THE HOLY BIBLE CONTAINING THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS by [Bible in English] - 1896

London: Printed for E[lizabeth] Newbery, 1780. Bondy p. 34. 4.3 x 3.2 cm. 2 engraved titles & 14 engraved plates. A fine copy in original gilt-tooled red morocco, gilt back, all edges gilt, central green morocco onlay on both covers with gilt holy cypher ‘JHS’

London: Charles Tilt. Very Good-; Lacks small piece from top of spine.. 1837. First American Edition. Hardcover. Tilt's Miniature Classic Library; Miniature; 32mo 4" - 5" tall; Two volumes in one, red contemporary cloth, pictorial gilt spine showing crossed rod and net, boards ornately blind tooled with gilt stamping showing three fish, all edges gilt, 11.1 by 7.6cm, xi, 152, [3], 149p., frontispiece in each volume, publisher's ads. **With the American imprint of T. Wardle, Philadelphia. American Imprint 45195. Coigney 48. Henderson, Early American Sport, 2nd ed., page 185. .

London: Darton, Harvey, & Darton and J. Harris, 1812. Contents VG, binding fine. Miniature book (2 1/2" X 2 3/8"). 96p. Illustrated with 48 full-page copperplate engravings. Rebound in an elegant binding of full dark green morocco with gilt spine title and panel decorations with rules on the bands, the covers with elaborate gilt decoration and with an onlaid frame of red leather with Greek key rolls. Welsh 5003; Darton G654(2).

[Marcilly, Paris], 1836. 2 x 2.7 Cm. 63pp., illustrated with 8 full page illustrations, bound in full gilt decorated red morocco, all edges gilt, lacks front and rear free endpapers, pencil markings on pastedowns. A very good little copy and quite scarce locating only two auction records and only one copy via OCLC. [Welsh, D.V. Miniature books, no. 2840] These little books were primarily published for ladies containing love songs or verses of love.

New York: D. Appleton, 1831. 192 pp. Approximately 2 1/4 x 2 3/4". Blue cloth over boards, paper label on spine, corner bumping with small portion of boards showing through, otherwise in very good + condition. (Bradbury, D. Appleton, 1; Welsh 4865). Daniel Appleton (1785-1849) began publishing in New York in 1831 and his first imprint was this miniature book. There are two editions of this book, both with 1831 on the title page. One edition has numbered pages and "stereotype edition" on the title page. The other edition has unnumbered pages and no mention of "stereotype edition". It is not possible to know which version came first. This edition was 2,000 copies and was very popular as inspirational books had a good market at that time.

London: Charles Tilt. Very Good-; Lacks small piece from top of spine.. 1837. First American Edition. Hardcover. Tilt's Miniature Classic Library; Miniature; 32mo 4" - 5" tall; Two volumes in one, red contemporary cloth, pictorial gilt spine showing crossed rod and net, boards ornately blind tooled with gilt stamping showing three fish, all edges gilt, 11.1 by 7.6cm, xi, 152, [3], 149p., frontispiece in each volume, publisher's ads. **With the American imprint of T. Wardle, Philadelphia. American Imprint 45195. Coigney 48. Henderson, Early American Sport, 2nd ed., page 185. .

London: Darton, Harvey, & Darton and J. Harris, 1812. Contents VG, binding fine. Miniature book (2 1/2" X 2 3/8"). 96p. Illustrated with 48 full-page copperplate engravings. Rebound in an elegant binding of full dark green morocco with gilt spine title and panel decorations with rules on the bands, the covers with elaborate gilt decoration and with an onlaid frame of red leather with Greek key rolls. Welsh 5003; Darton G654(2).

[Marcilly, Paris], 1836. 2 x 2.7 Cm. 63pp., illustrated with 8 full page illustrations, bound in full gilt decorated red morocco, all edges gilt, lacks front and rear free endpapers, pencil markings on pastedowns. A very good little copy and quite scarce locating only two auction records and only one copy via OCLC. [Welsh, D.V. Miniature books, no. 2840] These little books were primarily published for ladies containing love songs or verses of love.

[Japan n.d.ca.1860's]. Green silk brocade cloth covers, very clean, solid copy, 8.5 x 12 cm., accordion folded, painted on both sides, 12 double-page erotic color paintings, all edges gilt, on thick album leaves. OBSCURE CHARMING WORK . *** *** *** . . . A SUPERB POLYCHROME PAINTED MINIATURE EROTIC ALBUM . . . TWELVE DOUBLE-PAGE STUNNING EROTIC SCENES . . *** A miniature Japanese hand-painted erotic album. As was the custom at the time, these albums were seldom signed or signed with a pseudonym to hide the true artist's name. . This stunning and skillfully painted album is most likely the anonymous work of a famous Ukiyo-e artist, executed in polychrome with the utmost detail. . *** . THE TITLE: EN SHO HI CHO: SECRET BOOK OF BIG LEAVES AND THE SWALLOW: Is a play on words, the "big leaf" means the vagina, and the "swallow" refers to the penis, and of course most of the erotic books contain the character "Hi" [Himitsu = secret] secret or hidden book in the title. .… Read More

Mill Valley, CA: Sunflower Press, 1972.. Micro-Miniature Book. 64mo. [28 pp.] Hand-colored illustrated on Purple Boards, text printed in black, illustrations in purple. Numbered 29 of 50 copies. (Bradbury, Sunflower Press 3, p. 288). Near Fine. Fine miniature books from the Sunflower Press (1972 - 1989).