SUCH A STRANGE LADY, A Biography of Dorothy L. Sayers.
New York: Harper & Row, (1975). 177p, boards with cloth spine, illustrated, vg+ in price-clipped dj. 1st US Edition.
BOOKS ON BOOKS
DECORATIVE PAPERS & FABRICS.
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, (1971). 119p, boards, illus. (some in color), previous owner's name on endpaper, vg+ in dj. 1st edition. Inscribed by the author.
BOOK COLLECTING FOR THE FINANCIALLY UNSTABLE.
Norfolk: Warren House Press, (1985). 14p, wraps, frontis, very good. First English edition. Inscribed by "Kenneth". One of 250 copies.
THE COUNTRY PRINTER.
Akron, Oh. Northern Ohio Bibliophilic Society, 2012. 20p, wraps, new. Introduction by Sanford E. Marovitz. Howell's reminiscences of his youth in an Ohio print shop.
RONALD BRUNLEES MCKERROW:. A Selection of His Essays.
Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, 1974. 240p, cloth, illus., vg. The Great Bibliographers Series, No. 1. Index.
THE BOOK IN HISTORY. From Manuscript Volumes to the Present Time.
Buffalo, New York: The Hillside Press, 1985. 67p, 2 1/2" x 2", full leather, marbled endpapers, illustrated, binding slightly cocked, very good. 1 of 300 copies.
THE WHOLE WORLD, Books and Manuscripts on Many Subjects.
1980. Jenkins, John H., et al. THE WHOLE WORLD, Books and Manuscripts on Many Subjects. Catalogue 128. Austin, Tx: The Jenkins Company, 1980. No pagination, 11" x 8 1/2", wraps, cover and pages edges spotted, good.
AN INDEX TO THE NOBS NEWSLETTER, Volume I, Number 1, Winter 1984 -- Volume XIX, Number 4, Fall, 2002.
Akron, OH: Northern Ohio Bibliophilic Society, 2003. No pagination (48p), wraps, very good.
OPTICAL LETTER SPACING FOR NEW PRINTING SYSTEMS.
New York: Sandstone Press, (1976). 40p, 11" x 4 1/2", softcover, illus., vg. Second revised edition. In London published by The Wynkyn de Worde Society.
BOOKBINDING MADE EASY.
New York: Bruce Publishing, (1941. 84p, cloth, illustrated, vg+ in torn price-clipped dj.
A SOCRATIC DIALOGUE. Wrongfontia.
Cleveland: The Rowfant Club, 1949. Liggett, Carr & J. S. Newman. A SOCRATIC DIALOGUE. Wrongfontia. 14p, wrappers, covers lightly soiled and faded, very good. No.100 of 200 copies. "Wrongfontias: A Semi-Occasional Publication of the Rowfant Club, no. 1, Aug. 1949." Both Liggett and Newman (1891-1960) were Club Members. Liggett ran.....
THE ART OF THE BOOK IN SWEDEN, Five Centuries of Printing.
Stockholm, Sweden: Swedish Institute, (1983). 31p, 5 3/4" x 8" (oblong), wraps, illus., vg.
HART CRANE, AN INTRODUCTION.
1979. (OHIO AUTHORS) Lindsay, Clarence B. HART CRANE, AN INTRODUCTION. Columbus: The State Library of Ohio, (1979). 30p, wraps, vg. Ex library copy.
WIND-FALLS. Two Hundred and Odd.
No place: no date. 6 1/8" x 4 1/4", not numbered, front board detached, edges worn, name stamp, "Library of Richard Mather," fair. No real identification, but verso of title has notation "A.P.P. 500." (Appledore Private Press. 500 copies). Sills No. 2. Collection of quotations from various dramas...
VOYAGES AND TRAVELS, Vol. 3, Parts VIII & IX, Catalogue No. 788.
London: Maggs Bros. 1949. p481 - 584, wraps, illustrated, good. Catalogue of rare books on travel and voyages with detailed descriptions in many cases and prices. This part contains item 1973 to 2332.
PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR, A SINGER OF SONGS.
1979. (OHIO AUTHORS) Martin, Herbert Woodward. PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR, A SINGER OF SONGS. Columbus: The State Library of Ohio, (1979). 25p, wraps, vg. Ex library copy.
PERHAPS THE GREATEST INCOMPARABLE AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN THE WORLD.
Akron, OH: Northern Ohio Bibliophilic Society, 1986. 15p, wrappers, fine. One of 150 copies, signed by author. A paper delivered on May 24, 1986, at a meeting of the Society. Matthews was a noted professor, novelist, and bookseller. The marbled paper used for the wraps was made by J. Sobota.....
RARE BOOK LORE, Selections from the Letters of Ernest J. Wessen.
Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, (1992). 253p, cloth, vg+. 1st edition. Signed by the author.
FREDSON BOWERS AND THE IRISH WOLFHOUND.
Tipperary, Ireland: Coracle, 2002. 82p, cloth with small inset of Irish Wolfhound, illustrated, illustrated endpapers, very good. First edition. Essays on the Irish book.
MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, (1914). 266p, cloth with paper illustration on front, illustrated, paper lightly browned, dust jacket with light soiling and small pieces missing from edges, book very good plus. Early edition (May, 1914). Ghost written by Willa Cather. Scarce in dust jacket.
VICTORIAN BOOK DESIGN, & Colour Printing.
London: Faber & Faber, 1963. 182p, cloth, illus., vg in price-clipped dj with a few spots. 1st edition. Index.
THE GIANT BIBLE OF MAINZ, 500TH ANNIVERSARY. April Fourth, Fourteen Fifty-Two, April Fourth, Nineteen Fifty-Two.
No Place, The Library of Congress, 1952. 31p, wraps, illustrated, very good.
MY WORLD OF BIBLIOPHILE BINDING.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1984. 216p, 13 1/2" x 10 1/2", cloth, color illustrations, fine in near fine slipcase. First edition, inscribed by Miuri. Laid in are two errata slips. 46p of detailed information on binding techniques. Followed by beautiful color illustrations of the fine bookbindings.
BOOK-COLLECTING AS A HOBBY, In a Series of Letters to Everyman.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1947. 181p, cloth, illus., small light stain to page edges, previous owner's name on endpaper, vg in worn dj. 1st US edition. Index.
THOMAS FROGNALL DIBDIN: Selections.
Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, 1978. 245p, cloth, frontis, page edges foxed, o/w very good. Great Bibliographers Series, No. 3.