Thursday, April 30, 2020

HISTORY

TOM THUMB HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES

1908-1932 Tom Thumb History of the United States (The Colonial Life Insurance Company of America, East Orange, New Jersey). Size: 2-3/8” x 3-3/8”




1940 Tom Thumb History of the United States (7th Edition  January 1940, The Colonial Life Insurance Company of America, Jersey City, New Jersey). Size: 2-3/8” x 3-3/8”


1950 Tom Thumb History of the United States (The Colonial Life Insurance Company of America, East Orange, New Jersey). Size: 3” x 4”



1950, 1954 Tom Thumb History of the United States (The Colonial Life Insurance Company of America, East Orange, New Jersey). Size: 3” x 4”

1950, 1954, 1956, 1960, 1965 Tom Thumb History of the United States (The Colonial Life Insurance Company of America, East Orange, New Jersey). Size: 3” x 4”



INDIVIDUAL BOOKS
The Story of the PEROT STAMP by “Author Unknown” (The Clearview Press, New Port Richey, FL, 2000). Size: 2-1/8” x 2.75”

The Cabin in the Clearing by Jim Baker (Miniature Book Society, 2002). Size: 2.5” x 2.75”

THE CONCORD FLIGHT: An Account of Amox Barrett (Robert D. Naiva, Concord, 1975). Size: 2' x 3" (in boxed set with The Narrative of Jeremy Lister).

THAT COMET by Esther K. Beamer (Desert Press, Green Valley, AZ, 1985). Size: 2" x 2-5/8"

Presidential Anecdotes by Paul F. Boller, Jr. (Running Press, 2007). Size: 3” x 3.25”

SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL by L.W. Bondy (Tabula Rasa Press/Miniature Book Society, 1987. Edition of 400). Size: 2-3/8” x 2.5”


Miniature Books Deserve More Respect by Anne C. Bromer (Printed by Colonial Printing for Bromer Booksellers, Inc., in edition of 750, Boston, 1985). Size: 2.25" x 2.75"

THE MURDER: A Battle in the Civil War by Robert J. Burdette (The Press of Ward Schori, Evanston, 1995). Size: 2.5” x 2-3/8”


Civil War Highlights (National Civil War Centennial Commission). Size: 2" x 3.25"

PONY EXPRESS 1860-1861 (The Clearview Press, New Port Richey, Fl, 1988). Size: 2” x 3”

WINE by Thomas Conklin (Andrews McMeel, Kansas City 1992). Size: 3.25” x 3-7/8”


NATIVE AMERICAN WISDOM with photographs by Edward S. Curtis (Running Press, Philadelphia / London, 1994). Size: 2.75" x 3.25"


An Open Letter by C.N. Earl, Los Angeles, November 29, 1887 (Peggy Christian, Los Angeles, 1971. Edition of 200 copies). Size: 1-3/8” x 1.75”







American Dolls from the Brooklyn Children’s Museum edited by Susan Feuer (Ariel Books / Andrews and MacMeel, Kansas City, MO, 1995). Size: 3.25” x 3.75”


1933: CENTURY OF PROGRESS, THE WORLD'S FAIR IN A NUTSHELL, 1933 World's Fair (bound within walnut shell, with tag identifying 1933 World's Fair, Gale Specialty Co., Chicago, 1932). Walnut size: 1.5" x 1"


QUILTS AMERICANA by Sandra Grace (Twin Hearts Press, 16/250). Size: 2-1/8” x 2.5”

THE SPIRIT OF AMERICA: A Treasury of Patriotism by Hallmark Card editors (Hallmark Cards). Size: 2" x 3.25"


A Little History of Cocoa by  Corinne Jacker (Traders Press, New York, 1967). Size: 2-3/8” by 2-7/8”

Mr. Jefferson’s Ice Cream (Flying Pig Press, Zionville, NC, 2018). Size: 2.25” x 2-5/8”


Kitty Knight: Heroine of Georgetown by J. William Joynes (The Xavier Press, Baltimore, 1994). Size: 3” x 2.25”

 4 Books in A John F. Kennedy Memorial Miniature: Eulogies, Wisdom by JFK, Wit of JFK, and JFK’s Inaugural Address (Random House, New York, 1966). Size: 2.75” x 3.75”



A House Divided by Abraham Lincoln (Black Cat, Skokie, IL, 1980). Size: 2” x 2.75”

THE CONCORD FLIGHT: The Narrative of Jeremy Lister (Robert D. Naiva, Concord, 1975). Size: 2' x 3" (in boxed set with the Account of Amos Barrett)


My country, ‘tis of Thee: A Bicentennial Keepsake with portraits and hand lettered copy by Herschel C. Logan (Log-Anne Press, Santa Ana, 1976). Size: 2-1/8” x 2.75”



John Foster and America’s First Woodcut: 1670 by Herschel C. Logan (The Lyceum Press, Fullerton, 1988. Edition of 50). Size: 2-1/8” x 2-5/8”

CONSUMER RATIONING IN WORLD WAR TWO by Robert E. Massman (REM Miniatures, New Britain, Conn., 1979, Signed. 159/500). Size: 1.5" x 2"





Beach-la-Mar by Wallace R. Nethery (Dawson's Book Shop, Los Angeles, 1988. 75-edition). Size: 2-3/16" x 2-13/16"

Beach-la-Mar is a Melanesian trade language, a form of pidgin based on English and spoken in Melanesia, New Guinea and North East Australia. Publisher Glen Dawson had a life-long interest in human languages partly because of his interest in Christian mission and missionaries were often the first people to give alphabets to spoken languages.


Mr. H. In America, or, Anonymus Redivivus by Wallace R. Nethery (Dawson's Book Shop, Los Angeles, 1981). Size: 2-7/8" x 2-1/16"



1918-1923 GERMAN HYPERINFLATION by Marjorie Palmer (Traders Press, New York, 1967). Size: 2.5” x 3”


PRAYER IN HISTORY by Ely E. Pilchik (The Press of Ward Schori, Evanston, IL, 1989). Size: 2" x 2.5"

F.D.R. GETTYSBURG SPEECH (Black Cat Press, Chicago, 1977) Size: 1” x 1-3/16”
LIMITED EDITION of 200 copies designed by Norman Forgue, printed from type by Charles Young at the Norman Press in Chicago and bound by Bela Blau. Miniature Book. 1 3/8 x 1 1/16 inches. Unpaginated. [34] pp. Initials, headpiece and tailpiece printed in blue ink; text clean, unmarked. Gilt-stamped dark blue leather, fleur-de-lis end-papers; binding square, front inner hinge broken. Glen Dawson's copy without distinguishing marks. On May 30, 1934 President Roosevelt delivered a Memorial Day speech at the battlefields of Gettysburg, PA to remind Americans that the nation withstood the test of civil war and would endure the Great Depression. REFERENCE: Bradbury, 20th-Century U.S. Miniature Books, No. 2586.

Oriental Encounters by Vincent Starrett (The Black Cat Press, Skokie, IL, 1975). Size: 2-1/8” x 3”

FDR’S LITTLE BOOKS by Francis J. Weber (Opuscula, Bradenton VT, 1991. Edition of 150. Signed by publisher Robert Hanson). Size: 2.25” x 2.75”

BALTIMORE’S CATHEDRAL by Francis J. Weber (Junipero Serra Press, San Fernando, 1988. Edition of 200). Size: 2-1/8” x 2-7/8”

Ellis Island by Francis J. Weber (Junipero Serra Press, 1991). Size: 2" x 2.75"


 FRAY JUNIPERRO SERRA by Francis J. Weber (Junipero Serra Press, San Fernando, nd). Size: 2-3/8” x 1-7/8”

THE GOODYEAR BLIMP by Francis J. Weber (Junipero Serra Press, San Fernando, nd. Edition of 350). Size: 2-1/8” x 2-7/8”

HALLEYS 1986 Visit to Planet Earth by Francis J. Weber (The Press of Ward Schori, Evanston, IL, 1985). Size: 1-7/8x 2.5




Los Angeles International Airport by Francis J. Weber (Junipero Serra Press, San Fernando, 1988. Edition of 250). Size: 2-1/8” x 2-7/8”

The National Archives by Francis J. Weber (Junipero Serra Press, San Fernando, nd. Edition of 200). Size: 1-7/8” x 2-7/8”


Peter Arrives in the Promised Land by Francis J. Weber (Junipero Serra Press, San Fernando, nd. Edition of 600). Size: 2-1/8” x 2-7/8”

SAN XAVIER DEL BAC by Francis J. Weber (Junipero Serra Press, San Fernando 1985. Edition of 300). Size: 2.25” x 2.75

The Great Pardon of Portuncula by Francis J. Weber (Junipero Serra Press, San Fernando 1986. Edition of 300). Size: 2.25” x 2.75


The Rose Parade by Francis J. Weber (Grand Conclave XIII Keepsake, Pasadena, CA 1995). Size: 2.25” x 3”

The Spruce Goose by Francis J. Weber (Junipero Serra Press, San Fernando 1983. Edition of 300). Size: 2-7/8” x 2-1/8”

The Unfinished Psalter by Francis J. Weber (Junipero Serra Press, San Fernando, nd. Edition of 200). Size: 2” x 2.75”

THE XXIII OLYMPIAD by Francis J. Weber (Junipero Serra Press, San Fernando, nd. Edition of 350). Size: 2” x 2-7/8”

JOURNAL OF ANCIENT MAPS designed by Terrie Wertz (LittleTHINGSinterest, Marshallville, OH, _). Size: 9/16" x 3/4"


THE WORLD'S FAIR IN A NUTSHELL, 1933 World's Fair (bound within walnut shell, with tag identifying 1933 World's Fair, Gale Specialty Co., Chicago, 1932)

Worlds Fair New York Miniature Souvenir Picture Postcard book (1939). Size: 1-1/8" x 1-3/8"

Tiny Book on a Tiny Chair designed by Gaudi








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