An extraordinary collection of fine and rare miniature books, published from the mid-17th-century to the modern day. It includes books printed in France, the Netherlands, England, Italy and Germany, on a diversity of themes ranging from histories to works of scripture, devotion, literature, almanacs, and natural history. The collection boasts three 17th-century works, with the earliest being a Dutch song book from 1650 preserved in a charming contemporary vellum wallet binding, as well as a French book of hours from 1684 and an English bible in contemporary morocco from 1693. Many of the books are attractively bound in contemporary gilt morocco, others in gilt and blindstamped calf, decorative paper wrappers, silver cases, while some are contained within miniature wooden boxes as part of a child’s sewing kit. Some books are housed in cases with their own miniature magnifying glasses, and others are arranged on miniature shelves or cabinets, including a miniature revolving bookcase constructed by Julian Stanley of High Wycombe, commissioned by Lord Wardington and presented by him to Nanni Israel.
We are getting close to Halloween so it’s time to show this year’s costume… which is SUBLIME! ✨ Slugger is feeling Kenough in his Barbie Movie Mojo Dojo Casa House Ken faux fur robe! I made some minor alterations to the fabulous @shadowonthemoonart ‘s boy pony shirt pattern, and a necklace and bandana! His hair was already trimmed short when I got him, so it was easy to shape into some bangs! The backdrop is from my childhood Barbie house in the 90s! 👠
When I was little there was a line of teeny tiny 4 inch fashion dolls called Glamour Gals that were popular for a couple years in the early 80s. I was obsessed with these dolls made by Kenner and their competition from Mattel called Dazzle Dolls (the Dazzle Dolls were a bit of a cheat, as they used the super pretty and popular Superstar Barbie and Steffie face molds and were effectively just tiny Barbies).
Anyway, this past weekend I found a treasure trove of early 80s tiny doll goodness and have been playing with them nonstop every since.
First are these two Glamour Gals showcase cases, one full of Glamour Gals in full on 80s fashions and the other with Dazzle Dolls also showing off their 80s style:
Also came with the Glamour Gals Party Place, which I wanted desperately as a kid but my parents never bought it for me:
It had the awesome living room with fireplace, a patio with pool, lounge chairs, and grill, and a rad 80s styled bedroom:
Beloved by toy collectors and perverts alike, the Takara Cy Girls line were GI Joe-like 1/6 scale action girl figures, the high point of which was the highly detailed Aurora Space Cop.
Intriguingly, the Cy Girls line is mainly remembered because they were able to make figures of licensed characters, including the only action figure (for the time) of superspy Joanna Dark from the beloved Nintendo 64 first party title, Perfect Dark, as well as Beka Valentine from Gene Roddenberry’s Andromeda (which dates this line to a very specific year).