Silver Thimble Books

Gordon Murray, a retired animation artist, created colorful and unique miniature books from his home in Bexhill on Sea, England.

Note: Each listing below has a Lorson Number (LN#); please include the book title and this number when inquiring about or ordering a book.


Advice From a Caterpillar; Carroll, Lewis1983, 2" x 1 5/8", cloth boards with printed labelLN
#13
SOLD

Christmas Day at the Workhouse; Sims, George R.1983, 2 1/16" x 1 5/8", cloth boardsLN
#22
$35.00

Christmas Tree, A; Dickens, Charles1982, 2 1/16" x 1 5/8", cloth boardsLN
#20
$35.00

Constable; Murray, Gordon1988 2 1/2" x 2 1/4", cloth boards, 3 of 4 copiesLN
#1
$420.00

Covent Garden Market, 1851; Mayhew, Henry1983, 2 1/16" x 1 5/8", cloth boardsLN
#19
$35.00

Crown of Rosebuds, A; Herrick, Robert, and Traherne, Thomas1985 2 1/2" x 2", cloth boards with inset original illustration, 50 copiesLN
#14
SOLD

February; Clare, John1987, 2 1/2" x 1 3/4", cloth boards with pictorial inlay, slipcase, 32 copiesLN
#2
$225.00

Four Visitors to Venice1987, 2 1/2" x 2 3/4", cloth boards with inset watercolor, slipcase, manuscript text with original watercolor illustrations, 10 copiesLN
#18
$450.00

Harrods 1884, 'The Baron'; Murray, Gordon1983, 2 1/8" x 1 3/4", cloth boards with printed labelLN
#3
$25.00

Hole, The; Murray, Gordon1985, 2 1/8" x 1 3/4", cloth boards with printed label, slipcase, 50 copiesLN
#4
$50.00

Innocent Eye, The; Peacock, Thomas Love and Stevenson, Robert Louis1987 2 1/2" x 2", cloth boards, paper board slipcase, original watercolor illustrations, 32 copiesLN
#29
SOLD

London Morning, A; Dickens, Charles1983, 2 1/16" x 1 5/8", cloth boards, 500 copiesLN
#27
$35.00

Making of Man, The; Swinburne, Algernon1987, 2 7/16" x 2", embroidered cloth boards, paper board slipcase, original watercolor illustrations, 50 copiesLN
#28
$100.00

Nightingale in the Sycamore, A 1983, 2 1/16" x 1 5/8", cloth boardsLN
#26
$35.00

One Princess Dancing; Murry, Gordon1982, 2 1/16" x 1 5/8", cloth boards, 500 copies, signedLN
#21
$35.00

Pied Piper, The; Elder, Abraham1985, 2 1/8" x 1 5/8", cloth boards with hand-painted labelLN
#12
$38.00

Pig and Pepper; Carroll, Lewis1984, 2 1/16" x 1 5/8", cloth boards, 150 copiesLN
#26
SOLD

Piper at the Gates of Dawn, The; Grahame, Kenneth1985, 2 1/8" x 1 3/4", cloth boards with printed label, 500 copiesLN
#5
SOLD

Princess, The; Marshall, Archibald1985, 2 1/8" x 1 3/4", cloth boards with printed label, 150 copiesLN
#6
SOLD

Question, The; Shelley, Percy Bysshe1988, 2 1/2" x 2 3/4", cloth boards with inset watercolor, slipcase, manuscript text with original watercolor illustrations, 1 copyLN
#17
SOLD

Raven, The; Poe, Edgar Allan1982, 2 1/16" x 1 5/8", cloth boardsLN
#23a
$35.00

Raven, The; Poe, Edgar Allan1982, 2 1/16" x 1 5/8", cloth boardsLN
#23b
$35.00

Saint and the Goblin, The; Saki1985, 2 1/8" x 1 3/4", cloth boards with printed label, 150 copiesLN
#7
SOLD

Sonnets Five; Shakespeare, William1985, 2 1/8" x 1 3/4", cloth boards with needle point flower, illuminated throughout, slipcase, 50 copiesLN
#15
$250.00

Splendour of Life; Murray, Gordon (editor)1986, 2 1/8" x 1 3/4", cloth boards with needle point butterfly, slipcase, 50 copiesLN
#8
$95.00

Summer; Barnes, Claire Jefferies1986, 2 1/2" x 2", needlepoint cloth boards, slipcase, 50 copiesLN
#16
$250.00

Three by Dickens:
A Christmas Morning
A London Morning
Winkle on Ice
1983, 3 volumes, 2 1/16" x 1 5/8", cloth boards, paper board slipcaseLN
#27
$100.00

Three Kings, The; Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth1985, 2 1/8" x 1 3/4", cloth boards with fabric inlay, slipcase, 50 copiesLN
#9
SOLD

To My Son; Raleigh, Sir Walter1990, 1 1/4" x 1 1/2", pictorial paper boards, slipcase, 1 of 1LN
#10
$450.00

Van Called Alice, A; Murray, Gordon1983, 2 1/16" x 1 5/8", cloth boardsLN
#25
$35.00

Walrus and the Carpenter, The; Carroll, Lewis1983, 2 1/16" x 1 5/8", cloth boards, 150 copies, handd-coloredLN
#24
SOLD

Waterloo, 1815; Murray, Gordon (editor)1986, 2 1/8" x 1 3/4", cloth boards with needle point drum, slipcase, 50 copiesLN
#11
$45.00

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 copiesLN
#13
$150.00

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