In good taste: a small garden of culinary herbs is a miniature book on the pleasures of a personal herb garden. Seventy six copies were made at the Wind and Harlot press in 1988. Since I am fond of herb gardens and have a half dozen full sized books on the subject, I was pleased to select this volume as the first to catalog from the several boxes I brought back recently from California. A check in Bradbury's 20th century United States Miniature Books told me that Robert Baris designed, printed and bound more than a dozen miniature books. A Google search reveals that he continues to print fine press books (regular size) at the "Press on Scroll Road" and also yields a photo of him with one of his presses. So far, I have located nine additional Wind and Harlot publications in my box. All are plain and simple on the outside, and elegantly designed and printed on the inside. Small gardens give pleasure, and "often in a way that far exceeds their size" to quote Mr. Baris. So do small books.
