Miniatures from Page 1 Books

Margaret Challenger, 2000. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. A handmade 2.25" x 2" miniature done with pigment liner, pencil and colored pencils; no printing. #8 of 10 copies bound in stiff paper wraps with a cutout silhouette, in 2 signatures separated by wooden beads on the spine. In a snug paper slipcase, all parts near fine.… Saber más sobre este artículo

Margaret Challenger, 1999. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. A handmade 2.5" x 2" miniature, cleverly bound in 4 signatures in stiff paper covers of red and gray; paper is cut to reveal 'ABC' on the front and 'XYZ' on the back. The sad story of an apple pie, with an Art Nouveau alphabet designed by E.… Saber más sobre este artículo

San Francisco: Juniper Von Phitzer, 1997. Hardcover. Near Fine. No edition or limitation remarks. 2.5" x 2" accordion-fold book with mottled boards and silver printed title. Red plastic faux crayon is affixed with red string. Alphabet letters used with permissions from Dover Publications, Inc. from "The Illuminated Alphabet" by Theodore Menten. Near fine condition, with a tiny dent… Saber más sobre este artículo

Margaret Challenger, 2000. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. Margaret Challenger. A handmade miniature, 2" x 2.6", bound in homemade paper, with hand-written calligraphy and art. #19 of 20 copies. Near fine (small dent on front board edge; one corner worn). 12pp.

San Francisco: Juniper Von Phitzer, 1995. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Limited Edition, No. 3 of 54; gold leather book-box, measuring approx. 3in x 3in, with green-stamped covers and red velvet lining; inside box is 3in tall 'Christmas tree' of printed streamers and metal base for standing tree; tree lies in compartment with a square accordion-fold booklet,… Saber más sobre este artículo

Philadelphia: Running Press, 1995. Hardcover. Very Good-/Very Good. Miniature pop-up book; contains six functioning pop-ups; miniature, white boards, measuring 3.25in x 2.75in; vg- (cocked; boards extremely bowed and soiled) in vg dj (edges bumped and worn); SIX pop-ups.

Margaret Challenger, 2001. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Limited Editions, Volume I No. 12 of 20, Volume II No. 4 of 20, Volume III No. 15 of 20; set concerns the history of the written language, on development of spaces between words, punctuation, etc. Three uniformly bound miniatures, measuring 2.75in x 2.25in, each in handpainted boards with… Saber más sobre este artículo

Margaret Challenger, 1999. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good-. Limited Edition, No. 9 of 15 copies; miniature T'fold book form, green hardcover boards, measuring approx. 2.75in x 2.5in, housed in half green slipcase; 'text pages were written out, then reduced and printed' but 'the art and coloured lettering and photographs in the spread are original in each book';… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Merrimack Publishing Company, 1982. Soft cover. Very Good. Collector's Miniature Set of 5 Different Old Fashioned Doll Books; illustrated stitched paper covers, miniatures all measuring 2.5in in height, varying widths, housed in publisher's hard plastic case. Overall vg (edgewear, bumping to covers) except for 'Only a Doll' which is fair (stitched binding came undone, prev. owner… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Merrimack Publishing Company. Soft cover. Fair. Set of 4 Different Rare Mini Die-Cut Antique Replica Full Color Dolly Picture Story Books with Folding Magnifying Glass; illustrated stitched paper covers, miniatures all 1-1.25in in length, varying widths, housed in paper box; incl. magnifying glass (which does not work well at all). Dolly at Home ABC vg (edgewear);… Saber más sobre este artículo

Miniature Book Society, 1988. Limited Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Catalog for the 1988 Miniature Book Competition; Limited Edition, one of 3000 copies; 64mo, stapled cream paper covers; vg (edgewear; tiny tear to top and bottom edges of front cover).

Miniature Book Society, 1993. Soft cover. Very Good. Limited Edition, one of 500 copies; miniature book, approx. 2.75x3 inches; black cloth boards, no dj as issued; vg (cocked; boards sltly bowed); 32pp.

Tarantula, 1988. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. Lafcadio Hearn. 1st, a 2.5" x 3" miniature in pale red boards with marbled endpapers, near fine. 1 of 150 copies.

San Francisco: Juniper von Phitzer, 1999. First Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. Marcie Collin. A miniature accordion-fold memento (3" x 2.25"), bound between stiff brown covers; serves as prospectus for the book 'Juniper von Phitzer Press: A Bibliography' by Robert F. Orr Hanson. In a small plastic envelope with a JVP label on it. About fine. Has… Saber más sobre este artículo

Bread and Puppet, 1995. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good+. R.T. Simon photos. Our Domestic Resurrection Circus 1994." A chronicle of the annual Festival of the Bread and Puppet Theater in Vermont, which ran till 1998 (the group still is active). This is an oblong miniature (2.25" x 4.75") in stapled wraps. It has no text but… Saber más sobre este artículo

Mill Valley, Cal.: Sunflower, 1990. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. Jacqueline Phelan. 1st, a 2.75" x 2.25" miniature in blue boards with hand-colored illustration on cover, near fine. This is #6/50 copies SIGNED by Cunningham, with 4 color plates and other hand-colored vignettes, including a Navajo Rainbow Man at the colophon.

Morro Bay, Cal.: Tabula Rasa, 1987. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. Carollynn Stalder. 1st, a miniature of 2.5" square bound in off-white linen with marbled endpapers, near fine. This is #72/400 copies.

Tarantula, 1987. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. D.L. Kent. 1st, a miniature about 3" x 2.25", near fine in white boards.

Margaret Challenger, 2000. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. Letters are symbols which turn matter into spirit". A cleverly designed handmade miniature, 2.75" x 2.25", an accordion-fold with three little 'books' within the folds. Calligraphy and design by Margaret Challenger, #6/20 copies. Near fine in a paper slipcase.

San Diego: Ash Ranch, 1988. First Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. Three 2.25" x 2.75" miniatures bound as matchbooks, a single staple holding the pages in place. No. 1, May 1987: 1 of 250 copies. Includes 'All's Not Gold That Glitters' by Harry Oliver and 'Manana' by S. Omar Barker. No. 2, Feb. 1988: 1 of 325… Saber más sobre este artículo