TINY BOOK PUBLISHERS

Countries of Publishers: U.S., U.K., Germany, Spain, Russia, Canada, Yugoslavia, Switzerland, Hungary, France, Peru, France, Scotland, Iceland, Jerusalem, Belgium, Serbia, Finland, Netherlands, Taiwan, Denmark, Australia and places unknown

Publishers:

40 Watt Spotlight (Canada)

1934 World’s Fair (U.S.)
1939 World's Fair (U.S.)

Abacus Group of America (U.S.)

Achille J. St. Onge (U.S.)
A Destitute Press Production
Kurt S. Adler (U.S.)
A Ham-Fisted Enterprises Production (U.S.)
George Albion (U.S.)

Allied Newspapers Ltd. (U.K.)

A Misty Publication (U.S.)

American Bible Society (U.S.)
American Girl Publishing (U.S.)
A.M. Tract Society (U.S.)
Andersons Edinsburgh Ltd. (Scotland)

Andrews & McMeel (U.S.)
Angus & Robertson (Australia)
Annick Press (Canada)
Antigua Editorial Aguilar (Spain, Argentina, Mexico)

Ariel Books (U.S.)

Armenian Convent (Jerusalem)
Axel Juncker Verlag (Germany)

Barnes and Noble (U.S.)

Barron’s Educational Services’ “Jewel series” (U.S.)

Bela Blau (U.S.)
Benziger Brothers (U.S.)

Best Friends Books (U.S.)

Black Cat Press (U.S.)

Blasted Tree Art Collective & Publishing Co., The (Canada)

Blaze International Productions, Inc. (Taiwan)

Bobbs-Merrill Company, The (U.S.)
Booksby (U.S.)

BoPress Miniatures (U.S.)

Brentano’s (U.S. and U.K.)

Brepols Press (Belgium)
Alice Brody (U.S.)

Bromer Booksellers (U.S.)
Brownlow Publishing Co. (U.S.)

Burgess & Bowes (U.K.)
H.M. Caldwell and Co. (U.S.)

chapbookpublisher.com (U.S.)
Colgate (U.S.)
Collins Brown Dolphin Edition (U.K. / Scotland)

Collins’ Clear-Type Press (U.K.)
The Colonial Life Insurance Company of America (U.S.)

Cottage Industries (U.S.)
G.W. Cottrell (U.S.)

chronopsis.com (Canada)
Cracker Jack (U.S.)
Thomas Y Crowell & Co (U.S.)

Dateman Books (U.K.)

David Bryce and Son (U.K.)

Dawson’s Book Shop (U.S.)

De Buitenkant Publishers (Netherlands)

Del Prado (Spain)

Dusi/e (Switzerland)
EC Press (U.S.)

Eileen’s Tiny Books Library (U.S.)

E.P. Dutton (U.S.)

Ethel Zine and Press (U.S.)

F.C. Avis (U.K.)

Forsootharian Press (U.S.)
Fountain Press (Canada)

Frederick A. Stokes Company (U.S.)
Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd. (U.K.)
Suzanne Fremont (U.S.)
Henry Frowde (U.K.)

Geoffrey Parker (U.K.)
Gernat's (U.S.)
Gibson's Greeting Cards (U.S.)
Glass & Duncan (Scotland)
Gleniffer Press (Scotland)
Good Book Press (U.S.)
Gray Goose Press (U.S.)
Greenhouse Review Press (U.S.)
Green Panda Press (U.S.)

Grossett and Dunlap (U.S.)
Minal Hajratwala (U.S.)

Hallmark (U.S.)

Hanuman Books (U.S.)
Harper Collins (U.S.)
Heartland Samplers, Inc. (U.S.)

Hilleary & Petko (U.S.)

Hillside Press, The (U.S.)
History and Heraldry (U.K.)

House With Paul (U.S.)

Hyperion (U.S.)

Insight Editions (U.S.)

Izdavacko preduzece Matice srpske (Serbia)

J&K Productions/Tiny Chairs Edition (U.S.)
Paolo Javier (U.S.)
Jen Press (U.S.)

Junipero Serra Press (U.S.)
Kickshaws / Bourne Graphics (France)
Kiggins & Kellog (U.S.)

Knickerbocker Leather & Novelty Co. (U.S.)

Kurti Laszlo (Hungary)

Kurt S. Adler (U.S.)

Langenscheidt (Germany / Switzerland)
Leipzig Schmidt & Gunther (Germany)
Little Leather Library Corp. (U.S.)

LittleTHINGSinterest (U.S.)
Los Libros Mas Pequenos Del Mundo (Peru)

Lucidity Poetics (U.S.)

Magyar Helikon (Hungary)
Marcus Ward & Co Limited (U.K., Ireland, U.S.)

Media Arts Group (U.S.)

Meritage Press (U.S.)

Merlin’s Magical Minis (U.K.)
Merrimack Publishing (U.S.)

Mighty Midget Miniatures (U.S.)

Miniaturbuchverlag Leipzig in der Wartelsteiner GmbH (Germany)

Miniature Book Society (U.S.)
Miniature Dictionary Publishers (U.S.)

Minibooks With Love & Art (Russia)

Minitage Editions (U.S.)
Mockba (Russia)
Mosaic Press (U.S.)

Mt. Hawley Publishing (U.S.)

Robert D. Naiva (U.S.)

National Civil War Centennial Commission (U.S.)
Ernest Nister (U.K.)
Nordic Paper Industry (Denmark)

Novi Sad (Yugoslavia)

Optical Toys (U.S.)

Opuscula Press (U.S.)
Orbis (Czech)
Parceria A.M. Pereira/Livraria Editoria (Portugal)
pawEprint (Canada)
Peacock Press (U.S.)

Penguin Books (U.S.)

Perm Book Publishing House (Russia)

Peter Pauper Press (U.S.)

Petersburg Press (U.K.)
Phafours (Canada)
Philadelphia Tract Society (U.S.)

Phillips Publishing/Winthrop Press (U.S.)

Sarah Pinder (Canada)

The Piso Company and Piso Book Almanacs (U.S.)

Poems-For-All by Robert Hansen (U.S.)

Pond Farm (U.S.)
Pole Press (U.S.)

Postal et Telegraphique (France)

post ghost press (Canada)
Press of Arden Park (U.S.)

Press of Ward Schori, The (U.S.)

Prissy Fists Press (Canada)

Pudding of Sky Press (Canada)

Rabbit Catastrophe Press (U.S.)

R.C. Brady Ltd. (U.K.)

Rebecca Press (U.S.)

Red Thread Bindery (U.S.)
Royal Tea Room Avignon (France)
Rufus Merrill (U.S.)

Running Press (U.S. & U.K.)

Saalfield Publishing-Norka Series (U.S.)
Carol Schwartzott (U.S.)

Self-published
B. Shackman (U.S.)
Sharon's Compendium (Parker) (U.S.)
John F. Shaw & Co. (U.K.)
Sheppard Press (U.K.)
Sierra Trails Press (U.S.)

Simulacrum Press (Canada)

Small Fires Press (U.S.)

Smallminded Books (U.S.)
Steinegg (Iceland)
Sylvester & Orphanos (U.S.)
Szentendre (Hungary)
Tabula Rasa Press (U.S.)
Tamazunchale Press (U.S.)

Teeny Tiny (U.S.)
The Baby Bible & Prayer Book Co. (U.S.)
The Bible Institute Inc. (U.S.)
The Blasted Tree (Canada)
The Lyceum Press (U.S.)
Theodore Presser (U.S.)
The Schori Press/Ward Schori (U.S.)
The Somesuch Press (U.S.)

Peter and Donna Thomas (U.S.)
T. Nelson & Sons (England / Ireland / U.S.)
Twin Heart Press (U.S.)

Unknowns (World)

U.S. Establishment International Companies (U.S.)

Walter Scott Ltd. (U.K.)

Weathervane Press (Canada)
Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. (Great Britain)

Werner Soderstrom Osakeyhtio (Finland)
Wesleyan University Press (U.S.)

Western Publishing Company (U.S.)
William Pickering
Wind & Harlot

Winthrop Press (U.S.)
Raelinda Woad (U.S.)
Weaver Piano Co., Inc. (U.S.)

Wolfsongs Publications (U.S.)
Wycliffe Bible Translators (U.S.)

YanikO (Russia)
Zimzalla 005 (U.K.)

Big Books on Small Books:

Amber Pub (U.S.)
Ampersand Inc. (U.S.)
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers (U.S.)

De Buitenkant Publishers (Netherlands)
DeGolyer Library / Southern Methodist University (U.S.)
Duke University Press (U.S.)
Equinox (U.K.)

Fort Orange Press (U.S.)

Grolier Club, The (U.S.)
Robert Hanson (U.S.)

Harry Abrams (U.S.)
Quarry Books (U.S.)

Royal Collection Enterprises, Ltd. (U.K.)
Sheppard Press (U.S.)
Texas Christian University Press (U.S.)
University of North Texas Press (U.S.)
Viking (U.S.)

Yale Center for British Art/Yale University Press (U.S.)

BOOKS IN THE LITTLE RED SCHOOLHOUSE

Homemade tiny schoolbooks from the early 1900s and 2 printed Alphabet books:

The Little Red Schoolhouse by probably Josephine E. Watt (Homemade; author is not identified but is probably the same author of Number Book and Test Book). Size: 2" x 2.75"
Number Book by Josephine E Watt (Homemade). Size: 2" x 2.25"
Test Book by Josephine E. Watt (Homemade). Size: 4" x 2.25"
Two Alphabet Books (printed in the USA, publisher unknown). Size: 2-1/8" x 2.5"

Here is the story "Mr. Phillips is Annoyed" handwritten in The Little Red School House.

All of the books have been housed by the Miniature Book Library in a miniature Little Red Schoolhouse from the Pine Creek Collection (Wisconsin):

SILVER THIMBLE BOOKS

                                              Silver Thimble Books (1982-1987)

by Gordon Murray, a British television producer, puppeteer, artist, and miniature book publisher

Three in a Slipcase (1985):

Advice from a Caterpillar by Lewis Carroll

from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Kenneth Grahame 

The Piper at the Gates of Dawn by Archibald Marshall

Book sizes: 1-5/8” x 2-1/8”.  Cloth boards with hand-colored pictorial label on front cover.  Hand-colored illustrations.  Slipcase with paper label. Each book is full of hand-colored illustrations and is signed by the designer/publisher.

The Three Kings by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (in slipcase Silver Thimble Books, Bexhill-on-Sea, England, 1985. 30/50. Signed by Gordon Murray). Size: 1-5/8” x 2-1/8”

COVENT GARDEN by Henry Mayhew  (in slipcase Silver Thimble Books, Bexhill-on-Sea, England, 1983). Size: 1-5/8” x 2”

The Innocent Eye by Robert Louis Stevenson and Thomas Love Peacock (in slipcase. Silver Thimble Books, Bexhill-on-Sea, England, 1987. 21/32. Signed by Gordon Murray). Size: 2” x 2.5”. 

AMERICAN GIRL

American Girl is an American line of 18-inch (46 cm) dolls released in 1986 by Pleasant Company. The dolls portray eight- to twelve-year-old girls of a variety of ethnicities, time periods of origin, faiths, and social classes. They are sold with accompanying books told from the viewpoint of the girls. Originally the stories focused on various periods of American history, but were expanded in 1995 to include characters and stories from contemporary life. Aside from the original American Girl dolls, the buyer also has the option to purchase dolls that look like themselves. The options for the line of Truly Me dolls include eye color, face mold, skin color, hair texture, and hair length. A variety of related clothing and accessories is also available. A service for ordering a bespoke doll with features and clothing specified by the owner, dubbed Create Your Own, has also been introduced in 2017. 

Pleasant Company was founded in 1986 by Pleasant Rowland, and its products were originally purchasable by mail order only. In 1998, Pleasant Company became a subsidiary of Mattel. The company has been awarded the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Award eight times. 

--Wikipedia

AMERICAN GIRL MINIATURE BOOKS

Hardbacks with Dust Covers. Size: 2-1/8” x 3”

MEET ADDY-Book One

MEET JOSEFINA

MEET MOLLY

MEET KAYA

Very Funny Elizabeth

MEET SAMANTHA

MEET FELICITY

Nellie’s Promise

MEET JULIE

MEET KIRSTEN

MEET ADDY

MEET KIT

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Paperbacks (American Girl Publishing): Size: 1.75” x 2.5”

Luciana (2018)

Beforever Julie (2014)

Nanea (2017)

Lea Dives In (2016)

Beforever Rebecca (2014)

Beforever Melody (2016)        

Felicity Love and Loyalty (2017)

Molly A Winning Spirit (2018)

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Mini Dolls with accompanying Miniature Hardcover Books
Meet Rebecca

Meet Kaya

Meet Addy

Meet Felicity

Meet Kit

Meet Molly

Meet Samantha

Meet Kirsten

Meet Josefina

Mini Doll with accompanying Miniature Paperback
Tenney

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Keychain Backpack Books (Pleasant Company, Middleton, WI, 1999). Size: 3” x 3”

The Little Book of Buzz-words -1

Say Cheese -2

An A-maze-ing Day -3

Sign Language -4

The Hand Book -5

Splash (2) -6

Pencil Play -7

50 Best Babysitting Tips (2) -8

Heart Art -10

Sip & Slurp -11

Start a Club -13

Pin Pals (2) - 14

Beautiful Barrettes -15

Homesick Blues? -17

Help Wanted: Fashion Designer -18

I.O.U. Love -19

Daisy Crazy -20

Pop! A Popcorn Party -21

Great Gifts for Girls to Make and Give (2) -22

The Little Book of Notes -23

Go Team! Cheers & Chants -24

Boo! -25

103 Purrfect Pet Names -26

Can You Do It -27

Way to Yo -28

Cute Cupcakes -29

Wig Out! -30

Super Smileys  -34

Collections -39

Frosty Bites -41

Backyard Carnival -42

Who’s It? -43

Little Book of Secret Codes -44

Travel Memory Book -45

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McDonalds Edition (2009) 

Size: 4” x 4”

Addy

Felicity

Josefina

Julie

Kaya

Kirsten

Kit (2 copies)

Molly

All books are in original plastic packaging. Except for Kit, all are unopened. I opened Kit’s to see what’s inside and learned the books are partly in accordion format , are tied together in a ribbon, and include cutout dolls slipped in the inside back cover. 

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Produced for American Girl: 
EXPLORING MATHEMATICS by Scott Foresman (Pleasant Company, Inc., Glennview, IL, 1996). Size: 2-5/8" x 3-3/8"

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One accessory with accompanying book: Guitar

The Guitar Set was a "Just Like You" accessory released in 2006 and retired in 2017. Includes the following:

Music Book - Play Guitar Today! music book. Size: 3" x 4"

Guitar -  Honey and rosewood-colored guitar. Faux tortoiseshell pick guard and fret stops.

Strap - Floral clip-on strap.

Case - Burgundy guitar case. Red felt lining.

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OTHER DOLLS (KNOWN TO ME) IN EXISTENCE

Tenney

Cecile

Kittredge

Marie-Grace

Luciana Vega (2018)

Lea Clark

Caroline

Gabriela

Kristin

Addy Walker

Maryellen

Melody Ellison

Saige

Nanea

Isabelle

Melody

Maryellen

Addy Walker

Grace Thomas

Emily

Grace Thomas Goty

Luciana

BLANK JOURNALS

I don't go out of my way to collect blank journals but sometimes I have a few because I couldn't resist their bindings. A stellar example is Sasha Mosolov's (go HERE for more information):

BETHLEHEM '97: Size is 3.25" x 2-1/8". This is a blank journal given as a keepsake during the 1997 Miniature Book Society Annual Conclave. I call it a blank journal today but I believe it was intended as an autograph book. Signed by maker/donor Michael Canoso:

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Here are some projects that have come out of the blank journals to turn them into miniature books:

THE COVID-19 JOURNAL

By Eileen R. Tabios
(March 2020)
The journal's illustrated text is published in Otoliths, 2020 [link forthcoming]

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from beyond my window: the Covid-19 Poems 

By Donna Fleischer 

(April 2020) Size: 1-7/8" x 2.25"

Go HERE for more information, including its text.

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THE SECRETS OF POETS: AN ANTHOLOGY
More information HERE.