Narrativa e romanzi

The UNDERTOW

[Small Press Poetry]. Pratt, Claire · 1993 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$82.50 (€74.85 | £62.45 | ¥13,170)

[Toronto]: Massey College Press, 1993. 1st edition. #76 / 110 cc. INSCRIBED by the author, in the year of publication. With ANs laid-in. Bark paper wrappers, sewn. 16 pp. Printed, in a french fold, with blue ink on Japanese Masa paper. Decorations. 6" x 4-1/2". A Nr Fine copy,...

The DAMASCENED BLADE

Cleverly, Barbara · 2003 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,756)

London: Constable, 2003. 1st edition. Blue cloth with silver spine lettering. Dust jacket. 287, [1 (blank)] pp. 8vo. A Fine copy in a similar jacket.

The WORKS Of WILLIAM HOGARTH Consisting of One Hundred and Forty-Eight Engravings, Including Many of the Author's Minor Pieces, Not in Any Other Edition, Engraved in the Best Style by Cooke and Davenport, With Descriptions and Comments on Their Moral Tendency, by the Rev. John Trusler. Numerous Anecdotes of the Author and His Works, by J. Hogarth, Ireland, and Others. In Two Volumes

Hogarth, William [1697 - 1764]. Trusler, John [1735 - 1820] - Contributor · 1800 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$385.00 (€349.30 | £291.41 | ¥61,460)

London: , (n. d.). Ca mid-1800s. Original publisher's brown cloth with gilt stamping (professionally rebacked). Bevelled edges. AEG. Yellow eps. 2 volumes (158; [2], 163 - 303, [1 (blank)] pp. Engraved title page & printed title page, in red & blue, to each volume. Engraved vi...

PRESENT TENSE. An American Editor's Odyssey

Cousins, Norman · 1967 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$27.50 (€24.95 | £20.82 | ¥4,390)

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1967. 1st edition. Green & black cloth binding. Green dust jacket. xviii, [2], 679, [1 (blank)] pp. 8vo. A Fine copy in a similar jacket.

SEASONS At WAR. A Cycle of Rhythms

Nichols, Ross [1902- 1975] · 1947 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,780)

London: Forge Press, 1947. 1st printing. Cream paper wrappers with red lettering to covers. [2], 55, [3] pp. 6" x 4-1/2". VG+ (slightly sunned spine, minimal wear).

OPUS PISTORUM

Miller, Henry [1891 - 1980] · 1983 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$27.50 (€24.95 | £20.82 | ¥4,390)

New York: Grove Press, 1983. 1st edition. Black half cloth with black boards, gilt lettering to spine. Black dust jacket with blue, yellow, and pink lettering. Image of Miller to back cover. 288 pp. 8vo. VG+/VG+ (priceclipped). This a work written in 1941 and first published p...

The ADELPHI. Vol. I, No. 1. June 1923

Murry, John Middleton [1889 - 1957] - Editor; Lawrence, D[avid]. H[erbert. 1885 - 1930]; Mansfield, Katherine [1888 - 1923]; Tchekhov, Anton [1860 - 1904]; Koteliansky, S[amuel]. S[olomonovich. 1882 - 1955]; Tomlinson, H[enry]. M[ajor. 1873 - 1958]; Sulli · 1923 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$82.50 (€74.85 | £62.45 | ¥13,170)

London: Loxley Brothers Limited, 1923. 1st edition. Printed pale yellow paper wrappers. viii, 1 - 88 pp. Numerous full page advertisements interspersed. Frontis tipped-in, a b/w portrait of Katherine Mansfield. 8-1/2" x 5-1/2". Ex-lib. with "reference use only" sticker to insi...

An OUTCAST Of The ISLANDS. Appleton's Town and Country Library No. 198

Conrad, Joseph [1857 - 1924] · 1896 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$110.00 (€99.80 | £83.26 | ¥17,560)

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1896. 1st US edition. Green cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering & black/red decorations. [6], 335, [11] pp. 12mo. 7-1/4" x 4-3/4". A slight cock. General wear & soiling to binding. Spine cloth a bit darkened. A VG copy.

ROBERT FROST In RUSSIA

Reeve, F. D. · 1964 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$33.00 (€29.94 | £24.98 | ¥5,268)

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1964. 1st edition. Blue cloth over boards with small imprint design to front board and gilt lettering to spine. White dust jacket with Frost's image to front and red and blue lettering. [8], 135, [1] pp. With 8 B & W photographic images. 7-3/...

SLOW DEATH. #5

Corben, R; Dallas, Charles; Holmes, Rand; Irons, Greg; Jaxon; Sheridan, Ron; Veitch, Tom - Contributors · 1973 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$16.50 (€14.97 | £12.49 | ¥2,634)

Berkeley, Calif: Last Gasp, 1973. 1st printing. Stated. Illustrated wrappers. Unpaginated [30 pp]. Comic book. Cover by Rand Holmes. 10" x 7". NF (subtle agetoning to leaves).

The MOST SUPERB FOLIO And SELF INTERPRETING BIBLE. Containing the Old and New Testaments With a Paraphrase on the Most Obscure and Important Parts. Explanatory Notes and Evangelical Reflections By the Late Reverend John Brown, Minister of the Gospel at Haddington

[Theology]. Brown, John - Editor · 1812 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$1,045.00 (€948.10 | £790.98 | ¥166,820)

New York: T. Kinnersley, (n. d.). 1st edition thus, and [presumed] 3rd US edition of this popular version (Hills 226). Ca 1812/13. Full leather with pictoral bible scenes stamped in gilt to front and back boards, gilt lettering and detail to spine. Front board reads "James & A...

The LITTLE BOOK Of INNER SPACE. Issue Number 1

Omandu · 1972 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$27.50 (€24.95 | £20.82 | ¥4,390)

San Jose, Calif: Bonkersville Press, 1972. 1st edition. Pictoral color wrappers. Unpaginated, though 16 pp. Comic-book style illustrations, b&w. 10" x 7". VG+ - NF (slight age toning to extremities). Now housed in protective archival mylar sleeve. Rare counter-culture comic fr...

MOLOCH or, This Gentile World

Miller, Henry [1891 - 1980] · 1992 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,512)

New York: Grove Press, 1992. 1st edition. Hardback. Dust jacket. 266 pp, 8vo. F (faint smudge on top of text block)/F. Published posthumously.

NEITHER HERE Nor THERE

Herford, Oliver · 1922 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$49.50 (€44.91 | £37.47 | ¥7,902)

New York: George H. Doran Company, 1922. 1st edition. INSCRIBED by the author to Paul Herzog. Blue cloth binding with printed paper title labels to spine & front board. No dust jacket. viii, [2], 9 - 165, [1] pp. 8vo. Spine sun-tanned. A VG+ copy.

The POEMS Of ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING. Complete in 3 Volumes. With an Introductory Essay by H[enry]. T. Tuckerman

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett [1806 - 1861] · 1869 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$49.50 (€44.91 | £37.47 | ¥7,902)

New York: James Miller (Successor to C. S. Francis & Co.), 1869. Reprint (Barnes E60). Original green cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. TEG. 3 volumes. 12mo. Volume I shows evidence of damping, with a center gathering proud. Period pencil pos to Vol I front blan...

A TRAMP ABROAD.; Abridged & edited, with an Introduction, by Charles Neider

Twain, Mark · 1977 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$16.50 (€14.97 | £12.49 | ¥2,634)

New York: Harper & Row, 1977. 1st thus. Hardback. Dust jacket. 319 pp, with illustrations by the author, 8vo. VG/VG (some edgewear/pc).

MALOMBRA

Fogazzaro, A[ntonio. 1842 - 1911] · 1908 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$82.50 (€74.85 | £62.45 | ¥13,170)

Milano: Casa Editrice Baldini Castoldi & Co, 1908. Later edition of a work first published in 1881. Publisher's brown quarter leather binding with marbled paper boards. 542, [2] pp. Crown 8vo. Spine sunned. A VG copy.

The SMILE At The FOOT Of The LADDER

Miller, Henry [1891 - 1980] · 1966 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$38.50 (€34.93 | £29.14 | ¥6,146)

New York: A New Directions Book, 1966. 1st pb edition (Shifreen & Jackson A66g). Plain white wrappers with orange dust jacket. [10], 48, [4] pp. Illustrated. 7-3/8" x 5". Spine sunned. A VG+ copy.

PHINEAS FINN, The Irish Member. A Novel

Trollope, Anthony [1815 - 1882] · 1868 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$192.50 (€174.65 | £145.71 | ¥30,730)

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1868. 1st US edition (NCBEL III, 883; Sadleir 30; Smith 23). Original publisher's brown pebbled cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine. 235, [5] pp (double column). 4 pages of undated adverts conclude volume. 17 inserted ill...

COLD DAY In HELL. A Novel

Hawke, Richard · 2007 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$27.50 (€24.95 | £20.82 | ¥4,390)

New York: Random House, 2007. 1st edition. SIGNED by the author on the t.p. Hardback. Red dust jacket. 288, [4] pp. 8vo. A Fine copy in a similar jacket.