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A YANKEE FLIER On A RESCUE MISSION. Air Combat Stories #15

Avery, Al · 1945 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$41.25 (€37.43 | £31.22 | ¥6,587)

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1945. 1st edition. Green cloth binding stamped in dark blue. Red topstain. Blue pictorial eps. Color pictorial dust jacket. vii, [3], 210 pp. Frontis. 12mo. Nr. Fine (text browned, as usual)/VG (minor wear, with some chipping to the spine ends).

The BOY THAT ATE MORE THAN The GIANT And Other Swedish Folktales.; Translated from the Swedish by Sheila LaFarge

Lofgren, Ulf · 1978 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

New York & Cleveland: William Collins & Wold Publishing Co, 1978. 1st US edition. Color pictorial paper-wrapped boards. Whitepictorial dust jacket with identical illustration as the binding. 32 pp. Illustrated in color by Ulf Lofgren. Sq 8vo. NF/NF (light soil to dj).

SWEDISH TOYS, DOLLS And GIFTS YOU CAN MAKE YOURSELF. Traditional Swedish Handcrafts

Lofgren, Ulf · 1978 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.33 | ¥1,757)

NY & Cleveland: William Collins & Wold Publishing Co, 1978. 1st US. Color pictorial paper-wrapped boards. White pictorial dust jacket with identical illustration as the binding. 32 pp. Illustrated in color. Sq 8vo. NF/NF (light soil to dj).

CHAP-BOOKS Of The EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

Ashton, John · 1966 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$27.50 (€24.95 | £20.82 | ¥4,391)

New York & London: Benjamin Blom, 1966. Reissue of the 1882 1st edition. Green cloth binding. 486 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. VG (gilt bright/gutter break bwtn tp & frontis).

YESTERDAY HAD A MAN In IT. Poems

Miller, Leslie Adrienne · 1998 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$16.50 (€14.97 | £12.49 | ¥2,635)

Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1998. 1st pb edition. INSCRIBED. Wrappers. 88 pp. 8vo. Fine. Inscribed by Ms Miller on the half-title page, and additionally signed by her on the title page.

WORLD'S FAIR. A Novel

Doctorow, E.L. · 1985 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$33.00 (€29.94 | £24.98 | ¥5,270)

New York: Random House, 1985. 1st edition. Blue cloth binding. Dust jacket. 288 pp, 8vo. NF (very slight lean)/NF (spine panel slightly sunned). Winner of the National Book Award.

1936

[Poetry]. Tufts, Robert · 1945 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$110.00 (€99.80 | £83.26 | ¥17,566)

Bloomington: Printed by Alice Martin at Indiana University Art Center Press, 1945. 1st edition. Limited to 15cc. Brown wrappers, stab sewn with black thread. Paper title label on front wrapper. Unpaginated. 6" x 8". VG (bit of edge fading/light wear).

THEIR YESTERDAYS

Wright, Harold Bell · 1912 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$49.50 (€44.91 | £37.47 | ¥7,905)

Chicago: The Book Supply Co, 1912. 1st edition. Maroon cloth lettered in gilt. White dust jacket with front panel color pictorial. 311 pp. Illustrations by F. Graham Cootes. Crown 8vo. NF/VG (Largish chip fm top of spine panel [affects 'T' in 'Their' and the top of the 'E' in ...

MADAM Is DEAD

Terrall, Robert · 1947 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$19.25 (€17.47 | £14.57 | ¥3,074)

New York: Duell Sloan & Pearce, 1947. 1st edition. Red cloth spine with linen cloth boards. Dust jacket. 243 pp. Sm 8vo. VG (top edge dusty)/VG (pc). 'A Bloodhound Mystery'.

MONSIEUR

Durrell, Lawrence [1912 - 1990] · 1975 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

New York: Viking, 1975. 1st US edition. Lt blue cloth spine with black paper-wrapped boards. Dust jacket. 309 pp. 8vo. NF/NF .

On The REINDEER TRAIL. The Story of Two Boys in Alaska

Williamson, Thames · 1932 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$49.50 (€44.91 | £37.47 | ¥7,905)

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1932. 1st edition. Lt blue cloth with dark blue lettering. Dust jacket. 242 pp. Illustrated by Lee Townsend. 8vo. VG (some discoloration to spine cloth)/VG (sp panel lightly sunned/pieces of old tape reinforcement to dj verso).

KEEPSAKE

Gravelle, Barbara · 1974 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$49.50 (€44.91 | £37.47 | ¥7,905)

Berkeley: Two Windows Press, 1974. 1st edition. Ltd to 200cc. Blue wrappers, sewn. Unpaginated. 5 1/2" x 8 3/4". Fine. The first of 'Effie's Books', designed by Bonnie L. Carpenter.

The HAWBUCKS

Masefield, John · 1929 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$82.50 (€74.85 | £62.45 | ¥13,174)

London: William Heinmann Ltd, 1929. 1st edition. Blue cloth binding with gold lettering. Dust jacket. 322 pp. 8vo. VG+/VG (some minor edgewear/spine panel sunned).

SMALL CLAIMS, LARGE ENCOUNTERS

Jones, Sonya · 1995 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$30.25 (€27.45 | £22.90 | ¥4,831)

NY: Brito & Lair, 1995. 1st edition. INSCRIBED. Black binding. White dust jacket. 53 pp. Illustrated from photographs by Donna Guenther. 8vo. 23.5cm x 16cm. Fine/Nr Fine The poems recount a journey to India. Inscribed by Jones on the half-title page.

MARRYING HARRIET. A Novel of Regency England.; Being the Sixth Volume of 'The School for Manners'

Chesney, Marion · 1990 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

NY: St. Martin's Press, 1990. 1st edition. Blue paper-wrapped boards. Dust jacket. 167 pp. Sm 8vo. F/NF (lt soil).

BIAFRA GOODBYE

Gold, Herbert [b. 1924] · 1970 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$38.50 (€34.93 | £29.14 | ¥6,148)

San Francisco: Two Windows Press, 1970. 1st edition. Tan leather wrappers. 45 pp. 8vo. Near Fine. Limited to 100 cc bound in leather, but not signed.

The BLUE HERON TREE

Hurd, Edith Thacher. Hurd, Clement - Illustrator · 1968 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$19.80 (€17.96 | £14.99 | ¥3,162)

New York: Viking, 1968. 1st edition. Yellow cloth binding. Dust jacket. 66 pp. Illustrated by Clement Hurd. 8vo. 24cm x 18cm. VG (moderate soiling to boards)/VG+ (pc/spine tanned/edgewear).

LETTERS Of JAMES JOYCE.; Edited by Stuart Gilbert

Joyce, James [1882 - 1941]. Gilbert, Stuart - Editor · 1957 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$82.50 (€74.85 | £62.45 | ¥13,174)

New York: Viking, 1957. 1st edition. Green cloth spine with gilt lettering. Dust jacket. 437, [1 (blank)] pp (including Index). Frontis. 8vo. VG+ (top edge a bit dusty)/VG+ (lt wear).

MEMBERS Of The FAMILY

Wister, Owen [1860 - 1938] · 1911 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$38.50 (€34.93 | £29.14 | ¥6,148)

New York: MacMillan, 1911. 1st edition. Linen cloth with red & gold lettering/design. 317 pp + adverts at rear. 8vo. VG+ (slt lean/po signature & name label).

The MISSOURI BREAKS

McGuane, Thomas · 1976 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

New York: Ballantine, 1976. 1st edition, PBO. Wrappers. Yellow edge stain. 131 pp. Illustrated from photographs. 12mo. Nr Fine (sq & tight/bit of age toning to extremities).