Narrativa e romanzi

CREATED GOLD And Other Poems

[Newton, A. Edward]. Hay, Henry Hanby · 1893 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$495.00 (€449.11 | £374.68 | ¥79,045)

Philadelphia: A. Edward Newton & Co, 1893. 1st edition [Fleck F.6.a; Winterich 12]. An un-numbered large paper copy from a stated limitation of 100 cc. INSCRIBED by Newton [as "The Author"], to Captain Claude Bray, on the ffep. Original publisher's 3/4 burlap over boards. Prin...

EDISTO. A Novel

Powell, Padgett · 1984 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1984. Advance Reading Copy. Wrappers. 183 pp. 8vo. Nr Fine.

SHADOW PLAY

Baxter, Charles · 1993 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$38.50 (€34.93 | £29.14 | ¥6,148)

New York: Norton, 1993. Advance Reader's Copy (precedes the 1st edition). Wrappers. 399 pp. 8vo. Fine.

TRISTAN And ISOLDE. Restoring Palamede

Erskine, John · 1932 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$27.50 (€24.95 | £20.82 | ¥4,391)

Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill, 1932. Blue cloth with black lettering; pictorial eps. Dust jacket. 347 pp. 8vo. VG+ (sq & tight)/VG (lt edgewear/some chipping to head of spine panel).

The CONFIDENTIAL CLERK. A Play

Eliot, T[homas]. S[tearns. 1888 - 1965] · 1954 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

London: Faber & Faber Ltd, 1954. 1st edition (Gallup A64a). Light blue cloth with gold spine lettering. Dust jacket (1st issue). 136 pp. 8vo. VG+ (top edge with a minor bit of foxing)/VG (short closed tear at top of spine-front panel fold). With the "Ihad" point on p. 7.

GIDEON'S HOUSE

Brody, Jane · 1984 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$27.50 (€24.95 | £20.82 | ¥4,391)

New York: Putnams, 1984. 1st edition. ARC, with publisher announcement laid-in. Presentation copy. 206 pp, 8vo. F/F Inscribed, in the year of publication, by author to Luther [Nichols - a one-time editor for Doubleday].

The MATING CALL

Beach, Rex · 1927 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$41.25 (€37.43 | £31.22 | ¥6,587)

NY: Harper & Brothers, 1927. 1st edition. Lt green cloth. Dust jacket. 8vo. VG (offset to eps)/Abt VG (two lg chips from top edge of front panel/spotting to dj spine panel).

CHICANO

Vasquez, Richard · 1970 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$60.50 (€54.89 | £45.79 | ¥9,661)

Garden City: Doubleday & Co, 1970. 1st edition. Black cloth with silver spine lettering. Dust jacket. 376 pp. 8vo. 21.5cm x 14.5cm. VG+/VG (light edgewear/small closed tear at tail edge).

SIX POEMS (And One Quick Fiction Excerpt from Her Novel, Rapid Transit).; Collected for My Mother on Mother's Day 1980

Sullivan, Mary Ann Bernadette · 1980 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$49.50 (€44.91 | £37.47 | ¥7,905)

[n. p.]: Wip Press, 1980. 1st edition. INSCRIBED, presentation copy. Limited to 25 cc. Printed wrappers. 8 pp. 8vo. Nr Fine. Inscribed on front wrapper: "For Enid, Enid, / with complexity, / aversion of graphics. / a night of colors / and a beginning / friendship - and blue. /...

POEMS Of WIT And HUMOUR

Hood, Thomas · 1851 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$49.50 (€44.91 | £37.47 | ¥7,905)

London: Edward Moxon, 1851. 3rd edition. Original green blindstamped publisher's cloth w/ gilt spine lettering. 282 pp. 8 pp publisher advert at front [dtd 7/'52]. 8vo. Gd (sp sunned brown/chipping at spine head/stained at top of binding/bpt of 'Ward').

SONNETS From The PORTUGUESE. A Facsimile Edition of the British Libary Manuscript.; Edited, with an Introduction, by William S. Peterson

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett · 1977 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$38.50 (€34.93 | £29.14 | ¥6,148)

Barre MA: Barre Publishing, 1977. 1st thus. Greyish brown cloth with gilt spine lettering. Dust wrapper. Unpaginated. Frontis + photographic plates of the Mss. 8vo. NF/VG+ .

Of LOVE And OTHER DEMONS.; Translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman

García Márquez, Gabriel · 1995 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

New York: Knopf, 1995. 1st US. Purple cloth boards. Dust jacket. 147 pp, 8vo. F/F .

WHAT The FISH SAW

Rothenberg, Michael · 0 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

Berkeley: Two Windows Press, (n. p.). 1st edition. Limited to 200cc. SIGNED by Rothenberg, Davis, and Gray. Pinkish grey wrappers. Unpaginated. Drawings by Nancy Davis. 12mo. Fine.

The GENIUS And The GODDESS

Huxley, Aldous · 1955 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

New York: Harper, 1955. 1st US edition. Black cloth spine with grey cloth boards. Orange dust jacket. 168 pp. Sm 8vo. VG (bookplate/age-tongin)/VG (some wear & soiling/spine panel sunned/clipped lower corner to front flap).

DANGER ZONES. A Novel

Beauman, Sally · 1996 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$13.75 (€12.48 | £10.41 | ¥2,196)

NY: Fawcett Columbine, 1996. 1st edition. 8vo. F/F .

The WAVERLY ALBUM: Containing Fifty-On Line Engravings to Illustrate the Novels and Tales of Sir Walter Scott.; Engraved by Charles Heath, Finden, C. Rolls, Portbury, &c from Pictures by Leslie, Howard, Stothard, Cooper, Brockedon, Wright, &c, &c

[Scott, Sir Walter] · 1824 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$165.00 (€149.70 | £124.89 | ¥26,348)

London: Published for Charles Heath, (n. d.). Circa 1824 [derived from novels present in the volume; last is "Durward"]. Red cloth with spine lettered in gilt (appears 1830s). Red marbled eps. Frontis + 50 plates (last two plates are mis-numbered). 4 1/2" x 7". VG (slt lean/av...

QUEEN JOCASTA

Taylor, Jeremy · 1979 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

San Rafael CA: Dream Tree Press, 1979. 2nd edition, INSCRIBED. Stapled yellow wrappers. 25 pp, 8vo. Nr Fine.

DEATH At SEA

Prokosch, Frederic · 1940 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

New York: Harper, 1940. 1st edition. Grey linen cloth. Dust jacket. 52 pp. Tall 8vo. VG (offset to eps)/VG (sp sunned).

The SHAPE Of HOUSES. Women's Voices from Holland and Flanders.; Translated by Manfred Wolf

[Women Writers] · 1974 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Berkeley: Two Windows Press, 1974. 1st edition. Ltd to 500cc. Yellow printed wrappers. Unpaginated. 8vo. Fine.

TUMACACORI

Wild, Peter · 1974 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$49.50 (€44.91 | £37.47 | ¥7,905)

Berkeley: Two Windows Press, 1974. 1st edition. SIGNED. Ltd to 100cc. Printed wrappers. Unpaginated. 8vo. Nr Fine. This copy marked "Press copy".