Private Press 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

1972. London: Trianon Press, 1972. 2 vols., 4to and small 4to, with 20 color plates. Full brown morocco, slipcase, new. § Edition de luxe, one of 50 copies, this copy unnumbered, with additional proof sheets, progressive plates, original stencil, etc. "The text is a clear statement of Blake's beliefs regarding the nature of man. The full… Read more about this item

1971. London: Trianon Press, 1971. 2 vols., 4to and small 4to, with 20 color plates. Quarter brown morocco, slipcase a trifle worn. § Limited to 590 copies, this copy no. 89. Bentley, Blake Books, 202.

1970. London: Trianon Press, 1970. 4to, 10 facsimile leaves and 5 pp. of commentary. Original quarter green morocco, marbled boards, without slipcase. § Limited to 662 copies including 36 de luxe copies numbered I-XXXVI, 600 regular copies numbered 1-600 and 26 copies lettered A-Z reserved for the trustees of the William Blake Trust and the Publishers.… Read more about this item

1931. San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1931. Slim large 4to, [1], 27, [1] pp., title in red and black. Quarter morocco and decorated paper boards, Backstrip partly perished and restored. Internally fine. § One of 200 copies printed at the Windsor Press by the Johnson Brothers. A very attractive book typographically, in a notoriously… Read more about this item

2020. Whittington, UK: Nomad Letterpress and The Society of Wood Engravers, 2020. Folio, 325 x 250 mm, 100 pp., printed on Zerkall mould-made paper using Monotype Perpetua (Series 239) cast by Neil Winter at the Whittington Press in an addition of 340 copies. Numerous illustrations in black and white throughout. § § One of 30… 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

1970. Kentfield: The Allen Press, 1970. Folio, [56] leaves unpaginated. With 24 engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton. Original "Fortuny" cloth, slipcase, near fine with slight dulling to backstrip. Bookplate on half title. § Limited to 140 copies printed on Umbrian paper and decorated with Hebrew calligraphy at the head of each page. Blair Rowlands Hughes-Stanton was a… Read more about this item

1877. [San Francisco: Edward Bosqui, 1877]. San Francisco: John Windle, 1980. Folio, [64] pp. 10 color plates with text. A fine copy in sheets and portfolio as issued. § Limited to 40 copies for sale in sheets (this is copy #131); this exact facsimile of the first California ampelography to show the grapes in superb color… Read more about this item

1911. Portland, Maine: Thomas Mosher, 1911. 12mo, 16pp. Printed in red and black. Original stiff card binding with paper wrapper decorated in red and black. Occasional soiling, small bump to the base of the spine. In the original green printed slipcase, worn. Very good. § A attractive printing by Mosher of Barrie's essay on Meredith. One… 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

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

1980. Boston: The Steinhour Press for the Club of Odd Volumes, 1980. 8vo, 37 pp. Original papered boards with printed label on backstrip. Boards lightly spotted, else fine. Original prospectus laid in. § One of 200 copies. Sidney Ives' lively work on the mysterious affair of the trial of Jane Austen's aunt, Mrs Leigh Perrot, for… Read more about this item

1934. San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1934. Royal 8vo, [4]pp. Original orange wrappers over cardboard. Very slight chipping of top and bottom edge of wrappers, small stain at top right corner of front wrapper, else fine. § One of 250 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press for Gelber, Lilienthal, Inc., December 1934. Copy No. 128. … Read more about this item

2002. San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 2002. 264 pp. Ten duo-tone photographic illustrations and a tipped-in letter. Quarter red cloth and paper wrapped boards. Slipcase. Original prospectus and announcement laid in. A fine copy. § One of 350 copies, designed, composed, and printed letterpress by Peter Koch Printers.

1987. San Francisco: The Arion Press, 1987. Small 4to, 64 pp. Initials drawn and illuminated in red, blue and gold by Thomas Ingmire. Handset deepdene type on paper handmade especially for this edition. Full limp white vellum interlaced with 3 red vellum strips; the covers and spine lettered and decorated in blue. Matching blue slipcase, paper spine… Read more about this item

1877. [San Francisco: Edward Bosqui, 1877]. San Francisco: John Windle, 1980. Folio, [64] pp. 10 color plates with text. A fine copy in sheets and portfolio as issued. § Limited to 40 copies for sale in sheets; this exact facsimile of the first California ampelography to show the grapes in superb color printing was reissued by… Read more about this item

1941. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1941. 8vo, 392 pp. Red sheepskin with letter "A" decoration in black leather only and gilt stamping to upper cover, gilt-stamped black leather label to backstrip. Backstrip slightly scuffed and faded and lightly worn at crown, slipcase with very light shelf wear. Internally fine. § Copy #1290 of… Read more about this item

1940. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1940. 2 vols., 8vo, xxvi, 612 pp. Linoleum cut illustrations printed in two colors. Silver cloth with embossed chainmail design, red lettering to backstrip. Fine in somewhat shelf-worn and stained slipcase. § Copy #1290 of 1500 numbered copies, signed by the designer Allen Lewis. Lewis was born in… Read more about this item

1943. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1943. Small 4to, xxxi, 224 pp. Full red leather with gilt floral decorations to backstrip and both covers. Backstrip slightly faded, slipcase somewhat water-stained, internally a fine copy. § Copy #666 of 1500 copies, signed by the illustrator. "Originally published in 1879, Old Creole Days catapulted Cable to… Read more about this item