Micro-Miniature Book. 64mo. 57 printed pages. 16.9 x 23.5 mm. Blue Novalite Leather Boards, Gilt stamped title on cover. As New. Original packaging. The Gleniffer Press of Paisley and Wigtown was founded in 1967 by Helen and Ian Macdonald as a hobby private press, producing home and business stationery. By the early 1970s, the press became noted throughout the world for making miniature books and was active in this field until 2007, when it closed after 40 years. By then it had produced 57 different titles.In all 13,500 little books were reckoned to have been hand-bound during the life of the press. John Muir’s account of his 1888 ascent of Mt. Rainier highlights the connection between Muir (born in Dunbar, Scotland) and his later role as a "patron saint" of American environmentalism.