GASC F.E.A. The Smallest French and English Dictionary in the World. David Bryce and Son Glasgow (c.1900) Yellow edges and 647 pages. Bound in flexible red leather with the title in gilt on the front cover and spine. Preserved in a metal case with a magnifying glass set in the lid.

1 ¼”x ¾” (28mms.x 20mms.)

AUNT LAURA.Published by Breed Butler and Co. New York. 1862. Gilt edges and 64 pages. Bound in pink cloth with decoration on both cavers.

2”x 1 ½” (53mms.x 40mms.)

Translated Out of the Original Greek, Also the Psalms of David. Published by Eyre and Spottiswoode (c. 1865) Gilt gauffered edges, printed in Diamond 48mo. Leather spine gilt titled and decorated .A MAUCHLINE BINDING with red and green plaid boards. An excellent copy.

3 ¾”x 2 ½”. (100mms.x 64mms.)

Alfred Mills. From Egbert to the Present Time. London 1817. 96pp and 47 circular portraits. Bound in red leather with a gilt title .

2 ½”x 2 ¼” (64mms.x 60mms.)

The Cottar’s Saturday Night and Other Poems. Published by Anderson. Edinburgh
(c.1920) 372pp. Bound in tartan silk with a label on the spine.

2”x 1 ½” (54mms.x 38mms.)

SILVER COVER]. Published by Henry Frowde. Oxford. (c.1910) All edges gilt. 688pp. Bound in dark red leather with the title in gilt on the spine. The hall marked placquette shows a cross against a plain background.

2 ¼”x 2” (58mms.x 50mms.)

The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments. Published by David Bryce and Son, Glasgow. 1901.876 pages with illustrations. Bound in calf in the antique style with a magnifying glass inside the back cover. Chained to an oak lectern 5 ½” high. A label under the base describes it as a facsimile of those chained bibles found in some English Cathedrals. Produced for the Tercentenary Commemoration of the Authorised Version of the English Bible. In its original box with a pictorial label, which is very rare

1 ¾”x 1¼” (44mms.x 33mms.)

All edges gilt and engraved throughout with a folding view of St Pancras New Church. Bound in red morocco with cream onlays and with profuse gilt geometric patterns overall. Preserved in a matching slipcase. A good copy.

2 ¼”x 1 ¼” (58mms.x 34mms.)

The Royal Bijou Birthday Book. A Selection From the Works of Shakespeare etc. Published by Eyre and Spottiswoode. London. (c. 1910) All edges gilt 377pages printed in red and black. Bound in red textured morocco with gilt titles on the spine. Enhanced by a silver hall marked placquette on the front cover, picturing roses within a ruled border.

2 ¼”x 1 ¾” (57mms.x 48mms.)

English (c.1870).
Gilt edges, empty pages bound within wooden boards, and with a red leather spine. The front cover has a view of the Chain Pier,Brighton, within an oval frame. Having its original bone pencil housed in a red
leather loop and with a brass clasp to close. A bright item.

Gilt edges, 2 1/4"x 1 3/4" (60mms.x 42mms.)

Published and sold by S.Ewins. London. 1833.Gilt edges,engraved frontis and 208pps. Bound in black leather in the wallet style with a flap to close. An enclosed note reads,"Excuse me offering to you a book entitled Token For Children but the address to Teachers in the former part will , I hope, apologise for so doing."

2"x 1 1/2" (52mms.x 36mms.)

Published by David Bryce and Son. Glasgow. 1895.
Red edges, Bound in dark blue flexible leather with a gilt title on the front cover and spine. Printed on India Paper and preserved in a metal case with a magnifying glass inset in the top. Spielmann 388, describes it as the smallest New Testament in existence.

3/4"X 1/2" (18mms.x 15mms.)

The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments. Published by David Bryce and Son. Glasgow. 1901. Illustrated. Bound in calf in the antique style with titles in gilt on the spine. Contains a copy of the Burns Family Register in the poet’s handwriting. Preserved in a hinged book shaped mauchline box ,painted and lacquered in green tartan. A label inside the box describes it as,’The Smallest Bible in the World with Burns’ Family Register..’

1 ¾”x 1¼” (45mms.x 30mms.)

Le Petit Paroissien de la Jeunesse. Published by Marcilly. Paris. (c.1840) Gilt edges and 96 pages with five engraved plates. Bound in orange paper covered boards with gilt decorated borders and spine. A nice copy.

1 ¾”x1 ¼”(40mms.x 25mms.)

Fashionable Remembrancer for 1847. Published by W.Strange. London.Gilt edges, frontis picturing a country scene around a maypole, a pictorial title page and other engravings. A ballroom guide is included at the end . Bound in shiny black paper,decorated and titled in gilt.

2 1/2"x 1 1/2" (64mms.x 36mms.)

City of London. 1840. A scroll 16” long and 3” wide is preserved in a wooden tube. The scroll, bearing a coat of arms, affirms that Samuel Browne, a vintner of London, was admitted to the freedom of the City, by Sir Chapman Marshall, Mayor, and Sir James Shaw, Chamberlain. This and other information is printed in copper plate style with personal details added in manuscript. The polished wooden tube has a printed paper label that reads,’Copy of Freedom. City of London.’The bookplate of Levitan on the base.

3 ½” tall and 1 ½” in Diameter.

Published by Marcilly and printed by Firmin Didot Freres. Paris. (c.1836)
Gilt edges, Title page with a wood engraved vignette and seven plates. Bound in leather with gilt ruled borders and the title in gilt on the spine.Spielmann writes,"The illustrations of this Harlequinade are of exceptional charm."

2 1/4"x2 1/4" (53mmsx 66mms.)

R.T.S.London. (1832)
Gilt edges,Bound in maroon leather, rubbed. 122pps. In the wallet style with a gilt title on the flap. Welsh 5220 locates the Spielmann copy only and places it circa 1845, though an inscription on the front free endpaper of this copy is dated 1832.

2 1/2"x 2 1/4" (67mms.x 62mms.)

The Pearl Almanac. 1881- 1888. Published by Arrowsmith. Bristol. Eight years each with its own title page. Each page is printed within a decorated border and a different coloured paper is used for each year. Bound in plum coloured leather with a gilt title and decoration. A very nice copy not found in the usual references.

1 ¾”x 1½”(47mms.x 36mms.)

Printed for the Company of Stationers. London.
Gilt edges, with a folding engraving of Alexandra Park Palace.Bound in green textured leather with gilt ruled borders, and preserved in a matching slipcase.The title of the engraving has been clipped, but a very bright copy.

2 1/4"x 1 1/4" (58mms.x 32mms.)

HANDBOOK of PRACTICAL COOKERY by Matilda Lees Dods. A New and Enlarged Edition with an Introduction on the Philosophy of Cookery. Published by Eyre and Spottiswoode. 1906. 836 pps. With 50 full page illustrations. Bound in blue publisher’s cloth.

2 ¼”x 1 ¾” (55mms.x 46mms.)

Published by Rock Brothers and Payne. London 1835.
Gilt edges,with thirty two humorous engravings. Bound in flexible leather with a gilt title set within a floral frame on the front cover. Preserved in a sterling silver box of exactly the correct size, having a decorated
hinged lid. Rare. Welsh locates the Adomeit copy only.

1"x 1 1/4" (30mms.x 25mms.)

A Collection of Pamphlets, Housed in an Oak Box. The Society of Private Printers. 1980.
A complete set of 31volumes, many illustrated with original woodcuts and other artwork. Lined in red and topped with an arch on a sliding front that has a fine engraved label. Limited to 70 copies of which only 15 were available for sale.This item was the result of a project by the Society of Private Printers, who wished to produce a boxed set of little books in immitation of the Infant's Library made by John Marshall circa 1800. See David Chambers, Private Library Third Series, vol.6:1 (Spring 1983) pp.39/40

Housed in a purpose built oak box measuring 6"x4 1/2"x 3 1/2".