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. 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, Lewis | 1983, 2" x 1 5/8", cloth boards with printed label | LN#13 | SOLD |
| | Christmas Day at the Workhouse; Sims, George R. | 1983, 2 1/16" x 1 5/8", cloth boards | LN#22 | $35.00 |
| | Christmas Tree, A; Dickens, Charles | 1982, 2 1/16" x 1 5/8", cloth boards | LN#20 | $35.00 |
| | Constable; Murray, Gordon | 1988 2 1/2" x 2 1/4", cloth boards, 3 of 4 copies | LN#1 | $420.00 |
| | Covent Garden Market, 1851; Mayhew, Henry | 1983, 2 1/16" x 1 5/8", cloth boards | LN#19 | $35.00 |
| | 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, slipcase, 32 copies | LN#2 | $225.00 |
| | 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 | $450.00 |
| | Harrods 1884, 'The Baron'; Murray, Gordon | 1983, 2 1/8" x 1 3/4", cloth boards with printed label | LN#3 | $25.00 |
| | Hole, The; Murray, Gordon | 1985, 2 1/8" x 1 3/4", cloth boards with printed label, slipcase, 50 copies | LN#4 | $50.00 |
| | 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 | $100.00 |
| | Nightingale in the Sycamore, A | 1983, 2 1/16" x 1 5/8", cloth boards | LN#26 | $35.00 |
| | One Princess Dancing; Murry, Gordon | 1982, 2 1/16" x 1 5/8", cloth boards, 500 copies, signed | LN#21 | $35.00 |
| | Pied Piper, The; Elder, Abraham | 1985, 2 1/8" x 1 5/8", cloth boards with hand-painted label | LN#12 | $38.00 |
| | 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 | SOLD |
| | 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 | $35.00 |
| | Raven, The; Poe, Edgar Allan | 1982, 2 1/16" x 1 5/8", cloth boards | LN#23b | $35.00 |
| | 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 | $250.00 |
| | 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 | $95.00 |
| | Summer; Barnes, Claire Jefferies | 1986, 2 1/2" x 2", needlepoint cloth boards, slipcase, 50 copies | LN#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 slipcase | LN#27 | $100.00 |
| | Three Kings, The; Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth | 1985, 2 1/8" x 1 3/4", cloth boards with fabric inlay, slipcase, 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 | $450.00 |
| | Van Called Alice, A; Murray, Gordon | 1983, 2 1/16" x 1 5/8", cloth boards | LN#25 | $35.00 |
| | Walrus and the Carpenter, The; Carroll, Lewis | 1983, 2 1/16" x 1 5/8", cloth boards, 150 copies, handd-colored | LN#24 | SOLD |
| | Waterloo, 1815; Murray, Gordon (editor) | 1986, 2 1/8" x 1 3/4", cloth boards with needle point drum, slipcase, 50 copies | LN#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 copies | LN#13 | $150.00 |
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