Summerian Fables

by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
Illustrations by Carla Goll

These fable are the precursors to Aesop's Fables and are the first known animal tales. Originally written 4,500 years ago, the author has provided translated copy and where a fable appeared only in fragment she has completed the tale.

98 pages (11 illustrations)
2-1/2" x 2"
$30.00

21 Epic Novels

by Jessica Amanda Salmonson

Except for the final novel, each is one page long and each has its own title page. Besides being a humorous book, the work also serves as a type specimen book

48 pages
2-1/2" x 2"
$20.00

Prometheus: A Poet's Death by Water

by Brian Tylor

The English poet Percy Bysshe Shelly died in a shipwreck off the coast of Italy. His body had been in the sea for so long that is wasn't possible to identify him. In his clothing, however, a miniature book was found; the book so affected him that it served as the inspiration for his Prometheus Unbound.

25 pages
2-1/4" x 1-1/2"
Leather bound
$20.00

The Uffizi ABC

by Artgur Maquarie
Illustrations by Lindsay Symington

A collection of facetious poems about 23 of the artists whose works are in the Uffizi in Florence. Each poem is faced by a full-page portrait of the artist. This is a facsimile reproduction in miniature of a book printed between 1910 and 1918; according to the Library of Congress only four copies of the original are registered in this country. Printed on handmade paper (Amalfi).

64 pages
2-15/16" x 2-1/4"
$35.00

The War Prayer

by Mark Twain
Illustrations by Andi Rusu

This work was not published until after Twain's death (at his request) and is arguably one of the strongest anti-war pieces ever penned.

48 pages
2-1/2" x 2"
Bound in leather
$30.00

The Yarn of the Nancy Bell

by W.S. Gilbert
Illustrations by Andi Rusu

A ballad describing the fate of the crew of a wrecked vessel as told by its sole survivor. Also included is The First Lord's Song.

48 pages
2" x 2-1/2"
Unusual two-piece binding of leather and elephant-hide paper
$20.00

Strange Encounter on Coho Creek

by Morris H. Erwin
Illustrations by Dale Hart

An Alaskan encounters a wolf caught in a steel trap. Slowly he gains the animal's trust and, later, sets him free.

58 pages
2-5/8" x 2-1/8"
$15.00

Pericles' Oration

The funeral oration delivered by Pericles in Athens in 431 B.C.

48 pages
2-5/8" x 2-1/8"
Includes an 8-1/2" x 11" broadside.
Both for $20.00

Uppity Women of Ancient Greece

by Vicki Leon

Biographical sketches of 14 philosophers all of whom were women and all of whome were as well-known as their male counterparts. Plato's mother was among them.

202 pages
2-3/4" x 2-1/8"
Bound in full leather
$125.00

It Could Be Worse

by John P. Lathourakis

A ribald tale about a man who loses and eye, makes adjustments, and learns nice things about his fellow creatures.

48 pages
2-1/2" x 2"
Cloth binding
$20.00

Return of the Magi

by Toni Flynn

A chance encounter between a young woman and a derelict while both were in church. A Magi allegory.

38 pages
2-1/2" x 2"
Cloth binding
$15.00

Native Californians

by Ed Zolkowski
Illustrations by Carollynn Stalder

Illustrations and descriptions of the wildlife found in or near California.

64 pages
2-1/2" x 2-1/4"
Printed on Arches in black and gray ink, and bound in Turkish (wrap-around) style of binding
$30.00

The Great Debate of 1594

by Robert L. Mount

A military debate over adopting the arquebus (a prototype rifle) over the longbow as the standard weapon for the army.

Two volumes, 64 pages per vol.
2-1/8" x 1-3/4"
$35.00 for the set.

Dippa, Kippa, Leepa

by John Peter Lathourakis

Anecdotes from the life of a boy growing up in a home where English was not spoken.

90 pages
2-1/8" x 1-3/4"
$20.00

The Great Tungus Catastrophe

by John Peter Lathourakis

In 1908 an enormous explosion occurred in Siberia of such magnitude that the sound carried for 600 miles. Meteor? Comet? Spaceship?

66 pages
3" x 2"
$20.00