ARCHER In The MARROW. The Applewood Cycles, 1967 - 1987.
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, (1987). 1st edition. 260 pp. 8vo. Linen cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine. Gold dust jacket. More
New Arrivals
Tavistock Books is on vacation from May 12, 2021 to May 17, 2021. The shop will be closed from 3 pm Wednesday May 12th through Monday, May 17th, while we are on a short family holiday. Orders during that period will be promptly addressed on our return, May 18th.
CHARLES DICKENS. First American Editions: The Christmas Books and Selected Secondary Works. A Bibliography.
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2019. 1st Edition. Limited to 425 cc. xx, 139, [1] pp. Illustrated. 4to. Green cloth binding, with gilt stamped spine lettering. Dust jacket. More
A DREAM Of MIND. Poems.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1992. 1st edition. 98, [2] pp. 8vo. Hardback. Dust jacket. More
IMPERFECT LOVE. Poems.
Baton Rouge and London: Louisiana State University Press, 1986. 1st edition. 52 pp. 8vo. Hardback. Blue dust jacket. More
A TALL, SERIOUS GIRL. Selected Poems: 1957 - 2000.
Jamestown, R.I. Qua Books, (2003). 1st Edition. ix, [3], 222, [4] pp. 8vo. Gunmetal grey cloth binding with silver spine stamping. Dust jacket. More
TELEPHONE DIRECTORY. San Francisco and Bay Counties California. November 1924.
San Francisco: Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1924. 1st edition thus. VIII, 344 [Chinatown Exchange, pp 341 - 344], 296, 180 [includes Pekin Exchange, p. 179], 61, [3] pp. Directory in 4 main sections: San Francisco, Classified Business Telephone Directory, Oakland-Alameda-Berkeley, Other Cities and Towns in the Bay Counties. Penultimate..... More
BOSTON And SUBURBS. City Hospital.
[Boston?]: Leander Baker. Ca 1874 - 75. Yellow mount, flat, rounded corners. Imprint to each side. Verso blank. Separate, square b/w albumen images. 4" x 6-3/4". Now housed in a clear mylar sleeve. "The Boston City Hospital (1864–1996), in Boston, Massachusetts, was a public hospital, located in the South End..... More
ONE To COUNT CADENCE. A Novel.
New York: Random House, (1969). 1st edition. 338 pp. 8vo. Brown cloth binding with silver stamped lettering to spine. Black topstain. Dust jacket. Crumley's first novel. One of Firsts! '26 Contenders' with respect to those works considered the 'Best' of Vietnam War Literature [Mar '92]. More
OUR THOUSAND YEAR OLD BODIES. Selected Poems 1956 - 1976.
Amherst: The University of Massachusetts Press, 1980. 1st Edition. ARC, with slip laid-in. [8], 103, [1] pp. 8vo. Tomato red cloth binding. Red & black dust jacket. More
The CAT'S PURR.
NY: Atheneum, (1985). 1st edition. INSCRIBED at half-title and signed at title page. 42 pp. Illustrated by the author. 12mo. 18.5cm x 15cm. Green cloth binding. Dust jacket. More
LION And The OSTRICH CHICKS.
New York: Atheneum, 1986. 1st edition. INSCRIBED & SIGNED by the author. 87 pp. Illustrated by Bryan (some color). 8vo. Yellow cloth binding. Dust jacket. Inscribed by Bryan on the ffep & with the title page signed. More
ALL NIGHT, ALL DAY: A Child's First Book of African-American Spirituals.
New York: Atheneum, 1991. 1st edition. INSCRIBED by the author. 42 pp. Illustrated by the author. 4to. Hardcover. Dust jacket. More
LEXINGTON STREET DIRECTORY.; Metropolitan Lexington Fayette County All Streets, Roads, Drives, Avenues, Pikes & Subdivisions. Vol. XV.
Lexington, Ky. Published by blue Grass Lodge No. 4 Fraternal Order of Police. Distributed by Lexington Merchants, (n. d.). 26th Edition, and 1st printing thus, ca late 1960s. 71, [1] pp. Folding map tipped-in at rear. 6" x 4-1/4". Original publisher's printed green paper covers, stapled. Cord hole in upper..... More
The PLAINS And The ROCKIES. A Bibliography of Original Narratives of Travel and Adventure 1800 - 1865.
San Francisco: John Howell, 1921. 1st Edition, 2nd issue with errata corrected (Flake 9500; Rittenhouse 610n). One of 50 copies issued illustrated with tipped-in facsimile title pages. [8], 193, [1 (blank)] pp. Illustrated with 40 facsimile [photostat] title pages tipped-in blank leaves interleaved within the volume. 8vo. Later tan fine-weave..... More
INDIANS & PIONEERS. The Story of the American Southwest Before 1830.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1930. 1st printing. xvi, [2], 348 pp (including index). With 8 inserted plates & 1 folding map. 8vo. Dark blue cloth binding. No dust jacket. More
TOUCH. Selected Poems 1960 - 1970
Toronto / Montreal: McClelland and Stewart Limited, (1971). 1st printing (Miki A15). 128 pp. 8vo. Blue cloth binding. Slate blue dust jacket. More
The DREAM - HOUSE. Poems.
London: Andre Deutsch, 1976. 1st edition. 63, [1] pp. 8vo. Maroon cloth binding with silver stamped lettering to spine. Dust jacket. More
PATCHEN: The Last Interview.; With a Foreward by Miriam Patchen and an Afterword by Henry Miller. Number forty: Capra Chapbook Series
Santa Barbara, CA: Capra Press, 1976. 1st edition. 31, [1] pp. Drawing to t.p. 7" x 5". Blue paper covers, printed in red, black & light blue. More
EQUIPMENT SALES MANUAL And Dealers Reference Book.; Interboro Hoist and Body Corp
Long Island City, New York: Interboro Hoist & Body Corporation, Borden Avenue and Van Dam Street, (1926). 1st printing thus, i.e., for this year. Each section [A - Y] with a separate pagination. ~ 200 pp. Illustated throughout with b/w photographic images. 11-1/8" x 8-3/4". Bound in a brown 3-hole..... More
GENTLE ENCHANTER. Thirty-Four Poems.; With Translations and an Introduction by Brian Hill.
London: Rupert Hart-Davis Soho Square, 1960. 1st edition. 79, [1 (blank)] pp. 8vo. Red cloth binding with silver stamped lettering to spine. Mustard yellow dust jacket printed in red & black. More
PHOTO ALBUM DEPICTING SWITCHES And SIGNALS INSTALLED In NEW YORK'S 8th AVENUE SUBWAY
Swissvale, PA: Union Switch & Signal Co., (n. d.). Ca mid-1930s. 20 8" x 10-1/4" b/w photographs, all with Company imprint & file number (e.g., C-29780), mounted in binder. Typed captioned onion sheet opposite (e.g., "C-29780 - Signal air compressor plant - subway location / 8th Ave. Subway - New..... More
POETRY From The BLACK SPARROW PRESS
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, (n. d.). 1st printing thus, ca 1971. Single sheet of blue heavy stock paper, printed in black & red, folded twice to form a 6-panel brochure. 8-1/2" x 4". Printed self-wrappers, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Dated from the 4 "Signature Books" listed..... More
APOCALYPSE With FIGURES.
Montreal: DC Books, (1974). 1st Printing. 36, [4 (blank)] pp. 9-1/4" x 6-1/8". Wrappers, with b/w photographic front cover, by Gregory Dudek. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
DOG DREAMS And Other Poems.
Burnaby, B.C. Laughing Fox Books, (1978). 2nd Printing. [1], 23 pp. Illustrated by Kate Scoones. 8-1/2" x 5-3/8". Textured mustard yellow paper covers, printed in brown, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
GENTLE ANGER. Poems.
Montreal: Sunyata, 1967. 2nd Printing, the same year as the first. [3], 24, [1] pp. 8-1/2" x 5-1/2". Black paper covers printed in white, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More