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KILLER DILLER. A Novel

Edgerton, Clyde · 1991 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$49.50 (€44.91 | £37.46 | ¥7,905)

Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books, 1991. ARC. Signed. Red wrappers. 247 pp. 8vo. Nr Fine. With TLs laid-in.

KILLER DILLER. A Novel

Edgerton, Clyde · 1991 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$24.75 (€22.45 | £18.73 | ¥3,953)

Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books, 1991. 1st edition. SIGNED. Red cloth spine with red paper-wrapped boards. Dust jacket. 247 pp. 8vo. F/F (faint sticker shadow).

CREATED GOLD And Other Poems

[Newton, A. Edward]. Hay, Henry Hanby · 1893 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$495.00 (€449.10 | £374.61 | ¥79,055)

Philadelphia: A. Edward Newton & Co, 1893. 1st edition [Fleck F.6.a; Winterich 12]. An un-numbered large paper copy from a stated limitation of 100 cc. INSCRIBED by Newton [as "The Author"], to Captain Claude Bray, on the ffep. Original publisher's 3/4 burlap over boards. Prin...

EDISTO. A Novel

Powell, Padgett · 1984 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,514)

New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1984. Advance Reading Copy. Wrappers. 183 pp. 8vo. Nr Fine.

SHADOW PLAY

Baxter, Charles · 1993 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$38.50 (€34.93 | £29.14 | ¥6,149)

New York: Norton, 1993. Advance Reader's Copy (precedes the 1st edition). Wrappers. 399 pp. 8vo. Fine.

YESTERDAY'S TRAINS

Dorin, Patrick C. · 1981 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$33.00 (€29.94 | £24.97 | ¥5,270)

Minneapolis MN: Lerner Publications, 1981. 1st edition. INSCRIBED. Green pictorial library binding. 47 pp. Illustrated (some color). Oblong 8vo. VG (some wear & soiling/line of 'bubbling' to rear board). A book for children, introducing them to the world of trains. Inscribed b...

YESTERDAY'S TRAINS

Dorin, Patrick C. · 1981 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$38.50 (€34.93 | £29.14 | ¥6,149)

Minneapolis MN: Lerner Publications, 1981. 1st edition. INSCRIBED. Green pictorial library binding. 47 pp. Illustrated (some color). Oblong 8vo. VG (some wear & soiling). A book for children, introducing them to the world of trains. Inscribed by Dorin on the title page.

TRISTAN And ISOLDE. Restoring Palamede

Erskine, John · 1932 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$27.50 (€24.95 | £20.81 | ¥4,392)

Indianapolis: Bobbs Merrill, 1932. Blue cloth with black lettering; pictorial eps. Dust jacket. 347 pp. 8vo. VG+ (sq & tight)/VG (lt edgewear/some chipping to head of spine panel).

The CONFIDENTIAL CLERK. A Play

Eliot, T[homas]. S[tearns. 1888 - 1965] · 1954 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.62 | ¥8,784)

London: Faber & Faber Ltd, 1954. 1st edition (Gallup A64a). Light blue cloth with gold spine lettering. Dust jacket (1st issue). 136 pp. 8vo. VG+ (top edge with a minor bit of foxing)/VG (short closed tear at top of spine-front panel fold). With the "Ihad" point on p. 7.

The SEVEN DAYS Of CREATION. Adapted from the Bible

Fisher, Leonard Everett · 1981 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$49.50 (€44.91 | £37.46 | ¥7,905)

New York: Holiday House, 1981. 1st edition. SIGNED by Fisher in the year of publication. Black cloth spine with red paper-wrapped boards. Dust jacket. Unipaginated. Illustrated in color by Fisher. 4to. NF (cocked)/VG+ (short closed vertical tear to top edge of front panel).

GIDEON'S HOUSE

Brody, Jane · 1984 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$27.50 (€24.95 | £20.81 | ¥4,392)

New York: Putnams, 1984. 1st edition. ARC, with publisher announcement laid-in. Presentation copy. 206 pp, 8vo. F/F Inscribed, in the year of publication, by author to Luther [Nichols - a one-time editor for Doubleday].

The BIG FIGHT

Buck, Pearl S[ydenstricker. 1892 - 1973] · 1965 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$104.50 (€94.81 | £79.09 | ¥16,689)

New York: The John Day Company, 1965. 1st edition. Blue cloth binding. Orange & yellow dust jacket. 47, [1] pp. Illustrated by Mamoru Funai. 8-1/4" x 5-1/2". NF/VG+ (publisher production sticker to front panel/front flap lower corner clipped [$2.95 present at flap top]). Uncom...

The LOST CITY. Rick Brant Science-Adventure Series #2

Blaine, John · 1947 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,514)

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1947. Circa 1961. Brick-red tweed cloth with black lettering. Pictorial map eps. Dust jacket. vi, [2], 209 pp. Frontis. 12mo. VG+ (light shelfwear)/VG (avg wear).

The SECRET Of The BARRED WINDOW. The Judy Bolton Mystery Series #16

Sutton, Margaret · 1943 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$16.50 (€14.97 | £12.49 | ¥2,635)

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1943. 1st edition (cf. Clarke #16, who incorrectly cites DG#1-12 for rear flap). Emerald green cloth with purple lettering. Orchid eps. White spine dust jacket. vii, [3], 207, [5] pp. 3 pages of adverts at rear. Wartime paper. Illustrated by Pelagie...

The MATING CALL

Beach, Rex · 1927 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$41.25 (€37.42 | £31.22 | ¥6,588)

NY: Harper & Brothers, 1927. 1st edition. Lt green cloth. Dust jacket. 8vo. VG (offset to eps)/Abt VG (two lg chips from top edge of front panel/spotting to dj spine panel).

CHICANO

Vasquez, Richard · 1970 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$60.50 (€54.89 | £45.79 | ¥9,662)

Garden City: Doubleday & Co, 1970. 1st edition. Black cloth with silver spine lettering. Dust jacket. 376 pp. 8vo. 21.5cm x 14.5cm. VG+/VG (light edgewear/small closed tear at tail edge).

SIX POEMS (And One Quick Fiction Excerpt from Her Novel, Rapid Transit).; Collected for My Mother on Mother's Day 1980

Sullivan, Mary Ann Bernadette · 1980 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$49.50 (€44.91 | £37.46 | ¥7,905)

[n. p.]: Wip Press, 1980. 1st edition. INSCRIBED, presentation copy. Limited to 25 cc. Printed wrappers. 8 pp. 8vo. Nr Fine. Inscribed on front wrapper: "For Enid, Enid, / with complexity, / aversion of graphics. / a night of colors / and a beginning / friendship - and blue. /...

POEMS Of WIT And HUMOUR

Hood, Thomas · 1851 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$49.50 (€44.91 | £37.46 | ¥7,905)

London: Edward Moxon, 1851. 3rd edition. Original green blindstamped publisher's cloth w/ gilt spine lettering. 282 pp. 8 pp publisher advert at front [dtd 7/'52]. 8vo. Gd (sp sunned brown/chipping at spine head/stained at top of binding/bpt of 'Ward').

SONNETS From The PORTUGUESE. A Facsimile Edition of the British Libary Manuscript.; Edited, with an Introduction, by William S. Peterson

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett · 1977 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$38.50 (€34.93 | £29.14 | ¥6,149)

Barre MA: Barre Publishing, 1977. 1st thus. Greyish brown cloth with gilt spine lettering. Dust wrapper. Unpaginated. Frontis + photographic plates of the Mss. 8vo. NF/VG+ .

Of LOVE And OTHER DEMONS.; Translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman

García Márquez, Gabriel · 1995 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,514)

New York: Knopf, 1995. 1st US. Purple cloth boards. Dust jacket. 147 pp, 8vo. F/F .