Silver Thimble Books
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Gordon Murray, a retired animation artist, created colorful and unique miniature books from his home in Bexhill on Sea, England. Books shown above: After the Storm, The Choice, Change of Weathers, Heart's Music, and Thus I Resolve Note: Each listing below has a Lorson Number (LN#); please include the book title and this number when inquiring about or ordering a book. |
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| These charming books feature hand-written calligraphic poetic texts and are illustrated with original watercolor paintings. As noted, most are unique copies. |
|  | Advice From a Caterpillar; Carroll, Lewis | 1983, 2" x 1 5/8", cloth boards with printed label, hand-colored illustrations throughout | LN#13b | SOLD |
| | After the Storm; Waller, Edmund | 1990, 1 3/4" x 1 1/2", original watercolor paper boards, calligraphic poetic text, slipcase, copy 1 of 1 | LN#50 | $480.00 |
| | Amores; Ovid, translated by Christopher Marlowe | 1990, 1 3/4" x 2", green cloth boards with inset watercolor picture, a double page illustration, slipcase, copy 1 of 1 | LN#48 | SOLD |
| | Auguries of Innocence; Blake, William | 1990, 3" x 3", burgandy cloth boards with inset watercolor picture, slipcase, copy 1 of 1 | LN#40 | SOLD |
| | Autumn; Hood, Thomas | 1990, 2 1/2" x 2", burgandy cloth boards with inset watercolor picture, slipcase, copy 1 of 1 | LN#47 | SOLD |
| | Bird Verse; Clare, John | 1991, 1 3/4" x 1 1/2" (each book), three volumes in original watercolor boards, decorative slipcase with inset watercolor pictures, copy 1 of 1 | LN#43 | SOLD |
| | Change of Weathers; Quarles, Francis | 1990, 1 3/4" x 1 1/2", original watercolor paper boards, calligraphic poetic text, lipcase, copy 1 of 1 | LN#52 | $480.00 |
| | Choice, The; Tate, Nahum | 1990, 1 3/4" x 1 1/2", original watercolor paper boards, calligraphic poetic text, slipcase, copy 1 of 1 | LN#53 | $480.00 |
| | Cleopatra's Barge; Shakespeare, William | 1990, 2 1/2" x 2", green cloth boards with inset watercolor picture, slipcase, copy 1 of 1 | LN#46 | SOLD |
| | Dulac | 1988, 2" x 2 1/4", tan cloth boards with inset watercolor picture, slipcase, 9 miniature watercolors inspired by Dulac, copy 4 of 4 | LN#46 | SOLD |
| | Elergy Written in a Country Churchyard; Gray, Thomas | 1990, 3" x 3", burgandy cloth boards with inset watercolor picture, slipcase, copy 1 of 1 | LN#44 | SOLD |
| | Goblin Market; Rosetti, Christina | 1990, 3" x 3", 4 volumes, burgandy cloth boards with inset watercolor picture, slipcase, copy 1 of 1 | LN#45 | SOLD |
| | Heart's Music; Anon | 1990, 1 3/4" x 1 1/2", original watercolor paper boards, calligraphic poetic text, slipcase, copy 1 of 1 | LN#54 | $480.00 |
| | Lady of Shallot, The; Tennyson, Alfred | 1990, 3" x 2 7/8", beep blue cloth boards with inset watercolor picture, calligraphic text (there is one very small retouch by the artist that does not effect the text), original watercolor illustrations, slipcase, copy 1 of 1 | LN#64 | $480.00 |
| | Manet | 1988, 3" x 3", blue cloth boards with inset watercolor picture, calligraphic text, original watercolor illustrations throughout, slipcase, copy 1 of 1 | LN#65 | SOLD |
| | Ode to a Nightingale; Keats, John | 1990, 3" x 2 7/8", burgandy cloth boards with inset watercolor picture, calligraphic text, original watercolor illustrations, slipcase, copy 1 of 1 | LN#63 | SOLD |
| | Ode to the West Wind; Shelley, Percey Bysshe | 1990, 3" x 3", green cloth boards with inset watercolor picture, slipcase, copy 1 of 1 | LN#41 | SOLD |
| | Pheonix and the Turtle, The; Shakespeare, William | 1990, 1 3/4" x 2 1/8", green cloth boards with inset watercolor picture, original watercolor illustration, hand-written text, slipcase, copy 1 of 1 | LN#62 | $390.00 |
| | Raphael | 1988, 3" x 3", blue cloth boards with inset watercolor picture, calligraphic text, original watercolor illustrations throughout, slipcase, copy 1 of 1 | LN#66 | SOLD |
| | Renoir's Children | 1988, 2 1/8" x 2 1/8", blue cloth boards with inset watercolor picture, original watercolor illustrations throughout, slipcase, copy 3 of 4 | LN#61 | SOLD |
| | Rosabelle; Scott, Sir Walter | 1990, 2 1/2" x 2", red cloth boards with inset watercolor picture, slipcase, copy 1 of 1 | LN#60 | $330.00 |
| | Scholar Gipsy; Arnold, Matthew | 1990, 3" x 3", 2 volumes, green cloth boards with inset watercolor picture, each volune opens with a two page watercolor illustration, original calligraphy; two small errors, painted over by Murry, do not affect the text, slipcase, copy 1 of 1, | LN#42 | $725.00 |
| | Star-cross'd Lovers:
Gallop Apace
Come, Romeo
One Short Minute; Shakespeare, William | 1991, 1 3/4" x 1 1/2", three volumes with original watercolor boards, calligraphic text, special display slipcase | LN#67 | $900.00 |
| | Thus I Resolve; Campion, Thomas | 1990, 1 3/4" x 1 1/2", original watercolor paper boards, calligraphic poetic text, slipcase, copy 1 of 1 | LN#51 | $480.00 |
| | To Sleep; Keats, John | 1990, 1 3/4" x 1 1/2", original watercolor paper boards, slipcase, copy 1 of 1 | LN#49 | SOLD |
| | Walrus and the Carpenter, The; Carroll, Lewis | 1983, 2 1/16" x 1 5/8", cloth boards, 150 copies, hand-colored illustrations | LN#24 | SOLD |
| | White Knight's Song, The; Caroll, Lewis | 1990, 1 3/4" x 2", burgandy cloth boards with inset watercolor picture, slipcase, copy 1 of 1 | LN#47 | SOLD |
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Standard editions |
| | Christmas Day at the Workhouse; Sims, George R. | 1983, 2 1/16" x 1 5/8", cloth boards | LN#22 | SOLD |
| | Christmas Tree, A; Dickens, Charles | 1982, 2 1/16" x 1 5/8", cloth boards, not signed or numbered | LN#20 | $25.00 |
| | Constable; Murray, Gordon | 1988 2 1/2" x 2 1/4", cloth boards, 3 of 4 copies | LN#1 | SOLD |
| | Covent Garden Market, 1851; Mayhew, Henry | 1983, 2 1/16" x 1 5/8", cloth boards, not signed or numbered | LN#19 | $25.00 |
| | Crown of Rosebuds, A; Herrick, Robert, and Traherne, Thomas | 1985 2 1/2" x 2", cloth boards with inset original illustration, 50 copies | LN#14 | SOLD |
| | February; Clare, John | 1987, 2 1/2" x 1 3/4", cloth boards with pictorial inlay, six color illustrations, slipcase, number 3 of 32 copies | LN#2 | SOLD |
| | Four Visitors to Venice | 1987, 2 1/2" x 2 3/4", cloth boards with inset watercolor, slipcase, manuscript text with original watercolor illustrations, 10 copies | LN#18 | SOLD |
| | Harrods 1884, 'The Baron'; Murray, Gordon | 1983, 2 1/8" x 1 3/4", cloth boards with printed label | LN#3 | SOLD |
| | Hole, The; Murray, Gordon | 1985, 2 1/8" x 1 3/4", cloth boards with printed label, slipcase, 50 copies | LN#4 | SOLD |
| | Innocent Eye, The; Peacock, Thomas Love and Stevenson, Robert Louis | 1987 2 1/2" x 2", cloth boards, paper board slipcase, original watercolor illustrations, 32 copies | LN#29 | SOLD |
| | London Morning, A; Dickens, Charles | 1983, 2 1/16" x 1 5/8", cloth boards, 500 copies | LN#27 | $35.00 |
| | Making of Man, The; Swinburne, Algernon | 1987, 2 7/16" x 2", embroidered cloth boards, paper board slipcase, original watercolor illustrations, 50 copies | LN#28 | SOLD |
| | Nightingale in the Sycamore, A | 1983, 2 1/16" x 1 5/8", cloth boards | LN#26 | SOLD |
| | One Dancing Princess; Murry, Gordon | 1982, 2 1/16" x 1 5/8", floral cloth boards, 500 copies, signed | LN#21 | SOLD |
| | Pied Piper, The; Elder, Abraham | 1985, 2 1/8" x 1 5/8", cloth boards with hand-painted label | LN#12 | $85.00 |
| | Pig and Pepper; Carroll, Lewis | 1984, 2 1/16" x 1 5/8", cloth boards, 150 copies | LN#26 | SOLD
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| | Piper at the Gates of Dawn, The; Grahame, Kenneth | 1985, 2 1/8" x 1 3/4", cloth boards with printed label, 500 copies | LN#5 | $50.00 |
| | Princess, The; Marshall, Archibald | 1985, 2 1/8" x 1 3/4", cloth boards with printed label, 150 copies | LN#6 | SOLD |
| | Question, The; Shelley, Percy Bysshe | 1988, 2 1/2" x 2 3/4", cloth boards with inset watercolor, slipcase, manuscript text with original watercolor illustrations, 1 copy | LN#17 | SOLD |
| | Raven, The; Poe, Edgar Allan | 1982, 2 1/16" x 1 5/8", cloth boards | LN#23a | SOLD |
| | Raven, The; Poe, Edgar Allan | 1982, 2 1/16" x 1 5/8", cloth boards | LN#23b | SOLD |
| | Saint and the Goblin, The; Saki | 1985, 2 1/8" x 1 3/4", cloth boards with printed label, 150 copies | LN#7 | SOLD |
| | Sonnets Five; Shakespeare, William | 1985, 2 1/8" x 1 3/4", cloth boards with needle point flower, illuminated throughout, slipcase, 50 copies | LN#15 | SOLD |
| | Splendour of Life; Murray, Gordon (editor) | 1986, 2 1/8" x 1 3/4", cloth boards with needle point butterfly, slipcase, 50 copies | LN#8 | SOLD |
| | Summer; Barnes, Claire Jefferies | 1986, 2 1/2" x 2", beautiful floral needlepoint cloth boards, slipcase, 50 copies | LN#16 | SOLD |
| | Three by Carroll:
Advice From a Caterpillar
Pig and Pepper
Walrus and the Carpenter | 1983, 3 volumes, 2 1/16" x 1 5/8", cloth boards with colored illustration, hand-colored illustrations throughout, paper board slipcase | LN#27 | SOLD |
| | Three by Dickens:
A Christmas Drive
A London Morning
Winkle on Ice | 1983, 3 volumes, 2 1/16" x 1 5/8", cloth boards with colored illustration, some colored illustrations in the text, paper board slipcase | LN#27 | SOLD |
| | Three Kings, The; Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth | 1985, 2 1/8" x 1 3/4", cloth boards with fabric inlay, slipcase, hand-colored throughout, 50 copies | LN#9 | SOLD |
| | To My Son; Raleigh, Sir Walter | 1990, 1 1/4" x 1 1/2", pictorial paper boards, slipcase, 1 of 1 | LN#10 | SOLD |
| | Van Called Alice, A; Murray, Gordon | 1983, 2 1/16" x 1 5/8", cloth boards, signed and numbered | LN#25 | SOLD |
| | Waterloo, 1815; Murray, Gordon (editor) | 1986, 2 1/8" x 1 3/4", cloth boards with needle point drum, hand-colored illustrations throughout, signed and numbered, slipcased, 50 copies | LN#11 | SOLD |
| | When I Was One and Twenty; Housman, A. E. | 1986, 2 1/2" x 2", two original illustrations, cloth boards with needle point heart, slipcase, 50 copies | LN#13 | SOLD |
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