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Budapest: P�tria Nyomda, 1988. 433 pp. Approximately 1 1/2 x 1 3/4". LIMITED EDITION of 400-600 copies, this being #179. Brown leather with beautifully designed and colorful enamelled metal plaque edged in gilt decoration on front cover, title in gilt on spine, gilt decoration on back cover, decorative endpapers, 7 full-color illustrations and 4 tinted one with two folding diagrams, text in Hungarian, in fine condition. This is volume 14 of the Kings of Hungary series.

Munich: Waldmann and Pfitzner, 1952. Approximately 5 x 5 mm. Red leather binding with gilt decorations on covers, housed in a Plexiglass case with an inset magnifying glass, printed in 4-point type in nine languages: English, German, French, Italian, Chinese, Russian, Arabic, Portuguese and Spanish, in fine condition. (Bromer & Edison, P. 117)This book was part of a 4 volume collection called "Die kleinsten B�cher der Welt" which translates to The Smallest Books in the World. These were commissioned by Walter Schatzki, a Jewish bookseller who settled in New York City in 1937 after fleeing Nazi Germany. He is sometimes attributed as the publisher. Schatzki became an authority on rare children's books and assembled one of the most famous catalogs of children's books ever created by an American bookseller.

Easthampton, MA: Cheloniidae Press, 2018. Approx. 11 x 14". LIMITED EDITION of 100 copies, this being #40. Broadside, letterpress, signed and numbered by the artist, printed by Art Larson in a relief etching from an original drawing on archival Cranes Lettra paper, in fine condition. Best known as a wildlife artist, Robinson's work enjoys wide appeal among disparate audiences from children and adults, to outdoor enthusiasts and collectors alike including Prince Charles, Charles Schwab, Johnny Morris, and former French President Francois Mitterand. He holds a Masters of Fine Arts in Printmaking (Etchings and Wood engravings primarily) and Sculpture from the University of Massachusetts. This print is one of a set of 12 that are a tribute to great books and authors that have influenced and changed lives.

Milwaukee, WI: Gugler Lithographic Co., (ca. 1894). 64 pp. Approximately 5 x 4". Stapled pamphlett with color lithographic illustrated covers, inside black and white illustrations, minor edge wear, otherwise in near fine condition. A catalogue for the Simplex Manufacturing Co., based in Quincy, IL. 24 pages of description of the Simplex Hatcher and Brooder, including patents, product details, construction, heating, ventilation, egg trays, pricing, etc. Half of the entire booklet is dedicated to testimonials about the product. One amusing one comes from C. A. Fowler of N. Guildofrd, Conn. who writes, "I set 144 eggs under twelve hens and put 140 eggs in the Simplex Hatcher at the same time, and the machine beat the hens. I don't have to sit up nights with it." The company that printed this booklet, the Gugler Lithographic Co., is the oldest surviving printing company in the Milwaukee area and has long been considered the finest of the area lithographic firms

Doubleday 1960 first hardcover printing. Book is tight and square. Dust jacket is bright, with minimal edge wear and corner bumping, small stain on spine. Interior is clean, no bookstore stamps or writing. Age toning is present as is common in books of this vintage. According to the jacket "This is a truly stirring recreation of two of history's most heroic and romantic figures

Seattle, WA: Tablula Rasa Press, 1992. Unpaginated. Approximately 2 1/4 x 2 1/8". LIMITED EDITION of 200 copies, this being #89. Cloth and pictorial paper boards with decorative illustraions on front cover, marbled endpapers. A fine copy. (Bradbury, Tabula Rasa Press, 68)A humorous collection of what blank books might be titled, such as "To Hell with Dante", "Lutke Fisk as an Aphrodesiac", and "Choreographic Emphasis on Baton Twirling Among Members of the LAPD", among others

Los Altos, CA: Hermes Publications, 1978. 29 pp. Approximately 7 x 10". Limited Edition of 1,200 copies, this being #1,106. Signed by the author. Buckram cloth over cardboard slip case is in fine condition; Buckram cloth over boards with red stamped lettering to cover and spine, reproduction photographic paste-dowon on front cover, numbered and signed on the colophon, in fine condition.An interesting book for any John Steinbeck collector, it was dedicated to the memory of Steinbeck. There are photographs of the houses where Steinbeck once lived and wrote with some biographic informatio associated with each location.

Skokie, IL: Black Cat Press, 1976. [28] pp. Approximately 1 1/16 x 1 1/4". LIMITED EDITION of 249 copies. Green leather over boards, binding by Bela Blau, gilt border and title on cover, letterpress, in fine condition. (Bradbury, Black Cat Press #42)Olive Emily Albertina Schreiner (1855 - 1920) was a South African novelist, suffragist, and political activist. This is a short exceprt from her second book, Dreams, published in 1890

Chicago, IL: Le Petit Oiseau Press, 1958. (26) pp. Approximately 1 9/16 x 2". LIMITED EDITION of 50 copies, this being #50. Pale green printed paper boards, 3/4 bound with black cloth, printed title label on spine, black and white illustrations throughout, in near fine condition. (Bradbury, Petit Oiseau Press, 9). Doris Welsh was probably the greatest authority about miniature books in the second half of the 20th century. She collected, wrote about, and published miniature books entirely by herself. Born in 1907 in Pittsburgh, and after receiving her A.B, B.L.S. and M.S. degrees from different colleges, she eventually joined the Newberry Library in 1947 as cataloguer. She remained at the Library until 1970 when she retired. She started publishing her own books in 1952. (MBS newsletter, 11/2013). This book was hand set, printed & bound by Doris Welsh. This interesting little miniature tells a story of Indian and pioneer conflict in West Virginia in 1786.

Grand Rapids, MI: Informative Classroom Picture Publishers, 1961. 9 1/2 x 12 1/4". 45 pp. of text and 24 illustrated plates. Illustrated stiff red and black paper wraps with loose paper text pages and cardstock plates inside, some edgewear and corner bumping, slight 1/2" split to top and bottom of outer wrap, very good condition. Written by Dr. Clark Wissler, who was the curator Emeritus of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, known as "one of the foremost authorities on the American Indians, and in this unit he has interpreted their life for young Americans of today." Interesting educational tool with text pages and artistic plates that show various Indian tribes of North America (Seminoles, Plains Indians, Pueblo Indians, Navajo) and their daily life (i.e. homes, weapons, hunting, and cooking)

London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1955. 638 pp.. Approximately 5 x 7 1/4". Dust jacket has slight sunning to spine and minor chipping to the top edge of spine, price clipped, otherwise very good. Green cloth over boards with gilt-decorated illustration and lettering on spine, colour frontispiece, green tint to top edge, previous owner's name on ffep. A near fine copy. Beautifully illustrated by Arthur Rackham throughout, this book is a collection of legends, myths, poetry and ghost stories written by an English clergyman naned Richard Harris Barham under the penname of Thomas Igoldsby. First printed in this edition 1898; this is a later printing. The best-known poem of the collection is the Jackdaw of Rheims about a jackdaw who steals a cardinal's ring and is made a saint

New York: Saturday Review Press/Dutton, 1974. Approximately 6 x 9 1/2". First Edition. Illustrated dust jacket and book illustrations by Edward Gorey, some extremely minor edge wear, slightly toned, not price-clipped, store sticker on inside front flap, in very good+ condition. Orange paper boards with tan cloth on spine, orange stamped lettering on spine, illustrated, very clean, in fine condition. (Toledano B58b)Howard Moss (1922 - 1987) was an American poet, critic, and dramatist. He is credited with discovering a number of major American poets while being the poetry editor of The New Yorker. This book contains many vignettes about famous people but told in an amusing way - sometimes as biographies or made up stories in the type of language that author might have used. Dust jacket and 25 illustrations by Edward Gorey (1925 - 2000), an American artist and writer, best known for his eccentric imagery and stories, often set in Victorian and Edwardian settings

Seattle, WA: Sam Garriott Antonacci, 2019. One-of-a-Kind Artist Book. Single sheet fold-out pasted down to rear endpaper which shows mosaic illustration of Italy in prismacolor and ink on Thai Unryu paper, 2 1/4 x 2", blue cloth over boards with illustrated front panel; housed in matching clamshell box with layered illustrated cover, completed with two more boxes with printed book details and label, all in fine condition.According to Sam Garriott Antonacci: "I see many of my books as histories or small personal documents of people, places, or objects." This miniature book is a beautiful homage to Italy, done in the soft Tuscan colors you would expect representing the Italian countryside, with excellent detail paid to the craftsmanship of the enclosing boards and boxes. Sam primarily does one-of-a-kind and limited edition books, mainly miniatures. She was raised in the Ohio River Valley on a rural farm so solitude and nature inform her work. She went to the University of Indiana at Bloomington and… Read More