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Description: Twenty-seven wonderful pages of eclectic vintage farming and gardening information. From a German Company’s ad for lawn ornament gnomes to a pictorial chart of planting depth for spring bulbs. This is an original artistic interpretation of what might have been in a 1880 almanac, yet all the elements are true reproductions of period ephemera. This almanac is great fun to look through and will be a terrific addition to staging your Victorian gardener’s shed.
 

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Description: Reproduction book consists of all the original illustrations and full text typeset in a unique format specifically for miniaturization. Eighteen front and back pages (36 in all) including the title page. The stack boxes’ are a unique Paper Minis creation showcasing Kronheim’s alphabet drawings. Stories are all "Mother Goose" type stories such as: The Little Old Woman who Lived in a Shoe, The Babes in the Woods, Little Bo Peep, and more.
 

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Description: If you have ever wanted real books in your library shelving then this is the answer, and what a deal! Twenty-six real books at a price that is less than 35 cents each. All these books give your setting the look and feel of human scale authenticity. Stack them, put them on shelves or have several casually falling open. The designs are all from actual antique book covers, the book end papers are also made from actual book end-board marbleized patterns, and the book edges are finished – not raw-edged. The title pages are faux but attractive, and the pages have been given a old-book color.
 

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Description: If you have ever wanted real books in your library shelving then this is the answer, and what a deal! Twenty-six real books at a price that is less than 35 cents each. All these books give your setting the look and feel of human scale authenticity. Stack them, put them on shelves or have several casually falling open. The designs are all from actual antique book covers, the book end papers are also made from actual book end-board marbleized patterns, and the book edges are finished – not raw-edged. The title pages are faux but attractive, and the pages have been given a old-book color.
 

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Description: Source artwork is a true vintage travel album. There are 24 pages of travel emblems, a faux cover using period artwork. All album edging are rounded and finished and there are end boards covering the inner cover.
 

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b1is007a ~ Hitty, Her First Hundred Years Book    (1:12)
Size: 19mmx26mmx4mm
Number of Pieces: Laminated book cover, end boards, dust cover and 20 pages of illustrations plus a laminated storage sleeve. Along with the book is a portrait to fit the faux stand-up frame.

Description: Hitty, Her First Hundred Years was written in 1929 by Rachel Field. This lovely little book was illustrated by Dorothy Lathop, and all the original darling illustrations are included in the Paper Minis miniature reproduction volume. In addition, all the original captions for the illustrations have been re-typeset in a classic serif font for this edition. All pages are presented in beautiful rich colors or in the original’s black and white ink drawings and are printed at a crisp resolution on the finest papers. Hitty was quite surprised to have her very own autobiography. Note: the construction of this mini book possesses finished edges on book cover, lined book cover and fold-over pages.

Click here to purchase a slightly larger version that is more suited for the authentic-sized Hitty doll.
 

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The Glad Book Size: 21mmwx29mmhx7mmd
Description: Darling children’s book with digitized and enhanced artwork. Poems have all been re-typeset in a historical serif font. The book has a pretty bookbinder's cloth cover, matte dust jacket, the original art end boards and 20 pages of beautiful artwork and poems.

Myths and Enchantment Tales Size: 21mmwx29mmhx7mmd
Description: Lovely period style illustrations softly colored depicting scenes of Greek mythology. Text descriptions have been typeset at a tiny appropriate italic serif font. Book has a matching bookbinder's cloth cover, matte dust jacket, end boards and 26 pages of wonderful works of art.
 

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Description:  Volume has a laminated cover, laminated box sleeve, dust cover, end boards, title page, 27 luscious illustrated pages. The text and illustrations of this little jewel have been faithfully recreated, and the text has been newly typeset at a tiny size in Bernhard and Baker Signet fonts.

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Description: Source artwork is a true vintage stamp collection–My very own childhood album! There are 24 pages of stamps, a faux cover using period artwork. All album edgings are rounded and finished and there are end boards covering the inner cover.

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Description: Source artwork comes from a true first issue album. Again, this album is from my own childhood collection. There are 9 true first issue stamps with cover envelopes and 8 pages (2 appear on one page). Stamps from Carousel Horses to Marilyn Monroe to Moon Landing. All album edgings are rounded and finished and there are end boards covering the inner cover.

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Description: This is a completely original work documenting the original 21 Spanish Catholic Missions that dot the coastline of California. It could be your first coffee table book in miniature. The book features intriguing antique photos of the missions, the founding of which solidified the foundation of each major California city. So much history is packed in this little book, and every Californian in your life should own a copy. Make sure you look at the large close-up view and be amazed at the detail. The cover and dust cover display an antique photo of the Mission of Capistrano.
 

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Description: Great collection of Women’s hats from the 1800’s and the 1900’s. Book is part of a great set that includes the following...

b1is013

b1is022

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Description: Authentic Wiccan spells typeset at a tiny point size with antique font-faces on 12 pages, making this a wonderfully ‘aged’ and ‘ancient’ mystic book. Facing each page of spells is one of 12 corresponding beautiful reproduction of a Mediaeval illumination or 1800s-1900s mystical painting. The volume cover is semi-gloss look of leather embossed with a look of gold and gems. All edges are finished and cover’s end boards are lined with an ‘aged’ Wiccan print.
 

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• The Night Before Christmas
• The Tall Book of Christmas
• Charles Dickens’ The Christmas Carol

Sizes: 20mmwx25mmhx6mmd (largest book)

Description:  This terrific vintage Christmas classic trio of books comes with a photo tutorial plus laminated covers for all three books. All three books have been re-typeset so to enable reading with a magnifier. The Night Before Christmas has 14 panels (2 for “end boards”), The Tall Book has 14 panels and 4 original artwork “end boards”. The Christmas Carol has the original illustrations from the 1st edition and the text as been abridged by Ann Lenore Vanture to fit this small volume.
 

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Size: 21mmw x 27.856mmh x 6.2mmd (book cover)

Description: British Arts and Crafts designer Walter Crane’s illustrations intertwine nature and human figures, many of which morph into floral forms. The text is Crane's original hand calligraphy. The best illustrations are compiled in this volume yet all the text is intact. Original artwork has been scrubbed in order to bring out the richness of the period's muted color scheme. This book was written and illustrated by Crane in 1899. The cloth cover displays a laminated version of the tableau print from the original cover. The dust jacket and the laminated storage box sleeve also displays the original book front and back cover art. The original end boards are used and there are 30 full-color illustrated pages.

See bc1is305 for another Walter Crane selection

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Description: Vintage-look family photograph album with silk tie and cover art for Dutch, English, French, German, Italian and Spanish languages. Book contains 10 matte frame pages with windows for the 15 glossy antique photos (some of the pages are double-windowed) and pretty end boards. Book cover and cover art are laminated for safe-keeping and 100% silk ribbon is included. There is a back-up cover and back-up matte frame pages, just in case you make a mistake. If you follow the instructions and do not make a mistake, you can make a second photograph album with the spare parts using your own photos!

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Description: Vintage-look scrapbook with silk tie and cover art for Dutch, English, French, German, Italian and Spanish languages. Book contains 18 “worn” pages, pretty end boards and 46 gloss mini-clippings. The mini-clippings to paste into the album are of: antique dolls, vintage dolls, stars and their dolls, girls and their dolls,  and vintage paper dolls. Book cover and cover art are laminated for safe-keeping and 100% silk ribbon is included.
 

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Please note: The kit version comes with a box that fits the trio: b1is022, b1is013, bc211
If you are buying all 3 pre-assembled version, please ask and I will include a box that is in kit form.
 

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Description: The actual life-scale book was published in England circa 1880. This is one of the more beautifully illustrated children's books I have ever seen and is one of my all time favorites. The artwork has been edited to reflect the original 1880’s beautiful color, and the pages actually fold-out to double the size of the book. Pages are designed for clarity of detail and color on both sides. Artistic license was taken to recreate a dust jacket, and the end boards are enhanced versions.

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Description: This is a reproduction mini book version of a very popular McLoughlin Brother's book about the colorful Pirate character named Blue-Beard. The text of the story has been completely typeset in a Garamond typeface at a very tiny but readable point size. Different fine art papers have been used to create this moving-parts book and get the most out of the design at such a small size. Some liberty was taken with the McLoughlin's design in order to accomplish the task of shrinking it to 1:12 scale. Take a good look at the close-up to see the pull-out tabs that change the content of the page's window in the book.
 

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Description: A miniature version of the human-scale McLoughlin Brothers’ Publishing fold-out book of an entire circus procession. Book includes a laminated cover with tie ribbon, end boards, title page and a 12-panel fold-out procession. All panels have been meticulously cleaned and enhanced to restore original color and detail. The text of the story-poem has been completely typeset in a Geo Slab typeface to match the original book's typesetting.

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Description: This may very well be the world's smallest pop-up book. After much research, the smallest pop-up book currently available is Mr. Frumble, by Richard Scarry and is recorded at 3" square--and this International Circus is about 1"x.75"!!  This colorful pop-up book Cginal human scale book. Many adjustments were made to make this a working volume and is still fairly easy to make. The box sleeve is a novelty that did not come with the original book, but is a compilation of vintage circus posters collected and collaged.

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Description: This is a reproduction mini book version of a darling 125 year old children's book, replete with all the original illustrations. Much time was spent bringing life back to the aged and damaged pages. Gone are the faded colors, stains, rips, nicks, and overall discoloring so you can enjoy this treasure of a book as it was when first published. I wanted to stay true to the original full-sized antique edition--right down to the deep brown colored text executed in a retro-style Garamond font. That meant it was truly a challenge to re-typeset, for the original typesetter was incredibly creative with the text layout, i.e., stair-stepped and design placement on the pages. See the tutorial by clicking here to see how easy book assembly has been designed to be.

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Description: True to all the McLoughlin Brothers’ children’s books, this one is beautifully illustrated. There is something about their books that has that “warm fuzzies” appeal, and this one is no exception. It would be wonderful to give the author and artist credit, but–as with most of the McLoughlin Brothers’ publications–the creative collaborators remain anonymous.

This miniature rendition has been newly typeset using an appropriate font face titled Goudy Old Style, and the text layout is almost identical to the original full-sized book. The illustrations have been scrubbed, enhanced and color re-saturated to it’s original beauty. The text and illustrations have been laid out on a faux aged patina to give it the rich and warm look of an antique. The back cover and title page were rendered using illustrations from an older McLoughlin Brothers' book titled The Railroad ABC Picture Book (circa 1898), so some artistic license was taken to enhance the original volume.
 

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Description: Laminated cover, laminated box sleeve, dust jacket, illustrated end boards, 26 illustrated pages, plus portrait of the Brothers Grimm. This is a compilation of all the illustrations in the human-scale version illustrated by Ada Dennis, E. Stuart Hardy et al. Some artistic license taken, i.e., book’s cover. Captions are typeset in a Harrington font with accents in Garamond. This is a perfect companion piece to the Paper Minis Fairy Tales of All Nations and Mother Goose Rhymes.

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Description: Laminated cover, laminated box sleeve, dust jacket, illustrated end boards, 28 page (27 illustrated pages). The volume is a compilation of all the full-page color illustrations of the human-scale 1910 book, which is a collection of international fairy tales from more than a dozen countries. The captions have been typeset in a tiny but readable Garamond font. As you can see by the sample pages that this is an outstanding illustrated children's book, and is a perfect companion piece to the Paper Minis Grimm’s Fairy Tales and Mother Goose Rhymes.

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Description: This is a miniature of the original Blanche Fisher Wright's The Real Mother Goose. Selected rhymes and illustrations make up this lovely book of the work most of us were raised on.  The rhymes have all been meticulously re-typeset at a tiny point size.