Rare books from John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller

8vo. London: Bohn, 1832. 8vo, [1-5], 6-102pp, with the errata slip at p. 17 and the . Original pink boards, brown paper backstrip, with original printed label on upper cover. Slight waterstaining around board edges, otherwise a fine copy with the bookplate and pencil notes of Michael Sadleir and another at the front. § First edition. 100 copies of the large-paper edition printed, so stated on the verso of the title-page [A1b] ‘Of this Pamphlet there are 100 Copies printed upon | LARGE PAPER—for the sake of “those whom it may con- | cern.”’ This note is also printed in the regular issue, the quantity of which is unknown. Jackson notes copies with an errata slip tipped-in at p.17, present in this copy. There is an additional slip at p.90 of the same size and style as the errata slip, which reads ‘Page 90. | A Copper-plate Engraving, in the line manner, of ARCHBISHOP | PARKER’S Salt Cellar—of one half the size of the original—may | be had of the Publisher, price 2s. 6d.’ in… Read More

4to. London: Printed for T. Cadell, 1784. 4to, recent full calf period style, brown leather label, gilt rules and lettering. Half title present. § First edition. A collection of 5 plays by William Hayley, the friend of William Blake. Signed at top of title-page by Francis Hopkinson, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and an important participant in the political, legal, and cultural activities of Colonial and Revolutionary America. Hopkinson was an accomplished writer, musician, and artist, and his allegory on pre-Revolutionary events, "A Pretty Story" (1774) is considered the first work of American fiction.