Narrativa e romanzi

The WHITE BONES Of The YEAR Are SCATTERED AMONG JONQUILS

Perron, Lee · 1988 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$27.50 (€24.95 | £20.82 | ¥4,390)

Geyserville, California: Sun Moon Bear Press, 1988. 1st edition. SIGNED by the author. 1 / 250 cc. Printed blue paper wrappers. Unpaginated, though 46 pages. 2 tipped-in full color plates. 9-1/4" x 6-1/8". A Nr Fine copy.

RILEY SONGS Of FRIENDSHIP. Riley Poems #7

Riley, James Whitcomb [1849 - 1916] · 1915 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$275.00 (€249.50 | £208.15 | ¥43,900)

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, Publishers, 1915. Reprint. Ca late 1920s. Cf. Russo, p 227, for the series title genesis. Tomato red cloth binding with gold lettering. Color pictorial dust jacket, "with individual designs on wrapper and cover.". 189, [1] pp. With pictures by Will ...

RILEY SONGS Of HOME. Riley Poems #6

Riley, James Whitcomb [1849 - 1916] · 1910 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$275.00 (€249.50 | £208.15 | ¥43,900)

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, Publishers, 1910. Reprint. Ca late 1920s. Cf. Russo, p 227, for the series title genesis. Tomato red cloth binding with gold lettering. Color pictorial dust jacket, "with individual designs on wrapper and cover.". 190 pp. With pictures by Will Vawte...

RILEY SONGS Of SUMMER. Riley Poems #5

Riley, James Whitcomb [1849 - 1916] · 1908 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$275.00 (€249.50 | £208.15 | ¥43,900)

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, Publishers, 1908. Reprint. Ca late 1920s. Cf. Russo, p 227, for the series title genesis. Tomato red cloth binding with gold lettering. Color pictorial dust jacket, "with individual designs on wrapper and cover.". 189, [7] pp. With pictures by Will ...

RILEY SONGS O'CHEER. Riley Poems #4

Riley, James Whitcomb [1849 - 1916] · 1905 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$275.00 (€249.50 | £208.15 | ¥43,900)

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, Publishers, 1905. Reprint. Ca late 1920s. Cf. Russo, p 227, for the series title genesis. Tomato red cloth binding with gold lettering. Color pictorial dust jacket, "with individual designs on wrapper and cover.". 195, [1] pp. With pictures by Will ...

RILEY FARM-RHYMES. Riley Poems #3

Riley, James Whitcomb [1849 - 1916] · 1905 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$275.00 (€249.50 | £208.15 | ¥43,900)

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, Publishers, 1905. Reprint. Ca late 1920s. Cf. Russo, p 227, for the series title genesis. Tomato red cloth binding with gold lettering. Color pictorial dust jacket, "with individual designs on wrapper and cover.". 187, [7] pp. With country pictures ...

RILEY CHILD-RHYMES. Riley Poems #1

Riley, James Whitcomb [1849 - 1916] · 1905 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$275.00 (€249.50 | £208.15 | ¥43,900)

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, Publishers, 1905. Reprint. Ca late 1920s. Cf. Russo, p 227, for the series title genesis. Tomato red cloth binding with gold lettering. Color pictorial dust jacket, "with individual designs on wrapper and cover.". 188, [6] pp. Hoosier pictures by Wi...

The MURDER In The CATHEDRAL

Eliot, T[homas]. S[tearns. 1888 - 1965] · 1935 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$38.50 (€34.93 | £29.14 | ¥6,146)

London: Faber & Faber, 1935. 1st trade edition (Gallup A29b). Blue cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. No dust jacket. 87 pp. 8vo. Spine a bit sunned. Faint tape shadows to free eps. Bookplate. A VG copy.

The MIDLANDER

Tarkington, Booth [1869 - 1946] · 1923 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$385.00 (€349.30 | £291.41 | ¥61,460)

Garden City: Doubleday Page & Company, 1923. 1st edition, preceding the trade edition date 1924 by 1 month (Johnson/Blanck, p. 491; Russo & Sullivan, p. 72). SIGNED / LIMITED. #69 / 377 cc. Blue paper-wrapped boards with gilt stamping. TEG. Green printed dust jacket. Slipcase,...

His Own PEOPLE

Tarkington, Booth [1869 - 1946] · 1907 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$110.00 (€99.80 | £83.26 | ¥17,560)

Garden City: Doubleday Page & Co, 1907. 1st edition (Russo & Sullivan, pp 19-20). INSCRIBED by Tarkington in 1941. Red cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering. Color pictorial eps. No dust jacket. [8], 150 pp. Frontis & 5 inserted plates by Lawrence Mazzanovich and F. R. Gru...

REBECCA WEST. A Life

[West, Rebecca]. Glendinning, Victoria · 1987 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$13.75 (€12.48 | £10.41 | ¥2,195)

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1987. 1st edition. Hardback. Dust wrapper. xv, [1], 288 pp (including Index). 8vo. NF/VG .

NEAERA. A Tale of Ancient Rome

Graham, John W. · 1886 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$137.50 (€124.75 | £104.08 | ¥21,950)

London: MacMillan, 1886. 1st edition (Wolff 2663). Original publisher's slate blue cloth with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. 2 volumes ([4], 238, [2]; [4], 259, [5] pp). Adverts conclude each volume. 8vo. 9" x 5-3/4". Cocked. 1 cm vertical split to cloth at Vol II spin...

Le PIEGE DIABOLIQUE. Les Aventures de Blake et Mortimer

Jacobs, Edgar P. · 1972 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$38.50 (€34.93 | £29.14 | ¥6,146)

Bruxelles: Les Editions du Lombard, 1972. Color pictorial glazed boards. 64 pp. Illustrated in color, comic-strip style. 4to. A VG+ copy.

The NAME Of ANNABEL LEE

Symons, Julian · 1983 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,512)

New York: The Viking Press, 1983. 1st US edition. Hardback. Dust jacket. 191, [1] pp. 8vo. F/NF .

GOLDEN CODGERS. Biographical Speculations

Ellmann, Richard [1918 - 1987] · 1973 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,512)

London: Oxford University Press, 1973. 1st edition. Hardback. Dust jacket. x, [2], 193, [1] pp (including Index). 8vo. NF/VG+ (soiling to rear panel).

PEASANT PROPERTIES And Other Selected Essays. In Two Volumes

Verney, Lady [Frances Parthenope Nightengale. 1819 - 1890] · 1885 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$385.00 (€349.30 | £291.41 | ¥61,460)

London: Longmans Green and Co, 1885. 1st edition. Black half-sheep bindings with black cloth boards. Marbled edges & eps. 2 volumes ([8], 292; [6], 258 pp). 12mo. 6-3/4" x 4-1/2". Some general binding wear, with minor rubbing to joints. Period bookplate. A VG+ copy of a fairly...

REINHART'S WOMEN

Berger, Thomas · 1981 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$16.50 (€14.97 | £12.49 | ¥2,634)

New York: Delacorte, 1981. 1st edition. Hardback. Dust jacket. 8vo. NF/NF.

The BATTLE Of The KNIGHTS, A Northumbrian Legend. Part First

[Provincial Printing]. 'Junius' · 1826 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$330.00 (€299.40 | £249.78 | ¥52,680)

Alnwick: Printed by M. Smith, 1826. One sheet, printed recto only. Title printed in outline lettering. Quote from Shakespeare under the title. Text double column. 22 stanzas of 4 lines each. 10-3/4" x 8-5/8". Some wrinkling, fold lines & light soiling. A VG copy. A printed bal...

OEUVRES De Mr Racine. De L'Academie Royale des Inscriptions & Belles Lettres. Tome Primier. Tome Second. Qui Renferme Les Memoires Sur La Vie De Mr. J. Racine

Racine, L[ouis. 1692 - 1763]. Racine, J[ean. 1639 - 1699] · 1750 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$82.50 (€74.85 | £62.45 | ¥13,170)

Amsterdam: Chez Marc Michel Rey, 1750. Sixieme Edition. Revue & Augmentee par l'Auteur. Period brown half calf with speckled paper boards & red speckled edges. 2 volumes in 1 ([8], 268; [4], 366 pp). T.p. printed in red & black. Text in French. Frontis & engraved title page to...

FABLES: Consisting of Select Parts from Dante, Berni, Chaucer, and Ariosto. Imitated in English Heroic Verse. [bound with] FABLES: Vol. II. Containing Cambuscan, An Heroic Poem, In Six Books: Founded Upon and Comprizing a Free Imitation of Chaucer's Fragment on that Subject

Wharton, Richard [ca 1774 - 1828] · 1805 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$825.00 (€748.50 | £624.46 | ¥131,700)

London: Printed by T. Bensley, Bolt Court, for Payne and Mackinlay, 1805. 1st edition. PRESENTATION inscription from Mrs Wharton to J. [?] W. Phipps, at top of t.p. dated March 18, 1812. Period blue morocco-style sheep binding with gilt decorated spine. AEG. 2 volumes in 1 ([2...