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[Calendar for 1931]
Cover of the Tiffany and Company calendar for the year 1931, bound in full red leather with gilt decorations.
[Calendar for 1932]
Cover of the Tiffany and Company calendar for the year 1932, bound in full brown leather with gilt decorations.
[Calendar for 1933]
Cover of the Tiffany and Company calendar for the year 1933, bound in full green leather with gilt decorations.
[Calendar for 1934]
Cover of the Tiffany and Company calendar for the year 1934, bound in full light blue leather with gilt decorations.
[Calendar for 1935]
Cover of the Tiffany and Company calendar for the year 1935, bound in full red/brown leather with gilt decorations.
[Calendar for 1936]
Cover of the Tiffany and Company calendar for the year 1936, bound in full red/brown leather with gilt decorations.
[Calendar for 1937]
Cover of the Tiffany and Company calendar for the year 1937, bound in full blue leather with gilt decorations.
[Calendar for 1938]
Cover of the Tiffany and Company calendar for the year 1938, bound in full green leather with gilt decorations.
[Calendar for 1939]
Cover of the Tiffany and Company calendar for the year 1939, bound in full brown leather with gilt decorations.
[Calendar for 1940]
Cover of the Tiffany and Company calendar for the year 1940, bound in full red/brown leather with gilt decorations.
[Calendar for 1941]
Cover of the Tiffany and Company calendar for the year 1941, bound in full blue/green leather with gilt decorations.
[Calendar for 1942]
Cover of the Tiffany and Company calendar for the year 1942, bound in full brown leather with gilt decorations.
[Consumer rationing box next to dime]
Photographs of a Consumer Rationing kit from WWII held by UNT Special Collections as part of the Miniature Book Collection. In the first image it is standing up next to a dime for size comparison. The box is thin and orange and has a label on the front with rules about rations and ration stamps. There is important information included at the bottom and a pencil marking that reads "#53". It was a replica of what the stamp booklets looked like during WWII. In the second image the case is in the back and a booklet and ration book are set out in front of it. There is a dime placed beside them for size reference. The book is titled "Consumer Rationing in World War Two" and the booklet is the fourth in a series.
Consumer rationing in World War Two
An overview of rationing, ration points, ration books, and ration coupons as instituted in the United States during World War II. Includes examples of ration points and stamps.
Dard Hunter: miscellaneous thoughts and reflections.
Collected memories by Dard Hunter, as well as information about him and his work. Includes samples of paper made by Hunter.
Dibdin's ghost
Poem about the visit of the ghost of bibliographer Thomas Frognell Dibdin to a booklover, describing the heaven that awaits bibliophiles.
Do you have a match?
Musings of a collector of matches.
Early morning angling : or, bass fishing in SE Ontario.
Verse on fishing in Ontario. Bound in cream card covers with applied cover label.
Elihu Burritt: as much a brother [variant binding]
Text of a speech commemorating the life and achievements of Elihu Burritt.
Ella Cinders and the kidnappers.
Cartoon drawings telling the story of Ella Cinders, and how she helps solve the kidnapping case with a bowl of alphabet soup.
Ere e eme: pronunciamento miniaturo del importo profundissimo para los MCMLXXXs.
Spoof of Latin and Spanish text in ornate calligraphy. The text is not in correct Latin or Spanish, but intended to "look" like it.
The fall of man
The story of the Fall of Man.
Flowers for a juvenile garland.
Child's gift book of short stories illustrated with woodcuts.
A-hunting of the deer
Excerpt from a larger work by Warner about hunting in the Adirondacks.
Hymns ancient and modern: for use in the services of the church
3D scanned models of a miniature hymn book.Bound in publisher's black pebbled leather with gilt spine titles, all edges of text block gilt. Mounted on cover is silver plaque with repousse decoration of the heads of cherubs or putti among clouds. The silver plaque is marked with hallmarks for: Birmingham, England, sterling silver, date letter for 1906, and maker Levi & Salaman.
Insight
Miniature book collector and publisher Darragh Hunter produced this volume as part of a workshop for the visually impaired. The poem within - on seeing without needing to look - is done in very large type within the size restraints of a miniature book. Bound in blue card cover with applied pictorial label.
Isaac
Biography of Isaac, Patriarch of Israel. Written for children, with an emphasis on submission to God's will. Bound in illustrated wrappers.
Jacob and Esau
The story of Jacob and Esau.
John Dryden Works Volume 2
3D scanned models miniature book of poetry. One volume in part of a collection of miniature volumes of poetry, essays, novels, and stories. Volumes are bound in publisher's embossed and textured blue cloth with blind-stamped rules and gilt urn device on front covers, same design on back covers without gilt, and ornately gilt spines with foliate forms and titles.
Joshua
Biography of Joshua, leader of the Children Of Israel after Moses. Written for children, with an emphasis on submission to God's will. Bound in illustrated wrappers.
Koran
3D scan models of a miniature Koran case. The case is octagonal and silver with loops on side and decorated with Arabic text. The case holds a octagonal Korans called a banner Koran which were known to have been hung on standards with flags and carried into battle. Gruber, C. J. The Islamic manuscript tradition, p. 64
The Lady of the Lake; a poem in six cantos
3D scanned models of a miniature book bound in period Mauchline covers - varnished wooden boards, front cover with print of "Sir Walter Scott's Tomb, Dryburgh Abbey". Black leather spine with gilt titles.
Little book.
Poetic musings on miniature books. Bound in dark red card covers with applied cover label.
The little story book. Full of pretty pictures.
Child's gift or toy book of short stories illustrated by woodcuts.
Max und Moritz: their first, second, and final tricks.
3 sections of the children's work Max und Moritz by Wilhelm Busch. The terrible twosome pull various tricks, and end up getting their just reward in the end. Includes some information on the history of the work.
Michigan and me, 1947-1950: law school and library school
Autobiographical account of time spent in the Law School and the Library Science School at the University of Michigan, and some of the people the author knew there.
Miniature Book News, Number 1, September 1965
Articles about miniature books, collectors, publishers, trends in the world of miniature books, exhibitions, and other topics related to the field.
Miniature Book News, Number 2, December 1965
Articles about miniature books, collectors, publishers, trends in the world of miniature books, exhibitions, and other topics related to the field.
Miniature Book News, Number 3, March 1966
Articles about miniature books, collectors, publishers, trends in the world of miniature books, exhibitions, and other topics related to the field.
Miniature Book News, Number 4, June 1966
Articles about miniature books, collectors, publishers, trends in the world of miniature books, exhibitions, and other topics related to the field.
Miniature Book News, Number 5, September 1966
Articles about miniature books, collectors, publishers, trends in the world of miniature books, exhibitions, and other topics related to the field.
Miniature Book News, Number 6, December 1966
Articles about miniature books, collectors, publishers, trends in the world of miniature books, exhibitions, and other topics related to the field.
Miniature Book News, Number 8, June 1967
Articles about miniature books, collectors, publishers, trends in the world of miniature books, exhibitions, and other topics related to the field.
Miniature Book News, Number 9, September 1967
Articles about miniature books, collectors, publishers, trends in the world of miniature books, exhibitions, and other topics related to the field.
Miniature Book News, Number 10, December 1967
Articles about miniature books, collectors, publishers, trends in the world of miniature books, exhibitions, and other topics related to the field.
Miniature Book News, Number 11, March 1968
Articles about miniature books, collectors, publishers, trends in the world of miniature books, exhibitions, and other topics related to the field.
Miniature Book News, Number 12, June 1968
Articles about miniature books, collectors, publishers, trends in the world of miniature books, exhibitions, and other topics related to the field.
Miniature Book News, Number 13, September 1968
Articles about miniature books, collectors, publishers, trends in the world of miniature books, exhibitions, and other topics related to the field.
Miniature Book News, Number 14, December 1968
Articles about miniature books, collectors, publishers, trends in the world of miniature books, exhibitions, and other topics related to the field.
Miniature Book News, Number 15, March 1969
Articles about miniature books, collectors, publishers, trends in the world of miniature books, exhibitions, and other topics related to the field.
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