Comments on: This is the World’s Smallest Book

By: Mark Gustafson

Mark Gustafson — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 00:22:48 +0000

I, for one, think that Bly’s book is better than Wright’s–but, as you say, let’s not get into that. The main reason that Wright’s is so darn good, and a radical departure from his first two books, is that Bly’s influence is all over it (as Wright himself readily acknowledged).

By: Taylorspeak

Taylorspeak — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 23:52:09 +0000

Why would you say that it’s a fact book people are superficial? I have several miniature books and tons of others but I don’t consider my love of books as making me superficial. I can tell you for sure that I don’t like sweeping generalizations.

By: Carole Blake

Carole Blake — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 17:41:44 +0000

These are not the world’s smallest books. I have 100s of real books in my dolls house library. Some are just half an inch high, some bound in leather. All can be read itch a magnifying glass.

By: Judith Stagnitto Abbate

Judith Stagnitto Abbate — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 17:36:48 +0000

How beautiful. If you like these, you may be fascinated by another example. Andrews McMeel used to publish books called Tiny Tomes that had all of the details of larger trade hardcovers: 4-color printing, dust jackets with spot UV, and so forth. They measured a mere 1 7/8″ x 2 1/4″.

Here’s a photo of one I designed next to a quarter for comparison.
https://twitter.com/MakeABook/status/222744088808665089/photo/1

By: Stacy Whitman

Stacy Whitman — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 16:51:34 +0000

I have a Golden Book given to me by my grandmother that is roughly that size (possibly smaller, but I don't have it here in front of me). They were called Tiny Golden Books, and according to this, they were 3 inches tall and 2 inches wide (though I found this through a Google search and couldn't find anything that showed the scale of them). Mine doesn't look like that, though--it is square and has the same binding as the big Golden Books did in the 70s, that gold binding. Aha, here's a good example.