Catalogues

New and Found: Recent(ish) Acquisitions

New and Found: Recent(ish) Acquisitions

This, our most recent list, features newly catalogued material, either recently purchased -- i.e., the new -- or material that had been languishing on the book truck for ages, and recently found by Kate as she poked through it, occasionally asking with some incredulity, “Did you really buy this in 2006?!?” [Seriously, they weren’t all of that vintage….  some items were purchased as recently as a year ago.]  Hey, what can I say?  Some things just get set aside with the comment, “I’ll deal with this later.”  Now is later.  Enjoy.

March Miscellany

March Miscellany

A catalogue is like a box of chocolates: you never know what you’re gonna get. That’s especially true of this catalogue. Basketball has its March Madness; Tavistock has its March Miscellany.  Sure, you can probably count on some Dickens, maybe a nursing item or two. But you’ll also encounter new and unexpected treats, not found in any other box of chocolates. Enjoy!

 

Albums & Archives. A Catalogue.

Albums & Archives. A Catalogue.

History of human society is primarily composed of actions & behavior by people, often acting in concert, many times not.  And most of what we today know about human history comes from those individuals who record it as it happens, whether intentionally through such means as a diary, or indirectly, such as later inferences made from printed material & other remnants of the era being studied.  A oft expressed lament of modern historical scholars is the lack of such documentation from the ‘comman man’, especially in the early modern period.  Such, hopefully, will not be the concern of scholars centuries hence, as more folk of the common variety, during the last two centuries, did keep records…  print, visual & written.  Herein, you will find such material.  Records documenting ‘normal' people, going about ‘normal' activities, but please do not confuse ‘normal' with uninteresting.  Item 10 are the comprehensive diaries of a late 19th C. man involved in, amongst many other activities, silver mining in Colorado; no. 7 the archive of a significant player in World War II; you’ll find many wonderful photograph albums that record & document everything from boat building, to telephone infastructure, to a California rodeo. So here we offer history.  Enjoy.

Find Another! A Look at Some Items Rare in the Antiquarian Book Trade

Find Another! A Look at Some Items Rare in the Antiquarian Book Trade

In these days of internet bookselling, with thousands of booksellers listing millions of books for sale, it is said to be successful in such a competitive environment, one must routinely offer 1. the cheapest copy, or, 2. the best copy, or, 3. the only copy. Here at Tavistock Books, we prefer, when able, to pursue the 3rd option as our primary business paradigm, for, by definition, the 3rd tenet encompasses the first two. Here then is our Summer list, which is comprised of 30 items, each of which is the only copy currently offered on the market.* Or, borrowing Peter Howard’s slightly more emphatic expression, “Find Another!”

March Miscellany Madness

March Miscellany Madness

Welcome to Tavistock Books’ first catalogue of 2015, our Spring Miscellany... a bit of March Madness, if you will. As is our custom & wont, the 30 items herein reflect our eclectic & diverse inventory!
A Catalogue of Catalogues

A Catalogue of Catalogues

Trade catalogues are a window into history, documenting whatever product the manufacturer, or merchant, was selling. Their uses, for historians & others interested in accurately portraying times past, are manifest. Within this catalogue then are CATALOGUES. And SAMPLE BOOKS. Works that tell others what’s in, or was in, the works.