Toppan Micro Trio in a Leather Case including Birth Stone, Language of Flowers, and The Zodiacal Signs and Their Symbols
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
-
Pleasanton, California, United States
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About This Item
Tokyo: Toppan Printing Company, 1979. Three miniature books (parent) and three similar microminiature books (child). Titles are Birth Stone, Language of Flowers, and The Zodiacal Signs and Their Symbols. Miniature books measure 19 mm square and microminiatures measure approx. 2 mm square. Layered into an individually designed leather case designed by Osami Nakao, a well-known Japanese leather craftsman, with a leather-framed magnifying lens on top, 3 microminiatures nestled in a leather board, below are the 3 miniature books (with tiny book plate on verso of front cover), all in fine condition.An equisitely crafted, beautiful and rare set. The Toppan Printing Company in Japan has long been printers of the world's smallest books with many Guiness Book World Record holders
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- Bookseller
- The Book Lair, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BL-002679
- Title
- Toppan Micro Trio in a Leather Case including Birth Stone, Language of Flowers, and The Zodiacal Signs and Their Symbols
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Toppan Printing Company
- Place of Publication
- Tokyo
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- miniature
Terms of Sale
The Book Lair, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives mis-described or damaged.
About the Seller
The Book Lair, ABAA
Biblio member since 2015
Pleasanton, California
About The Book Lair, ABAA
The Book Lair deals in rare and/or interesting items in many fields with a focus on Miniature Books and Modern Firsts. We are especially interested in unique cookbooks, children's books, Californiana, Edward Gorey, John Steinbeck, Stephen King, and Ian Fleming/James Bond Books.
We also buy and sell ephemera, photography, manuscript material, diaries and letter archives, and business archives in any field. If it tells a strong story, we're interested.
We also buy and sell ephemera, photography, manuscript material, diaries and letter archives, and business archives in any field. If it tells a strong story, we're interested.
Glossary
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Miniature
- A book that is less then 3 inches in width and ...