Literature from John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller

1939. New York: Viking, 1939. 8vo, 619 pp. Original beige cloth with pictorial decoration in brown, unclipped dust-jacket. A fine copy in a near fine dust-jacket, unusually bright with only a few touches of abrasion and a hint of shelfwear to the ends of the folds. § First edition, with the price and 'First Edition' statement… Read more about this item

2021. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2021. 8vo, 303 pp. Publisher's black boards in illustrated dust-jacket with "Signed First Edition" sticker. A near fine copy, lower corner of upper board slightly bumped. § First American edition, signed by the author on the front blank. Ishiguro's seventh novel, in which he turns to dystopian science fiction… Read more about this item

2000. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. 8vo, (8), 337 pp. Publisher's yellow boards with brown backstrip, with the unclipped, illustrated dust-jacket. A fine, inscribed copy. § First American edition, signed and inscribed "to Dan," by the author on the title-page. British writer Kazuo Ishiguro won the 1989 Booker Prize for The Remains of the… Read more about this item

2005. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. 8vo, 288 pp. Publisher's speckled cream boards with blue backstrip in the unclipped, illustrated dust-jacket. A fine, signed copy. § First American edition, signed by the author on the title-page. Ishiguro's sixth novel, set in an alternate England where human cloning has been normalized. It was shortlisted for the… Read more about this item

1980. London: August, 22, [1988?] and January, 26, 1989. 2 letters and a stitched booklet. First letter, 1pp. dated August 22nd [1988?], c.26 handwritten lines on personal letterhead, fine condition. Second letter, 1pp. dated January 26, 1989, 17 typewritten lines on Temenos letterhead with the original stamped envelope, fine condition. What is Man? Cambridge: Golganooza Press, 1980:… Read more about this item

1859. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1859. Sm. 8vo, [8], 9-381, (2, ads)pp. With a frontispiece and 7 plates by Frank Bellew. Original pebbled brown cloth, covers blind-stamped with oval design within a rectangle. A little faded and worn, generally a very good copy of a fragile book printed on cheap paper in a cheap cloth binding. … Read more about this item

1940. New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1940. 8vo, 393 pp. Beige cloth, lettered and illustrated in blue, lacking dust jacket. Signed by the Kent on the front free endpaper and by a later owner, "John S Perl MD" on the title page. Very good. § "Special Edition for Friday Inc." An attractive, signed copy of… Read more about this item

1874. London: Vanity Fair, November 21, 1874. Color lithographic portrait after a watercolor painting by Pellegrini. Image size: 12 x 7 inches (30.5 x 18cm). Matted in a museum board. Printed by Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Lith. Fine. § This portrait of the English poet (1837-1909) emphasizes his diminutive stature, oversized head, and shambling posture.… Read more about this item

1901. New York: Macmillan and Co., 1900. 8vo, xxxii; 276; [4]pp. ads. With illustrations by Hugh Thomson. Original rose cloth with decorative front cover and backstrip richly gilt. Top edge gilt. Slight wear at spine ends. A very good copy just slightly faded, in a lovely trade binding. Bookplate of Meta G. Knight. § First edition,… Read more about this item

1797. London: Printed for J. Bell, 1797. 8vo, (4), 220 pp. Lacking front blank. Contemporary half calf, gilt lettered label on backstrip, skillfully rehinged; boards worn, title page toned, light stain in top margins, but generally a sound copy with interesting marks of early provenance (see below). § From the library of Lord Dunmore, last… Read more about this item

1863. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1863. 8vo, (1), 375, 16 (ads)pp. Publisher's blindstamped cloth, brown coated endpapers; backstrip sunned, a touch of fraying to the backstrip ends, 8mm closed tear in front free endpaper; very good. § First edition. A novelized memoir of travels in the Pacific Northwest by Connecticut-born writer and abolitionist Theodore Winthrop. Winthrop… Read more about this item

1990. July 1990 and March 1993. Two one-page letters in the original airmail envelopes. The first typewritten and hand signed with extensive manuscript postscript, the second written in ink. Letters creased as expected; the stamp has been clipped from one of the two envelopes; very good. § Two letters written by Rumer Godden to an admirer,… Read more about this item

1957. Paris: The Olympia Press, 1957. 8vo, 172 pp. Original publisher's stiff green wrappers. A near fine copy with sharp corners and clean pages; light spotting to top text block edge. § Number 33 in the Traveller's Companion series, with "Francs 1.200" above "Francs 900" blacked out on lower cover. Iris Owens wrote five erotic novels… Read more about this item

1956. Paris: The Olympia Press, 1956. 8vo, 173, (3) pp. Original publisher's stiff green wrappers. A near fine copy with sharp corners and clean pages; light spotting to top text block edge and just a hint of shelfwear to the foot of the spine. § Number 32 in the Olympia Press Traveller's Companion series, with "Francs… Read more about this item

1959. Paris: The Olympia Press, 1959. 8vo. Original publisher's stiff green wrappers, without the illustrated dust-jacket. A near fine copy with sharp corners and clean pages; moderate spotting to top text block edge and a small, faint stain on the lower wrapper. § First edition, first printing with original price "Francs 1.500" and "Not to be… Read more about this item

1961. New York: The Viking Press, 1961. 8vo, 433 pp. Original quarter cloth and blue patterned boards; a fine copy in a near fine unclipped dust-jacket ($5.00) with just a hint of rubbing to the extremities and sunning to the rear panel. § First edition.

1883. [England]: William Simpson, 1883. 8vo, 49 pp. containing pasted and tipped in manuscript and printed sheets including 10 pp. autograph MS signed by Simpson; 2 pp. ALS from George Grove to Simpson; 2 pp. ALS from Alfred "Hajj" Browne to Simpson; 2 pp. ALS from Father A. Richardson to Simpson; various manuscript transcriptions by Simpson of… Read more about this item

1962. New York: The Viking Press, 1962. 8vo, 306, 1, pp. Original orange cloth, a very good, square copy; shadows of tape marks on upper and lower boards and a stain on rear endpaper. In the original unclipped dust-jacket priced $5.95; lightly faded else very good. § First edition, signed by Stegner on the half title.… Read more about this item

1803. London: Printed for T. N. Longman and O. Rees, 1803. 12mo, iv, 185, (3, ads) pp. Engraved frontispiece. Old worn calf, recently rebacked with endpapers renewed, preserving original boards. Clipped bookplate of Oliver H Perry on front pastedown and his signature in two other places; old manuscript note and stamp of E. Vinton on front blank.… Read more about this item

1788. London: Printed for A. Strahan; and T. Cadell 1788. 2 vols in one. 8vo, [2], xv, [1, blank], 397, [1]; xi, [1, blank], 424 pp. Without errata and initial blank, as often. Contemporary tree calf, rebacked preserving the original smooth backstrip and red morocco label. Bookplate of Alfred Sutro. Boards a little scarred, occasional spotting, chip… Read more about this item