[Six miniature titles in a metal box published by David Bryce & Son.]
Levitan, Kalman L.,former owner.StEdNL
Marcus, Harold Stanley,1905-2002,former owner.StEdNL
David Bryce & Son.
Glasgow : David Bryce,
[ca. 1890]
A collection of six miniature publications by David Bryce of Glasgow housed in a metal hinged box which features images of a Chinese dragon and flying cranes. The books measure only 27 mm. tall and are bound in flexible red roan leather with pages of very fine, thin India paper. One of the titles, 'The Tourist's Conversational Guide to English, French, German, Italian' by J. T. Loth, is regarded as perhaps the rarest of all the tiny Bryce miniature books.
In an ornamental metal box.
Old English, Scotch and Irish songs -- Witty Humorous and Merry thoughts -- Golden Thoughts from Great Authors -- The smallest English dictionary in the world -- Poems chiefly in the Scottish dialect / by Robert Burns -- The Tourist's Conversational Guide to English, French, German, Italian.
A collection of six miniature publications by David Bryce of Glasgow housed in a metal hinged box which features images of a Chinese dragon and flying cranes. The books measure only 27 mm. tall and are bound in flexible red roan leather with pages of very fine, thin India paper. One of the titles, 'The Tourist's Conversational Guide to English, French, German, Italian' by J. T. Loth, is regarded as perhaps the rarest of all the tiny Bryce miniature books.
Tiny bookplates in the volumes indicate that they were owned by Rabbi Kalman L Levitan (d. 2002), the first president of the Miniature Book Society and also Harold Stanley Marcus (1905-2002) president of the luxury retailer Neiman Marcus and one of the most important and influential American businessmen of the 20th century.
Miniature books
Scotland Glasgow.