The GOODLY SEED.
London. Secker & Warburg. 1953. 1st Edition. 218 pp. 7-1/2" x 5". Light brown cloth, silver lettering to backstrip. Yellow dust jacket, orange and brown lettering. More
Modern First Editions
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.
JOURNAL 1936 - 1937.; Death of an Explorer - Léon Chestov.
London. The Enitharmon Press, 1980. 1st Edition. 144 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. "The jacket design is by Julian Trevelyan" (1910 - 1988) 8-3/4" x 5-1/2". Brown cloth boards, stamped in gilt to back strip. Dust jacket printed in pink and brown. More
UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER.; The Conclusion of Men At Arms and Officers and Gentlemen.
London: Chapman & Hall, 1961. 1st edition. [8], 311, [1 (blank)] pp. 8vo. 19.5cm x 13cm. Blue cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. Red & blue dust jacket. More
A TRAIL Of MEMORIES.; Foreward by Louis L'Amour.
New York: Bantam, 1988. 1st ed. 222 pp, 8vo. Hardcover. Dust jacket. More
The GREEN RIPPER.
NY: Lippincott, (1979). 1st ed. 221 pp. 8vo. Green cloth backed boards in dust jacket. More
CRYSTAL LINE.
New York: Del Rey, 1992. 1st edition. 294 pp, 8vo. Hardback. Dust jacket. More
The TEN - YEAR NAP.
New York: Riverhead Books, 2008. 1st Edition. 351, [7] pp. 8vo. Hardback. Dust jacket. More
RESOLUTION.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (2008). 1st Edition. 292 pp. 8vo. Hardback. Dust jacket. More
The GENIUS And The GODDESS.
New York: Harper, (1955). 1st US edition. 168 pp. Sm 8vo. Black cloth spine with grey cloth boards. Orange dust jacket. More
BLACK SUNDAY.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, (1975). 1st edition. 318 pp. 8vo. Hardback. Dust jacket. Author's first book, and basis for the 1977 movie. More
STRANGE PILGRIMS.; Stories.
New York. Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. 4th Printing. xiii, 188, [iv] pp. 8-1/4" x 5-1/2". Plum cloth boards, stamped in gilt to back strip, pictorial dust jacket, top-edge stained dark red. More
LAKE WOBEGON SUMMER 1956.
New York. Viking (The Penguin Group). 2001. 1st Edition. [xii], 291 p. 9-1/4" x 6". Quarter, black cloth with dark blue paper wrapped boards, stamped in gilt to back strip, in original pictorial dust jacket. Address label reads: Ms. Norma Breecher 10590 Wilshire Blvd. Apt. 1001 Los Angeles, CA 90024-7311..... More
OVERNIGHT To MANY DISTANT CITIES.
New York. G. P. Putnam's Sons. 1983. 1st Edition. 174 pp. 8-3/4" x 5-1/2". Dark blue, quarter cloth, navy blue paper wrapped boards, stamped in gilt to bak strip, in original pictorial dust jacket. More
The KENNEDY TAPES.; Inside the White Hose During the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Cambridge/London: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. 1997. 1st Edition. xv, 728 pp. Some black and white photographs throughout. 9-1/2 x 6-1/2. Black, quarter cloth, gray paper wrapped boards, red lettering to back strip, gray end papers, in pictorial dust jacket. More
RUDOLPH And AMINA; Or the Black Crook.
New York. The John Day Company. 1930. 1st Edition. Cf Lee, 95. [iv], 197 pp. Illustrated dust jacket and small yellow and black vignette on title page. 7-3/4" x 5-1/4. A VG copy with VG dust jacket. Black cloth, gilt lettering to upper board and back strip, hot pink/magenta end..... More
TWO FABLES.
Garden City, New York. Doubleday, Page & Company. 1925. Stated First Edition. Cf. Lee, 50. 95 pp. Decorative boarders throughout. 7-3/4" x 5-1/4". Black cloth boards, orange title label to upper board and back strip, black lettering, orange end papers, top edge stained red, black illustrative boarders on leaves, in..... More
JOHN MISTLETOE.
Garden City, New York. Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., 1931. 1st Edition, 1st Issue. Cf. Lee, 99. SIGNED. 455 pp. (including index). 7-1/2" x 5-1/4". Light green cloth boards, with dark green panels and gilt lettering to back strip, in original dust jacket. More
SKABS. #2.
San Jose: California Comics, (1995). 1st printing (stated). Unpaginated, though 22 pp. Illustrated in b&w. 4to. 10-1/4" x 6-5/8". Color pictorial wrappers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
The LAST CALIFORNIAN.
Amador City: Quintessence Publications, (1987). 1st edition. SIGNED by the author. 10, [4], 504 pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Gilt decorated red cloth binding. Dust jacket. More
NOW EAST, NOW WEST.
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1927. 1st edition. 317, [1] pp. Crown 8vo. Blue cloth binding with gilt stamping. Printed brown paper dust jacket. More
The BREAKING POINT.
New York: George H. Doran Co., (1922). Early printing (cf. Smith R-332). 356 pp. Color frontis by Thomas Fogarty. Crown 8vo. Maroon cloth binding with gilt stamped spine lettering. Red & white dust jacket, which reproduces the frontis on the front panel. More
A TOAST To TOMORROW.
New York: The Literary Guild of America Inc., (1941). viii, [2], 310 pp. 8vo. Hardback. Red topstain. Red & yellow dust jacket. More
DRINK To YESTERDAY.
New York: The Literary Guild of America Inc., 1941. 1st edition thus, i.e., by this publisher. Haycraft-Queen cornerstone for 1941. [12], 270, [6 (blank)] pp. 8vo. Hardback. Red topstain. Red & yellow dust jacket. Per a dj blurb, "A thrilling and moving tale of an English spy in Germany."... More
The OLD DOVECOTE And Other Stories. Woodburn Books. #8.
London: Elkin Mathews & Marrot, 1928. 1st edition. #367 / 530 cc. SIGNED by the author. [2 (blank)], 27, [3 (blank)] pp. 8vo. 8-1/8" x 5-7/8". Decorative printed paper-wrapped boards. Decorative eps. Dust jacket replicating binding design. More