Left to right: £4 A WEEK FROM PIGS. Three and a half inches tall, and only £4.00! Bureau bookcase, eight inches tall, extremely well made, all the doors and drawers open, £50.00. The Book of Common Prayer, 1904, faux bone covers with silver monogram, £40.00. Prayer Book and Proper Lessons described below. Bishop Jeremy Taylor, 1905, suede binding, four and a half inches tall, £10.00. Address book 1928, with pencil attached, £10.00. John Goldsmith's Almanack, 1795, later marbled wrappers, £40.00. Companion for the Altar, circa 1855, full calf, brass edges and clasp, all edges gilt, £25.00. Common Prayer, two and a bit inches, £30.00. Another, similar, £30.00. Common Prayer and Hymns, 1904, £35.00. (In front) Robert Browning. A Blot in the Scutcheon, suede binding, circa 1910, £10.00.
Left to right: Common Prayer and Hymns, circa 1900, £35.00. Birthday Text-Book, David Bryce, 1894, SOLD. Hymns, circa 1900, £20.00. Prayer and Hymns, circa 1900, £20.00. Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet, Anderson of Edinburgh, circa 1950?, £10.00. The Bijou, or Ladies Elegant Album for 1838, five inches tall, £20.00. Common Prayer, circa 1900, Oxford, three and a half inches, £20.00. Modern bureau bookcase, seven inches tall, all drawers and doors open, £25.00. Corner bookcase chest, matching previous item, £25.00. (In front) Longfellow, the Spanish Student, full suede, 1913, four inches tall, £10.00. Book shaped cigarette lighter, not working, £20.00. Book shaped ebony block, two inches tall, £20.00. Goethe's Faust, Leipzig, 1907, £75.00. Wooden book shaped block, one and £15.00. Daily Prayers and Promises, circa 1850, respined, brass edges and clasp, £20.00. Spon's Engineers tables, 1932, one and three quarters by two and three quarters in mica slipcase, £28.00. Miniature Classics, Madrid 2003, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, A Christmas Carol, Macbeth and Tolstoy, the Death of Ivan Ilych, £6.00 each.
J. T. Wood. WOOD'S ILLUSTRATED ALMANACK, FOR 1843.
1843, London, J. T. Wood, Curriers Hall, London Wall, 128mo, miniature book, one inch by one-and-a-half, pp 32, full-page engravings, bound in the original printed paper wrappers. Quite rare.
Not mentioned in Bondy, Miniature Books, or Bromer & Edison, Miniature Books.
Some pages have been printed at an angle, and consequently have lost some text in the trimming. £95.00
THE VICTORIAN MINIATURE ALMANACK, AND FASHIONABLE REMEMBRANCER FOR 1846.
1846, London, W. Strange, Paternoster Row, and Allen, Nottingham, 128mo, miniature book, one-and-three-eighth inches by two-and-a-half, pp 48, engraved title page and three full page engraved plates, bound in a full red morocco wallet. Includes a Ballroom guide and an essay on Newstead Abbey, the home of Lord Byron.
See Bondy, Miniature Books, page 45.
A few pages working loose, otherwise a very nice copy. £125.00
Matilda Lees Dods. HANDBOOK OF PRACTICAL COOKERY. NEW AND ENLARGED EDITION. IN WHICH SPECIAL PROMINENCE IS GIVEN TO THE PREPARING OF NEW CAKES, JELLIES, ETC.; TO VERY SIMPLE RECIPES FOR COTTAGE COOKERY; ALSO TO VARIOUS MODES OF PREPARING FOOD FOR THE SICKROOM. WITH AN INTRODUCTION ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF COOKERY.
1906, London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 128mo, miniature book, one-and-three-quarter inches by two-and-one-eighth, pp lxix, 836, fifty-one full-page plates, bound in full red morocco, all edges gilt, with a silver plaque on the upper cover depicting a steaming cauldron suspended on a tripod over an open fire, and hallmarked Birmingham 1908. This is the deluxe edition, and is quite rare.
See Bondy, Miniature Books, page 139, Bromer & Edison, Miniature Books, page 168.
A beautiful example of a rare item. SOLD
THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER; PROPER LESSONS. No date, but circa 1850, London, printed by G. E. Eyre W. Spottiswoode, Printers to the Queen's most Excellent Majesty. Sold by Barritt & Co., Bible and Prayer-Book Warehouse, 173, Fleet Street, two volumes, 32mo, three and three quarter inches by two and a half, not paginated, full morocco, ornately stamped in gilt designs, all edges gilt, in the original purse/carry case with straps and clasp. Both volumes have the ownership inscription, "S. J. Gardner, 1850" on the front endpaper in beautiful ink handwriting.
Some signs of use, otherwise a good example of a charming item. £95.00
PETIT PAROISSIEN ROMAIN CONTENANT LES OFFICES DES DIMANCHES ET DES PRINCIPALES FETES DE L'ANNEE EN LATIN ET EN FRANCAIS. Limoges, Dalpayrat et Depelley, 1889, pp 128, bound in full morocco with wooden boards, the upper board with an engraved transfer of the Eglise de ND de Sion, in the style known as Mauchlinware.
Some signs of use, text a little spotted, otherwise a good example of a charming item. £65.00
THE TIMES. A MINIATURE FACSIMILE OF THE TIMES PRINTED FOR THE QUEEN'S DOLLS' HOUSE. No date, but 1924, London, four pages, in the original envelope, the newspaper is two and a half inches tall.
Envelope shows some signs of use, otherwise a good example. SOLD
BLANK NOTEBOOK AND PENCIL. No date, but circa 1890, French, two and a half inches tall, burgundy morocco spine, gilt metal boards, engraved with ornate patterns, the pencil held by a morocco slip, in the original box.
A totally unused example of a charming item. £125.00