[Rarebooks] FS: Miniatures/Bindings

Deborah Thornton Pendleton dtpendle at ceinetworks.com
Thu Oct 5 12:00:06 EDT 2006


For your consideration:

ROSA BONHEUR'S HORSE FAIR. n.p., n.d. Miniature flip book (approx. 
1-1/4" x 1-5/16"); 24pp. Bound in full green morocco with decorative 
gilt spine and gilt cover title. A near fine book with slight wear at 
the joints. With the miniature bookplate of collector Julia Wightman. A 
facsimile of a 1883 flip book illustrated with silhouettes of a 
galloping horse. A charmingly playful interactive miniature. $425

TUER, Andrew White. QUADS FOR AUTHORS, EDITORS & DEVILS. London: Field & 
Tuer; Simpkin; Hamilton, 1884. "Midget Folio." Miniature Book, (approx. 
1-1/2" x 1-1/16"); 146; [18]p. Exquisitely bound in full brown morocco, 
all edges gilt. Covers with gilt rules and corner ornaments; gilt 
decoration and titles on spine. Marbled endpapers with collector Julia 
Wightman's  miniature bookplate. Frontis of robot setting type. Housed 
in green morocco pull-off slipcase decorated with gilt, made and signed 
by Julia Wightman. Welsh 6857. $1300

D. T. Pendleton Fine & Antiquarian Books
Box 257
Oley, PA 19547

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