Fine Bindings & Sets from John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller

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

1932. Haarlem: Printed by Joh. Eschede en Zonen for Harrison of Paris, 1932. 323 x 144 mm (9 1/8 x 5 5 /8 inches), 239, [1] pp. Handsome modern black morocco by Betty Lou Chaika (stamp-signed "B E C K" on rear turn-in), covers with raised lines forming a grid of 12 squares, six squares on each… Read more about this item

1894. London: Elkin Matthews and John Lane, 1894. Small 4to, [22] ff., unpaginated, illustrated throughout by Ricketts. Washed and cleaned to remove all the inevitable spotting always found, and rebound in stiff vellum retaining the elaborate gilt covers designed by Ricketts; printed on Arnold unbleached hand-made paper with green printed initials and russet headlines and full-page illustrations. … Read more about this item

1952. Lyon: Guillaume Roville, 1581. 2 vols. in one, thick 8vo, 339, 54 index; title-page, 154, [10 index]pp. Title-page with the printer's device, verso arms of Du Choul, 602 figures of which 4 are full-page, in the first part and 37 full-page illustrations in the second. Woodcuts by Pierre Eckirsch also known as Pierre Vase or Cruche.… Read more about this item

1952. Lyon: Simon Vincent, 1511. Squat 4to, 8, 281, [1] ff. Below the heading is a woodcut. Below the title is a printer's mark, and below this a fleur-de-lis in red. Title in black and red. Bound by Aarom von Hemmersbach in a colored tattoo binding with the bust of Cicero on the upper cover and a… Read more about this item

1935. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1935. 3 vols. 8vo. Original blue cloth, decorated in gilt, top edge stained blue. A very good copy, vol.1 cloth slightly sunned in the original, lightly worn, card slipcase. § Edition of 1500 copies designed for reading by George Macy and printed at the printing office of the Limited Editions… Read more about this item

1926. London: John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd. 1926. 8vo, lxxxiv, 454, (14) pp. Full polished green calf gilt by Riviere and Son, backstrip with red leather labels and fish ornaments, gilt turn-ins, block printed endpapers, all edges gilt. Backstrip and upper board faded, joints lightly rubbed, internally fine. § An attractive and very readable edition… Read more about this item

1875. Edinburgh: William Paterson; London: H. Sotheran & Co., 1875. 8vo, xxii, 295 pp. Large paper copy handsomely bound by Lloyd in full polished calf with triple gilt fillet, richly gilt backstrip with green and red labels, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Backstrip and joints a little worn, a few scuffs on the lower board,… Read more about this item

1894. London: Macmillan and Co., 1894. 8vo, (xxxii), 163 pp. Original dark green cloth richly stamped in gilt with pictorial designs gilt edges. Very lightly rubbed, scattered foxing within, a very good copy. § Ten traditional songs and verses selected and introduced by Austin Dobson: Coridon's Song, Morning in London, A hunting we will go!, et… Read more about this item

1893. London: Macmillan and Co., 1893. 8vo, xxxi, 236 pp. With 130 illustrations by Brock. Dark green cloth, dark green endpapers, a.e.g., with pictorial decorations in gilt. A fine copy. § A fine "Cranford" volume with binding design and illustrations by a young Charles E. Brock. The work was assessed by Joseph Pennell in his Pen… Read more about this item

1812. London: Nichols, son, and Bentley, 1812-1816 and 1817-1858. 17 vols, thick 8vo, numerous engraved portrait plates (some folding) throughout both sets. Uniformly bound in contemporary russia gilt, marbled edges a superb set in almost flawless condition with only a couple of joints with small splits. Bookplate of Joseph Neeld in each volume. § Sets of… Read more about this item

1894. London: Jarrold & Sons, 1894 [c.1898]. Sm. 8vo, vi (ads, including pastedown), x, [9]-346, (ix)-xxvii (ads, including pastedown) pp. With 75 black and white illustrations by Rackham plus illustrations by other artists. Original blue cloth, lettered in red and black, upper board with the image of sunrise behind an island with windmill in several colors. Lightly… Read more about this item

1883. London: Bell, 1883. 6 vols, sm. 8vo, full green crushed morocco extra, red moire silk endpapers, dentelles, a fine set bound by Riviere with the backstrips uniformly faded (as always) to brown. § Second edition, with alterations in the Text and Glossary. With a Memoir by Sir Harris Nicolas. Issued in the Aldine Edition of… Read more about this item

1865. London: William Tegg, n.d. [c. 1865]. Thick royal 8vo, civ, 767 pp. With a frontispiece and 7 full-page plates on stiff paper. De luxe binding of full red hardgrain morocco extra, gilt-panelled backstrip, gilt edges, a very superior de luxe binding in fine condition. § A splendid copy of the collected poetical works of Milton.… Read more about this item

1760. London, 1760. 9 vols. 8vo, with an engraved frontispiece in vols. 1 and 3. Contemporary calf, generally rubbed and lacking one label, in a new custom case by Coriander Reisbord. § Fifth edition of vol. 1, second edition of vols. 2 and 3; vols. 5, 7, and 9 signed by Laurence Sterne as required. With… Read more about this item

1904. London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1904. 8vo (214 x 154 mm), (iv), 310 pp. Contemporary morocco in Arts and Crafts style with gilt rules, oak leaves and dots, gilt title on upper cover and backstrip, gilt turn-ins, all edges gilt, extremities lightly rubbed, backstrip slightly sunned, hint of moisture here and there in the lower margins, otherwise… Read more about this item

1893. London: Quaritch, 1893. 3 vols., large 8vo., profusely illustrated. In original green cloth with extensive gilt stampings of Blake designs to covers in bright condition, although spines now a little dulled with rubbing to edges and spine ends. All volumes very clean internally, with traces of dustiness to the uncut page edges. § First edition… Read more about this item

1806. London: Printed for J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church-Yard; and Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, Paternoster-Row, 1806. Three vols., 8vo., xiv, [1]-440, [36 index]; vi, [1]-468; [x], [1]-552 pp., one engraved frontis portrait and three vignette titles, 12 engraved plates as issued, some fold-out, and one fold-out table. Contemporary half calf hand tooled in blind, and marbled… Read more about this item

1805. London: C. and J. Rivington, 1805. 10 volumes, royal 8vo, with a portrait frontispiece of Shakespeare and 37 separate engravings after drawings by Fuseli by Neagle, Cromek, Rhodes, Dodsley, and two by William Blake. Original calf, rather worn with some hinges cracked. Gilt on raised backstrip, also rather worn. Volume 1 has some cracking to spine.… Read more about this item

1900. London: 1900. 8vo, 20 pp. With 26 photographic plates of Prideaux's bindings. Original blue boards, upper cover titled in black, cloth backstrip, a fine copy. § Limited to 200 copies but very scarce and rarely found is acceptable condition. It was printed by the author and her friend and colleague the great binder Katherine Adams… Read more about this item