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Worcester: Achille J. St. Onge, 1964. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 64mo - up to 3" tall. pp: 30. Full red leather covered boards lettered in gilt with decorative design in gilt to the top board. All edges gilt. A miniature book of 2.5" x 1.75". Contains the act of the Senate, a proclamation by John F. Kennedy, the President at the time, and a black and white portrait of Churchill. One of 1500 copies. A commemorative mini book marking an act of the American Congress making Churchill an honorary citizen of the United States.

Achille J. St. Onge, Worcester, MA, 1964. Second Edition, limited. Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: Miniature (2 1/2" x 1 5/8"). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. This is a miniature book. Red gilt-stamped leather over boards, all edges gilt, patterned end papers, b/w frontispiece portrait, 30 pages, "Fifteen hundred copies of this book have been reprinted from Bembo type on 'Old Kentucky Linen' paper by Joh. Enschede en Zonen Haarlem - Holland". Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 lb 4 oz. Category: Politics & Government; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 015348. .

Worcester, Massachusetts: Achille J. St. Onge, 1963. 30pp. First edition. One of 1,000 copies. With a black & white portrait frontispiece of Winston Churchill. Includes President Kennedy's remarks regarding Churchill's honorary citizenship as well as Churchill's letter to JFK, in which he speaks of the United States as a "mighty and benevolent nation." Bound in full red morocco, with gilt lettering and ornament. Sunning to spine, else near fine. A.e.g. (Bradbury, p. 253; Massmann 23). (2 7/16 by 1 5/8; 62x42mm).

Worcester: St. Onge. Very Good+. 1963. Leather. 2 7/16"x1 11/16"; Red morocco gilt, all edges gilt. .

Worcester, Massachusetts: Achille J. St. Onge, 1964. Lettered and designed in gilt. Printed on 'Old Kentucky Linen' paper by J. Enschede, Haarlem. One of 1500 copies. Photograph frontispiece of Churchill. Contains a facsilime of the Act, as well as remarks by President Kennedy, followed by the Proclamation.. Limited Edition. Full Red Morocco. Essentially No Wear to Binding/No Jacket. 2 3/8" x 1 5/8".

Worcester, MA: Achille J. St. Onge, 1963. First Edition [1 of 1,000 copies] (Cohen B177). Hardcover. Very Good. 2 1⁄4 x 1 1⁄4 inches (30 pages). This is a very good copy of the scarce and beautifully produced limited edition miniature book published to commemorate Winston Churchill’s honorary U.S. citizenship bestowed by President John F. Kennedy on April 9, 1963. The texts of the Act by Congress designating Churchill an Honorary Citizen of the U.S.; President Kennedy’s remarks on the occasion; the Presidential Proclamation and Churchill’s letter to the President in response are reproduced in full. The book measures 2 1⁄4 x 1 1⁄4 inches and is one of 1,000 copies leatherbound in full crimson crushed morocco, all edges gilt, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. The leather has very nominally darkened, else fine. ACHILLE J. ST. ONGE (1913–1978) was the greatest maker of miniature books in the 20th Century. Based in Worcester, Massachusetts, he began producing them as a hobby in 1935. By the… Read More