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Ransom, Bill · 1993 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,514)

Berkeley: Tangram, 1993. 1st edition thus. LIMITED to 160 copies. Blue paper wrappers with white title label pasted to wrappers. Tied with white string. Unpaginated. 9-1/4" x 5-3/4". A Fine copy.

DR. MONTOYA'S MEDICINE

Staple, Will · 1992 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$33.00 (€29.94 | £24.97 | ¥5,270)

(n. p.): Tangram, 1992. 1st edition. LIMITED to 180 copies. Brown recycled paper wrappers, white title label pasted to front. Tied with white string. Unpaginated. 10" x 6". A Near Fine copy.

CHANGE Of SCENE. Contemporary Dutch and Flemish Poems in English Translation

Wolf, Manfred · 1969 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.32 | ¥1,757)

San Francisco: Two Windows Press, 1969. 1st edition. Navy printed paper wrappers. Stapled. Unpaginated. Front wrapper design by Robert Mooney. 7-3/4" x 6-3/8". A Fine copy.

The UNION CAMP PAPERS. (A Log of One Night and Several Days Spent Alone with Everyone)

Wagner, D. R. · 1968 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.32 | ¥1,757)

San Francisco: Two Windows Press, 1968. 1st edition. LIMITED to 420 copies. Charcoal printed paper wrappers. Tied with white string. Unpaginated. Front cover illustration by Rasan Gray. 8" x 4-1/4". A VG+ copy.

GRIFFIN CREEK

Burke, Clifford. [Michael Myers - Illustrations] · 1972 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$13.75 (€12.47 | £10.41 | ¥2,196)

San Francisco: Cranium Press, 1972. 1st edition thus. LIMITED to 450 copies. Beige printed paper wrappers. Unpaginated. Intratextual illustrations. 8" x 5-5/8". Small stain to rear wrapper/spine. Otherwise, a Near Fine copy.

1ST HAND. Seattle Poems

Budenholzer, James & Bruce Schauer · 1976 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$16.50 (€14.97 | £12.49 | ¥2,635)

Seattle: The Seal Press, 1976. 1st edition. LIMITED to 300 copies (copy #153). SIGNED by both authors. Blue printed paper wrappers. 91, [7 (blank)] pp. 7-1/4" x 4-3/8". Very light dotted soiling to rear wrapper. A Near Fine copy.

NINE SKIES. The National Poetry Series

Christie, A. V. · 1997 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$33.00 (€29.94 | £24.97 | ¥5,270)

Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1997. 1st edition thus. INSCRIBED by author to half-title page. Stiff color illustrated printed paper wrappers. 60 pp. 8-1/4" x 6". Very light wear. A Near Fine copy.

DICK MERRIWELL'S CHECK or, The Hot Bunch from Happy Camp. Tip Top Weekly. No. 539. August 11, 1906

[Baseball Fiction]. Standish, Burt L. [pseudonym for Patten, William George "Gilbert". 1866-1945] · 1906 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$110.00 (€99.80 | £83.25 | ¥17,568)

New York: Street & Smith, 1906. 1st printing, rear advert lists through #537. Color pictorial wrappers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. 32 pp. Text double column. P.1 with masthead cut. 11-1/8" x 8-1/8". Modest wear. A solid VG copy of a publication known for ...

ALL ABOARD

[Put-Together Book] · 1927 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$30.25 (€27.44 | £22.89 | ¥4,831)

New York: Published by Samuel Gabriel Sons & Company, 1927. 1st (?). Paper covered, pictorial boards. Title pg vignette & 4 full-pg color illustrations, Oblong 4to. Abt VG (cut-outs glued to illustration pages/some edgewear). Designed to "Keep Busy the Little Hands and Little ...

MOHAMMED ALI And His HOUSE. An Historical Romance. Translated from the German, By Chapman Coleman

Mulbach, L[uise (also Louisa). Pseudonym of Mundt, Clara (also Klara). 1814 - 1873]. Coleman, Chapman - Translator · 1872 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$165.00 (€149.70 | £124.87 | ¥26,352)

New York: D. Appleton & Co, 1872. 1st US edition. Original publisher's blue-green cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine. Brown coated eps. 229, [3] pp. Text double column. Frontis & 3 inserted wood engraved plates, by Alfred Fredericks. 8vo. Spine gilt bright. Light extrem...

The CANTICLE Of The ROSE. Selected Poems 1920 - 1947

Sitwell, Edith [1887 - 1964] · 1949 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$165.00 (€149.70 | £124.87 | ¥26,352)

London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd, 1949. 1st edition (Fifoot EA43a). INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy from the author to James Frey. Blue cloth binding, with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. Dust jacket. x, 260 pp. 8vo. VG+/VG (spine panel a bit sun-tanned/light edgewear).

AMERICA The BEAUTIFUL. A Pop-Up Book

Sabuda, Robert · 2004 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$33.00 (€29.94 | £24.97 | ¥5,270)

New York: Little Simon, 2004. 1st printing. Color pictorial composition binding. 7 large mechanisms. 10-1/4" x 8-3/8". A VG+ copy.

ABE LINCOLN GETS His CHANCE

Cavanah, Frances. Hutchinson, Paula - Illustrator · 1959 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.32 | ¥1,757)

Chicago / New York / San Francisco: Rand McNally & Company, 1959. Childrens Book Club Edition. Green papered boards with brown title lettering stamped to spine and brown hat and umbrella stamped to front board. Blue green and yellow illustrated dust jacket with yellow and whit...

MUCH OF A MUCHNESS: New and Selected Poems by John Ruyle

Ruyle, John · 1972 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$16.50 (€14.97 | £12.49 | ¥2,635)

Berkeley: The Pequod Press, 1972. 1st printing. This copy is number 60 of 100 copies. Yellow paper wrappers with brown title lettering printed to front wrapper and spine. 46, [2] pp. Colorful woodcut to colophon page. 9-1/4" x 5-1/2". Some light wear & soiling, otherwise, a VG...

CLOUD SCATTER. Poems

Nolan, Pat [b. 1943] · 1994 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$16.50 (€14.97 | £12.49 | ¥2,635)

(n. p.): Tangram, 1994. 1st printing. One of one hundred sixty copies. Grey paper wrappers, sewn, with black title lettering printed to white on lay. Unpaginated, however, 16 pp. 10-1/4" x 4-1/4". A VG+ copy.

WORKS Of DOUGLAS JERROLD.; With an Introductory Memoir by his Son, W. Blanchard Jerrold

Jerrold, Douglas · 1863 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$220.00 (€199.60 | £166.49 | ¥35,135)

London: Bradbury & Evans, 1863. 1st edition thus (NCBEL III, 1149). Original plum-colored cloth with gilt lettering/design. 4 volumes. Illustrated with frontispieces to each volume, 12mo. VG+ (some fading to spines/light wear at the extremities/a couple minor spots to frnt boa...

PASSAGE To MUTINY

[Reeman, Douglas]. Kent, Alexander · 1976 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$49.50 (€44.91 | £37.46 | ¥7,905)

NY: Putnam, 1976. 1st US. Light blue cloth binding with gold spine lettering. Dust jacket. 319 pp. 8vo. VG+/VG+ (pc).

NO HERO - THIS. The Sunday Novel. San Francisco Examiner. Sunday, September 26, 1937

Deeping, Warwick [1877 - 1950] · 1937 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$13.75 (€12.47 | £10.41 | ¥2,196)

San Francisco: , 1937. 1st printing thus. Printed self wrappers, newspaper format. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. 15, [1] pp. Text 4 column. Illustrated in color. Folio. 15-1/2" x 10-3/4". Age-toning to paper. Horizontal fold-line, with first leaf starting to separate...

The DEVELOPMENT Of SHAKESPEARE As A DRAMATIST

[Shakespeare, William. ~ 1564 - 1616]. Baker, George Pierce [1866 - 1935] · 1907 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$27.50 (€24.95 | £20.81 | ¥4,392)

New York: The MacMillan Company, 1907. 1st edition. Green cloth binding with gilt spine lettering. TEG. x, [2], 329, [7] pp (including Index). 4 pages of adverts at rear. Illustrated, including color fold-out of "London in 1588". 8vo. Modest binding wear. Prior owner signature...

The ADVENTURES Of ULYSSES. Translated by E. M. Hatt

Le Marchand, Jacques - Told By. Matt, E. M. - Translator · 1960 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$38.50 (€34.93 | £29.14 | ¥6,149)

New York: Criterion Books, 1960. 1st US edition. Yellow cloth binding with black stamped title lettering to spine. Blue & white pictorial eps. Color pictorial dust jacket. Unpaginated. illustrated in color by Andre Francois. 4to. VG+/Abt VG (some edgewear/largish chip from top...