ANTIQUE UNITED STATES MINIATURE BOOKS
1690-1900
By Robert C. Bradbury (click on the author's name to learn more)
Antique United States Miniature Books, 1690-1900, by Robert C. Bradbury is available from "The Microbibliophile", P. O. Box 74, North Clarendon, VT 05759.
Nearly 300 miniature book publishers are represented in this brand new work. Foreword by Jon Mayo, Introduction by Robert C. Bradbury; Overview of Antique United States Miniature Books: Colonial & Independence Era, 1690-1800. The Beginning: A Wedding Ring, 1690. Chapbooks and Almanacs, 1801-1830. The Miniature Book Book, 1831-1850. The American Tract Society; Religious Publishing. Publishing Diversity, 1851-1870. Gift Books. Illustrated history books. Children’s Books in Series. Religious and Political pamphlets and ephemera. Big Business, 1871-1900. Miniature Advertising. Souvenir Books. Hobby Printing, and the Beginning of Miniature Private Press Books.
The publishers’ histories cover approximately 200 pages. In addition, there is a chronological list of titles, with assigned Bradbury numbers; Notes, sources; the entire work is indexed according to author, title and publisher.
These miniature books are principally from the collections of the American Antiquarian Society and the Lilly Library, Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. Both the AAS and Lilly Library benefited from the generosity of the late Ruth E. Adomeit of Cleveland, Ohio,
Antique United States Miniature Books is designed as a companion volume to Twentieth Century United States Miniature Books, which was published in 2000. It is clothbound, with a dust jacket. Included are 13 pages of reproductions of antique miniature book title pages.
Antique United States Miniature Books may be ordered from The Microbibliophile, Post Office Box 74, North Clarendon, VT 05759.
$75.00
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Order from: The Microbibliophile
P. O. Box 74
North Clarendon, VT 05759
Payment may be made by personal check, money order, or bank draft. Checks from outside the United States must be in dollars and drawn on an American bank.