robert e massmann (22 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Limited Edition. Size: Miniature (1 1/2" x 1 7/8"). 2-volume set (complete). . Two miniature volumes. Boston, Lexington, Concord in red leather with navy blue illustrations, Tales of Wayside Inn in navy leather with red illustrations. From a limited edition of 500. The two volumes are housed in a blue and red paper slipcase that is slightly sun-faded in a couple places. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 lb 0 oz. Category: Miniature Books; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 016764.

Softtcover. Condition: Fine. One of 150 copies. (16)pp. A cheerful collection of haiku and poems written and assembled as a Christmas gift for young Patty Terzano, the daughter of friends of the Massmann family. Printed on purple pages with white text, with light blue endpapers and white wrappers. Housed in light blue slipcase. Fine. (1 5/8 by 1 3/8; 42x35mm).

Softcover. Condition: Near Very Good. First Edition Thus. First edition thus, paperback, numbered 335/400, has a slight lean to the binding, bumps with a touch of creasing to the spine ends and corners, mild wear to the hinges and cover edges, and faint toning to the edges of the text block. Overall, this is a solid, clean, Near Very Good copy. Miniature book, measures 2" x 2.5".

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Limited Edition. Size: Miniature (2" x 1 3/4". . Miniature book. Green leather with illustrated paper label over boards, classic nursery rhymes printed with hand-colored plates. Includes seemingly blank plates that must be held up to a light to reveal the image. In a tan paper slipcase that has a printed paper label indicating this is copy number 52 of a limited edition. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 lb 0 oz. Category: Miniature Books; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 016765.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. One of 500 copies. Two volumes. 15pp; (19)pp. Printed at the Art Press. The first volume contains pen drawings in red by E. Helene Sherman depicting tree-shaded lanes, the Old Stone Bridge, and other outdoor and domestic scenes. Bound in blue leatherette with paper label printed in red. The second volume contains pen drawings in blue, illustrating famous landmarks such as Faneuil Hall, the Old State House, and the North Bridge monument. With a folding map in the rear. Inversely bound in red leatherette with paper label printed in blue. Housed together in a paper sleeve. Sunning to paper sleeve, else fine. (1 15/16 by 1 9/16; 49x40mm).

Hardcover. Condition: Very fine. One of 300 copies. (33)pp. Frontispiece color photograph of a young deer. Warner, a neighbor, friend, and colleague of Mark Twain, here expounds upon the sport of hunting with keen brutality, signature wit, and understated conservationism. Bound in brown leather with illustration of frolicking stag to upper cover. Very fine, housed in pale yellow slipcover. (2 by 1 7/8; 49x46mm).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. One of 300 copies. (33)pp. Frontispiece color photograph of a young deer. Warner, a neighbor, friend, and colleague of Mark Twain, here expounds upon the sport of hunting with keen brutality, signature wit, and understated conservationism. Bound in brown leather with illustration of frolicking stag to upper cover. Fine, housed in pale yellow slipcover with light soiling. (2 by 1 7/8; 49x46mm).

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. Limited Edition. [35] pages; 4 cm. Printed at Art Press and issued in slipcase in an edition of 300 copies, with hand coloring by Eloise and Robert Massmann. Typography and binding by R.E.M. offset printed. With original prospectus. Yellow endpapers, red printed emblem of poodle, on cover, slipcase and prospectus. (2681).

Hardcover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Cloth. Miniature book. First edition. Limited to 300 copies. Fine, in very good slipcase. Hand-colored illustrations. Foldout. Tipped in photograph. SIGNED by Robert E Massmann. Illustrated by C. Ernest Massmann. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very fine. One of 500 copies. 28pp., frenchfold. Printed at Art Press. Classic nursery rhymes are printed with hand-colored plates. Blank plates must be opened and held to a strong light to "magically" reveal the images. Illustrated in color by C. Ernest Massmann. Bound in green leatherette with illustrated paper label to front cover. Extremely fine in paper chemise. (1 3/4 by 2; 45x50mm).

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. No limitation stated. (42)pp., frenchfold. Printed in purple ink, with illustrations of twenty-five Christian symbols by E. Helene Sherman. Miniature bookplate of Haddon Klingberg, designed by Massmann, used as a frontispiece. Fine in white leatherette, with a label illuminated in gold by Sherman. White paper slipcase shows bears spot of soiling, edge of front free flyleaf of book stained, else near fine. (Bradbury, p. 240). (2 by 1 7/8; 50x47mm).

Original Wrappers. Condition: Near Fine binding. Limited, numbered edition. Signed. 2-1/8" x 2-1/4" miniature in wrappers with paper slipcase; Signed by Robert E. Massmann and hand-numbered 51/150; tiny stain on the slipcase label else the fold-out calendar and introduction are in beautiful shape; Near Fine binding.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good+ binding. Limited, numbered edition. 2-1/4" x 1-3/4" miniature in pictorial paper wrapper; hand-numbered 276/400; foreward and epilogue by Robert E. Massmann; very slight edgewear and rubbing to the wrapper; Very Good+ binding.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Limited Edition. Size: Miniature Book (1 7/8" x 1 7/8"). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Miniature book. Black leather over boards with color illustration of a fired cannon on front board. This book is one of a limited edition of 300. In a red paper slipcase. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 lb 0 oz. Category: Miniature Books; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 016275.

Hardcover. Condition: New. No. 227 of 250. Unpaginated. 3 cm. Colour and brown and white illustrations. Green faux leather with label in brown paper slipcase.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Limited to 500 copies. Two 4 x 5 cm books, one in brown, one in black, with white labels. In blue paper sleeve with white label. One 14 p., the other unpaginated. Frenchfold. Red print in one, blue in the other. Mainly illustrations. Fold-out map of Paul Revere's ride.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. xiv, 84 p. 6 cm. B&w illustrations. Red faux leather with cream label in cream paper sleeve. Slight wear to sleeve.

Hardcover. Condition: New in New slipcase. First Edition, Limited 1000 copies. New Britain, Connecticut: REM Miniatures / Robert E. Massmann, 1979. A handsome miniature book hand bound in full red leatherette. Housed in the original paper slipcase. SEE PHOTOS. 5 cm by 6 cm. SIGNED by the AUTHOR at the end of his Introduction. New and unread in PERFECT condition. Fresh, crisp, clean and unmarked -- obviously never read. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. 1979. Limited edition of 1000 copies. Illustrated with a tipped-in b/w frontispiece portrait of Achille J. St. Onge ("Archie as we knew him") and with a few other reproductions, including another tipped-in photo: "Archie's high school graduation portrait." A memoir and bibliography with detailed descriptions of forty-six miniatures (under 3") and several slightly larger books (up to 4") published by St. Onge. Useful and an important reference for issue points. This is the variant binding with a printed paper title mounted on the cover, rather than gilt tooling. It duplicates the printed paper title mounted on the cover of the slipcase. Printed at Art Press with design, typography, and binding by Robert E. Massmann. Bodoni type. The paper is Crane 100% rag antique laid, distaff linen, watermarked. Bradbury, REM Miniatures, p. 241. . Signed by the Author. First Edition, Limited 1000 copies. Hardcover. New in New slipcase. xvi, 86pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Limited Edition. Size: Miniature (2" x 2 5/8"). . Miniature production of five individually bound sheets of Haiku housed in a tri-fold portfolio and slipcase. Haiku by Vicki Silvers, Claire Pratt, Emma S. Wood, Anna Land Butler, and Athie La Haise This set is number 164 of a limited edition of 200 numbered copies Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 lb 0 oz. Category: Poetry; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 016619.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Limited Edition. Size: Miniature (2" x 2 5/8"). . Miniature production of five individually bound sheets of Haiku housed in a tri-fold portfolio and slipcase. Haiku by Frank Ankenbrand, Jr., Harold Henderson, Nicholas Virgilio, Thomas J. Harkins, and Clement Hoyt. This set is number 154 of a limited edition of 200 numbered copies Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 lb 0 oz. Category: Poetry; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 016618.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Limited Edition. Size: Miniature (1" x 7/8"). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Four volumes, each with illustrated stiff paper wraps, folklore anecdotes, Volume I: A Costly Binge; Volume II: The Blasphemous Old Prospector; Volume III: Injun Reasoning; Volume IV: Col. Crockett in the Parlor. Each volume is one of 300 copies, they all have different numbers. Some minor toning/discoloration on wraps. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 lb 0 oz. Category: Myths, Legends & Folklore; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 015922.

Unknown Binding. Condition: Fine. Fine copy in paper slip case. Miniature limited to 300 copies. Mint 4 cent flag stamp tipped in as frontis.