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[Small Handbill]: Notice. How to Open a Book
Published by [No publisher, 1920
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Association Member: ABAA ESA ILAB IOBA
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
First Edition
Unbound. Condition: Fine. Small handbill. One sheet of thin coated paper measuring 3½" x 5½", printed recto only. Tiny nick on one edge else fine. From Matthews' 1885 Grolier Club lecture *Modern Bookbinding Practically Considered*, the first paragraph instructs the reader on the proper way to open a book and the second tells the sad story of when a good customer of the well-known binder decidedly did *not* know how to open a book: "'How beautifully your bindings open!' I almost fainted. He had broken the back of the volume and it had to be rebound." No publication information printed, but a handsome and ephemeral little survivor that we think might look nice framed.
