WILLIAM LEWIS WASHBURN

William Lewis Washburn’s miniature book publishing was done in New Jersey spanning the period from 1929- 1942. Washburn was a commercial printer who published his first two miniature books in 1879 and 1880 as a teenager. Fifty years passed before he published [again]… A characteristic of Washburn’s miniature books is their presentation in a cardboard box with a printed label. These wee tomes attracted the attention of bibliophiles as soon as they were published…Praise for Washburn’s books has been widespread… (Bradbury 316)

Gray, Thomas. Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard. Audubon, NJ: William Lewis Washburn, 1929. This book is cataloged separately and is housed with the Sinclair New Jersey Collection: SNCLX, call number PR3502.E5 1929.