Ghostly Faces
Among my tiny books is this little album from the nineteenth century. It’s filled with over twenty portraits of the members …
Tag Archives: miniature books
Bookshelf Voyeurism
“Why are you afraid to let people see your books?” he said. And then laughingly, “What are you reading? The …
Not Just For Gentlemen…
Most male antiquarian booksellers fell into two categories, she had discovered: the misogynists who would be happy if a woman …
Regency Week: A Miniature Almanac From Hamburg, 1816
It’s “Regency Week” on linnetmoss.com! As an English major reared on Austen, Scott, Wordsworth, Coleridge and Shelley, I’m used to …
Naked Cake-Batter Diving: A New Olympic Sport?
“Do you remember In the Night Kitchen?” asked Lynn. “It came out around 1970, so most of us probably had …
Gollum’s Bookshelf
If you’ve ever been a collector, you know that feeling. The “my precious” feeling you get when you see that …
Let’s Get Small
The smallest books I own are too tiny for me to read with my presbyopic eyes, though quite legible under …
The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
Miniboox has just published Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows as a miniature. Lovely! http://www.miniboox.de
Delectable Greek Lyrics
The Remains of the poetry of Anacreon, Sappho and Erinna, published by R. Fleming of Edinburgh in 1766. With beautiful …
