John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller

This week thousands of California schoolchildren are seeing the insides of their classrooms for the first time in a year (although many more remain at home) and with thoughts on childhoods past and present we present this list of children's books. Longer (and even more colorful!) than usual, it includes children's literature, picture books, and books to educate. Follow the link for more - https://mailchi.mp/johnwindle/el13-bibliography-5008645

Bibliography can be beautiful too... see our latest list containing significant bibliographies and sales catalogues (many annotated), fine scholarly facsimiles, and an array of books and autograph letters by Thomas Frognall Dibdin. - https://mailchi.mp/johnwindle/el13-bibliography

New list out today: The Arts of the American West - https://mailchi.mp/c6f7678b15dc/tokyo2020-3772129

God Help Us! 30 Books on Religion *|https://www.johnwindle.com/images/upload/el-10-finalweb.pdf|* Our latest list features 30 books and leaves inspired by the Abrahamic religions. Highlights include a magnificent Baskerville Bible, Johann Scheuchzer's monumental attempt to reconcile Enlightenment science with scripture, a super deluxe copy of Ben Shahn's Haggadah, and a Book of Common Prayer, bound for the Duke of Chandos.

London Firsts Online - New Highlights! - https://mailchi.mp/3b0607a3dd40/tokyo2020-3731613

London Firsts Online - Now Open! - https://mailchi.mp/eae65946c986/tokyo2020-3730665

Serious, Sensational, Satirical: 34 Victorian Books - our new list out today. It was the best of literature, it was the worst of literature... - https://mailchi.mp/7afb18d89d69/victorianbooks

Poets, pirates, and printmakers... there's something for everyone in our new e-list out today: 25 Books, Prints, and Original Artworks from a Private Collection - https://mailchi.mp/ee4b8c85f701/tokyo2020-3712373

THE SHOWS MUST GO ON(LINE). Get ready for two virtual book fairs next week: Firsts Online & the ABAA Virtual Book Fair - https://mailchi.mp/3e7652fbd733/recent-acquisitions-3697693 #abaavbf #firstslondon #bookfair

This is the first example of an institution forming a collection relating to COVID-19 and the global lockdown that we have heard of and it’s fabulous! Has anyone heard of any others?

Please join us this Friday through Saturday for a new experiment in bookselling! As members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association, we will be exhibiting in the IOBA Virtual Rare Book Fair later this week, May 15-17. Virtual doors will open at 1pm EST / 4pm PST. Around 50 dealers from four continents will be staffing online booths, available live via phone and messaging platforms for your questions during fair hours. More details at IOBAbookfair.com

If there’s one thing antiquarians are good at it’s moving with the times.