Miniature Books
Friendship
Worcester: Achille J. St. Onge [printed by the Merrymount Press], 1939. Limited Edition. Leather bound. One of 950 copies, miniature book, 89 pp. The second book published by Achille St. Onge (1913-1978) under his own imprint, "Friendship" is an essay by transcendentalist essayist and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882). This... More
![Alien Encounter, An Historic Account [Miniature Book - Ballooning]. Genevieve Kent](/pictures/thumb/16120801_1.JPG?v=1504120790)
Alien Encounter, An Historic Account [Miniature Book - Ballooning]
[Austin, Texas]: Genevieve Kent, (1999). Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 17 of 50 copies, signed by author/book designer, first book printed by Genevieve Kent, 64 mo - up to 3" tall, 10 pp. On August 27, 1783, the first gas balloon constructed by M. Charles and the Robert brothers was launched... More
Miniature Books
Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1968. Limited Edition. Full Vellum. One of 400 copies, unnumbered, miniature - up to 2" tall. 113 pp. The last book designed by Bruce Rogers, printed by Grabhorn-Hoyem and therefore the only miniature book done by one of the Grabhorns. This miniature book is all... More
Swish of Cow Tail
Amherst: Swamp Press, 1982. Vlakos, Jon. Limited Edition. Accordion. No. 58 of 100, miniature book, [18] pp., initialled by the printer Ed Rayher. The haiku form has been used for centuries, originating in Japan, and eventually making its way to the West, with writers such as R. H. Blythe, Ezra... More
![The Fleece Press Guide to the Art of Wood Engraving [Miniature Book]. George Tute](/pictures/thumb/17052501_1.JPG?v=1554757257)
The Fleece Press Guide to the Art of Wood Engraving [Miniature Book]
Woolley: (The Fleece Press), 1986. Tute, George. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 295 copies, miniature book, 31 pp. The first miniature book from the Fleece Press, this charming volume details the history and process of wood engraving, from carving the block and the tools required, to printing the block on... More
The Elzevir (from "More Tales for Bibliophiles")
Chicago: Black Cat Press, ca. 1945. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of "a very limited edition", miniature book, 49 pp. Designed by Norman W. Fogue "and printed in a very limited edition", this miniature book contains a story of the leader of a medical unit during World War I who discovers... More
A Single Day
Santa Cruz: Peter & Donna Thomas, 1991. Limited Edition. Leather bound. No. 4 of 34 of the deluxe silver-bound edition, miniature book, [22] pp., signed by Gary Young. Utilising the structures of both the leather-bound case and the accordion book, "A Single Day" is a poem by Gary Young (b... More