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WAITING For The END Of The WORLD

Bell, Madison Smart · 1985 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$38.50 (€34.93 | £29.14 | ¥6,148)

NY: Ticknor & Fields, 1985. 1st edition. Black cloth spine with orange paper-wrapped boards. Dust jacket. 322 pp, 8vo. F/VG+ (old tape reinforcement on backside at base of spine panel).

CHARLIE MALARKEY And The BELLY-BUTTON MACHINE

Kennedy, William & Brendan · 1986 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1986. 1st edition. Pink cloth binding. Dust jacket. 40 pp. Illustrated by Glen Baxter. Sq 8vo. NF (slt lean/old price erasure on half-title page)/VG+ (light wear).

The FLOATPLANE NOTEBOOKS

Edgerton, Clyde · 1988 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$38.50 (€34.93 | £29.14 | ¥6,148)

Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books, 1988. 1st edition. signedition. Grey cloth. Dust jacket. 265 pp. Sm 8vo. F/F .

A YELLOW RAFT In BLUE WATER

Dorris, Michael · 1987 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$16.50 (€14.97 | £12.49 | ¥2,635)

New York: Henry Holt, 1987. 1st edition. Black cloth spine over boards. Dust jacket. 343 pp. 8vo. 23.5cm x 16cm. VG+/VG+ .

The BENCHMARK. From the Collection 'WORKING MEN'

Dorris, Michael · 1993 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

New York: Henry Holt, 1993. 1st edition. Signed. Linen cloth with blue lettering. Issued without dust jacket. 20 pp. Sm 8vo. Fine. This an advance appearance of a story to appear in 'Working Men'. Signed by Dorris, in the year of publication, on the title page.

The STORY Of RICHARD STORM

Edmonds, Walter D. · 1974 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$33.00 (€29.94 | £24.98 | ¥5,270)

Boston: Little Brown, 1974. 1st edition. Blue cloth with dark blue lettering/dark green cover pictorial. Color pictorial dust jacket. 32 pp, illustrated in color by William Sauts Bock, oblong 4to. VG+ (old price stamp on ffep/poi on ffep)/VG (some minor wear at hd of spine pan...

KILLER DILLER. A Novel

Edgerton, Clyde · 1991 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$24.75 (€22.46 | £18.73 | ¥3,952)

Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books, 1991. 1st edition. SIGNED. Red cloth spine with red paper-wrapped boards. Dust jacket. 247 pp. 8vo. F/F (faint sticker shadow).

CREATED GOLD And Other Poems

[Newton, A. Edward]. Hay, Henry Hanby · 1893 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$495.00 (€449.11 | £374.68 | ¥79,045)

Philadelphia: A. Edward Newton & Co, 1893. 1st edition [Fleck F.6.a; Winterich 12]. An un-numbered large paper copy from a stated limitation of 100 cc. INSCRIBED by Newton [as "The Author"], to Captain Claude Bray, on the ffep. Original publisher's 3/4 burlap over boards. Prin...

SHADOW PLAY

Baxter, Charles · 1993 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$38.50 (€34.93 | £29.14 | ¥6,148)

New York: Norton, 1993. Advance Reader's Copy (precedes the 1st edition). Wrappers. 399 pp. 8vo. Fine.

YESTERDAY'S TRAINS

Dorin, Patrick C. · 1981 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$33.00 (€29.94 | £24.98 | ¥5,270)

Minneapolis MN: Lerner Publications, 1981. 1st edition. INSCRIBED. Green pictorial library binding. 47 pp. Illustrated (some color). Oblong 8vo. VG (some wear & soiling/line of 'bubbling' to rear board). A book for children, introducing them to the world of trains. Inscribed b...

YESTERDAY'S TRAINS

Dorin, Patrick C. · 1981 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$38.50 (€34.93 | £29.14 | ¥6,148)

Minneapolis MN: Lerner Publications, 1981. 1st edition. INSCRIBED. Green pictorial library binding. 47 pp. Illustrated (some color). Oblong 8vo. VG (some wear & soiling). A book for children, introducing them to the world of trains. Inscribed by Dorin on the title page.

The CONFIDENTIAL CLERK. A Play

Eliot, T[homas]. S[tearns. 1888 - 1965] · 1954 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

London: Faber & Faber Ltd, 1954. 1st edition (Gallup A64a). Light blue cloth with gold spine lettering. Dust jacket (1st issue). 136 pp. 8vo. VG+ (top edge with a minor bit of foxing)/VG (short closed tear at top of spine-front panel fold). With the "Ihad" point on p. 7.

The SEVEN DAYS Of CREATION. Adapted from the Bible

Fisher, Leonard Everett · 1981 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$49.50 (€44.91 | £37.47 | ¥7,905)

New York: Holiday House, 1981. 1st edition. SIGNED by Fisher in the year of publication. Black cloth spine with red paper-wrapped boards. Dust jacket. Unipaginated. Illustrated in color by Fisher. 4to. NF (cocked)/VG+ (short closed vertical tear to top edge of front panel).

GIDEON'S HOUSE

Brody, Jane · 1984 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$27.50 (€24.95 | £20.82 | ¥4,391)

New York: Putnams, 1984. 1st edition. ARC, with publisher announcement laid-in. Presentation copy. 206 pp, 8vo. F/F Inscribed, in the year of publication, by author to Luther [Nichols - a one-time editor for Doubleday].

The BIG FIGHT

Buck, Pearl S[ydenstricker. 1892 - 1973] · 1965 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$104.50 (€94.81 | £79.10 | ¥16,687)

New York: The John Day Company, 1965. 1st edition. Blue cloth binding. Orange & yellow dust jacket. 47, [1] pp. Illustrated by Mamoru Funai. 8-1/4" x 5-1/2". NF/VG+ (publisher production sticker to front panel/front flap lower corner clipped [$2.95 present at flap top]). Uncom...

The SECRET Of The BARRED WINDOW. The Judy Bolton Mystery Series #16

Sutton, Margaret · 1943 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$16.50 (€14.97 | £12.49 | ¥2,635)

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1943. 1st edition (cf. Clarke #16, who incorrectly cites DG#1-12 for rear flap). Emerald green cloth with purple lettering. Orchid eps. White spine dust jacket. vii, [3], 207, [5] pp. 3 pages of adverts at rear. Wartime paper. Illustrated by Pelagie...

The MATING CALL

Beach, Rex · 1927 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$41.25 (€37.43 | £31.22 | ¥6,587)

NY: Harper & Brothers, 1927. 1st edition. Lt green cloth. Dust jacket. 8vo. VG (offset to eps)/Abt VG (two lg chips from top edge of front panel/spotting to dj spine panel).

CHICANO

Vasquez, Richard · 1970 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$60.50 (€54.89 | £45.79 | ¥9,661)

Garden City: Doubleday & Co, 1970. 1st edition. Black cloth with silver spine lettering. Dust jacket. 376 pp. 8vo. 21.5cm x 14.5cm. VG+/VG (light edgewear/small closed tear at tail edge).

SIX POEMS (And One Quick Fiction Excerpt from Her Novel, Rapid Transit).; Collected for My Mother on Mother's Day 1980

Sullivan, Mary Ann Bernadette · 1980 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$49.50 (€44.91 | £37.47 | ¥7,905)

[n. p.]: Wip Press, 1980. 1st edition. INSCRIBED, presentation copy. Limited to 25 cc. Printed wrappers. 8 pp. 8vo. Nr Fine. Inscribed on front wrapper: "For Enid, Enid, / with complexity, / aversion of graphics. / a night of colors / and a beginning / friendship - and blue. /...

SONNETS From The PORTUGUESE. A Facsimile Edition of the British Libary Manuscript.; Edited, with an Introduction, by William S. Peterson

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett · 1977 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$38.50 (€34.93 | £29.14 | ¥6,148)

Barre MA: Barre Publishing, 1977. 1st thus. Greyish brown cloth with gilt spine lettering. Dust wrapper. Unpaginated. Frontis + photographic plates of the Mss. 8vo. NF/VG+ .