Teeny Tiny Gnome Tomes
Bedtime Stories Antiquarian & Collectible Picture Book Folklore Fantasy Fairy Tale Miniature Book
“Teeny Tiny Gnome Tomes” is the long-out-of-print miniature boxed set that gathers Wil Huygen and Rien Poortvliet’s most beloved gnome picture books into one palm-sized library. Each of the four scaled-down hardcovers—exact replicas of the full-size editions—delivers the same museum-quality watercolor art and gentle folklore that made Gnomes an international classic, yet the 3½" format lets bedtime readers tuck an entire world of toadstools, moonlit meadows and kindly forest folk into a diaper bag or display shelf. The set is packaged in its original decorated slipcase, making it a covetable collector’s piece for vintage children’s literature lovers while still sturdy enough for nightly story time with toddlers.
What makes this particular copy special is condition: every page in all four volumes remains crisp, bright and free of the scribbles, corner folds or cracked hinges that plague most 1980s children’s productions. The miniature books themselves are tight and unread-looking; the only wear is light scuffing to the outer slipcase and a small mark to the first leaf of the “Little Gnome Facts” booklet—minor cosmetic flaws that keep the set priced below pristine-market while still display-worthy. No inscriptions, no book-plates, no ex-library stamps; just clean, collectible gnome magic ready to gift or shelve.
Because the title has never been re-issued in this micro format, complete slip-cased sets are increasingly scarce, especially in English. Parents searching for heirloom bedtime stories, artists seeking pint-sized reference for gnome illustration, or collectors building a fantasy/miniature book library will all rank this among the hardest-to-find Huygen/Poortvliet offerings. Secure it now and you own a fairy-sized piece of picture-book history that delights everyone from infants mesmerized by the tiny pages to adults who remember the original Gnomes bestseller craze.
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