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DRAGON

Bergsma, Jody · 1999 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$33.00 (€29.94 | £24.98 | ¥5,270)

Bellvue WA: Illumination Arts Publishing Company, 1999. 1st edition. Pictorial laminated boards. Dust jacket which replicates binding design. 31, [1] pp. Illustrated in color. 4to. A Fine copy in a similar jacket.

The NAME Of ANNABEL LEE

Symons, Julian · 1983 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

New York: The Viking Press, 1983. 1st US edition. Hardback. Dust jacket. 191, [1] pp. 8vo. F/NF .

GOLDEN CODGERS. Biographical Speculations

Ellmann, Richard [1918 - 1987] · 1973 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

London: Oxford University Press, 1973. 1st edition. Hardback. Dust jacket. x, [2], 193, [1] pp (including Index). 8vo. NF/VG+ (soiling to rear panel).

PEASANT PROPERTIES And Other Selected Essays. In Two Volumes

Verney, Lady [Frances Parthenope Nightengale. 1819 - 1890] · 1885 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$385.00 (€349.31 | £291.42 | ¥61,480)

London: Longmans Green and Co, 1885. 1st edition. Black half-sheep bindings with black cloth boards. Marbled edges & eps. 2 volumes ([8], 292; [6], 258 pp). 12mo. 6-3/4" x 4-1/2". Some general binding wear, with minor rubbing to joints. Period bookplate. A VG+ copy of a fairly...

REINHART'S WOMEN

Berger, Thomas · 1981 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$16.50 (€14.97 | £12.49 | ¥2,635)

New York: Delacorte, 1981. 1st edition. Hardback. Dust jacket. 8vo. NF/NF.

FABLES: Consisting of Select Parts from Dante, Berni, Chaucer, and Ariosto. Imitated in English Heroic Verse. [bound with] FABLES: Vol. II. Containing Cambuscan, An Heroic Poem, In Six Books: Founded Upon and Comprizing a Free Imitation of Chaucer's Fragment on that Subject

Wharton, Richard [ca 1774 - 1828] · 1805 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$825.00 (€748.52 | £624.46 | ¥131,742)

London: Printed by T. Bensley, Bolt Court, for Payne and Mackinlay, 1805. 1st edition. PRESENTATION inscription from Mrs Wharton to J. [?] W. Phipps, at top of t.p. dated March 18, 1812. Period blue morocco-style sheep binding with gilt decorated spine. AEG. 2 volumes in 1 ([2...

The SIAMESE TWINS. A Satirical Tale of the Times. With Other Poems

[Bulwer-Lytton, Edward. 1st Baron Lytton. 1803 - 1873]. "By the Author of 'Pelham,' 'The Disowned,' 'Devereaux,' 'Paul Clifford,' &c &c." · 1831 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$220.00 (€199.60 | £166.52 | ¥35,131)

New York: J & J Harper, 1831. 1st US edition (American Imprints 8044). Pink cloth over drab paper boards; printed yellow paper title label to spine. [4], xvii, [3], [13] - 308, 16] pp. 4 pages of adverts [Feb, 1831] begin volume; 16 pages of adverts at rear. Untrimmed. 12mo. S...

WE And OUR NEIGHBORS: or, The Records of an Unfashionable Street. (Sequel to "My Wife and I.") A Novel

Stowe, Harriet Beecher [1811 - 1896] · 1875 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$137.50 (€124.75 | £104.08 | ¥21,957)

New York: J. B. Ford & Company, 1875. 1st US edition, Issue A, 1st state (BAL 19483). Original publisher's blue cloth stamped in black & gilt. Pale yellow eps. [vi], [7] - 480, 10 pp. Publisher catalogue last 10 pages. Frontis & 7 inserted plates. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 4-7/8". Genera...

PENELOPE'S IRISH EXPERIENCES

Wiggin, Kate Douglas [1856 - 1923] · 1901 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$82.50 (€74.85 | £62.45 | ¥13,174)

Boston: Houghton Mifflin & Company, 1901. 1st edition, printing 3 (BAL 22625). Green cloth binding with a black clover motive & gilt stamped lettering. [2], vi, [2], 329, [1] pp. Last page printer's imprint. 8vo. 7" x 4-1/2". VG+ (bit of splay to boards).

The YOUNG VOYAGEURS, or The Boy Hunters in the North

Reid, Captain [Thomas] Mayne [1818 - 1883] · 1854 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$49.50 (€44.91 | £37.47 | ¥7,905)

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1854. Early US printing (cf. NCBEL III, 959), the first edition coming the year prior. Original publisher's green cloth with gilt decorated spine & boards stamped in blind. 360, [2] pp. Last leaf blank. Illustrated, with a frontis & 11 inserted full...

MISS MINERVA'S SCALLYWAGS

Sampson, Emma Speed · 1927 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$104.50 (€94.81 | £79.10 | ¥16,687)

Chicago: Reilly & Lee, 1927. 1st edition. Red cloth binding with black stamping. Red & black dust jacket which replicates binding design. 321, [1] pp. Illustrated by William Donahey. 12mo. VG+ (square & tight)/VG (some edgewear & a bit of chipping to spine panel crown). Miss M...

MYTHS & TEXT

Snyder, Gary [b. 1930] · 1960 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

New York: Totem Press in Association with Corinth Books, 1960. 1st edition, 3rd printing (McNeil A2c). Ca 1965. White printed paper wrappers, stapled. 48 pp. 8vo. 7-3/4" x 5-5/16". Some tanning to extremities. A VG+ copy.

The DESTRUCTION Of JERUSALEM By Titus Vespasian. In Two Parts. As It is Acted at the Theatre Royal. Written by Mr. Crowne

Crowne, Mr. [John. 1640? - 1712] · 1677 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

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

London: Printed for James Magnes and Richard Bentley, 1677. 1st edition (Wing C-7385). Modern quarter calf binding with marbled paper boards, executed in a period style. Eps renewed. [16], 55, [1]; [4], 64, [4] pp. Separate dated title page for Part II. 4to: A4 a4 B - H4; A2 B...

ONE JUMP AHEAD

Van Name, Mark L. · 2007 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$13.75 (€12.48 | £10.41 | ¥2,196)

Riverdale NY: Baen, 2007. 1st edition. Hardback. Dust jacket. 293, [1] pp. 8vo. F/F .

A MAN Of HONOR

Eggleston, George Cary [1834 - 1911] · 1873 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

New York: Orange Judd Company, 1873. 1st edition. Original publisher's purple cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine. [222, [6] pp. Adverts last 6 pages. Frontis + 9 internal illustrations by M. Woolf. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 4-7/8". VG (gilt bright/cocked/light shelfwear).

OLYMPOS

Simmons, Dan · 2005 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$16.50 (€14.97 | £12.49 | ¥2,635)

New York: EOS, 2005. 1st trade edition. Hardback. Dust jacket. [8], 690, [2] pp. 8vo. NF/NF .

SKABS. #2

[Underground Comic Book]. Ritch, Mark · 1995 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

San Jose: California Comics, 1995. 1st printing (stated). Color pictorial wrappers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Unpaginated, though 22 pp. Illustrated in b&w. 4to. 10-1/4" x 6-5/8". As New.

SKABS. #2

[Underground Comic Book]. Ritch, Mark · 1995 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$12.10 (€10.98 | £9.16 | ¥1,932)

San Jose: California Comics, 1995. 1st printing (stated). Color pictorial wrappers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Unpaginated, though 22 pp. Illustrated in b&w. 4to. 10-1/4" x 6-5/8". As New.

STALL BUDDIES

Pollock, Penny · 1984 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$38.50 (€34.93 | £29.14 | ¥6,148)

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1984. 1st edition. Hardback. Dust jacket. 64 pp. Illustrated by Gail Owens. 8vo. NF (faint 'P' stamped to ffep)/NF.

A WALK In The DARK

Roffman, Jan · 1970 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$13.75 (€12.48 | £10.41 | ¥2,196)

Garden City: Doubleday, 1970. 1st US edition. Black cloth binding. Dust jacket. 185, [1] pp. 8vo. NF (faint rm spray to bottom edge/binder's glue toning to paper of both hinges)/NF (1/2" closed vertical tear to top edge of front panel).