My Favorite Miniature Book: Nine Essays by Collectors of Miniature Books

Title: My Favorite Miniature Book: Nine Essays by Collectors of Miniature Books

Author: De Lancey, James, Ruth E. Adomeit, Robert E. Massmann, et al.

Publication: Newton [Iowa]: Tamazunchale Press, 1984.

Description: Miniature book containing essays by miniature book collectors. No. 127 of 250 copies. First edition. Printed from Trinité type by Joh. Enschedé en Zonen of Haarlem, Netherlands. Bound by Reliure d'Art du Centre of Limoges, France in full navy calfskin with gilt lettering, Cockerell marbled endpapers, and all edges gilt. 2.625 x 1.75 inches; 84, [4] pages (first and last leaf blank and adhered to endpapers as issued). Some wear to the covers, but a clean and crisp interior. Near Fine. The authors are James De Lancey, Ruth E. Adomeit, Robert E. Massmann, Julia Wightman, Msgr. Francis J. Weber, Virginia Schoonover, Kalman L. Levitan, Stanley Marcus, and Charlotte Smith. The Dutch printer Joh. Enschedé en Zonen also printed Achille St. Onge miniature books, in addition to Dutch stamps and paper currency. Tamazunchale Press, established in Iowa by miniature book collector Charlotte Smith and her husband Tom, published 20 miniature books between 1983 and 1988.