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His Own PEOPLE

Tarkington, Booth [1869 - 1946] · 1907 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$110.00 (€99.80 | £83.25 | ¥17,568)

Garden City: Doubleday Page & Co, 1907. 1st edition (Russo & Sullivan, pp 19-20). INSCRIBED by Tarkington in 1941. Red cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering. Color pictorial eps. No dust jacket. [8], 150 pp. Frontis & 5 inserted plates by Lawrence Mazzanovich and F. R. Gru...

REBECCA WEST. A Life

[West, Rebecca]. Glendinning, Victoria · 1987 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$13.75 (€12.47 | £10.41 | ¥2,196)

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1987. 1st edition. Hardback. Dust wrapper. xv, [1], 288 pp (including Index). 8vo. NF/VG .

NEAERA. A Tale of Ancient Rome

Graham, John W. · 1886 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$137.50 (€124.75 | £104.06 | ¥21,960)

London: MacMillan, 1886. 1st edition (Wolff 2663). Original publisher's slate blue cloth with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. 2 volumes ([4], 238, [2]; [4], 259, [5] pp). Adverts conclude each volume. 8vo. 9" x 5-3/4". Cocked. 1 cm vertical split to cloth at Vol II spin...

DRAGON

Bergsma, Jody · 1999 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$33.00 (€29.94 | £24.97 | ¥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.

YOUNG ENGLAND: An Illustrated Magazine for Young People Throughout the English-Speaking World. Vol. XVI

[Childrens Literature] · 1895 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$49.50 (€44.91 | £37.46 | ¥7,905)

London: The Sunday School Union, (n. d.). Ca late 1895 / early 1896. Blue decorative cloth binding. Floral patterned-paper eps. ii, 475, [1] pp. Illustrated. Royal 8vo. General wear. POI to ffep & preliminary blank. An About VG copy.

Le PIEGE DIABOLIQUE. Les Aventures de Blake et Mortimer

Jacobs, Edgar P. · 1972 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$38.50 (€34.93 | £29.14 | ¥6,149)

Bruxelles: Les Editions du Lombard, 1972. Color pictorial glazed boards. 64 pp. Illustrated in color, comic-strip style. 4to. A VG+ copy.

The NAME Of ANNABEL LEE

Symons, Julian · 1983 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,514)

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 | ¥3,514)

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 (€349.30 | £291.37 | ¥61,487)

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.

The BATTLE Of The KNIGHTS, A Northumbrian Legend. Part First

[Provincial Printing]. 'Junius' · 1826 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$330.00 (€299.40 | £249.74 | ¥52,703)

Alnwick: Printed by M. Smith, 1826. One sheet, printed recto only. Title printed in outline lettering. Quote from Shakespeare under the title. Text double column. 22 stanzas of 4 lines each. 10-3/4" x 8-5/8". Some wrinkling, fold lines & light soiling. A VG copy. A printed bal...

OEUVRES De Mr Racine. De L'Academie Royale des Inscriptions & Belles Lettres. Tome Primier. Tome Second. Qui Renferme Les Memoires Sur La Vie De Mr. J. Racine

Racine, L[ouis. 1692 - 1763]. Racine, J[ean. 1639 - 1699] · 1750 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$82.50 (€74.85 | £62.44 | ¥13,176)

Amsterdam: Chez Marc Michel Rey, 1750. Sixieme Edition. Revue & Augmentee par l'Auteur. Period brown half calf with speckled paper boards & red speckled edges. 2 volumes in 1 ([8], 268; [4], 366 pp). T.p. printed in red & black. Text in French. Frontis & engraved title page to...

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 (€748.50 | £624.36 | ¥131,758)

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...

PATTY BLOSSOM. The Patty Books #15

Wells, Carolyn · 1917 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$16.50 (€14.97 | £12.49 | ¥2,635)

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1917. Reprint. Ca 1937. Light blue cloth binding with dark blue lettering. Red pictorial eps. Red topstain. Dust jacket. 295, [7] pp. 6 pages of adverts at rear. 12mo. VG+/VG+ .

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 | £166.49 | ¥35,135)

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...

MAD HANNAH RAFFERTY. A Novel

Sullivan, Tony · 1990 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,514)

London: Andre Deutsch, 1990. Uncorrected Proof. Printed red paper wrappers. 250 pp. 8vo. A Fine copy.

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 | £104.06 | ¥21,960)

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...

UNSENT LETTERS

Bradbury, Malcolm · 0 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$27.50 (€24.95 | £20.81 | ¥4,392)

London: Andre Deutsch, (n. d.). Uncorrected Proof. Red paper wrappers, printed in black. 218 pp. 8vo. Fine.

PAPER DOORS

Waycott, Angus · 1994 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$27.50 (€24.95 | £20.81 | ¥4,392)

London: Andre Deutsch, 1994. Uncorrected Proof. Red paper wrappers, printed in black. 230 pp. 8vo. Nr Fine (front wrapper upper corner shows a faint diagonal crease).

PENELOPE'S IRISH EXPERIENCES

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

$82.50 (€74.85 | £62.44 | ¥13,176)

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).