WALL, Bernhardt. Walliana Notes. Sierra Madre, 1947. 11 miniature etchings (plus cover label). Mostly red and black inks. 4.5 x 3.5 cm. (1-3/4 x 1-1/4 inches), wove paper. Original hand-bound red paper wrappers, etched label on upper wrapper.
Limitation not stated. Weber, p. 49: "This is a miniature prospectus in which Wall enumerates places where his books are on exhibit along with a list of tomes available for the bargain price of $5." 70000129
Plate list:
WALLIANA [cover label]. Red. 0.5 x 2 cm.
WALLIANA NOTES... [title]. Red. 4.5 x 3 cm.
As did the Monks of old I personally design, etch, print & bind my books [illustrated text]. Black. 4.5 x 3 cm.
You may see my etcht books at Yale Univ... [text]. Red. 4.5 x 3 cm.
Michigan Univ., Chicago Univ... [text]. Red. 4.5 x 3 cm.
Ye Etcher [full-length portrait of Wall at his press]. Greenish black. 4.5 x 3 cm.
Wall's Etcherie Bella Vista Terrace Sierra Madre, Cal. [illustration]. Olive green. 4.5 x 3 cm.
ETCHT MINIATURE BOOKS...$5 per Copy [ad]. Sienna. 4.5 x 3 cm.
The ODYSSEY of the Etcher of Books The best of my etchings in Prose, Poetry and Pictures, done in 30 years of the art of etching. This book is one of the most unusual of pictorial books [text]. Black. 4.5 x 3 cm.
[Bust portrait of Abraham Lincoln] | Wall 1946. Umber. 4.5 x 3 cm.
OTHER ITEMS OF WALLIANA Following Abraham Lincoln 85 volumes...$450 a set [text]. Black. 4.5 x 3 cm.
[Printer's illustrated device]. Black. 1.5 x 1 cm.
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