Books About Books from John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller

2023. New York: The Grolier Club, 2023. 8vo, 160 pp. illustrated in color, Quarter brown gilt-stamped morocco with brown cloth boards; with an additional cloth portfolio containing numerous original bookplates, the two together in the original card slip case. Subscriber's copy ephemera and errata slip laid in. As new. § Deluxe edition, subscriber's Copy W. "A… Read more about this item

1786. Printed at Worcester, MA, by Isaiah Thomas, and sold at his book-store... 1786. 8vo, 224, (1, ads)pp. Contemporary calf, marbled endpapers; boards considerably worn and darkened with loss of gilt tooling, rehinged, evidence of removal from rear pastedown, contents toned, tear with loss of text to foot of. pp.217-224. Bookplate of William John MacDonell. §… Read more about this item

1976. Northampton, MA: J. P. Dwyer, 1976. 8vo, 77pp. illustrated. Quarter brown morocco, marbled boards. as new, backstrip very slghtly faded. § Unique copy, out of series (but of the de luxe edition of 50 copies), inscribed by Leonard Baskin to his sister Pearl (Rabinowitz)" "Artist's copy. Pearl with Leonard's love. Leeds 1984.

1998. Charlottesville: Books Rats Press, 1998. Small 8vo, 48pp, illustrated and with an actual sample of (red) cloth. Original brown wrappers, white printed paper label on upper cover. As new. § "An Exhibition from the Collection of Calvin P. Otto on Display in the Rotunda of the University of Virginia. Near fine. Most of the design… Read more about this item

1821. London: W. Bulmer and W. Nicol, Shakespeare Press, and Sold by Payne and Foss, Longman, Hurst and Co. J. and A. Arch, R. H. Evans, R. Triphook, and John Major, 1821. 3 vols., large thick 8vo, (iv), xxv, (xxvi blank), [v] vi blank], 462, lxxix+(i), index; (iv), 555+(1); (iv), 392.297-622, lxii pp (lacking half-titles). 83 plates… Read more about this item

2014. The Grolier Club, 2014. 4to (11 x 8.25 inches), 318, [9] pp. numerous color illustrations, many tipped in. Hightower and Koch Antiquarian types. Design and typography by Jerry Kelly. Quarter blue morocco and decorated boards, titled in gilt, slipcase. As new § De luxe edition, limited to 50 copies with an original leaf from the… Read more about this item

1814. London: Printed for the Author, by W. Bulmer and Co. and published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Co.; T. Payne; White & Cochrane; John Murray; and J. & A. Arch, 1814-1815. 4 vols., large 4to, ix, lii, i, 383; 503; 509, [3]; vii, 509, lxxvii pp., with 22 plates including one double-page, as called for, and… Read more about this item

1921. 1910s-1920s. 52 items from a variety of presses and publishers. A complete itemized list with condition notes is available on request. § An extensive collection of books, broadsides, and ephemera showcasing the illustrations of Claud Lovat Fraser (1890-1921), English artist, designer, and author, and one of the three men behind the private press The Sign… Read more about this item

1901. Gouverneur, New York: Brothers of the Book, 1901. 8vo, [57]pp. Original gray boards and pictorial label on the upper board, untrimmed. 10 facsimilies of bookplates tipped in. Boards a little soiled; cracked along joints but sound. § Inscribed by the author. Number 7 of 350 copies. An attractive and informative work on bookplates designed for… Read more about this item

1933. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1933. 8vo, 235 pp., limited to 1351 copies, this copy no 403, with full color frontispiece and 8 black and white illustrations. Folding facsimile of Lamb's "Dream Children" inserted into pocket on the rear pastedown. Cloth backed spine lettered in dark blue, blue boards with embossed design featuring Poseidon to upper… Read more about this item

1840. c. 1840. Proof on india paper mounted on wove paper (image 247 x 342 mm, wove sheet 360 x 485 mm), engraved signature "Aubert pere" [sic]. Considerable foxing to the wove paper, some foxing and spotting to the engraving. § Proof print of an unfinished engraving of what surely must be the scene from Book… Read more about this item

2019. The Book Club of California, 2019. Large 4to (9 x 12.25 inches), 192 pp. Illustrated with color and black and white photographs. Publisher's brown boards with gray linen backstrip, photo portrait of Mora mounted on upper board, backstrip lettered in brown, slipcase. As new. § Unnumbered copy of the regular edition, comprising 295 copies signed… Read more about this item

1723. Saint Omer: Par Martin Dominique Fertel, Imprimeur & Marchand Libraire, 1723. 4to, [20], 292, [9, index, additions, errata] pp. Numerous tables and facsimile title pages, 2 in-text illustrations and 5 folding plates (see below). 19th century brown quarter leather with brown publisher's cloth over boards; marbled endpapers and edges. Binding a little worn and bumped but… Read more about this item

1994. San Francisco: John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller, 1994. Single leaf contained in a cloth-backed boards portfolio with an inserted 4-page essay printed at the Arion Press. The leaf is loose so it can be removed for framing or display. Portfolio boards a little soiled, leaf with some minor soiling in the outer margins and the red ink… Read more about this item

1818. London: Printed for Sherwood, Neeley and Jones, 1818. 8vo, xii, 190, (1) pp. complete with addenda and publisher's catalogue on terminal leaf. An untrimmed copy in a sympathetic modern binding of half calf with backstrip lettered in gilt and brown cloth sides. Some staining and what even may be charring to the outer margins which is… Read more about this item

1770. Nuremberg: c. 1770-1800. Full sheet, 15 x 12 ins., folded once as always. Matted: in perfect condition. § A superb example of a full sheet of Dutch gilt paper, used for endpapers or (later) bindings on chapbooks, signed at the bottom edge PAUL REYMUND NURNBERG NO. 19. It is a floral diamond pattern on uncolored… Read more about this item

1970. San Francisco: Printed by Andrew Hoyem, 1977. Royal 8vo, [11]pp. Printed in black and red. Original orange printed wrappers, thread bound. Very light staining and creasing to wrappers, very good. § One of 125 copies. Presented to members of the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco on the occasion of their meeting January 18, 1977. The… Read more about this item

1936. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1936. 8vo, xiv, 55 pp. Blue cloth spine lettered in gilt, decorated paper boards. Paper rubbed and worn at foot of boards, a few age spot to the endpapers; very good. § Preface by Francis de Miomandre. "This manuscript was originally written by Maurice Robert and published under the… Read more about this item

1936. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1936. 8vo, 29 pp. Text printed within red borders; marginal notes and illustrations printed in blue. Quarter red cloth and blue paper-covered boards. Board corners lightly worn, text unmarked; a very good copy. § A chapter taken from Jackson's longer work The Anatomy of Bibliomania, first published in 1930, here… Read more about this item

1812. London: W. Bulmer and Co. Cleveland-Row, St. James's, 1812. 8vo, 17, [3], [iv], 284 (i.e. 283)pp. Original blue wrappers bound into later quarter parchment and gray boards. A few pencil notes of prices and a summary of some prices in the same hand at the back, ink signature on title "Thos. Fox" dated London 1812 in… Read more about this item