Qualicum Beach, BC: De Walden Press (Jan Kellett), 2005.
2 1/4" x 2 1/4" x 2 1/4".
Red goatskin pyramid-shaped binding, with a gold clasp; Magnani paper and sheepskin; Ebru endpapers by Ann Muir. Hand-lettered and decorated text of Sonnet 18 that unfolds from a triangle to hexagon.
#8 of 25 copies.
Malvern: De Walden Press, 1998. 15 leaves.
2 5/8" x 2 1/8".
Illustrated by Jan Kellett.
#34 of 49 copies.
Accordion fold. Bound in blue leather stamped in gold and encased in a black soft leather pouch with a gold clasp. Laid in a blue cardboard box lined in white cloth. Winner of the Miniature Book Society's Distinguished Book Award, 1999.
Midsummer Night's Dream.
Glasgow: Bryce; London: Frowde, n.d. 285 pp.
2 1/8" x 1 1/2".
Bound in brown leatherette with Shakespeare's coat of arms stamped on the front cover. Included (with Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol [1904]) in a custom brown leather snapped pouch.
Kellett, Jan.
Shakespeare, Man of Property.
Malvern: De Walden Press, 2000. 74 pp.
2 ¾" x 2 3/4".
Illustrated by Jan Kellett.
#19 of 49 copies.
Describes properties owned by or associated with Shakespeare. With hand-colored illustrations. The frontispiece is the Globe Theatre stamp issued in 1995. Bound in a brown leather writing portfolio with strap and buckle. Laid in a blue cardboard box lined in white cloth. Title of book on label on box.
For Jan Kellett's description of her inspiration for and construction of the binding, click here.
The Complete Works of Shakespeare.
6 vols. (bound in 3).
Oxford Miniature Edition.
London: Frowde-Oxford UP; New York: Oxford UP, 1903.
Bound in full brown tree calf; gilt on spine and covers. Inscribed by early owners as a prize edition.
1 13/16" x 2 ¼".
Marbled boards (marbled paper by Peggy Skycraft).
A series of shoe designs accompanied by Ophelia's "How should I your true love know" (Hamlet). Hand-lettered and colored on paper made by Peter Thomas. This is a single copy made to illustrated the cover of Peter and Donna Thomas, More Making Books by Hand: Exploring Miniature Books, Alternative Structures, and Found Objects ( Gloucester, MA: Quarry Books, 2004); the copy is described on p. 127 (a copy of the book accompanies the miniature).
Designed, lettered, and bound by Gordon Murray.
[Bexhill-on-Sea: Silver Thimble Press, 1991. [20 pp.].
2 7/8" x 1 ¾".
With an original watercolor (covered by a glassine wrapper) serving as the binding and text in handlettered italic script. In a custom slipcase.
#2 of 10.
Shakespeare on Paper-Mills.
Santa Cruz: Good Book Press, 1988.
2" x 1 1/2". One of 100 copies printed on paper from a broken 1576 copy of Digestum Novum and #33 of 100 copies printed on modern handmade paper. Both copies are bound in half black leather and paper (from a printed leaf of Digestum Novum) over boards.
An essay on paper-mills that is inspired by Jack Cade's accusation that "contrary to the king, his crown, and dignity, thou hast built a paper-mill" (2 Henry 6, 4.7).