BOOKING PLEASURES.
Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, (1996). 185p, cloth, vg+ in dj. 1st edition. Signed by the author.
Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, (1996). 185p, cloth, vg+ in dj. 1st edition. Signed by the author.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, (1977). 317p, cloth, illustrated, foxing on page edges, dust jacket, good. Matthews was a professor of English at Ohio University as well as a book collector and book seller.
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.....
Tipperary, Ireland: Coracle, 2002. 82p, cloth with small inset of Irish Wolfhound, illustrated, illustrated endpapers, very good. First edition. Essays on the Irish book.
London: Longmans, Green and Co. for The British Council, (1951). 48p, softcover, illustrated, small tears at spine, good.
Chicago: Privately Printed, 1938. 24p, wraps, illus., vg.
Charlotte, NC: Stone Publishing Co., (1922). 189p, bandana-like cloth with black & white paper label, illus., light edge wear, lightly faded spine, vg. Later printing.
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.
Wilkes-Barre, PA: Sordoni Art Gallery, Wilkes University, (1999). 68p, 11" x 8 1/2" (oblong), color pictorial softcover, color illustrations, vg+. Signed by S. A. Neff, Jr.
Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, 1978. 245p, cloth, frontis, page edges foxed, o/w very good. Great Bibliographers Series, No. 3.
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1930. Gluyas Williams. 251p, cloth, illustrated by Gluyas Williams, vg+.
London: Scolar Press, (1978). 232p, 10" X 7", cloth, illus., fine in torn dj. First edition. Index.
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1992. 250p, decorated cloth, illustrated (some in color), corner slightly bumped o/w vg+. 1st edition. Index.
Evanstone, Illinois: The Schori Press, 1989. No pagination, 2 5/8" x 2 1/8", leather, illustrated, very good. Cartoons reprinted from old issues of The Inland Printer magazine.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1926. 316p, decorated cloth, top edge gilt, illustrated, color frontis, very good. First trade edition.
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1927. 290p, decorated cloth, top edge gilt, illustrated, color frontis, bookplate neatly removed, very good. First trade edition.
Houston, TX: The Museum of Fine Arts, 1980. 48p, 9" x 12", pictorial softcover, black & white illustrations, covers very lightly soiled, cover corner creased, vg. Exhibition Catalog.
New York: Employing Bookbinders of America, Inc., (1927). Selden Irwin. 451p, cloth, illus., drawings by Selden Irwin, some fold-out illus., fine. 1st edition. Appendix, Glossary.
Northgates, England: Dryad Press, (1979). 40p, softcover, illus., covers worn on rear wrap, o/w vg.
Peoria: The Manual Arts Press, 1940.1919. 160p, linen, illus., vg in worn dj.
Chicago: The Inland Printer Company, 1924. 425p, cloth, illustrated, color plate of marbled book edges and insert of gilt stamped book cloth, very good. Revised edition of Bookbinding and Its Auxiliary Branches.
Chicago: The Inland Printer Company, 1914. 90p, boards with cloth spine, illustrated, light edge wear, vg. 1st edition.
(La Jolla, California): The Green Tiger Press, (1972). 60p, paperback, illustrated, rear cover soiled with two corners creased, good. Black and white illustrations and many tipped on color illustrations.
London: Privately Printed, 1959. 24p, wraps with printed label, illustrated, light wear to cover, very good.
Akron, Oh. Northern Ohio Bibliophilic Society, 2003. 34p, wraps, new. An interview conducted by Ron Antonucci. Hayman was a legendary dealer in Americana, especially the Midwest and Ohio.