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Toppan Micro Trio in a Leather Case including Birth Stone, Language of Flowers, and The Zodiacal Signs and Their Symbols

Toppan Micro Trio in a Leather Case including Birth Stone, Language of Flowers, and The Zodiacal Signs and Their Symbols

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Toppan Micro Trio in a Leather Case including Birth Stone, Language of Flowers, and The Zodiacal Signs and Their Symbols

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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 (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

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About the Seller

The Book Lair, ABAA

Seller rating:
This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.
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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.

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 ...
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