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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’
THE LOUIS WAIN KITTEN BOOK. by WAIN, Louis. Miniature book.:
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THE LOUIS WAIN KITTEN BOOK.
by WAIN, Louis. Miniature book.:
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London, Anthony Treherne & Co. Ltd, inscribed November 1903.. FIRST EDITION (1903), printed by Edmund Evans at the Racquet Court Press,16mo, 74 x 74 mm, 3 x 3 inches, buff cloth with black and blue illustration of 2 kittens, lettered red on upper cover, lettered black on spine, top edges not coloured, 87 stiff card pages printed 1 side only, plus 2 pages of adverts, our title No. 2 in the list of 4. 20 delightful full page coloured illustrations of cats and kittens, most dressed, each facing rhyming couplet. Neat inscription on front endpaper, otherwise a very good plus clean tight copy of a scarce Wain title. Copies of this title turn up with 1904 printed on the title page and top edges blue, these also have the imprint of the New York printer H. B. Claflin Co. Others undated like ours sometimes have Treherne's street address, ours does not. The British Library and the National Library of Scotland hold undated copies with accession dates of 1903. Dale, No. 134 dated 1904; Necker, No.2091 (1903). MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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The Bible in Miniature, or a Concise History of the Old and New Testaments
by BIBLE. ENGLISH
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The Complete Angler.
by Walton, Isaak & Charles Cotton
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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. .
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PICTURES OF ROMAN HISTORY, IN MINIATURE
by Mille, Alfred
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Paris, Tennessee, United States
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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).
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Les Fleurettes
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[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.
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Crumbs From The Master's Table
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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.
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The Bible in Miniature, or a Concise History of the Old and New Testaments
by BIBLE. ENGLISH
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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’
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The Complete Angler.
by Walton, Isaak & Charles Cotton
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Westmoreland, New Hampshire, United States
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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. .
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PICTURES OF ROMAN HISTORY, IN MINIATURE
by Mille, Alfred
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Paris, Tennessee, United States
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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).
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Les Fleurettes
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[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.
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$1,100.00
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Crumbs From The Master's Table
by W. [William] Mason
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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.
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THE LOUIS WAIN KITTEN BOOK.
by WAIN, Louis. Miniature book.:
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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London, Anthony Treherne & Co. Ltd, 3 Agar St., Charing Cross, (1903).. Printed by Edmund Evans at the Racquet Court Press (1903), 16mo, 74 x 74 mm, 3 x 3 inches, buff cloth with black and blue illustration of 2 kittens, lettered red on upper cover, lettered black on spine, top edges blue, 87 stiff card pages printed 1 side only, plus 2 pages of adverts, our title No. 2 in list of 4. 20 delightful full page coloured illustrations, all cats and kittens, most dressed, each facing rhyming couplet. Upper cover slightly rubbed and faintly stained, small pale stain to lower cover, 2 minute holes in lower hinge, colour on top edges rather worn, remains of tiny label on front pastedown, very slight sign of old gluing to fold of front endpapers, crack to joint between title page and following leaf, binding sound and firm, 1 or 2 tiny pale marks to a few margins, tiny piece of gummed paper on lower corner of rear pastedown (for no obvious reason - see image). A near very good copy of a scarce Wain title. Copies…
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THE LOUIS WAIN KITTEN BOOK.
by WAIN, Louis. Miniature book.:
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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London, Anthony Treherne & Co. Ltd, (1903).. FIRST EDITION inscribed November 1903, printed by Edmund Evans at the Racquet Court Press, 16mo, 74 x 74 mm, 3 x 3 inches, buff cloth with black and blue illustration of 2 kittens, lettered red on upper cover, lettered black on spine, top edges not coloured, 87 stiff card pages printed 1 side only, plus 2 pages of adverts, our title No. 2 in the list of 4. 20 delightful full page coloured illustrations of cats and kittens, most dressed, each facing rhyming couplet. Neat inscription on front endpaper, otherwise a very good plus clean tight copy of a scarce Wain title. Copies of this title turn up with 1904 printed on the title page and top edges blue, these also have the imprint of the New York printer H. B. Claflin Co. Others undated like ours sometimes have Treherne's street address, ours does not. The British Library and the National Library of Scotland hold undated copies with accession dates of 1903. Dale, No. 134 dated 1904; Necker, No.2091 (1903).…
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