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ABAA membership is a privilege extended only to those booksellers who have demonstrated the highest levels of professionalism, ethics, and expertise in the trade. Our more than four hundred members hail from an impressively diverse array of backgrounds. Some have spent their entire careers in the book business, while others have been lighthouse keepers, poets, helicopter pilots, and professional musicians. Some members own brick-and-mortar shops, some operate internet-only businesses from their home or office, some fashion livelihoods from exhibiting at book fairs. Many combine these retail strategies, or add services such as appraising and collection development. A few earn additional income and professional prestige from research and writing. But all our members share an appreciation for the printed page and for the scholarly and ethical practices which exemplify professional bookselling. ...

John Windle, Antiquarian Bookseller

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John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller

San Francisco, CA
http://www.johnwindle.com/

Books and manuscripts in all fields, especially medieval manuscripts; California, Hawaii, and Pacific voyages; illustrated books and fine bindings of all periods; children's books from 1750 to 1950; fine press printing; antiquarian Bibliography. William Blake, Mary Wollstonecraft, and Thomas Frognall Dibdin are special interests. Appraisals for Institutions and private collectors

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  • Blake Books. Annotated Catalogue of William Blake’s Writings in Illuminated Printing, in Conventional Typography, and in Manuscripts and Reprints thereof, Reproductions of his Designs, Books with his Engravings, Catalogues, books he owned, and scholarly and critical works about him
    First Edition
    Blake Books. Annotated Catalogue of William Blake’s Writings in Illuminated Printing, in Conventional Typography, and in Manuscripts and Reprints thereof, Reproductions of his Designs, Books with his Engravings, Catalogues, books he owned, and scholarly and critical works about him

    by Bentley, G.E. Jr.

    1977


    offered by John Windle Bookseller

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  • Acta Qvaedam Insignia Anglica Ad Catholicam Religionem pertinentia. Ex Seminario Rhemensi allata, In Latinum conuersa
    Acta Qvaedam Insignia Anglica Ad Catholicam Religionem pertinentia. Ex Seminario Rhemensi allata, In Latinum conuersa

    by Guarnerius, Johannes A.

    1580


    offered by John Windle Bookseller

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  • The Holy Bible..
    The Holy Bible..

    by [King James Bible]

    1613


    offered by John Windle Bookseller

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  • Tes Kaines Diathekes Apanta. Novum Iesu Christi Domini Nostri Testamentum Ex Regiis aliisque optimis editionibus cum cura expressum. [Title Translation] All of the New Testament. The New Testament of our Lord Jesus Christ from royal and other best editions, with special care..
    First Edition
    Tes Kaines Diathekes Apanta. Novum Iesu Christi Domini Nostri Testamentum Ex Regiis aliisque optimis editionibus cum cura expressum. [Title Translation] All of the New Testament. The New Testament of our Lord Jesus Christ from royal and other best editions, with special care..

    by [New Testament in Greek]

    1628


    offered by John Windle Bookseller

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  • A Leaf from the First Edition of the First Complete Bible in English, The Coverdale Bible, 1535; With an Historical Introduction by Allen P. Wikgren, and A Census of Copies Recorded..
    A Leaf from the First Edition of the First Complete Bible in English, The Coverdale Bible, 1535; With an Historical Introduction by Allen P. Wikgren, and A Census of Copies Recorded..

    by (Bible in English) Wikgren, Allen P.

    1974


    offered by John Windle Bookseller

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  • The Rising Generation. A Series of Twelve Drawings on Stone by John Leech from his original designs in the Gallery of Mr. Punch
    First Edition
    The Rising Generation. A Series of Twelve Drawings on Stone by John Leech from his original designs in the Gallery of Mr. Punch

    by Leech, John

    1848


    offered by John Windle Bookseller

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Bookseller interviews

Ralph Sipper Books

Ralph Sipper founded Joseph The Provider/Books in San Francisco in 1970. He began selling rare books under his own name in 1996. Ralph has written a number of essays and book reviews, which can be found on his website. His business papers, correspondence, and professional writings are held at Indiana University's Lilly Library. Ralph Sipper/Books is located in Santa Barbara, CA and specializes in First Editions of Modern Literature, Manuscripts, Letters, Association Copies, Mystery & Detective Fiction, Cinema Books, and the Twentieth Century. ABAA Member since 1973. Interviewed by Taylor Bowie on October 9, 2011 at the Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair.

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E-list #69

Portraits, Prints, Drawings & Caricatures – 30 Items

CAT3625

Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.

The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.

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