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WHAT The FISH SAW

Rothenberg, Michael · 0 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.62 | ¥8,784)

Berkeley: Two Windows Press, (n. p.). 1st edition. Limited to 200cc. SIGNED by Rothenberg, Davis, and Gray. Pinkish grey wrappers. Unpaginated. Drawings by Nancy Davis. 12mo. Fine.

WHAT'S INSIDE Of ME

Zim, Herbert S. · 1952 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,514)

New York: William Morrow & Co, 1952. 1st edition. Orange boards lettered in black. Orange pictorial dust jacket. 32 pp. Color illustrations by Herschel Wartik. Sq 8vo. VG (occasional soil spot)/VG (lt wear & soiling).

The FIRST BOOK Of SHIPS

Bendick, Jeanne · 1959 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$19.25 (€17.46 | £14.57 | ¥3,074)

NY: Franklin Watts, 1959. 4th prtg. Sea green cloth with black lettering. Pictorial dust jacket. 69 pp (including index). Illustrated. Sq 8vo. VG+/VG.

The GENIUS And The GODDESS

Huxley, Aldous · 1955 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,514)

New York: Harper, 1955. 1st US edition. Black cloth spine with grey cloth boards. Orange dust jacket. 168 pp. Sm 8vo. VG (bookplate/age-tongin)/VG (some wear & soiling/spine panel sunned/clipped lower corner to front flap).

LINNEA In MONET'S GARDEN

Bjork, Christina · 1994 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$11.00 (€9.98 | £8.32 | ¥1,757)

NY: R & S Books, 1994. 8th prtg. Color pictorial composition binding. Dust jacket. 52 pp. illustrated in color by Lina Anderson, 8vo. F/NF.

The TEN TON CUTTER

[Fosdick, Charles A.]. Castlemon, Harry · 1897 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$44.00 (€39.92 | £33.30 | ¥7,027)

Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Co, 1897. Circa early 20th c. Brown decorative cloth. Color pictorial eps. 425 + 1 pp averts at rear. illustrated with inserted plates, 12mo. VG+. Afloat & Ashore Series #3.

The HISTORY Of LITTLE TOM TUCKER

[Chidrens Chapbook] · 1820 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$82.50 (€74.85 | £62.44 | ¥13,176)

York: J. Kendrew, Printer, Colliergate, [n. d.]. Circa 1820s / 1830s (Davis 28; cf Opie, p. 417). Pale yellow printed self wrappers, sewn. 16 pp. illustrated with 16 woodcuts. 16mo. 4" [scant] x 2-5/8". Minor wear. A VG - VG+ copy. One of Kendrew's Halfpenny Books.

DANGER ZONES. A Novel

Beauman, Sally · 1996 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$13.75 (€12.47 | £10.41 | ¥2,196)

NY: Fawcett Columbine, 1996. 1st edition. 8vo. F/F .

BRAVE OLD SALT; or, Life on the Quarter Deck. A Story of the Great Rebellion. The Army & Navy Stories, v 6

Optic, Oliver. [Adams, William Taylor] · 1894 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,514)

Boston: Lee & Shepard, 1894. Blue cloth binding stamped in gilt, light green & black. 330, [6] pp. Adverts last 6 pp. Frontis. 12mo. VG+ (gilt bright/sq & tight).

OLIVER OPTIC'S MAGAZINE. OUR BOYS And GIRLS. 1868

Optic, Oliver - Editor. [Adams, William Taylor] · 1868 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$82.50 (€74.85 | £62.44 | ¥13,176)

Boston: Lee & Shepard, 1868. 1st edition thus (See Jones 054). Purple cloth with gilt design/lettering. 832 pp. Illustrated with cuts. 8vo. A Gd copy only (ametuer repair to spine cap, front hinge & ffep/sm pc msg fm rfep/long tear to leaf with pp 159/160). Begins with Vol III...

The WAVERLY ALBUM: Containing Fifty-On Line Engravings to Illustrate the Novels and Tales of Sir Walter Scott.; Engraved by Charles Heath, Finden, C. Rolls, Portbury, &c from Pictures by Leslie, Howard, Stothard, Cooper, Brockedon, Wright, &c, &c

[Scott, Sir Walter] · 1824 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$165.00 (€149.70 | £124.87 | ¥26,352)

London: Published for Charles Heath, (n. d.). Circa 1824 [derived from novels present in the volume; last is "Durward"]. Red cloth with spine lettered in gilt (appears 1830s). Red marbled eps. Frontis + 50 plates (last two plates are mis-numbered). 4 1/2" x 7". VG (slt lean/av...

QUEEN JOCASTA

Taylor, Jeremy · 1979 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,514)

San Rafael CA: Dream Tree Press, 1979. 2nd edition, INSCRIBED. Stapled yellow wrappers. 25 pp, 8vo. Nr Fine.

LUDMILA. A Story of Liechtenstein

Gallico, Paul · 1960 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$16.50 (€14.97 | £12.49 | ¥2,635)

Vaduz: QUICK, 1960. 4th prtg. Association copy. Green cloth. Dust jacket. 53 pp. Drawings by Franz Deak. 8vo. VG+/VG. Inscribed by Baron von Falz-Fein, father to 'Ludmila'.

DEATH At SEA

Prokosch, Frederic · 1940 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.62 | ¥8,784)

New York: Harper, 1940. 1st edition. Grey linen cloth. Dust jacket. 52 pp. Tall 8vo. VG (offset to eps)/VG (sp sunned).

The METROPOLITAN MOTHER GOOSE

Watson, Elizabeth C. · 1940 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$8.25 (€7.48 | £6.24 | ¥1,318)

New York: Metropolitan Life Insurance Co, (n. d.). Stapled green pictorial wrappers. 18 pp, illustrated in color by Emma Clark, 12mo (5 1/4" x 7 1/2"). VG (faint spot of dampstain in upper gutter portion of leaves). Appears 1940s.

The SHAPE Of HOUSES. Women's Voices from Holland and Flanders.; Translated by Manfred Wolf

[Women Writers] · 1974 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,514)

Berkeley: Two Windows Press, 1974. 1st edition. Ltd to 500cc. Yellow printed wrappers. Unpaginated. 8vo. Fine.

TUMACACORI

Wild, Peter · 1974 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$49.50 (€44.91 | £37.46 | ¥7,905)

Berkeley: Two Windows Press, 1974. 1st edition. SIGNED. Ltd to 100cc. Printed wrappers. Unpaginated. 8vo. Nr Fine. This copy marked "Press copy".

DALZIELS' ILLUSTRATED GOLDSMITH. And A Sketch of the Life of Oliver Goldsmith

Dulcken, H. W. · 1870 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$49.50 (€44.91 | £37.46 | ¥7,905)

London: Ward Lock & Tyler, (n. d.). Circa 1870. Elaborate gilt decorated publisher's cloth. AEG. 378 pp + 2 pp advert at rear. 100 woodcuts by George Pinwell. Royal 8vo. VG (extremity wear/some soiling to binding/front hinge starting).

The LONE INDIAN. Boys' Indian Series #3

Braden, James A. · 1936 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$13.75 (€12.47 | £10.41 | ¥2,196)

Akron: Saalfield, 1936. Blue cloth with black lettering/pictorial front board stamped in black. Color pictorial dust jacket. 249 pp. Frontis by W. Herbert Dunton. 12mo. VG+ (some discoloration spotting to spine)/VG (colors bright/some chipping to extremities).

WORKING MEN

Dorris, Michael · 1993 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$27.50 (€24.95 | £20.81 | ¥4,392)

New York: Henry Holt, 1993. 1st edition. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Hardback. Dust jacket. 286 pp. 8vo. NF/NF .