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HOT AUGUST NIGHTS. A Tribute FS List.

HOT AUGUST NIGHTS. A Tribute FS List.

HOT AUGUST NIGHTS, Reno’s weeklong celebration of America’s car culture began last Friday with a parade in which aficiandoes showed off their pride & joy to SRO admiring crowds.  And being a Reno-based bookseller, we join the city’s celebration with this week’s FS list, comprised entirely of automotive literature.  And while the cars you’ll see in Reno this week will be, I’m confident, mostly American muscle cars from the 60s & 70s, this tribute list spans the spectrum from the late 19th C. to the latter half of the 20th C.   
And I confess, I’m a car guy myself, and should you find yourself in the Atlantis parking lot, you might just see one of these two in the lot, as Ellen & I take in all the vintage rides that have come together for the week.
July New Acquisitions

July New Acquisitions

In our latest list of new acquisitions, you’ll find an eclectic baker’s dozen of titles, including a jacketed 1st edition copy of Miller’s WORLD Of SEX, a mid-20th century item documenting the many countries of Latin America, a 1st of Cow’s work on FITTING BOATS For SHIPS Of WAR, a nice Clara Barton cabinet card, a couple pieces of Dickensiana, etc., etc.

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.