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TREE TREASURE. A Conservation Story

Stevens, James · 1950 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,514)

Portland OR: Binfords & Mort, 1950. 1st edition. ARC, with publisher slip laid-in. Pictorial linen cloth. Dust jacket. 83 pp. Illustrations by Ernest Norling. 4to. VG+/VG (pc msg from head of spine panel).

RUNAWAY JOHN

Klein, Leonore · 1963 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$16.50 (€14.97 | £12.49 | ¥2,635)

NY: Knopf, 1963. Yellow cloth binding. Blue dust jacket. Unpaginated. Illustrated in color by Susan B. Warner. Sm 4to. VG+ (sm pos in upper rt corner of ffep)/VG (lower 1" of spine panel lacking [tape reinforcement]/sm triangular pc msg from rear panel lower edge [tape reinfor...

A DEADLY SICKNESS

Penn, John · 1985 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$16.50 (€14.97 | £12.49 | ¥2,635)

NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1985. 1st ed. Hardback. Dust jacket. F/F .

NABOKOV'S QUARTET

Nabokov, Vladimir [1899 - 1977] · 1966 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$49.50 (€44.91 | £37.46 | ¥7,905)

NY: Phaedra Publishers, 1966. 1st ed (Ahearn APG 030a). Hardback (variant 'a' with green eps). White dust jacket. 104 pp. 8vo. VG/VG .

MARY'S LITTLE LAMB

Hudson, W. H. · 1929 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$41.25 (€37.42 | £31.22 | ¥6,588)

London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1929. 1st separate (Payne A54a). Yellow wrappers. 29 pp. Illustrated by roberta F. C. Waudby. 12mo. 5 1/2" x 7 3/4". VG (some age toning/average wear).

LOVE, DAD. A Novel

Hunter, Evan · 1981 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$16.50 (€14.97 | £12.49 | ¥2,635)

NY: Crown, 1981. 1st edition. Grey linen cloth spine with black paper-wrapped boards. Dust jacket. 407 pp. 8vo. NF/VG+ (light age toning).

CHAOS And CONTROL In POETRY. A Lecture Delivered at the Library of Congress October 11, 1965

Spender, Stephen · 1966 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$13.20 (€11.98 | £9.99 | ¥2,108)

Washington: The Library of Congress, 1966. 1st edition. Printed wrappers. 14 pp. 8vo. Nr Fine.

CHAMPIONSHIP BALL. The Chip Hilton Sports Series #2

Bee, Clair · 1948 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,514)

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1948. Ca. 1955. Brown cloth binding. Dust jacket. 210 pp. Frontis + the occasional intratextual drawing. 12mo. VG (light edgewear/bookplate & pos at ffep)/VG (faint dampstains & tape repairs at reverse/spine lightly sunned). Author's checklist of bo...

SONG Of SEDNA

San Souci, Robert D. · 1981 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$27.50 (€24.95 | £20.81 | ¥4,392)

NY: Doubleday, 1981. 1st edition. PRESENTATION copy. Color pictorial composition binding. Dust jacket. Unpaginated. Illustrated in color by Daniel San Souci. Oblong 8vo. VG+/VG (edgewear & a bit of chipping). Inscribed on the ffep by Robert San Souci & Daniel San Souci.

WARDEN Of The SMOKE And BELLS.; Jacket design by Leona Wood

Llewellyn, Richard · 1956 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$16.50 (€14.97 | £12.49 | ¥2,635)

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1956. 1st edition. Blue cloth binding in dust jacket. 284 pp. 8vo. VG+(spine and edges faded)/VG (remnants of old sticker on front panel/very lightly chipped edges/spine darkened w/small dampstains marks/rear panel a bit soiled).

The OLD WIVES' TALE.; Translated by C.K. Scott Moncrieff

[Mod Lib]. Bennett, Arnold · 1911 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$13.75 (€12.47 | £10.41 | ¥2,196)

New York: The Modern Library, 1911. Ca. 1956. Green cloth binding. Dust jacket. 640 pp. 12mo. VG /VG (darkened at edges/edges lightly chipped & creased/pc). ML #184.

The OLD WIVES' TALE.; Translated by C.K. Scott Moncrieff

[Mod Lib]. Bennett, Arnold · 1911 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$13.75 (€12.47 | £10.41 | ¥2,196)

New York: The Modern Library, 1911. Green cloth binding. Dust jacket. 640 pp. 12mo. VG /VG (darkened at edges/edges lightly chipped & creased/pc). ML #184.

The POETICAL WORKS Of FELICIA HEMANS. Complete in One Volume. With a Memoir, By Mrs. L. H. Sigourney

Hemans, Felicia. Hemans [Dorothea 1793 - 1835] · 1857 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$104.50 (€94.81 | £79.09 | ¥16,689)

Boston: Phillips Sampson & Co, 1857. A "New" edition, from the last London edition, with all the Introductory notes. Original publisher's deluxe, embossed full-leather binding. Marbled eps. AEG. 691 pp. Illustrated with steel engravings. 8vo. VG+ (sq & tight/light extremity we...

The TWENTY-FIVE MIXTEC CATS

Gollub, Matthew · 1993 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$33.00 (€29.94 | £24.97 | ¥5,270)

NY: Tambourine Books, 1993. 1st edition. INSCRIBED. Color composition binding. Dust jacket, duplicating the color design of the binding. Unpaginated. Illustrated in color by Leovigildo Martinez. Oblong 8vo. F/NF Inscribed, in the year of publication, by Gollub on the ffep.

JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER'S POETRY. An Appraisal and A Selection

[Whittier, John Greenleaf]. Warren, Robert Penn · 1971 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$66.00 (€59.88 | £49.95 | ¥10,541)

Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1971. 1st edition (Grimshaw B35). Black cloth spine with white pictorial boards. Dust jacket. 208 ppp. Tall 8vo. F/NF .

The TALE Of JASPER JAY

Bailey, Arthur Scott [1877 - ] · 1917 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$82.50 (€74.85 | £62.44 | ¥13,176)

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1917. Early prtg. Grey cloth stamped in black & red. White dust jacket with color pictorial duplicating that on the front board. 120 pp. Frontis + 3 color plates by Harry L. Smith. 12mo. VG+/VG. Tuck-Me-In Tales #4. Uncommon in dust jacket.

The OUTDOOR GIRLS Of DEEPDALE

Hope, Laura Lee · 1913 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$49.50 (€44.91 | £37.46 | ¥7,905)

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1913. Circa 1927. Lt green background cloth with dark green lettering/pictorial design. Red highlights. Color pictorial dust jacket. 210 pp + 4 pp of adverts. Illustrated. 12mo. VG+/VG (light wear & soiling/sticker abrasion at top left portion of fr...

NARRATION.; With an introduction by Thornton Wilder

Stein, Gertrude [1874 - 1946] · 1969 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.62 | ¥8,784)

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1969. Collector's edition. Decorated pastel-colored paper covered boards in yellow & grey paper slipcase. vii, 62 pp. Illustrated with a reproduction of a portrait of Stein by Paul Tchelitchew. 9 1/4 x 7 1/4. Fine (in a lightly sunned & so...

MY VERY FIRST LITTLE SPANISH BOOK

[Childrens Text Book] · 0 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$16.50 (€14.97 | £12.49 | ¥2,635)

New York: Hodder & Stoughton, (n. d.). Pictorial boards, sewn. Unpaginated. Color Illustrations. 8" x 6.5". VG (covers slightly worn & soiled/eps darkened/a bit of foxing to pages).

STAYING At BALLISODARE

Wilson, Patrick · 1960 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$16.50 (€14.97 | £12.49 | ¥2,635)

Middlesex: Scorpion Press, 1960. 1st edition. SIGNED by the author. Yellow printed wrappers, stapled. 23 pp. 8.5" x 5.5". VG (covers detached & lightly foxed/rust stains where staples were on spine/lightly foxed throughout).