according to my friend Mia Leijonstadt, Marcel Duchamp said that "an artists's book is what an artist calls a book." Is a book whatever a book builder calls a...
Anna & I got home from Toronto several hours ago. As those who attended know, the Conclave was great! The efforts and planning of Paul & Mary Devenyi and ...
The 21st MBS Conclave in Toronto, Canada was a great success. Paul and Mary Devenyi and Margaret Challenger provided a wonderful venue. We all had fun, met...
Dear Sirs,
Dear Group members,
I hope you will not mind me using your group to advertise a private sale.If= this breaks your group's etiquette please disregard...
Please join us on - Saturday, October 11th, 2-3pm at The Japanese Paper Place, 887 Queen Street West, Toronto 416-703-0163 for a book signing of - The...
Following Neil's request about miniature books published in Greece, we send you a small list of books from our collection : A. Commercial presses : 1. TO...
I was one of those at the first conclave at Miriam Irwin's farm (for proof see the Amistad Courier November 1983, where I'm even in a photo). I attended other...
Following up my last letter: another area of interest for me is home- made books, particularly those like the Brontes', small and made by children. I have...
New little books from Mystical Places Press Most can be viewed at http://www/mysticalplaces.com Yellowstone Summer Yellowstone Summer shows the park with...
Hello from Greece, Congratulations to Neale for bringing us closer with the MBS list. This is my first meesage to the group. Is anybody aware about miniature...
Malachi is a friend and a new member of MBS. His Stone Street Press has published many books, a few of them miniatures. His books are all calligraphic. I say...
If any of you work with a binder who is looking for additional business, could you please send me your binder's contact information (name and email address)? ...
I just received a copy of Clair Boltons new miniature book, A Petticoat Tale. Its a cute story. I'm going to read it to my granddaughter this weekend. And I...
I just received a call from the Head of the Osborne collection at the Toronto Public Library, inviting MBS conclave participants to see their miniature...
I just discovered a new, at least to me, dealer with an extensive list of relatively inexpensive miniature books. The site is www.lombardmaps.com. neale ...
Friends, Found this in another forum to which I subscribe -- Donn ================================ An Isaac Bashevis Singer miniature book edition was recently...
Here are our new books... you can see them at the conclave or on our web site: http://members.cruzio.com/~peteranddonna/index.htm An excerpt from John...
In response to Neale's request we have just finished Maddie's 5th birthday book 'A Petticoat Tale'. It is a short story about Princess Madeleins and too many...
Further to Neale's announcement about the new book we co-published: ITHAKA...we do plan to bring copies to show at Conclave. Phil & Anna (Shoestring Press)....
My Piccolo Press has just co-published two new books. The first is Satisfaction Guaranteed. I did this with Anick Butre, a new French member of MBS. It...
Mia is a designer binder . She has bound two miniature books for me and is about to start on a third, Last Gods, which Alicia Bailey has just printed. Mia has...
I just read in Miniature Collector magazine that at an auction at Theriault's on Feb 22 and 23 of trhis year a lot of 7 miniature French books (and a ...
Ed, Got your memo and thought I would this along: In my personal experience, Gremlin Hides are not suitable for covering miniature books: Though they appear to...
For those of you who have received your newsletters, you will likely have noticed the amazing error on the back cover. The Miniature Book Competition is...
Margaret Challenger39;s october 11 calligraphy workshop at Conclave XXI is full. She can only accomodate a limited number (25) of participants. Those of you...
Hi everyone, I have put together a couple of facsimili copies of ca. 1911 David Bryce & Son's publication catalogues I thought some of you may be interested...
Registrations to Conclave XXI have been coming with an encouraging pace in the last week. We'll have a great group of people and a nice mix of dealers,...
Hi Folks, Conclave registrations are coming in steadily. Thanks to those who indicated their intention to attend by E mail, although some did not follow it...
MY MOTHER HAS 2 MINIATURE BOOKS. WE ARE WONDERING IF THEY ARE WORTH ANYTHING. THE FIRST ONE IS IN ENGLISH AND IS TITLED "THE MERHCANT OF VENICE" . IT HAS A...