of Naishapur. With an

215. (Gleniffer Press) Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House Library. By Ann

216. (Greenstone Books) In the Woods. A Forest Hymn by

217. (Hillside Press) The Nightingale. By Hans Christian

224. (Iron Bear Press) ... the problem with dream-

229. (Kurbel Books) Fabergé. By Joseph L. Curran. 1988. 3” x 2.375”.

239. (MarMichel Press) Via Crucis. By Msgr. Francis J. No. 238.

250. (Opuscula Press) Prayers written at Vailima: With an

No. 251. Superb Fore-edge Painting in fine condition

No. 252. No. 252 - Fore-edge.

254. (Gulielmus Pickering) Quintus Horatius Flaccus. [Italian.] 57

255. (P’Nye Press) A Coffee Cantata. [By Frederika Postman.] 4.75” x

TWENTY-FIVE FINE EXAMPLES

265. (Poole Press) The Story of Little Black

No. 265. 266. (Poole Press) Mistletoe: Legends, Myths, &

268. (Poole Press) Pepys Pops Up: Moving

276. (Poole Press &

279. (Poole Press) Envoy. From

300. (Achille J. St. Onge) Friendship. By Ralph

301. (Achille J. St. Onge) Abraham Lincoln: President

Winston Churchill’s Broadcast

304. (Achille J. St. Onge) From a

313. (Achille J. St. Onge) Thoreau’s Turtle Nest from ‘The

314. (Achille J. St. Onge) Abraham Lincoln: The Song in His

323. (Schori Press) Memories: An Anthology. Evanston, Illinois. [1965?] 1.75” x