Catalogues

Ephemera!

Ephemera!

I recently participated in the ABAA's Bookseller Showcase at the 2026 RBMS Conference held in Milwaukee WI, which meant I didn't have the bandwidth to compile our most recent FS list...  that duty fell to Ms P, who selected 13 ephemeral items for your consideration.  I think we'll all agree she did a bang-up job!  Enjoy!

June New Acquisitions

June New Acquisitions

Hello fellow bibliophiles,  Tavistock Books’ most recent FS list focuses on our new acquisitions, from which we’e selected 13, featuring a scarce Barbara Morgan poster, a set of works from John Fiske’s library, a copy of Taber’s 1885 travel guide to California, an unused Texas lettersheet, a 1st in jacket of Ellis Credle’s ACROSS The COTTON PATCH [1935], etc., etc.  And to those reading this list that will be attending the 2026 RBMS Conference in Milwaukee, we invite you to stop by to say hello…  I’ll be in stand 18 at the bookseller showcase.  Hope to see you there!
June Jumble

June Jumble

My dictionary defines jumble as “an untidy collection or pile of things”, so too with our most recent FS list, a jumble of 20 items…  no real theme, no coherent structure, just a list of 20 things I found interesting & wanted to put before you.    Enjoy the jumble.
Cookery Books

Cookery Books

You 92%ers out there reading this may have recently seen Travis’ recent New Heights exchange with his brother Jason about enjoying some Indian food while on a recent trip to London, which, perhaps naturally enough, led to my thought that food & cooking is central, if not outright vital, to our lives, and, being the long-time bookseller that I am, segued into “Hmmm, I wonder how many cookbooks I have in stock?”  After almost 4 decades in business, the answer was more modest than I expected, only 50+, but nevertheless, of sufficient quantity to populate our FS List of this week.  Herewith we highlight 15 of those 50.

New [to Us] Acquisitions

New [to Us] Acquisitions

Those of us in the antiquarian book trade like to say we have “new” material, “new” acquisitions, or, my favorite, “new” stuff.  Though what we all mean, and what I’m sure all understand that, as our title states, the items referenced are “new” to us…  i.e., the 2nd definition of the word NEW as found in my Funk & Wagnall:
     2. already existing but seen, experienced, or acquired recently or now for the first time….
 
So herein you’ll find 15 items, of diverse natures, subjects & price-points, new to us. 
Enjoy.
Wanna Get Away?

Wanna Get Away?

You do, but don’t have the $$$, or the vacation time?  Well, why not tour the world from your armchair?  With that thought in mind, Tavistock Books offers you the opportunity to do so with our latest FS List: TOUR The WORLD.   Said list will take you places from Burma to Sydney, but also provides you with a time machine, visiting such places as the no-longer-extant engineering marvel, the Crystal Palace.

Enjoy your travels.
A Baker's Dozen

A Baker's Dozen

Welcome to this week’s iteration of our bi-weekly FS lists, wherein we feature and/or highlight a dozen or so items for your consideration.  In this instance, you’ll find a late 19th C. San Francisco business directory, an uncommon African-American artist book, Addington’s 1788 work on Penal Statutes, a number of Dickens items including an early Heritage Book Shop list, a 2001 issue of Piss Clear, &c., &c.
As always, we thank you for your time & consideration should you favor us with a browse.