Bibliography

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

• 54 Titles were published between 1972 and 2007
• 12,998 books were bound by hand over a period of 35 years
• All books were deposited at the British & Irish Copyright Libraries

• Copies are available for inspection by arrangement at the Mitchell Library Glasgow, Scotland

• * denotes that the book is not a miniature book

  Please note that these books are no longer available from us.

We cannot quote second hand prices for our books.

 1972 Orgins of Glasgow* by James Cleland

• ISBN 0 9502177 0 0   GP Ref: 01
• Price £0.50 per copy 
• 128 mm x 89 mm
• Letterpress, English
• Paper Boards, White, Perfect Bound
• Limited Edition of 100 copies
• 8 single Sided Pages
• ( Historical account of the City of Glasgow)

•    1974 The Wee Burns by Robert Burns

• ISBN 0 9502177 1 9   GP Ref: 02
• Price £1.00 per copy 
• 27 mm x 27 mm
• Letterpress, English (Old Scots)
• Blue Boards or Red Paper, Perfect Bound
• Limited Edition of 200 copies
• 33 Printed Pages
• ( Poetry in Scottish Dialect )

•    1974 Connel & Flora * by Robert Tannahill

• ISBN 0 9502177 2 7   GP Ref: 03
• Price £0.25 per copy 
• 108 mm x 75 mm
• Letterpress, English
• Red Boards or Pink Paper, Perfect or Staple Bound
• Limited Edition of 150 copies
• 10 Printed Pages
• ( Poetry )

•    1975 3 Point Gill Titling Catalogue

• ISBN 0 9502177 3 5   GP Ref: 04
• Price £25.00 per copy 
• 2.9 mm x 2.9 mm
• Letterpress, English
• Red Leather, Perfect Bound
• Limited Edition of 25 copies
• 26 Printed Pages, Boxed
• ( Type Catalogue )
• This was our first attempt at the Smallest Book in the World
• It was subsequently declared a pamphlet by British Library.
• ( Copies were stolen from the press. Only a few have survived)

•    1976 The Wee De La Mare by Walter De La Mare

• ISBN 0 9502177 4 3   GP Ref: 05
• Price £2.00 per copy 
• 27 mm x 27 mm
• Letterpress, English
• Black Querolin Boards, Perfect Bound
• Limited Edition of 130 copies
• 22 Printed Pages
• ( Poetry )

•    1976 Lyra Celtica* by Mathew McDonald McNaught

• ISBN 0 9502177 51   GP Ref: 06
• Price £2.50 per copy 
• 204 mm x 128 mm
• Lithographic, English
• Dark Blue Boards, Yellow Dust Jacket, Perfect Bound
• Limited Edition of 230 copies
• 30 Printed Pages
• ( Poetry. Cover artwork by Craig McLaughlin )
• Sold only in the U.S.A.

•    1977 Betjeman in Miniature by Sir John Betjeman

• ISBN 0 9502177 6 X   GP Ref: 07
• Price £3.00 per copy 
• 51 mm x 51 mm
• Letterpress, English
• Maroon Querolin Boards, Marbled End Papers by Cockerell Perfect Bound
• Limited Edition of 250 copies
• 24 Printed Pages
• ( Favourite Poems by Sir John, chosen by him. )
• Many of these tiny books were given to his friends just prior to his death.

•    1977 In Her Birthday Dress by George Ballance

• ISBN 0 9502177 8 6   GP Ref: 08
• Price £2.00 per copy 
• 51 mm x 51 mm
• Letterpress, English
• Green Querolin Boards, Perfect Bound
• Limited Edition of 150 copies
• 20 Printed Pages
• ( Poetry )

•    1978 In Hitler’s City* by Wilson Stapleton

• ISBN 0 9502177 7 8   GP Ref: 09
• Price £1.00 per copy 
• 205 mm x 143 mm
• Lithographic, English
• Pink Papers, Wire Stapled
• Limited Edition of 200 copies
• 33 Printed Pages
• ( Poetry )
• Sold only in the U.S.A.

•    1978 The Wit of Burns by Robert Burns

• ISBN 0 9502177 9 4   GP Ref: 10
• Price £5.00 per copy 
• 70 mm x 66 mm
• Lithographic, English
• White Illustrated Boards, Orange Illustrated Dust Jacket,
• Perfect Bound, Blue Plastic Box
• Limited Edition of 500 copies
• 47 Printed Pages, Illustrated.
• ( Poetry )

•    1979 Church & Congregation* by Rev.George Prentice

• ISBN 0 906005 02 7  GP Ref: 11
• Price £1.50 per copy 
• 203 mm x 147 mm
• Lithographic, English
• Yellow Papers, Perfect Bound
• Limited Edition of 500 copies (Not Numbered)
• 66 Printed Pages, Plates
• ( History of Martyrs Memorial Church, Paisley, Scotland )

•    1979 Three Blind Mice by Anon

• ISBN 0 906005 00 0  GP Ref: 12
• Price £25.00 per copy 
• 2.1 mm x 2.1 mm
• Letterpress, English
• Yellow Papers, Perfect Bound in 22gsm paper, Boxed
• Certificate of Authenticity, Brown Plastic Box with Card
• Limited Edition of 45 copies 
• 15 Printed Pages
• SMALLEST LETTERPRESS PRINTED BOOK IN THE WORLD.
• Verified by Guinness Book of Records as the Smallest Book in the World.

•    1979 Adam Ferguson by Duncan Forbes

• ISBN 0 906005 01 9  GP Ref: 13
• Price £5.50 per copy 
• 52 mm x 33 mm
• Letterpress Block, English
• Blue Querolin Boards, Perfect Bound
• Limited Edition of 200 copies 
• 12 Single Sided Printed Pages
• (Philosophy, Plates)

•    1981 Scottish Highland Postal Service by James A. Mackay

• ISBN 0 906005 03 5  GP Ref: 14
• Price £10.00 per copy 
• 50 mm x 34 mm
• Letterpress , English
• Geranium Red Querolin Boards, Sewn, Boxed
• Limited Edition of 250 copies 
• 28 Printed Pages
• (History, Illustrated with British Postal Stamp of Rowland Hill)

•    1982 Mechos* by Edward Kaplan

• ISBN 0 906005 04 3  GP Ref: 15
• Price £5.00 per copy 
• 298 mm x 105 mm
• Letterpress , English
• Cream Linson Boards, Perfect Bound
• Limited Edition of 150 copies 
• 14 Printed Pages
• ( Poetry)
• Sold only in the U.S.A. by Swamp Press.

•    1982 The Ten Laws ( The Ten Commandments )

• ISBN 0 906005 05 1  GP Ref: 16
• Price £7.50 per copy 
• 13 mm x 8.5 mm
• Letterpress Block , English
• Dark Maroon Boards, Perfect Bound
• Tinted Edges in Crimson, Display Card
• Limited Edition of 200 copies 
• 11 Printed Pages
• ( Biblical Text )

•    1983 Mrs Burlington by Mark Isdale (John Bruce)

• ISBN 0 906005 07 8  GP Ref: 17
• Price £10.00 per copy 
• 75 mm x 51 mm
• Lithographic , English
• Maroon Linson Boards, Perfect Bound
• Limited Edition of 200 copies 
• 28 Single Sided Printed Pages
• ( Fiction )

•    1984 Miniature Library* 

• ISBN 0 906005 06 X GP Ref: 18
• Price £3.00 per copy 
• 114 mm x 76 mm
• Letterpress , English
• Maroon Linson Boards, Perfect Bound
• Record Notebook for Miniature Libraries 
• Printed Pages Notebook

•    1984 Willie Winkie by William Miller

• ISBN 0 906005 08 6 GP Ref: 19
• Price £10.00 per copy 
• 26 mm x 19 mm
• Letterpress , English (Scots)
• Black Querolin Boards, Sewn
• Limited Edition of 300 copies 
• 8 Single Sided Printed Pages
• ( Rhyme )

•    1984 St. John III v16

• ISBN 0 906005 09 4 GP Ref: 20
• Price £10.00 per copy 
• 50 mm x 34 mm
• Lithographic , 267 Languages
• Dark Maroon Querolin Boards,
• A few copies in Red or Blue Leather, Sewn
• Limited Edition of 500 copies 
• 67 Printed Pages
• ( Biblical Text )
• Copied from originals of Gilbert & Rivington 1869
• British & Foreign Bible Society.

•    1984 The Times by Ian Macdonald

• ISBN 0 906005 10 8 GP Ref: 21
• Price £15.00 per copy 
• 51 mm x 35 mm
• Lithographic , English
• Full Brown Leather Boards, Sewn, Plates
• Red Tinted Edges, Boxed
• Limited Edition of 400 copies 
• 23 Single Sided Printed Pages
• ( History of London Newspaper 200^th Anniversary )

•    1985 Old King Cole by Anon

• ISBN 0 906005 11 6 GP Ref: 22
• Price £100.00 per copy 
• 1 mm x 1 mm
• Lithographic , English
• Certificate of Authenticity
• Yellow Paper, Perfect Bound
• Mounted, Boxed with Uncut Sheet of text
• Limited Edition of 85 copies 
• 12 Single Sided Printed Pages
• Smallest Lithographic Book in the World.
• Verified the Smallest Book in the World by Guinness Book of Records.
• First shown at MBS Conclave in Burbank California U.S.A.

•    1986 The Old Doctor by T.Radcliffe Barnett

• ISBN 0 906005 12 4 GP Ref: 23
• Price £10.00 per copy 
• 51 mm x 38 mm
• Lithographic , English
• Green Linson Boards, Sewn, Engravings
• Limited Edition of 300 copies 
• 24 Printed Pages
• ( Fiction )

•    1987 Poems Chiefly in The Scottish Dialect by Robert Burns

• ISBN 0 906005 13 2 GP Ref: 24
• Price £31.00 per copy 
• 63 mm x 45 mm
• Lithographic , English (Scots)
• Full Blue Leather Boards, Perfect Bound
• A few were bound in Purple Leather with Headbands and Tinted Edges. (Very Rare)
• Boxed with illustrated portrait card.
• Limited Edition of 500 copies 
• 243 Printed Pages
• Copied from original Kilmarnock Edition of 1786 to celebrate the 200^th anniversary of the work.

•    1988 Ode to Joy by Frederich von Schiller

• ISBN 0 906005 18 3 GP Ref: 25
• Price £10.00 per copy 
• 27 mm x 19 mm
• Lithographic , English & German
• BlackQuerolin Boards, Folded Perfect Bound
• Limited Edition of 300 copies 
• Printed Pages
• ( Poetry) Words of Beethoven’s 9^th Symphony.

•    1988 Victoria & Albert by Ian Macdonald

• ISBN 0 906005 19 1 GP Ref: 26
• Price £25.00 per copy 
• 40 mm x 67 mm
• Letterpress , English
• Full Brown Leather Boards, Sewn
• A few were bound in Purple Leather with Headbands and Gilt Edges. (Very Rare). One copy presented to H.M. Queen Elizabeth by Provost of Paisley during Royal Visit to Paisley.
• Boxed, Illustrated with 4 British Postal Stamps of Queen Victoria
• Limited Edition of 253 copies 
• Printed Pages

   1987 David Livingstone by Ian Macdonald

• ISBN 0 906005 16 7 GP Ref: 27
• Price £15.00 per copy 
• 51 mm x 38 mm
• Lithographic , English
• Cream Linson Boards, Perfect Bound
• Illustrated Map End Papers
• Limited Edition of 200 copies 
• Printed Pages
• Several copies bound specially by Angela Bogle of London.

•    1989 A Child’s Dream by Charles Dickens

• ISBN 0 906005 17 5 GP Ref: 28
• Price £10.00 per copy 
• 27 mm x 19 mm
• Lithographic , English
• Blue Linson Boards, Perfect Bound
• Limited Edition of 200 copies 
• Printed Pages
• First Miniature Book typeset on Atari Computer.
• Some copies had collating error. Corrected copies have a “C” in front of the limited edition number. Uncorrected ones are much sought after.

•    1990 Squidgy Chocolate Cake by Delia Smith

• ISBN 0 906005 22 1 GP Ref: 29
• Reserve Price £100.00 per copy (Sold at Auction)
• 27 mm x 20 mm
• Lithographic , English
• Full Burgundy Leather Boards, Perfect Bound
• Limited Edition of 25 copies
• Marbled End Papers
• Single Sided Printed Pages
• Printed for Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital London (Sick Children’s Trust). Duchess of York thanked Ian & Helen in person for their contribution. Copies were sold at auction. This is one of the rarest and hardest to find of Gleniffer Press books. One copy was placed in the kitchen of a magnificent doll house which was auctioned to raise funds for the charity.

•    1989 Queen Zenobia by Zenobia Lapeyre

• ISBN 0 906005 20 5 GP Ref: 30
• Price £15.00 per copy 
• 27 mm x 20 mm
• Lithographic , English
• Dark Maroon Querolin Boards, Perfect Bound
• Limited Edition of 200 copies 
• Printed Pages
• Sold only in the U.S.A. by Rhododendron Press, Oregon
• Private Commission

•    1989 Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House Library by Ann Bahar

• ISBN 0 906005 21 3 GP Ref: 31
• Price £34.00 per copy 
• 65 mm x 50 mm
• Lithographic , English
• 1 Colour Plate
• Full Blue or Burgundy Leather Boards
• Some copies were gilt edged. Sewn
• Limited Edition 265 copies
• 24 Printed Pages
• Sold only in the U.S.A.
• Private Commission by author

•    1992 The Three Students by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

• ISBN 0 906005 23 X GP Ref: 32
• Price £15.00 per copy 
• 27 mm x 20 mm
• Lithographic , English
• Red Novalite Boards, Perfect Bound
• Illustrated with line drawings
• Limited Edition 200 copies
• 63 Printed Pages

•    1992 Sir Roger by Joseph Addison

• ISBN 0 906005 24 8 GP Ref: 33
• Price £15.00 per copy 
• 27 mm x 21 mm
• Lithographic , English
• Grey Novalite Boards, Perfect Bound
• Limited Edition 200 copies
• Printed Pages

   1992 Sierra Bears by John Muir

• ISBN 0 906005 25 6 GP Ref: 34
• Price £15.00 per copy 
• 27 mm x 21 mm
• Lithographic , English
• Brown Novalite Boards, Perfect Bound
• Limited Edition 200 copies
• 46 Printed Pages

•    1992 Silver Blaze by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

• ISBN 0 906005 26 4 GP Ref: 35
• Price £15.00 per copy 
• 27 mm x 18 mm
• Lithographic , English
• Dark Blue Novalite Boards, Perfect Bound
• Limited Edition 200 copies
• 100 Printed Pages

•    1993 The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen

• ISBN 0 906005 27 2 GP Ref: 36
• Price £15.00 per copy 
• 27 mm x 17 mm
• Lithographic , English
• Cream Novalite Boards, Perfect Bound
• Limited Edition 200 copies
• 99 Printed Pages

•    1994 Thumbykin by Hans Christian Andersen

• ISBN 0 906005 29 9 GP Ref: 37
• Price £15.00 per copy 
• 27 mm x 17 mm
• Lithographic , English
• Dark Red Mottle Novalite Boards, Perfect Bound
• Limited Edition 200 copies
• 57 Printed Pages

•    1994 Snowdrop by Jakob & Wilhelm Grimm

• ISBN 0 906005 30 2 GP Ref: 38
• Price £15.00 per copy 
• 27 mm x 17 mm
• Lithographic , English
• Light Blue Novalite Boards, Perfect Bound
• Limited Edition 200 copies
• 29 Printed Pages

•    1996 The Empty House by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

• ISBN 0 906005 28 0 GP Ref: 39
• Price £15.00 per copy 
• 27 mm x 17 mm
• Lithographic , English
• Dark Red Mottle Novalite Boards, Perfect Bound
• Limited Edition 200 copies
• 109 Printed Pages

•    1997 Mount Rainier by John Muir

• ISBN 0 906005 35 3 GP Ref: 40
• Price £15.00 per copy 
• 27 mm x 17 mm
• Lithographic , English
• Royal Blue Novalite Boards, Perfect Bound
• Limited Edition 210 copies
• 27 Printed Pages

•    1998 The Engineer’s Thumb by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

• ISBN 0 906005 33 7 GP Ref: 41
• Price £15.00 per copy 
• 27 mm x 17 mm
• Lithographic , English
• Black Novalite Boards, Perfect Bound
• Limited Edition 210 copies
• 101 Printed Pages

•    1998 The Loaded Dog by Henry Lawson

• ISBN 0 906005 34 5 GP Ref: 42
• Price £15.00 per copy 
• 27 mm x 17 mm
• Lithographic , English
• Cream Novalite Boards, Perfect Bound
• Limited Edition 210 copies
• 36 Printed Pages

•    1999 Hansel & Gretel by Jakob & Wilhelm Grimm

• ISBN 0 906005 31 0 GP Ref: 43
• Price £15.00 per copy 
• 27 mm x 17 mm
• Lithographic , English
• Brown Novalite Boards, Perfect Bound
• Limited Edition 210 copies
• 37 Printed Pages

•    1999 The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen

• ISBN 0 906005 32 9 GP Ref: 44
• Price £16.00 per copy 
• 27 mm x 17 mm
• Lithographic , English
• Red Novalite Boards, Perfect Bound
• Limited Edition 210 copies
• Printed Pages

2000 NEW TESTAMENT (King James Version)

• ISBN 0 906005 45 0 5 GP Ref: 45
• Price £21.00 per copy 
• 65 mm x 43 mm
• Lithographic , English
• Black Novalite Boards, Perfect Bound
• Special copies were bound in Purple, Red and Blue and edge tinted.
• Limited Edition 2000 copies, Specially boxed with label.
• 287Printed Pages
• This New Testament (Holy Bible) was printed under a Royal Licence granted by the H.M. Queen Elizabeth through her Lord Advocate for Scotland. The edition did not exceed 1000 copies although the licence allowed for more. Funds were raised for poor children in Ethiopia.
• Copies were gifted to the Royal Library, The Prime Minister of U.K., The First Minister of Scotland, Museum of Religion Glasgow, etc. etc.
• This book is believed to be the first book published in the year 2000 anywhere in the world. Publication date 1/1/2000.

•    2000 The Cross by Margaret Thomson Davis

• ISBN 0 906005 15 9 GP Ref: 46
• Price £20.00 per copy 
• 52 mm x 38 mm
• Lithographic , English
• White Linson Boards, Perfect Bound
• Special End Papers, Plate
• Limited Edition 260 copies
• Printed Pages

   2000 Greyfriars Bobby by Ian Macdonald

• ISBN 0 906005 14 0 GP Ref: 47
• Price £16.00 per copy 
• 23 mm x 17 mm
• Lithographic , English
• Black Novalite Boards, Perfect Bound
• Line Drawings, Plate
• Limited Edition 260 copies
• 35 Printed Pages

   2000 Paisley American Folk by Sylvia Clark

• ISBN 0 906005 16 7 GP Ref: 48
• Price £20.00 per copy 
• 52 mm x 37 mm
• Lithographic , English
• Lovat Green Linson Boards, Perfect Bound
• Special End Papers,
• Limited Edition 260 copies
• 65 Printed Pages

•    2002 Tottie by Rumer Godden

• ISBN 0 906005 36 1 GP Ref: 49
• Price £25.00 per copy 
• 23 mm x 17 mm
• Lithographic , English
• Brown Novalite Boards, Perfect Bound
• Illustrated Line Drawings
• Limited Edition 260 copies
• 133 Printed Pages

•    2003 The Five Orange Pips by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

• ISBN 0 906005 37 X GP Ref: 50
• Price £20.00 per copy 
• 23 mm x 17 mm
• Lithographic , English
• Red Novalite Boards, Perfect Bound
• Limited Edition 260 copies
• 71 Printed Pages

•    2004 Stickeen by John Muir

• ISBN 0 906005 38 8 GP Ref: 51
• Price £20.00 per copy 
• 23 mm x 17 mm
• Lithographic , English
• Blue Novalite Boards, Perfect Bound
• Limited Edition 260 copies
• 75 Printed Pages

•    2005 The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde

• ISBN 0 906005 41 8 GP Ref: 52
• Price £20.00 per copy 
• 23 mm x 17 mm
• Lithographic , English
• Maroon Mottle Novalite Boards, Perfect Bound
• Limited Edition 260 copies
• Printed Pages

   2006 The Wild Swans by Hans Christian Andersen

• ISBN 0 906005 40 X GP Ref: 53
• Price £20.00 per copy 
• 23 mm x 17 mm
• Lithographic , English
• Brown Novalite Boards, Perfect Bound
• Limited Edition 260 copies
• 52 Printed Pages

•    2007 Robert Burns edited by Ian Macdonald

• ISBN 0 906005 39 6 GP Ref: 54
• Price £20.00 per copy 
• 23 mm x 17 mm
• Lithographic , English
• Geranium Red Novalite Boards, Perfect Bound
• Limited Edition 260 copies
• 67 Printed Pages