Narrativa e romanzi

RETTENS SVÆRD.; Noveller

Rung, Otto (1874-1945) · 1927 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$16.50 (€14.97 | £12.49 | ¥2,634)

København (Copenhagen): Gyldendalske Boghandel, 1927. 1st Edition, presumed(?). Half, brown calf, marbles boards, stamped in gilt to back strip, dark green eps. text block marbled. 283 pp. 7-1/2" x 5". A VG copy. Leather a bit scuffed, rubbing to edges and corners, some scuffi...

ONCE A KNIGHT Low Jinks • Bohemian Grove • 1959

[Bohemian Club]. Bee, Lonie [1902 - 1995] - Artist; Ferguson, Ken - Author and Composer. Harris, Fred O. - Director · 1959 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$192.50 (€174.65 | £145.71 | ¥30,730)

[San Francisco]: [The Bohemian Club], 1959. 1st printing. SIGNED in the plate by Lonie Bee. White paper printed in dark & light pink, and black to recto. Red & black printing to verso. Broadsheet poster printed recto and verso. Large illustration by Bee of a knight & buxom lad...

The WATCHMAKER'S WIFE And Other Stories

Stockton, Frank R[ichard. 1834 - 1902] · 1893 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$33.00 (€29.94 | £24.98 | ¥5,268)

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1893. 1st edition (BAL 18912; Bleiler, p. 187; Wright III, 5256). Original publisher's green linen cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine (BAL Binding B, no priority). TEG. [6], 225, [1 (blank)], 8 pp. 8 page publisher catalogue c...

TEN THOUSAND A YEAR. A Novel

Warren, Samuel C. · 1870 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,780)

Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers, 306 Chestnut Street, (n. d.). Later edition, ca 1870. Original brown publisher's cloth with gilt stamped spine lettering. 547, [4] - 16 pp. Text double column. Publisher adverts last 13 pages. 2 plates preced title page. 8vo. Gilt brigh...

The QUEEN Of The AIR:; Being a Study of the Greek Myths of Cloud and Storm

Ruskin, John [1819 - 1900] · 1900 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$27.50 (€24.95 | £20.82 | ¥4,390)

London: George Allen, 1900. Fifteenth Thousand. Tan full calf binding, with gilt stamped lettering to spine. AEG. x, [2], 270, [2 (blank)] pp. 12mo. Spine a bit sunned. Modest wear. Bookplates [including "Beatrice Elymore Herbert"]. A VG copy.

HEARN And His BIOGRAPHERS.; The Record of a Literary Controversy. Together with a Group of Letters from Lafcadio Hearn to Joseph Tunison Now First Published

Hearn, Lafcadio [1850 - 1904]. Lewis, Oscar [1893 - 1992]. Tunison, Joseph [1849 - 1916] · 1930 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$82.50 (€74.85 | £62.45 | ¥13,170)

San Francisco: The Westgate Press [printed by the Grabhorn Press], 1930. 1st edition (BAL 8015; Magee 133). Limited to 350 cc. Green quarter cloth over burnt orangish boards. Printed paper title label to spine. [8], 110, [2] pp. Facsimile photograph, 3 facsimile letters, 2 fac...

Mark Twain's MYSTERIOUS STRANGER

Kahn, Sholom · 1978 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,512)

Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1978. 1st edition. Hardback. Dust jacket. 252 pp, sm 8vo. F/NF (faint soiling/pc). A study of the manuscript texts.

The THREE WAYFARERS. A Play in One Act.; Dramatized from his story, "The Three Strangers"

Hardy, Thomas [1840 - 1928] · 1930 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$33.00 (€29.94 | £24.98 | ¥5,268)

New York: The Fountain Press / The Cayme Press. Printed by D. B. Updike, at the Merrymount Press, 1930. 1st edition thus. #269 / 552 cc. Red quarter leather over black cloth boards, with gilt stamping to spine & front board. [8], 34, [4] pp. Publisher slip, detailing printing/...

STARLIGHT RANCH And OTHER STORIES Of ARMY LIFE On The FRONTIER

King, Captain Charles (1844 - 1933) · 1890 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$27.50 (€24.95 | £20.82 | ¥4,390)

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1890. 1st Edition. Blue cloth wrapped boards, stamped in black with gilt lettering to upper board and backstrip with brown end papers. 260, [4 ads] pp. 7-1/2" x 4-3/4. A VG copy, gilt in bright, corners and edges are rubbed, age toning t...

VITA SCHOLASTICA Ou La VIE Du COLLEGE; Poeme Latin en Quatre Livres

Rossignol, J[ean]. P[ierre. 1804 - 1893] · 1836 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$357.50 (€324.35 | £270.60 | ¥57,070)

Paris: Autuste Durand, Libraire, 1836. 1st Edition. Period tan quarter calf binding, with marbled paper boards. TEG. Marbled eps. [6], 194, [2] pp. Printed on pink paper. Dual title pages, one in French, one in Latin. 8vo. 9-1/2" x 6". General wear to binding. Very Good. Rare ...

The WHOLE WORKS Of MR. JOHN PHILIPS, Late Student of Christ-Church, Oxon.; Viz. I. The Splendid Shilling, an Imitation of Milton. II. Blenheim, a Poem Inscrib'd to the Rt. Honourable Robert Harley, Esq. III. Cyder, a Poem in Two Books : IV. Ode ad Henricum St. John, Armig V. The same, translated by Mr. Newcomb. To which is Prefixed his Life, by Mr. Sewell

Philips, John [1676 - 1709]. Sewell, George [ -1726]. Newcomb, Thomas [1682? - 1765].  · 1720 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$385.00 (€349.30 | £291.41 | ¥61,460)

Loldon [sic, i.e. London]: Printed for J. Tonson and T. Fauncy, 1720. 3rd edition (Foxon, p. 570; NCBEL II, 563). Period full tan calf binding (front board professionally reattached). Red speckled edges. [2], xxxix, [3], 13, [3], 19 - 60, [2], 89, [1 (blank)] pp. Foxon notes a...

APERTURE MAGAZINE. Complete Run, Issue #1 - #227 (Summer 2017)

Adams, Ansel; Ferris, Melton; Lange, Dorothea; Louie, Ernest; Morgan, Barbara; Newhall, Beaumont ; Newhall, Nancy; Warren, Dody; White, Minor - Founders · 1952 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$11,000.00 (€9,980.05 | £8,326.11 | ¥1,756,000)

San Francisco: , 1952. 1st Printing. Original paper covers. Divers paginations. Illustrated from photographs. Divers sizes. The first 14 volumes are housed in two custom grey cloth clamshell cases. The condition of the earlier issues show varying degrees of wear, from Good - V...

MISCELLANEOUS WORKS, in Verse and Prose, of the Late Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq. In Three Volumes.; Consisting of Such as were never before Printed in Twelves. With some Account of the Life and Writings of the Author, By Mr. Tickell

[Addison, Joseph. 1672 - 1719]. Tickell, Mr. [Thomas. 1685 - 1740] - Contributor/Editor · 1726 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$247.50 (€224.55 | £187.34 | ¥39,510)

London: Printed for Jacob Tonson in the Strand, 1726. 1st edition (NCBEL II, 1099). Period full calf with raised spine bands, gilt embellishments. Maroon leather title labels in second compartment. Red speckled edges. 3 volumes: [6], xxxv, [1 (blank)], 267, [11]; 321, [3 (blan...

TWENTY LESSONS From The TWENTIETH CENTURY

Snyder, Timothy · 2017 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$82.50 (€74.85 | £62.45 | ¥13,170)

Wilkinsburg, PA: Printed by Tip Type for Caliban Book Shop, 2017. 1st printing. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Broadside, printed in black & orange on gray card stock. 17" x 11". Fine. Timothy Snyder is the Housum Professor of History at Yale University. Remarks from ...

The METROPOLITAN.; A Journal of Literature, Science and the Fine Arts. Volume I, V-VIII, XI-XV

Marryat, Frederick [1792 - 1848] - Editor · 1836 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$522.50 (€474.05 | £395.49 | ¥83,410)

London: James Cochrane and Co, 1836. 1st printings. Association copy. Half calf with marbled paper boards, stamped in gilt to back strips, speckled edges and navy blue and red marbled endpapers. 10 volumes: [iv] 436, 180 (ads); [iv] 456, 128 (ads) [4 index]; [iv] 440, 136 (ads...

The TROUBLE With LAZY ETHEL

Gann, Ernest K. · 1958 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$38.50 (€34.93 | £29.14 | ¥6,146)

NY: Sloane, 1958. 1st edition. Blue & green cloth binding. Dust jacket. 320 pp. 8vo. NF (a few 'dog-earred' leaves)/NF (small abrasion on front panel fold).

CHIUSHINGURA, or The Loyal League, A Japanese Romance...; Translated By Frederick V[ictor]. Dickins [1838-1915], With Notes and an Appendix Containing a Metrical Version of The Ballad of Takasago, and Specimens of Original Text in the Japanese Character. Illustrated by numerous Engravings on Wood, drawn and executed by Japanese Artists, and printed on Japanese Paper

Izumo, Takeda [1691 - 1756]; Shoraku, Miyoshi [1693 - 1772?] & Senryu, Namiki [1693 -1749]; Owre, Alfred - Former Owner · 1875 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$3,025.00 (€2,744.51 | £2,289.68 | ¥482,900)

Yokohama: Printed at the "Japan Gazette" Office, 1875. First English Language Edition. Bound in full deep blue morocco, by Sean Richards of Byzantium Studios, with gilt decorations to spine & boards. TEG. Marbled eps. [title] [i] ii-v [vi-x] [1] 2-160 [1-3] 4-56 [appendix] [10...

GREED. Parts 8, 9, 11; Broadside / Flyer No. 6

Wakoski, Diane [b. 1937] · 0 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,512)

Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, (n. d.). First Edition. Single sheet of blue paper printed to recto only. Printed in black and purple with Black Sparrow Press device. Broadside 14" x 10". A NF copy.

The STRUGGLES (Social, Financial and Political) of PETROLEUM V. NASBY Introduction by Honorable Charles Sumner.

[Salesman's Sample / Canvassing Book]. Nasby, Petroleum V. [pseudonym of Locke, David Ross. 1833 - 1888]. Sumner, Charles - Contributor · 1880 · Tavistock Books

$82.50 (€74.85 | £62.45 | ¥13,170)

Toledo Ohio Locke Publishing Co 1st published in 1872, cf. BAL 11826. This edition: Zinman 1190 Specimen pages & plates. Broadside description of volume & prices, followed by lined, horizontally-oriented subscriber pages. Illustrations by Thomas Nast. 8vo. 9" x 6" Cloth dull. ...

ROMOLA

Eliot, George [pseudonym for Evans, Mary Anne. 1819 - 1880] · 1890 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$137.50 (€124.75 | £104.08 | ¥21,950)

Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1890. 1st edition thus. Faux-vellum spine over red cloth boards. TEG. Red cloth dust wrappers, with gilt stamped lettering to spine panel. 2 volumes: 475, [3]; 477, [3 (blank)] pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Minor shelfwear. Bookplate. Period poi. DJ offs...