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ACTIONS And REACTIONS

Kipling, Rudyard [1865 - 1936] · 1909 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1909. 1st Edition. Green cloth binding with gilt title lettering stamped to front board and spine. TEG. [6], 324, [2 (blank)] pp. Untrimmed. 8 inserted plates including frontis. 8" x 5-1/2". Gilt bright. Very slight lean. A VG+ copy.

WHO WAS PHILIP? A Tale of Public School Life

Adams, Rev. H[enry]. C[aldwalder. 1817 - 1899] · 1886 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$33.00 (€29.94 | £24.98 | ¥5,270)

London: Griffith, Farran, Okeden & Welsh, 1886. 1st edition. Green cloth binding with gilt and white title lettering stamped to front board and spine. AEG. [6], 377, [1 (blank)], [32 pp catalogue, dated 8/85] pp. 8 plates. 7-1/2" x 5-1/4". Cocked. Spine darkened. Foxing. POI t...

PLOUGHED UNDER. The Story of an Indian Chief Told By Himself. With an Introduction by Inshta Theamba (Bright Eyes)

[Harsha, William Justin]. Theamba, Inshta, aka 'Bright Eyes' [psuedonym of Tibbles, Susette (La Flesche)] - Contributor · 1881 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$165.00 (€149.70 | £124.89 | ¥26,348)

New York: Fords Howard & Hulbert, 1881. 1st edition (Wright III, 2522). Original publisher's terra-cotta cloth binding with gilt stamped spine & front board stamped in black. 268, [6] pp. 4 pages of adverts after text. Last leaf blank. 12mo. 7" x 5". Cocked. Some modest wear &...

A MATTER Of TIME

Deshpande, Shashi. Menon, Ritu - Afterword · 1999 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

New York: The Feminist Press at The City University of New York, 1999. 1st US Edition. Red papered boards with black cloth spine. Blind inital lettering stamped to front board. Gilt title lettering stamped to spine. Dust jacket. [4], 269, [5] pp. 8-3/4" x 5-3/4". A VG+ copy in...

MANGO- COLOURED FISH

Nambisan, Kavery · 1998 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

Delhi: Penguin, 1998. 1st Edition. Color illustrated paper wrappers with yellow title lettering to front wrapper and b/w title lettering printed to spine. [8], 241, [3] pp. 7-3/4" x 5". Price sticker removal abrasion to top right corner of first text page. Still, a VG+ copy.

A FAIRY TALE. How Cupid Helped the Little Grown Prince of Fairyland or The Origin of Dimples

Taft, Lottie H. [1865 - 1944] · 1903 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$214.50 (€194.61 | £162.36 | ¥34,253)

San Jose, Cal: Press of Frank M. Eley, 1903. 1st edition. Pale blue printed paper wrappers, with pink ribbon tie. 28, [4] pp. Historiated initial letter. 8vo. 9-1/2" x 6". Age toning to wrappers. A VG+ copy. Uncommon early 20th C. San Francisco Bay Area imprint, and apparently...

PARLEY'S MAGAZINE. August, 1836

[Goodrich, Samuel Griswold. 1793 - 1860] · 1836 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$49.50 (€44.91 | £37.47 | ¥7,905)

New - York and Boston: Published on the Same Day by Charles S. Francis and Joseph H. Francis, 1836. 1st printing of this issue. Original printed yellow paper wrappers. Pp 225 - 256 [= 32] pp. Untrimmed. Illustrated with cuts. 8vo. 7-1/2" x 6-3/8". Wrapper well worn. Text block...

The GREAT SACRIFICE. The Tragedy of an Unwanted Bride. Nos. 3-16, 22, 30, 32 - 34, 45 - 62, 81 - 82

[Serialized Fiction] · 1941 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$385.00 (€349.31 | £291.42 | ¥61,480)

Chicago, Ill: The La Salle Publishing Company, 1941. 1st printing [presumed]. Printed pink [later, off-white] paper wrappers, stapled. Advert to rear wrapper. ~ 32 pp per part. The occasional illustration. 8vo. ~ 8-3/4" x 5-7/8". Wrappers show some wear & occasional chipping. ...

The BOY SETTLERS. A Story of Early Times in Kansas

Brooks, Noah [1830 - 1930]. Rogers, W. A.[1845 -1931] - Illustrator · 1891 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$44.00 (€39.92 | £33.30 | ¥7,026)

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1891. 1st Edition. Yellow cloth binding with gilt title lettering and brown and silver graphic stamped to front board and spine. [10], 252, [2 (balnk)] pp. 16 b/w inserted plates. 7-1/2" x 5-1/2". Slight lean, sunning to spine, off-set to tit...

Les GAZETTES D'ADRIENNE MONNIER. 1925 - 1945

Monnier, Adrienne [1892 -1955] · 1953 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Paris: Rene Julliard, 1953. 1st printing. White paper wrappers with red and black title lettering printed to front wrapper and spine. 318, [2] pp including Table. French text. 7-1/2" X 5-3/4". Front wrapper is apart from book, significant paper missing from spine, 4-1/2" split...

The STORY Of SHADOW, the Rock Wallaby

Rees, Leslie [1905 - 2000]. Cunningham, Walter - Illustrator · 1950 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$82.50 (€74.85 | £62.45 | ¥13,174)

Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane: John Sands Pty. Ltd, (n. d.). 1st edition, ca 1950s. Grey paper boards with red title lettering to front board. Color pictorial dust jacket. 43 pp. 7 full page color illustrations. Numerous light red drawings in margins. Royal 8vo. 10" x 7-1/4"....

From RUNNING AFTER ANTELOPE

Carrier, Scott · 0 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$52.25 (€47.41 | £39.55 | ¥8,344)

(n. p.): , (n. d.). 1st printing. SIGNED. Number 44 of 100 copies. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Broadside, printed recto only, printed in green on hand-made paper. One dark green illustration in bottom right corner. Oblong format. 10" x 17". Fine.

The UNDERTOW

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

$82.50 (€74.85 | £62.45 | ¥13,174)

[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 | ¥1,757)

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.

PRESENT TENSE. An American Editor's Odyssey

Cousins, Norman · 1967 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$27.50 (€24.95 | £20.82 | ¥4,391)

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.

The FOOLS Of CHELM And Their History

Singer, Isaac Bashevis · 1973 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$49.50 (€44.91 | £37.47 | ¥7,905)

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1973. 1st edition. Hardback. Dust jacket. 57 pp. Illustrated by Uri Shulevitz. 8vo. NF/VG+ .

The COMET And YOU

Krupp, E. C [b. 1944]. Krupp, Robin Rector - Illustrator · 1985 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$16.50 (€14.97 | £12.49 | ¥2,635)

New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1985. 1st Editon. Black papered boards with black cloth binding. Silver graphic stamped to front board and silver title lettering stamped to spine. B/w illustrated dust jacket with black title lettering to front panel and grey title lett...

SEASONS At WAR. A Cycle of Rhythms

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

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

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 | ¥4,391)

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 | ¥13,174)

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...