FIFTY CARICATURES.
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1913. 1st US edition (Gallatin & Oliver 12a). Unpaginated. 49 [of 50] tipped in plates. Lacking #35. 8vo. 9" x 7-1/8". Green cloth binding with elaborate gilt stamping. More
New Arrivals
Tavistock Books is on vacation from November 30, 2022 to December 11, 2022. Fro the next week or so, I will be in Reno with my family. Orders may certainly be placed, though shipment will be after my return to Alameda. Thank you for your patience & understanding.
TYPHOON.
New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons. The Knickerbocker Press, 1902. 1st Edition (Smith, CONRAD 7). v, [1 (blank)], 204, [5] pp. 4 pages of publisher adverts conclude volume. Frontispiece & 5 inserted plates by Maurice Greiffenhagen. 12mo. 7-5/16" x 4-7/8". Pictorial dark green cloth binding with orange lettering..... More
UNKNOWN ASSAILANT.
London: Constable and Company Ltd, 1955. 1st Edition. [6], 181, [5] pp. 4 pages of adverts conclude volume. 7-1/2" x 5". Blue cloth binding with silver stamped lettering to spine. Multi-color dust jacket. Hamilton, "was an English playwright and novelist. He was well regarded by Graham Greene and J. B...... More
The WEST PIER.
London: Constable and Company Ltd, 1951. 1st Edition. vi, 7 - 308 pp. 7-1/2" x 5". Blue cloth binding with silver stamped lettering to spine. Blue pictorial dust jacket, with drawing of West Pier to front panel [artwork by Chadwick]. Hamilton, "was an English playwright and novelist. He was well..... More
The SLAVES Of SOLITUDE.
London: Constable and Company Ltd, 1947. 1st Edition. [4], 142, [2] pp. 7-1/2" x 5". Blue cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine. Brown dust jacket. Hamiton, "was an English playwright and novelist. He was well regarded by Graham Greene and J. B. Priestley, and study of his novels..... More
The BRAVO. A Venetian Story. In Three Volumes.
London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street, 1831. 1st edition (BAL 3850). 3 volumes: [2], iv, 292, [2 (blank)]; [2], 309, [3 (blank)]; [2], 286, [2 (blank)] pp. 12mo. 7-3/4" x 4-7/8". Period brown half-calf bindings with marbled paper boards. Black spine label. Red speckled edges... More
An ILLUSTRATED VOICE. Poems.; With an Introduction by Charles M. LaPierre.
Canton, New York: Published by Dreambooks, (1975). 1st Edition. 89, [3] pp. Half-tone photographic image of the author at rear. 8vo. 8-1/2" x 5-1/2". Light brown paper covers printed in orange. More
A PRIVATE In The GUARDS.
London: MacMillan and Co., Limited, 1919. 1st edition. vii, [1 (blank)], 356, 4 [adverts] pp. Index at rear. 8vo. Blue cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. Gilt regimental badge to front board. No dust jacket. More
The OCEAN.
London: Nicholson & Watson, 1946. 1st "Uniform" edition (Gibbs A24e). 142 pp. Crown 8vo. Original publisher's blue cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. Blue dust jacket. More
PARISIAN PORTRAITS.
London: Stephen Swift & Co., Ltd. 10 John Street, Adelphi, 1911. 1st Edition. 169, [7] pp. 6 pages of adverts conclude text. Partially unopened. 12mo. 7" x 4-3/8". Original publisher's dark green vertically ribbed cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine. TEG. Fore-edge, bottom edge untrimmed. Grierson a gay..... More
The HUMOUR Of The UNDERMAN And Other Essays.
London: Stephen Swift & Co., Ltd. 10 John Street, Adelphi, 1911. 1st Edition. 204, 4 (adverts) pp. Photographic frontispiece image of the author. 12mo. 7" x 4-3/8". Original publisher's dark green vertically ribbed cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine. TEG. Fore-edge, bottom edge untrimmed. Grierson a gay author..... More
A CALENDAR Of SAINTS For UNBELIEVERS.
Paris: Harrison of Paris, 1932. 1st Edition. SIGNED / LIMITED, #603 / 695. PRESENTATION copy, INSCRIBED BY Wescott & his wife [nee Barbara Harrison] to Hugh & Therèse Ford. 239, [5 (blank)] pp. Index. Mostly unopened. The signs of the Zodiac by Pavel Tchelitchew [1898 - 1957]. 8vo. 9" x...... More
The DEERSLAYER: A Tale. In Three Volumes.
London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street, 1841. 1st UK edition (BAL 3895n). The BAL cites published evidence that the Bentley UK edition may, in fact, have precedence over the 1841 US edition issued by Lea & Blanchard. 3 volumes: viii, 329, [1 (blank)]; [2], 333, [1 (blank)]; [2], 344 pp..... More
CHARACTERISTICS Of GOETHE. From the German of Falk, Von Müller, &c. In Three Volumes.; With Notes, Original and Translated, Illustrative of German Literature, by Sarah Austin.
London: Published by Effingham Wilson, Royal Exchange, 1833. 1st Edition. 3 volumes: xlii, [6], 331, [3 (blank)]; [2], [4], 336; [2], 352 pp. Index at rear of Vol. III. Frontispiece portrait of Goethe in Vol I. Vol. II with frontis of "Reverse of Medal of Goethe". Vol. III frontis displays..... More
CONVERSATIONS Of GOETHE with Eckermann and Soret. In Two Volumes.; Translated from the German by John Oxenford.
London: Smith Elder & Co., 65, Cornhill, 1850. 1st Edition in English. 2 volumes: iv, 444; [2], 443, [1] pp. Index at rear. 8vo. 7-7/8" x 5". Later 19th C. brown polished half-calf bindings with light brown cloth boards, gilt stamping to spine. Marbled eps. TEG. Ribbon page marker. The..... More
BARNABY RUDGE.; A Reprint of the First Edition, with the Illustrations, and an Introduction, Biographical and Bibliographical, by Charles Dickens the Younger.
London: MacMillan, 1892. 1st edition thus. 604 pp. B&W illustrations after the originals. Crown 8vo. 7-1/2" x 5". Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. The introduction by Charles Jr. contains some interesting bibliographical information. More
CHANTECLER. Play in Four Acts.; Translated by Gertrude Hall.
New York: Duffield and Company, 1910. 1st US Edition. x, 289, [1 (blank)] pp. Crown 8vo. 7-1/2" x 5". Green cloth binding. Pictorial onlay to front cover. Gilt stamped lettering. More
TWENTY BOY SPIES; or, The Secret of Band of Dismal Hollow. "Pluck and Luck. Stories of Adventure." No. 342. December 21, 1904.; A Story of the American Revolution.
New York: Frank Tousey, 1904. First printing in this series. Rear advert lists through # 234. 30, [2 (adverts)] pp. Text double column. 11" x 8". Color pictorial wrappers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. OCLC records just one institutional holding of this edition: Univ of S FL..... More
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CARTE De VISITE [CDV - Albumen].
Fitzroy: W. Burman, Exhibition Portrait Rooms, 94 Gertrude St. (n. d.). Ca late 1860s / early 1870s. Image a portrait view of Dickens, ca late 1860s. Verso with elaborate artist / photographer imprint. Image: 3-5/8" x 2-5/16". Mount: 4" x 2-1/2". Now housed in a stiff mylar sleeve. A quite..... More
The SCOUTS Of The SANTEE; or, Redcoats and Whigs. "Pluck and Luck. Stories of Adventure." No. 318. July 6, 1904.
New York: Frank Tousey, 1904. First printing in this series. Rear advert lists through # 234. 30, [2 (adverts)] pp. Text double column. 11" x 8". Color pictorial wrappers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. OCLC records no institutional holdings of this edition. More
The RIVAL RANGERS; or, The Sons of Freedom. "Pluck and Luck. Stories of Adventure." No. 234. November 26, 1902.
New York: Frank Tousey, 1902. First printing in this series. Rear advert lists through # 234. 28, [4 (adverts)] pp. Text double column. 11" x 8". Color pictorial wrappers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. OCLC records just 2 institutional holdings of this edition, Univ of FL &..... More
The BULLET CHARMER. A Story of the Revolution. "Pluck and Luck. Stories of Adventure." No. 611. February 16, 1910.
New York: Frank Tousey, 1910. Reissue. Rear advert lists through # 612. 29, [3 (adverts)] pp. Text double column. 11" x 8". Color pictorial wrappers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. OCLC records just one institutional holding of this edition, Univ of IL. More
LAUGHING LUKE, The Yankee Spy of the Revolution. "Pluck and Luck. Stories of Adventure." No. 370. July 5, 1905.
New York: Frank Tousey, 1905. First printing in this series. Rear advert lists through # 370. 31, [1 (advert)] pp. Text double column. 11" x 8". Color pictorial wrappers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. No holdings of this edition recorded on OCLC, though the Univ of FL..... More
The NIGHT RIDERS Of RAVENSWOOD; A Strange Story of Arizona. "Pluck and Luck. Stories of Adventure." No. 532. August 12, 1908.
New York: Frank Tousey, 1908. Reissue. Rear advert lists through # 532. 29, [3 (adverts)] pp. Text double column. 11" x 8". Color pictorial wrappers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. No holdings of this title recorded on OCLC. More
SLIPPERY STEVE; or, The Cunning Spy of the Revolution. "Pluck and Luck. Stories of Adventure." No. 498. December 18, 1907.
New York: Frank Tousey, 1907. Reissue of #17 in this series. Rear advert lists through # 498. 29, [3 (adverts)] pp. Text double column. 11" x 8". Color pictorial wrappers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. No holdings of this edition recorded on OCLC, though Univ of FL..... More