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Title: The first twenty miniature books published by the Hillside Press Author: Place: Franklin, NH Publisher: Hillside Press Date: 1961-1968 Description: The first 20 titles published at the Hillside Press of Frank and Eleanor Irwin. With the first title in both issues. Includes: Irwin, Frank. Whirligig Id. 1 of 350 copies. (2 copies, one in wrappers, one in cloth backed boards). 1961. Irwin, Frank. Japanese Fairy Tales. 1 of 350 copies. 1962. Cox, Palmer. The Brownies. 1 of 375 copies. 1962. Irwin, Frank. Blocksberg Tryst. 1 of 310 copies. 1963. Grimm's Fairy Tales. 1 of 350 copies. 1963. Diary of John Dee 1 of 325 copies. 1963. Andersen, H.C. The Nightingale. 1 of 350 copies. (1 of about 100 with printed vellum covers). 1964. Hearn, Lafcadio. Sketches of New Orleans. 1 of 350 copies. 1964. Irwin, Frank. The Centuries of Nostradamus. With dj. 1 of 375 copies. 1964. Blake, William. Prose and Prophecy. 1 of 375 copies. 1964. Thoreau, H.D. Soundings. 1 of 375 copies. 1964. Kieser, Paul. Our Martyred Presidents. 1 of 500 copies. 1965. Bewick's Select Fables. With dj. 1 of 375 copies. 1965. Holbien's Dance of Death. 1 of 375 copies. 1965. Shakespeare, W. Falstaff and His Companions. 1 of 375 copies. 1966. Combs, Tram. briefs. 1 of 425 copies. 1966. Irwin, Frank. The Hillside Press Illustrated Miniatures, 1961-1966. Wrappers. 1966. Irwin, Frank. Nursery Rhymes. 1 of 375 copies. 1967. Andersen, H.C. The Bell. 1 of 210 copies. (2 copies, one in black cloth, one in gilt leather by Bela Blau). 1967. The Famous History of Tom Thumb. 1 of 250 copies. Black leather. 1968. 21 volumes, including both issues of the first book of the press. Most in the original packaging as received from the publisher. Lot Amendments Condition: Fine. Item number: 282481