Publisher's Favorite: Six Essays by Publishers of Miniature Books

Title: Publisher's Favorite: Six Essays by Publishers of Miniature Books

Author: Schori, Ward, Miriam O. Irwin, Carol Cunningham, Frank Anderson, Mary Helen and Glen Dawson, and Eleanor Irwin

Publication: Newton, Iowa: Tamazunchale Press, 1988.

Description: Miniature book containing essays by publishers of miniature books about their favorite miniature book creations. No. 120 of 250 copies. 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, marbled endpapers by Faith Harrison, and all edges gilt. 2.5 x 1.75 inches; 52, [4] pages (first and last leaf blank and adhered to endpapers as issued). Several prominent indentations running across the rear cover, but the interior bright and clean. Very Good-. Miniature book publishers represented in this volume are: The Press of Ward Schori, Mosaic Press, Sunflower Press, Kitemaug Press, Dawson's Book Shop, and Hillside Press. In addition to Tamazunchale Press miniature books, the Dutch printer Joh. Enschedé en Zonen also printed Achille St. Onge miniature books, stamps, and paper currency. Tamazunchale Press was established in Iowa by miniature book collector Charlotte Smith and her husband Tom. They published 20 miniature books between 1983 and 1988.