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LOVE At ALL AGES

Thirkell, Angela · 1959 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$66.00 (€59.88 | £49.95 | ¥10,541)

NY: Knopf, 1959. 1st US. Brown cloth binding. Map eps. Dust jacket. 310 pp. 8vo. VG+/VG (avg wear/pc).

VOICES On The WIND

Anthony, Evelyn [pseudonym of Ward-Thomas, Evelyn. b. 1928] · 1985 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$13.75 (€12.47 | £10.41 | ¥2,196)

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1985. 1st US edition. Blue cloth binding. Dust jacket. 286 pp. 8vo. F/F .

PIKE COUNTY BALLADS and Other Pieces

Hay, John [1838 - 1905] · 1871 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$49.50 (€44.91 | £37.46 | ¥7,905)

Boston: James R. Osgood & Co, 1871. 1st edition (BAL 7740). Terra cotta cloth with gilt lettering (w/ 7/8" monogram). 167 pp. Illustrated. 12mo. VG+ (lt soil/contemporary owner sig on blank front fly/last few leaves have sm margin stain [5mm x 1 mm - does not affect text]).

AUTOBIOGRAPHY

Mill, John Stuart [1806 - 1873] · 1873 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$165.00 (€149.70 | £124.87 | ¥26,352)

London: Longmans Green Reader & Dyer, 1873. 1st edition (NCBEL III, 1552). Original green pebbled publisher's cloth, ruled in black; gilt stamped spine lettering. vi, 313, [1] pp. 2 pp advert at rear. 8vo. VG (cocked/general wear/pos).

CORDIALLY YOURS..

[Hurston, Zora Neale] · 1939 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$104.50 (€94.81 | £79.09 | ¥16,689)

[Boston]: Boston Heald Book Fair Committee, 1939. 1st edition. 96 pp. Sm 8vo. NF (bpt)/NF (sp panel sltly sunned). Has Hurston's essay, "Now Take Noses"; Christopher Morley's "History of the Future"; DuBose Heyward's "A Tragic Fable"; Thornton Burgess' "In A Garden"; and other...

JOURNEY INTO AMERICA

[Ward, Lynd]. Peattie, Donald Culross · 1943 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$24.75 (€22.45 | £18.73 | ¥3,953)

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1943. 1st edition. Red cloth binding with stamped blue lettering. Color pictorial eps & dust jacket (by Lynd Ward). 276 pp. Color illustrations by Lynd Ward. 8vo. VG+/VG+ (spine panel lightly sunned/pc).

STRONG HEARTS

[Armstrong, Margaret]. Cable, George W. · 1899 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$82.50 (€74.85 | £62.44 | ¥13,176)

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899. 1st edition (BAL 2365; Gullans & Espey 55). INSCRIBED Presentation copy from the author. Green cloth with gilt oak leaf & acorn decorated cover. TEG. 214 pp. Sm. 8vo. Gd+ (sp sunned/slt lean/slt fraying at hd of spine & along rear joint...

The OTHER VICTORIANS. A Study of Sexuality and Pornography in Mid-Nineteenth Century England

Marcus, Steven · 1966 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,514)

New York: Basic Books, 1966. 1st edition. Hardback. Yellow dust jacket. xv, [5], 292 pp (including Index). 8vo. VG/VG (sp sltly sunned).

'1601' A TUDOR FIRESIDE CONVERSATION

[Twain, Mark] · 1969 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,514)

(n. p.): Land's End Press, 1969. Red cloth binding. Dust Jacket. Unpaginated [though 24 pp]. With b/w illustrations by Alan Odle. 4to. 28cm x 22cm. NF (corners scuffed)/VG+ (extremities yellowing).

MARK TWAIN And His WORLD

Kaplan, Justin · 1974 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$30.25 (€27.44 | £22.89 | ¥4,831)

NY: Simon & Schuster, 1974. 1st edition. 224 pp (including index), profusely illustrated, Sm 4to. NF/NF.

JAN Of The WINDMILL. A Story of the Plains

Ewing, Juliana Horatia [1841 - 1885] · 1893 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$13.75 (€12.47 | £10.41 | ¥2,196)

London: George Bell & Sons, (n. d.). Circa 1893. Stiff pictorial paper-wrapped boards. 151 pp (double column), illustrated with 11 wood-cuts, sq 8vo. Gd (stain to lower margin of first 6 leaves/contemporary owner sig to ffep/offset to eps). Ewing a noted 19th c. writer of chil...

A MORGAN For MELINDA

Gates, Doris · 1980 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$49.50 (€44.91 | £37.46 | ¥7,905)

NY: Viking, 1980. 1st edition. Presentation copy. 189 pp, 8vo. F/NF. A 10 year old girl and her horse. Inscribed, in the year of publication, on the half title page.

MORNING STAR. A Little Pueblo Girl

[Childrens - Indians] · 1935 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,514)

NY: The Platt & Munk Co, 1935. Printed color wrappers. Unpaginated (though 10 pp including wrappers). Illustrated in color & b/w by Roger Vernam. Sq 8vo. VG+ (some minor wear & soiling). A Platt & Munk Book, No. 3300F.

Boswell's London Journal, 1762 - 1763

[Boswell, James. 1740 - 1795]. Pottle, Frederick A. - ed · 1950 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$41.25 (€37.42 | £31.22 | ¥6,588)

New York: McGraw - Hill, 1950. 1st edition. Hardback. Dust jacket. 370 pp, 8vo. Nr. F/VG+ (lt edgewear). Yale Edition of the Private Papers of James Boswell.

The ROCKET RANGE PLOT

Downie, James M. · 1952 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$27.50 (€24.95 | £20.81 | ¥4,392)

London: Warne, 1952. 1st edition. Hardback. Dust jacket. 256 pp. frontis & map, 8vo. VG+ (bpt)/VG (some wear/agressive pc).

The COMING Of AGE.; Translated by Patrick O'Brian

[O'Brian, Patrick]. De Beauvoir, Simone · 1972 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$27.50 (€24.95 | £20.81 | ¥4,392)

NY: Putnam's, 1972. 1st US. . VG (lower rear corner bumped)/VG+ (minor wear). De Beauvoir's massive treatment on growing old.

SCOUTING For SHERIDAN. The Young Virginians Series

Dunn, Byron A. · 1918 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$49.50 (€44.91 | £37.46 | ¥7,905)

Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co, 1918. 1st Edition. Red cloth binding with blue title lettering and yellow design stamped to front board and spine. [12], 389, [3 (blank)] pp. Five b/w plates. 7-1/2" x 5-1/4". Sunning and wear to extremities, bumps to edges of boards, front hinge s...

JOE WAYRING At HOME

[Fosdick, Charles A.]. Castlemon, Harry · 1886 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$49.50 (€44.91 | £37.46 | ¥7,905)

Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1886. 1st edition (Blanck, pg 66). Brown decorative cloth w/ gilt spine lettering. 413 + 2 pp advert at rear. 4 inserted illustrations on coated paper, Small12mo. 17.5cm x 12.5cm. VG (lean/light edgewear/faint splash marks at rear panel/signature...

MARK TWAIN'S MISSISSIPPI. A Pictorial History of America's Greatest River.; Also Contains Selected Excerpts from Mark Twain's LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI

[Twain, Mark]. Watkins, T. H. · 1974 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$49.50 (€44.91 | £37.46 | ¥7,905)

Palo Alto: American West Publishing Company, 1974. 1st edition. 221 pp (including index), profusely illustrated (many in color), 4to. NF/VG (some minor edgewear).

MARK TWAIN: Man and Legend

[Twain, Mark]. Ferguson, DeLancy · 1943 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$41.25 (€37.42 | £31.22 | ¥6,588)

Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1943. 1st edition. Signed. Hardback. Dust jacket. 352 pp (including index), frontis of Twain, 8vo. VG/Abt VG (edgeworn & chipped/dj dampstained at base of spine panel). Signed by Ferguson on the ffep.