Mite, The. Robinson, E[rnest] A. Grimsby. 1891.

First edition. 28 printed pages. 5 illustrations (including Gutenberg Fust and Schoeffer. It covers the invention of printing, the Eiffel Tower, the annual consumprtion of steel for pins, and various significant dates. 18 x 21 mm. Original red printed card wrappers. A similar copy is in Queen Mary's Dolls' House Library (E.V. Lucas, 381). "This book is issued as a curiosity and is the smallest ever printed from type in the world. The type used is Brilliant, 20 lines to the in. ..."-Preface. In 1981 Louis Bondy said" for many years the smallest English book printed from moveable type and may in fact still desrve that distinction". Ernest Albert Robinson was a very ordinary fish merchant / printer who lived in small, terraced house that still exists today. The 1911 Census credits him with producing and printing “The Mite”. Bondy, 99. Pistner, 92. Spielmann, 376. Welsh, 5067. OCLC, 53403802. WorldCat locates four copies of this edition worldwide (library of Congress, Iowa, Virginia, and Indiana University Libraries).