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CHINA DAWN

Duncan, Robert L. · 1988 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$15.95 (€14.47 | £12.07 | ¥2,547)

New York: Delacorte Press, 1988. 1st edition. Black cloth spine with tan boards. Dust jacket. 590 pp. 8vo. NF/NF (minor creasing at edges).

The MURDER Of LIDICE

Millay, Edna St. Vincent [1892 - 1950] · 1942 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.62 | ¥8,784)

New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1942. 1st edition. Light blue wrappers with dark blue lettering. vi, [2], 32 pp. Partially unopened. 8vo. VG+ (bit of spine sunning/light offset to prelims). Housed in archival mylar sleeve.

PLAY With The SUN

Smith, Howard E. Jr. · 1975 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$13.75 (€12.47 | £10.41 | ¥2,196)

NY: McGraw-Hill, 1975. 1st edition. Pictorial composition binding. Dust jacket. Unpaginated. Illustrated by Frank Bozzo. Royal 8vo. VG/VG (spine panel sunned). Ex-lib, with stamp on rear paste-down & sticker shadow on dj spine panel).

The LETTERS of TOBIAS SMOLLETT, M.D.

Noyes, Edward S. - Editor · 1926 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$27.50 (€24.95 | £20.81 | ¥4,392)

Cambridge: Harvard, 1926. 1st edition. Half bound with brown cloth & light brown paper-wrapped boards. Printed paper title label to spine. TEG. No dust jacket. xx, 260 pp. 8vo. VG+ .

The LETTERS of TOBIAS SMOLLETT, M.D.

Noyes, Edward S. - Editor · 1926 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$35.75 (€32.43 | £27.06 | ¥5,709)

Cambridge: Harvard, 1926. 1st edition. Half bound with brown cloth & light brown paper-wrapped boards. Printed paper title label to spine. TEG. No dust jacket. xx, 260 pp. 8vo. Nr. F/- .

The WEIRDO. #3

Schroeter, Rodney · 1980 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$38.50 (€34.93 | £29.14 | ¥6,149)

Belcourt ND: , 1980. Limited to 1500cc. Signed by Schroeter. Glossy white wrappers, stapled. Unpaginated. Illustrated, in comic-book fashion. 8vo. 7" x 11". Nr Fine.

A YANKEE FLIER On A RESCUE MISSION. Air Combat Stories #15

Avery, Al · 1945 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$41.25 (€37.42 | £31.22 | ¥6,588)

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1945. 1st edition. Green cloth binding stamped in dark blue. Red topstain. Blue pictorial eps. Color pictorial dust jacket. vii, [3], 210 pp. Frontis. 12mo. Nr. Fine (text browned, as usual)/VG (minor wear, with some chipping to the spine ends).

The NINE CRYING DOLLS. A Story from Poland

Pellowski, Anne - Adapter & Mikolaycak, Charles · 1980 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.32 | ¥1,757)

NY: Philomel Books, 1980. Color pictorial paper-wrapped boards. Color pictorial dust jacket with identical illustration as the binding. Unpaginated. Illustrated in color by Charles Mikolaycak. Sq 8vo. NF/NF (pc).

The CHRISTMAS SPIDER: A Puppet Play from Poland. & Other Traditional Games, Crafts, and Activities

Holz, Loretta & Mikolaycak, Charles · 1980 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.32 | ¥1,757)

NY: Philomel Books, 1980. Color pictorial paper-wrapped boards. Color pictorial dust jacket with identical illustration as the binding. 32 pp. Illustrated in color by Charles Mikolaycak. Sq 8vo. NF/NF (pc).

The BOY THAT ATE MORE THAN The GIANT And Other Swedish Folktales.; Translated from the Swedish by Sheila LaFarge

Lofgren, Ulf · 1978 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.32 | ¥1,757)

New York & Cleveland: William Collins & Wold Publishing Co, 1978. 1st US edition. Color pictorial paper-wrapped boards. Whitepictorial dust jacket with identical illustration as the binding. 32 pp. Illustrated in color by Ulf Lofgren. Sq 8vo. NF/NF (light soil to dj).

SWEDISH TOYS, DOLLS And GIFTS YOU CAN MAKE YOURSELF. Traditional Swedish Handcrafts

Lofgren, Ulf · 1978 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.32 | ¥1,757)

NY & Cleveland: William Collins & Wold Publishing Co, 1978. 1st US. Color pictorial paper-wrapped boards. White pictorial dust jacket with identical illustration as the binding. 32 pp. Illustrated in color. Sq 8vo. NF/NF (light soil to dj).

MARMION: A Tale of Flodden Field

Scott, Walter [1771 - 1832] · 1811 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$82.50 (€74.85 | £62.44 | ¥13,176)

Edinburgh: Constable Miller & Murray, 1811. 7th edition (Todd & Bowden 28Aj). Contemporary full calf with gilt decorated flat back & green morocco spine label. [viii], 377, cxxviii pp. 8vo. VG (some extremity wear/front joint has possible early rejointing/vertical stress lines...

CHAP-BOOKS Of The EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

Ashton, John · 1966 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$27.50 (€24.95 | £20.81 | ¥4,392)

New York & London: Benjamin Blom, 1966. Reissue of the 1882 1st edition. Green cloth binding. 486 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. VG (gilt bright/gutter break bwtn tp & frontis).

YESTERDAY HAD A MAN In IT. Poems

Miller, Leslie Adrienne · 1998 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$16.50 (€14.97 | £12.49 | ¥2,635)

Pittsburgh: Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1998. 1st pb edition. INSCRIBED. Wrappers. 88 pp. 8vo. Fine. Inscribed by Ms Miller on the half-title page, and additionally signed by her on the title page.

WORLD'S FAIR. A Novel

Doctorow, E.L. · 1985 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$33.00 (€29.94 | £24.97 | ¥5,270)

New York: Random House, 1985. 1st edition. Blue cloth binding. Dust jacket. 288 pp, 8vo. NF (very slight lean)/NF (spine panel slightly sunned). Winner of the National Book Award.

1936

[Poetry]. Tufts, Robert · 1945 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$110.00 (€99.80 | £83.25 | ¥17,568)

Bloomington: Printed by Alice Martin at Indiana University Art Center Press, 1945. 1st edition. Limited to 15cc. Brown wrappers, stab sewn with black thread. Paper title label on front wrapper. Unpaginated. 6" x 8". VG (bit of edge fading/light wear).

ALL-AMERICAN

[Football]. Tunis, John R. · 1942 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$13.75 (€12.47 | £10.41 | ¥2,196)

New York: Harcourt Brace & Co, 1942. Early printing. Red cloth binding; pictorial eps. Dust jacket. 245 pp. Illustrated by Hans Walleen. 8vo. VG (bumped/edgewear/pos at ffep)/Abt VG (missing 4cm x 13cm section of upper panel) .

THEIR YESTERDAYS

Wright, Harold Bell · 1912 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$49.50 (€44.91 | £37.46 | ¥7,905)

Chicago: The Book Supply Co, 1912. 1st edition. Maroon cloth lettered in gilt. White dust jacket with front panel color pictorial. 311 pp. Illustrations by F. Graham Cootes. Crown 8vo. NF/VG (Largish chip fm top of spine panel [affects 'T' in 'Their' and the top of the 'E' in ...

MADAM Is DEAD

Terrall, Robert · 1947 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$19.25 (€17.46 | £14.57 | ¥3,074)

New York: Duell Sloan & Pearce, 1947. 1st edition. Red cloth spine with linen cloth boards. Dust jacket. 243 pp. Sm 8vo. VG (top edge dusty)/VG (pc). 'A Bloodhound Mystery'.

MONSIEUR

Durrell, Lawrence [1912 - 1990] · 1975 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,514)

New York: Viking, 1975. 1st US edition. Lt blue cloth spine with black paper-wrapped boards. Dust jacket. 309 pp. 8vo. NF/NF .