| Dates: | 1631-1994, undated |
| Size: | 2.5 linear feet, includes 204 titles |
| Repository: | Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections, 400 S. State Street, Chicago, IL 60605 |
| Collection Number: | spe-a00217 |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition: | The bulk of the collection was donated by Peggy P. Lebold in 1978. Additional titles were purchased or donated from various donors and sources including the Miniature Book Society and Amos Paul Kennedy Jr./Jubilee Press. |
| Language of Materials: | Materials are primarily in English with a few titles in Arabic, Dutch, French, German, Latin and Spanish. |
| Conditions Governing Access: | Materials are open without restrictions. |
| Conditions Governing Use: | Please consult staff to determine ability to reuse materials from collection. |
| Preferred Citation: | When quoting material from this collection the preferred citation is, Miniature Books and Keepsakes Collection, [Box #, Folder # or Shelf #], Special Collections, Chicago Public Library. |
| Finding Aid Author: | Original bibliographic list updated by Michelle McCoy in 2025. Ingested into Archives Space in 2026 |
Abstract
The Miniature Books and Keepsakes Collection contains miniature books and small printed items, or keepsakes, that span four centuries from 1631 to 1993. Included is the Peggy Lebold Miniature Book Collection along with books and printed keepsakes from other sources such as Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. and the Miniature Book Society.
Biographical/Historical
A miniature book is a very small book, typically no larger than three to four inches in any dimension, depending on the standard set by a collector or book society. The format has been around for many centuries and utilized by cultures around the world.
Miniatures can be further classed into four size categories: Ultra Micro Mini (a book measuring smaller than ¼ inches), Micro Mini (a book measuring in between ¼ and 1 inch), Mini (a book measuring in between 1 and 3 inches) and a Macro Mini (a book measuring between 3 and 4 inches).
Popular types of miniature books include almanacs, Bibles, Qur'ans, dictionaries, bilingual dictionaries, short stories, verse, famous speeches, children's stories, artist books and the miniaturization of well-known books.
Scope and Contents
The Miniature Books and Keepsakes Collection contains miniature books and small printed items that span four centuries from 1631 to 1993. Included is the Peggy Lebold Miniature Book Collection along with books and printed keepsakes from other sources such as Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. and the Miniature Book Society.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into three series:
- Series 1: Peggy Lebold Miniature Book Collection, 1631-1961, undated
- Series 2: Miniature Books and Keepsakes from Jubilee Press, 1992-1994
- Series 3: Miniature Books from Multiple Sources, 1879-1993
Subject Headings
- Bible -- Thumb Bibles
- Black Cat Press
- Gift books
- Kennedy, Amos Paul, Jr. (1950)
- Miniature Book Society
- Miniature books
- Miniature bookplates
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Miniature books
- Souvenirs (Keepsakes) in literature
- Wall, Bernhardt
Related Collections
- Chicago Printers Guild Records
- Drawing and Print Collection
- Norman W. Forgue Collection
Container List
Series 1: Peggy P. Lebold Miniature Book Collection, 1631-1961, undated
Biographical Note
Peggy P. Lebold (1897-1982) is a noted Chicago antiquarian collector. She married Foreman Michael “Mike” Leopold in 1936. Mike Leopold, the eldest Leopold family son, changed his last name to Lebold following the notoriety of his brother Nathan Leopold’s murder conviction along with Richard Loeb in 1924. Mike Lebold ran the Morris Paper Mill and was a noted collector of publications, letters and artifacts related to Abraham Lincoln.
Scope and Contents
Series 1 contains 163 titles collected by Peggy Lebold. Lebold kept many of the titles in her collection in custom-made miniature bookcases, one of which revolves and holds 38 books of The Ellen Terry Shakespeare published in Glasgow, Scotland by David Bryce and Son Publishers. Her collection also includes one of the smallest books ever created, The Rose Garden of Omar Khayyam from 1932, with dimensions of 0.5cm x 1 cm. Lebold’s miniature bookplates measure 1 x 1 cm or 0.5 x 0.5 cm have been affixed to the inside pastedown of her collection except for some ultra micro mini books where this was not possible. The original book placement in Lepold’s custom cases has been maintained when possible. These bookcases are referred to as boxes in the inventory in keeping with the library’s archival descriptive practices. Boxes provided by the archives, however, do not include shelf numbers. All books are measured in centimeters length by width by depth.
Arrangement
Series 1 is arranged alphabetically by title or author’s last name.
| Box 1 | Shelf 1 | ABC Book; Children’s Primer--with alphabet, scripture catechism & graces, [place of publication unknown; original wrappers, 6.7 x 5.1 x 0.2 cm], undated |
| Box 1 | Shelf 6 | Almanach auf das Jahr 1834, Karlsruhe: publisher unknown, [original printed wrappers, illustrated, 1.9 x 1.3 x 0.2 cm, 1833] |
| Box 1 | Shelf 2 | Andrews, Byron. The Facts about the Candidate [Theodore Roosevelt], Chicago: Sam Stone [original wrappers, illustrated, 5.5 x 4.5 x 1.0 cm], 1904 |
| Box 1 | Shelf 8 | [Arabic book, bound in red leatherette, 2.5 x 1.8 x 1.0 cm], undated |
| Box 1 | Shelf 6 | [Arabic book, in metal locket with magnifying window, bound in red leatherette, 2.2 x 1.9 x 1.1 cm], undated |
| Box 1 | Shelf 2 | [Aunt Laura]. Fairy Tales, Buffalo: Breed, Butler & Co., [bound in green cloth, 5.4 x 4.1. x 0.6 cm], 1862 |
| Box 1 | Shelf 7 | [Barrow, Frances Elizabeth. Daisy books by Aunt Fanny, no. 1, Buffalo: Breed & Lent, bound in brown cloth, 3.5 x 3 x 0.5 cm, 1866] |
| Box 1 | Shelf 3 | Bennett, Charles H. The Fables of Aesop, Jamaica: Edmund S. Wood (Minia Press) [bound in red leatherette, illustrated, uncut, 5 x 4.3 x 0.7 cm], 1943 |
| Box 1 | Shelf 6 | Biblia ofte Inhoud des O. en N. Testaments, ‘s Hage: P. Servaas [bound in red leather with ornametal metal clasps, illustrated, 3.8 x 2.9 x 1.1 cm], 1750 |
| Box 1 | Shelf 3 | Bible. English. Selections. The Little Bible: Contains Selections from Every Book of the Bible as Found in the King James Version, Elgin, Ill.: David C. Cook [bound in white leatherette, illustrated, 5.5 x 4.5 x 0.4 cm], undated |
| Box 1 | Shelf 3 | Bible. English. Selections. The Little Bible: Simple Selections from Every Book in the Bible Arranged in Regular Order, Elgin, Ill.: David C. Cook [bound in red leatherette, illustrated, 5.5 x 4.5 x 0.4 cm], undated |
| Box 1 | Shelf 3 | Bible. English. Selections. The Little Bible: Simple Selections from Every Book in the Bible Arranged in Regular Order, Elgin, Ill.: David C. Cook [bound in black leatherette, 5.5 x 4.5 x 0.4 cm], undated |
| Box 3 | Shelf 2 | Bible. English. [1901] The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, translated out of the original tongues...by His Majesty’s special command, Glasgow: David Bryce and Son [bound in calf with a magnifying glass set, 4.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm, 1901] |
| Box 2 | Shelf 3 | Bible. English. [1901] The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, translated out of the original tongues...by His Majesty’s special command, Glasgow: David Bryce and Son [“The Coronation Bible,” color miniature of King George V and Queen Mary tipped in, bound in calf with a magnifying glass set, 4.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm, 1901] |
| Box 1 | Shelf 6 | Bible. New Testament, The New Testament of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Glasgow: David Bryce & Son [bound in dark blue leatherette, 1.9 x 1.6 x 0.7 cm] (2 copies in slipcase), 1895 |
| Box 1 | Shelf 8 | Bible. New Testament. The New Testament of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Glasgow, David Bryce & Son [bound in red leatherette, 2 x l.9 x 0.7 cm], 1895 |
| Box 3 | Shelf 1 | Bible. New Testament. Gospels. St. Matthew. Évangile de Notre Seigneur Jesus Christ selon Saint Matthiéu. D’après la version revue par J.F. Ostervald. Haarlem: Jean Evschedé et Fils [bound in brown cloth, 6.4 x 5 x 0.25 cm], 1900 |
| Box 1 | Shelf 6 | Bible. New Testament. Selections. Holy Bible, contains 224 pages of the New Testament of Our Lord, Jesus Christ, U.S.A.: publisher unknown [bound in original wrappers, illustrated, 3.8 x 2.9 x 0.9 cm] (2 copies), undated |
| Box 2 | Shelf 3 | Bible History. New York, S. Wood, [bound in full calf, illustrated, 4.9 x 3.4 x 2.0 cm], 1811 |
| Box 2 | Shelf 2 | Bible History, Leicester, [Mass.]: Hori Brown [bound in black calf, frontispiece, 1 7/8 x 1 3/8 x 5/8 inches, missing last 2 pages], 1816 |
| Box 3 | Shelf 2 | The Bible in Miniature, or a Concise History of the Old and New Testaments, London: Printed for E. Newberry [bound in red calf with metal clasp, illustrated, 4.1 x 3.2 x 2.1 cm], 1780 |
| Box 2 | Shelf 3 | Bible in Miniature, or a Concise History of the Old and New Testaments, London: E. Newberry [bound in green calf, illustrated, 4.1 x 3.2 x 2.1 cm], 1780 |
| Box 2 | Shelf 2 | The Bible in Miniature; or a Concise History of the Old and New Testaments, Gainsborough: Printed by H. Mozley [bound in brown velvet with slipcase, illustrated, 4.1 x 3.2 x 2.1 cm], 1808 |
| Box 2 | Shelf 2 | Bible in Miniature; or, a Concise History of the Old and New Testaments, Gainsborough: Printed by H. Mozley, [bound with marbled boards, illustrated, 5.1 x 4.5 x 1.1 cm], 1815 |
| Box 1 | Shelf 6 | Bijou Illustrations of Christ’s Life, London: Rock & Co. [bound in leatherette, cased with 4 other books, 3 x 2.5 x 0.4 cm], 1850 |
| Box 3 | Shelf 1 | Blumenthal, Walter Hart. Formats and Foibles: A Few Books Which Might be Called Curious, Worcester, MA: Achille J. St. Onge [bound in red calf, 6 x 5 x 0.7 cm], 1956 |
| Box 1 | Shelf 1 | [Book of Daily Verses], title page missing, publisher unknown [bound in brown cloth, annotated throughout], 8 x 6.3 x 1.1 cm, [1862] |
| Box 1 | Shelf 1 | Brooks, Van Wyck. From a Writer’s Notebook, Worcester, Mass.: Achille J. St. Onge [bound in green calf, 6 x 4.5 x 7 cm], 1955 |
| Box 3 | Shelf 3 | Browning, Elizabeth Barrett. Sonnets from the Portuguese, Jamaica, NY: Edmund S. Wood (Minia Press), [bound in maroon leatherette, 6 x 4.5 x 0.9 cm], 1943 |
| Box 1 | Shelf 5 | California Missions. Sierra Madre, Calif.: Bernhardt Wall [etched, signed and inscribed by Bernhardt Wall, no. 29, 4.8 x 3.15 x 0.35 cm], 1947 |
| Box 1 | Shelf 5 |
California Missions, Sierra Madre, Calif.: Bernhardt Wall
[bound in red leatherette, etched by Bernhardt Wall, no. 19, 4.1 x 3.3 x 0.5 cm] (copy 2), 1947 |
| Box 2 | Shelf 2 | Carroll, Lewis. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland with 42 illustrations by John Tenniel, Jamaica, NY: Edmund S. Wood (Minia Press) [bound in green leatherette, 6.1 x 4.5 x 1 cm], circa 1940s |
| Box 1 | Shelf 1 |
Carroll, Lewis. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, with 42 illustrations by John Tenniel, Paris: Minia Press, undated [bound in red calf, 8 x 5.6 x 1.4 cm], [19--] |
| Box 1 | Shelf 1 | Carroll, Lewis. Through the Lookingglass and What Alice Found There. Paris: Minia Press [bound in red calf, illustrated, 8 x 5.6 x 1.5 cm], [19--] |
| Box 2 | Shelf 2 | Catholic Church. Liturgy. Offices of the Virgin, Offici [um] B. Mariae Virlginis] sub Vibano V[Jacuna] recognitum. Cum septem plalTacunal poenitentialibus a alíis, Venice: Apud Turrinum, [bound in brown calf with slipcase, 4 x 3.2 x 1.2 cm], 1642 |
| Box 3 | Shelf 3 | Catullus. Tibullus et propertius, London: Impensis G. Pickering, [bound in brown cloth, 9.1 x 5.5 x 1 cm], 1824 |
| Box 3 | Shelf 1 | Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de. El ingenioso hildalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha, 3rd ed., Madrid: Ediciones Castilla, [bound in green leatherette with slipcase, illustrated, 2 vols., 6.1 x 4.2 x 1.8 cm], 1952 |
| Box 3 | Shelf 1 | Churchill, Winston S. King George VI. The Prime Minister's broadcast, February 7, 1952, edition of 750 copies, Worcester, Mass.: Achille J. St. Onge [bound in blue leatherette, photograph of King George VI by Karsh of Ottawa as frontispiece, 6 x 4.1 x 0.35 cm], 1952 |
| Box 1 | Shelf 8 | Coolidge, Calvin. Extracts from the Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge, Kingsport, Tenn.: publisher unknown, [bound in blue leatherette, 2.2 x 1.6 x 0.6 cm], 1930 |
| Box 1 | Shelf 1 | The Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, edition of 2,000 copies, Worcester, Mass: Achille J. St. Onge, printed by the Chiswick Press, London [bound in red Morrocco, frontispiece photograph, 7 x 4.8 x 0.6 cm], 1953 |
| Box 3 | Shelf 2 | Dairyman’s Daughter: An Authentic Narrative, communicated by a Clergyman of the Church of England, London, S. Ewins [bound in green leather, 5.3 x 3.6 x 1 cm], 1832 |
| Box 2 | Shelf 3 | Dante. La Divina Commedia. Milan: Ulrico Hoepli [bound in brown calf, 5.6 x 4 x 2.2 cm], 1878 |
| Box 1 | Shelf 2 | Dew-Drops [daily devotions for the year with scripture texts], [New York]: American Tract Society [bound in red cloth, 5.5 x 3.8 x 0.7 cm], [18--] |
| Box 1 | Shelf 2 | Dew-Drops, Troy, NY: Merriam, Moore & Co. [bound in red cloth, 5.4 x 4 x 0.6 cm], [1847] |
| Box 3 | Shelf 1 | Eisenhower, Dwight D. Inaugural Address of Dwight D. Eisenhower: President of the United States, edition of 100 copies, Worcester, Mass.: Achille J. St. Onge [bound in brown leatherette, 7 x 4.9 x 0.5 cm], 1954 |
| Box 1 | Shelf 2 | Emerson, Ralph Waldo. Friendship, edition of 950 copies, Worcester, Mass.: Achille J. St. Onge [bound in blue and green leatherette, 6 x 4 x 0.6 cm] (2 copies), 1939 |
| Box 1 | Shelf 7 | The English Bijou almanac for 1838; poetically illustrated by L.E.L. London: Schloss [bound in blue leatherette, in slipcase, illustrated, 2.2 x 1.7 x 0.4 cm, 1837] |
| Box 1 | Shelf 5 | The Etcht Miniature Monthly Magazine. Subscription #30, nos. 1-12, January-December, illustrations and text etched by Bernhardt Wall, Sierra Madre, CA: Bernhardt Wall [bound in original wrappers, etched illustrations, 4.5 x 3.3 x 0.4 cm], 1948 |
| Box 1 | Shelf 7 | Exercice du Chretien, Paris: Chez Carouge [bound in brown calf, 3.5 x 2.5 x 1.15 cm], 1737 |
| Box 3 | Shelf 3 | Forgue, Norman. One Hundred Proverbs Adapted from the Japanese, Chicago: Black Cat Press [7.15 x 5.2 x 0.5 cm], 1960 |
| Box 1 | Shelf 7 | GASC, F.E.A. The Smallest French and English Dictionary in the World. Containing More than Five Thousand Modern and Current Words and Idiomatic Phrases and Renderings Not Found in Any Other Dictionary of the Language (Including the Largest) and the Corrections for the First Time of Hundreds of Vulgar Errors Which Occur in All Other French and English Dictionaries, Glasgow: David Bryce and Son [bound in red leatherette, in slipcase, 2.7 x 2 x 1 cm], circa 1909 |
| Box 1 | Shelf 1 | Gems of Sacred Poetry, 10th ed., London: The Religious Tract Society [bound in black leather, engraved frontispiece, 7 x 6 x 1.4 cm], circa 1847 |
| Box 1 | Shelf 8 | Gray, Thomas. An Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, Glasgow: D. Bryce & Son [bound in red leatherette, 1.7 x 1.5 x 0.4 cm], 1911 |
| Box 1 | Shelf 2 | Gray, Thomas. An Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard & Other Poems, Glasgow: David Bryce and Sons [bound in purple leather, illustrated, 5.4 x 3.7 x 0.7 cm], 1904 |
| Box 3 | Shelf 1 | Hand calendar auf das jahr 1789 mit Churst. Sächs.: Gnädigst Privilegio. Leipzig: Joh[ann] Christ Schreibern, [bound in original wrappers with brown leather slipcase, 4.3 x 3.2 x 0.4, 1788] |
| Box 1 | Shelf 3 | Hazeltine, E.T. Hazeltine’s Pocket Book Almanac 1895, 17th Series, Warren, PA: E.T. Hazeltine [bound in original printed wrappers, birth notice of Foreman M. Lebold, 5 x 3.5 x 0.15 cm, 1894] |
| Box 1 | Shelf 2 | Heine; Heinrich. Buch der Lieder, Tausend, Leipzig: Schmidt & Gunther [bound in brown calf, 5 x 3.8 x 1 cm] (2 copies), 1907 |
| Box 2 | Shelf 3 | History of the Holy Bible, London: Reprinted for R. Snagg [printed by Evans and Ruffy, bound in black leather in slipcase, 4.3 x 3.2 x 1 cm], 1802 |
| Box 2 | Shelf 2 | History of the Bible, Boston: Nathaniel Willis, [bound in brown calf with slipcase, illustrated, 4.8 x 3.3 x 1.8 cm], 1815 |
| Box 2 | Shelf 2 | History of the Bible. Providence [RI]: no publisher [bound in brown calf, illustrated, 5.5 x 4.5 x 1.5 cm], 1832 |
| Box 2 | Shelf 3 | History of the Bible. Buffalo, NY: Phinney & Co. [bound in brown calf, illustrated, 5.3 x 1.5 x 4.7 cm], 1851 |
| Box 2 | Shelf 3 | Horatius Flaccus, Quintus. Quinti Horatii Flacci opera omnia recensuit Filon. Paris, A. Mesnier [bound in brown calf, 7 x 4.9 x 1 cm], 1828 |
| Box 1 | Shelf 3 | Jacob, Erh. The Little Webster. New York: M. Minkus [printed in Germany by Schmidt e Günther, [bound in green calf, 5.35 x 4 x 1.3 cm], circa 1930 |
| Box 2 | Shelf 1 | Jacob, Dr. Gerh. Liliput Dictionary, The Little Webster, New York: Miniature Dictionary Publishers, Inc., [bound in red cloth, 4.8 x 3.4 x 1.5 cm], undated |
| Box 3 | Shelf 3 | Jefferson, Thomas. The Inaugural Address of Thomas Jefferson Delivered March 4, 1801, edition of 200 copies, Worcester, Mass.: Achille J. St. Onge [printed by the Stobbs Press, bound in black leatherette, inscribed, 1 x 5.5 x 0.4 cm], 1943 |
| Box 1 | Shelf 3 | Kern. Der Nederlandsche historie. Met figuartjos, Amsterdam, T. Crajenschot, Amsterdam: T. Crajenschot [bound in brown calf, engraved illustrations, 4.9 x 3.5 x 1.9 cm], 1753 |
| Box 3 | Shelf 3 | Khayyám, Omar. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, Edward Fitzgerald [trans.], with drawings by Edmund J. Sullivan, Jamaica, NY: Edmund S. Wood [bound in red cloth, illustrated, 6 x 3.8 x 0.8 cm], 1943 |
| Box 1 | Shelf 3 | Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim. Nathan der Weise; ein dramatisches Gedicht, Leipzig: Schmidt & Günther [bound in green calf, 5 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm], 1907 |
| Box 3 | Shelf 3 | Lincoln, Abraham. Abraham Lincoln. President of the United States 186l-1865, selections from his writing, foreword by Carl B. Wahlstrom, edition of 1,500 copies, Worcester, Mass: Achille J. St. Onge [bound in blue leather, 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.8 cm], 1950 |
| Box 1 | Shelf 8 | Lincoln, Abraham. Addresses of Abraham Lincoln, 3 vols, Kingsport, Tenn., Kingsport Press, [bound in red leatherette, 2.1 x 1.5 x 0.5 cm], 1929 |
| Box 1 | Shelf 1 | Lipsius, Justus. De constantia libri duo, gui allioquium praecipue continent in Publicis malis, Amsterdam, Joannis Jansön [bound in blue calf, engraved title page, 7.5 x 4.8 x 1.3 cm], 1631 |
| Box 1 | Shelf 3 | London Almanack for the Year of Christ 1752, [London]: “Printed for the Company of Stationers” [bound in pink cloth, 5.2 x 3.3 x 0.4 cm, 1751] |
| Box 1 | Shelf 3 | London Almanack for the Year of Christ 1794, publisher unknown [bound in red cloth with solander box, marbled endpapers, illustrated with engravings, 5.5 x 3.3 x 0.4 cm, 1794] |
| Box 1 | Shelf 6 | London Almanack for the Year of Christ 1834, London: “Printed for the Company of Stationers” [bound in red leatherette with tab, 3.5 x 3.5 x 0.75 cm, 1834] |
| Box 1 | Shelf 3 | London Almanack for the Year of Christ 1863, London: “Printed for the Company of Stationers” [bound in brown leatherette with slipcase, 3.3 x 3 x 0.75 cm, 1863] |
| Box 1 | Shelf 2 | Longfellow, H.W. Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie, London: Henry Frowde [bound in green leather, 5.5 x 4 x 0.6 cm], 1907 |
| Box 1 | Shelf 7 | Lorena, Madama Cristina di. Galileo, Padova: Salmin [bound in original wrappers, in slipcase, 1.05 x 0.8 cm], 1836 |
| Box 3 | Shelf 3 | Love and Friendship: Treasures Gathered from Master Minds, Akron, OH: Saalfield Publishing Co. [bound in blue suede, inscribed, 8.3 x 6.4 x 0.3 cm], circa 1918 |
| Box 1 | Shelf 3 | Manzoni, Alessandro. I Promessi Sposi di Alessandro Manzoni. Storia Milanese del sec. XVIII Padova: Fratelli Salmin [bound in brown leatherette, 6.5 x 4 x 2.5 cm], 1902 |
| Box 1 | Shelf 2 | Miniature Prayerbook. Devotions and Prayers for Catholics, Turnhout [Belgium]: H. Proost & Co. [bound in black leatherette, frontispiece, 4.9 x 4 x 0.6 cm], 1962 |
| Box 1 | Shelf 6 | Moore, Clement C. The Night Before Christmas, [facsimile of hand made by Burt Randle, bound in red leatherette, illustrated, 3.1 x 2.6 x 0.8 cm, circa 1940s] |
| Box 6 | News-Letter of the LXIVMOS, nos. 1-21 with a miniature version of no. 5 and Bulletin of The New York Public Library, vol. 33, no. 1, 1927-1929 | |
| Box 1 | Shelf 7 | Le Petit Bijou des enfans année 1816, Paris: Chez Marcilly [bound in red calf, illustrations, slipcase with Le Petit Paroissien de l’enfance, 2.3 x 1.8 x 0.5 cm, 1815] |
| Box 1 | Shelf 2 | Petit Calendar and Stamp Case 1906, no. 128, Chicago: Spaulding & Co. [bound in red calf, 4.8 x 3.5 x 0.2 cm], 1906 |
| Box 1 | Shelf 5 | Petit calendrier pour Porte-Monnaie, Paris: “Au Bon Marche” [bound in brown leatherette, 4.4 x 3 x 0.2 cm], 1894 |
| Box 1 | Shelf 6 | Petites Heures de l’enfance, Paris: Chez Lefuel [bound in red leatherette with slipcase, 2.9 x 2 x 0.4 cm], [1820?] |
| Box 1 | Shelf 7 |
Le Petit Paroissien de l’enfance, Paris: Chez Marcilly [1806?]
[bound in red calf, frontispiece, in slipcase with Le Petit Bijou des enfans année 1816, 2.7 x 2 x 0.5 cm, 1806?] |
| Box 3 | Shelf 1 | Petrarca, Francesco. Le rime di Francesco Petrarca, Firenze: G. Barbéra [bound in quarter calf, 6.5 x 5 x 1.5 cm], 1900 |
| Box 1 | Shelf 7 | Plaisir et Gaité. Paris: E. Jourdan [bound in red leatherette, illustrated, 2.3 x 2 x 0.4cm], 1824 |
| Box 3 | Shelf 3 | Roosevelt, Franklin D. Inaugural Address of Franklin D. Roosevelt. President of the United States, edition of 2,000 copies, Worcester, Mass.: Achílle J. St. Onge [bound in red cloth, 8 x 5.5 x 0.5 cm], 1945 |
| Box 5 | The Rose Garden of Omar Khayyam, founded on the Persian by Eben Francts Thompson, Worcester, Mass.: Commonwealth Press, [box of red cloth containing six items in compartments: The Rose Garden (in container with magnifier, .5 x 1 cm), The Rose Garden (in slip case, 4.5 x 4 x 0.5 cm), The Rose Garden of Omar Khayyam (14.8 x 13 x 0.7 cm), A Thimbleful of Books by Thompson, and a magnifying glass in a brass holder, along with a proof sheet in wraps. The book was advertised at the time as the smallest book in the world. Welch 5354; Bradbury 51-53], 1933 | |
| Box 1 | Shelf 1 | Rossetti, Dante Gabriel. The Blessed Damozel, London: Anthony Treherne & Co. [with manuscript notations, bound in red calf, 7 x 5.5 x 0.8 cm], 1903 |
| Box 3 | Shelf 1 | Sandburg, Carl. Abraham Lincoln 1809-1959: The Address by Carl Sandburg Before the United States Congress, Washington, D.C., February 12, 1959, edition of 2000 copies, Worcester, Mass.: Achille J. St. Onge [bound in orange leatherette, uncancelled Lincoln stamp as frontispiece, 6.3 x 4.9 x 0.6 cm], 1959 |
| Box 3 | Shelf 3 | Sandburg, Carl. Address of Carl Sandburg, with an introduction by Carl Haverlin, Chicago: Black Cat Press [bound in grey leatherette, 6.7 x 4.8 x .7 cm, 1961] |
| Box 1 | Shelf 6 | Saviour’s Last Prayer for His Disciples, Bristol: Wright & Albright [bound in original wrappers, cased with 4 other books, 3.1 x 2.6 x 0.2 cm, circa 1840] |
| Box 1 | Shelf 2 | Schiller, F.V. Ausgewählte Gedichte, Leipzig: Schrnidt & Günther [bound in red leatherette, 4.9 x 5 x 1 cm], 1907 |
| Box 1 | Shelf 6 | Schloss’s English Bijou Almanac for 1839, poetically illustrated by L.E.L., London: published by proprietors [bound in original wrappers, illustrated, 2 x 1.9 x 0.4 cm, 1838] |
| Box 1 | Shelf 6 | Schloss’s English Bijou almanac for 1842, poetically illustrated by the Hon. Mrs. Norton, London: A. Schloss [bound in original wrappers, in taupe leather box, 2 x 1.3 x 0.3 cm, 1841] |
| Box 1 | Shelf 6 | Schloss’s English Bijou almanac for 1842, poetically illustrated by the Hon. Mrs. Norton. London: A. Schloss [bound in original wrappers, 2 x 1.3 x 0.3 cm, 1841] |
| Box 1 | Shelf 6 | Selected Pages. New Testament Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, translated out of the original, the smallest Bible in the World, publisher unknown [bound in original wrappers, illustrated, cased with 4 other books, 2.8 x 2.4 x 0.3 cm], undated |
| Box 1 | Shelf 8 | Serments d'amour, publisher unknown [bound in red leatherette, in clear acrylic box, 0.6 x 0.7 x 0.2 cm], undated |
| Box 4 | Shakespeare, William. All’s Well That Ends Well, Glasgow: David Bryce and Son [bound in blue cloth, 5.3. x 4.0 x 1.3 cm], 1904 | |
| Box 4 | Shakespeare, William. Antony and Cleopatra, Glasgow: David Bryce and Son [bound in blue cloth, 5.4 x 4.0 x 1.5 cm], 1904 | |
| Box 4 | Shakespeare, William. As You Like It, Glasgow: David Bryce and Son [bound in blue cloth, 5.4 x 3.9 x 1.1 cm], 1904 | |
| Box 4 | Shakespeare, William. Comedy of Errors, Glasgow: David Bryce and Son [bound in blue cloth, 5.3 x 4.0 x 0.8 cm], 1904 | |
| Box 4 | Shakespeare, William. Coriolanus, Glasgow: David Bryce and Son [bound in blue cloth, 5.4 x 3.9 x 1.5 cm], 1904 | |
| Box 1 | Shelf 2 | Shakespeare, William. Cymbeline, Glasgow: David Bryce & Son [bound in blue leatherette, 5.3 x 3.4 x 0.9 cm], 1904 |
| Box 4 | Shakespeare, William. Cymbeline, Glasgow: David Bryce and Son [bound in blue cloth, 5.4 x 4.1 x 0.9 cm], 1904 | |
| Box 4 | Shakespeare, William. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, Glasgow: David Bryce and Son [bound in blue cloth, 5.3 x 4.3 x 1.5 cm], 1904 | |
| Box 4 | Shakespeare, William. Julius Caesar, G1asgow: David Bryce and Son [bound in blue cloth, 5.3 x 4.0 x 0.1 cm], 1904 | |
| Box 4 |
Shakespeare, William. King Henry [parts 1-3 in 3 vols.], Glasgow: David Bryce and Son [bound in blue cloth, vol. 1: 5.4 x 4.0 x 1.2 cm; vol. 2: 5.4 x 4.0 x 1.3 cm; vol. 3: 5.4 x 4.1 x 1.4 cm], 1904 |
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| Box 4 | Shakespeare, William. King Henry IV [2nd part], Glasgow: David Bryce and Son, [bound in blue cloth, 5.4 x 4.1 x 1.3 cm], 1904 | |
| Box 4 | Shakespeare, William. King Henry V, Glasgow: David Bryce and Son [bound in blue cloth, 5.4 x 4.0 x 1.3 cm], 1904 | |
| Box 4 | Shakespeare, William. King Henry VIII, Glasgow: David Bryce and Son [bound in blue cloth, 5.4 x 4.0 x 1.3 cm], 1904 | |
| Box 4 | Shakespeare, William. King John, Glasgow: David Bryce and Son [bound in blue cloth, 5.4 x 4.0 x 1.l cm], 1904 | |
| Box 4 | Shakespeare, William. King Lear, Glasgow: David Bryce and Son [bound in blue cloth, 5.4 x 4.0 x 1.5 cm], 1904 | |
| Box 4 | Shakespeare, William. King Richard II, Glasgow: David Bryce and Son [bound in blue cloth, 5.3 x 4.0 x 1.4 cm], 1904 | |
| Box 4 | Shakespeare, William. Love’s Labour’s Lost, Glasgow: David Bryce and Son [bound in blue cloth, 5.3 x 4.0 x 1.2 cm], 1904 | |
| Box 4 | Shakespeare, William. Macbeth, Glasgow: David Bryce and Son [bound in blue cloth, 5.4 x 3.9 x 1.0 cm], 1904 | |
| Box 4 | Shakespeare, William. Measure for Measure, Glasgow: David Bryce and Son [bound in blue cloth, 5.3 x 4.1 x 1.2 cm], 1904 | |
| Box 4 | Shakespeare, William. Merchant of Venice, Glasgow: David Bryce and Son [bound in blue cloth, 5.3 x 4.0 x 1.1 cm], 1904 | |
| Box 4 | Shakespeare, William. Merry Wives of Windsor, Glasgow: David Bryce and Son [bound in blue cloth, 5.45 x 3.9 x 1.05 cm], 1904 | |
| Box 4 | Shakespeare, William. Midsummer Nights Dream, Glasgow: David Bryce and Son [bound in blue cloth, 5.4 x 4.0 x 1.0 cm], 1904 | |
| Box 4 | Shakespeare, William. Much Ado About Nothing, Glasgow: David Bryce and Son [bound in blue cloth, 5.4 x 3.9 x 1.0 cm], 1904 | |
| Box 4 | Shakespeare, William. Othello, the Moor of Venice. Glasgow: David Bryce and Son [bound in blue cloth, 5.4 x 4.1 x 1.25 cm], 1904 | |
| Box 4 | Shakespeare, William. Pericles, Prince of Tyre, Glasgow: David Bryce and Son [bound in blue cloth, 5.2 x 4.0 x 1.1 cm], 1904 | |
| Box 4 | Shakespeare, William. Richard III, Glasgow: David Bryce and Son [bound in blue cloth, 5.3 x 4.I x 1.3 cm], 1904 | |
| Box 4 | Shakespeare, William. Romeo and Juliet, Glasgow: David Bryce and Son [bound in blue cloth, 5.4 x 4.0 x 1.4 cm], 1904 | |
| Box 4 | Shakespeare, William. Sonnets: Lover’s Complaint, Passionate Pilgrim, Phoenix and Turtle, Glasgow: David Bryce and Son [bound in blue cloth, 5.4 x 4.0 x 1.2 cm], 1904 | |
| Box 4 | Shakespeare, William. Taming of the Shrew, Glasgow: David Bryce and Son [bound in blue cloth, 5.4 x 4.0 x 1.1 cm], 1904 | |
| Box 4 | Shakespeare, William. The Tempest, Glasgow: David Bryce and Son [bound in blue cloth, 5.3 x 3.9 x 1.0 cm], 1904 | |
| Box 4 | Shakespeare, William. Timon of Athens, Glasgow: David Bryce and Son [bound in blue cloth, 5.5 x 4.0 x 0.1 cm], 1904 | |
| Box 4 | Shakespeare, William. Titus Andronicus, Glasgow: David Bryce and Son [bound in blue cloth, 5.4 x 4.1 x 1.2 cm], 1904 | |
| Box 4 | Shakespeare, William. Troilus and Cressida, Glasgow: David Bryce and Son [bound in blue cloth, 5.4 x 4.1 x 1.9 cm], 1904 | |
| Box 4 | Shakespeare, William. Twelfth Night or, What You Will, Glasgow: David Bryce and Son [bound in blue cloth, 5.4 x 4.1 x 1.0 cm], 1904 | |
| Box 4 | Shakespeare, William. Two Gentlemen of Verona, Glasgow: David Bryce and Son [bound in blue cloth, 5.45 x 4.1 x 1.0 cm], 1904 | |
| Box 4 | Shakespeare, William. Venus and Adonis, The Rape of Lucrece, Glasgow: David Bryce and Son [bound in blue cloth, 5.3 x 4.0 x 1.5 cm], 1904 | |
| Box 4 | Shakespeare, William. Winter’s Tale, Glasgow: David Bryce and Son [bound in blue cloth, 5.4 x 4.0 x 1.2 cm], 1904 | |
| Box 4 | Shakespeare Glossary, Glasgow: David Bryce and Son [bound in blue cloth, 5.4 x 4.0 x .05 cm], 1904 | |
| Box 3 | Shelf 3 | Sheringham, H.T. A Library in Miniature, edition of 500 copies, The Java Head Press [bound in white paper, illustrated, 8.5 x 5.3 x 0.7 cm, 1948?] |
| Box 1 | Shelf 6 | Small Rain Upon the Tender Herb, London: Religious Tract Society (printed by Spottiswoode & Co.) [bound in red leatherette, cased with 4 other books, 3.2 x 2.7 x 0.6 cm], undated |
| Box 1 | Shelf 6 | The Smallest English Dictionary in the World, Comprising: Besides the Ordinary and Newest Words in the Language Short Explanations of a Large Number of Scientific, Philosophical, Literary and Technical Terms, Glasgow: David Bryce and Son [bound in red leatherette, in metal locket, frontispiece, 2.1 x 1.9 x 0.7 cm], [1900] |
| Box 1 | Shelf 1 | The Sonnets of Michelangelo Buonarroti, translated by John Addington Symonds, illustrated by Guido Maria Stella, Venice: S. Rosen [bound in brown leather, 7 x 5.5 x 1.0 cm], 1905 |
| Box 3 | Shelf 3 | Susy Hall, New York: American Tract Society [bound in red cloth, illustrated, 6.2 x 4.2 x 1.8 cm], circa 1874 |
| Box 1 | Shelf 2 | Tennyson, Alfred Lord. In Memoriam and Other Poems, Glasgow: David Bryce and Son [bound in purple leather, 6 x 4 x 0.7 cm], 1905 |
| Box 3 | Shelf 3 | Thomas Á Kempis. Of the Imitation of Christ, four books. London: Henry Frowde [bound in brown leatherette, 5.3 x 4.0 x 0.8 cm], 1895 |
| Box 3 | Shelf 3 | Thoreau, Henry David. Quotations from His Writings, selected by Amy W. Smith, edition of 750 copies, Worcester, Mass.: Achille J. St. Onge [bound in green cloth, 8 x 5.5 x 0.6 cm], 1948 |
| Box 3 | Shelf 3 | Thoreau, Henry David. Wild Apples. History of the Apple Tree. Worcester, MA: Achille J. St. Onge [bound in brown calf, 7.7 x 5.3 x 0.7 cm], 1956 |
| Box 1 | Shelf 5 | Wall, Bernhardt. Abraham Lincoln. A Chronology, no. 19, illustrations and text etched by Bernhardt Wall, Sierra Madre, CA: Bernhardt Wall [bound in green board, signed, illustrated, 4.2 x 3.4 x 0.5 cm], 1946 |
| Box 1 | Shelf 2 | Wall, Bernhardt. The Capitols of the Southern States, 1861, no. 30 of 100 copies, illustrations and text etched by Bernhardt Wall, Sierra Madre, CA: Bernhardt Wall [bound in green leatherette, 5 x 4.3 x 0.4 cm], 1950 |
| Box 1 | Shelf 5 | Wall, Bernhardt. The Etcher of Books, illustrations and text etched by Bernhardt Wall, Sierra Madre, CA: Bernhardt Wall [bound in brown wrappers, 4.4 x 3.3 x 0.15 cm], 1946 |
| Box 1 | Shelf 3 | Wall, Bernhardt. F.D.R. Collector, no 6 of 200 copies, illustrations and text etched by Bernhardt Wall, Sierra Madre, CA: Bernhardt Wall [bound in red leather, illustrated, 5.1 x 4.3 x 0.6 cm], 1948 |
| Box 1 | Shelf 2 | Wall, Bernhardt. A Lincoln Reprimand, no. 4 of l00 copies, illustrations and text etched by Bernhardt Wall, [Sierra Madre, CA: Bernhardt Wall [bound in red leatherette, 4.35 x 4.1 x 0.3 cm], 1950 |
| Box 1 | Shelf 5 | Wall Bernhardt. Lincoln’s Gettysburg Speech, no. 20 of 200 copies, illustrations and text etched by Bernhardt Wall, Sierra Madre, CA: Bernhardt Wall [bound in green board, manuscript drawing on front endpaper, 4.7 x 3.5 x 0.4 cm], 1946 |
| Box 1 | Shelf 5 | Wall Bernhardt. One Midnight with “TR,” [Theodore Roosevelt], no. 1 of 100 copies, illustrations and text etched by Bernhardt Wall, Sierra Madre, CA: Bernhardt Wall [bound in red paper, illustrated, signed, 4.5 x 3.5 x 0.3 cm], 1949 |
| Box 1 | Shelf 5 |
Wall, Bernhardt. Robert E. Lee, no. 18 of 100 copies, illustrations and text etched by Bernhardt Wall, Sierra Madre, CA: Bernhardt Wall [bound in taupe cloth, 4.9 x 3.6 x 0.55 cm], undated |
| Box 1 | Shelf 5 | Wall, Bernhardt. With Thomas Jefferson, no. 1 of 100 copies, [Sierra Madre, CA: Bernhardt Wall] [bound in red paper, illustrated, 4.6 x 3.5 x 0.4 cm], circa 1940s |
| Box 1 | Shelf 5 | Wall, Bernhardt. Woodrow Wilson Letter, [Wall’s “AP” artist proof copy, illustrations and text etched by Bernhardt Wall, [Sierra Madre, Calif.: Bernhardt Wall, bound in green paper, 4.9 x 3.4 x 0.3 cm], circa 1940s |
| Box 1 | Shelf 8 | Washington, George, His Farewell Address, Kingsport, Tenn.: Kingsport Press [bound in blue and brown leatherette, illustrated, 2.15 x 1.6 x 0.6 cm] (2 copies), 1932 |
| Box 1 | Shelf 1 | Watts, Isaac. Songs, Divine and Moral...to Which is Prefixed a Memoir of the Author, Philadelphia: H.C. Peck & Theo. Bliss [bound in brown cloth, illustrated with wood engravings, 8 x 6.8 x 1.3 cm], [184-] |
| Box 2 | Shelf 1 | Wershoven, Dr. F.J. Dictionnaire lilliput. Français-Anglais, Iar, [by]... 31e a 60e mille, Leipzig: Schmidt & Günther [bound in red cloth, 4.8 x 3.4 x 1.3 cm], 1910 |
| Box 2 | Shelf 1 | Wershoven, Dr. F.J. Lilliput Dictionary. English-German by...78th to l07th thousand, Leipzig: Schmidt & Günther [bound in red cloth, 4.8 x 3.4 x 1.2 cm] (2 copies), 1915 |
| Box 2 | Shelf 1 | Wershoven, Dr. F.J. Lilíput-Wörterbuch. Deutsch-English, by...97 bis 126, Tausend, Leipzig: Schmidt & Günther [bound in red cloth, 4.8 x 3.4 x 1.2 cm], 1910 |
| Box 2 | Shelf 1 | Wershoven, Dr. F.J. Lilliput Dictionary. English-French... 31th to 60th thousand, Leipzig: Schmidt & Günther [bound in red cloth, 4.8 x 3.4 x 1.2 cm], circa 1910 |
| Box 2 | Shelf 1 | Wershoven, Dr. F.J. Lilliput Dictionary. English-Italian. 8y... llth to 30th thousand, Leipzig: Schmidt & Günther [bound in red cloth, 4.65 x 3.8 x 1.1 cm], circa 1920s |
| Box 2 | Shelf 1 | Wershoven, Dr. F.J. Vocabolario lilliput. Italiano-Inglesse, Dal….11 al 30 migliaio, Leipzig: Schmidt e Günther [bound in red cloth, 4.8 x 3.3 x 1.0 cm], circa 1910s |
Series 2: Miniature Books and Printed Keepsakes from Jubilee Press, 1992-1994
Biographical/Historical
Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. (1950-) is an American printer, book artist and papermaker known for social and political commentary. Many of the works are inspired by proverbs, sayings, and quotes. He began studying print and book arts seriously at a Chicago community print shop. Jubilee Press was the name he gave to his Oak Park printing operation in the 1990s.
Scope and Contents
Series 2 contains books and keepsakes conceived and created by Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. at his Jubilee Press in Oak Park, Illinois. The books and keepsakes are measured in centimeters length by width by depth. The small prints were not measured.
Arrangement
Series 2 is arranged alphabetically by title or author.
| Box 8 | Folder 1 | African Proverbs, compiled by Amos Paul Kennedy Jr., [bound in Kente cloth with hand-cut pages and illustrated motifs, attached to cord with beads, 2 x 9 x 1 cm] and bookmarks (3 copies), Oak Park: Jubilee Press, 1993-1994 |
| Box 8 | Folder 2 | Animal Proverbs of the Grebo People of Liberia, no. 20 of 50 copies [bound in hand-dyed paper, 7 x 16 x 1 cm], Oak Park: Jubilee Press, 1992 |
| Box 8 | Folder 3 | Bookways interview with Amos Paul Kennedy Jr., 1994 |
| Box 8 | Folder 4 | Chris’mus Gift, excerpt from Mules and Men by Zora Neale Hurston, [bound in burlap, signed, 7.5 x 6 x 1 cm] and Oak Park: Jubilee Press, 1993 |
| Box 8 | Folder 5 | The Descent of Mount Gadam: A Folktale of the Mensa Bet-Abrehe People, An Ancestor’s Series Book, [bound in Kente cloth, 7.5 x 6 x 1 cm] and Oak Park: Jubilee Press, 1993 |
| Box 8 | Folder 8 | [How the World Was Created from a Drop of Milk], letterpress print, Oak Park: Jubilee Press, [1993] |
| Box 8 | Folder 4 | Hughes, Langston. Carol of the Brown King, [bound in Kente cloth, illustrated, 7.4 x 6.7 x 1 cm] and Oak Park: Jubilee Press, 1993 |
| Box 8 | Folder 8 | [Justice], letterpress print, Oak Park: Jubilee Press, [1993] |
| Box 8 | Folder 5 | God’s Gift to Children: A Folktale of the Mensa Bet-Abrehe People, An Ancestor’s Series Book, [bound in Kente cloth, 7.5 x 6 x 1 cm] and Oak Park: Jubilee Press, 1993 |
| Box 8 | Folder 9 | God’s Gift to Children: A Folktale of the Mensa Bet-Abrehe People, letterpress print, no. 23 of 100 copies [signed by Amos Paul Kennedy Jr.], Oak Park: Jubilee Press, 1992 |
| Box 8 | Folder 6 | Govenar, Alan. Daddy Double Do Love You: The Music of John T. Staples, working proof, [bound in paper, illustrated, 19.2 x 21 x 1.3 cm] and Oak Park: Jubilee Press, 1993 |
| Box 8 | Folder 7 | How Wisdom Came to the World, retold by Amos Paul Kennedy Jr., [bound in handmade paper with cut-outs, 11 x 13 x 1 cm] and Oak Park: Jubilee Press, 1992 |
| Box 8 | Folder 9 | Smith. Patricia. The Awakening, letterpress print, no. 79 of 90 copies [signed by Patricia Smith], Oak Park: Jubilee Press, [1993] |
| Box 8 | Folder 8 | [Sisters], Sojourner Truth letterpress print, Oak Park: Jubilee Press, [1993] |
| Box 8 | Folder 4 | The Twelve Days after Christmas: Negro Folklore, (2 copies) [accordion-folded paper keepsake, 10.3 x 10.2 cm] and Oak Park: Jubilee Press, 1993 |
Series 3: Miniature Books and Keepsakes from Multiple Sources, 1879-1993
Scope and Contents
Series 3 contains miniature books and keepsakes on various topics. Several of the items are from the Miniature Book Society’s Grand Conclave XI held in Chicago in 1993. The books and keepsakes are measured in centimeters length by width by depth.
Arrangement
Series 3 is arranged alphabetically by title or author’s last name.
| Box 7 | Folder 1 | America Known Before Columbus, Chicago: printed by Doris V. Welsh, [bound in boards with map paper, illustrated, 4.5 x 4 x 0.5 cm], 1955 |
| Box 7 | Folder 2 | Averill, John. Judge Not a Book by Its Cover, edition of 400, Chicago: The Black Cat Press, [bound in yellow leather, illustrated, 3 x 2.5 x .8 cm], 1963 |
| Box 1 | Shelf 7 | [Barrow, Frances Elizabeth. Daisy books by Aunt Fanny, no. 1, Buffalo: Breed & Lent, bound in brown cloth, 3.5 x 3 x 0.5 cm, 1866] |
| Box 7 | Folder 3 | Bibliography of Miniature Books and Ephemera, 1961-1977, compiled by Norman W. Forgue, vols. 1-2, Chicago: The Black Cat Press, [bound in brown leather with marbled paper slipcase, illustrated, each 7 x 5.6 x 1 cm], [1977] |
| Box 7 | Folder 4 | Cummings, Eileen. Ojo de Dios, no. 33 of 70 copies, San Diego, Calif.: E.C. Press, [bound in red and purple paper with a spirit catcher, signed, 5.6 x 4.5 x 1.2 cm], 1993 |
| Box 7 | Folder 5 | Day-Dawn, New York: American Tract Society, [bound in green cloth, 5.5 x 3.7 x 1 cm], 1870 |
| Box 7 | Folder 5 | Dew-Drops, New York: American Tract Society, [bound in green cloth, 5.5 x 3.7 x 1 cm], 1879 |
| Box 7 | Folder 6 | Drummond, Henry. The Greatest Thing in the World, London and Glasgow: Collins, [bound in brown leatherette, with box, 9.2 x 7 x 1 cm], 1971 |
| Box 7 | Folder 7 | Dulabaum, Nina. Dulcimers, Cincinnati, Ohio: Mosaic Press, [bound in tan cloth, in plastic case, 2.5 x 2 x 0.5 cm], 1982 |
| Box 7 | Folder 8 | Frost, Robert. The Road Not Taken, Seattle: Tabula Rasa Press, [bound in tan paper, 7 x 5.5 x 0.5 cm], 1993 |
| Box 7 | Folder 9 | G.W.G Ferris’s Observation Wheel, 150 copies, Huntington Beach, Calif.: Der Kolibri Press, [bound in blue marbled paper, 7.8 x 6.5 x .4 cm], 1993 |
| Box 7 | Folder 10 | Gay Myths, Verplanct, NY: Editions, [bound in black paper, 4.5 x 7.8 x 0.2 cm], 1993 |
| Box 7 | Folder 11 | Grey, Zane. The Lord of Lackawaxon Creek, Salisbury, CT: Lime Rock Press, [bound in marbled paper, 7.8 x 6.5 x 0.7 cm], 1981 |
| Box 7 | Folder 12 | Marcus, Stanley and Marvin Stone. Why Miniature Books?, no. 376, [Dallas]: Friends of the Dallas Public Library, [signed by authors, bound in gray-brown paper, 7.3 x 5 x 0.2 cm], 1976 |
| Box 7 | Folder 13 | Miniature Book Society, keepsakes (8), The Bronte Press [bound in blue paper, 4.4 x 6.5 x 0.2 cm], Dussa Verlag [boxed calendar, 5.4 x 3.5 x 1.3 cm], Gray Goose Press [bound in red paper, 6.8 x 6 cm], Juniper Von Phizer Press [paper, 7 x 7 cm], The Little Farm Press [bound in purple paper, 5.2 x 5.5 cm], Mauritom Press [bound in cream paper, 4 x 5.5 cm], Pequeño Press, [bound in gray board, 4.2 x 6.8 x 0.5 cm], 1993 |
| Box 7 | Folder 14 | Mount, Robert L. The Great Debate of 1594, 2 vols., Morro Bay, Calif.: Tabula Rasa Press, [bound in brown leatherette, 2.5 x 2.3 x 0.7 cm], 1981 |
| Box 7 | Folder 15 | Papermaking, 6 books: Cannabis Press, Early Japanese Papermaking, Indigo, Papermaking in Micronesia, Shifu Fabric and Washi Tour ’83, Kasama, Japan: Cannabis Press [each bound in handmade papers, housed in wood box, 7.5 x 5 x 0.5 cm], 1983-1984 |
| Box 7 | Folder 16 | Sandburg, Carl. Chicago, (2 versions) Fullerton, Calif.: Lorsons Books & Prints, [bound in brown paper, 7 x 5.2 cm] and [place of publication unknown]: Sandra Grace [bound on skyline printed gray paper, 6.5 x 5.5 cm], 1993 |
| Box 7 | Folder 17 | Shakespeare, William. Henry IV, Parts I and II, New York: Knickerbocker Leather & Novelty Co., [bound in brown leather, each: 8 x 5.5 x 1.2 cm], circa 1910s |
| Box 7 | Folder 18 | Shakespeare, William. Henry V, New York: Knickerbocker Leather & Novelty Co., [bound in brown leather, 8 x 5.5 x 1.2 cm], circa 1910s |
| Box 7 | Folder 19 | Shakespeare, William. Henry VI, Parts I and II, New York: Knickerbocker Leather & Novelty Co., [bound in brown leather, each: 8 x 5.5 x 1.2 cm], circa 1910s |
| Box 7 | Folder 20 | Shakespeare, William. Henry VIII, New York: Knickerbocker Leather & Novelty Co., [bound in brown leather, 8 x 5.5 x.1.2 cm], circa 1910s |
| Box 7 | Folder 21 | Shakespeare, William. Midsummer Nights Dream, New York: Knickerbocker Leather & Novelty Co., [bound in brown leather, 8 x 5.5 x 1 cm], circa 1910s |
| Box 7 | Folder 22 | Schwarzwald, Eugene. The Homecoming of the Lost Book, Chicago: The Black Cat Press, [bound in blue board, illustrated, 6.2 x 4.2 x 1 cm], 1939 |
| Box 7 | Folder 23 | Starrett, Vincent. Oriental Encounters, Skokie, Ill.: The Black Cat Press, [unbound and untrimmed pages, 11 x 7.3 x 0.7 cm], 1975 |
| Box 7 | Folder 24 | Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Kansas City, Mo.: The Child’s Miniature Book Company, [bound in blue board, illustrated, 6.2 x 4.8 x 1.7 cm], 1990 |
| Box 7 | Folder 24 | Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Kansas City, Mo.: The Child’s Miniature Book Company, [bound in blue board, illustrated, 6.2 x 4.7 x 1.5 cm], 1990 |
| Box 3 | Shelf 1 | Watts, Isaac. [title page missing, bound in taupe cloth, 7.5 x 6.5 x 1.5 cm], undated |
| Box 7 | Folder 25 | Why Collect Miniature Books?, Part II, Ingleside, Ill.: The Private Press of Donn W. Sanford, [bound in cream paper, 7.6 x 5 cm], 1993 |
| Box 7 | Folder 26 | Wrightman, Julia. Caesar Augustus in Rome, Salisbury, CT: Published for the Urban Libraries Council by Lime Rock Press, [paper accordion book in plastic case, 2 x 2.3 x 0.5 cm], 1979 |