{"title":"Firsts London 2026","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"naval-heroes-of-america-maritime-miniature-book-publication-date-1851-condition-very-good","title":"Naval Heroes of America. Peck, H.C. and Theo Bliss. Philadelphia. 1851.","description":"\u003cp class=\"biblio\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e189 printed pages including 48 woodcut full-page illustrations. Contemporary pencil owners' inscription on verso of blank preliminary, dated 1854. All edges gilt. 66 x 80 mm. Original embossed red cloth (slightly rubbed). Cover with half profile portrait of John Paul Jones in gilt within embossed border; gilt spine with scrolling floral decoration, title and eagle (small area of spine missing). Provenance: Everett A. Roys, 1842-1920 of Sheffield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA. Not in Bondy nor Spielmann nor Welsh. WorldCat locates just 11 copies, all in the USA. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44107042848981,"sku":"f26.246","price":140.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/products\/P4074731.jpg?v=1680883554"},{"product_id":"famous-men-of-britain-miniature-book-publication-date-1845-condition-very-good","title":"Famous Men of Britain. Loomis \u0026 Peck, Philadelphia. Durrie \u0026 Peck, New Haven. 1845.","description":"\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e191 printed pages (some light age toning). Last page publisher's advert: \"Miniature juveniles. Each containing 48 plates, and uniform with this volume.\". 48 Illustrations, wood cuts; last page 1\/5 missing at bottom (replaced with archival tissue). B.M. Dusenbery, stereotyper. Kay \u0026amp; Brothers, printers. Marbled endpapers. Inner gilt dentelles. All edges gilt (somewhat worn). Rounded corners. 66 x 82mm. Full new calf (a trifle rubbed). Spine with two blind stamped, raised bands; covers with gilt decoration and lettering on front. The same title was published in England by Tilt and Bogue circa 1841. It includes biographies of the Venerable Bede, Bacon, Robert Boyle, James Watt, Captain Cook, \u0026amp;c. Bondy, 67. Not in Spielmann. Welsh, 2773. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44225923121365,"sku":"f26.247","price":100.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P6144989.jpg?v=1686736465"},{"product_id":"solomons-prayer-at-the-dedication-of-the-temple-very-rare-provincial-miniature-juvenile-book-publication-date-1839-condition-very-good","title":"Solomon's Prayer at the Dedication of the Temple. Wright \u0026 Albright, Avon-Street, Bristol. 1839.","description":"\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCirca 1839. Title page and 29 printed pages. \"I.L.Linney bookseller of Low Ousegate, York\"- booksellers label on front pastedown endpaper. Pale yellow endpapers. 25 x 32mm. Original blue-grey embossed card (very slight rubbing to hinges and corners). The prayer Solomon offered to dedicate the temple is found in 1 Kings 8:22 54. Solomon prayed that the temple would be a blessing to the people in uniting them in joining with God and sharing in the goals of the Chrisitan faith, many of which aspirations still apply today. John Lewis Linney was a Quaker printer\/bookseller from Ripon, the first of a succession of Quaker owners of what would eventually become Sessions of York. In 1839 Linney moved the printing business to 15 Low Ousegate, York, and continued to print there until 1851. Not in Bondy, nor Spielmann nor Welsh. WorldCat finds 10 other titles published by Wright \u0026amp; Albright, all juvenile chapbooks between 10-12cm. \u0026amp; in all but one case only surviving in one or two copies at Florida and sometimes Indiana universitiy libraries (the exception being a solitary survivor of one title at Oxford University). No other books found published by Wright and Albright in this much smaller size (a third the size of the next smallest titles). No copies of this Solomon's Prayer found anywhere. A scarce, nearly 200 year-old miniature book, by a small Bristol printer and with a provincial printer\/bookseller's original label, in remarkably good condition. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44246502211797,"sku":"f26.250","price":200.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P6215020.jpg?v=1687339967"},{"product_id":"longfellow-henry-wadsworth-poetry-of-longfellow-henry-wadsworth-eyre-spottiswoode-london-circa-1905","title":"Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. Poetry of Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. Eyre \u0026 Spottiswoode [London]. Circa 1905.","description":"\u003cp\u003eLongfellow, Henry Wadsworth. Poetry of Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. Eyre \u0026amp; Spottiswoode, Downs Park Road, Hackney N.E. [London]. Circa 1905. xv, 1103 printed pages. All edges gilt over red. Marbled endpapers (inner hinge split but holding firm; A couple of gatherings slightly sprung). Art nouveau spine. Unhallmarked, silver plaque with Longfellow, a lyre and a spread-winged bird with foliage. 48 x 56 mm. Original blue morocco spine with art nouveau gilt titling and design (rather rubbed and worn).  Welsh, 4710. Not found in WorldCat. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46660162453717,"sku":"f26.249","price":195.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P4078407.jpg?v=1712586276"},{"product_id":"smallest-english-dictionary-in-the-world","title":"Bryce, David \u0026 Son. Glasgow. Advertising. Smallest English Dictionary in the World. Circa 1896. Promo for world's largest bookshop in 1896.","description":"\u003cp\u003eSmallest English Dictionary in the World. \u003cspan class=\"Polaris-Text--root Polaris-Text--headingLg Polaris-Text--bold\"\u003eComprising: besides the ordinary and newest words in the language, short explanations of a large number of scientific, philosophical, literary and technical terms.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eBryce, David \u0026amp; Son. Glasgow. Circa 1896. Original gilded metal case with magnifier and loop at top. 384 pages.Engraved portrait of Johnson. \"Cole's English Dictionary\" - front cover and blank rear cover. 19 x 28 mm. Original red leather. On this promotional edition of the 'smallest dictionary in the world' there is \"COLE'S ENGLISH DICTIONARY\" on the front cover and , but not, as in some examples, \"FROM COLE'S BOOK ARCADE MELBOURNE\" on the back -one of three Australian promo editions known. Cole's Arcade was a heavily promoted late Victorian bookshop, the largest in the world at that time. A similar example of this book, but without the advertising promotional on the covers, can be found in Her Majesty Queen Mary's Dolls' House at Windsor Castle. Bondy, 106. Garbett, 25.  Pistner, B233:7. Spielmann, 464. Welsh, 2406. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e       \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55132544958843,"sku":"f26.230","price":450.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P3052675.jpg?v=1741167616"},{"product_id":"smallest-french-and-english-dictionary-in-the-world-gasc-f-e-a-editor-1896","title":"Bryce, David \u0026 Son. Glasgow. Advertising. Smallest French And English Dictionary In The World. Gasc, F.E.A. (editor). Pears promo. 1896.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003evii,648 (1) printed pages in French. Printed on fine india paper. Photo reduction technique employed to produce text in three columns. Last printed page covers English coins and measurements. Yellow edges (toned). Yellow endpapers.  21 x 28 mm. Original maroon leather, with gilt titles to the front . 'PEARS. SAVON. SOAP' on back cover. Complete with original metal case in unusually good condition with magnifier and loop at top. Barely any rubbing and discolouration to the outside of the case which inside is brighter silver. Contains more than 5,000 words, sentences and idiomatic phrases. Considering the size of the print, it is unexpectably readable with the magnifier. This famous publishing firm was started in 1832 in Glasgow, Scotland and went into miniature books from 1876 until 1913, when it permanently closed down. Although thousands of these dictionaries were issued, according to Bondy, they are now becoming quite scarce and are much rarer than the Smallest English Dictionary in the World. A similar example of this book is in Her Majesty Queen Mary's Dolls' House Library at Windsor Castle. Bondy, 107. Garbett, 26. Pistner, B233:8. Spielmann, 162. Welsh, 2425.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55202486157691,"sku":"f26.210","price":274.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P3224015.jpg?v=1742662963"},{"product_id":"bryces-diamond-english-dictionary-bryce-david-and-son-glasgow-1896","title":"Bryce, David \u0026 Son. Glasgow. Advertising. Bryce's Diamond English Dictionary. Royal Insurance Company promo. 1896.","description":"\u003cp\u003e860 printed pages. No portrait. Endpapers and some leaves slightly grubby, corners creased or folded over. 40 x60 mm. Original green suede. On spine \"The Royal English Dictionary\", on front \u0026amp; rear covers, \"Insure with the Royal Insurance Company Ltd., Fire, Life, Accident, Burglary, Annual Income\". David Bryce was well known for striking deals to promote other businesses, mainly on the covers of his dictionaries, notably with the Pears Soap company. This Royal Insurance Company variant has never before been recorded and was probably produced in low numbers - perhaps even for one specific event but never repeated. Covers worn and rubbed, corners chipped, significant handling and overall wear - nevertheless a rarity with Royal Insurance Company badgings. Welsh, 2387 \u0026amp; 2392.           \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55241240936827,"sku":"f26.360","price":245.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P3274276.jpg?v=1743150490"},{"product_id":"berwick-andrew-writen-and-illustrated-by-the-lost-ostrich-self-published-2010","title":"Berwick, Andrew, writen and illustrated by. The Lost Ostrich.  Self-published. 2010.","description":"\u003cp\u003e12 panel concertina screen-printed and hand-made book. One of ten copies - all unnumbered and unsigned. Each panel is 50 x 75 mm. Two panels with artist-designed cut-out sections. First panel glued to inside of box as issued. Original cream textured paper covered box with lifting -off lid, illustrated with ostrich face (very slightly marked, , 60 x 85mm. Artist and illustrator Andrew Berwick designed and produced ten copies of this original volume during his first year as an undergraduate student of Illustration at the North Wales School of Art and Design, Glydwr University, in 2010. An unrecorded, charming and original artist-designed miniature children's book that merits re-publishing, having only ever been seen in an edition of ten copies. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55330298823035,"sku":"f26.4","price":125.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P3057237.jpg?v=1772721317"},{"product_id":"psalms-and-hymns-isaac-watts-bungay-c-brightly-t-kinnersley-1805","title":"Psalms and Hymns.  I[saac] Watts. Bungay, C. Brightly \u0026 T. Kinnersley, 1805.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan aria-labelledby=\"description-557641980\"\u003e380 pages. 24°. All edges gilt. Original marbled endpapers. Printed by C. Brightly, Bungay. Contemporary ink ownership inscription on verso of front free endpaper, dated October 2nd, 1805. Provenance: Miss Saunders. Each psalm is set out in different metres, This is followed by a section of Hymns and Spiritual Songs, pages193-380. Pages uniformly age-toned. 45 x 95 mm. Bound in contemporary richly patinated full calf, the gilt rules to the upper board are heavily rubbed. Some mild edge-wear. Spine slightly rubbed.  Stored in a contemporary soft leather matching case, the case is tight fitting but the leather clasp is absent. The inscription is dated nineteen days before the Battle of Traflagar, in the era of the rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tss-238zf2-wrapperTable MuiBox-root mui-0\"\u003e\n\u003clabel class=\"tss-i4ryib-labelTable\" id=\"contents-45737819\"\u003eContents:\u003c\/label\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tss-xeah7b-lineClamp MuiBox-root mui-0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"MuiBox-root mui-0\"\u003e1. The Psalms of David\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"MuiBox-root mui-0\"\u003e2. Hymns and spiritual songs\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tss-238zf2-wrapperTable MuiBox-root mui-0\"\u003e\n\u003clabel class=\"tss-i4ryib-labelTable\" id=\"notes-45737819\"\u003eNotes:\u003c\/label\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eWithout music; tunes indicated by title\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eHymnody Collection--Pitts Theology Library\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIsaac Watts (1674-1748) is remembered for his hymns – which are still sung to this day. His works include \"When I Survey the Wondrous Cross\", \"Joy to the World\", and \"O God, Our Help in Ages Past\". Watts lived at Abney Hall in Stoke Newington until his death in 1748; he was buried in Bunhill Fields. In his lifetime, Watts' hymns were highly controversial, marking a transition away from the practice of psalm-singing. Coupled with his theological views, which brought widespread criticism, Watts can rightly be seen as a radical. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tss-238zf2-wrapperTable MuiBox-root mui-0\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tss-238zf2-wrapperTable MuiBox-root mui-0\"\u003e\n\u003clabel class=\"tss-i4ryib-labelTable\" id=\"oclcnumber-557641980\"\u003eNot in Bondy, nor Spielmann, nor Welsh. OCLC \u003c\/label\u003e\u003cspan aria-labelledby=\"oclcnumber-557641980\"\u003e557641980. WorldCat locates only two copies worldwide (British Library, and Cornell University Library). Very uncommon - no copies found in commerce and not included in many bibliographies of Watts.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55518654857595,"sku":"f26.254","price":200.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P3057169.jpg?v=1772725962"},{"product_id":"catalogue-david-bryce-sons-tartan-publications-133-west-campbell-street-glasgow","title":"Catalogue. David Bryce \u0026 Son's Tartan Publications. 133 West Campbell Street Glasgow. circa 1904.","description":"\u003cp\u003e14 page printed catalogue of books published by David Bryce \u0026amp; Son. 14 vignette engraved illustrations. 52 x 84 mm. Original printed wrappers. Includes Tartan, Midget, and Thumb Series, Burns Family Bible, Scott, and Burns classic works in boxes and separately.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55545157714299,"sku":"f26.53","price":90.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P3117381.jpg?v=1773253516"},{"product_id":"infants-library-book-12-john-marshall-no-4-aldemary-churchyard-london-1800","title":"Infant's Library. Book 12. John Marshall. No. 4 Aldemary Churchyard. London. 1800","description":"\u003cp\u003e12. (Scenes of Everyday Life). 13 engraved views - four with later hand-colouring. Adverts for the Picture Magazine, and for the 13th number of the Children's Magazine. 47 x 63 mm. Original pale yellow boards, rose pink labels. Spine with neat old matching paper repair.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55545424118139,"sku":"f26.54","price":250.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P3137495.jpg?v=1773409633"},{"product_id":"howletts-victoria-golden-almanack-for-1858-howlett-and-son-printers-10-frith-street-soho-london-1847","title":"Howlett's Victoria Golden Almanack for 1848. Howlett and Son, Printers, 10 Frith Street, Soho. [London]. [1847].","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e32 printed pages. Gold print on cream glossy paper. Calendar printed in blue on white paper. Contains a floral almanac and weather table by Dr. Herschel \u0026amp;c. as well as a calendar. Inner hinge cracked and later repaired with invisible tape. 45 x 68mm. Original cream and silver glossy boards intricate geometric vertical designs in brown and gilt on the covers with scrolling abstract borders. Covers rubbed, particularly on the spine. Howlett and Brimmer were trade printers who specialised in the art of printing with metallic ink, particularly gold. They also published Howlett's Victoria Miniature Almanack \u0026amp; Fashionable Remembrancer and the Queen Alexandra Golden Almanack. Not in Bondy, nor Spielmann, nor Welsh. See Spielmann, 206A and Welsh, 3581 for 1841 edition. Spielmann and Welsh only locate 1841 copies in blue. WorldCat locates zero copies of this edition worldwide. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55716692754811,"sku":"f26.93","price":400.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P3127412.jpg?v=1773331283"},{"product_id":"pellico-silvio-mes-prisons-edition-illustree-par-tony-johannot-marpon-c-et-e-flammarion-editeurs-rue-racine-pres-de-lodeon-paris-circa-1860","title":"Pellico, Silvio. Mes Prisons. Edition illustrée par Tony Johannot. Marpon, C. et E. Flammarion. Editeurs, Rue Racine, pres de l'Odeon. Paris. Circa 1860..","description":"\u003cp\u003e[6], 205 printed pages. Some leaves remaining unopened. From the series, Bibliothèque en Miniature. Original multicolour silk place-keeper. Scattered minor foxing.  Marbled endpapers. Top edges gilt, others untrimmed. 54 x 76 mm. Near contemporary full tan goatskin. Spine with five raised bands and gilt blocked lettering. Houghton, 5. Welsh, 5496. OCLC,  \u003cspan\u003e43889407\u003c\/span\u003e. WorldCat locates four copies worldwide (Pierpont Morgan, Virginia, Indiana, and University of Iowa Libraries). Pellico was an Italian writer, poet, dramatist, and patriot active in the Italian unification. His activism led him to be arrested on the charge of being a member of a secret revolutionary society or carbonari, and was imprisoned\u003cspan\u003e in Austrian dungeons for conspiring against Habsburg rule\u003c\/span\u003e for fifteen years. 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He was instrumental in popularizing miniature or \"Thumb\" prayer books, often printed on thin \"India paper\" to make thick, comprehensive volumes highly portable. Hand-embroidered covers often featured religious designs and were produced individually to be sold for special gifts on occasions like weddings or confirmations. They were produced by skilled craftswomen in a specialised bindery.\u003c\/span\u003e      \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56084501266811,"sku":"f26.165","price":350.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P2126405.jpg?v=1771006475"},{"product_id":"holy-bible-containing-old-and-new-testaments-contains-a-copy-of-the-shakespeare-family-register-bryce-david-son-glasgow-1901","title":"Holy Bible containing Old and New testaments. Contains a copy of the Shakespeare Family Register. Bryce, David \u0026 Son. Glasgow. 1901.","description":"\u003cp\u003eTranslated Out of the Original Toungues, And With The Former Translations Diligently Compared And Revised. By His Majesty's Special Comand. Appointed To Be Read In Churches. Printed by Authority. 876 printed pages. Thinnest 'India' paper. Back pocket magnifier. All edges gilt Maroon silk page-keeper. 28 full-page illustrations. A Miniature facsimile edition of the Holy Bible with notes on the Shakespeare family records and facsimiles of the entries in the parish register, Stratford Upon Avon, W. S. Brassington. (inserted before The New Testament half-title). \u003cspan\u003ePrinted at the University Press, Glasgow. \u003c\/span\u003e32 x 45 mm. Original tan morocco. Blind embossed tooling front and back. Original mauchline transferware box with printed label on inside, a book-shaped box with varnished image of Shakespeare's House, Stratford on Avon. Bondy, 110. Garbett, 21. Spielmann, 21. Welsh, 562. Scarce miniature bible and magnifying glass, in the original wooden box.   \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56093290037627,"sku":"f26.1","price":600.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P3036930.jpg?v=1772547104"},{"product_id":"scott-sir-walter-poetical-works-bryce-david-son-glasgow-circa-1890","title":"Scott, Sir Walter. Poetical Works. Bryce, David \u0026 Son. Glasgow. Circa 1890.","description":"\u003cp\u003eScott's Works in six volumes, \u003cspan class=\"T286Pc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-complete=\"true\"\u003e\u003cem class=\"eujQNb\" data-complete=\"true\"\u003eThe Lay of the Last Minstrel, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"T286Pc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-complete=\"true\"\u003e\u003cem class=\"eujQNb\" data-complete=\"true\"\u003eMarmion,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"T286Pc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-complete=\"true\"\u003e\u003cem class=\"eujQNb\" data-complete=\"true\"\u003eThe Lady of the Lake, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"T286Pc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-complete=\"true\"\u003e\u003cem class=\"eujQNb\" data-complete=\"true\"\u003eRokeby, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"T286Pc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-complete=\"true\"\u003e\u003cem class=\"eujQNb\" data-complete=\"true\"\u003eThe Lord of the Isles, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"T286Pc\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-complete=\"true\"\u003e\u003cem class=\"eujQNb\" data-complete=\"true\" aria-owns=\"action-menu-parent-container\"\u003eBallads, Lyrics, and Songs. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003ePrinted by Robert maclehose, 153 West Nile Street, Glasgow. Appears in 1902 Bryce catalogue. Housed in original sycamore Mauchline Scott clan tartan box with a double hinged lid that is tartan covered and has a sepia view of Scott's Abbotsford on lower half and a view of the Scott memorial sculpture on upper half. Gilt title on the hinged lids 'Scott's Poetical Works'. All edges red. Original floral endpapers. 63 x 87mm. Original pale blue cloth. Black decoration to front and rear. The front having a round shield and 'pikes' with Scott's motto 'Watch Weel' on a sash threading through. Garbett, 47. Welsh, 6203. \u003cspan\u003eWorldCat locates no copies worldwide. \u003c\/span\u003eVery scarce.   \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56093573710203,"sku":"f26.10","price":800.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P3309378.jpg?v=1774872844"},{"product_id":"fort-bragg-n-c-in-a-nutshell-goldfarb-novelty-company-new-york-1940","title":"Fort Bragg N.C. in a Nutshell. Goldfarb Novelty Company. New York. 1940.","description":"\u003cp\u003e 41 oval printed panels concertina folded into original walnut shell. Half the panels have duotone photographic images of Fort Bragg. The entire printed novelty has been slightly mishapped to fit the walnut shell. One secton has been repaired at the fold. No example located in commerce or in institutional records. \u003cspan\u003eIn 1939, the Fort Bragg outpost had fewer than 3,500 troops. By 1940, with the passage of the Selective Training and Service Act, the base had begun to swell, eventually expanding to a cantonment accommodating more than 60,000 men.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003eGiven their base in New York, the Goldfarb company published extensive views of the city, including sets from the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Yjhzub\"\u003e1939–1940 World’s Fair\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and scenic views of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Yjhzub\"\u003eHudson River as well as inventing the game KerPlunk.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56093714645371,"sku":"f26.100","price":200.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P3269120.jpg?v=1774521383"},{"product_id":"silverman-l-i-united-states-history-and-presidents-in-a-nutshell-nutshell-novelty-co-chicago-1904","title":"Silverman, L.I. United States History and Presidents in a nutshell. Nutshell Novelty Co. Chicago. 1904.","description":"\u003cp\u003eAccordion folded strip mounted in a walnut shell : illustrations, portraits. Text is printed on a single sheet of paper, folded accordion-style and affixed inside a walnut shell. The shell is glazed and drilled with holes for a ribbon to create a hinge and closure. Text leaves 30 x 20 mm. in shell 35 x 46 x 35 cm. OCLC, 809423029. WorldCat locates a single copy worldwide (University of Virginia Library). A novelty \u003cspan\u003eprized by collectors of presidential memorabilia and micro-books. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56093810327931,"sku":"f26.101","price":300.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P3269128.jpg?v=1774521038"},{"product_id":"omar-khayyam-edward-fitzgerald-translator-rubaiyat-of-omar-khayyam-bryce-david-son-glasgow-1904","title":"Omar Khayyam. Edward Fitzgerald, translator. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Bryce, David \u0026 Son. Glasgow. 1904.","description":"\u003cp\u003e64 double pages. Decorative woodcut borders.  An unusual oblong-format Bryce with page one containing both the title-page, printed in the plain text of the later issue, and the first page of the preface. Not sewn to create the double-page spreads as found in the first issue. An unusual oblong-format Bryce with page one containing both the title-page, printed in the plain text of the later issue, and the first page of the preface. All edges gilt. Original creamy pale yellow endpapers. 88 x 58 millimetres. Original printed paper covered boards. Minuscule mild creases. This scarce edition is more often found with a printed card binding. Garbett, 18, 40. Bondy, 106. Newsletter of LXiMos16, 5 #7. Spielmann, 395. Welsh, 5354. OCLC, \u003cspan\u003e5427892\u003c\/span\u003e. WorldCat locates 19 copies worldwide. \u003cspan\u003eThis 1904 Bryce edition is a beautiful, tangible example of the Victorian obsession with the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem class=\"eujQNb\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003eRubaiyat\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, presented in a enchanting format.\u003c\/span\u003e      \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56093869080955,"sku":"f26.104","price":320.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P5190336.jpg?v=1779209073"},{"product_id":"omar-khayyam-rose-garden-of-omar-khayyam-thompson-eben-francis-commonwealth-press-worcester-mass-1932","title":"Omar Khayyam. Rose Garden of Omar Khayyam. Thompson, Eben Francis. Commonwealth Press. Worcester, Mass. 1932.","description":"\u003cp\u003eRecognized at one time to be the smallest book the world, 3\/16\"\" x 1\/8\"\", this micro-miniature book is one of a suite of three. The others being a miniature book, 13\/4\"\"x1 1\/2\" and a regular size of 5 3\/4\" X 5\". All three similarly bound in red goatskin by the Joseph S. Wesby Company. With a similarly bound book titled Thimbleful of Books: Being some account of small books and more particularly of The Smallest Book in the World. Proof Sheet of the micro-miniature in wraps and a miniature brass magnifying glass for reading same. Included in this set is a copy of \u003cem\u003eThe Real Omar Khayyam: Review of Eben FrancisThompson's Rose Garden of mar Khayyam\u003c\/em\u003e by Henry Harmon Chamberlin. All items are housed in a\u003cbr\u003ecustom box of marbled boards three quarter bound in red morocco. The micro-miniature book is protected in a small gold box with a transparent lid. Originally Firgerald enthusiast, Mr. Thompson became a student of Persian. It took him 20 years to finish his first translation of The Quatrains of Omar Khayyam of Nishapur of 1115 stanzas. In 1910 came his Rose Garden of Omar Khayyam, the precursor of the definitive edition of 1932\u003cbr\u003eFor the latter, he has selected 46 from the 106 of the former and has compressed\u003cbr\u003einto tetrameters, the pentameters which have been heretofore used by almost every successor of Edward Fitzgerald. Pistner, 221. Welsh, 5344. OCLC, 960073416. WorldCat locates 13 copies worldwide.  This set took seven years to produce.      \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56093884023163,"sku":"f26.105","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P3309298.jpg?v=1774864590"},{"product_id":"bunyan-john-pilgrims-progress-frowde-henry-london-1896","title":"Bunyan, John. Pilgrim's Progress. Frowde, Henry. [London]. 1896.","description":"\u003cp\u003e452+ 418 printed pages. Two volumes in one. Frontispiece. Illustrations. No inscriptions. A few leaves slightly singed on the foredges, with minimal losses. All edges gilt. Contemporary cream endpapers. 46 x 55 mm. Contemporary beige satin binding with sophisticated embroidery on the upper cover and spine, within scalloped gold thread and circular borders.  Blue, white and green embroidery silk colours still bright. Very little signs of wear. Welsh, 1516. OCLC, 27855093. WorldCat locates 15 copies worldwide.   \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56093889331579,"sku":"f26.107","price":800.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P3188258.jpg?v=1773846028"},{"product_id":"dickens-charles-chips-from-dickens-selected-by-thomas-mason-bryce-david-son-glasgow-circa-1900","title":"Bryce, David \u0026 Son. Glasgow. Advertising. Dickens, Charles. Chips from Dickens selected by Thomas Mason. Henry Heath promo. Circa 1900.","description":"\u003cp\u003e126 printed pages + 2 pages Chapman \u0026amp; Hall publisher's catalogue at end. 16mo. All edges red. Red printed border on each page. Golden Thoughts Series #15. Rounded corners. All edges gilt. Original tape and gilt decorated endpapers. In Parkins \u0026amp; Gotto, The Court Stationers, Oxford St. Embossed envelope, with ink inscription 'The Book of the Sign. With Henry Heath's respectful compliments' on the front. 60 x 86 mm. Original red velvet spine; boards in original glossy cream card with elaborate advertising promotional design and lettering on the covers: 'The Wrought Iron Sign Designed for Henry Heath Hatterie 1822 G.R. 105-109 Oxford Steet W. London'. Bondy, 119. Welsh, 2357. OCLC, \u003cspan\u003e285231960\u003c\/span\u003e. WorldCat locates one copy worldwide (University Library of Virginia). A rare promotional edition.  Henry Heath Hat Factory produced handmade headwear of such fine quality it earned warrants to EVII (1841-1910), GV (1865-1936) GVI (1895-1952) and King Alphonso XIII (1886-1941) and the Royal Courts of United Kingdom and Spain. Henry Heath’s primary product was top hats, which were made using felted fur from “Beaver Otter, Rabbits, Hares and Musk Rats. George Heath Junior was the Managing Director of the company in 1900 but at the time Heath's hats were becoming less and less fashionable, he committed suicide on 2 February 1910.   \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56093904142715,"sku":"f26.109","price":215.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P3057137.jpg?v=1772727475"},{"product_id":"tennyson-alfred-lord-poetical-works-of-alfred-lord-tennyson-alfred-lord-eyre-spottiswoode-london-circa-1905","title":"Tennyson, Alfred Lord. Poetical Works Of Alfred Lord Tennyson, Alfred Lord. Eyre \u0026 Spottiswoode. (Bible Warehouse), Ltd., 33, Paternoster Row. [London]. Circa 1906.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e1035 [2, blank] , printed pages. Title printed in black and red with poet's name in red. Some marginal and minor historic water stain in the top corner not affecting the text in the last few leaves. Fine India paper. Original silk place-marker. Original marbled endpapers (slightly foxed). All edges gilt over red. 47 x 55mm. Contemporary dark blue straight-grained morocco. Original silver plaquette on front cover, fully hallmarked for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eWilliam Comyns [of Harrogate], London, 1905. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eBondy, 120. Welsh, 6655. OCLC, 3407116 . WorldCat locates 11 copies worldwide.\u003c\/span\u003e    \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56093905420667,"sku":"f26.11","price":225.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P3178029.jpg?v=1773762959"},{"product_id":"old-mother-hubbards-fairy-tale-book-bryce-david-and-son-glasgow-1892","title":"Bryce, David \u0026 Son. Glasgow. Advertising. Old Mother Hubbard's Fairy Tale Book. Mellin's Food promo. 1892.","description":"\u003cp\u003e128 printed pages, all with frame. Printed title page and chromolithographed title-page. Profusely decorated with chromolithographed vignette illustrations. Contains the House the Jack Built, Jack and the Bean Stalk, Old Mother hubbard, Jack the Giant Killer, Cinderella, Cock Robin, Little Red Riding Hood, and the Three Bears. Golden Thought \u0026amp; Tartan Series, 56. Old cloth tape repair before first page that extends around the sewn gatherings, leading to some being very slightly sprung. Original cream endpapers. Contemporary ink presentation inscription on front free endpaper. Provenance: A[ustin]. Metcalf, Vicar of Hellingly. Metcalf received a stipend to attend Corpus Christi College, Cambridge before he became a vicar of Hellingly, a village in East Sussex. 67 x 92mm. Original chromolithographed boards. Salmon spine with powder blue oval cartouches with titling and publisher's name. Back cover with elaborate yellow advertisement for Mellins Food on blue ground, \"These are a few specimens out of many thousands of healthy children reared on Mellins Food\". On the front cover is the title in red on salmon ground above four vignettes illustrating some of the content and with their titles too, on cornflour blue ground. Very slightly faded and lightly handled. Spine wrinkled from old repair underneath. Garbett, 52. Not in Bondy, nor Spielmann. Welsh, 5160.  OCLC number, 17568793 WorldCat locates 10 copies worldwide, but not in British Library. No date but WorldCat states [1892]. The 1892 Spectator commented \" so small that it will go, one might say, anywhere, contains eight stories, old friends such as \" Jack and the Beanstalk,\" \" Cinderella,\" and \" Little Red-Riding Hood.\" It is one of the neatest little things that we have seen this season.\"    \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56093918364027,"sku":"f26.110","price":120.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P3047032.jpg?v=1772621564"},{"product_id":"finger-prayer-book-common-prayer-university-press-london-henry-frowde-oxford-warehouse-amen-corner-london-1901","title":"Finger Prayer Book. Common Prayer. University Press London. Henry Frowde, Oxford Warehouse, Amen Corner. London. 1899.","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the Franco-British Exhibition 1908, as stamped on upper cover in gilt. Cover slightly damaged, particularly on the front. All edges gilt. 28 x 92mm. Original red morocco. Bondy, 131. Spielmann, 154A. Welsh, 1855. No OCLC found. WorldCatdoes not record any copies worldwide.   \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56093952475515,"sku":"f26.113","price":200.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P3026894.jpg?v=1772481234"},{"product_id":"gray-thomas-elegy-in-a-country-churchyard-bryce-david-amp-son-glasgow-1911","title":"Gray, Thomas. Elegy in a Country Churchyard. Bryce, David \u0026 Son. Glasgow. 1911.","description":"\u003cp\u003e96 printed pages. Original pale yellow endpapers. All edges gilt. 13 x 17 mm. Original maroon gilt stamped leather. Bondy, 113. Garbett, 47. 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Pages 62-3 publisher's advertisement for almanacs, page 64 a pagintaed blank. First and only edition of a delightful microscopic almanac, engraved throughout and with 25 pages of illustrated verse at the front concerning women, fashion, and love. 19 x 29 mm. Contemporary red morocco; gilt decoration to spine and covers. Complete with matching slipcase. Slipcases for Marcilly micro-miniature almanacs are considered less common than for those published by Le Fuel. Not in Bondy. Grand-Carteret, 1793 (Georges Salomon Collection). Spielmann, 102. Welsh, 2008. A copy of this volume is in the Library of QMDH. OCLC, 1401189363. WorldCat records 9 copies worldwide. A\u003cspan\u003e perfect and scarce example of Restoration-era French miniature almanacs, combining luxurious craftsmanship on a minuscule scale with content tailored for fashionable ladies.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56095520096635,"sku":"f26.121","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P3218611.jpg?v=1774114203"},{"product_id":"jeux-de-lamour-annee-1820-au-fidele-berger-rue-des-lombards-paris-1819","title":"Jeux de l'Amour Année 1820. Au Fidele Berger, Rue des Lombards. [Paris]. [1819].","description":"\u003cp\u003e64 pages. 10 full-page illustrations. 19 x 26 mm. Original publisher's red morocco with gilt floral motif on covers within gilt dotted borders; spine with gilt three-leaved clocer design.  Corners and head of spine slightly worn. Grand-Carteret, 1897. Gumuchian, 4094. Houghton, 448. 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Some light water stains on the last few pages, nothing that affects the integrity of the pages. Some chipping around the page edges. Previous owner signature and inscription on the inside cover. The pasted endpaper is partially missing so the signatures are incomplete. 48 x 59 mm. Original full straight-grained red morocco. Upper hinge cracked, corners bumped and a little worn. Adam, 318-327. Adomeit, A93. Welsh, 1115. OCLC, 3977834. WorldCat locates four copies worldwide (Middlebury College, AmericanAntiquarian Society, and  universities of Indiana, and Virginia universities). \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56095544443259,"sku":"f26.13","price":225.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P3137623.jpg?v=1773493133"},{"product_id":"english-bijou-almanac-for-1837-schloss-a-london-1836","title":"English Bijou Almanac for 1837. Schloss, A. 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All edges gilt. Original salmon endpapers. Slightly creased and with minuscule wear to edges. 15 x 20 mm. Original burgundy roan. Covers with gilt embossed decoration of lyres. Slightly rubbed.  All edges gilt. Original green endpapers. Slightly creased and with minuscule wear to edges. 15 x 20 mm. Original salmon pink roan binding with matching slipcase, profusely gilt decorated. Spielmann, 140. Welsh, 2656. OCLC, \u003cspan\u003e1135143907\u003c\/span\u003e. WorldCat locates 11 copies worldwide.   \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56095656444283,"sku":"f26.131","price":450.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P3258982.jpg?v=1774445714"},{"product_id":"shakespeare-william-ellen-terry-complete-works-of-william-shakespeare-william-bryce-david-son-glasgow-1904","title":"Shakespeare, William. 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Original red morocco, complete with original printed cream dust-jacket. Minuscule amount of wear to some edges. Welsh, 6332. Miniature books that were issued with and have retained their dustjackets from this period are uncommon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56095957516667,"sku":"f26.133","price":130.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P3188268_14b4dcbd-82b8-4ce0-98f5-58f3af2417eb.jpg?v=1773845678"},{"product_id":"shakespeare-william-king-henry-iv-part-ii-bryce-david-son-glasgow-1904","title":"Shakespeare, William. King Henry iv part ii. Bryce, David \u0026 Son. Glasgow. 1904.","description":"\u003cp\u003e427 printed pages. Ellen Terry volume 18. Rounded corners. All edges gilt. 35 x 53 mm. Original red morocco, complete with original cream printed dust-jacket. Welsh, 6274. Miniature books that were issued with and have retained their dustjackets from this period are uncommon.   \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56096053821819,"sku":"f26.134","price":130.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P3188121.jpg?v=1773830532"},{"product_id":"marcus-wards-purse-calendar-marcus-ward-co-ltd-belfast-1910","title":"Marcus Ward's Purse Calendar. Marcus Ward \u0026 Co. Ltd. [Belfast]. [1910].","description":"\u003cp\u003e[32] pages. Printed in red and black throughout. Each page with red border. Includes birthdays of royal family, rates for inland postage,phases of the moon, and fixed and movable festivals for 1911. All edges gilt. No inscriptions. 35 x 50 mm. Original staple bound white card covers with red and green Art Nouveau desigh of intertwining roses. Complete with contemporary two-tone green hand-stiched silk binding, secured with original green ties at the spine. Figurative art nouveau design of a small tree in bloom. Not in Bondy, nor Spielmann, nor Welsh. See OCLC, 63091799 for only edition recorded, from 1900. WorldCat locates no copies of this edition worldwide. This is \u003cspan\u003esignificant as a rare example of miniature, artistic stationery production from a major Irish firm that was a leader in Victorian printing.\u003c\/span\u003e     \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56096194822523,"sku":"f26.136","price":300.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P3188157.jpg?v=1773851227"},{"product_id":"smallest-english-dictionary-in-the-world-bryce-david-amp-son-glasgow-circa-1900-nbsp","title":"Smallest English Dictionary in the World. Bryce, David \u0026 Son. Glasgow. 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Birmingham assay office, 1914-5.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56096274579835,"sku":"f26.248","price":75.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P3188178.jpg?v=1773850460"},{"product_id":"infants-delight-marshall-printed-and-sold-by-john-london-1801","title":"Infants delight. Marshall, Printed and sold by John. London. 1801.","description":"\u003cp\u003e[2], 72, [2] pages (integral blanks included in pagination). 34 full-page woodcut illustrations including a children's roundabout, a little work woman (child labourer), a pastry shop, a peep-show, barrow woman, a poney (sic), a blind fidler (sic), and the cannon - mostly concerning children but with some rural adult occupations. Title-page engraved without apostrophe in \"infants.\" Date of issue from engraved dates on lower border of illustrations, \"Pubd. July 18, 1801 ...\" Pages somewhat thumbed and age-toned. Several leaves with short closed tears. Some edges a little creased. Original cream endpapers. No inscriptions. 62 x 73 mm. Original paper-covered boards with original green printed  publisher's labels: 'Infant's delight' on the upper cover and 'Marshall' the publisher on the lower cover. Near contemporary crude repair with thread down the spine. Not in Bondy, nor Spielmann, nor Welsh. OCLC, 16927784. WorldCat locates 3 copies worldwide (Princeton, Arizona, and Indiana University Libraries). This title was\u003cspan\u003e revolutionary in the history of children's literature for their format and educational approach.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"uJ19be notranslate\" data-wiz-uids=\"WAZRjb_i,WAZRjb_j\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"vKEkVd\" data-animation-atomic=\"\" data-wiz-attrbind=\"class=WAZRjb_h\/TKHnVd\" data-sae=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-owns=\"action-menu-parent-container\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56096290341243,"sku":"f26.141","price":250.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P3036949.jpg?v=1772547212"},{"product_id":"la-miniature-1844-marcilly-rue-st-jacques-10-paris-1843","title":"Miniature, 1844. Marcilly. Rue St. Jacques, 10. Paris. 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This appears to be the earliest imprint by the Company of Stationers. The next edition was ten years later in 1744, then further editions in 1754, 1758, 1764, 1772, 1777, and 1785. Before 1769  the editions either have one or no recorded examples. This 1734 edition has not been recorded hitherto. Page edges slightly toned. Contemporary navy blue endpapers. Simple ink inscription on verso of front free endpaper, contemporary with binding. Old newspaper cutting tipped in at rear, referencing the previous owner Sophie Georgiana Robertina Yorke, Countess of Hardwicke (1840-1923), daughter of Henry Wellesley, 1st Earl Cowley. Her husband, the 5th Earl, was an inveterate gambler and accumulated significant debts, eventually having to put the family seat, the Wimpole Hall Estate, up for sale in 1891 to settle bank debts. 74 x 90 mm. Contemporary full silver filigree three-layered binding; top layer with broader flower outlines at the borders and flowing central patterns; the middle layer decorated with fine mostly circular twisted filigree designs; the base is a solid layer of silver ground. With two original beautifully cast silver clasps. Unmarked or obscured marks; binding in very good condition. Not in Bondy, nor Spielmann, nor Welsh. See Gumuchian, 199, for 1785 edition with significant damage, described as \"very rare\" in 1930. WorldCat locates no copies of this 1734 edition worldwide. The 1734 Stationers' Company \"Primer or Catechism\" is interesting because it shows the Anglican Church's ongoing effort to standardise religious instruction using familiar devotional formats (primers\/catechisms) for laypeople and children, bridging medieval traditions with Reformation principles, and serving as a key commercial educational tool with official royal authorisation for use across Britain, revealing how print helped shape common prayer and doctrine. The binding was by skilled Portuguese immigrant silversmiths who brought the art of silver filigree to bookbinding in the UK.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56096354500987,"sku":"f26.144","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P2246690.jpg?v=1771935767"},{"product_id":"shakespeare-william-works-bryce-david-son-glasgow-1904","title":"Shakespeare, William. Works. Bryce, David \u0026 Son. Glasgow. 1904. Hanging bookcase. Bryce's own copy.","description":"\u003cp\u003eComplete set of 40 Ellen Terry Shakespeare. Thinnest 'India' paper supplied by Henry Frowde of Oxford University Press. This edition is carefully edited and compared with the best texts by J. Talfourd Blair. All edges gilt. 32 x 49 mm. Original harlequin slim calf bindings. Lettering on spine and uppper cover in gilt. With original Gothic oak carved gated hanging wooden bookcase. Some damage to top and bottom of wooden carvings. This set has an impeccable provenance, being Nora Bryce's copy, signed on the front free endpapers of all volumes, and dated 1912 (some signatures faded). Nora Bryce (née Hobday), was married to David Bryce's son, also named David. Handed down within the direct ancestors of David Bryce until finally disposed of in 2025 by the great- niece of David Bryce's grandaughter. Please see scan of press article with photo of Bridgie with this set. Bondy, 114. Spielmann, 459. Welsh, 6264. A similar set of the same edition, rebound by Rivière, is in the Queen Mary's Dolls' House in Windsor Castle.    \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56096480100731,"sku":"f26.145","price":5000.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P4049459.jpg?v=1775311326"},{"product_id":"mite-robinson-ernest-a-grimsby-grimsby-1897","title":"Mite. Robinson, E[rnest] A., Grimsby. Grimsby. 1896.","description":"\u003cp\u003e28  printed pages. 5 illustrations (including Gutenberg Fust and Schoeffer) and coat of arms opposite leaf that states \"Copy accepted by Her Majesty\"; a similar copy is in Queen Mary's Dolls' House Library (E.V. Lucas, 381). \u003cspan\u003eThe type used is Brilliant and the text is printed within red borders. \u003c\/span\u003e It covers the invention of printing, the Eiffel Tower, the annual consumprtion of steel for pins, and various significant dates. 18 x 21 mm. Original olive-green printed paper wrappers. Covers verl slightly creased and rubbed at extremities.  Bondy, 99. Spielmann, 376. Welsh, 5069.    OCLC, \u003cspan\u003e53403802\u003c\/span\u003e. WorldCat records 8 copies of three editions worldwide. In 1981 Louis Bondy said\" for many years the smallest English book printed from moveable type and may in fact still deserve that distinction\". The Royal leaf is less commonly found in most copies of the Mite.    \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56096507887995,"sku":"f26.146","price":500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P3248886.jpg?v=1774361089"},{"product_id":"thumb-note-book-frowde-henry-london-1896","title":"Thumb Note Book. Frowde, Henry. [London]. 1896.","description":"\u003cp\u003e416 printed pages. Partly indented for alphabetical reference. Contains 384 pages of blank paper for ms. notes, together with a calendar to the end of the 19thcentury, interest, discount and wages tables, metric system, foreign money, foreign words and phrases, etc., the printed section of the little volume comprising 96 pages. Rounded corners. All edges gilt. Original decorated endpapers. Some pages with contemporary notes from the Elliot family, noting dates of family members' deaths. 45 x 55 mm. Original full burgundy morocco. Title blocked in gilt on upper cover and spine. Bondy, 118. Welsh, 6719. WorldCat locates no copies worldwide.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56096514572667,"sku":"f26.147","price":120.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P3178000.jpg?v=1773764119"},{"product_id":"gray-thomas-elegy-in-a-country-churchyard-pre-publication-prototype-dummy-owned-by-publisher-bryce-david-son-glasgow-1910","title":"Gray, Thomas. [Elegy in a Country Churchyard. Bryce, David \u0026 Son. Glasgow. 1910?] \u003e\u003e  PUBLISHER'S UNIQUE PRE-PUBLICATION 1910 PROTOTYPE OF THEIR SMALLEST MINIATURE BOOK. \u003c\u003c","description":"\u003cp\u003e96 blank pages with four unnumbered printed pages pasted down at the front. This is the publisher owned, unique prototype or mock-up copy of perhaps among the rarest of the Bryce publications. Original yellowed endpapers. Documented provenance: gifted from the publisher David Bryce to his son and then grandaughter, then to her great niece. Sold from the final direct family relation of the publisher in October 2025. 12 x 16 mm.    Original maroon leather. Originally preserved by the Bryce family and still presented in the a fully hallmarked 'shield cut' silver locket with loop at the top. It was assayed in Birmingham in 1910 and made by Albert Edward Jones, according to the hallmarks. Bondy, 113. Garbett, 47. Welsh, 3138. Unique copy from a pre-publication stage of Bryce's smallest publication, once owned by the publisher and carefully passed down his direct family until purchased for the first time in 2025. Producing dummy copies is known to be one of the production methods used in the publication process of David Bryce and Son. \"It's publication was advertised in a handout but it was thought not to exist until found and described in The Miniature Book Collector... One would be very lucky to find a copy of this rare book\" Garbett. NB Garbett describes this as bound in green leather.     \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56096527188347,"sku":"f26.149","price":2500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P3259032.jpg?v=1774437767"}],"url":"https:\/\/camdenlockbooks.com\/collections\/firsts-london-2027.oembed?page=5","provider":"Camden Lock Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}