Levitan, Kalman. Miniature Books relating to Postage Stamps. Two volumes. 1983. Together with, Soliloquy of a Postage Stamp by Ernest W. Brady. Keepsake for Friends. 6 printed pages. Interleaved with 10 postage stamps on glassine leaves. Black Cat Press. Skokie. Illinois. Dos-a-dos-a-dos binding. Red card slipcase with printed stamp design label "Miniature Books relating to Postage Stamps". 3 volumes in total. From, Kalman Levitan's own collection with his exlibris in his own hand,'1717'. Six sets of green marbled endpapers. 54 x 64 mm. Original red leather with identical printed label on front cover (not the gilt red cloth by Bela Blau). The original Levitan cloth binding was in an edition of 250 - no numbers attributed to the edition by Brady. This example is possibly unique."This miniature edition has been printed in a limited edition for the author and private distribution... Composed in Linotype Melior and printed on Coronado Text paper by the Schori Press, Inc... Handbound by Bela Blau... Design, typography and production by Norman W. Forgue"--Colophon. Volume one features tipped-in frontispiece, "First experimental mini-stamp issued by the United States Postal Service, January 11, 1978." Volume two features Soliloquy of a postage stamp / by Ernest W. Brady, on yellow paper, inserted between pages 88 and 89. First issued as a "Keepsake for Friends, Black Cat Press ... 1978." Bradbury, 1821 (levitan) and 492 (Brady). OCLC, 45831817. WorldCat locates 16 copies worldwide. 83 firsts2024