Letteratura

ALONG The LINES

Tranströmer, Tomas [1931 - 2015]. Bly, Robert [b. 1926] - Translator · 1979 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$137.50 (€124.75 | £104.08 | ¥21,957)

[San Francisco ?]: Published by Square Zero Editions. Designed and Printed at Black Stone Press, 1979. 1st printing thus. Limited to 150 cc. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Broadside, 20" x 8-1/2". Printed and illustrated in purple and black on cream paper. Stick figur...

The WOMAN WHO WENT To HELL And Other Ballads and Lyrics

Sigerson, Dora (Mrs. Clement Shorter) · 1902 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$82.50 (€74.85 | £62.45 | ¥13,174)

London: The De La More Press, 52 High Holborn, W.C. 1902. 1st Edition. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt & dark green stamping. [6], 36 pp. Frontispiece. 12mo. Spine sun darkened. Average wear & soiling. Prior owner signature & poem to ffep. A VG copy.

SHELLEY. A Critical Biography

Smith, George Barnett. Shelley, Percy Bysshe [1792 - 1822] - Subject · 1877 · Tavistock Books

$148.50 (€134.73 | £112.40 | ¥23,714)

Edinburgh David Douglas 1st Edition x, [2], 249, [7] pp. Adverts last 6 pages. Crown 8vo. Square & tight. Modest extremity wear. Period pos to half-title page. A respectable VG+ copy.

JOHN MCGOVERN'S POEMS

McGovern, John [1850 - 1917] · 1902 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$41.25 (€37.43 | £31.22 | ¥6,587)

Evanston: William S. Lord, 1902. 1st Edition. Original publisher's blue vertically ribbed cloth binding with title gilt stamped to front board. TEG. 47, [1] pp. 6-7/8" x 4-1/2". Modest wear, a VG - VG+ copy.

LACON In COUNCIL

Boyes, J[ohn]. F[frederick. 1811 - 1879] · 1865 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$82.50 (€74.85 | £62.45 | ¥13,174)

London: Bell and Daldy, 186, Fleet Street, 1865. 1st Edition. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamping, geometric ornament to front board. Bevelled edges. x, [2], 259, [1 (blank)] pp. T.p. printer's ornament. Head- tailpieces. Decorative initial capital lett...

The WATERS Of SILOE

Merton, Thomas [1915 - 1968] · 1949 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$82.50 (€74.85 | £62.45 | ¥13,174)

New York: Harcourt Brace & Co, 1949. 1st edition. Hardback. Dust jacket. 377 pp, 8vo. VG+/VG (some edgewear). Companion volume to Merton's famous The Seven Story Mountain. Further accounting of the life of a monk.

The HEART'S MEMORIES; or, Records of Perished Things.; A Book of Rhymes and Ballads

Wale, Burlington B. · 1849 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$247.50 (€224.55 | £187.34 | ¥39,523)

London: Aylott and Jones, 3, Paternoster Row, 1849. 1st Edition. Original publisher's blue cloth binding with boards stamped in blind, and gitl stamped title lettering to spine. Yellow eps. xi, [1 (blank)],128 pp. 12mo. Cocked. Some faint discoloration rings to front board. Pe...

LIKE A BULWARK

Moore, Marianne [1887 - 1972] · 1956 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

New York: The Viking Press, 1956. 1st US edition (Abbott A14a.1). Vertically patterned paper wrapped boards. Dust jacket. 32 pp. 8vo. VG+VG (spine panel sun-tanned/minor edge chipping).

The BOOK Of NETTERCAPS, Being Poutery, Poetry, and Prose

Poute, of the Leven Saat Pans [pseudonym of Burgess, Alexander. 1819 - 1901] · 1875 · Tavistock Books

$82.50 (€74.85 | £62.45 | ¥13,174)

Dundee Printed at the Advertiser Office, Bank Street 1st edition viii, 92 pp. 12mo. 7-3/8" x 5" General wear & soiling. A bit shaken. Rear joint cloth starting. An About VG copy.

The ODES Of ANACREON. Translated by Thomas Moore With Fifty-Four Illustrative Designs by Girodet de Roussy. Now First Produced in England.

Anacreon. Moore, Thomas [1779 - 1852] - Translator. De Rourssy, Girodet - Illustrator · 1869 · Tavistock Books

$82.50 (€74.85 | £62.45 | ¥13,174)

London John Camden Hotten, Piccadilly 1st edition thus 225, [3] pp. One page publisher advert at rear. Illustrated with b/w drawings by de Roussy. Oblong 12mo. 5-3/4" x 6-3/4" Minor extremity wear, front hinge just starting. A VG - VG+ copy.

JOURNAL 1936 - 1937.; Death of an Explorer - Léon Chestov

Gascoyne, David. (1916 - 2001) · 1980 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$49.50 (€44.91 | £37.47 | ¥7,905)

London: The Enitharmon Press, 1980. 1st Edition. Brown cloth boards, stamped in gilt to back strip. Dust jacket printed in pink and brown. 144 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. "The jacket design is by Julian Trevelyan" (1910 - 1988) 8-3/4" x 5-1/2". Dust jacket - Very Good (some r...

RETTENS SVÆRD.; Noveller

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

$16.50 (€14.97 | £12.49 | ¥2,635)

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 | ¥30,740)

[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 | ¥5,270)

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...

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 | ¥13,174)

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 | ¥3,513)

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 | ¥5,270)

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/...

An AUTO - ANALYSIS [with] HOW ONE FRIAR MET The DEVIL And TWO PURSUED HIM

Field, Eugene [1850 - 1895] · 1901 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$16.50 (€14.97 | £12.49 | ¥2,635)

New York / Boston: H. M. Caldwell Company, 1901. 1st edition thus (cf. BAL 5783). Grey cloth spine over dark grey paper-wrapped boards, lettered in red & green. 75, [1 (blank)]; [3] - 37, [3] pp. Divisional t.p. Frontispiece. 12mo. 6-3/8" x 5". Modest wear. Period poi to ffep,...

ONE ROOM SCHOOL

Pringle, Laurence · 1998 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$13.75 (€12.48 | £10.41 | ¥2,196)

Honesdale, Pennsylvania: Boyds Mills Press, 1998. 1st Edition. Dark brown cloth spine over light tan paper wrapped boards. Full color glossy dust jacket. Unpaginated. Illustrated in full color by Barbara Garrison. Oblong 8vo. NF/NF .

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 | ¥4,391)

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...