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Borglum in Texas, signed, a miniature artist’s book

sara — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:55:39 +0000

(Windcrest Press) Borglum in Texas. By Valentine J. Poska. [San Antonio. Texas.] 1991. 2.75” x 1.875”. Set by hand. Front endpaper with illustration of Mount Rushmore. Tipped in photograph and 3c and 29c stamps of Mount Rushmore. Red cloth binding with ‘B’ in gilt on front. No. 25 of 75 copies, signed by Val Poska.

This book commemorates the 50th anniversary of the dedication of Mount Rushmore.

Provenance: From the collection of Kathryn Ida Hill Rickard. With her Bookplate.

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Saroyan: Love of Paper, a miniature artist’s book

sara — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:47:02 +0000

(Peter & Donna Thomas) Saroyan: Love of Paper. Santa Cruz. [CA] 1991. 3” x 2.25”. Printed and bound by Peter & Donna Thomas using paper they made from rag, Russian hemp rope, abaca, cotton, and other stray fibers. Paper in shades of dusky rose and white. Frontispiece is U.S. 29c stamp of William Saroyan. Bound with textured dusky pink paper over boards, simple relief design and title on front. No. 142 in an edition of 150 copies.

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Pearl S. Buck’s My Chinese Childhood, a miniature artist’s book

sara — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:34:38 +0000

(Tamazunchale Press) My Chinese Childhood. By Pearl S. Buck. Newton, Iowa. 1986. 2.5” x 1.75”. Frontispiece of U.S. stamp of Pearl Buck. Printed in Trinité type by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, Holland. Bound by Reliure d’Art du Centre S.A., France, in brown leather with gilt title on front and spine; relief design on front. Faith Harrison marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. No. 4 in an edition of 250 copies, signed by Charlotte Smith.

Provenance: From the collection of Kathryn Ida Hill Rickard. With her Bookplate.

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Claude Monet by Janet Savin, a miniature artist’s book

sara — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:30:59 +0000

(Tamazunchale Press) Claude Monet. By Janet Savin. Newton, Iowa. 1984. 2.75” x 2.25”. Frontispiece of a French 1 Franc postal stamp of a Monet painting. Printed in Trinité type by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, Holland. Bound by Reliure d’Art du Centre S.A., France, in purple leather with gilt title on spine and front. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. No. 4 in an edition of 250 copies, signed by Charlotte Smith.

Provenance: From the collection of Kathryn Ida Hill Rickard. With her Bookplate.

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Washington Irving’s Literary Antiquary from Bracebridge Hall

sara — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:29:13 +0000

(Tamazunchale Press) A Literary Antiquary from Bracebridge Hall.By Washington Irving. Newton. [IA] 1984. 2.5” x 1.75”. A 1940s 10 cent stamp of Washington Irving used as a frontispiece. Printed in Trinité type by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, Holland. Bound by Reliure d’art du Centre S.A., France, in tan leather with gilt title on front. Cockerell marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. No. 25 in an edition of 250 copies.

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Pueblo Art in stamps, in a miniature artist’s book

sara — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:24:15 +0000

(Somesuch Press) Pueblo Art, Southwestern Indian Pottery. [By] Francis H. Harlow. With an Introduction by Ford Ruthling, Designer of U.S. ‘Pueblo Art’ Postage Stamps. Dallas. [TX] 1983. 2.75” x 2”. Tipped-in are 4 stamps showing Pueblo art. Designed, printed and bound by Don Graeme
Kelley and Susan Acker at the Feathered Serpent Press, San Rafael, California. Bound in tan cloth with black title on spine and black and tan pot on front. Decorated black and tan endpapers. No. 9 in an edition of 395 thus.

Provenance: From the collection of Kathryn Ida Hill Rickard. With her Bookplate.

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Britain’s “Queen Mum,” a miniature artist’s book

sara — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:36:20 +0000

(Press of Ward Schori) Majesty: Britain’s “QUEEN MUM ” . By Francis J. Weber. Evanston, Illinois. 1990.
Frontispiece British 20p stamp of the Queen Mother. Black and white photographic reproductions. Designed and typeset by Ward Schori using Centaur for the text and other parts except for the title, which is, appropriately, named Royal Script. Printing done by photolithography at The Schori Press. Printed on white velvet finish Vintage No. 1 Coated by Northwest. Bound by Hugo in brown suedette with gilt title on spine and gilt title and the crest of the House of Windsor on front board. All edges gilt. [200 copies?] Signed by Ward K. Schori.

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Carl Sandburg’s Address on Abraham Lincoln, bound in a minature book

sara — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:10:20 +0000

(Achille J. St. Onge) Abraham Lincoln 1809 – 1959: The Address by Carl Sandburg before the United States Congress Washington, D.C. February 12, 1959.Worcester. [MA] 2.625” x 1.875”. Frontispiece of a beardless Lincoln on a 1c stamp. Printed from Spectrum type on Antique paper by Joh. Enschede en Zonen, Holland. Bound by Froost en Brandt, Holland, in tan leather with gilt title and decoration on front. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. An edition of 2000 copies.

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Flowers & Plants on the United States Postage Stamps

sara — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:59:53 +0000

(River’s Edge Studio) Flowers & Plants on the United States Postage Stamps. [By] Miriam B. Lawrence. East Greenwich, R.I. 1970. 3.25” x 2. 375”. Illustrated with 16 tipped-in U.S. stamps. Printed on handmade Hayle paper from England, by Joh. Enschede en Zonen, Holland. In a total edition of 500 copies, this is No. 56 of 200 bound in full green leather with gilt title on front and spine by Reliure du Centre, Limoge, France. Brown patterned endpapers. All edges gilt.

Provenance: From the collections of Alene B. Potter and Rabbi Kalman Levitan. With their Bookplates.

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Fifty State Stamps – a miniature artist’s book for stamp collectors

sara — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:40:09 +0000

(Splendid Press) Fifty State Birds & Flowers on stamps: An Album. Mill Valley, California. 1982. 2.75” x 2.75”. Designed, printed and bound by Susan Acker & Carol Cunningham. Blue leather spine with gilt title, and blue cloth boards with a bird pattern. Slipover cover with bird and flower stamp imprint.

This is one of 50 numbered copies signed by Acker and Cunningham in an edition of 70. Slight fading to spine. Provenance: From the collection of Kathryn Ida Hill Rickard. With her Bookplate.

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