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OVERNIGHT To MANY DISTANT CITIES

Barthelme, Donald · 1983 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1983. 1st edition. Blue half- cloth binding over blue paper. Dark blue dust jacket. 174 pp. 8vo. 22cm x 14.5cm. Nr Fine/VG (scuffed spine ends/ slight sunning to spine/ four light vertical creases the length of the dust jacket).

The HOUSE Of HARPER: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Publishing

Exman, Eugene · 1967 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$16.50 (€14.97 | £12.49 | ¥2,635)

New York: Harper & Row, 1967. 1st edition. Red cloth binding with blind stamped cover & gilt stamped spine. Red dust jacket. x, 326 pp [including index]. B&W illustrations throughout. 8vo. 24cm x 16.5cm. NF (upper edge sunned)/ VG (some sunning and a small tear to the spine).

CHARLES DICKENS

[Dickens, Charles. 1812 - 1870]. Smiley, Jane · 2002 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2002. 1st UK edition. Blue cloth bindings with silver lettering on spine. Blue dust jacket. viii, [1], 214pp. 8vo. 20.5cm x 14cm. NF/ NF .

CALCULATING GOD

Sawyer, Robert J. · 2000 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$16.50 (€14.97 | £12.49 | ¥2,635)

NY: TOR, 2000. 1st edition. Hardback. Dust jacket. 334 pp. 8vo. F/F .

ANNA CHRISTIE - The EMPEROR JONES - The HAIRY APE. Introduction by Lionel Trilling. Modern Library #146

O'Neill, Eugene [1888 - 1953]. Trilling, Lionel [1905 - 1975] - Contributor · 1949 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$13.75 (€12.48 | £10.41 | ¥2,196)

New York: The Modern Library, 1949. Circa 1956. Red cloth binding. Dust jacket. xix, [1 (blank)], 260, [8] pp. Adverts last 8 pages. 12mo. VG+/VG (light edge wear & age toning).

WHAT BECAME Of GUNNER ASCH.; Translated from the German by J. Maxwell Brownjohn

Kirst, Hans Hellmut · 1964 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$24.20 (€21.96 | £18.32 | ¥3,864)

New York: Harper & Row, 1964. 1st US. Black cloth binding. Black dust jacket. 275 pp. 8vo. VG+/VG (pc).

A DEADLY SICKNESS

Penn, John · 1985 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$16.50 (€14.97 | £12.49 | ¥2,635)

NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1985. 1st ed. Hardback. Dust jacket. F/F .

NABOKOV'S QUARTET

Nabokov, Vladimir [1899 - 1977] · 1966 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$49.50 (€44.91 | £37.47 | ¥7,905)

NY: Phaedra Publishers, 1966. 1st ed (Ahearn APG 030a). Hardback (variant 'a' with green eps). White dust jacket. 104 pp. 8vo. VG/VG .

MARY'S LITTLE LAMB

Hudson, W. H. · 1929 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$41.25 (€37.43 | £31.22 | ¥6,587)

London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1929. 1st separate (Payne A54a). Yellow wrappers. 29 pp. Illustrated by roberta F. C. Waudby. 12mo. 5 1/2" x 7 3/4". VG (some age toning/average wear).

LOVE, DAD. A Novel

Hunter, Evan · 1981 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$16.50 (€14.97 | £12.49 | ¥2,635)

NY: Crown, 1981. 1st edition. Grey linen cloth spine with black paper-wrapped boards. Dust jacket. 407 pp. 8vo. NF/VG+ (light age toning).

CHAOS And CONTROL In POETRY. A Lecture Delivered at the Library of Congress October 11, 1965

Spender, Stephen · 1966 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$13.20 (€11.98 | £9.99 | ¥2,108)

Washington: The Library of Congress, 1966. 1st edition. Printed wrappers. 14 pp. 8vo. Nr Fine.

WARDEN Of The SMOKE And BELLS.; Jacket design by Leona Wood

Llewellyn, Richard · 1956 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$16.50 (€14.97 | £12.49 | ¥2,635)

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1956. 1st edition. Blue cloth binding in dust jacket. 284 pp. 8vo. VG+(spine and edges faded)/VG (remnants of old sticker on front panel/very lightly chipped edges/spine darkened w/small dampstains marks/rear panel a bit soiled).

The OLD WIVES' TALE.; Translated by C.K. Scott Moncrieff

[Mod Lib]. Bennett, Arnold · 1911 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$13.75 (€12.48 | £10.41 | ¥2,196)

New York: The Modern Library, 1911. Ca. 1956. Green cloth binding. Dust jacket. 640 pp. 12mo. VG /VG (darkened at edges/edges lightly chipped & creased/pc). ML #184.

The OLD WIVES' TALE.; Translated by C.K. Scott Moncrieff

[Mod Lib]. Bennett, Arnold · 1911 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$13.75 (€12.48 | £10.41 | ¥2,196)

New York: The Modern Library, 1911. Green cloth binding. Dust jacket. 640 pp. 12mo. VG /VG (darkened at edges/edges lightly chipped & creased/pc). ML #184.

The POETICAL WORKS Of FELICIA HEMANS. Complete in One Volume. With a Memoir, By Mrs. L. H. Sigourney

Hemans, Felicia. Hemans [Dorothea 1793 - 1835] · 1857 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$104.50 (€94.81 | £79.10 | ¥16,687)

Boston: Phillips Sampson & Co, 1857. A "New" edition, from the last London edition, with all the Introductory notes. Original publisher's deluxe, embossed full-leather binding. Marbled eps. AEG. 691 pp. Illustrated with steel engravings. 8vo. VG+ (sq & tight/light extremity we...

JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER'S POETRY. An Appraisal and A Selection

[Whittier, John Greenleaf]. Warren, Robert Penn · 1971 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$66.00 (€59.88 | £49.96 | ¥10,539)

Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1971. 1st edition (Grimshaw B35). Black cloth spine with white pictorial boards. Dust jacket. 208 ppp. Tall 8vo. F/NF .

NARRATION.; With an introduction by Thornton Wilder

Stein, Gertrude [1874 - 1946] · 1969 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1969. Collector's edition. Decorated pastel-colored paper covered boards in yellow & grey paper slipcase. vii, 62 pp. Illustrated with a reproduction of a portrait of Stein by Paul Tchelitchew. 9 1/4 x 7 1/4. Fine (in a lightly sunned & so...

STAYING At BALLISODARE

Wilson, Patrick · 1960 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$16.50 (€14.97 | £12.49 | ¥2,635)

Middlesex: Scorpion Press, 1960. 1st edition. SIGNED by the author. Yellow printed wrappers, stapled. 23 pp. 8.5" x 5.5". VG (covers detached & lightly foxed/rust stains where staples were on spine/lightly foxed throughout).

ELEVEN POEMS

Smith, Ken · 1964 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$16.50 (€14.97 | £12.49 | ¥2,635)

Leeds: Northern House Pamphlet Poets, 1964. 1st edition. Printed wrappers. 13 pp. 8" x 5". VG+ (slightly soiled covers/some pages have very light foxing).

DRAMATIC IDYLS

Browning, Robert [1812 - 1889] · 1879 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$93.50 (€84.83 | £70.77 | ¥14,931)

London: Smith & Elder, 1879. 1st ed (NCBEL III, 444). Olive green cloth with black horizontal triple rule stamped to top & bottom of boards; spine gilt stamped. 143, [3] pp. Last 2 pp adverts. 8vo. 4 1/4" x 7". Abt VG (spine darkened/cloth soiled/minor extremity wear). Include...