MINITAGE EDITIONS

Minitage Editions is the miniature book imprint of Meritage Press. Here are their Inaugural Releases of three letterpress titles:

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by Malaya Lanikai de Jesús-Tinsman (age 8)
     Letterpress, accordion style, handprinted from polymer plates on Stonehenge paper & covered by Nepali paper by Melinda Luisa de Jesús. Size: 3" x 3"

SPAM 
by Stinson Zacarias de Jesús-Tinsman (age 13)
     Letterpress, accordion style, handprinted from polymer plates on Stonehenge paper & covered by Nepali paper by Melinda Luisa de Jesús. Size: 3" x 3"

MANGOES
with text by Melinda Luisa de Jesús and drawings by Malaya Lanikai de Jesús-Tinsman
     Letterpress, accordion style, handprinted from polymer plates on Stonehenge paper & covered by Nepali paper by Melinda Luisa de Jesús. Size: 3" x 3"

Poet, scholar, and Mom Melinda Luisa de Jesús with her author-kiddos Malaya and Stinson.
More photos of the family as they signed their miniature books HERE.

Melinda also created a non-hay(na)ku poetry chap, Mango Dancer (2020) and presented it and MANGOES in a special format involving a vintage cigarette case as a slipcase:

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Minitage Editions also serves as distributor for other miniature books and is pleased to distribute

WHAT COUNTS 
by Eileen R. Tabios

Size: 2" x 3"

Publisher: Tony Firman Bookbinding

For more information about this 2020 book, go HERE.

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The In(ter)vention of the Hay(na)ku 
by Eileen R. Tabios

Size: 1-7/8" x 2-1/2"

--a miniature version of THE IN(TER)VENTION OF THE HAY(NA)KU: Selected Tercets 1996-2019 by Eileen R. Tabios (Marsh Hawk Press, New York 2019). Contains a selection of poems from the normatively-sized book.

--structured to incorporate a satin ribbon that works as a bookmark as well as makes the book possible as a Christmas Tree ornament

--Minitage Editions distributes on behalf of producer OnceUponTheTree (Apollo, PA)

$10.00 + $1.00 tax for California residents + $2.75 shipping

--Another option is to acquire the miniature book in a Special Release that combines it with its normative-sized book. For more information on that option, go to Marsh Hawk Press Blog--both can be acquired for $29.95.

Some images!

More Titles To come!

For more information: meritagepress at gmail dot com

NOT YOUR MOM'S DOLLHOUSE by MARY DAVOS SULLIVAN

Not Your Mom's Dollhouse by Mary Davos Sullivan (sp, 2021). Sizes: 0.75" x 1.0"

I don't usually focus on Dollhouse-sized (or 1:12) books but wanted to fill up an empty shelf on a Dollhouse-sized bookshelf that found its way to me. I was introduced to Mary Davos Sullivan's work with Dollhouse-sized books through the Instagram feed of Pulitzer Award-winning art critic Jerry Saltz. Mary's books allowed me to soothe my soul by filling up the middle bookshelf:

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I don't usually acquire blank books but did for Mary's work through her "Not Your Mom's Dollhouse" project when I realized all this artist needed was the book covers for her "canvas"es. Here's what joined the Miniature Book Library--scenes with books on a table are from Mary's dollhouse photographs:

A CAT GROUP

How To Talk To Your Cat About Gun Safety

The Fucking Cat Just Puked Again

Bitch, The Bowl is Empty

Fuck You & Fuck Your Diet

A DUMMIES GROUP

How Not To Be A Dick For Dummies

My Dick Is This Big by Tucker Carlson

Ted Cruz is a Fucking Tool

Pick Up Your Damn Legos!

The “Year I Was Going to Do Big Things” 2021-2022 Legend Planner

Further reflecting the 2020-21 Zeitgeist, a miniature Vaccination Card!

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In 2022 I reshelved the books in a chocolate box from Earth & Sky Chocolates (Calistoga, CA). Here are updated photos of the book bon bons: