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An OUTCAST Of The ISLANDS. Appleton's Town and Country Library No. 198

Conrad, Joseph [1857 - 1924] · 1896 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$110.00 (€99.80 | £83.26 | ¥17,566)

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1896. 1st US edition. Green cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering & black/red decorations. [6], 335, [11] pp. 12mo. 7-1/4" x 4-3/4". A slight cock. General wear & soiling to binding. Spine cloth a bit darkened. A VG copy.

ROBERT FROST In RUSSIA

Reeve, F. D. · 1964 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$33.00 (€29.94 | £24.98 | ¥5,270)

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1964. 1st edition. Blue cloth over boards with small imprint design to front board and gilt lettering to spine. White dust jacket with Frost's image to front and red and blue lettering. [8], 135, [1] pp. With 8 B & W photographic images. 7-3/...

SLOW DEATH. #5

Corben, R; Dallas, Charles; Holmes, Rand; Irons, Greg; Jaxon; Sheridan, Ron; Veitch, Tom - Contributors · 1973 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$16.50 (€14.97 | £12.49 | ¥2,635)

Berkeley, Calif: Last Gasp, 1973. 1st printing. Stated. Illustrated wrappers. Unpaginated [30 pp]. Comic book. Cover by Rand Holmes. 10" x 7". NF (subtle agetoning to leaves).

The MOST SUPERB FOLIO And SELF INTERPRETING BIBLE. Containing the Old and New Testaments With a Paraphrase on the Most Obscure and Important Parts. Explanatory Notes and Evangelical Reflections By the Late Reverend John Brown, Minister of the Gospel at Haddington

[Theology]. Brown, John - Editor · 1812 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$1,045.00 (€948.12 | £790.98 | ¥166,873)

New York: T. Kinnersley, (n. d.). 1st edition thus, and [presumed] 3rd US edition of this popular version (Hills 226). Ca 1812/13. Full leather with pictoral bible scenes stamped in gilt to front and back boards, gilt lettering and detail to spine. Front board reads "James & A...

The LITTLE BOOK Of INNER SPACE. Issue Number 1

Omandu · 1972 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$27.50 (€24.95 | £20.82 | ¥4,391)

San Jose, Calif: Bonkersville Press, 1972. 1st edition. Pictoral color wrappers. Unpaginated, though 16 pp. Comic-book style illustrations, b&w. 10" x 7". VG+ - NF (slight age toning to extremities). Now housed in protective archival mylar sleeve. Rare counter-culture comic fr...

MOLOCH or, This Gentile World

Miller, Henry [1891 - 1980] · 1992 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

New York: Grove Press, 1992. 1st edition. Hardback. Dust jacket. 266 pp, 8vo. F (faint smudge on top of text block)/F. Published posthumously.

NEITHER HERE Nor THERE

Herford, Oliver · 1922 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$49.50 (€44.91 | £37.47 | ¥7,905)

New York: George H. Doran Company, 1922. 1st edition. INSCRIBED by the author to Paul Herzog. Blue cloth binding with printed paper title labels to spine & front board. No dust jacket. viii, [2], 9 - 165, [1] pp. 8vo. Spine sun-tanned. A VG+ copy.

A TRAMP ABROAD.; Abridged & edited, with an Introduction, by Charles Neider

Twain, Mark · 1977 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$16.50 (€14.97 | £12.49 | ¥2,635)

New York: Harper & Row, 1977. 1st thus. Hardback. Dust jacket. 319 pp, with illustrations by the author, 8vo. VG/VG (some edgewear/pc).

The POGO SUNDAY BOOK

Kelly, Walt [1913 - 1973] · 1956 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1956. 1st edition. Purple printed wrappers. 132 pp. 9-1/4" x 6-7/8". Slight cock. Spine sunned. A VG copy.

The SMILE At The FOOT Of The LADDER

Miller, Henry [1891 - 1980] · 1966 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$38.50 (€34.93 | £29.14 | ¥6,148)

New York: A New Directions Book, 1966. 1st pb edition (Shifreen & Jackson A66g). Plain white wrappers with orange dust jacket. [10], 48, [4] pp. Illustrated. 7-3/8" x 5". Spine sunned. A VG+ copy.

PHINEAS FINN, The Irish Member. A Novel

Trollope, Anthony [1815 - 1882] · 1868 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$192.50 (€174.65 | £145.71 | ¥30,740)

New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1868. 1st US edition (NCBEL III, 883; Sadleir 30; Smith 23). Original publisher's brown pebbled cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine. 235, [5] pp (double column). 4 pages of undated adverts conclude volume. 17 inserted ill...

COLD DAY In HELL. A Novel

Hawke, Richard · 2007 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$27.50 (€24.95 | £20.82 | ¥4,391)

New York: Random House, 2007. 1st edition. SIGNED by the author on the t.p. Hardback. Red dust jacket. 288, [4] pp. 8vo. A Fine copy in a similar jacket.

The WHITE BONES Of The YEAR Are SCATTERED AMONG JONQUILS

Perron, Lee · 1988 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$27.50 (€24.95 | £20.82 | ¥4,391)

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.

The GHOST At SKELETON ROCK. The Hardy Boys Series #37

Dixon, Franklin W. · 1957 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$27.50 (€24.95 | £20.82 | ¥4,391)

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1957. 2nd printing, with 1st printing jacket (Carpentieri 1957A-1 & 1958A-2). Brown tweed cloth binding with dark brown lettering & orange pictorial eps (2nd state binding). Pictorial wraparound dust jacket. [8], 184 pp. Illustrated. 12mo. VG+/VG (c...

OLIVER OPTIC'S ANNUAL 1889. Stories, Poems, and Pictures fro Little Men and Women

'By the Best Authors and Artists.' · 1887 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$49.50 (€44.91 | £37.47 | ¥7,905)

Boston: The Russell Publishing Company, 1887. 1st edition thus. Glazed color pictorial boards, with images reminiscent of Greenaway. Unpaginated. Illustrated. Square 8vo. Wear to edges & joint cloth. Period pos & drawings to preliminary blanks. A Good copy.

The MURDER In The CATHEDRAL

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

$38.50 (€34.93 | £29.14 | ¥6,148)

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 (€349.31 | £291.42 | ¥61,480)

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 | ¥17,566)

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 | ¥2,196)

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 | ¥21,957)

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...