The hazy, hot, and humid days of summer have begun to fade with the length of the day. There has been a breath of cool air here in New Jersey and you can even hear the crickets chirping by early afternoon. I hope that we can move through this season without any more hurricane storms. Soon the sunflowers will bow their heads and those bright orange balls known as pumpkins will begin to take over the gardens and fields. The bright red tomatoes will give way to these orange monsters that will be lit on October 31. Great yellow land cruisers ply the roads each morning and afternoon carrying their young cargo from home to school and back again. Maybe miniature books will make it to the school curriculum this year! Please do what you can to make it happen.

Each season is as grand as the previous and brings us the anticipation of the next. We are mere time travelers; from flowers, to pumpkins, to snowmen, and back to flowers, the cycle is endless. It is up to each and every one of us to make a difference to ourselves and everyone with whom we share our day.

The MBS Conclave was held in Oakland and was a wonderful time for all. Rick Hill has provided our readership with a recap of the events in this issue. Do plan on attending the Conclave XXXVI in Virginia next August! Visit the website, www.mbs.org for some of the advance information. If you are not already a member, join up!

Once again, the diversity of topic subjects for The Microbibliophile crosses from old books to new books, book reviews, reference notes including Three Centuries of Thumb Bibles and A Lilliputian Library by James Henderson, and much more. The index will help you through the contents. Be sure to read some of the ephemera that we were able to discover as the contents of the ‘Warburton Archives’. Start on the first page, or the last, or even in the middle, all pages lead to miniature books.

I am most committed to helping young bibliophiles enter the world of miniature books and help them enjoy all that is available and all that is to be experienced.

Share The Microbibliophile with a friend or use it as a key to open a new door. Maybe that new friend can be the subject of a short story. Take a look at your books; most certainly there is a story there that you have always wanted to share. Thank you for the opportunity to bring The Microbibliophile into your life. Next issue is scheduled for November 1, 2017.

THE MICROBIBLIOPHILE©
A Bimonthly Journal about Miniature Books and the Book Arts
Robert F. Hanson, Founder, 1977
ISSN# 1097-5551

Volume XXXVII, Number 5 Issue Number 209 September, 2017

Book Reviews and Criticism
Greatest Show on Earth, by Msgr. Francis J. Weber, published by El Camino Real Press
Libraries, In The Medieval and Renaissance Periods, by John Willis Clark, published by Plum Park Press
The Tabula Peutingeriana, by Pat Sweet, published by Bo Press 2017
Steampunk, assembled by Barbara Brear, published by BB Miniatures, 2014
The Lady or The Tiger, by Frank R. Stockton, published by Rebecca Saady Bingham

Special Features
Frontispiece, Reminiscing in the Twilight of His Years, By Sherry Mayo (continued)
MBS Conclave, ‘In A Nutshell’ by Rick Hill
The Warburton Archive, An Update, by Jim Brogan
Bernhardt Wall, A Short Story About Copy 2/4 and 4/4
Part 1, The Connoisseur, by Todd Sommerfeld
Tidbits, by Joan Knoertzer
The Musings of Michael, Michael Garbett
The Lilliputian Library, by James D. Henderson
About Old Miniature Books, by Robert F. Orr Hanson
Time Machine, LXIVMOS, Number 12, by Nina Mazzo
Part 2, What I Have Done For Miniature Books, by Todd Sommerfeld
Three Centuries of Thumb Bibles, A Checklist, A Review of a Reference Standard
Internet Entertainment and Enlightenment, by Arno Gschwendtner
Part 3, What Miniature books Have Done For Me, by Todd Sommerfeld

DEPARTMENTS
• Catalogues Received
• Meet A New Publisher, The Wild Onion Press
• Terms and Definitions, ‘Signet’
• Get the Ink Ready, Start the Presses
• Upcoming Events
• The November/December 2017 Frontispiece
• Classified

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