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The House Mouse: translated from Mouse Squeaks 2023
4.5 x 4.4 x 1.3 cm (book measurement (conservation)) | RCIN 1171603
Dame Jacqueline Wilson (b. 1945)
The House mouse / translated from Mouse Squeaks by Jacqueline Wilson 2023
Dame Jacqueline Wilson (b. 1945)
The House mouse / translated from Mouse Squeaks by Jacqueline Wilson 2023
Dame Jacqueline Wilson (b. 1945)
The Residents : a poem / by A. N. Wilson 2023
Dame Jacqueline Wilson (b. 1945)
1171619+1171615+1171603+unidentfied+1171611 group with hand.tif 2023
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This book is part of the Modern-Day Miniature Library, a contemporary collection of miniature handwritten and hand-bound books which has been assembled to celebrate 100 years since Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House was completed in 1924.
Of the nearly 600 books placed on the shelves of the Dolls' House Library in the 1920s, over 170 are tiny manuscripts handwritten by the most notable authors of the time. Together, these create a time capsule of literary culture.
Echoing the process of a century ago, today's writers were again asked to write by hand in miniature format. Their little pages were bound by leading contemporary designer-binders. After being displayed in an exhibition at Windsor Castle during 2024, the new collection of doll-size books will be kept together in the Royal Library.
This story, specially written for the modern collection of miniature books, has been ‘translated from Mouse Squeaks’ by Jacqueline Wilson. It is one of two of the new collection of manuscripts to be set in Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House. It has been bound by Eri Funazaki, a Fellow of Designer Bookbinders.Provenance
Book handwritten by Dame Jacqueline Wilson and sent to the Royal Library in June 2023. Binding hand-bound by Eri Funazaki and received by the Royal Library in November 2023. The manuscript and binding were given in celebration of the centenary of Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House.
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Measurements
4.5 x 4.4 x 1.3 cm (book measurement (conservation))
7.5 x 5.3 x 1.0 cm (historic measurement)
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Alternative title(s)
The House mouse / translated from Mouse Squeaks by Jacqueline Wilson.