Social Sciences from John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller

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

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

1782. London: Printed for G. Kearsly, 1782. 4to. 19th century white buckram, red morocco spine label, gilt lettering. Without half-title. Buckram somewhat soiled and a little rubbed; prelims a bit dust-soiled; a very good copy. § First and only edition. Dishing the dirt on the wheeler-dealing of the English nobility. A satire on the Lords Temporal… Read more about this item

1791. Paris: Didot Jeune, 1791. 12mo, 160 pp. original back wrapper, lacking from wrapper, otherwise a fine uncut copy, with the half-title. Preserved in a blue cloth slip-case. § First edition in this form. The text of the constitution of September 3, 1791, as adopted by the Assemblée Nationale, and accepted by King Louis XVI… Read more about this item

1869. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1869. Tall 4to, 251 pp. 8 plates of which 2 are folding. Original brown cloth titled in gilt, skillfully rebacked with original backstrip laid down, boards a little spotted, endpapers and index stained, but a sound copy. § First edition of this careful geographic survey of Alaska. "The information herein conveyed… Read more about this item

1612. A Paris : Chez la veuve Jean du Brayet et Nicolas Rousset, 1612. 16mo, (8), 226 pp. Slightly crude but sound early calf binding with three raised bands, plain backstrip, and red sprinkled edges. Binding lightly worn, a little worming to foot of backstrip and endpapers, some foxing and staining to pages. Top of title page trimmed… Read more about this item

1888. Glasgow: James Maclehose & Sons, St. Vincent Street, Publishers to the University, 1888. Slim 4to, 6 leaves of preliminaries followed by 20 tables on 18 folding plates, printed in black with colour-coded underlinings printed in red, blue, yellow, and green. Publisher's green cloth, lettered in gilt on upper board and backstrip. Binding very lightly bumped and… Read more about this item

1949. Breaking Point, 1949. 8vo, 95 pp. Original red wrappers, printed in black. Near fine. § Four essays by Gershon Legman contrasting popular attitudes towards sex and violence and critiquing what he saw as the hypocrisy of sexual censorship in the United States and the substitution of sadism for sex in its popular culture. For… Read more about this item

1955. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1955. Large 8vo, 97 pp. Publisher's black cloth, pictorial dust jacket, with fold-out pamphlet incorporating some color photography. A near fine copy in a moderately worn dust-jacket with several closed tears and a chip. § First edition. A book of essays edited by Wallace Stegner, written in passionate defense of… Read more about this item

1751. London: John Millan, 1751. Sm. 8vo, 54; 32; 32 pp, each leaf being copper plate engravings of family crests. Original calf, red morocco label, a very good copy upper joint cracked but sound. § First printing -- another edition came out in 1752. A lavishly illustrated collection of British coats of arms with considerable detail… Read more about this item

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

1883. Baltimore: John Murphy & Co., 1883. 8vo, 134 pp. Three quarters dark green morocco ruled in gilt, raised bands, marbled boards and endpapers, top edge gilt. A very good copy, binding lightly rubbed, small chip in one front blank, and another with the trace of 1883 ownership inscription now erased. § Handsomely bound brief… Read more about this item

1949. New Delhi: February 1949. Printed invitation on a letterhead sheet with typewritten additions, approximately 10 x 15 cm. Printed dinner seating plan on letterhead sheet, approximately 12 x 19 cm. In fine condition, attractively framed together. Frame measures 32 x 27 cm. Not examined out of frame. Original mailing envelope for the invitation is affixed to… Read more about this item

1856. Cincinnati: Bangs and Company, 1856. 8vo, 332 pp. Frontis. and 7 plates. Original green cloth, a version of the frontis. stamped in gilt on upper board and in blind on lower board. Backstrip sunned, a few spots on the upper board, foxing throughout, new endpapers. Author identified in pencil on the title page. Very good. … Read more about this item

2019. [Los Angeles: 2019]. Poster printed in pink and black. 16 x 23 inches. Rolled, in a tube, as new. § A scarce piece of ephemera to go with Victoria Dailey's article for The Book Collector, this is the poster that accompanied the article and exhibition at the Steve Turner Gallery (Los Angeles) curated by Victoria… Read more about this item

1818. Paris: P. Blanchard, 1818. 12mo, viii, 264 pp. Six copperplate engravings. Contemporary calf, gilt borders, backstrip decoratively stamped in gilt, backstrip label, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, green ribbon marker. Backstrip lightly rubbed, board corners worn, pages with occasional spotting, but overall a sound, unsophisticated copy with the early ownership signature of Judith Moreau on front… Read more about this item

1818. Paris: P. Blanchard, 1818. 12mo, viii, 264 pp. Six copperplate engravings. Contemporary calf, gilt borders, backstrip decoratively stamped in gilt, backstrip label, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers, yellow ribbon marker. Binding rather rubbed and flaking at crown and foot of backstrip, endpapers toned, pages with occasional spotting, but overall a sound, unsophisticated copy with the signature… 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

2003. NY: Grolier Club, 2003. 4to. Stapled Wraps, [32 pp. ], Very Good. B&W Photographs. § Scarce catalogue of women photographers from Julia Cameron to Sally Mann; cover photo by/of Cindy Sherman as a schoolboy.

1831. Rochester: Published by S. Caddel, Gazette Office, 1831. Lithograph, 5.5 x 7.5 inches. Very good condition, mounted on a piece of worn blue paper. § John Any Bird Bell was the youngest person officially to be hanged in the 19th century, at the age of 14. His crime was the murder of Richard Taylor, aged… Read more about this item