Narrativa e romanzi

The POEMS Of FRANCIS THOMPSON

Thompson, Francis [1859 - 1907]. Duncan, Ronald [1914 - 1982] - Former Owner · 1946 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$38.50 (€34.93 | £29.14 | ¥6,146)

London: Hollis and Carter Ltd. 28 Ashley Place, S.W.I. 1946. 1st edition thus. Bookplate SIGNED by Duncan. Original publisher's blue cloth binding with gilt stamping. ix, [1 (blank)], 388 pp (with Index to First Lines). 8-5/8" x 5-1/2". Abt VG (square & tight/spine sunned/spot...

The POEMS Of ROBERT BROWNING.; Dramatic Lyrics, Dramatic Romances, Dramas, Men and Women, Pauline, Paracelsus, Christmas - Eve and Easter - Day, Sordello and Dramatis Personae

Browning, Robert [1812 - 1889]. Crouch, Arthur F. · 1932 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$27.50 (€24.95 | £20.82 | ¥4,390)

London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1932. Later edition. Original publisher's blue cloth binding with gilt stamping. Blue topstain. viii, 696 pp (with Index to First Lines). 7-3/8" x 5". Overall VG (average wear/period poi to ffep/bookseller ticket to front past...

The POETICAL WORKS Of SIR WALTER SCOTT.; Including Introduction and Notes

Scott, Sir Walter[1771 - 1832] · 1890 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$247.50 (€224.55 | £187.34 | ¥39,510)

London: Frederick Warne & Co, (n. d.). 'Albion Edition', ca late 1890s. Publisher's maroon cloth binding with gilt stamping. TEG. Grey paper dust wrapper printed in red. viii, 758, [2 (advert)] pp. Text double column. Frontispiece. Thick 8vo. General wear & soiling to book, so...

The MONEYCHANGERS

Sinclair, Upton [1878 - 1968] · 1908 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$33.00 (€29.94 | £24.98 | ¥5,268)

New York: B. W. Dodge & Company, 1908. 1st Edition, later issue (Ahouse A12a note). Ca 1910. Brown cloth binding with pictorial paper onlay to front board, "William Rickey / And Company" imprint at base of spine panel. [6], 316 pp. Crown 8vo. 7-1/2" x 5". Minor wear & soiling,...

The COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS Of AUSTIN DOBSON

Dobson, Austin [1840 - 1921] · 1923 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

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London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1923. 1st edition (NCBEL III, 1427). Blue cloth binding, gilt stamped lettering to spine & gilt stamped publisher device to front board. No dust jacket. xxiii, [1], 525, [1] pp. Frontispiece. 7-3/8" x 5". Spine sunned. A VG copy.

The POEMS And MASQUE Of THOMAS CAREW. Gentleman of the Privy-Chamber to King Charles I, and Cup-Bearer to His Majesty.; With an Introductory Memoir, an Appendix of Unauthorized Poems from MSS., Notes, and a Table of First Lines

Carew, Thomas [1595 - 1640]. Ebsworth, Joseph Woodfall - Editor · 1893 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$49.50 (€44.91 | £37.47 | ¥7,902)

London: Reeves and Turner, 196 Strand, 1893. 1st Edition. Original publisher's maroon cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine. Yellow eps; front eps publisher adverts. xxx, [2], 287, [1 (blank)] pp. Frontispiece. Facsimile t.p. of the 1640 & 1634 editions. 12mo. Ave...

POEMS. With an Introduction by Basil Champneys

Patmore, Coventry [1823 - 1896]. Champneys, Basil - · 1906 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$38.50 (€34.93 | £29.14 | ¥6,146)

London: George Bell and Sons, 1906. Later edition. Green cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine. xlvii, [1 (blank)], 439, [1 (blank)] pp. Frontispiece. Crown 8vo. General wear, cloth & gilt dull. Pos to ffep. Tipped-in color image of the author on p. xvi. A Good copy.

HEARING GARY SYNDER READ. Unicorn Broadsheet Series Two Number Three April 20, 1971.; Written in Albuquerque, N.M., in 1966 by Robert Bly

Bly, Robert [b. 1926]. Snyder, Gary [b. 1930] - Subject · 1971 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$41.25 (€37.43 | £31.22 | ¥6,585)

[Santa Barbara]: Unicorn Press, 1971. Second printing. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Broadside, 19" x 12-1/2". 6 paragraphs, printed and illustrated in red and black on cream paper. Some modest wear & soiling, Very Good.

ALONG The LINES

Tranströmer, Tomas [1931 - 2015]. Bly, Robert [b. 1926] - Translator · 1979 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$137.50 (€124.75 | £104.08 | ¥21,950)

[San Francisco ?]: Published by Square Zero Editions. Designed and Printed at Black Stone Press, 1979. 1st printing thus. Limited to 150 cc. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Broadside, 20" x 8-1/2". Printed and illustrated in purple and black on cream paper. Stick figur...

The WOMAN WHO WENT To HELL And Other Ballads and Lyrics

Sigerson, Dora (Mrs. Clement Shorter) · 1902 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$82.50 (€74.85 | £62.45 | ¥13,170)

London: The De La More Press, 52 High Holborn, W.C. 1902. 1st Edition. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt & dark green stamping. [6], 36 pp. Frontispiece. 12mo. Spine sun darkened. Average wear & soiling. Prior owner signature & poem to ffep. A VG copy.

BUSH BALLADS And GALLOPING RHYMES

Gordon, A. L. · 1876 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$82.50 (€74.85 | £62.45 | ¥13,170)

Melbourne: Clarson, Massina & Co. 72 Little Collins Street, 1876. Later edition, first published in 1870. Original publisher's flexible green cloth binding with gilt stamping to front cover. Deep blue-green paper eps. [4], 108 pp. 12mo. Wear & soiling to binding, with evidence...

SHELLEY. A Critical Biography

Smith, George Barnett. Shelley, Percy Bysshe [1792 - 1822] - Subject · 1877 · Tavistock Books

$148.50 (€134.73 | £112.40 | ¥23,706)

Edinburgh David Douglas 1st Edition x, [2], 249, [7] pp. Adverts last 6 pages. Crown 8vo. Square & tight. Modest extremity wear. Period pos to half-title page. A respectable VG+ copy.

JOHN MCGOVERN'S POEMS

McGovern, John [1850 - 1917] · 1902 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$41.25 (€37.43 | £31.22 | ¥6,585)

Evanston: William S. Lord, 1902. 1st Edition. Original publisher's blue vertically ribbed cloth binding with title gilt stamped to front board. TEG. 47, [1] pp. 6-7/8" x 4-1/2". Modest wear, a VG - VG+ copy.

LACON In COUNCIL

Boyes, J[ohn]. F[frederick. 1811 - 1879] · 1865 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

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London: Bell and Daldy, 186, Fleet Street, 1865. 1st Edition. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamping, geometric ornament to front board. Bevelled edges. x, [2], 259, [1 (blank)] pp. T.p. printer's ornament. Head- tailpieces. Decorative initial capital lett...

The WATERS Of SILOE

Merton, Thomas [1915 - 1968] · 1949 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$82.50 (€74.85 | £62.45 | ¥13,170)

New York: Harcourt Brace & Co, 1949. 1st edition. Hardback. Dust jacket. 377 pp, 8vo. VG+/VG (some edgewear). Companion volume to Merton's famous The Seven Story Mountain. Further accounting of the life of a monk.

The HEART'S MEMORIES; or, Records of Perished Things.; A Book of Rhymes and Ballads

Wale, Burlington B. · 1849 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$247.50 (€224.55 | £187.34 | ¥39,510)

London: Aylott and Jones, 3, Paternoster Row, 1849. 1st Edition. Original publisher's blue cloth binding with boards stamped in blind, and gitl stamped title lettering to spine. Yellow eps. xi, [1 (blank)],128 pp. 12mo. Cocked. Some faint discoloration rings to front board. Pe...

LIKE A BULWARK

Moore, Marianne [1887 - 1972] · 1956 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,780)

New York: The Viking Press, 1956. 1st US edition (Abbott A14a.1). Vertically patterned paper wrapped boards. Dust jacket. 32 pp. 8vo. VG+VG (spine panel sun-tanned/minor edge chipping).

The BOOK Of NETTERCAPS, Being Poutery, Poetry, and Prose

Poute, of the Leven Saat Pans [pseudonym of Burgess, Alexander. 1819 - 1901] · 1875 · Tavistock Books

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Dundee Printed at the Advertiser Office, Bank Street 1st edition viii, 92 pp. 12mo. 7-3/8" x 5" General wear & soiling. A bit shaken. Rear joint cloth starting. An About VG copy.

The ODES Of ANACREON. Translated by Thomas Moore With Fifty-Four Illustrative Designs by Girodet de Roussy. Now First Produced in England.

Anacreon. Moore, Thomas [1779 - 1852] - Translator. De Rourssy, Girodet - Illustrator · 1869 · Tavistock Books

$82.50 (€74.85 | £62.45 | ¥13,170)

London John Camden Hotten, Piccadilly 1st edition thus 225, [3] pp. One page publisher advert at rear. Illustrated with b/w drawings by de Roussy. Oblong 12mo. 5-3/4" x 6-3/4" Minor extremity wear, front hinge just starting. A VG - VG+ copy.

JOURNAL 1936 - 1937.; Death of an Explorer - Léon Chestov

Gascoyne, David. (1916 - 2001) · 1980 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

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London: The Enitharmon Press, 1980. 1st Edition. Brown cloth boards, stamped in gilt to back strip. Dust jacket printed in pink and brown. 144 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. "The jacket design is by Julian Trevelyan" (1910 - 1988) 8-3/4" x 5-1/2". Dust jacket - Very Good (some r...