(Borrower's Press)
Winterport, ME: Borrower's Press, 1978. 51pp. One of 300 copies, signed and numbered by Jane Bernier, the printer. With the text of seven fables, five of which include hand-colored illustrations. Bound in gilt-stamped blue cloth. Gilt shows a bit of tarnishing, faint rubbing to corners, else near fine. Bookplate of.....	More
The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger.
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
Winterport, Maine: Borrower's Press, 1978. 80pp. One of 300 copies, signed by the printer, Jane Bernier. Frontispiece of Sherlock Holmes with his signature cap and pipe. Very fine in gilt-stamped black leather. (7/8 by 11/16; 22x18mm).	More
The Five Orange Pips.
Winterport, ME: Borrower's Press, 1979. 128pp. One of 350 copies, signed by Jane Bernier, the printer. With frontispiece portrait of Sherlock Holmes, repeated in gilt on the black leather binding. Fine. (Bradbury, p. 32). (7/8 by 5/8; 22x16mm).	More
Longfellow.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
Winterport, ME: Borrower's Press, 1975. 31pp. One of 250 copies, signed and numbered by the printer-illustrator Jane Bernier. An essay on Longfellow, with excerpts from his works. This is the third Borrower's Press publication. Very fine in leather-backed tan cloth. (Bradbury, p. 31). (15/16 by 7/8; 25x21mm).	More
A Visit from St. Nicholas.
Winterport, ME: Borrower's Press, 1980. 32pp. One of 350 copies signed by Jane Bernier, the printer. With charming hand-colored illustrations. Fine in gilt-titled red leather, with gold foil endpapers. (Bradbury, p. 33). (3/4 by 5/8; 19x14mm).	More
Winterport, ME: Borrower's Press, 1980. 32pp. One of 350 copies, signed by Jane Bernier, the printer. With charming hand-colored illustrations. Fine in gilt-titled red leather, with gold foil endpapers. (Bradbury, p. 33). (3/4 by 5/8; 19x14mm).	More
(Boulette, John L.)
My Grandfather was a Yankee Peddler.
Barrington, Lois Hall
Millbury, MA: John L. Boulette, 1962. (vi), 27pp. One of 300 copies. A generational account of the occupation of a peddler. Bound in burgundy paper-covered boards. Slight edgewear else fine. (2 7/9 by 2 1/16; 74x53mm).	More
(Breed, Butler & Co.)
The Bunch of Grapes.
Aunt Laura (Frances Elizabeth Barrow)
Buffalo, NY: Breed, Butler & Co., 1863. 64 pp. One of six titles in the second series of miniatures authored by popular children's writer Barrow under the noms de plume Aunt Laura and Aunt Fanny. Noted by Bradbury as "high spots in any miniature book collection," the volumes offer children's.....	More
(Bremer Presse)
Walther von der Vogelweide.
Kraus, Carl von (ed.)
Munich: Bremer Presse, 1931. Quarto. 158pp. One of 250 copies. A collection of songs by von der Vogelweide, a medieval poet and minstrel, whose songs are widely regarded as the pinnacle of the era's German love lyric. He is also responsible for using poetry to political ends, and was the.....	More
(Brockman, James)
Leon Underwood: His Wood Engravings.
(Wakefield, Yorkshire): Fleece Press, (1986). Large quarto. (10)pp., + (19)ff. From an edition of 200 copies, this is one of twelve bound by James Brockman. Illustrated with twenty wood engravings printed on handmade paper from the original blocks that were cut by Underwood in the 1920s and '30s. Underwood's Brook.....	More
(Bromer Booksellers)
Ars Calligraphica et Typographica.
Boston, MA: Bromer Booksellers, (c. 1991). Small quarto. (56)pp. With photographic reproductions throughout in black & white. Catalogue number 66 issued by Anne and David Bromer of Bromer Booksellers. This catalogue, released in conjunction with a lecture delivered by Anne Bromer and an exhibition, celebrates "the fine art of calligraphy.....	More
Catalogue 127: An Extraordinary Gathering.
Bromer Booksellers. (96) pp. Our most ambitious catalogue to date, featuring fifty exemplary works in literature, illustration, miniature and children's books, fine printing and artistic bindings. Includes many rare, unique, and autographed items from the 16th century to the present.	More
(Bromer, Anne & David)
The Remarkable History of Chicken Little.
Chandler, John Greene
Watertown, Mass. Bromer, Anne & David, 1979. (20)pp. From an edition of 85 copies, only 50 of which were for sale, this is the publisher's copy. Printed by Darrell Hyder. This is the text of the first edition (1840), printed as a micro-miniature with a pictorial opening initial hand-calligraphed by.....	More
Watertown, MA: Bromer, Anne & David, 1979. (20)pp. One of 85 copies, only 50 of which were for sale. Printed by Darrell Hyder. This is the text of the first edition (1840), printed as a micro-miniature with a pictorial opening initial hand-calligraphed by Janet Hobbs. Bound by C. Allan Carpenter.....	More
Watertown, MA: Bromer, Anne & David, 1979. 46pp. One of 150 copies, signed by Darrell Hyder, the printer. With pen and ink illustrations by Janet Hobbs and an introduction by Herbert H. Hosmer, Jr. This is the text of the original manuscript, which was later shortened considerably. Bound by C......	More
No. V-109: The Biography of a Printing Press.
Watertown, MA: Bromer, Anne & David, 1978. 30pp. One of 150 copies printed at the Bird & Bull Press and signed by Henry Morris. This was the first—and last—miniature to be printed at the Bird & Bull Press, and the first Bird & Bull checklist to appear in print. Fne.....	More
Shall I Die? Shall I Fly?
(Boston): Anne and David Bromer, 1986. (11)ff. One of 160 copies printed at the Firefly Press and illuminated on the title page by Suzanne Moore. This is the publisher's copy, so indicated in Moore's calligraphy on the colophon page. This Elizabethan poem was discovered in a manuscript in 1985 and.....	More
(Bromer, Anne C. and Julian I. Ed)
Miniature Books: 4,000 Years of Tiny Treasures.
Bromer, Anne C. and Julian I. Edison
NY: Abrams and The Grolier Club, (2007). 215pp. Miniature edition. This is an exact facsimile of Bromer & Edison's important reference work on miniature books, reproduced on a miniature scale. Profusely illustrated with more than 260 full-color photographic reproductions, including numerous full-page illustrations and two-page spreads. A comprehensive history of.....	More
(Brontë Press)
Christmas in the Olde Coaching Days.
(Pruchnicki, Suzanne)
(Manteno, IL): Brontë Press, 1989. (21)pp. One of 75 copies, signed by the author at the colophon. Ten hand-colored illustrations follow the charming maneuvers of a coachman at Christmastime. Bound in floral paper over boards, with paper label to upper cover. Fine. (2 1/8 by 2 13/16; 55x70 mm).	More
(Brown, John F.)
The Medley.
Concord (NH): John F. Brown, 1837. 64mo. 16pp. Engravings throughout. Descriptions, with both moral and functional value, of various objects, including a windmill, a cannon, a tent, and a barge. In printed pale orange paper wrappers. Foxed, else near fine and very scarce. Signature of former owner on title page.....	More
(Bryce, David)
Witty, Humorous and Merry Thoughts.
Glasgow: Bryce, David, (c. 1898). 128pp. These snippets of comic wisdom reveal the lighter side of a publisher primarily known for literary and religious works. As the title-page proclaims, "A little nonsense now and then/ Is relished by the wisest men." Cover and spine gilt-stamped with the title. Contemporary ownership.....	More
(Bryce, David & Son)
Fitzgerald, Edward (trans.)
Glasgow: David Bryce & Son, (1904). 64pp. An unusual oblong-format Bryce with page one containing both the title-page, with an Oriental design, and the first page of the preface. This layout is most likely the uncut version of the Bryce Rubaiyat. Bound in finely gilt-stamped gray-brown leather with yapp edges.....	More
Poems Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect.
Glasgow: BRYCE, DAVID, (c. 1896). 240pp. Reduced facsimile of the first edition, which had been printed in Kilmarnock by John Wilson in 1786. Fine in green leather. (Spielmann 69). (1 3/16 by 7/8; 30x20mm).	More
(Budd, Harold)
Aurora Teardrops.
Budd, Harold
Vancouver, British Columbia: Heavenly Monkey, 2016. Small quarto. 52, (iv)pp., + 12 plates. First edition, deluxe issue. One of fifty copies. Signed by the author, Harold Budd, and the artist, Jane Maru. Introduction by David Sylvian. Maru's silk batik paintings are interleaved throughout the book in twelve plates, which have.....	More