A one-time The Smallest Book, according to the Guinness Book of Records!
AND currently the smallest book in this Miniature Book Library:
This tiny treasure was manufactured in the 1950s in Germany by Franz Bischofer (born 1904) in a very limited edition. The micro book measures only 4x4 mm (0.16x0.16 inches). It has a leather binding with gold stamping, and is gilt-edged on all three sides. The tiny text can only be read with a magnifying glass and is a poem in German about marriage. The print was done on a regular letter press printing machine with real printing types (no photographic reduction).
The regular version comes in an acrylic safe with a built-in magnifying glass
and a decorative box of 3.1x3.1 cm (1.22x1.22 inches).
This tiny treasure was manufactured in the 1950s in Germany by Franz Bischofer (born 1904) in a very limited edition. The micro book measures only 4x4 mm (0.16x0.16 inches). It has a leather binding with gold stamping, and is gilt-edged on all three sides. The tiny text can only be read with a magnifying glass and is a poem in German about marriage. The print was done on a regular letter press printing machine with real printing types (no photographic reduction).
The regular version comes in an acrylic safe with a built-in magnifying glass
and a decorative box of 3.1x3.1 cm (1.22x1.22 inches).
—All information from seller Miniaturbuchverlag Leipzig I der Wartelsteiner GmbH
Individual Authors:
away from myself by Terrence Abrahams (post ghost press, 47/50, 2018). Size: 3” x 4”
La Divina Commedia by Dante Alighieri, Vols I and II (bears bookplate of former owner Robert E. Massman, William Pickering (4.2 point Diamond type), 1823). Size: 2.25” x 3.5”
THE COLOR IS CLEAR AS WE WAIT by William Allegrezza (Indiana, 2013). Size: 2" x 2"
THE UNDERCUT WARRANTY ... by William Allegrezza (Indiana, 2013). Size: 2" x 2"
CONSIDERATION OF THE LONG SIDE HAND by William Allegrezza (Indiana, 2013). Size: 2" x 2"
RELEASE OR REPEAT by William Allegrezza (Indiana, 2013). Size: 2" x 2"
A hay(na)ku by Ivy Alvarez (book in matchbox binding, sp, New Zealand, 2019). Size: 1.25” x 1-7/8”
Haiku by Ivy Alvarez (The Private Press, November 2004). Size: 2 5/8" x 4 1/8"
What Betty Grable Gave by Ivy Alvarez (self-made, Cardiff, 2011)
Fireflies: A Collection of Haiku by Frank Ankenbrand, Jr. (The Schori Press, Evanston, IL, 1965. 11/500 Bible Paper). Size: 1-7/8” x 2”
Haiku Calendar 1970 by Frank Ankenbrand, Jr. & curated by Robert E. Massman (signed. Miniature book with a fold-out annual calendar with haiku on one side and accordion-fold intro and colophon on the oter. REM Miniatures, New Britain, CT, 1970. 141/150. BR, REM 35). Size 2-3/8” x 2-5/16”. Poetry. Read June 27.
Haiku Calendar 1970 by Frank Ankenbrand, Jr. & curated by Robert E. Massman (signed. Miniature book with a fold-out annual calendar with haiku on one side and accordion-fold intro and colophon on the oter. REM Miniatures, New Britain, CT, 1970. 141/150. BR, REM 35). Size 2-3/8” x 2-5/16”. Poetry. Read June 27.
The Kings & Queens of England: an Anonymous Mnemonic (Poole Press, 1981. Signed by Maryline Adams. 18/100). Size: 2” x 1.75”
Memory by Sacha Archer (self-made limited edition/wrapped scroll format, Canada, nd)
'wav.' by Sacha Archer (booklet accompanies CD of ambient poetics, Simulacrum, Canada, 2019). Size: 3" x 4"
2028 by Sacha Archer (Simulacrum, Canada, 2018). Size: 5" x 3"
All This Falling Away by Tim Armentrout (Dusi/e, Switzerland, 2007). Size: 4.5" x 4" [A SitWithMoi write-up]
THE FIRST STONE GIRL by Ed Baker (Tacoma Park, MD, 2005/2013). Size: 2" x 2" [A SitWithMoi write-up]
FLOWER FAIRIES: The Little Yellow Book by Cicely Mary Barker (Penguin Books, 1994). Size: 2.75”x 3.25”
Sonnets by E.B. Browning (H.M. Caldwell Co.’s “Miniature Series,” Boston; printed in Edinburgh, nd but vintage). Size: 2.5” x 3.5”
The Seasons by J Buffum (G.W. Cottrell, 1853). Size: 2" x 3"
In Her Birthday Dress by George Balance (Glennifer Press, 1977). Size: 2” x 2”
FLOWER FAIRIES: The Little Yellow Book by Cicely Mary Barker (Penguin Books, 1994). Size: 2.75”x 3.25”
hu/yh? by Gary Barwin (phafours, Ottawa, 2012). Size: 3” x 4”
Two Poems from Les Fleurs du Mal by Charles Baudelaire, Trans. By F.P. Sturm with watercolors by Carol Cunningham (accordion with original watercolors, Sunflower Press, Mill Valley, CA, 2000. C/20). Size: 2-1/8” x 2.5”. Poetry/Art. Read/viewed June 11.
STEPS: A Notebook by Tom Beckett (Meritage Press/Tiny Books Series, San Francisco & St. Helena, 2008). Size: 1.75" x 1.75"
THE CHAIRMAN SPEAKS by Tom Beckett (Minitage Editions, Kent, Ohio, 2013). Size: 2 1/6" x 3" [A SitWithMoi write-up]
THE CHAIRMAN SPEAKS by Tom Beckett (Minitage Editions, Kent, Ohio, 2013). Size: 2 1/6" x 3" [A SitWithMoi write-up]
Zimzalla 005 by Derek Beaulieu (In cotton bag with magnifying glass, zimZalla, U.K., 2011). Size 1” x 1”
OCTOBER POEMS [Mixed Up] by C. Mehrl Bennett (Luna Bisonte Prods, 2019). Size: 3.75” x 1-3/8” (Columbus, OH, 2019)
BETJEMAN IN MINIATURE by Sir John Betjeman (Glennifer Press, 1976). Size: 2” x 2”
Unit by Jeff Blackman (phafours, Ottawa, 2016. 2 copies). Size: 3” x 4”
LIVING IS NO LAUGHING MATTER, RIGHT? with text by John Bloomberg-Rissman and Design by Kathy Bloomberg-Rissman (J&K Productions / Tiny Chairs Editions, Claremont, CA, 2013). Size: 2" x 2" [A SitWithMoi write-up]
LONG AFTER ECCLESIASTES by Ray Bradbury (in slipcase, Gold Stein Press, Santa Ana, CA, 1985). Size: 2-3/8” x 2.75”
A Triptych of Andrews by Andrew Brenza (loose pages in slipcase, The Blasted Tree, Canada, 2019. Edition of 50). Size: 3.25": x 3-58"
ANNE BRADSTREET with Introduction by Polly Kemp (Tamazunchale Press, Newton, IA, 1986. 11/250). Size: 2” x 2.5”
A Triptych of Andrews by Andrew Brenza (loose pages in slipcase, The Blasted Tree, Canada, 2019. Edition of 50). Size: 3.25": x 3-58"
A Drought of Ichor by Heath Brougher (Green Panda Press, 2015). Size: 2.75” x 2.25”
SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (Thomas Y Crowell & Co., New York, nd). Size: 2" x 2.5"
SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (Thomas Y Crowell & Co., New York, nd). Size: 2" x 2.5"
SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (Running Press, 1989). Size: 2.75” x 3.25”
Sonnets by E.B. Browning (H.M. Caldwell Co.’s “Miniature Series,” Boston; printed in Edinburgh, nd but vintage). Size: 2.5” x 3.5”
GEMS from E.B. Browning (Collins Clear-type Preess, Circa 1910). Size 2.75” x 3.75”
CHANGE IN THEIR POCKETS by Catherine Brunet (phafours, Ottawa, 2014). Size: 3” x 4”
Friendship’s Jewel by J Buffum (G.W. Cottrell, 1851). Size: 2.25" x 3"
LUCK by Charles Bukowski (Black Sparrow Press, 1987). Size: 4" x 4" [A SitWithMoi write-up]
POEMS by Robert Burns (Burgess & Bowes Midget Classics, London, 1907). Size: 2.25" x 3"
The Well-Versed Cat (Running Press, 1993). Size: 2-7/8” x 3.25”
99c[ents] by Allison Chisholm (Pudding of Sky Press, edition of 41, 2018). Size: 2" x 2"
Burns’ Poems [Robert Burns] (H.M. Caldwell Co.’s “Miniature Series,” Boston; printed in Edinburgh, nd but vintage). Size: 2.5” x 3.5”
POEMS by Robert Burns (Burgess & Bowes Midget Classics, London, 1907). Size: 2.25" x 3"
The Cottar’s Saturday Night and Other Poems by Robert Burns (David Bryce & Son / Frederick A. Stokes, Glasgow / New York, printed at the University Press Glasgow, vintage). Size: 1-3/8” x 2-1/8”
The Wit of Burns, edited by Ian MacDonald (Glennifer Press, Scotland, 1978). Size: 2.5” x 2-7/8”
Network of Wires by Gary C. Busha (Wolfsongs Publications, Sturtevant, WI, 2014). Size: 3" x 4.25"
Landing by Angela Caravan (post ghost press, 18/25, 2018). Size: 3” x 4”
THE OFFERING edited by S.C. Carter (G.W. Cottrell, Boston, 1864). Size: 2.25” x 3-1/8”
Fish and Moon by Terry Ann Carter (phafours, Ottawa, 2015). Size: 3” x 4”
3 chapters toward an epic by Michael e. Casteels (phafours, Ottawa, 2014). Size: 3” x 4”
INKLINGS IN VERSE by Adelaide Castillo (Mini Press, Torrance, CA 1984). Size: 2” x 2.25”
The Whole Benefits that Paper Brings by Thomas Churchyard with engravings by Anthony Christmas (The Fleece Press, Queen Anne hand-made paper, nd. Edition of 285). Size: 3” x 1.75”
Spider in a White Suit by Conyer Clayton (phafours, Ottawa, 2017). Size: 3” x 4”
The Dark River by Elizabeth Jocelyn Cleaveland (A.D.F. Randolph II / Clark & Maynard, 1863). Size: 3” x 4”
BRIEFS: poems by tram combs with illustrations by d. clark (The Hillside Press, Franklin, N.H., 1966). Size: 2” x 2.25”
SOVEREIGNTY by Franco Cortese (The Blasted Tree Art Collective & Publishing Co., Canada, August 2018. Ltd edition of 60)
WALTER COLTON'S CHRISTMAS POEM IN 1846, with two drawings by Michael de Weese (Hilleary & Petko, Monterey, 1985). Size: 2" x 2.25"
The Entertaining and Facetious History of John Gilpin by William Cowper (The Press of Ward Schori, 1982). Size: 1-5/8” x 2-3/8”
not a woman by Alicia Cumming (phafours, Ottawa, 2015). Size: 3” x 4”
Silverpearl Plums by Carol Cunningham (Signed. Sunflower Press, 1986. 41/85). Size: 1.75” x 2.25”
AWAKENING and Other Poems by Frank Marshall Davis (Black Cat Press, Skokie, IL, 1978. 2 copies). Size: 2.25" x 2.75"
Black Man’s Verse by Frank Marshall Davis (With Robert Massman’s Bookplate #265, Black Cat Press, Chicago, 1935). Size: 2.5” x 2-5/8”
Requiem for my Pre-COVID19 Life, or Keep Your Worries in Here by Melinda Luisa de Jesús (tincan-bound accordion book, sp, (July 2020). Size: 1.5” x 3”
mango dancer by Melinda Luisa de Jesús (Minitage Editions, St. Helena, CA, 2019). Size: 3” x 3”
hay(na)ku: mangoes by Melinda Luisa de Jesús (Minitage Editions, St. Helena, CA, 2019). Size: 3” x 3”
SPAM by Stinson Zacarias de Jesús-Tinsman (Minitage Editions, St. Helena, CA, 2019). Size: 3” x 3”
hay(na)ku: shadow by Malaya Lanikai de Jesús-Tinsman (Minitage Editions, St. Helena, CA, 2019). Size: 3” x 3”
talking giraffes by Michael Dennis (phafours, Ottawa, 2015. 2 copies). Size: 3” x 4”
A Tiny Christmas Poem by Kevin Devaney (sp, 2020). Size: 1-1/8” x 1-7/8”
A COLLECTION OF TINY POEM BOOKS ABOUT CATS & DOGS: A doggie poem book, A fat cat poem book, and A dog poem book by Kevin Devaney (sp in matchboxes, California). Size: 1.25” x 2”
A COLLECTION OF TINY POEM BOOKS ABOUT SEA CREATURES: A gecko & octopus poem book, A manatee poem book, A humpback whale poem book, and A tropical fish poem book by Kevin Devaney (sp in matchboxes, California). Size: 1.25” x 2”
JAMES DICKEY POEMS 1957-1967 (Wesleyan University Press, nd but assume close to 1967 as it’s a “miniature preview edition”, 500 edition). Size: 2” x 3”
Poems For Life by Emily Dickinson (Anne & David Bromer, 1977). Size: 1.5” x 2-3/8”
Six Poems of MVTABILITIE by Divers Authors—Anonymous, Christopher Marlowe, Sir Walter Raleigh, Edmund Waller, Ezra Pound and Saint Teresa d’Avila (signed. Wind & Harlot Press, Shaker Heights OH. 7/44). Size: 1.75” x 2-1/8”
glass studio by Anita Dolman (phafours, Ottawa, 2015). Size: 3” x 4”
NO MAN IS AN ISLAND by John Donne (Peacock Press, Berkeley 1964): Size: 2.75" x 3.25"
NO MAN IS AN ISLAND by John Donne (Peacock Press, Berkeley 1964): Size: 2.75" x 3.25"
LONDON POETS / A BOOK OF ENGLISH VERSE (Donne, Milton, Blake and Swinburne) (Geoffrey Parker, Wimbish Village near Saffron Walden, nd). Size: 2.25” X 3”
cluster of as by Amanda Earl (phafours, Ottawa, 2012). Size: 3” x 4”
VASE OF FLOWERS edited by Anna Elizabeth (J Buffum, Boston, 1851). Size: 2.25" x 3-1/8"
Dibdin’s Ghost by Eugene Field (The Beaverdam Press, 1986. 29/135). Size: 2.75” x 2-1/8”
Dibdin’s Ghost by Eugene Field (Lorson’s Books and Prints, Fullerton, 1980. Edition 500). Size: 2.25” x 2-8/8”
The Lullaby Book of Poems by Eugene Field (Signed by Ward Schori, Ward Schori Press, 1963. 195/600). Size: 2.25” x 2”
from beyond my window: the Covid-19 Poems by Donna Fleischer (Meritage Press/Minitage Editions, 2020). Size: 1-7/8" x 2.25"
SHE by Susana Gardner (Dusie, Switzerland, 200_). Size: 2" x 2"
diverting history of john gilpin (The Hillside Press, Franklin, NH, 1970. 58/250)
Rain, O'er Me by Rachael Goetzke (chapbookpublisher.com, nd). Size: 3" x 4"
I FOUND OUT by Alisa Golden (accordion-style. never mind the press, 2016. 3/34) Size: 2-1/8” x 2-1/8”
THE TRAVELLER OR A PROSPECT OF SOCIETY by Oliver Goldsmith (Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., New York, nd but circa 1880). Size: 2” x 2.5”
THE TRAVELLER by Oliver Goldsmith (Thomas Y. Crowell, New York, antique). Size: 2-1/8” x 2.75”
briefly by LeRoy Gorman (pawEprint 89, Napanee, ON, 2017). Size: 3” x 4"
Poems of Hood by Grave and Gay (H.M. Caldwell Co.’s “Miniature Series,” Boston; printed in Edinburgh, nd but vintage). Size: 2.5” x 3.5”
The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray and William Collins (Wm. S. Orr & Co., London, circa 1848). Size: 2-3/8” x 3.75”
The Moon Poems by Gia Grillo (Ethel Zine and Press, 2019). Size: 4” x 4”
On Poetry and the Lava Monsters of Domesticity by Maren Grossman (Ethel Zine and Press, 2018). Size: 4” x 4”
the math by Phil Hall (phafours, Ottawa, 2018). Size: 3" x 4"
Alternative Ways of Looking at a Black Bird by Bing He (phafours, Ottawa, 2016). Size: 3” x 4”
Tools by Robert D. Hoeft with illustrations by Romilda Dilley (Mosaic Press, Cincinnatti, 1982). Size: 1.5” x 2"
A HOLLANDER GARLAND by John Hollander (Tamazunchale Press, Newton, IA 1985). Size: 2.25” x 2.5”
Poems of Promise by Philip O'Bryen Hoare (with Richard Simon's bookplate (Robert Massmann's nephew), Leopold B. Hill, London, c. 1915). Size: 2.5” x 3.75”
A HOLLANDER GARLAND by John Hollander (Tamazunchale Press, Newton, IA 1985). Size: 2.25” x 2.5”
Voices, Choices by Louisa Howerow (phafours, Ottawa, 2012). Size: 3” x 4”
REFUSE GHAZAL by Luisa A. Igloria (Meritage Press/Minitage Editions, 2020). Size: 3" x 3"
The Whirligig Id by Frank Irwin (Hillside Press, Franklin, NH, 1961. signed. 174/350). Size: 1-7/8” x 2-3/8”
THE DESERT by Robinson Jeffers (Dawson’s Book Shop, Los Angeles, 1976). Size: 2” x 2.75”
Speak which: hay(na)ku by Jill Jones (Meritage Press/Tiny Books Series, San Francisco & St. Helena, 2019 re-release of 2008 edition). Size: 1.75" x 1.75"
NEIGHBORLY by Genevieve Kaplan (Meritage Press' Minitage Editions, 2020). Size: 1.75" x 2.25"
NEIGHBORLY by Genevieve Kaplan (Meritage Press' Minitage Editions, 2020). Size: 1.75" x 2.25"
Randion screpts by Jukka-Pekka Kervinen (Meritage Press/Tiny Books Series, San Francisco & St. Helena, 2019 re-release of 2008 edition). Size: 1.75" x 1.75"
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (Collins Brown Dolphin Edition, London & Glasgow, nd though bookseller notes, “Worldcat.org says that the text is from Edward Fitzgerald's 1859 English version of this classic work and that it was probably printed pre-1956 and perhaps in 1927 although the book is undated.”). Size: 2.75” x 3-7/8”
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (Collins Brown Dolphin Edition, London & Glasgow, nd though bookseller notes, “Worldcat.org says that the text is from Edward Fitzgerald's 1859 English version of this classic work and that it was probably printed pre-1956 and perhaps in 1927 although the book is undated.”). Size: 2.75” x 3-7/8”
The Vampire & Other Poems by Rudyard Kipling (Saalfield Publishing Co., Akron, OH, vintage). Size: 2.5” x 3”
IF: A Special Poem by Rudyard Kipling (Great Pacific Book Co., Ventura, CA, 2005)
IF: A Special Poem by Rudyard Kipling (Great Pacific Book Co., Ventura, CA, 2005)
Kundiman by Emmanuel Lacaba, Trans. to English by Paolo Javier (self-produced tiny broadside in slipcase, nd). Size: broadside--2-1/8" x 2-1/2"; slipcase--2-3/4" x 4"
KUNDIMAN by Emmanuel Lacaba, Trans. from Tagalog by Paolo Javier (self-produced tiny broadside inside a "Red Envelope" slipcase for a Kundiman fundraiser). Size: 2 5/8" x 4 1/8"
FREE by Amanda Laughtland (Teeny Tiny, March 2007)
Poetry for Children, facsimile reproduction of work by Charles and Mary Lamb (Dawson’s Book Shop, Los Angeles, 1982. Ed 150). Size: 2” x 2-7/8”
The Feast of Lights by Emma Lazarus (BoPress Miniatures, Riverside, CA, 2018). Size: 1-3/4" x 2"
African Love Poems and Proverbs, compiled by Charlotte and Wolf Leslau (Peter Pauper Press, White Plains, 1970/1995). Size: 3.25” x 4”
Poetical Works of Longfellow (Eyre and Spottiswoode, London, antique). Size: 2” x 2.25”
Gilded cover with Art Noveau flowery design and gilded edges.
Longfellow Gems (Ernest Nister, London / E.P. Dutton, New York, antique). Size: 2.75” x 3.25”.
I Heard The Bells on Christmas Day by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (BoPress Miniatures, Riverside, CA, 2009). Size: 1" x 1-5/8"
Prelude to Bi / sym / me / try by Denise Low (Meritage Press' Minitage Editions, 2020). Size: 1.75" x 2.25"
Hay(na)ku in the Time of COVID-19 by Rebecca Mabanglo-Mayor (Meritage Press' Minitage Editions, 2020). Size: 1.75" x 2.25"
Lays of Ancient Rome by Lord Macaulay (David Bryce and Son, Glasgow, circa 1900). Size: 2.5” x 3.5”
METPO by Scott MacLeod (sp, 2020, 6/6). Size: 4” x 3”
REBLANCHEMENT (Conversations at the Wartime Cafe) by Sean Labrador Manzano ("business card," 2018. 2 copies). Size: 1.75" x 3.25"
A Question of Love (poems by C. Marlowe & W. Ralegh) (Wind & Harlot, 1990. 13/27). Size: 1.75” x 2.25”
MOMENTS OF AWARENESS And Other Poems by Helen Lowrie Marshall (Hallmark, nd/vintage). Size: 2-1/8” x 3-1/8”
PUT YOUR VEST FOOT FORWARD AND TRIP DOWN THE STAIRS: A Collection of Love Stories by Ian Martin (Fountain Press, nd). Size: 3” x 4”
Mary, Queen of Scots (H.M. Caldwell Co.’s “Miniature Series,” Boston; printed in Edinburgh, nd but vintage. 1 page (decorated title page) missing but doesn’t affect text). Size: 2.5” x 3.5”
With apologies to Carl Sandburg / CAT (Mauritom Press Keepsake for Conclave XV, 1997). Size: 2.75” x 2”
ACCEPTANCE SPEECH by rob mclennan (phafours, Ottawa, 2014). Size: 3” x 4”
Everything is Loose by Karl McComas-Reichl (Rabbit Catastrophe Press, Lexington, KY, 2012). Size: 4" x 4.25"
BEERS WITH EMILY D by Jim McCrary (nd)
THE LAST WORD by jim mccrary (Midwest-to-Mexico, Winter 2012): Size: 2 3/4" x 4" [A SitWithMoi write-up]
C letter from Strawberry Island by Edric Mesmer (A Destitute Press Production / The Thin Volume Series-No. 3, 2015. 34/100). Size: 3-3/8" x 4"
C letter from Strawberry Island by Edric Mesmer (A Destitute Press Production / The Thin Volume Series-No. 3, 2015. 34/100). Size: 3-3/8" x 4"
Reflections on MORTALITY in Prose and Poetry by Alice Meynell (The ABDdarium, Milwaukee, 1991). Size: 2.5” x 3”
Mary through the Looking Glass by Geraldine Monk (A Gargoyle Edition, nd; gift of BC). Size: 4” x 3.5”
NOVEL: a poem by Fred Moramarco (Greenhouse Review Press / Good Book Press, 1993. 49/40). Size: 2” x 2.75”
Fresh Roses by Sheila E. Murphy (Smallminded Books, 2017). Size: 3" x 4"
ABSOLUTE STATEMENT FOR MY MOTHER by bp Nichol (Seripress, Toronto, 1979. Edition: 200. Signed). Size: 2” x 2”
Haiku (for David A) by bp Nichol (CURVD H&Z, 15nov83. 130/300). Size: 2” x 2”
Hologram 4 by bp Nichol (CURVD H&Z #257, 28nov83. 1/60. Signed). Size: 5” x 2”
The frog’s obsession with the fly by bp Nichol (CURVD H&Z #102, Aug 19, 1981. Edition: 90). Size: 3-7/8” x 2-7/8”
ENTRANCE ONLY DO NOT ENTER by Aldon Nielsen (A Ham-Fisted Enterprises Production, 2019)
some hay by lars palm (Meritage Press/Tiny Books Series, San Francisco & St. Helena, 2019 re-release of 2008 edition). Size: 1.75" x 1.75"
some hay by lars palm (Meritage Press/Tiny Books Series, San Francisco & St. Helena, 2019 re-release of 2008 edition). Size: 1.75" x 1.75"
The Ballad of Yukon Jake by Edward E. Paramore, Jr. with illustrations by George Armstrong and calligraphy by Rebecca Shepherd. Gilt blue leatherette binding by Hugo Grummich (The Schori Press, Evanston, IL, (1979)). Size: 2” x 2-5/8”
OBVIOUSLY OBVIOUSLY NOT WI-IAT IT SEEMS by Rod Pederson (phafours, Ottawa, 2014). Size: 3” x 4”
New Year's by Sarah Pinder (sp, Canada, 2014. 17/50). Size: 4.25" x 2.75"
Bytown Boys by Pearl Pirie (phafours, Ottawa, 2013). Size: 3” x 4”
from the diaries of Semicolon by Pearl Pirie (phafours, Ottawa, 2015). Size: 3” x 4”
re disun cover by Pearl Pirie (phafours, Ottawa, 2011). Size: 3” x 4”
Sprockets Away by Pearl Pirie ((phafours, Ottawa, 2012). Size: 3” x 4”
The Course of Time by Robert Pollok (O. L. Sanborn, Portland, Maine, 1839). Size: 2-1/8” x 3-3/8”
276 pp.; a ten-book poem in blank verse, first published in 1827; the last published and most famous work of Scottish poet Robert Pollok; includes a memoir of the poet and index; title page is glued to front pastedown; some foxing. Bound in gilt-stamped brown calf; "Pollok" on spine.
"...And Then The Wind Did Blow...": Jainaku by Ernesto Priego (Meritage Press/Tiny Books Series, San Francisco & St. Helena, 2019 re-release of 2008 edition). Size: 1.75" x 1.75"
Newspaper Haiku (Prissy Fists Press, Canada, 2006). Size: 4.24” x 2.75"
5 books in Magnetic Box by Alexander Pushkin (OneInchBooks / Olga Rykovanova, nd / 2020). Sizes: 0.7” x 0.8”
Sing, lovely one, I beg no more…
Confession
To…
The Talisman
I loved you
THE PROJECT and THE APPLE TREE by Michael Puttonen (no publisher info; gift of BC). Size: 2.5” x 3.5”
the nipple variations by Monty Reid (post ghost press, 23/50, nd). Size: 3” x 4”
A New Beginning by Helen Steiner Rice (Fleming H. Revell, Michigan 1992). Size: 3-1/8” x 4”
Time for Reflection by Helen Steiner Rice (Fleming H. Revell, Michigan 1992). Size: 3-1/8” x 4”
Poems of Dante G. Rossetti (H.M. Caldwell Co.’s “Miniature Series,” Boston; printed in Edinburgh, nd but vintage). Size: 2.5” x 3.5”
Poems of Love: A Treasury of Verse (Running Press, 1993). Size: 2.75” x 3.25”
O YOU OF THE COTTON PAJAMAS! by Sarah Sarai (Forsootharian Press, New York and California, 2013)
The Blind Men and the Elephant by John Saxe (Carol Schwartzott, 1900s). Size: 3” x 2-34”
Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field in 6 Cantos by Sir Walter Scott (David Bryce & Son, Glasgow, circa 1900). Size: 2-3/8” x 3.5”
The Lady of the Lake: A Poem in 6 Cantos by Sir Walter Scott (David Bryce & Son / Frederick A. Stokes, Glasgow / New York, printed at the University Press Glasgow, 1907). Size: 1-3/8” x 2-1/8”
Shaker Advice to Children On Behavior At Table from the Shaker Historic Collection (signed by Ward Schori whose press is publisher, 1994. 36/169). Size: 2.25” x 2.75”
Shaker Advice to Children On Behavior At Table from the Shaker Historic Collection (signed by Ward Schori whose press is publisher, 1994. 36/169). Size: 2.25” x 2.75”
WAR IS THE FATHER OF US ALL by Guy Simser (phafours, Ottawa, 2015). Size: 3” x 4”
CICADA RADIO by Jessica Smith (phafours, Ottawa, 2014). Size: 3” x 4”
The Song of Solomon: A Biblical Love Poem (Running Press, 1990. 2 copies). Size: 2.75” x 3.25”
from THE TRADITION by Juliana Spahr (Meritage Press/Tiny Books Series, San Francisco & St. Helena, 2019 re-release of 2008 edition). Size: 1.75" x 1.75"
Self-Portrait by Gary Stark (phafours, Ottawa, 2012). Size: 3” x 4”
Avid Walls by Liminita Suse (phafours, Ottawa, 2012). Size: 3” x 4”
SHELLEY by A.C. Swinburne (Achille J. St. Onge, Worcester, 1973). Size: 1-7/7” x 2.75”
ALPHABET: Hay(na)ku Drawings with Poem For Rimbaud by Eileen R. Tabios (Meritage Press, St. Helena and San Francisco, 2007). 1.56" x 1.56"
Christmas by Eileen R. Tabios (chapbookpublisher.com, nd). Size: 3" x 4"
IT'S CURTAINS by Eileen Tabios (a dusie wee-chap, Switzerland, 2006). Sizes: 5 different copies of same text ranging in size from 2' x 2" to 2.75" x 3"
NOTA BENE: A Poetry Journal by Eileen R. Tabios (sp, 2007) [2019 Second Edition]
Poetical Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson (With etched sterling silver cover, Eyre and Spottiswoode (Bible Warehouse), Ltd., London / Edinburgh / New York, antique/c. 1900). Size: 2” x 2.25”
Poetical Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson (With etched sterling silver cover, Eyre and Spottiswoode (Bible Warehouse), Ltd., London / Edinburgh / New York, antique/c. 1900). Size: 2” x 2.25”
CROSSING THE BAR With Other Gleanings by Tennyson (Saalfield Publishing Co., Akron, OH, nd but early 20thcentury). Size: 2.5” x 3”
Publius Terentius Afer (Impensus G. Pickering/ Typis C. Corrall, London, 1822). Size: 8.2cm x 5.1cm
Miniature black leather binding, "Publius Terentius Afer" printed in Latin, with engraved frontis of Terence. Full gold gilt edges.
Publius Terentius Afer, better known in English as Terence, was a Roman playwright during the Roman Republic, of Berber descent. His comedies were performed for the first time around 170–160 BC. Terentius Lucanus, a Roman senator, brought Terence to Rome as a slave, educated him and later on, impressed by his abilities, freed him. Terence apparently died young, probably in Greece or on his way back to Rome. All of the six plays Terence wrote have survived.
One famous quotation by Terence reads: "Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto", or "I am human, and I think nothing human is alien to me." This appeared in his play Heauton Timorumenos
yet another last thumbnail picture show by Adam Thomlison (40-Watt Spotlight, Canada, nd). Size: 3” x 4”
a ninth-to-last thumbnail picture show by Adam Thomlison (40-Watt Spotlight, Canada, nd). Size: 3” x 4”
THE GRACES by Elizabeth Treadwell (a dusie wee-chap, Switzerland, 2006). Size: 2.75" x 3"
HANDBOOK FOR WITHDRAWAL by Erin Virgil (Clear Creek, CO, 2013). Size: 3.5" x 3" [A SitWithMoi write-up]
All Alone Again by Dan Waber (Meritage Press/Tiny Books Series, San Francisco & St. Helena, 2019 re-release of 2008 edition). Size: 1.75" x 1.75"
How to Write Your Life by Dan Waber (small change, 2015). Size: 2.75” x 4.25”
odes to common things for people with short attention spans by Dan Waber (chapbookpublishing.com, 2014). Sizes: looseleaf pages of 2” x 1-3/8” inside 3.5” x 1-1/8” envelope
6 Poems by Robert Penn Warren (Tamazunchale Press, Newton, 1987). Size: 2-5/8” x 1.75”
QUATRAINS by Ardis Manly Walker (signed, Sierra Trails Press, Kernville, CA, 1971). Size: 3” x 1-7/8”
Poems of Whittier [John Greenleaf Whittier] (H.M. Caldwell Co.’s “Miniature Series,” Boston; printed in Edinburgh, nd but vintage). Size: 2.5” x 3.5”
Poems of Pleasure by Ella W. Wilcox (Collins Clear-Type Press, London/Glasgow, circa 1900). Size: 3.25” x 4.25”
WORDSWORTH (The Rose Library #2, Andersons Edinsburgh Ltd, Scotland, nd). Size: 2-3/8" x 3-3/8"
The Complaint; or Night Thoughts, And the Force of Religion by Edward ong (Sanborn & Carter, Portland 1846). Size: 2.25” x 3.25”
MINI BOOK by Susan Yount (A Misty Publication, Chicago, 2013). Size: 2.25" x 2.25" [A SitWithMoi write-up]
BLOOD MOON And Other Haibun by Andrea Zawinski (Origami Poems Project, 2018). Size: 2.75" x 4.25"
BLOOD MOON And Other Haibun by Andrea Zawinski (Origami Poems Project, 2018). Size: 2.75" x 4.25"
Drifting Sands by Andrea Zawinski (Origami Poems Project, 2019). Size: 2.75" x 4.25"
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Journals and Anthologies:
LOVE: A Book of Poetry (Ariel / Andrews and MacMeel, Kansas City, MO 1992). Size: 3.25" x 3.75"
INDUSTRIAL SABOTAGE #13, compiled by jwcurry (1982-83). Size: 4.25” x 2”
MATCHBOOK, Vol. 5, Guest Editor Michael Jeffrey Lee (Small Fires Press, New Orleans 2019. Edition 500). Size: 1.5" x 1.75"
MATCHBOOK, Vol. 4, Guest Editor Jessica Elsaesser (Small Fires Press, New Orleans 2017. Edition 500). Size: 1.5" x 1.75"
Semina 10, literary/art journal, Fall 2018. Size: 3” x 4”
TEENY TINY ZINE edited by Amanda Laughtland (Teeny Tiny, December 2011. 2 copies)
TEENY TINY ZINE edited by Amanda Laughtland (Teeny Tiny, March 2007)
MOTHER [various authors] (Saalfield Publishing Co., Akron, OH, vintage). Size: 2.5” x 3.25”
Poems of the Great War: An Anthology 1914-1918 edited by Christopher Navratil (Running Press, Philadelphia, 2014). Size: 2.75" x 3.25"MOTHER [various authors] (Saalfield Publishing Co., Akron, OH, vintage). Size: 2.5” x 3.25”
A Treasury of Children’s Poetry (Running Press, 1994). Size: 2.75” x 3.25”
MY ROSARY And Other Love Poems, compiled by Saalfield Publishing-Norka Series (Akron, OH, 1915). Size: 2.25" x 3"
THE SECRETS OF POETS: An Anthology edited by Eileen R. Tabios (Eileen's Tiny Books Library / Meritage Press, Saint Helena, CA, 2019). Size: 1-3/4" x 2-1/4"
GEMS FROM WHITTIER (Collins Clear-Type Press, London and Glasgow, circa 1900). Size: 3” x 4.25”
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Three from The Marvelous Miniature Library: Paradise Lost by John Milton; Hamlet and Macbeth by William Shakespeare; Love and Other Stories by Guy de Maupassant, Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes, The Golden Treasury of English Songs, and The Arabian Nights Entertainments (Miniature Dictionary Publishers, Inc., New York, nd but antique. Case indicates it was made in France). Size of Books: 1.5” x 2"
Nota Bene:
William Shakespeare is HERE.
Poems-For-All produced by Robert Hansen is HERE.
Meritage Press poetry titles HERE.
Some poetry titles released through Germany's Miniaturbuchverlag Leipzig in der Wartelsteiner GmbH HERE.
Some poetry titles released through Spain's Del Prado HERE.
Some poetry titles released through Achille J. St. Onge HERE.
Some poetry titles in RELIGION AND CHRISTMAS over HERE.
