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OUT On The PAMPAS

Henty, G[eorge]. A[lfred. 1832 - 1902] · 1905 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$16.50 (€14.97 | £12.49 | ¥2,635)

New York: A. L. Burt, (n. d.). Ca 1905. Decorative cloth binding. 276, 30 pp. 30 pp publisher catalogue at rear. Frontis. 12mo. VG (pos to ffep).

GENTLEMAN BEAR

Du Bois, William Pene · 1985 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$16.50 (€14.97 | £12.49 | ¥2,635)

NY: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux, 1985. 1st edition. Blue paper over boards. Dust jacket. 78 pp. Color illustrations by the author. Small 4to. 26cm x 21cm. VG+/VG (edges and spine ends chipped).

The THORN BIRDS

McCullough, Colleen · 1977 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$44.00 (€39.92 | £33.30 | ¥7,027)

NY: Harper & Row, 1977. 1st edition. Brown paper over boards. Dust jacket. 530 pp. 8vo. 24cm x 16.5cm. VG+ (rubbing to extremities)/VG (light chipping to extremities).

PLAYS By MOLIERE. Modern Library #78

[Moliere 1622 - 1673] · 1950 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.32 | ¥1,757)

New York: Random House, 1950. Ca 1957. Red cloth binding with gilt title lettering to front board and spine. Black top edge stained. Dust jacket. [2], 364 pp. 7" x 5". Slight lean, some shelf wear otherwise a VG+ copy in a VG+ jacket.

The MIDDLE SPAN. Vol II of "Persons and Places."

Santayana, George · 1945 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$16.50 (€14.97 | £12.49 | ¥2,635)

New Yorl: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1945. Green cloth binding. Green dust jacket. 187 pp [including index]. Frontis photo of author. 8vo. 21cm x 14cm. VG+ (corners rubbed)/VG (spine ends chipped 2/cm wedge missing from upper panel tail edge).

PERSONS And PLACES: The Background of My Life

Santayana, George [1863 - 1952] · 1944 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,514)

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1944. 1st edition. Green cloth binding. Dust jacket. 262 pp [including index]. Frontis photo of author. 8vo. 21cm x 14cm. VG+ (corners and spine ends rubbed/ slight lean)/VG (chipping along edges/ spine ends chipped and wrinkled).

PAULINE And The MYSTERIOUS PERVERT

Alta · 1975 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$16.50 (€14.97 | £12.49 | ¥2,635)

: Wyrd Press, 1975. 1st edition. Brown printed wrappers. Unpaginated [though 34 pp]. 8vo. 22cm x 15cm. VG (spine to 2cm of rear panel sunned/ corners bumped).

The WHITE MONKEY

Galsworthy, John · 1897 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.32 | ¥1,757)

Leipzig: Bernard Tauchnitz, 1897. Tauchnitz edition: Collection of British Authors, (Todd & Bowden 4665). Vertically ribbed maroon cloth boards. Gilt & black decorated spine. Blind stamped decoration to upper board. 302 pp. 16mo. 16cm x 12cm. VG+ (corners lightly bumped).

The CLUE In The PATCHWORK QUILT. The Judy Bolton Mystery Series #14

Sutton, Margaret · 1941 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$27.50 (€24.95 | £20.81 | ¥4,392)

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1941. 1st edition (Clarke, p. 16). Lime green cloth with purple lettering; orchid eps (Format #3). White spine dust jacket. 214 pp. Illustrated by Pelagie Doane. 12mo. VG+ (pos to ffep upper edge)/VG. DJ flap lists to this title, as well as meeting ...

CHRISTMAS EVE On LONESOME, "HELL-FER SARTAIN" And OTHER STORIES

Fox, John · 1909 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.32 | ¥1,757)

NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1909. Later edition. Green cloth binding with gilt spamped spine to front. 245 pp. Illustrations by F.C Yohn. A.I. Keller, W.A. Rogers and H.C. Ransom. 8vo. 19.5cm x 13.5cm. VG (slight lean/ gutter break after pp120/ corners scuffed and panels ligh...

ASIAN And PACIFIC SHORT STORIES

[The Cultural and Social Centre, Asian Pacific Council] · 1974 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.32 | ¥1,757)

Rutland, VT: Charles E. Tuttle Co, 1974. 1st edition. Orange cloth binding. Green dust jacket. 307 pp. 8vo. 19cm x 12.5cm. Nr Fine/VG+ (spine sunned).

The HISTORY Of SANDFORD And MERTON: A Book for the Young

Day, Thomas [1748 - 1789] · 1873 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$33.00 (€29.94 | £24.97 | ¥5,270)

London: Thomas Nelson, 1873. Cf. Carpenter & Prichard, p 467; NCBEL II, 1025. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering/design. 429 pp. 4 chromolithographs. 12mo. VG (average shelf wear). First published in the 1780s, this moralistic children's story reprinted many times over th...

OVERNIGHT To MANY DISTANT CITIES

Barthelme, Donald · 1983 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.32 | ¥1,757)

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1983. 1st edition. Blue half- cloth binding over blue paper. Dark blue dust jacket. 174 pp. 8vo. 22cm x 14.5cm. Nr Fine/VG (scuffed spine ends/ slight sunning to spine/ four light vertical creases the length of the dust jacket).

SLOVENLY PETER or Cheerful Stories and Funny Pictures for Good Little Folks. Illustrations Colored by Hand After the Original Style

Hoffman, Dr. Henry [1809 - 1894] · 0 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$137.50 (€124.75 | £104.06 | ¥21,960)

Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Co, (n. d.). Special edition. Red cloth binding stamped in gold. Unpaginated (though 92 pp). Profusely illustrated in color. Sm 4to. 25cm x 20cm. VG (corners rubbed & bpt/gold lettering slightly darkened).

The HOUSE Of HARPER: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Publishing

Exman, Eugene · 1967 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$16.50 (€14.97 | £12.49 | ¥2,635)

New York: Harper & Row, 1967. 1st edition. Red cloth binding with blind stamped cover & gilt stamped spine. Red dust jacket. x, 326 pp [including index]. B&W illustrations throughout. 8vo. 24cm x 16.5cm. NF (upper edge sunned)/ VG (some sunning and a small tear to the spine).

CHARLES DICKENS

[Dickens, Charles. 1812 - 1870]. Smiley, Jane · 2002 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.32 | ¥1,757)

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2002. 1st UK edition. Blue cloth bindings with silver lettering on spine. Blue dust jacket. viii, [1], 214pp. 8vo. 20.5cm x 14cm. NF/ NF .

BUNNY BROWN And His SISTER SUE And Their SHETLAND PONY

Hope, Laura Lee · 1918 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.62 | ¥8,784)

NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1918. Ca. Green cloth binding with stamped black lettering & color pictorial only to front board. Dust jacket. 247 pp + 4 pp publisher advert at rear. Illustrated by Thelma Gooch. 12mo. VG+ (sq & tight)/VG+ (light wear). The Bunny Brown Series #7.

CALCULATING GOD

Sawyer, Robert J. · 2000 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$16.50 (€14.97 | £12.49 | ¥2,635)

NY: TOR, 2000. 1st edition. Hardback. Dust jacket. 334 pp. 8vo. F/F .

ANNA CHRISTIE - The EMPEROR JONES - The HAIRY APE. Introduction by Lionel Trilling. Modern Library #146

O'Neill, Eugene [1888 - 1953]. Trilling, Lionel [1905 - 1975] - Contributor · 1949 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$13.75 (€12.47 | £10.41 | ¥2,196)

New York: The Modern Library, 1949. Circa 1956. Red cloth binding. Dust jacket. xix, [1 (blank)], 260, [8] pp. Adverts last 8 pages. 12mo. VG+/VG (light edge wear & age toning).

WHAT BECAME Of GUNNER ASCH.; Translated from the German by J. Maxwell Brownjohn

Kirst, Hans Hellmut · 1964 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$24.20 (€21.96 | £18.31 | ¥3,865)

New York: Harper & Row, 1964. 1st US. Black cloth binding. Black dust jacket. 275 pp. 8vo. VG+/VG (pc).