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2007 Hard cover Good in good dust jacket. Ex-library. Very good ex-library book with the usual stamps, numbers & plastic over the cover. Plastic shows some scuffing wear. Pages
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are clean & tight with minor corner & edge wear. Inside back cover boards are black and show some scuffing. Book is slightly cocked.
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New York 2007 Hard Cover Very Good+ in Very Good jacket 4to-over 9"-12" tall. Ribbon markers.
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081099299X Dust jacket condition: Like New. Unread store shelf copy with just a touch of wear to covers. Oversized Did you know these facts? * A miniature book flew to the
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moon and back. * A miniature scroll is the first printing on paper in the world. * The Emancipation Proclamation of Abraham Lincoln was first printed in book form as a miniature. * President Franklin D. Roosevelt collected miniature books. * A miniature book caused a decline in the British birthrate in the nineteenth century. The variety of subjects that appear between these tiny covers is as diverse as that found in full-size books. Why would the world's literature, art, and history be published in miniature? Portability and accessibility are certainly two answers, but there are also compelling reasons for printers, artists, and binders to create intriguing volumes in a scaled-down size, and for collectors to possess these intricate and aesthetically pleasing objects. This is the first lavishly illustrated, authoritativ ...
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2007. Hardcover Would be brand new except for owner's address label and inked date / bright and crisp dust jacket Size: 9.75" x 10.75", 215pp, profusely illustrated in color.
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081099299X BRAND NEW NEVER USED IN STOCK 125,000+ HAPPY CUSTOMERS SHIP EVERY DAY WITH FREE TRACKING NUMBER
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Brand New, Perfect Condition, Please allow 4-14 business days for delivery. 100% Money Back Guarantee, Over 1,000,000 customers served.
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Shipped from US in 4 to 14 business days. Established seller since 2000
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Overview
Miniature Books is the first lavishly illustrated, authoritative book on the delightful subject of books no taller than three inches. A dazzling array of books on subjects ranging from Shakespeare's plays and the Holy Bible to politics and presidents, children's books, the pleasures of life, and more are shown-with few exceptions-at their actual size.Here is the prayer book that Anne Boleyn carried to her execution, seen open to its sole illustration, a portrait of Henry VIII. Here also are the world's two smallest books (impossible to be sure which is tinier). There are books studded with gemstones, books that Napoleon carried with him on his ...