The BINDING Of BOOKS.
Peoria. The Manual Arts Press. (1940). 160 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Off white, cloth wrapped boards, stamped in dark brown. Tan dust jacket, stamped in dark brown. More
Books - on - Books
Tavistock Books is on vacation from May 20, 2022 to May 30, 2022. The shop will be closed from 3 pm Saturday 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.
The HOURS Of CATHERINE Of CLEVES.; Introduction and Commentary by John Plummer.
New York: George Braziller, (1975). Second Printing. 359 pp (including index). Color reproductions. 8vo. Gilt stamped binding. Slipcase. Reproduced from the Illuminated Manuscript belonging to the Guennol Collection and The Pierpont Morgan Library. More
COMPLETE CATALOGUE Of The LIBRARY Of JOHN QUINN.; Sold By Auction in Five Parts.
New York. Lemma Publishing Corporation. 1969. Reprint. Vol. 1: viii, 1-634. Vol. 2: iv, 635-1205, [66] pp. 9-1/4" x 6". Black cloth, stamped in gilt to back strip. More
A COLLECTOR'S DECABIBLON.; An Address to the Annual Meeting of Gleeson Library Associates April 23, 1972.
San Francisco, California. Designed and Printed by Lawton and Alfred Kennedy. 1972. "1000 Copies Printed. This is One of 600 Specifically Printed for Distribution to Members of the Gleeson Library Associates" 21 pp. 10-1/4" x 7". Stiff, gray wrappers, printed in dark pink, stapled. More
The CARE And REPAIR Of BOOKS.
New York. The R. R. Bowker Company. 1935. Later Edition. 131 pp. 2 plates showing tools used. 8-3/4" x 5-2/8". Deep maroon cloth, stamped in gilt to backstrip. In a tan dust jacket with dark brown lettering. More
HARRY CASTLEMON Boy's Own Author. Appreciation and Bibliography.
Waltham, Mass. Mark Press. 1969. 2nd Printing, limited to 300 copies. 142 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Brown cloth binding lettered in gilt to spine. More
WILLA CATHER: A Bibliography.; Foreword by Frederick B. Adams.
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, (1982). 1st Edition. xxviii, 412 pp. Drawing of Cather at front. 8vo. Blue cloth binding. Printed purple paper dust jacket. More
The ENGLISHMAN And His BOOKS In the Early Nineteenth Century.
New York: Thomas Y Crowell Company, (n. d.). Ca 1932. 300, [2] pp (including Index). Bound with the UK sheets. Ilustrated with 32 plates. 8vo. Maroon cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering. Brown paper dust jacket [Harrap imprint]. Another classic in the genre, along with her work, "The Shaping of..... More
The LONDON BOOKSHOP. Being Part Two of a Pictorial Record of the Antiquarian Book Trade: Portraits & Premises.
(n. p.): Private Libraries Association, 1977. 1st edition. 75, [3] pp. Contents: Francis Edwards Ltd; Frank Hollings; E. Joseph; Maggs Brothers Ltd; Marks & Co; Henry Sotheran Ltd; Harold T. Storey; Thomas Thorp; Corrigenda to Part One. Illustrated from b/w photographs. Oblong 8vo. 7-1/4" x 9-7/8". Original grey cloth with..... More
A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL GHOST REVISITS HIS OLD HAUNTS.; Bibliographical Monograph Series No. 5
Austin: Published by the Humanities Research Center, The University of Texas at Austin, (1972). 1st Printing, limited to 750 cc. [2 (blank)], 28, [2] pp. 8vo. 8-3/4" x 5-3/4". Original publisher's mustard colored cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine. More
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TWO CENTURIES Of BRUCE ROGERS With A PROLOGUE "BR's SECRET PASSION".; [Number 25].
Boston. Philip C. Duschnes. Printed by The Merrymount Press. 1937. Limited Edition of 550 copies. SIGNED by Morley. 43 pp. Frontispiece of Bruce Rogers with facsimile of his signature below. 8-1/4" x 5-1/4". Original yellow wrappers, printed in black bound in later marbled paper borads, with title label to upper..... More
A SOUTHERN LIBRARY.; A Statement read before the New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 1859, from notes of a Recent Journey in the South.
[Boston]: 1859. 1st Separate Printing (presumed). 4 pp. 8vo. 8-7/8" x 5-3/4". Lacks wrappers, disbound, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Smet's unidentified visitior from Boston waxes enthusiastically about Smet's library... "And now this collection has come to be, not the largest, but one of the rarest in the..... More
JAMES JOYCE - The CRITICAL HERITAGE. Two Volumes.; Volume One: 1907 - 1927. Volume Two: 1928 - 1941.
London. Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1970. Reprint. Divers pages. Both bound in blue cloth, stamped in gilt to back strip with dust jackets. Vol. 1 have an image of Joyce printed in green, Vol. 2 printed in brown. More
CATALOGUE RAISONNÉ of Curious Manuscripts, Early Printed and Other Rare Books; Composing Part of the Library of Mr. A. A. Smets.; Printed for Private Circulation.
Savannah: John M. Cooper & Company, 1860. 1st Printing. [4], 104 pp. 8vo. Lacks wrappers, and becoming disbound. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
The ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT.
Oxford: Phaidon, 1987. 1st pb edition. 80 pp. 1990 Barnes & Noble receipt laid-in. 70 illustrations, 28 in color. 11" x 8-3/8". Original publisher's glossy black stiff stock paper covers. More
BOOKS & BOOKENDS. Sculptural Approaches. 1989 - 1991 Traveling Exhibition.
Forestville, MD: Published by Popular Kinetics Press. Printed by Anaconda Press, (1990). 1st Edition. SIGNED by Barton & Barrow. 73, [3 (blank)] pp. 5 leaves, of which 3 are folding templates, inserted after p. 72. Profusely illustrated, primarily in color on glossy stock. 6" x 6-1/4". Spiral bound, with dark..... More
A NEW PAPER, Therefore, Entitled, The EVENING ADVERTISER, And UNIVERSAL CORRESPONDENT.
London: J. Payne, Bookseller, at Pope's-Head in Pater - noster - row. 1754. 1st Printing. Bifolium, 4 pages. 8-1/2" x 5-1/4". Printed self-wrappers, now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. A rare prospectus announcing the advent of Payne's thrice weekly publication, "published Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, in every Week; the..... More
VICTORIAN FICTION. An Exhibition of Original Editions at 7 Albemarle Street, London January to February 1947.
Cambridge: Published for the National Book League by the Cambridge University Press, 1947. 1st printing. 49, [1] pp. 16 plates. 8-1/2" x 5". Black cloth binding with gilt title lettering stamped to spine. No dust jacket. More
The TELLING LINE. Essays on Fifteen Contemporary Book Illustrators.
New York: Delacorte Press, 1990. 1st edition. 320 pp (including index). Illustrated (much in color). 4to. Grey cloth binding. White dust jacket. More
The TELLING LINE. Essays on Fifteen Contemporary Book Illustrators.
New York: Delacorte Press, 1990. 1st edition. 320 pp (including index). Illustrated (much in color). 4to. Grey cloth binding. White dust jacket. More
An ESSAY By GARY F. KURUTZ On A BIBLIOGRAPHY Of CALIFORNIA And The PACIFIC WEST, 1510 - 1906 By ROBERT E. COWAN. With an Original Leaf from the Club's 1914 First Edition.
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1993. A single sheet folded once to make a pamphlet. 10-1/2" x 8". White paper with back and red title lettering printed to front panel. Currently housed in a myalr sleeve. With original mailing envelope. Please note: this is just the prospectus for..... More
ARTFUL DEEDS. In The Life of The Felon, Grovenor Layton... A Tale of the California Gold Rush.
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1998. A single sheet folded twice to make a pamphlet. One b/w illustration. 10-1/2" x 7-1/4". White paper with red and black title lettering printed to front panel. Currently housed in a mylar sleeve. Please note: this is just the prospectus for this..... More
LAYAWAY PURCHASE RECEIPT. P. F. Collier, Publisher, 14 Dupont Street, San Francisco. 2. 19 . 1887.
San Francisco: 1887. A fill-in-the-blanks job-printed receipt for this California publisher, detailing layaway terms. Verso with blanks to record customer's payment record. 3-7/8" x 10". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. One Francis Cutting has deposited One Dollar, as of February 19, 1887, towards purchase of "1 Set Dickens"..... More
PAYOT, UPHAM & CO. Established 1854. Stationers, Booksellers, Engravers, Printers, Bookbinders; 100 Battery Street Cor. Pine
San Francisco: 1904. Unsigned. Single sheet, letterhed printed at top. 19 lines, double-spaced. ~ 200 words. Text concludes mid-sentence, implying a second sheet present at one time. Woodcut graphic, to left, depicting the firm's building [which was destroyed in the 1906 fire]. 10-3/4" x 8-1/4". Now housed in an archival..... More
DROMKEEN. A Journey into Children's Literature.
New York: Henry Holt, (1987). 1st edition. 175, [1 (blank)] pp. Illustrated. 4to. Hardback. Dust jacket. More