Accession number
PML 253058
Published
Paisley : Gleniffer Press, 1985.
Credit line
Bequest of Julia P. Wightman, 1994.
Notes
Nursery rhyme.
"The smallest printed book in the world 1985"--Display card on which the book is mounted.
Title from display card.
Issued with instruction sheet with care instructions and a checklist of accompanying items in an envelope, gilded edge display card in an envelope, "Uncut Sheet showing text of (3 copies) of 'Old King Cole'" in clear plastic box, and certified copy of Guinness Book of Records Certificate, numbered and signed by the printer.
"The book was printed using offset lithographic methods ... The final sizes of the books vary from 0.9 to 1.25 millimetre square"--Accompanying instruction sheet.
Library's copy is 1 mm in height.
Library's copy is no. 45 of 85.
Library's copy housed in blue cloth slipcase with marbled paper dividers.
"The smallest printed book in the world 1985"--Display card on which the book is mounted.
Title from display card.
Issued with instruction sheet with care instructions and a checklist of accompanying items in an envelope, gilded edge display card in an envelope, "Uncut Sheet showing text of (3 copies) of 'Old King Cole'" in clear plastic box, and certified copy of Guinness Book of Records Certificate, numbered and signed by the printer.
"The book was printed using offset lithographic methods ... The final sizes of the books vary from 0.9 to 1.25 millimetre square"--Accompanying instruction sheet.
Library's copy is 1 mm in height.
Library's copy is no. 45 of 85.
Library's copy housed in blue cloth slipcase with marbled paper dividers.
Description
12 pages ; 2 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Printer's signature in ink on Guinness Book of Records Certificate as issued.
Provenance
From the library of Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
Printed sheets mounted onto a display card. Issued in a clear plastic box.
Classification
Catalog link
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