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London: The Field Press, 1930. 4th Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. original cloth hardcover, 180 pages, name inside front cover, extremities rubbed otherwise very good. We are a real bookshop with real books situated in and shipping from the United Kingdom. Shelf 315
A Library in Miniature by Sheringham, H. T - 1948
by Sheringham, H. T
A Library in Miniature
by Sheringham, H. T
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(London: Java Head Bookshop, 1948. 79pp. One of 500 copies. Illustrated with plates reproducing pages from important miniature books in black & white, including the Pickering Diamond Classics Odyssey. A concise history of miniature books from the 16th to 19th centuries, and a tribute to the joys of collecting miniature books, by Hugh Tempest Sheringham, a novelist, journalist, passionate angler, and collector of miniature books. The text was first published as a two-part essay in The Connoisseur in 1902. Printed at the Favil Press. Slipcase lightly toned, else very fine. Bound in vellum, gilt-stamped with the title to spine, in a white paper slipcase. (Welsh 6363). (2 3/4 by 2; 78x52mm).
- Bookseller Bromer Booksellers (US)
- Book Condition Used
- Quantity Available 1
- Publisher Java Head Bookshop
- Place of Publication (London
- Date Published 1948