Search Results: Miniature Books from Bromer Booksellers

Cincinnati: Mosaic Press, 1978. Kintzer, Cynthia. (59)pp. One of 500 copies, signed by the author, artist, and printer. With black & white illustrations by Cynthia Kintzer. Tells the stories behind seventeen of America's haunted houses and the ghosts that supposedly haunt them. Very fine in black buckram with white stamping on front and spine. (15/16 by 13/16; 24x21mm).

Paisley, Scotland: Gleniffer Press, 1994. 109pp. One of 200 copies. A Holmesian romp, bound in red leatherette over boards and stamped in silver. Fine. Housed in publisher's bag and associated apparatus. (7/8 by 5/8 in.; 22x17mm).

Cincinnati, OH: Mosaic Press, 1983. McCurdy, Michael. (64)pp. Signed by the printer, Miriam Irwin. Frontispiece portrait of Sherlock Holmes. What follows is a brief but no less scintillating Sherlockian mystery. Fine in gilt-stamped brown leatherette. This the later edition, of shorter stature and not blind-stamped. (15/16 by 3/4; 24x19mm).

Paisley, Scotland: Gleniffer Press, 1992. 100pp. One of 300 copies. A Holmesian romp, bound in blue leatherette over boards and stamped in silver. Fine. Housed in publisher's bag and associated apparatus. (7/8 by 5/8 in.; 22x17mm).

Manteno, IL: Bronte Press, 1988. Pruchnicki, Suzanne Smith. (12)ff. One of 100 copies, signed and colored by the artist. Contains quotations about gardening from Bacon, Addison, Thoreau, Anacreon, and others, with eight hand-colored illustrations. Fine in green leather, gilt. (2 1/2 by 2 7/8; 54x72mm).

Cleveland Heights, OH: Borrower's Press, 1982. Epstein, Amanda. (21)ff. One of 300 copies signed by Jane Bernier, the printer. Illustrated throughout with full-page hand-colored drawings of flowering cacti by Amanda Epstein. Very fine in gilt-stamped brown leather. (Bradbury, p. 34). (3/4 by 9/16; 20x15mm).

Manteno, IL: Bronte Press, 1986. Granzow-Pruchnicki, Suzanne. (16)pp. One of 100 copies, signed by the printer and illustrator, Suzanne Granzow-Pruchnicki. Replete with hand-colored illustrations, which accompany recipes for dishes mentioned in Dickens' writings, such as Onion Pudding and the Wassail Bowl. Fine in full red leather. (2 13/16 by 2 1/8; 71x55).

(New Britain, CT: Art Press, 1971. Massmann, Robert. (16)pp., frenchfold. One of 50 copies. The Foreword by Massmann is signed by him. Hunter's account of the post-Civil War reuse of Egyptian mummies' wrappings by a Maine paper merchant is bound in stiff wrappers in the shape of a sarcophagus with the profile of a mummy at the top. The cover wrapper is made from the last lot of paper made by Dard Hunter at Lime Rock mill. This is a fine copy of one of Massmann's scarcest titles. (Bradbury, p. 240). (1 5/8 by 2 1/16; 41x52mm).

Hudson, NY: Edward Hutchins, 1992. Hutchins, Edward. One of thirty copies, signed by the artist. Fourteen double-page spreads, accordion-fold, urging the reader to calm their worried mind. Provides a chair for the purpose, to which the book is affixed. Fine. Held in acrylic box. (1 15/16 by 1 15/16; 49x49mm).

Tarzana, CA: Barbara J. Raheb, 1977. Doré, Gustave. 48pp. One of 300 copies, signed by the publisher. Doré's illustrious images are here reproduced in full-page tableaux. Bound in brown cloth over boards, gilt-stamped. Fine. (3/4 by 5/8; 20x17mm).

Jamaica, NY: Minia Press, 1943. Wood, Edmund S.. (35)ff. Liberally and lightheartedly illustrated throughout in black & white. Bound in red cloth with a turtle stamped in gold on the front cover. Includes scarce original red cardboard slipcase. A fine copy, slipcase only slightly rubbed. (2 by 1 5/8; 51x42mm).

Winterport, ME: Borrower's Press, 1981. (61)pp. One of 350 copies signed by the publisher, Jane Bernier. Contains recipes for such favorites of French cuisine as Coq au Vin, Crepes, and Chocolat Mousse. Fine in yellow cloth boards with a pictorial label. (3/4 by 5/8; 19x15mm).

Manteno, IL: Bronte Press, 1991. Wilkey, Elmira Smith. (32)pp. One of 70 copies, signed by editor and illustrator Elmira Smith Wilkey. Full-page handcolored illustrations throughout vibrantly illuminate the fantasy of the fable. Errata slip bound in. Fine in blue paper over boards with paper label and ribbon. (2 1/8 by 2 7/8; 55x72mm).

(Munich: Waldmann & Pfitzner, 1950. One of the four books titled Kleinsten Bucher der Welt, a set called "the smallest books in the world". Printed in ten languages. Bound in gilt stamped red leather, housed in acrylic case. Very fine. (Welsh 6242; Spielmann 455). (1/4 by 1/4; 5x6mm).

Skokie, IL: Black Cat Press, 1976. (32)pp. Limited to 249 copies. A bitter-sweet tale of a young maid's love. Set in a far-off world where one's wishes can come true, albeit not always as one would have wished. Bound in green leather with gilt title. Very fine. (1 1/4 by 1 1/6; 30x25mm.).

Evanston, IL: Press of Ward Schori, 1981. Logan, Herschel C.. (31)pp. One of 100 copies. Bull as frontispiece, a wry dupe to the naive reader who does not know that an Irish bull is a "statement which at first blush appears to be perfectly sensible, but at second blush is recognized as ridiculous." Bound in green cloth over boards, gilt-stamped. Fine. (1 1/2 by 1 3/4; 38x43mm).

Tilton, NH: Hillside Press, 1974. Hokusai, et. al.. 55pp. One of 250 copies. Punctuated with illustrations of terrific monsters and characters under their spell. Bound in orange pictorial cloth. Fine. (2 3/8 by 2; 60x50mm).

Monterey, CA: Hilleary & Petko, 1991. Hilleary, Elizabeth. 15pp. One of 135 copies. Portrait postage stamp as frontispiece, depicting the crucial figure in the Catholic movement in the United States in all his ecumenical finery. Bound in gilt ornamental papers backed in black leather with gilt spine-title. Fine. (2 3/16 by 2 3/16; 56x56mm).

Fullerton, CA: Lorson's Books, 1981. A keepsake horn book, on which is affixed a printed sheet showing an alphabet and a quotation by "F.I." from 1976. One of fifty copies. Some adhesive loosening, else fine. (3 1/16 by 1 1/4 in.; 77x41mm).

(Munich: Waldmann & Pfitzner, 1950. One of the so-called "smallest books in the world." Mint in black leather with a Liberty Bell in gilt. Housed in a plexiglass case with a magnifying glass in the lid. (Bondy p. 155). (1/4 by 1/4; 6x6mm).