{"title":"Miniature Bookcases","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"infants-library-marshall-john-circa-1800-16-volumes-complete-with-original-sycamore-bookcase","title":"Infant's Library. Marshall, John. Circa 1800. 16 volumes. Complete with original sycamore bookcase.","description":"\u003cp\u003eInfant's Library. Marshall, John. No. 4 Aldermary Churchyard in Watling Street. London. 1800. Circa 1800. 16 volumes. Complete with original sycamore bookcase box divided into four compartments with original faded red paper lining. The front design depicts a glazed bookcase containing books above a scene of two children, a girl and a female adult with a book and a boy with a globe - a copy of the Infant's Library itself is on the left foreground. Original label on the back of the box, \"\"Sold by John Harris, successor to E.Newberry, at the corner of St. Paul's Churchyard...\"\" overlaying Marshall's own original printed label. With ink ownership inscription \"\"SM.\"\" dated 1806.; later inscription dated September 26th 1861 \"\"E.A. Curteis from her Papa\"\" and initials \"\"E.A.C. 1861\"\" This may be the Curteis family from Tenterden in Kent. Also original invoice for this set from R.A. Brimmell ABA, of Hastings to his customer Mrs Michel in the 1960s for £400. Provenance: verso of box lid and front pastedown endpapers all have printed labels for General Catalogue of Sydney Roscoe with hand written volume numbers in each book. Roscoe wrote the first Bewick bibliography in 1953 and published an extensive article \"John Marshall and the Infant's Library\" in The Book Collector, Summer, 1955; the copy he describes is slightly different to this copy that he may have acquired as an upgrade. VOLUMES: All in (32)printed pages, except where stated,1. (Alphabets). 64pp. Pink boards, green labels. 2. (Syllabary - combinations of letters \u0026amp; simple words). Text starts on A2, p.3. 64pp.Marbled boards, yellow labels.\u003cbr\u003e3. (Scenes of Everyday Life). 13 simple engraved views with descriptions. 2pp. ads for Picture Magazine \u0026amp; the 16th no. of the Childrens's Magazine at end. Yellow boards, pink labels. 4. (Everyday Objects). 13 woodcuts with descriptions. 2pp. ads for Picture Magazine and the 14th no. of the Children's Magazine; 1p. ad. at end for 'A Dissected Map of England\u003cbr\u003eUpon a New Plan', price 7s. 6d, Green boards, pink labels. 5. (Animals). 13 woodcuts with descriptions. 2pp. ads for Picture Magazine and the 16th\u003cbr\u003eno. of the Children's Magazine; 1p. at end for the Dissected map. Light green boards, pink labels, lower half of spine defective. 6. (Scenes of Everyday Life). 13 views. Ads. as (5), but advertising the 15th no. Yellow\u003cbr\u003eboards, pink labels. 7. (Flowers). 13 woodcuts. Ads. as (5). Light green boards, pink labels. 8. (Birds). 13 woodcuts. 2pp. ads at front, both for the 26th no. of the Children's Magazine, 1page at end for the Dissected Map. Glazed orange boards, white labels. 9. (Boys' Games). 13 woodcuts. Ads. as (5). Light green boards, pink labels. 10. (Objects - Household Items). 13 woodcuts. Ads. as (9). Pink boards, light blue labels.11. (Scenes of Everyday Life - Architecture). 13 views. Ads. as (9) but for the 26th no. Cream boards, yellow labels. 12. (Scenes of Everyday Life). 13 views. Ads. as 11. Light Light green boards, pink label. 13. (Girls' Games). 13 woodcuts. Ads. as 11. Light green boards, cream label.14. (Scenes of Everyday Life - Rural). 13 views. Ads as 11. Pink boards, cream labels.15. (Scenes of Everyday Life - Rural II). 13 views. Ads as 11. Black glazed boards, yellow labels. 16. A Short History of England for the Infant's Library. 33 woodcuts of sovereigns in text. (64)pp. Lilac boards, yellow labels. An exceptional collection. in original bookcase box, in exceptional condition1800-1801. Five volumes with neatly executed contemporary sewed repairs to the spines. 47 x 60 mm. Original harlequin paper covered boards with oval hand coloured labels on the front and back covers, many with ornately cut edges. Lower half of spine defective on volume five. Welsh (History, page 74) attributed the influence of Jean Jacques Rousseau and the didactic school of  philosophy in this publication - aimed to train childrens' intellect and morals. Bondy, 59-60. Spielmann, 209-224. OCLC, 8837332. WorldCat locates 15 sets worldwide. 1 firsts2024.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45978464846037,"sku":"","price":10000.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P2266313.jpg?v=1708960563"},{"product_id":"jones-diamond-poets-and-classics-travelling-library-jones-and-company-wm-s-orr-amp-co-london-1825-1825-1851-46-volumes","title":"Jones Diamond Poets and Classics Travelling Library. Jones and Company. Wm. S. Orr \u0026 Co. London. 1825 1825-1851. 46 volumes.","description":"\u003cp\u003eJones Diamond Poets and Classics Travelling Library. Jones and Company. Wm. S. Orr \u0026amp; Co. London. 1825 1825-1851. 46 volumes. 10 volumes have title pages for Jones \u0026amp; Co. 36 have Wm.S.Orr imprints on title pages; 16 volumes undated, 17 volumes dated 1848, 13 volumes dated beteen 1825 and 1851. An early reprint of the Jones Diamond Classics and Poets series by Orr, Jones having stopped publishing in 1841. Original bookcase with some cracks to the rear wood panel, and some slight wear to the edges commensurate with a piece of furniture 172 years old. Original creamy yellow endpapers. All edges gilt. Label on the back dating to 1915. 62 x 92 mm. Uniformly bound in cobalt blue grained cloth; spines in compartments with gilt floral embossed decoration with titles and \"Diamond Classics\" lettered in gilt; spines panelled, mitred and cornered in blind, Borghese Vase in blind on back covers and in gilt on front covers (a monumental bell-shaped urn sculpted in Athens from Pentelic marble in the second half of the 1st century B.C. as a garden ornament for the Roman market, now in the Louvre Museum). \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eCollection of miniature volumes of poetry, essays, novels, stories, etc., all but 4 volumes housed in original oak case with sliding glass door. Jones published a Diamond Poets series and a Diamond Classics series. This and most known sets combine the two series and are commonly called \"Jones Diamond Classics.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eBondy, 84 -6, \"a most impressive and splendid English travelling library\". Bromer \u0026amp; Edison, 179. OCLC, 1053087157. WorldCat locates one copy worldwide (University Library of North Texas). 3 firsts2024\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45993268707541,"sku":"","price":2500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P2276376.jpg?v=1709034638"},{"product_id":"gracieuse-la-pairault-p-et-cie-paris-1896-complete-with-ten-french-miniature-books-in-louis-xv-style-bookcase-cabinet-1","title":"Gracieuse, La . Pairault, P. et Cie. Paris. 1896. Complete with ten French miniature books in Louis XV style bookcase\/cabinet.","description":"\u003cp\u003eGracieuse, La .\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ePairault, P. et Cie.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eParis.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e1896.\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e8- point. Aladdin ou la Lampe Merveilleuse (57 pp.); Ali Baba ou les Quarante Voleurs (58pp.); L'Enfant Prodigue. Le Juif Errant (60pp.); Fenelon: Fables et Allegories (61pp.); La Fontaine: Quelques Fables (59pp.); Florian: Quelques Fables (61pp.); Hegesippe Moreau: Le Neveu de la Fruitiere (64pp.); Perrault: Le Petit Chaperon Rouge. Les Fees (60pp.); Chanoine Schmid: Quelques Contes (60pp.); Morel de Vinde: La Morale de l'Enfance (62pp.). The small wooden Louis XV style bookcase\/cabinet (13 x 8 x 4.5 cm) with bombe-shaped sides and hinged front door with beveled glass panel, glass shelf, and brass handle, is covered with brocade tapestry and gilt braid, and contains inside ten miniature books dated 1896. The cabinet has \"La Gracieuse avec ses dix volumes, Modèle déposé\"  on the original printed label attached to bottom of bookcase. \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eAn example of a miniature book publisher greatly enhancing the presentation of their juvenile books - seeking a more refined and wealthy audience with the addition of this beautiful miniature bookcase. Excellent condition, the set complete with original 10 miniature books. A similar, but incomplete, set was sold for £450 in Michael Garbett's Catalogue 16, item 22, January 1998, 25 years ago (as photographed in his original catalogue). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eBondy, 78-80. Bromer \u0026amp; Edison. Miniature books, 142-145. Houghton, 72, 73, 78, 79, 85, 86, 92, 101. Welsh, 78, 79, 2647, 2796, 2846, 4238, 5143, 5145, 5524, 6175. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eOCLC,  1045068376. WorldCat locates 3 copies worldwide. 4 firsts2024\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45995573248213,"sku":"","price":2350.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P2276398.jpg?v=1709049908"},{"product_id":"shakespeare-william-ellen-terry-complete-works-of-william-shakespeare-in-40-volumes-bryce-david-son-glasgow-1904-complete-works-large-revolving-bookcase-miniature-books","title":"Shakespeare, William. Ellen Terry Complete Works of William Shakespeare, in 40 volumes. Bryce, David \u0026 Son. Glasgow. 1904. Complete Works. [Large revolving bookcase].","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"biblio\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" id=\"biblio-title\"\u003eComplete Works [in original revolving bookcase]. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"biblio\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" id=\"biblio-publisher\"\u003eGlasgow \u0026amp; NY David Bryce and Son.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"biblio\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" id=\"biblio-pubdate\"\u003e1904\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"biblio\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" id=\"biblio-binding\"\u003eHardcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"biblio\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBook Condition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" id=\"biblio-bookcondition\"\u003eVery Good\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"biblio\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" id=\"biblio-edition\"\u003e1st Edition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"biblio\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis is a complete 40-volume miniature book set of Shakespeare's works. Complete with frontispieces and portraits. Edited by J.Talfourd Blair. Dedicated to the actress Ellen Terry and printed in 1904 in Glasgow by David Bryce and Son and published jointly in New York by Frederick A. Stokes Company. Red silk place markers. Original black endpapers. All edges red.  Contemporary ink inscrip[tion on verso of front free endpaper, dated 1906. The books measure 38 x 55 mm. Original royal blue cloth with gilt triple rose motif decoration on the spines (some minor rubbing to the edges of the spine and some cover edges. A couple of the books have front hinges starting to crack or a small crack in the text block, but still holding firmly). Housed in the original light stained 8-compartment revolving wooden sycamore bookcase - four sides with two compartments in each side, each holding 5 books (minor slight chipping to some edges). It is on a matching small wooden pedestal and rotates to imitate a full-size version of such a bookcase. Of the Ellen Terry series, Louis Bondy wrote that these volumes are \"Bryce's greatest achievement as a leading promoter of miniature books,\" and, in particular, he describes the Shakespeare as \"the most prodigious of these sets\" (Bondy, p.114). Most of the sets were printed in 1904. Included are all the plays, the sonnets, a biographical sketch, and glossary. A beautiful and sought after Shakespeare set that is more commonly found in reverse calf or ivorine bindings. Bromer, 51. Garbett, 41. Spielmann, 459. Welsh, 6264. American Art Association, 182. This is an uncommon complete miniature book set, meticulously printed and bound for the David Bryce Company in Glasgow, noted for their miniature book production. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eBromer, 51.Garbett41. Spielmann, 459. Welsh, 6264. OCLC, . WorldCat locates copies worldwide. 8 firsts2024\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46020605935829,"sku":"","price":2000.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P2296496.jpg?v=1709223686"},{"product_id":"shakespeare-william-ellen-terry-complete-works-of-william-shakespeare-in-40-volumes-bryce-david-son-glasgow-1904-complete-works-large-revolving-bookcase-miniature-books-1","title":"Shakespeare, William. Ellen Terry Complete Works of William Shakespeare, in 40 volumes. Bryce, David \u0026 Son. Glasgow. 1904. Complete Works. [Large revolving bookcase] \u003e\u003eMINIATURE BOOKS\u003c\u003c","description":"\u003cp class=\"biblio\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eShakespeare, William. Ellen Terry Complete Works of William Shakespeare, in 40 volumes. Bryce, David \u0026amp; Son. Glasgow. 1904. Large revolving bookcase. Complete 40-volume miniature book set of Shakespeare's works. Complete with frontispieces and portraits. Edited by J.Talfourd Blair. Dedicated to the actress Ellen Terry and printed in 1904 in Glasgow by David Bryce and Son and published jointly in New York by Frederick A. Stokes Company. Red silk place markers. Original black endpapers. All edges red.  Contemporary ink inscription on verso of front free endpaper, dated 1906. The books measure 38 x 55 mm. Original red cloth with gilt triple rose motif decoration on the spines (some minor rubbing to the edges of the spine and some cover edges (some spines slightly sunned). A couple of the books have front hinges starting to crack or a small crack in the text block, but still holding firmly). Housed in the original light stained 8-compartment revolving wooden sycamore bookcase (four sides with two compartments in each side, each holding 5 books) by Bumpus (minor slight chipping to some edges, one shelf cracked and old repair to one shelf upright). It is on a matching small wooden pedestal and rotates to imitate a full-size version of such a bookcase. Of the Ellen Terry series, Louis Bondy wrote that these volumes are \"Bryce's greatest achievement as a leading promoter of miniature books,\" and, in particular, he describes the Shakespeare as \"the most prodigious of these sets\" (Bondy, p.114). Most of the sets were printed in 1904. Included are all the plays, the sonnets, a biographical sketch, and glossary. A beautiful and sought after Shakespeare set that is more commonly found in reverse calf or ivorine bindings. Bromer, 51. Garbett, 41. Spielmann, 459. Welsh, 6264. American Art Association, 182. This is an uncommon complete miniature book set, meticulously printed and bound for the David Bryce Company in Glasgow, noted for their miniature book production. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eBromer, 51.Garbett41. Spielmann, 459. Welsh, 6264. OCLC, . WorldCat locates copies worldwide. 9 firsts2024\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46031904768213,"sku":"","price":2000.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/IMG_20240301_112608.jpg?v=1709292888"},{"product_id":"shakespeare-william-ellen-terry-complete-works-of-william-shakespeare-in-40-volumes-bryce-david-son-glasgow-1904-complete-works-large-revolving-bookcase-miniature-books-2","title":"Shakespeare, William. Ellen Terry Complete Works of William Shakespeare, in 40 volumes. Bryce, David \u0026 Son. Glasgow. 1904. Complete Works. [Large revolving bookcase].","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"biblio\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" id=\"biblio-title\"\u003eComplete Works [in original revolving bookcase]. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"biblio\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" id=\"biblio-publisher\"\u003eGlasgow \u0026amp; NY David Bryce and Son.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"biblio\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" id=\"biblio-pubdate\"\u003e1904\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"biblio\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" id=\"biblio-binding\"\u003eHardcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"biblio\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBook Condition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" id=\"biblio-bookcondition\"\u003eVery Good\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"biblio\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\" id=\"biblio-edition\"\u003e1st Edition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"biblio\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis is a complete 40-volume miniature book set of Shakespeare's works. Complete with frontispieces and portraits. Edited by J.Talfourd Blair. Dedicated to the actress Ellen Terry and printed in 1904 in Glasgow by David Bryce and Son and published jointly in New York by Frederick A. Stokes Company. Red silk place markers. Original black endpapers. All edges red.  Contemporary ink inscription on verso of front free endpaper, dated 1906. Henry V has indentations and wear to the cover and spine; all 39 other volumes are in very good condition or better. The books measure 38 x 55 mm. Original pale green cloth with gilt triple rose motif decoration on the spines (some minor rubbing to the edges of the spine and some cover edges. A couple of the books have front hinges starting to crack or a small crack in the text block, but still holding firmly). Housed in the original light stained 8-compartment revolving wooden sycamore bookcase - four sides with two compartments in each side, each holding 5 books (minor slight chipping to some edges). It is on a matching small wooden pedestal and rotates to imitate a full-size version of such a bookcase. Of the Ellen Terry series, Louis Bondy wrote that these volumes are \"Bryce's greatest achievement as a leading promoter of miniature books,\" and, in particular, he describes the Shakespeare as \"the most prodigious of these sets\" (Bondy, p.114). Most of the sets were printed in 1904. Included are all the plays, the sonnets, a biographical sketch, and glossary. A beautiful and sought after Shakespeare set that is more commonly found in reverse calf or ivorine bindings. Bromer, 51. Garbett, 41. Spielmann, 459. Welsh, 6264. American Art Association, 182. This is an uncommon complete miniature book set, meticulously printed and bound for the David Bryce Company in Glasgow, noted for their miniature book production.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e Bromer, 51.Garbett41. Spielmann, 459. Welsh, 6264. OCLC, . WorldCat locates copies worldwide. 9 firsts2024\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46031935406293,"sku":"","price":2000.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P3076771.jpg?v=1709893389"},{"product_id":"edited-and-compared-with-the-best-texts-by-j-talfourd-blair-edited-and-compared-with-the-best-texts-by-j-talfourd-blair","title":"Shakespeare, William. Ellen Terry Shakespeare (complete set of 40). This edition is carefully edited and compared with the best texts by J Talfourd Blair. Bryce, David \u0026 Son Glasgow. 1904.","description":"\u003cp\u003eShakespeare, William Ellen Terry Shakespeare (complete set of 40). This edition is carefully edited and compared with the best texts by J Talfourd Blair. Bryce, David \u0026amp; Son Glasgow. 1904. India paper. Original dark blue or decorated endpapers. Each volume has a frontispiece. Each volume is 32 x 49 mm.  Original harlequin slim calf bindings. Lettering on spine and uppper cover in gilt with elaborate leaf decoration on spines and floral title borders (very minor degrees of slight rubbing to the top of the spines). Complete with original three-shelved carved gated hanging wooden bookcase with hinged doors; the back has its original metal eyes for hanging up with string (very minor damage to top and bottom of wooden carvings).  Garbett said, \"The only example I have been able to locate is in the National  Library of Scotland. I have seen an advertisement for a Wall Bracket Bookcase, with carved decoration above and below double doors for 45 shillings, and this could well be the same item\". Bondy, 114. Garbett, 44. Spielmann, 459. Welsh, 6264.  13 firsts2024\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46058675405013,"sku":"","price":2250.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P3036584.jpg?v=1710585704"},{"product_id":"petite-bibliotheque-de-la-jeunesse-marcilly-paris-1835","title":"Petite Bibliotheque de la Jeunesse. Marcilly. Paris. 1835.","description":"\u003cp\u003ePetite Bibliotheque de la Jeunesse. Marcilly. Paris. 1835. 6 volumes in French in original oriental\/ Chioiserie style sensational rosewood bookcase (possibly missing a glazed door and drawer at the back). Original metal ring and bronzed retailer's plaque on the back for Alph[onse] Giroux et C[ompagn]ie, Rue du Coq St. Honore, Paris that indicates that this particular bookcase was manufactured in or after 1838. Harlequin bindings. Printed by A.Pinard. 1\/Contes a mes Jeunes Amis, [viii], 118. 2\/ Les Feeries Morales, [iv], 127. 3\/ L'Historien du Jeune Age, [iv], 125. 4\/ Le Petit Conteur, [iv], 126. 5\/ Le Petit Fabuliste, [iv], 126. 6\/ Souvenirs d'un Petit Voyageur, [iv], 122 printed pages. 55 x 83mm. Original harlequin half morocco bindings with gilt rules, gilt titling and flower motif gilt stamped spines. The Giroux company began in 1799, under \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eébéniste,\u003c\/span\u003e art restorer, cabinet and toymaker (and patent holder for the kaleidoscope) Francois-Simon-Alphonse Giroux, at 7, Rue du Coq-Saint-Honoré in Paris. The business retailed artist’s supplies, and their own cabinetmaking work and quickly increased manufacturing, selling other luxury goods and fine art. \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKings Louis XVIII and then Charles X were both supplied with gifts for « The Children of France » by Giroux\u003c\/span\u003e. Sons, André and Alphonse-Gustave joined the business in 1834 and took over when Francois-Simon-Alphonse retired in 1838. Under his son's direction, the business won a silver medal at the 1839 Exposition des Produits de L’industrie Française. In 1839, the company signed one (of two) exclusive contracts with Louis-Jacques-Mande Daguerre, to manufacture and retail the Daguerrotype and its associated camera through his premises. Gumuchian, 4082-4, 4124. Houghton, 274, 280, 423. Nauroy, 43, 52, 56, 74, 96. Pistner, 231. Spielmann, 468. Welsh, 2012, 2788, 3313, 5558, 5569, 6481. OCLC, \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e177757052\u003c\/span\u003e. WorldCat locates 2 copies worldwide (Princeton University Library and the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris). 15 firsts2024\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46071488577749,"sku":"","price":1750.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P3046655.jpg?v=1717425192"},{"product_id":"petite-bibliotheque-de-la-jeunesse-marcilly-paris-1836","title":"Petite Bibliotheque de la Jeunesse. Marcilly. Paris. 1835.","description":"\u003cp\u003ePetite Bibliotheque de la Jeunesse. Marcilly. Paris. 1835. 6 volumes in French in original cartonnage and strong card bookcase with glass window in outer casing that manually lifts up to reveal the books in their inner casing. Pale St. Petersburg blue paper interior. Original retailer's round printed ticket on the back for [Alphonse] Giroux et C[ompagn]ie, Rue du Coq, St. honore, Paris (partly torn away but enough still visible). Harlequin bindings. Printed by A.Pinard. 1\/Contes a mes Jeunes Amis, [viii], 118. 2\/ Les Feeries Morales, [iv], 127. 3\/ L'Historien du Jeune Age, [iv], 125. 4\/ Le Petit Conteur, [iv], 126. 5\/ Le Petit Fabuliste, [iv], 126. 6\/ Souvenirs d'un Petit Voyageur, [iv], 122 printed pages. 55 x 83mm. Original harlequin half morocco bindings with gilt rules, gilt titling and flower motif gilt stamped spines. Alphonse Giroux begun in 1799 under art restorer, cabinet maker and one of the official restorers for the Notre Dame Cathedral, Francois-Simon-Alphonse Giroux, at 7, Rue du Coq-Saint-Honoré in Paris, the business retailed artist’s supplies, and their own cabinetmaking work. The business increased manufacturing and sold other luxury goods and fine art, under the patronage of french kings and members of royal families. Sons, André and Alphonse-Gustave joined the business in 1834 and took over when Francois-Simon-Alphonse retired in 1838. Under his son's direction, the business won a silver medal at the 1839 Exposition des Produits de L’industrie Française. In 1839, the company signed one (of two) exclusive contracts with Louis-Jacques-Mande Daguerre, to manufacture and retail the Daguerrotype and its associated camera through his premises. Gumuchian, 4082-4, 4124. Houghton, 274, 280, 423. Nauroy, 43, 52, 56, 74, 96. Pistner, 231. Spielmann, 468. Welsh, 2012, 2788, 3313, 5558, 5569, 6481. OCLC, \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e177757052\u003c\/span\u003e. WorldCat locates 2 copies worldwide (Princeton University Library and the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris). 16 firsts2024\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46071747543253,"sku":"","price":1950.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P3046617.jpg?v=1709564357"},{"product_id":"johnson-helen-kendrick-editor-nutshell-series-putnams-g-p-sons-new-york-1885","title":"Johnson, Helen Kendrick [editor]. Nutshell Series. Putnams, G.P. Sons. New York. 1885.","description":"\u003cp\u003eJohnson, Helen Kendrick [editor]. Nutshell Series. Putnams, G.P. Sons. New York. 1884-5. Six miniature books presented in one giant walnut shell-shaped 'bookcase', that was almost certainly a specially commissioned retail display unit, since the books were sold individually or in sets (but not with an oversize carved walnut shell' bookcase'). The compartment in the nut case may have been sympathetically refurbished. Each volume has an index. \"These little books contain only prose, and make no selections from the Bible, or from Shakspere [sic]...but rather a gathering of the best thoughts of the writers from whom selections have been made\"-P.iii ([v.4] Philosophy). 1\/Wit and Humor. 2\/Wisdom. 3\/Epigram and Epitaph. 4\/Philosophy. 5\/Proverbs. In original Walnut shaped, painted wooden case on stand. WorldCat locates only two copies and these do not have the carved walnut shell 'bookcase' (Yale and Indiana University Libraries).\" 10 x 6cm. Original black leather, gilt titling on spines; gilt titling and nutshells on front covers. Spines refurbished sympathetically. Not in Bondy, nor Spielmann, nor Welsh. OCLC, 82498067. WorldCat locates 2 copies worldwide but in boxes (not nutshell-like bookcases).  18 firsts2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46095176270037,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P3066769.jpg?v=1717323468"},{"product_id":"ada-author-miniatuurbibliotheek-voor-jonge-meisjes-german-young-girls-library-no-publisher-no-place-1896","title":"Ada [author, pseudonym of H.G.G. van Steensel van der Aa]. Miniatuurbibliotheek voor jonge meisjes [Young Girl's Library]. No publisher. No place. [1896].","description":"\u003cp\u003eAda [author]. Miniatuurbibliotheek voor jonge meisjes. No publisher. No place. 1896. Eight (out of ten) Dutch books in their original walnut miniature bookcase, with hinged, bevelled glass door, metal handle and glass central shelf. 1\/ Onze Kamertuin [Room Garden], by Ada, 76 printed pages. OCLC 65793033. 2\/ De Goede Toon [Good Show], by Ada, 46 pages. OCLC 65793023. 3\/ De Bloementuin [Flower garden], by Ada, 60 pages. OCLC 65793034. 4\/ Uitgeleleende Boeken [Borrowed books], unpaginated. OCLC 65793007. 5\/ De Kleine Zwijnehhedr (Little Swineherd), by Ada, 64 pages. OCLC 65793017. 6\/ De Vier Jaargetijden [Four Seasons. Lectures for four girls], by Ada, 62 pages. OCLC 65793012. 7\/ Kas Boekje [Cashbook], unpaginated. OCLC 65793002. 8\/ Practische Huishoulelijke [Household Counsellor], by Ada, 61 pages. OCLC 65793027. Missing from this collection are Albumversjes en Gedachten voor poeziealbum,OCLC 65793019, and Kookboek, OCLC 69166501. According to Pistner the German version was published in 1896 and by G. Weise in Stuttgart. Pistner also has only eight of the ten German volumes.The German version was known as Miniatur-Bibliothek fur junge Madchen. The publishing house was founded by Gustav Weise, the former co-owner of Julius Weise's court bookstore, in Stuttgart in 1863. John Marshall had published German and French translations of his 'Infant's Library' in London in 1800, and similarly, Gustav Weise probably published his original 1896 Miniatur-Bibliothek fur junge Madchen in Dutch in the same year. In 1921, A. Tuneewa referred to a copy of the German version held in the Odessa State Library, that she attributed to the writer Klara Reichner, a nom de plume for German author Klara Jochner (1843-1913). The number of pages differs in the German version.  Doris Welsh subsequently refers to the Odessa copy in her reference book (reference numbers \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e3835, 5959, 5960, 5961, 5962, 5963, 6498, \u003c\/span\u003e . 34 x 45 mm.  Bookcase 78 x 155 x 62 mm. Original harlequin card covers with titles in various differing typefaces within printer's decorative borders on the front covers; small decorative devices on the back covers. Some very mild fading. Not in Bondy, nor Spielmann nor Welsh. Pistner, 235 for German version. OCLC, 65793033. WorldCat locates one sole copy worldwide (Amsterdam University). Very rare miniature library. 21 firsts2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46115071951061,"sku":"","price":3150.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P3157031.jpg?v=1713287814"},{"product_id":"shakespeare-william-ellen-terry-complete-works-of-william-shakespeare-in-40-volumes-bryce-david-son-glasgow-1904-complete-works-slimmer-revolving-bookcase-miniature-books","title":"Shakespeare, William. Ellen Terry Complete Works of William Shakespeare, in 40 volumes. Bryce, David \u0026 Son. Glasgow. 1904. Complete Works. [Slimmer revolving bookcase].","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eShakespeare, William. Ellen Terry Complete Works of William Shakespeare, in 40 volumes. Bryce, David \u0026amp; Son. Glasgow. 1904. Complete Works. [Slimmer revolving bookcase].Complete 40-volume miniature book set of Shakespeare's works. Complete with frontispieces and portraits. Edited by J.Talfourd Blair. Dedicated to the actress Ellen Terry and printed in 1904 in Glasgow by David Bryce and Son and published jointly with Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press Warehouse, Amen Corner. \u003c\/span\u003eRounded corners. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt over red. Original ivory silk place-markers. \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eThe books measure 38 x 55 mm. The bookcase is 100 x 100x 160 mm. Original full dark blue calf with gilt titling on the spines (minusculee amount of rubbing to the edges of the spines and some cover edges). Housed in the original light stained 8-compartment revolving wooden sycamore bookcase (four sides with two compartments in each side, each holding 5 books; no obvious chipping to edges). It is on a matching small wooden pedestal and rotates to imitate a full-size version of such a bookcase but the books have finer India paper, are slimmer and the bookcase is also the slimmer version of two sizes issued for Bryce Shakespeare sets. Of the Ellen Terry series, Louis Bondy wrote that these volumes are \"Bryce's greatest achievement as a leading promoter of miniature books,\" and, in particular, he describes the Shakespeare as \"the most prodigious of these sets\" (Bondy, p.114). Most of the sets were printed in 1904. Included are all the plays, the sonnets, a biographical sketch, and glossary. A beautiful and sought after Shakespeare set that is more commonly found in reverse calf or ivorine bindings. Bromer, 51. Garbett, 41. Spielmann, 459. Welsh, 6264. American Art Association, 182. This is an uncommon complete miniature book set, meticulously printed and bound for the David Bryce Company in Glasgow, noted for their miniature book production. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eBromer, 51.Garbett41. Spielmann, 459. Welsh, 6264. OCLC, . WorldCat locates copies worldwide. 124 firsts2024\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"64\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd width=\"64\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46173792043221,"sku":"","price":2000.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P3126917.jpg?v=1710321936"},{"product_id":"shakespeare-william-works-andersons-edinburgh-ltd-for-allied-newspapers-london-1932-de-luxe-binding-miniature-shakespeare","title":"Shakespeare, William. Works. Andersons, Edinburgh Ltd. for Allied Newspapers. [London]. 1932.","description":"\u003cp\u003eShakespeare, William. Works. Andersons, Edinburgh Ltd. for Allied Newspapers. [London]. 1932. Circa 1932. De Luxe red full leather bindings. Complete set of 40 volumes. Comprising: the tempest; The two gentlemen of Verona; The merry wives of Windsor; Measure for measure; The comedy of errors; Much ado about nothing; Love's labour's lost; A midsummer night's dream; The merchant of Venice; As you like it; The taming of the shrew; All's well that ends well; Twelfth night; The winter's tale; King John; Richard II; Henry IV, part 1; Henry IV, part 2; Henry V; Henry VI, part 1; Henry VI, part 2; Henry VI, part 3; Richard III; Henry VIII; Troilus and Cressida; Coriolanus; Titus Andronicus; Romeo and Juliet; Timon of Athens; Julius Caesar; Macbeth; Hamlet; King Lear; Othello; Antony and Cleopatra; Cymbeline; Pericles [Prince of Tyre];Venus and Adonis; Rape of Lucrece; Sonnets and poems; Glossary. Original plywood 3 shelf free-standing bookshelf.Printed in Scotland and published by Allied Newspapers to commemorate the opening of the The Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon opened on 23 April, 1932 on the site adjacent to the original Shakespeare Memorial Theatre (opened 19 April 1879), which had been destroyed by fire on 6 March 1926. Usually found in rexine (imitation black morocco), often with a simple 3 tier oak bookshelf, this de-luxe edition in red leather with superior gilt work to spine. Original red calf (somre slight rubbing). The text and the design for the spines was formerly created and published as the 1904 Ellen Terry edition by David Bryce \u0026amp; Son, Glasgow, who went out of business just at te end of World War One in 1918. Andersons acquired manyof the publishing assets of Bryce and re-published them in the following decades. Bondy, 123. OCLC, 43008884. WorldCat locates 13 copies in the black rexine binding worldwide.  149 Firsts2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46174192271573,"sku":"","price":900.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P3126930.jpg?v=1710585731"},{"product_id":"revolving-bookcase-slim-revolving-sycamore-bookcase-for-miniature-books","title":"Revolving Bookcase. Slim, revolving, sycamore bookcase for miniature books. 1904.","description":"\u003cp\u003eRevolving Bookcase. Slim, revolving, sycamore bookcase for miniature books. 1904. The bookcase was originally built by pieceworkers for David Bryce \u0026amp; Son of Glasgow in 1904. It was intended to house and retail the EllenTerry edition of William Shakespeare's Complete Works in forty miniature volumes printed on very fine India paper (paper produced by Henry Frowde of the Oxford University Press Warehouse, Amen Corner). \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eThe bookcase is 158 mm. tall and 110 mm. square. Each shelf is 46 mm. wide and has a 'headroom' of 56 mm. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eIt has eight compartments (two on each side), that are wide enough to house up to five volumes on each of the eight shelves. The revolving case sits on the original matching circular solid sycamore base with the original green baize on the very bottom. One corner of the 'pediment' has been slightly chipped. The top surface has the original eight brass screws visible and a patinated crackle effect in the glaze. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eAll books shown in the photographs are to illustrate the functionality of the bookcase. No books are included in this sale. The bookcase shown here is offered by itself and without any books. The books shown are not for sale. 201 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003efirsts2024\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46214828949717,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P3167041.jpg?v=1710588221"},{"product_id":"shakespeare-william-comedies-histories-and-tragedies-of-mr-william-shakespeare-together-with-his-poems-and-sonnets-with-introductions-and-footnotes-by-w-j-craig-in-forty-volumes-methuen-co-london-1905-with-original-revolving-bookcase","title":"Shakespeare, William. Comedies, Histories and Tragedies of Mr. William Shakespeare together with his Poems and Sonnets with Introductions and Footnotes by W. J. Craig in Forty Volumes. Methuen \u0026 Co. London. 1905. With original revolving bookcase.","description":"\u003cp\u003eShakespeare, William. Comedies, Histories and Tragedies of Mr. William Shakespeare together with his Poems and Sonnets with Introductions and Footnotes by W. J. Craig in Forty Volumes. Methuen \u0026amp; Co. 36 Essex Street, W.C. London. 1905. Complete in 40 volumes printed by the Aberdeen University Press Ltd. Title pages printed in red and black. This revolving bookcase is less common than the smaller David Bryce Ellen Terry Shakespeare version of a very similar wooden unit.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e[v. 1] Tempest\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e[v. 2] Two gentlemen of Verona\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e[v. 3] Merry wives of Windsor\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e[v. 4] Measure for measure\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e[v. 5] Comedy of errors\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e[v. 6] Much ado about nothing\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e[v. 7] Love's labour's lost\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e[v. 8] Midsummer night's dream\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e[v. 9] Merchant of Venice\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e[v. 10] As you like it\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e[v. 11] Taming of the shrew\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e[v. 12] All's well that ends well\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e[v. 13] Twelfth night\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e[v. 14] Winter's tale\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e[v. 15] King John\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e[v. 16] King Richard II\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e[v. 17] King Henry IV, part 1\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e[v. 18] King Henry IV, part 2\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e[v. 19] Henry V\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e[v. 20] King Henry VI, part 1\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e[v. 21] King Henry VI, part 2\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e[v. 22] King Henry VI, part 3\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e[v. 23] King Richard III\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e[v. 24] King Henry VIII\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e[v. 25] Troilus and Cressida\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e[v. 26] Coriolanus\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e[v. 27] Titus Andronicus\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e[v. 28] Romeo and Juliet\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e[v. 29] Timon of Athens\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e[v. 30] Julius Caesar\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e[v. 31] Macbeth\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e[v. 32] Hamlet\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e[v. 33] King Lear\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e[v. 34] Othello\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e[v. 35] Antony and Cleopatra\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e[v. 36] Cymbeline\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e[v. 37] Pericles\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e[v. 38] Venus and Adonis ; Passionate pilgrim ; Phoenix and turtle\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e[v. 39] Rape of Lucrece ; Lover's complaint\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e[v. 40] Sonnets. Complete with original oak revolving bookcase with eight shelves each taking five volumes, on original circular stand . \" Top edges gilt. Gold and blue decorated endpapers. Original blue silk place-markers. Some volumes have a contemporary ink ownership signature on the top margin of the series title page. Provenance: Irene Masler. 77 x 96 mm. Original publisher's blue calf with gilt titling down the spines and a single ruled border on the covers. Heads and tails of spines slightly 'pushed'; some gentle rubbing; many spines faded; at some stage the 'Sonnets' volume has been lost and then replaced with the same edition bound in cloth but with cream endpapers and no place-marker. Not in Bondy, nor Spielmann, nor Welsh. OCLC, 48247086. 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Glasgow. 1904. Complete Works. [Slimmer revolving bookcase with square stand]Complete 40-volume miniature book set of Shakespeare's works. Complete with frontispieces and portraits. Edited by J.Talfourd Blair. Dedicated to the actress Ellen Terry and printed in 1904 in Glasgow by David Bryce and Son and published jointly with Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press Warehouse, Amen Corner. \u003c\/span\u003eRounded corners. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. On original spinning mahogany revolving bookcase with filled in sides returns and a square base \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e(four sides with two compartments in each side, each holding 5 books; no obvious chipping to edges but minor scratches on the top surface). \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe books measure 38 x 55 mm. The bookcase is 100 x 100x 150 mm. Original full green reverse calf with gilt titling on the spines and single blind ruled borders on the covers (spines faded; various amounts of rubbing to the tops and bottoms of the spines and some cover edges - some damage from over-eager removal from the shelves). \u003c\/span\u003eA similar set of the same edition, rebound by Riviere, is in the Queen Mary's Dolls' House in Windsor Castle. Bondy, 114. Spielmann, 459. Welsh, 6264.  123 firsts2024\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46734743797973,"sku":"","price":1250.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P4118654.jpg?v=1712843937"},{"product_id":"shakespeare-william-illustrated-pocket-shakespeare-bryce-david-amp-son-glasgow-1886","title":"Shakespeare, William. Illustrated Pocket Shakespeare. Bryce, David \u0026 Son. Glasgow. 1886.","description":"\u003cp\u003eShakespeare, William. Illustrated Pocket Shakespeare. Bryce, David \u0026amp; Son. Glasgow. 1886. Date from British Museum acquisition stamp in 1886. 8 volumes edited by Talfourd Blair. Each volume with frontispiece. 516; 534; 482; 490; 496; 508; 499 and 523 printed pages including glossary at end. Printed by Robert Maclehose, Glasgow. Very uncommon. A few volumes with the odd slightly sprung gathering. Volume 1 with split at page 32\/3 but still holding. Decorated endpapers. All edges red. Contemporary pencil ownership inscription on front free endpaper of volume one. Case 14 x 10 x 7.5 cm. Each volume, 67 x 93 mm. Original brown embossed cloth (front cover of volumeone scratched); spine with bust of Shakespeare surmounting list of plays and publisher all in gilt and with gilt titling cartouche above and scrolling greek key pattern in gilt at the head and tail; plain back covers but blind embossed front covers with three various decorative scenes. Box in matching clooth; lid gilt emboseed \"Shakespeare\" and with theatrical emblems within scrolling key border. Lacks original ribbons. Volume one with some light scratch marks, volume two with minor scattered light spots; otherwise barely any significant handling or wear. Box rather worn and split at the top hinge; slight wrinkling, rubbing all over with mild spotting at the front lower left corner. Not in Bondy, nor Spielmann, nor Welsh. OCLC, 829710418. WorldCat locates 7 copies worldwide. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46929171775701,"sku":"202 firsts2024","price":450.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P4269278.jpg?v=1714150015"},{"product_id":"shakespeare-william-ellen-terry-shakespeare-complete-set-of-40-bryce-david-son-glasgow-1904","title":"Shakespeare, William . Ellen Terry Shakespeare (complete set of 40). Bryce, David \u0026 Son. Glasgow. 1904.","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis edition is carefully edited and compared with the best texts by J. Talfourd Blair.  Some volumes published by Andersons of Edinburgh, successors to David Bryce. Lettering labels on spine. In miniature oak revolving bookcase with circular oak stand, measures 160 x 107 x 107 mm., housing 40 volumes (complete works of Shakespeare, Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, Poetry and Glossary). This oak stand is one of the more uncommon and upmarket variations, constructed in oak instead of the more usual sycamore, and with the sides filled in as opposed to the more usual open sides. This item is a good example of the publisher, David Bryce, using outworkers to provide some of the stands and some of the various cases that they offered their customers of their miniature books. Printed at the University Press, Glasgow on very thin paper, provided by Henry Frowde of the Oxford University Press. Each volume is 32 x 49 mm. Original blue cloth spines; covers with glossy celluloid - othrwise known as 'French ivory', or 'ivorine'  - plaques titled in red and gilt; spines with black labels and gilt titling.  One spine missing label; many labels chipped and faded; spines sunned and slightly chipped at edges; some hinges slightly cracked.  A similar set of the same edition, rebound by Riviere, is in the incomparable Queen Mary's Dolls' House in Windsor Castle. \u003cspan\u003eHenry Frowde was manager of the London office of Oxford University Press until 1913. \u003c\/span\u003eBondy, 114. Garbett, 41. Spielmann, 459. 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Comprising: the Tempest; The Two gentlemen of Verona; The Merry Wives of Windsor; Measure for Measure; The Comedy of Errors; Much ado about nothing; Love's labour's lost; A midsummer night's dream; The merchant of Venice; As you like it; The taming of the shrew; All's well that ends well; Twelfth night; The winter's tale; King John; Richard II; Henry IV, part 1; Henry IV, part 2; Henry V; Henry VI, part 1; Henry VI, part 2; Henry VI, part 3; Richard III; Henry VIII; Troilus and Cressida; Coriolanus; Titus Andronicus; Romeo and Juliet; Timon of Athens; Julius Caesar; Macbeth; Hamlet; King Lear; Othello; Antony and Cleopatra; Cymbeline; Pericles [Prince of Tyre];Venus and Adonis; Rape of Lucrece; Sonnets and poems; Glossary. Original plywood 3 shelf free-standing bookshelf (some minuscule wear on the side near the bottom). Printed in Scotland and published by Allied Newspapers to commemorate the opening of the The Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon opened on 23 April, 1932 on the site adjacent to the original Shakespeare Memorial Theatre (opened 19 April 1879), which had been destroyed by fire on 6 March 1926. In rexine (imitation black morocco), and complete with original simple 3 tier oak bookshelf. Original black bindings (some wear and rubbing). The text and the design for the spines was formerly created and published as the 1904 Ellen Terry edition by David Bryce \u0026amp; Son, Glasgow, who went out of business just at the start of World War One in 1914. Andersons acquired many of the publishing assets of Bryce and re-published them in the following decades. Readers of \u003cspan\u003eKemsley Group newspapers - formed in 1924 under the name of Allied Newspapers Ltd.  with the Daily Record, Sunday Mail and the Aberdeen Press and Journal and Evening Express -\u003c\/span\u003e could \u003cspan\u003eget the whole 40 volumes with the free Miniature  bookcase for 10 shillings  plus six Shakespeare \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTokens cut from the papers where they appeared daily in 1934\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. The adverts claimed \"40 VEST POCKET VOLUMES OF THE COMPLETE WORKS OF SHAKESPEARE WITH MINIATURE BOOKCASE. 40 PERFECT \"EASY-TO-READ BOOKS. EACH BOOK HAS FROM 250 TO 500 PAGES. COMPLETE 40 VOLUMES HAVE 15,700 PAGES INCLUDES BIOGRAPHY ANDGLOSSARY (360 PAGES). THE 40 VOLUMES CONTAIN 500,000 WORDS. EACH BOOK 1S 2 1-16 in. HIGH BY\u003cbr\u003e1 1\/4 in. WIDE. BOOKS VARY FROM l\/8 in. to 1\/4 in. IN THICKNESS. EACH VOLUME WEIGHS FROM 1\/2 oz. to 1 oz. WEIGHT OF 40 VOLS. 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It is believed that a quarter of a million of Kent's Miniature Library of the Poets were bought in five years in the 1880's; but most of those were bought in smaller sets and only a slim proportion were sold in their own presentation oak bookcases with tambour shuttered doors. Few of these beautiful miniature libraries have survived in good original condition.Twenty-four near miniature hardback volumes in wooden oak case and original black hand-stencilled title \"Miniature Library of the Poets\". This complete set comprises of the works of Shakespeare in 12 volumes and the poems of Burns, Hood, Longfellow, Milton, Scott, \u0026amp; Wordsworth each in two volumes. Some minor offsetting to preliminary pages, else pages all clean bright and tight. Book sizes each approx 7.5 x 10.5 cm. Uniformly bound in original full blue cloth with gilt lettering to spines. Single embossed border to front and back covers. All edges gilt. Decorative floral patterned endpapers. Books all clean and smart. Some minor rubbing to cloth on ends of spines. Housed in the original roll-front wooden miniature bookcase (326 x 239 x 123 mm). Polished oak wood case with single shelf and rolling tambour front shutter. Pedestal base and top, with original black lettering. In  good condition with  good wooden case (case in very good condition, door moves freely open and closed, corner chipped off at top left. An enchanting presentation set in its functional and attractive cabinet. It is believed that a quarter of a million of Kent's Miniature Library of the Poets were bought in five years in the 1880's; but most of those were bought in smaller sets and only a slim proportion were sold in their own presentation oak bookcases with tambour shuttered doors. Few of these beautiful miniature libraries have survived in good original condition.Twenty-four near miniature hardback volumes in wooden oak case and original black hand-stencilled title \"Miniature Library of the Poets\". This complete set comprises of the works of Shakespeare in 12 volumes and the poems of Burns, Byron, Longfellow, Milton, Scott, Sheridan \u0026amp; Goldsmith, each in two volumes. Some minor offsetting to preliminary pages, else pages all clean bright and tight. Book sizes each approx 7.5 x 10.5 cm. Uniformly bound in original full blue cloth with gilt lettering to spines. Single embossed border to front and back covers. All edges gilt. Decorative floral patterned endpapers. Books all clean and smart. Some minor rubbing to cloth on ends of spines. Housed in the original roll-front wooden miniature bookcase (326 x 239 x 123 mm). Polished oak wood case with single shelf and rolling tambour front shutter.  Pedestal base and top, with original black lettering. In very good condition with very good wooden case (case in very good condition, door moves freely open and closed). An enchanting presentation set in its functional and attractive cabinet. 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Circa 1900. Five volumes in fitted wooden box.  Hinged glazed lid with gilt saw tooth decoration  along framed edges. Sides covered in Prince Charlie tartan glossy paper. Issued in wooden box, 82 x 76 mm., with each volume in separate compartment, arranged in two rows divided into 6 compartments; centre compartment in top row contains title page for set with picture of Robert Burns covered by a magnifying glass, 'Mite Series in Tartan. Glasgow; David Bryce \u0026amp; Son.' Glasgow: Printed at the University Press. Five books: Smallest English Dictionary; Burns' Poems Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect; Golden Thoughts from Great Authors; Old English, Scotch and Irish Songs with Music; Witty Humorous and Merry Thoughts, Selected by T.M. Original printed label on bottom. Provenance: from the Librairies of Doris Varner Welsh and Kathryn I. Rickard (compiler and editor of the 'Bibliography of Miniature Books 1470-1965'). Original publisher's red roan. With gilt titling on spines and front covers.  Gentle handling. Bondy, 113. Garbett, 30. Welsh, 2408; 1535; 2086; 5113; 4860. OCLC, \u003cspan\u003e297117336\u003c\/span\u003e. WorldCat locates four copies worldwide (Pierpont Morgan, Harvard, Indiana and Virginia University Libraries).  \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54977611858299,"sku":"f25.56","price":2850.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P1230589.jpg?v=1737649921"},{"product_id":"shakespeare-william-ellen-terry-shakespeare-complete-set-of-40-bryce-david-son-glasgow-1905","title":"Shakespeare, William. Ellen Terry Shakespeare (complete set of 40). Bryce, David \u0026 Son. Glasgow. 1904.","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis edition is carefully edited and compared with the best texts by J Talfourd Blair. In contemporary miniature oak cabinet with hinged glazed doors with original brass handles, measures 11 x 9 x 8 inches, housing 40 volumes (complete). Very slight mark to top. A similar set of the same edition, but not in this bookcase, rebound by Riviere, is in the Queen Mary's Dolls' House in Windsor Castle. Each volume 32 x 49 mm. Original green cloth bindings with gilt titling and floral decoration down the spines. This particular binding is reasonably robust and one of the more popular and enduring sets. The glazed cabinet is highly uncommon, and none have been seen or recorded before. Bondy, 114. Garbett, 41. Spielmann, 459. 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This particular binding is seldom seen - it was not as robust nor as popular as the leather and cloth bound sets. Bondy, 114. Bromer, 51. Garbett, 41. Spielmann, 459. Welsh, 6264.          \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55121332535675,"sku":"f25.41","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P3012452.jpg?v=1740912581"},{"product_id":"midget-library-bryce-david-son-glasgow-circa-1900","title":"Midget Library. Bryce, David \u0026 Son. Glasgow. Circa 1896.","description":"\u003cp\u003eFive original volumes in fitted wooden box, 82 x 76 mm., divided into 6 compartments. Hinged glazed lid. Space beneath magnifier titled titled 'Midget Library. Glasgow: David Bryce \u0026amp; Son'. 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Contemporary tan calf; gilt fleur-de-lys and lettering on spines with owner's initials -M.D. -  in blind; front covers with gilt embossed corn sheaves, bunches of grapes, crucifixes and other decorative devices. Spines slightly worn at head; some slight rubbing and very minor handling marks.               \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55139633299835,"sku":"f25.74","price":900.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P3072868.jpg?v=1741347302"},{"product_id":"shakespeare-william-ellen-terry-shakespeare-complete-set-of-40-bryce-david-son-glasgow-1906","title":"Shakespeare, William . Ellen Terry Shakespeare (complete set of 40). Bryce, David \u0026 Son. Glasgow. 1904.","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis edition is carefully edited and compared with the best texts by J. 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London. [1880].","description":"\u003cp\u003e36 volume complete set in original box (no lid extant) with original silk ribbon and part original paper label 'Gems from the Poets'. \"W. Brendan and Son, Printers, Plymouth\"- colophon, and originally priced at twelve shillings. 69 x 105 mm. Original publisher's printed paper wrappers; red and black printing on front covers; publisher's advert on back covers; numbers 1-36 on spine. Minuscule marks of handling and age on covers and spines. In 1885 Cassell seem to have acquired the rights of publication for a short time and their imprint to have superseded that of William Kent. \"The primary object ... of the 'Miniature Library of the Poets' being to supply the public with standard works in as portable a form as possible ...\" A complete set in the original box and in original paper bindings is rare. OCLC,  906457667. WorldCat locates 3 copies worldwide (University of North Texas, Midllebury College and Koninklijke Bibliotheek).        \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55146788716923,"sku":"f25.47","price":350.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P3103183.jpg?v=1741610908"},{"product_id":"bijou-bookcase-david-bryce-son-glasgow","title":"Bijou Bookcase. David Bryce \u0026 Son. Glasgow.","description":"\u003cp\u003e42 volumes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1).Bryce's Pearl Gazetteer of the World: comprising the most recent statistical information and notices of the most important historical events associated with the places named; also for comparison the last census. [1896]. 478 printed pages. Original publisher's green reverse calf\/suede yapp style binding; spine with gilt titling. Spine worn at head, slightly rubbed, lettering a litle worn. Garbett, 51. Welsh, 5491. OCLC, 270900250. WorldCat locates one copy worldwide (Pierpont Morgan Library).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2).Nitsch, George. Golden Thoughts on a Holy Life. From the German of George Nitsch 1633-1729, translated by M.A.C. 1895. 128 printed pages. All pages with red borders. Golden Thhoughts Series, 5. All edges red. Floral decorated endpapers. Contemporary ink inscription on verso of front free endpaper, dated 1895. Welsh only notes the title as being listed in the 1902 Bryce Publications catalogue on page 30, but no other examples. Original red cloth with embossed design of ivy climbing around a leaded monastic Norman window on both covers - in gilt on front cover; spine with ivy entwined tree trunk below titling , all in gilt. Fore-edge very slightly faded; slightest wear to corners. Garbett, 51. Welsh, 5290. OCLC,  562749316. WorldCat locates only one copy worldwide (British Library). \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3).Scott, Sir Walter. Lady Of The Lake. Circa 1885. 191 printed pages. Printed by Robert Maclehose, 153 West Nile Street, Glasgow. Type: 6-point. Each page within red borders. Golden Thoughts Series, 11. Original blue cloth with, shiled, crossed swordshorn, halberd, moose, axe, and stell armoured helmet on spine in gilt; cover with wonderful gilt embossed design depicting a person in a rowing boat on a tranquil lake with in mountainous scenery - the border is topped with a hound chasing a stag - and lettered 'Lady in the Lake',  all in gilt.  \"An early and well-printed effort by Bryce of Glasgow, the well-known mass producers of miniature books in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century\" - Spielmann. Garbett, 49. Spielmann, 450. Welsh, 6192.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4).Faithful Promiser. MacDuff, John Ross. By the author of  \"Morning and Night Watches\". [1883?]. 126 of 128 printed pages (lacks half-title). Religious texts based on N.T.  All pages printed within red borders. Golden Thoughts Series, 6. Slight foxing. Text block slightly faded. All edges red. Original decorated endpapers. Near contemporary pencil inscription on verso of front free endpaper to Mrs. Trevor from Miss Sainsbury, dated 1901. Original blue cloth covered boards; spine with gilt titling and extensive lattice-work design in gilt; front cover with gilt titling below, gilt winged cherubs in upper corners and extensive lattice-work design above the last supper, all in gilt within arched border of urns and laurel leaves; exactly the same on the back cover as the front, except all embossed in blind. Corners slightly worn; some slight water damage to top front cover (affecting one cherub) and to the edges of the back cover; spine slightly rubbed at head and foot. Not in bondy, nor Spielmann.Welsh, 4760. OCLC,  668358972. WorldCat locates two copies worldwide (University of Cambridge and the National Library of Scotland). \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5).Walter Scott. Lay of the Last Minstrel. In Six Cantos. [4], 309-399, [1], 162-192 pages. Golden Thoughts Series, 36. All edges red. Green uniform calf spine with gilt geometric decoraton; cloth covered boards. Welsh, 6198. OCLC, \u003cspan\u003e14973331. WorldCat locates copies in 9 libraries.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6).Walter Scott. Lord of the Isles. In Six Cantos. 130 pages. Golden Thoughts Series, 34. All edges red. Green uniform calf spine with gilt geometric decoraton; cloth covered boards. Welsh, 6200. OCLC, \u003cspan\u003e14973331\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. WorldCat locates copies in 9 libraries.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e7).Golden Thoughts from the Psalms. Selected by T.M Lindsay. 127, [1] pages. Golden Thoughts Series, 1. All edges red. Blue uniform calf spine with gilt geometric decoraton; cloth covered boards. Welsh, 3084. OCLC, 317118510. WorldCat locates copies in 5 libraries.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e8).Golden Thoughts from the Spiritual Guide of Molinos, the qietist. [1898]. 159, [1] pages. Golden Thoughts Series, 17. All edges red. Blue uniform calf spine with gilt geometric decoraton; cloth covered boards. Welsh, 5098. OCLC, 977552272. WorldCat locates copies in 5 libraries.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e9).Golden Thoughts. The Words of Jesus.  [1883]. 128 pages. Golden Thoughts Series, 3. All edges red. Blue uniform calf spine with gilt geometric decoraton; cloth covered boards. Not in Welsh. OCLC, 668358560. WorldCat locates no copies worldwide.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e10).Our Home Beyond the Tide. Ellen Miles, compiler. Two volumes. [1898]. 128; 128 pages. Golden Thoughts Series, 7 and 8. All edges red. Blue uniform calf spine with gilt geometric decoraton; cloth covered boards. Welsh, 4966. WorldCat locates no copies worldwide.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e11).Imitation of Christ. Thomas à Kempis. [1895]. 127, [1] pages. Golden Thoughts Series, 2. All edges red. Blue uniform calf spine with gilt geometric decoraton; cloth covered boards. Welsh, 3713. OCLC, 1145117773. WorldCat locates nine copies worldwide.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e12).Bryce's Pearl English Dictionary, comprising:besides the ordinary and newest words in the language, short explanations of a large number of scientific, philosophical, literary and technical terms. Circa 1888. Portrait frontispiece of Dr. Johnson. 384 printed pages. Golden Thoughts Series number 61. All edges red. Decorated endpapers. Pears soap advert on back cover. Original grey cloth. Garbett, 50. Welsh, 2388. OCLC,  83330277. WorldCat locates three copies worldwide (Cambridge \u0026amp; Yale Universities and Piepont Morgan).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e13).Bryce's Pearl Atlas of the World. David Bryce \u0026amp; Son. Glasgow. 1893. xii, 108, xiii-xxviii printed pages. All edges gilt. Letter Weight Library.  Original half black roan, with gilt decorated and titled embossed cloth upper cover. Not in Bondy, nor Spielmann. Welsh, 308. WorldCat locates no copies worldwide. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e14).\u003c\/span\u003eOld Mother Hubbard's Fairy Tale Book.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eNo date but WorldCat states [1892]. 128 printed pages, all with frame. Printed title page and chromolithographed title-page. Profusely decorated with chromolithographed vignette illustrations. With compliments from the proprietors of Mellins food. 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.  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.\"\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eFirst and last  leaves slightly foxed.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e67 x 92mm.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eOriginal 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.  \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eVery slightly faded and lightly handled.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eGarbett, 52. Not in Bondy, nor Spielmann, nor Welsh.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e OCLC number, 17568793 WorldCat locates 10 copies worldwide, but not in British Library.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e15).Hieroglyphic Bible. New Testament Stories. 1893. [98] unnumbered printed pages. Title page printed in red and black and text printed in red border. Publisher's advertisements follow text. by the Author of \"Simple Bible Lessons for Children.\"  Rear inner hinge cracked but holding firm. Original salmon printed paper covered boards. 'Mellin's Food for Infants \u0026amp; Invalids' advertisement on the back cover. Spine torn and missing at the head of spine and with closed tears near the bottom. Not in Bondy, nor Garbett, nor Spielmann.  Welsh, 932. OCLC,  212381384. WorldCat locates 9 copies worldwide. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e16).Golden Thoughts from Great Authors. Crowther, Alice. \u003cspan\u003e[1898]. 127, [1] pages. Golden Thoughts Series, 4. All edges red. Red uniform calf spine with gilt geometric decoraton; cloth covered boards. Garbett, 49. Welsh, 2087. OCLC,  558008500. WorldCat locates two copies worldwide. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e17).Pickings from a Pocket of Pebbles. Philpot, William. Circa 1885. 126 printed pages. Publisher's adverts.Golden Thoughts Series, 9. Red uniform calf spine with gilt geometric decoraton; cloth covered boards. Garbett, 51. Welsh, 5680. OCLC,  287277044. WorldCat locates 3 copies worldwide (National Library of Scotland, Harvard and University of Virginia Libraries). \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e18).Old English, Scotch and Irish songs with music : a favourite selection. Moodie, William, editor. Circa 1905. 127 printed pages. Frontispiece. 19 full-page illustrations by A. S. Boyd. Musical notation.  Golden Thought Series, 48.\u003cspan\u003e  Red uniform calf spine with gilt geometric decoraton; cloth covered boards.\u003c\/span\u003e Garbett, 50. Welsh, 5115. No OCLC number. WorldCat locates no copies worldwide of this edition. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e19).Rose Leaves. Estelle Davenport Adams\u003c\/span\u003e. Circa 1905. 124 printed pages. Publisher's adverts at end. Golden Thought Series, 14.\u003cspan\u003e Red uniform calf spine with gilt geometric decoraton; cloth covered boards.\u003c\/span\u003e Garbett, 51. Welsh, 36. OCLC, \u003cspan\u003e42085998\u003c\/span\u003e. WorldCat locates four copies worldwide.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e20). Chips from Dickens. Charles Dickens\u003cspan\u003e. Selected by Thomas Mason\u003c\/span\u003e. Circa 1900. 126 printed pages. Publisher's adverts at end. Golden Thought Series, 15.\u003cspan\u003e Red uniform calf spine with gilt geometric decoraton; cloth covered boards.\u003c\/span\u003e Garbett, 51. Welsh, 2357. OCLC, \u003cspan\u003e315568148\u003c\/span\u003e. WorldCat locates seven copies worldwide.\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e21).Chips from Thackeray\u003cspan\u003e. Selected by Thomas Mason\u003c\/span\u003e. Circa 1885. 126 printed pages. Publisher's adverts at end. Golden Thought Series, 16.\u003cspan\u003e Red uniform calf spine with gilt geometric decoraton; cloth covered boards.\u003c\/span\u003e Garbett, 52. Welsh, 6674. WorldCat locates no copies worldwide.\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e22).Gleanings from Wordsworth. Circa 1900. 128 printed pages. Golden Thought Series, 18.\u003cspan\u003e Red uniform calf spine with gilt geometric decoraton; cloth covered boards.\u003c\/span\u003e Welsh, 7229. WorldCat locates no copies worldwide.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e23).Peeps into Pepys' Diary\u003cspan\u003e. Edinburgh, Nimmo, Hay and Mitchell\u003c\/span\u003e. 1883. 128 printed pages. Nimmo's Miniature Library, 4.\u003cspan\u003e Red uniform calf spine with gilt geometric decoraton; cloth covered boards.\u003c\/span\u003e  Welsh, 5510. WorldCat locates no copies worldwide.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e24).Gleanings from Lamb's Essays of Elia\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e  Circa1896. 128 printed pages. Golden Thought Series, 20.\u003cspan\u003e Red uniform calf spine with gilt geometric decoraton; cloth covered boards.\u003c\/span\u003e  Welsh, 4264. WorldCat locates no copies worldwide.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e25).Gems of Thought from Classical Authors. Quotations collected from the original works by Aimée Wilson.  Circa1884. 128 printed pages. Golden Thought Series, 13. Brown uniform calf spine with gilt geometric decoraton; cloth covered boards. Garbett, 49. Welsh, 2976. OCLC, 319925199. WorldCat locates no copies worldwide.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e26).She Stoops to Conquer. Oliver Goldsmith. Circa1890. 128 printed pages. Golden Thought Series, 21. Mauve uniform calf spine with gilt geometric decoraton; cloth covered boards. Garbett, 52. Welsh, 3098. OCLC, 51432004. WorldCat locates no copies worldwide.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e27).Irish Melodies. Thomas Moore. Circa1890. 128 printed pages. Golden Thought Series, 32. Mauve uniform calf spine with gilt geometric decoraton; cloth covered boards. Garbett, 52. Welsh, 5126. OCLC, 41128707. WorldCat locates no copies worldwide.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e28).Poems Serious and Comic. Thomas Hood. [1889]. 128 printed pages. Golden Thought Series, 31. Mauve uniform calf spine with gilt geometric decoraton; cloth covered boards. Garbett, 52. Welsh, 3417. OCLC, 559798172. WorldCat locates no copies worldwide.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e29).Lays of Ancient Rome. Thomas Macaulay. [1889]. 128 printed pages. Golden Thought Series, 35. Mauve uniform calf spine with gilt geometric decoraton; cloth covered boards. Garbett, 49. Welsh, 4758. OCLC, 1063170371. WorldCat locates no copies worldwide.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e30).Deserted Village. Oliver Goldsmith. [1889]. 128 printed pages. Golden Thought Series, 29. Mauve uniform calf spine with gilt geometric decoraton; cloth covered boards. Welsh, 3095. OCLC, 559053937. WorldCat locates no copies worldwide.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e31)Poetical Works of William Wordsworth. In eight volumes. [1889]. \u003c\/span\u003eIncludes index in volume 8. Each vol. contains frontispiece plate. \u003cspan\u003ePrinted at the University Press, Glasgow. All edges yellow. 122 x 94 mm. Contemporary half calf; spines with four raised bands, red morocco labels, and gilt titling. Boards with marbled paper. OCLC, 34797455. WorldCat locates no copies worldwide.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e32).Blessed be Drudgery and other Papers. William C. Gannett. 112 pages plus publisher's adverts at end. All edges gilt. 88 x 122 mm. Original full blue lambskin; spines with decorative gilt and titling.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e33).Blessed be the Thorn-Bearer and other Papers. William C. Gannett. 107 pages plus publisher's adverts at end. All edges gilt. 88 x 122 mm. Original full green lambskin; spines with decorative gilt and titling. OCLC, 641542701. WorldCat locates four copies worldwide.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e48 cm. tall. The miniature 19 inch (48cm) high pine and glass bookcase the so-called ‘Bijou Bookcase’ as sold by David Bryce \u0026amp; Son of Glasgow in the 1890s. Available in both dark and in light wood, priced at £4 4s each. The three shelves of this example included some uncommon titles from Bryce’s ‘Pearl’ series of classic English literature such as Burns, Dickens, Tennyson, and Wordsworth, each in the original publisher’s bindings. In February 2022 a lot containing two Bijou Bookcases (made in a darker hardwood) sold together with a more extensive collection of Bryce miniature printings for \u003cspan\u003e£10,455 in\u003c\/span\u003e a Bonhams Knightsbridge sale titled In the Palm of Your Hand: Small is Beautiful.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55147230888315,"sku":"f25.264","price":3750.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P3103195_f8d8df79-f7a6-4c26-a004-1198f34618c4.jpg?v=1741633804"},{"product_id":"shakespeare-william-selection-of-plays-w-p-nimmo-hay-and-mitchell-southwark-street-s-w-partridge-and-co-old-bailey-samppson-low-marston-and-co-ltd-anthony-trherne-co-ltd-adelphi-london-1905-45","title":"Shakespeare, William. Selection of Plays. W.P. Nimmo, Hay and Mitchell, Southwark Street. S.W. Partridge and Co. Old Bailey. Samppson, Low, Marston and Co. Ltd. Anthony Traherne \u0026 Co. Ltd. Adelphi. [London]. 1905-45.","description":"\u003cp\u003e14 volumes. Printed in 8-point. As You Like It; Romeo and Juliet; Coriolanus; Hamlet; Macbeth; Measure for Measure; Othello; Titus  Andronicus; Rape of Lucrece; King henry the Sixth, parts one, two, and three; King Henry the Eigth; and King Richard the Third. Each complete volume from 241 to 457 pages. Decorative end papers. Top edges gilt. Some page blocks with slight old staining but not affecting text.  Presented in a beautiful miniature mahogany carved and French-polished bookstand, in very good condition. 50 x 70 mm. Uniformly bound in publishers' full chocolate brown calf. Spines with gilt capitalized titling.  Of the Waistcoat Pocket Classics set of Shakespeare, \"We have seen only one complete set of it, attractively housed in a shelved leather case which belonged to the great Charlie Chaplin\", Bondy, 122-3. Welsh, 6254, 6282, 6347. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55249442406779,"sku":"f25.83","price":450.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P3294516.jpg?v=1743268604"},{"product_id":"holy-bible-containing-the-old-and-new-testaments-chained-bible-and-lectern-bryce-david-son-1901","title":"Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments. Chained Bible and Lectern. Bryce, David \u0026 Son. 1901.","description":"\u003cp class=\"biblio\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e876 pages with 28 full-page illustrations, reduced from designs by Charles Bell Birch, all on finest India paper. License leaf on verso of title-page indicates 1901 as publication date. Title page with tiny closed tear. 30 x 46 mm (book size). Original brown calf in the antique style blind-stamped in imitation of 16th century binding (minuscule wear to foot of spine and short crack along one half of the hinge). Complete with magnifying glass inside the back cover. Original dark metal chain attaching it to the lectern. Lectern height 13.63 cm \u0026amp; width 8.12 cm. Paper printed label on base of pedestal describes it as a facsimile of those chained bibles found in some English Cathedrals (old clear tape repair).  This item was originally sold in a red cardboard box with a printed label - but this is rarely found and sadly not present here. Bondy, 109. Spielmann, 25. Welsh, 562. The text is a reduced facsimile of the Oxford Pica 16mo edition, printed by the Glasgow University Press on \"very thinnest\" paper supplied by Henry Frowde and the Oxford University Press. This item was originally sold in a red cardboard box with a printed label - but this is rarely found and sadly not present here. The text was produced using advanced photolithography techniques, which allowed large volumes to be reduced to a very small size while maintaining a surprising degree of clarity and legibility, though still difficult to read without aid. This design is a charming facsimile of the large, chained Bibles found in some English cathedrals and churches from centuries past, which were chained to prevent theft when books were extremely valuable. This edition represents a fascinating intersection of Victorian craftsmanship, technological innovation in printing, and historical whimsy!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56043691606395,"sku":"5728","price":295.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P1306259.jpg?v=1769795681"},{"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. 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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":"holy-bible-and-lectern-nimmo-hay-amp-mitchell-edinburgh-1919","title":"Holy Bible and Lectern. Nimmo, Hay \u0026 Mitchell. Edinburgh. 1919.","description":"\u003cp\u003e876  pages. Frontispiece and 18 unnumbered leaves of plates. Contains miniature facsimile of the Shakespeare family records from the Parish Register, Stratford-upon-Avon, together with notes on the records by W.S. Brassington, located at the end of the Old Testament. Bible is chained with 10 metal links (14 1\/2 cm. long) to oak lectern. With note on chaining of single books in churches on base of lectern. Lectern has turned pedestal, shelf for storage of the bible, under sloped top. License on title page verso dated 1919. Magnifying glass in leather frame in front pocket (36 x 26 mm). Lectern Height 14.5cm Width 8.12cm. Paper printed label intact but slightly damaged at margins: \"Miniature Chained Bible and Lecturn: Bibles were so rare in olden times, it was necessary to chain them to Lecterns and other places. The chain is a facsimile of what may be seen in Hereford and other Cathedrals and Parish Churches all over the country. The Bible can easily be read with a magnifying glass which is supplied\". Welsh, D.V., Miniature books, no. 565 describes a version published just by Nimmo. All edges red.  Original tan endpapers. Some gatherings slightly sprung. 34 x 49 mm. Original brown morocco; spine with gilt blocked titling. For the Shakespeare Family Records, see Bondy, 110. Neither Bondy, nor Spielmann refer to this Nimmo, Hay, Mitchell edition. Welsh, 565. OCLC, 1140361251. WorldCat locates two copies worldwide (Stanford University Library, and National Library of Australia).    \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56096608911739,"sku":"f26.152","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P4109689.jpg?v=1775821861"},{"product_id":"gems-from-the-poets-falconer-to-campbell-chaucer-to-goldsmith-shakespeare-american-living-authors-tyas-robert-london-1841","title":"Gems from the Poets. Falconer to Campbell. Chaucer to Goldsmith. Shakespeare, American. Living Authors. Tyas, Robert. London. 1841.","description":"\u003cp\u003eComplete 6 volume set. Engraved frontispieces. All edges gilt. In publisher's morocco fronted bookcase, glazed door with \"Gems from the Poets\"cin gilt on lintel. Leather hinge repaired. 150 x 117 x 82 mm. Mixed editions, each volume, 64 x 102mm. Original green cloth in gilt and blind. Joffe, 184. Tyas sold many sets of four volumes as Gems from the British Poets, but this six volume set with American poets included is less common.    \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56097331904891,"sku":"f26.19","price":400.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P3259045.jpg?v=1774444134"},{"product_id":"book-case-of-knowledge-or-library-for-youth-wallis-john-cundee-j-or-t-gillet-printers-london-1800-1803","title":"Book-case of Knowledge, or Library for Youth]. Wallis, John. Cundee, J. [or T. Gillet], printers. 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Gillet, Salisbury Square, and four volumes printed by J. Cundee, Ivy-Lane. Each volume has engraved frontispiece, plus additional engraved illustrations; volume 5, \u003cem\u003eThe History of England\u003c\/em\u003e includes 31 hand-colored portraits of the kings and queens of England. Volume order taken from final leaf in [volume 10], in which \u003cem\u003eGeography\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eAstronomy\u003c\/em\u003e are listed as two separate volumes. Lacks lower drawer  and printed letters of the alphabet. In his discussion of this title, Brian Alderson describes a 9 volume set dated 1800. For a detailed description of title variants and contents, see his entry no. 4 as cited below. Alderson, Miniature Libraries for the Young, 4. Adam, 177-181. Gumuchian 801 (dated 1801). Moon, John Harris's Books for Youth, 57 (dated 1803). OCLC, 177705711. WorldCat locates three  copies worldwide ( Pierpont Morgan - lacking original box- , University of California Los Angeles, and University Library of Reading). The same ten volumes were published in 1801 in a collection with the title: \u003cem\u003eThe book-case of knowledge\u003c\/em\u003e. The set was reissued in 1803 in a wooden box with a sliding lid under the joint imprints of Wallis and John Harris. John Wallis was John Marshall's most eager competitor in the field of miniature libraries, though Mrs. Trimmer, in The Guardian of Education, 'adopted a rather disparaging tone about them.' --Stockham. John Wallis was, from 1775 until his death in 1818, one of the most prolific publishers of board games in the late eighteenth century. John Wallis’s The Book-Case of Knowledge highlights his skill in capitalising on Enlightenment-era educational trends for children. The work reflects a pre-Victorian, pedagogical focus on text-heavy content over illustration, contrasting with the heavily illustrated children's books that dominated the later nineteenth century.     \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56097489813883,"sku":"f26.50","price":4000.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P4069507.jpg?v=1775476716"},{"product_id":"gracieuse-la-pairault-p-et-cie-paris-1896-nbsp","title":"Gracieuse, La. Pairault, P. et Cie. Paris. 1896.","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginal bookcase complete with ten volumes in French. Printed in 8- point. 1\/ Aladdin ou la Lampe Merveilleuse (57 pp.); 2\/Ali Baba ou les Quarante Voleurs (58pp.); 3\/Fenelon: Fables et Allegories (61pp.); 4\/La Fontaine: Quelques Fables (59pp.); 5\/Florian: Quelques Fables (61pp.); 6\/Hegesippe Moreau: Le Neveu de la Fruitiere (64pp.); 7\/Perrault: Le Petit Chaperon Rouge. Les Fees (60pp.); 8\/Chanoine Schmid: Quelques Contes (60pp.); 9\/Morel de Vinde: La Morale de l'Enfance (62pp.); 10\/L'Enfant Prodigue. Le Juif Errant (60pp.). The small wooden Louis XV style bookcase\/cabinet (13 x 8 x 4.5 cm) with bombe-shaped sides and hinged front door with beveled glass panel, glass shelf, and brass handle, is covered with brocade tapestry and gilt braid, and contains inside ten miniature books dated 1896. Harlequin coloured original card covers with block printed titles. The cabinet has \"La Gracieuse avec ses dix volumes, Modèle déposé\"  printed in gilt to bottom of bookcase. Excellent condition, the set originally held 10 miniature books. A similar set was sold for £450 in Michael Garbett's Catalogue 16, item 22, January 1998, 27 years ago (as photographed in his original catalogue). Bondy, 78-80. Bromer \u0026amp; Edison. Miniature books, 142-145. Houghton, 72, 73, 78, 79, 85, 86, 92, 101. Welsh, 78, 79, 2647, 2796, 2846, 4238, 5143, 5145, 5524, 6175.     OCLC, 1045068376. WorldCat locates 3 copies worldwide.     \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56097983824251,"sku":"f26.66","price":2250.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P3259074.jpg?v=1774443383"},{"product_id":"shakespeare-william-pocket-portrait-shakespeare-complete-with-glossary-bryce-david-amp-sons-glasgow-circa-1899","title":"Shakespeare, William. Pocket Portrait Shakespeare. Complete with glossary. Bryce, David \u0026 Sons. Glasgow. 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First Part; King Henry iv. Second Part; King Henry vi. First Part; King Henry vi. Second Part; King Henry vi. Third Part. Vols. V \u0026amp; VI: 490 and 508 pages; King Henry vi. Third Part (Continued); King Richard iii; King Henry viii; Troilus And Cressida; Titus Andronicus; Coriolanus; Macbeth; Cymbeline; Timon Of Athens; Julius Caesar. Vols. VII. \u0026amp; VIII: 499 and 521 pages; Hamlet; King Lear; Othello; Antony And Cleopatra; Romeo And Juliet; Pericles; Miscellaneous Poems; Index To Current Shakespearian Phrases; Glossary. Clean text throughout. Original cream endpapers. Top edges gilt.  Byculla Southsea armorial gilt embossed stamp on upper cover. Awarded to Gwyneth Mackenzie, Christmas 1910.  70 x 100 mm. each volume.  Original green cloth.  Gilt titles and decoration to each front board and spine. Complete with original book shaped case in tan cloth with gilt titling and decoration to spine and upper cover. Not in Bondy, nor Garbett, nor Spielmann, nor Welsh. OCLC, 54361151. WorldCat locates 4 copies worldwide including only one in the UK (National Library of Scotland).     \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56098191573371,"sku":"f26.71","price":450.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P3269135.jpg?v=1774540369"},{"product_id":"my-box-of-delights-milford-humphrey-london-1911-unless-otherwise-mentioned","title":"My Box of Delights. Milford, Humphrey. London. 1911 (unless otherwise mentioned).","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlue Peter\u003c\/em\u003e, 1912. \u003cem\u003eGolden Door. Hideaway House. Happy Flower\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eHazel and Willow. Little Old Woman of X. Little Pink Petticoat\u003c\/em\u003e, 1913. \u003cem\u003ePuss in the Palace\u003c\/em\u003e, 1914. \u003cem\u003eScrappety-Hop and Pearly-Top. Ugly Princess.\u003c\/em\u003e A cardboard boxed case of ten miniature volumes published by Humphrey Milford. Oxford University Press, London, mostly with 31 green-printed pages and a glossy colour frontispiece, selected from a series, `The Tippeny-Tuppeny Books' (a series of 21 titles), printed by Thomas Forman \u0026amp; Sons, Nottingham, England. The case is 150 mm. tall, 140 mm. wide, and 40mm. deep with a printed paper covered lid.   One or two frontispieces loose. Box lid crushed on one inner corner, and slightly distressed with edge-wear and age-toning. Each book, 73 x 60mm.  Original pastel paper over cardboard; color paper pictorial label is applied to the front cover, the rear covers are just the binding paper with no decoration. Bondy, 73. Welsh, 3301, 4478, and 6206. Blue Peter: OCLC, 43762780. WorldCat locates 3 copies worldwide (Cambridge, Virginia, and Indiana). Golden Door: 43794473, 3 copies (Harvard, Virginia, Indana). Hideaway House: not found in WorldCat. Happy Flower: 1465414799, 1 copy (Virginia).  Hazel and Willow: 43822444, 1 copy (Virginia). Little Old Woman of X: 1004779056, 1 copy (Franklin and Marshall College). Little Pink Petticoat: 237345259, 1 copy (Virginia). Puss in the Palace: 270896179, 4 copies Oxford, Pierpont Morgan, Indiana, Virginia). Scrappety-Hop and Pearly-Top: 43848252, 2 copies (Virginia, Indiana). Ugly Princess: 43794595, 3 copies (Oxford, Virginai, Indiana). Milford was fond of boxes and 'My Own Box of Books', and the 'Play Box' are similar presentation sets - but this particular set is hitherto unrecorded. Hazel and Willow note the\u003cbr\u003eillustrator as Lilian Amy Govey who was an English artist and children's illustrator specializing in fairy subjects. It is interesting to note that Lilian Amy Govey was born in 1886 and died in 1974. Considering that most of these books were published in the very early 1900s Govey would have been maybe 20 years old when this work was done. Another book, Betty Blue notes the British illustrator as Rosa C. Petherick (1871-1931). All of the books have the same endpaper design, a delicate design of green vines and purple flowers and are printed with a same green ink that was used to print the text pages.     \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56098216477051,"sku":"f26.83","price":495.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P3309360.jpg?v=1774872670"},{"product_id":"shakespeares-house-ulster-stationery-company-containing-illustrated-pocket-shakespeare-bryce-david-son-glasgow-1886","title":"Shakespeare's House. Ulster Stationery Company. Containing Illustrated Pocket Shakespeare. Bryce, David \u0026 Son. Glasgow. 1886.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e8 volumes edited by Talfourd Blair. Each volume with frontispiece. 516, 534, 482, 490, 496, 508, 499, and 523 printed pages including glossary at end. Printed by Robert Maclehose, University Press Glasgow. Exceptionally rare with Shakespeare's House original case. Original cream endpapers. Top edges yellow.  No inscriptions. Model of Shakespeare's house constructed from plywood and card. The front folds down to reveal the contents of each of the eight volumes. 223 x 114 x 138 mm. Each volume, 82 x 124 mm. Original tan printed cloth; spine with 'Works of Shakespeare' and the volume number, surmounting list of plays and publisher all in maroon; plain back covers but maroon printed front covers with border and small corner-pieces.  A few volumes with the odd slightly age-toned cloth. Date of book publication from British Museum. Box in printed paper covered boards with lettering on the front, \"the Immortal Shakespeare was born here\", and on the back, \"The House at Stratford-on-Avon in which William Shakespeare was Born A.D. 23rd April 1564\"; at the bottom edge is printed \"Ulster Stationery Co. Belfast \u0026amp; London\". \u003c\/span\u003eManufacturers, Ulster Stationery Company, were Box Makers, Lithographers, Letterpress Printers, Account Book Manufacturers and Book Binders, 28 Linenhall Street, Donegall Square South - the Ulster Stationery Company were not listed in the 1880 nor the 1894 directories, so were in business between at the most 1881 and 1893. Roof supplied in facsimile. Box rather worn and age-toned; slight edge wear, rubbing all over with mild spotting along the front inside flap. Not in Bondy, nor Spielmann, nor Welsh. Garbett lists a similar model in different dimensions and with different contents, formerly in the collection of Monsignor Francis Weber, now in Huntington Library, Los Angeles'. WorldCat locates no copies of this model of Shakespeare's House with these books worldwide. OCLC, 8831825. WorldCat locates 5 copies of just the edition of books without the house, worldwide (Cambridge, Princeton, Folger Shakespeare, Michigan, and Duke University Libraries). This is the only recorded copy of this edition in this Ulster Stationery Company presentation Shakespeare's House box, worldwide.               \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e                  \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56098217558395,"sku":"f26.84","price":3500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P4099657.jpg?v=1775745599"},{"product_id":"28-shakespeare-plays-and-poems","title":"28 Shakespeare Plays and Poems on a unique revolving bookcase. Ellen Terry edition. David Bryce and Son. 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Original red cloth with gilt triple rose motif decoration on the spines (minor rubbing to edges; some spines slightly sunned). Housed in a unique artisanal twentieth century light-stained 6-compartment hexagonal revolving wooden oak bookcase by an unknown cabinet maker (minor scratching). Attached to a matching small wooden pedestal and rotates to imitate a full-size version of a stylish modern bookcase. Louis Bondy wrote that these volumes are \"Bryce's greatest achievement as a leading promoter of miniature books,\" and, in particular, he describes the Shakespeare as \"the most prodigious of these sets\" (Bondy, p.114). Bromer, 51. Garbett, 41. Spielmann, 459. Welsh, 6264. American Art Association, 182. This is an uncommon miniature book set, meticulously printed and bound for the David Bryce Company in Glasgow, noted for their miniature book production. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Camden Lock Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56180650115451,"sku":"f26.201","price":1400.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0430\/3313\/3212\/files\/P3309350_1bf485f9-ee62-4292-b37e-18a573c407e8.jpg?v=1774878134"},{"product_id":"infants-library-marshall-john-no-4-aldermary-churchyard-in-watling-street-london-nbsp-circa-1800","title":"Infant's Library. Marshall, John. No. 4 Aldermary Churchyard in Watling Street. London. Circa 1800.","description":"\u003cp\u003e16 volumes. Complete with original sycamore bookcase box divided into four compartments with faded red paper lining.The front design depicts a partially glazed bookcase containing books above a closed drawer and two cupboard doors with keyholes. Original label on the back of the box, \"\"The Infant's Library MADE and SOLD By John Marshall, Printer \u0026amp; Bookseller, No. 1 Aldemary Churchyard, LONDON Where may be had a great variety of BOOKS and SCHEMES for the Instruction and Amusement of Young People\"\".  See: Sydney Roscoe's \"\"John Marshall and the Infant's Library\"\" in The Book Collector, Summer, 1955; the copy he described was slightly different to this copy. VOLUMES: All in (32)pp., except where stated\u003cbr\u003e1. (Alphabets). 64pp. orange boards, cream labels,\u003cbr\u003e2. (Syllabary - combinations of letters \u0026amp; simple words). Text starts on A2, p.3. 64pp.\u003cbr\u003eMarbled boards, yellow labels, and green spine.\u003cbr\u003e3. (Scenes of Everyday Life). 13 simple engraved views with descriptions. 2pp. ads for\u003cbr\u003ePicture Magazine \u0026amp; the 22nd no. of the Childrens's Magazine at end. Pink boards.\u003cbr\u003ecream labels, and green spine.\u003cbr\u003e4. (Everyday Objects). 13 woodcuts with descriptions. 2pp. ads for Picture Magazine and\u003cbr\u003ethe 14th no. of the Children's Magazine; 1p. ad. at end for 'A Dissected Map of England\u003cbr\u003eUpon a New Plan', price 7s. 6d, Yellow boards, pink labels.\u003cbr\u003e5. (Animals). 13 woodcuts with descriptions (ten with amateur colouring). 2pp. ads for Picture Magazine and the 26th no. of the Children's Magazine; 1p. at end for the Dissected map. Light blue boards, cream labels. Lower half of title-page defective,\u003cbr\u003e6. (Scenes of Everyday Life). 12 views. Ads. as (3). Black\u003cbr\u003eboards, cream labels\u003cbr\u003e7. (Flowers). 12 woodcuts. Ads. for Picture Magazine \u0026amp; the 23rd no. of the Childrens's Magazine after title-page. Yellow boards, pink labels.\u003cbr\u003e8. (Birds). 12 woodcuts. 2pp. ads at front, as at (3). Pink boards, cream labels.\u003cbr\u003e9. (Boys' Games). 12 woodcuts. Ads. as (7). Light blue boards, cream labels.\u003cbr\u003e10. (Objects - Household Items). 14 woodcuts. Ads. as (3). Orange boards, light blue labels.\u003cbr\u003e11. (Scenes of Everyday Life - Architecture). 13 views. Ads. as (7).\u003cbr\u003eYellow boards, light blue labels.\u003cbr\u003e12. (Scenes of Everyday Life). 13 views. Ads. as (3). Orange boards, cream labels.\u003cbr\u003e13. (Girls' Games). 12 woodcuts. Ads. as (3). Black boards, yellow labels.\u003cbr\u003e14. (Scenes of Everyday Life - Rural). 13 views. Ads as (3). Pink boards, cream labels.\u003cbr\u003e15. (Scenes of Everyday Life - Rural II). 13 views. Ads as (3). Yellow boards, light blue\u003cbr\u003elabels.\u003cbr\u003e16. A Short History of England for the Infant's Library. Woodcuts of sovereigns in text.\u003cbr\u003e(64)pp. Lilac boards, yellow labels,\u003cbr\u003eAn exceptional collection in original bookcase box, in exceptional condition\u003cbr\u003e1800-1801. COMPLETE SET IN PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL BOOKCASE, most with woodcut illustrations, Book 1 with short tears to margins of a few leaves, Lower half of spine defective on volume five and illustrations hand-coloured in blue and green, publisher's different coloured boards, original printed labels (\"The Infant's Library\") on upper covers, most spines with old minor repairs, held in original wooden case (c.160 x 90 x 60mm.)  [Alderson, Miniature Libraries for the Young, 2; Osborne II, p.899], books 60 x 45mm. Original harlequin paper covered boards with oval hand coloured labels on the front and back covers, many with ornately cut edges. Bondy, 59-60. Spielmann, 209-224. OCLC, 8837332. 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