LIFE OF COMPOSERS viz THEODORE PRESSER
Generally undated but estimate late 1800s.
LIFE OF BEETHOVEN by Edward Francis (Theodore Presser, Philadelphia, 1 copy has handwritten gift date of 1917, 2nd copy has owner's handwritten name in pencil. 2 copies). Size: 2.5” x 3-5/8”
LIFE OF CHOPIN by Edward Francis (Theodore Presser, Philadelphia. 2 copies). Size: 2.5” x 3-5/8”
LIFE OF HAYDN by Edward Francis (Theodore Presser, Philadelphia, With a Preface dated February 1893). Size: 2.5” x 3-5/8”
LIFE OF LISZT by Edward Francis (Theodore Presser, Philadelphia, With a Preface dated 1892). Size: 2.5” x 3-5/8”
LIFE OF MENDELSSOHN by Edward Francis (Theodore Presser, Philadelphia). Size: 2.5” x 3-5/8”
LIFE OF MOZART by Edward Francis (Theodore Presser, Philadelphia, With an Introduction dated February 1892). Size: 2.5” x 3-5/8”
LIFE OF WAGNER by Edward Francis (Theodore Presser, Philadelphia). Size: 2.5” x 3-5/8”
LIFE OF WEBER by Edward Francis (Theodore Presser, Philadelphia, With a Preface dated February 1893). Size: 2.5” x 3-5/8”
LIFE OF HAYDN by Edward Francis (Theodore Presser, Philadelphia, With a Preface dated February 1893). Size: 2.5” x 3-5/8”
LIFE OF LISZT by Edward Francis (Theodore Presser, Philadelphia, With a Preface dated 1892). Size: 2.5” x 3-5/8”
LIFE OF MENDELSSOHN by Edward Francis (Theodore Presser, Philadelphia). Size: 2.5” x 3-5/8”
LIFE OF MOZART by Edward Francis (Brentano’s, London / Chicago / Paris/ Washington, nd but vintage). Size: 2-5/8” x 3.75”
LIFE OF WAGNER by Edward Francis (Theodore Presser, Philadelphia). Size: 2.5” x 3-5/8”
LIFE OF WEBER by Edward Francis (Theodore Presser, Philadelphia, With a Preface dated February 1893). Size: 2.5” x 3-5/8”
INDIVIDUALS
GRANDE DAME (Ruth Adomeit) by Evron S. Collins (The Miniature Book Society 2003). Size: 2” x 2.5”
Alexandra the Good Queen and Empress by Eleanor Bulley (Wells Gardner, Darton & Co., London, 1902). Size: 2.5” x 3”
Johnny Appleseed: A Pioneer Hero by W.D. Haley (The Clearview Press, New Port Richey, FL, 1994). Size: 2” x 2-7/8”
Literary Masters: American Authors (The Press of Ward Schori, Evanston, IL, 1994). Size: 2-1/8”x 2.5”
THE SCALE OF GENIUS: Charlotte Bronte’s Miniature Archive by Barbara Heritage (Miniature Book Society Archive, Middletown, OH, 2019). Size: 2-1/8” x 2.5”
My Chinese Childhood by Pearl Buck (Tamazunchale Press, Newton, IA, 1986. 115/250). Size: 1.75” x 2.5”
As Much a Brother by Elihu Burritt (with slipcase, REM Miniatures/ Robert Massman’s first publication, 1962). Size: 1.75” x 2.5”
Autobiography of William Cheney, Printer (Dawson’s Book Shop, 1983). Size: 2.5” x 3"
Christopher Columbus by Msgr. Francis J. Weber (Weber, 1992. Edition of 150 copies printed by Wallace Nethery and bound by Bela Blau). Size: 2-9/16” x 2-3/16”
LIMITED EDITION of 150 copies, printed by Wallace Nethery and bound by Bela Blau. (16) pp. Half-title, frontispiece Chilean postage stamp with image of Colon, ship decoration on title page. Gilt-stamped blue cloth; binding square tight. Glen Dawson's copy without distinguishing marks. Contains a sympathetic account of Columbus the man. REFERENCE: Bradbury, 20th-Century U.S. Miniature Books, No. 3089.
DIANA: The Life of a Princess by Size by Patricia Cronin Marcello (Ariel Books / Andrews and MacMeel, Kansas City, MO, 1998). Size: 3.25” x 3.75”
A Visit With Dr. R by Ernest Dawson,(Glen Dawson, Los Angeles, 1988). Size: 2.25” x 2-7/8”
Letters to Emily 1943-1945 by Glen Dawson,(Glen Dawson, Pasadena 1996). Size: 2.25” x 2-7/8”
Glen Dawson at 99: A Pictorial History of Lifetime Awards (Sponsors: Thomas Andrews, Azusa Pacific University, Mariana Blau, Robert R. Bothamley, Robert & Maureen Cates, George & Susan Kinney, Denny & Peggy Kruska, and Stuart F. Robinson, 2011). Size: 2.25” x 2-7/8”
Diary of John Dee (The Hillside Press, 1963. 139/325). Size: 2” x 2-3/8”
Duke Ellington Remembered: New York Notes by Whitney Balliett (Gold Stein Press, New Port Beach, 1981). Size: 2” x 2.75"
My Early Life by Millard Fillmore (Hillside Press, Franklin H, 1987). Size: 2” x 2.25”
My Early Life by Millard Fillmore (Hillside Press, Franklin H, 1987). Size: 2” x 2.25”
In the Footsteps of R.L.S. by J. Patrick Findlay (H.M. Caldwell, Boston, nd but antique). Size: 2.5” x 3.5”
BEN FRANKLIN by Julie Mars (Ariel Books/ Andrews & McMeel, Kansas City, MO, 1996). Size: 1.75” x 2.25”)
“My Beautiful Darling”: The Story of Mark Twain’s Mother by Ray E. Garrison (The Press of Ward Schori, Evanston, IL, 1992). Size: 2" x 2.5"
The Miniature World of Norman Forgue by James Guthrie (The Black Cat Press, Skokie, IL, 1983). Size: 2” x 2.5”
Vice Presidents of The UNITED STATES of AMERICA by Bea Harris with portraits by Murray A. Harris (The Press of Ward Schori, Evanston, IL, 1990). Size: 2-1/8” x 2-5/8”
The Man in the Smock by Carla Harris (Black Cat, Skokie, IL, 1956). Size: 1.75” x 2.5”
Msgr. Benjamin G Hawkes by Francis J. Weber (Junipero Serra Press, San Fernando, nd. Edition of 350). Size: 2” x 2.75”
Elbert Hubbard: A Man of the Century by James W. Beckman (The Black Cat Press, Chicago, 1981). Size: 1.75” x 3-2/8”
JACKIE by Julie Mars (Ariel Books / Andrews and McMeel, Kansas City, 1996). Size: 3.25” x 3.75”
Fighting Indian Chiefs by George Triff, illustrated by Herb Tenney (Mt. Hawley Publications, Peoria, IL, 1962). Size: 1.75” x 2”. Five books:
Geronimo
Sitting Bull
Crazy Horse
Cochise
Roman Nose
ZELEI BELA: THE CENTRE OF THE WORLD by Kurti Laszlo (a collection of 4 books: a big book and 3 miniature books). Size: 1.75" x 2.5"
The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln by Hallmark Card editors (Hallmark Cards). Size: 2" x 3.25"
A SCOTTISH TALE by Ian MacDonald (Miniature Book Society, Cincinnati, 2005). Size: 1-7/8” x 2.5”
Sixth & Figueroa by Tom Neal (Karen Dawson, Goleta, CA, 1965). Size: 2-1/8” x 2.75”
The Little Red Schoolhouse by Bruce C. Ogilvie (Chanticleer Press, Vermont Hills, IL, Jl, 2000. Signed. 37/100). Size: 3” x 2.75”
THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON (from the Diary of Samuel Pepys) (Signed. Poole Press, 1985. 2 copies. 48 & 3_/100). Size: 2-1/8” x 2-7/8”
NIGHT SOUNDS: listening to nature in the city by Sharon Parker (sp, 2017-2019, signed). Size: 2-7/8” x 2-1/8”
The Life & Work of Beatrix Potter by Shawn Hartley Hancock (Ariel Books / Andrews & McMeel, Kansas City, 1996). Size: 2" x 2"
The Fate of the Schooner by Louise H. Randall (Clearview Press, 1998). Size 2-3/8” x 2-15/16”
My Adventures in Minibibliomania by Kathryn I. Rickard (Editions du Parnasse, 1996). Size: 2-3/8” x 2-7/8”.
Rickard tells about her favorite miniature books and publishers. She also describes what few before have written about—the personal process of selling of her collection to many collectors. // As new condition. Inside of covers appears a bit wavy, but this is a result of production and occurs in all of the books.
The World According to Mister Rogers by Fred Rogers (Hyperion/Peter Pauper Press, White Plains, N.Y., 2003/2006). Size: 3.25" x 4"
Inspiration by Todd Sommerfeld (Booksby Press, Parma, OH, 2019. 2 copies). Size: 1.25” x 2”
What’s In A Name by Todd Sommerfeld (Booksby Press, Parma, OH, 2019). Size: 1” x 1”
The Life of Saint Francis of Assisi by Diane K. Stevenson (Ariel Books/Andrews and McMeel, Kansas City, 1996. 2 copies). Size: 1.75" x 2.25"
Prayers Written at Vailima by Robert Louis Stevenson (Dawson’s Book Shop, 1973). Size: 2-3/8” x 2-1/8"
SOUNDINGS: Selections from the Journals and Other Works by Henry Thoreau (Hillside Press, Franklin H, 1964). Size: 2” x 2.25”
SOUNDINGS: Selections from the Journals and Other Works by Henry Thoreau (Hillside Press, Franklin H, 1964). Size: 2” x 2.25”
Mark Twain and the Birds by Caroline Thomas Harnsberger (The Press of Ward Schori Press, Evanston, 1984) Size: 2-1/8 x 2-5/8
Mark Twain Loved Cats (The Press of Ward Schori Press, 1981) Size: 2-1/8 x 2-5/8
Mark Twain on Horseback by Caroline Thomas Harnsberger [35 pp. letterpress; 12 illustrations by Herschel Logan & Richard Heath; author is a well-known authority on Twain; this essay concerns his wary relationship with horses; signed by author & publisher; Copy 21 ] (Press of Ward Schori, 1978). Size: 2-1/8” x 2.75”
The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain (Running Press, Philadelphia, 1990. 2 copies). Size: 2.75” x 3.25”
Victoria the Good Queen and Empress by Eleanor Bulley (Wells Gardner, Darton & Co., London, 1897-1901). Size: 2.5” x 3”
EARL WARREN: Chief Justice of the United States by Francis J. Weber (Junipero Serra Press, San Fernando, CA, 1999). Size: 1.75" x 2.25"
Wendell Willkie: A Personal Memoir by Francis J. Weber (Junipero Serra Press printed at Tabula Rasa Press, No. 64 of 125 copies. Bound by—and signed by Susan Acker and Mary McDermott of—Feathered Serpent Press, 1993). Size: 2-5/8” x 2.25”
ALL ABOUT ME (1) BY Eishin Yoshida (sp, accordion “zine”, 2016). Size: 1.5” x 2.25”
ALL ABOUT ME (2) BY Eishin Yoshida (sp, accordion “zine”, 2016). Size: 1.5” x 2.25”
ALL ABOUT ME (3) BY Eishin Yoshida (sp, accordion “zine”, 2016). Size: 1.5” x 2.25”
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