MUCHED LOVED BOOKS.; Best Sellers of the Ages.
New York. Boni and Liveright. 1928. 4th Printing. [xiv], 461 pp. 8-3/4" x 6". Original brown cloth binding, paper onlay on upper board, faded gilt lettering on backstrip. More
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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.
A COLLECTOR'S COMMENT On HIS FIRST EDITIONS Of The WORKS Of SIR WALTER SCOTT.
San Francisco: Gelber, Lilienthal, Inc., 1932. 1st ed. Limited to 400 cc (Heller & Magee166). [8], 156, [1] Frontispiece portrait, with 6 plates. 8vo. Cloth backed boards with printed paper label on cover and spine. Printed at the Grabhorn Press. Included, TLs to Iolo Williams [author of ELEMENTS Of BOOK..... More
OLD BOOKS, RARE FRIENDS.; Two Literary Sleuths and Their Shared Passion.
New York et al: Doubleday, (1997). 1st Edition. xii, 275 pp. B/w illustrations in text. 8vo., 8-1/2" x 5-3/4" Quarter brown cloth and brown paper covered boards, backstrip stamped in gilt, and original pictorial dust jacket. More
MOVABLE TYPE.; Biography of Legh R. Freeman
Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1979. 1st ed. viii, 172 pp. Several b/w photo reproductions in text. 8vo., 9-1/4" x 6-1/4" Orange cloth with lettering in black to upper board and backstrip, original pictorial dust jacket. Biography of Legh R. Freeman, frontier printer. More
The MAKING Of BOOKS.
London: Faber & Faber, (1973). 5th Revised edition. 554 pp (including Index). B/W illustrations throughout text, some from photographs. 8vo. Pale blue cloth binding. Dust jacket. More
The HUMAN FACE Of The BOOK TRADE. Print Culture and its Creators.
Winchester / Delaware: St. Paul's Bibliographies / Oak Knoll Press, 1999. 1st Edition. x, 228 pp (including Index). 8vo. Glossy composition binding. More
INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT LAW And The PUBLISHER In The REIGN Of QUEEN VICTORIA.
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1968. 1st edition. ix, [3], 109, [1 (blank)] pp. B/w frontis. 9-1/2" x 6-1/4". Navy cloth binding, gilt printed lettering to spine. Lavender DJ with navy lettering printed to spine and cover. More
THE TRUTH ABOUT A PUBLISHER; An Autobiographical Record
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1960. 1st Edition. 455 pp. Illustrated in b/w. 8vo., 8-1/2" x 5-3/4" Full burgundy cloth stamped in silver to backstrip with facsimile of the authors signature stamped in silver to the upper board, and original pictorial dust jacket. Signed by the author on the flyleaf..... More
THE BODLEY HEAD 1887-1987
London: The Bodley Head, (1987). 1st Edition. [viii], [365] pp. Illustrated with b/w photos and facsimiles. 8vo., 8-3/4" x 5-1/2" Full red cloth stamped in gilt to backstrip, original buff dust jacket printed in red and black. More
A SOCIETY'S CHIEF JOYS; An Exhibition From the Collections of the American Antiquarian Society
Worcester, Massachusetts: American Antiquarian Society, (1969). 1st Edition. 137 pp. Illustrated. 4to., 10-1/2" x 7-1/2" Stiff buff wrappers printed in orange. Erratum taped to first endpaper. More
LITERARY HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES.
New York: The Macmillan Company, (1969). 3rd edition, revised, 7th printing. xxiv, 1511 pp (including index). Royal 8vo., 9-1/2" x 6-1/2" Blue cloth with an orange dust jacket. More
The MEMOIRS Of An EROTIC BOOKSELLER.; By Armand Coppens assisted by his tired wife Clementine and her distant lover. Volume One.
New York: Grove Press, (1969). 1st ed. ARC. 222 pp. 8vo., 8-1/4" x 5-1/2" Full orange cloth stamped in gilt to backstrip, with original pictorial dust jacket. Advance review copy, with the slip taped to the first endpaper. More
ISSAC COLLINS A Quaker Printer in 18th Century America.
New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, (1968). 1st ed. [xiv], 241 pp. illustrated, 8vo., 8-1/2" x 5-3/4" Blue cloth stamped in gilt and white to backstrip, original pictorial dust jacket. More
BOOKS And The WESTERN WORLD. A Cultural History.; Translated from the German by William D. Boyd & Irmgard H. Wolfe.
Jefferson NC: McFarland & Co., (1989). First Edition in English. xx, 531, [1 (blank)] pp (inclduding index). 8vo. Brick red cloth with white lettering. Issued without dust jacket. More
WILLIAM BALSTON Paper Maker 1759 - 1849.
London: Methuen, 1954. xii, 172 pp (including index). illustrated, 8vo. Brick red cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to spine. Dust jacket. More
A STUDY Of RARE BOOKS.; WIth Special Reference to Colophons, Press Devices and Title Pages of Interest to the Bibliophile and the Student of Literature.
Denver: The Clason Publishing Co., 1930. 1st ed. #770/1000 cc. SIGNED by the author. 572 pp (including index). Illustrated. 4to. Cloth backed boards. Red topstain. Title label to spine & front board. More
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[BILLHEAD FROM BAZIN & CHANDLER BOOK AND JOB PRINTERS]
(n. p.): (n. d.). C. 1862. One leaf printed to recto only, with ms hand. Engraved oval portrait of Benjamin Franklin in upper left corner. Oblong format: 4-5/8" x 8-3/16" Self wrappers. One billhead dated "Boston, March 29, 1862, To Bazin & Chandler, Dr. Book and Job Printers, No. 37..... More
THIS SOLEMN MOCKERY. The Art of Literary Forgery.
London: Arlington Books, 1973. 1st ed. 177 ppg, illustrated, 8vo. Brown cloth with silver lettering to backstrip, in original pictorial dust jacket.Forgery. More
NEW YORK In LITERATURE. The Story Told in the Landmarks of Town and Country.
New York: The Primavera Press, 1947. 1st edition. 272, [2] pp (including Index). 8vo. Dark blue cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. Dust jacket. More
BOOKS in MANUSCRIPT.; A Short Introduction to Their Study and Use.
London: Kegan Paul et al, 1920. 2nd edition, revised. xv, [1 (blank)], 208 pp (including Index). Illustrated with plates. 8vo. Light brown cloth binding with printed paper title label to spine. More
HOW TO COLLECT BOOKS.
Chicago: Canterbury Bookshop, 1974. Facsimile Edition. xii, 205, [2 ads] pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Full blue cloth stamped in gilt to upper board and backstrip. This Limited Facsimile Edition is an unabridged reproduction of the original edition published in London, 1905, by George Bell and Sons. More
DR. JOHNSON'S PRINTER: The Life of William Strahan.
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1964. 1st edition. xiii, 225 pp. inc. index. Illustrated with plates. 8vo. 22cm x 14.5 cm. Blue pebbled cloth over boards. Dust jacket. More
STUDIES In BIBLIOGRAPHY. Papers of the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia. Volume Nineteen. 1966.; L. A. Beaurline, Associate Editor.
Charlottesville, The University Press of Virginia, 1968. 1st Edition. 282 pp. 8vo. Full brown paper covered boards with printed buff label mounted to upper board and backstrip. More
STUDIES In BIBLIOGRAPHY. Papers of the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia. Volume Twenty-Four. 1968.; L. A. Beaurline, Associate Editor.
Charlottesville, The University Press of Virginia, 1971. 1st Edition. 240 pp. 8vo. Full blue cloth, glossy blue cloth label with gilt lettering inlaid to upper board and backstrip. More
STUDIES In BIBLIOGRAPHY. Papers of the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia. Volume Thirty.
Charlottesville, The University Press of Virginia, 1977. 1st prtg. 286 pp. 8vo. Grey cloth. More