Press of Ward Schori
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Ward K. Schori of Evanston, Illinois was a professional printer and journalist who produced numerous miniature books from the early 1960s till his death in 1995. Note: Each listing below has a Bradbury Number (RB#) where applicable; please include
the book title and this number when inquiring about or ordering a book. |
| | SPECIAL EDITIONS (all prices net) | | | |
|  | Christmas Carols | 1966, 2 3/8" x 1 7/8", 60 pp., gilt leather w/ color illus. on cover, 196 copies | RB
#6 | $75.00 |
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| Fireflies, A collection of Haiku; Ankenbrand, Franks J. | 1965, 2 1/8" x 1 7/8", 47 pp., gilt leather with hand painted cover by J. Diez, printed on Natsume paper, 1 of 100, signed by Schori | RB
#53a | $125.00 |
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| Fireflies, A collection of Haiku; Ankenbrand, Franks J. | 1965, 2 1/8" x 1 7/8", 47 pp., green gilt leather with hand painted cover, printed on bible paper | RB
#53b | $95.00 |
| | Lullaby Book of Poems; Field Eugene | 1963, 2" x 2 3/16", 64 pp., gilt leather w/ hand painted cover by J. Diez, 600 copies | RB
#2 | 125.00 |
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Memories, An Anthology |
1963, 1 3/4" x 2 1/8", 46 pp., gilt leather, with hand-painted cover design by J. Diez |
RB
#3 |
SOLD |
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| Rudolph, The Red Nosed Reindeer; May, Robert L. | 1963, 2" x 1 7/8", 29 pp., gilt leather with hand-painted cover by J. Diez | RB
#4 |
$125.00 |
| | Selected Work of Paul Ashbrook (1867-1949); Barker, Paul A. (editor) | 1991, 2 5/8" x 2 15/16", 61 pp., gilt leather in slipcase, 249 copies | RB
#67 | SOLD |
| | Snake Handling Sunday in the Blue Church; Thomas, Annabel | 1985, 2 13/16" x 1 1/2", 42 pp., snake skin bound, 32 copies | RB
#33 | SOLD |
| | Texas Notes; Huddleston, Sam | 1986, 2 1/2" x 2", 92 pp., gilt leather, hand painted onlay in clamshell box, signed by author and publisher, 1 of 10, 1 of 3 bound by John LaRiviere | RB
#40 | $320.00 |
| | To a Skylark; Shelley, Percy Bysshe | 1962, 1 3/4" x 2 1/4", 23 pp., gilt leather by J. Diez, 120 copies | RB
#1 | SOLD |
| | Washington's Farewell Address to the People of the United States; Washington, George | 1976 2 1/2" x 1 3/4", 25 pp., gilt leather; three variant bindings available: red, burgundy, or navy blue | RB
#10 | $75.00 |
| | We Shall Pay Any Price, Bear Any Burden, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 1917-1963; Newman, Ralph Geoffrey | 1988, 2 1/16" x 2 1/2", 27 pp., gilt leather in slipcase w/ kennedy medallion, 1 of 100 | RB
#53 | $95.00 |
| | William Shakespeare, Nearer My Bard to Thee; Marder, Louis | 1993, 2 1/2" x 2 1/8", 82 pp., gilt leather in clamshell box, signed by author, 1 of 5 | RB
#74a | SOLD |
| | William Shakespeare, Nearer My Bard to Thee; Marder, Louis | 1993, 2 1/2" x 2 1/8", 82 pp., gilt suede with metal bust mounted on cover, 199 copies | RB
#74b | $45.00 |
| | | STANDARD EDITIONS | | | |
| | Abraham Lincoln, An Autobiographical Narrative; Newman, Ralph Geoffrey | 1992, 2 9/16" x 2 1/8", 153 pp., 3 vols., gilt leather | RB
#72 | $95.00 |
| | Addie, An Obituary, 1895 | 1987, 2 7/16" x 2", 38 pp., gilt cloth boards, 120 copies | RB
#43 | $25.00 |
| | Bachya on Humility; Pilchik, Ely E. | 1986, 2 9/16" x 1 7/8", 41 pp., gilt leather, 225 copies | RB
#37 | $25.00 |
| | Ballad of Yukon Jake, The; Paramore, Jr., Edward E. | 1979, 2 5/8" x 2", 32 pp., gilt leather | RB
#15 | $45.00 |
| | Benjamin Cardozo on Values; Pilchik, Ely E. | 1986, 2 9/16" x 1 7/8", 59 pp., gilt leather, 225 copies | RB
#39 | $25.00 |
| | Beruriah, Mother in Israel; Pilchik, Ely E. | 1989, 2 9/16" x 2 1/8", 45 pp., gilt leather spine w/ paper boards, 175 copies | RB
#54 | SOLD |
| | Calligraphy and Lettering; Petty, G. Harvey | 1985, 2" x 2 5/8", 92 pp., printed paper boards, 225 copies | RB
#31 | $35.00 |
| | Came the Dawn, Guffaws from the Dumb Movies; Thomajan, P.K. | 1980, 2 11/16" x 2", 44 pp., gilt leather, 250 copies | RB
#16 | $25.00 |
| | Celebration of Vice-Presidents of the United States of America, A; Harris, Bea | 1990, 2 9/16" x 2 3/16", 112 pp., gilt leather | RB
#62 | $45.00 |
| | Christmas Poems; Riley, James Whitcomb | 1982, 1 13/16" x 1 1/2", gilt leather boards | RB#21a | $50.00 |
| | Christmas Poems; Riley, James Whitcomb | 1982, 1 13/16" x 1 1/2", pictorial printed cloth boards, 241 copies | RB#21b | $36.00 |
| | Colored Buttons; Wildeman, June M.F. | 1983, 2 15/16" x 2 1/8", 54 pp., gilt leather, hand colored, 225 copies | RB
#24a | SOLD |
| | Colored Buttons; Wildeman, June M.F. | 1983, 2 15/16" x 2 1/8", 54 pp., gilt leather, un-colored, 225 copies | RB
#24b | $15.00 |
| | Emma, A Plaudit for Emma Lazarus; Pilchik, Ely E. | 1988, 2 9/16" x 1 7/8", 38 pp., gilt leather spine w/ paper boards, 153 copies | RB
#49 | SOLD |
| | Faithful Dog, The | 1985, 2 7/8" x 1 15/16", 12 pp., printed paper wrapper | RB
#36 | $10.00 |
| | False Gems, The; Maupassant, Guy de. | 1990, 2 9/16" x 2 1/5", 40 pp., gilt suede w/ embedded jewel, 184 copies | RB
#63 | $40.00 |
| | Fortas Bibliohaox, The; Klinefelter, Walter | 1992, 2 1/4" x 2 5/8", 148 pp., gilt cloth boards, 249 copies | RB
#70 | $42.00 |
| | Grant's Memoirs, The General's Greatest Victory | 1989, 2 9/16" x 2 1/8', 29 pp., gilt leather, 170 copies | RB
#57 | SOLD |
| | Greatest Thing in the World, The; Drummond, Henry | 1968, 1 15/16" x 1 11/16', 51 pp., gilt leather, 200 copies | RB
#8 | $25.00 |
| | Great Western, The Saga of Sarah, An American War Heroine | 1994, 2 3/8" x 2 5/8", 32 pp., gilt leather | RB
#77 | $36.00 |
| | Halley's 1986 Visit to Planet Earth; Weber, Francis J. | 1986, 2 1/2" x 1 7/8", 35 pp., gilt leather, 175 copies w/ 50 in leather | RB
#35a | SOLD |
| | Halley's 1986 Visit to Planet Earth; Weber, Francis J. | as above, paper boards | RB
#35b | SOLD |
| | Hystery Class; Herzog, Brad | 1987, 2 1/4" x 3 1/8", 12 pp., printed paper wrapper | RB
#47 | $10.00 |
| | Irish Bulls; Vest, Eugene | 1981, 1 1/2" x 1 5/8", 32 pp., gilt cloth boards, 100 copies | RB
#76 | $35.00 |
| | It's Easy to Like Lincoln Now!; Hall, Tom | 1988, 2 5/8" x 2 3/16", 42 pp., gilt suede, 300 copies | RB
#48 | $25.00 |
| | John Gilpin's Ride; Cowper, William | 1982, 2 1/2" x 1 3/4", 52 pp., gilt leather | RB
#20 | $25.00 |
| | Jumping Frog, The; Twain, Mark | 1986, 2 13/16" x 2", 66 pp., gilt cloth boards, 225 copies | RB
#38 | SOLD |
| | Kindergarten Wisdom; Fulghum, Robert | 1988, 2 1/4" x 2 3/4", 10 pp., gilt suede boards, 120 copies | RB#50 | $25.00 |
| | Last Battle of the Civil War, The; Schori, Ward K. | 1991, 2 1/8" x 2 9/16", 38 pp., gilt leather spine w/ paper boards | RB
#66a | $30.00 |
| | Last Battle of the Civil War, The; Schori, Ward K. | 1991, 2 1/8" x 2 6/8", 38 pp., printed cloth boards | RB
#66b | SOLD |
| | Lieutenant and the Squaw, The; Matson, Nehemiah | 1995, 2 3/8" x 2 1/8", 37 pp., gilt cloth boards, 165 copies | RB
#83 | $30.00 |
| | Lincoln, the Literary Genius; Barzun, Jacques | 1977, 2 1/2" x 1 7/8", 49 pp., gilt leather | RB
#11 | SOLD |
| | Literary Masters: Authors of the World and American Authors | 1994, 2 5/8" x 2 1/4", 114 pp., 2 vols. gilt leather, 195 copies | RB
#78 | $50.00 |
| | Lord's Prayer, The; Bible, Old Testament | 1982, 1 3/8" x 2 5/8", 56 pp., gilt leather, 190 copies | RB
#19 | $25.00 |
| | Lot's Wife Was a Skeptic; Cook, Gladys | 1988, 2 1/8" x 1 3/8", 32 pp., cloth boards, 50 copies | RB
#84 | $45.00 |
| | Love Poems | 1993, 2 9/16" x 2 1/4", 42 pp., gilt cloth boards, 150 copies | RB
#71 | $27.00 |
| | Luck; Twain, Mark | 1984, 2 11/16" x 2 1/4", 49 pp., printed cloth boards, 199 copies | RB
#30 | SOLD |
| | Maimonides on Giving; Pilchik, Ely E. | 1985, 2 9/16" x 1 7/8", 40 pp., gilt leather, 225 copies | RB
#32 | $25.00 |
| | Maimonides on Human Excellence; Pilchik, Ely E. | 1985, 2 9/16" x 1 7/8", 36 pp., gilt leather, 149 copies | RB
#34 | $25.00 |
| | Majesty: Bitain's "Queen Mum"; Weber, Francis J. | 1990, 2 9/16" x 2 1/8", 13 pp., gilt suede | RB
#61 | $35.00 |
| | Man's Unconquerable Mind; Higher, Gilbert | 1974, 2 1/8" x 1 5/8", 46 pp., gilt leather, 150 copies | RB
#9 | $50.00 |
| | Mark Twain and Birds; Harnsberger, Caroline Thomas | 1984, 2 11/16" x 2 3/4", 52 pp., leather boards & engraved metal plate, 239 copies | RB
#29a | $90.00 |
| | Mark Twain and Birds; Harnsberger, Caroline Thomas | 1984, 2 11/16" x 2 3/4", 52 pp., gilt cloth boards & engraved metal plate, 239 copies | RB
#29b | $55.00 |
| | Mark Twain Loved Cats; Harnsberger, Caroline Thomas | 1982, 2 3/4" x 2 3/16", 34 pp., gilt cloth boards, 237 copies | RB
#18 | SOLD |
| | Mark Twain on Horseback; Harnsberger, Caroline Thomas | 1978, 2 3/4" x 2 3/16", 35 pp., gilt leather | RB
#12 | $45.00 |
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Memories, An Anthology |
1963, 1 3/4" x 2 1/4", 46 pp., gilt leather, copy 1 of 330 | RB
#3b | $45.00 |
| | Midrash Memoir; Pilchik, Ely E. | 1984, 2 1/2" x 1 13/16", 56 pp., gilt leather, 275 copies | RB
#27 | $25.00 |
| | Moses Hayyim Luzzato on Lovingkinness; Pilchik, Ely E. | 1987, 2 9/16" x 1 7/8", 40 pp., gilt leather, 225 copies | RB
#44 | $25.00 |
| | Mr. Woolworth | 1994, 2 1/4" x 2 1/8", 22pp., printed paper wrappers | RB
#79 | $10.00 |
| | Mrs. Peckham's Carouse; Ade, George | 1978, 2 13/16" x 1 7/8", 37 pp., gilt leather, 250 copies | RB
#14 | $16.00 |
| | Murder, The: A Battle in the Civil War; Burdetter, Robert J. | 1995, 2 3/8" x 2 9/16", 22 pp., printed cloth boards | RB
#81 | $30.00 |
| | My Beautiful Darling, Mark Twain's Mother and Her Keokuk Years; Garrison, Ray. E. | 1992, 2 1/2" x 2 1/16", 38 pp., gilt suede, 139 copies | RB
#69 | $45.00 |
| | Nelly, Poet Nobel Laureate; Pilchik, Ely E. | 1988, 2 9/16" x 2 1/16", 32 pp., gilt leather, 200 copies | RB
#51 | $25.00 |
| | Old Barn, The; Troth, John | 1980, 2" x 2 13/16", 27 pp., leather boards, 25 copies | RB
#22A | SOLD |
| | Old Barn, The; Troth, John | 1980, 2" x 2 13/16", 27 pp., printed cloth boards, 240 copies | RB
#22B | $25.00 |
| | One Solitary Lifev | 1982, 2 3/4" x 2", 7 pp., printed paper wrapper | RB
#23 | $5.00 |
| | Passing of the Backhouse | 1980, 2 1/16" x 2 3/4", 26 pp., gilt leather | RB
#17 | $45.00 |
| | Pigs is Pigs; Butler, Ellis Parker | 1990, 2 5/8" x 2", 39 pp., gilt suede, 118 copies | RB
#59 | $27.00 |
| | Prayer in History; Pilchik, Ely E. | 1989, 2 9/16" x 2 1/16", 52 pp., gilt leather, 175 copies | RB
#55 | $25.00 |
| | Preacher and the Moonshiner, The; Warwick, Loy | 1983, 1 11/16" x 1 1/2", 46 pp., gilt leather, 225 copies | RB
#26 | $29.00 |
| | Printshop Nostalgia Cartoons; Nolf, John T. | 1989, 2 5/8" x 2 1/8", 80 pp., cloth boards | RB
#56 | SOLD |
| | Psalm of David, A; Pilchik, Ely E. | 1967, 2 1/2" x 1 3/4", 31 pp., gilt leather | RB
#5 | SOLD |
| | Quickie Cuisine; Felice | 1984, 2 7/8" x 2 1/8", 96 pp., cloth boards | RB
#28 | SOLD |
| | Rebecca G.; Pilchik, Ely E. | 1990, 2 9/16" x 2 1/8", 36 pp., gilt leather | RB
#58 | $25.00 |
| | Roosters; Babcock, Ralph W. | 1995, 2 3/8" x 2 5/8", 80 pp., gilt suede, 175 copies | RB
#80 | $25.00 |
| | Saadia on Human Conduct; Pilchik, Ely E. | 1987, 2 9/16" x 1 7/8", 48 pp., gilt leather, 225 copies | RB
#42 | $25.00 |
| | Santayana Sampler; Schori, Ward K. | 1986, 2 1/2" x 2", 20 pp., printed paper wrapper, 160 copies | RB
#41 | $10.00 |
| | Shaker Advice to Children on Behavior at Table | 1994, 2 11/16" x 2 3/16", 24 pp., gilt cloth boards | RB
#73 | SOLD |
| | Sherlockian Triviality Index, The; Wesson, Sheldon | 1988, 2 7/16" x 2 1/8", 43 pp., gilt suede | RB
#52 | SOLD |
| | Spin with Spinoza, A; Pilchik, Ely E. | 1990, 2 9/16" x 2 1/8", 38 pp., gilt leather | RB
#60 | $25.00 |
| | Stranger Passed By, A; Petty, G. Harvey | 1978, 2 11/16" x 2", 28 pp., gilt leather, 350 copies | RB
#13 | $15.00 |
| | Tale of Two Cities, A; Dickens, Charles | 1987, 1 9/16" x 1 3/8", gilt leather, 90 copies | RB
#46 | SOLD |
| | Talmud Thought; Pilchik, Ely E. | 1983, 2 9/16" x 1 13/16", 46 pp., gilt leather, 300 copies | RB
#25 | $25.00 |
| | Texas Notes; Huddleston, Sam | 1986, 2 1/2" x 2", 92 pp., gilt cloth, 200 copies | RB
#40 | $40.00 |
| | To Remember Me | nd, 2 7/8" x 2 1/4", 8 pp., paper wrapper | LN
#1 | $5.00 |
| | Touches of Einstein; Pilchik, Ely E. | 1987, 2 9/16" x 1 7/8", 45 pp., gilt leather, 225 copies | RB
#45 | $25.00 |
| | | GRAND CHILDREN EDITIONS | | | |
| | Hands for Victory; Groves, Ruth V. | 1993, Press of Kate Schori, 2 5/8" x 2", cloth boards, 100 copies | | $25.00 |
| | House That Jack Built, The | 1994, Press of John Schori, 2 7/8" x 2 3/8", cloth boards | | $25.00 |
| | Johann Gutenberg, The First and Greatest Printer | 1994, Press of Traci Ann Schori, 2 3/4" x 2 3/8", cloth boards, 100 copies | | $25.00 |
| | Pussy Willows; Plummer, Mary E. | 1992, Press of Traci Ann Schori, 1 7/8" x 2 5/8", cloth boards, 100 copies | | $25.00 |
| | Red-Headed Woodpecker, The | 1993, Press of Traci Ann Schori, 2 1/2" x 1 7/8", cloth boards, 100 copies | | $25.00 |
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| | Miniature Books Published by The Press of Ward Schori; | 1997, John Schori, 2 7/8" x 2 1/2", printed for the 35th Anniversary Exhibition at the Robert H. Goddard Library, Clark University, paper wrapper, 200 copies | | $25.00 |
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