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
Modern First Editions
Tavistock Books is on vacation from January 21, 2023 to February 7, 2023. Beginning at 4:30 pm today, Saturday January 21st, and until 9am Tuesday, February 7th, I will be in Reno spending time with my family. Orders may certainly be placed, though shipment will be until after my return to Alameda. I thank you for your patience & understanding.
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
The WORLD Of SEX.
[Chicago]: Printed by the Friends of J. H. N. for Friends of Henry Miller [Ben Abramson], [1941]. 1st edition (Shifreen & Jackson A25a). Stated limitation of 250 cc. 88, [4 (blank)] pp. 8vo. 9-1/4" x 6-1/4". Original publisher's black cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering. Red, gold & black mottled..... More
HARD CANDY. A Book of Stories.
Norfolk CT: A New Directions Book, (1954). 1st book edition (Crandell A13.1.a). 220 pp. Tall 8vo. Yellow cloth spine over green vertically stripped boards. Slipcase [2nd issue, blue-grey]. More
THESE THREE.
New York. Williiam Edwin Rudge. 1932. 1st Edition. 91 [1 colophon] pp. Frontis plate. 7-3/4" x 5". Original brown cloth, spine lettering stamped in gilt, TEG, light purple dust jacket with lettering printed in black. 1 of 750. More
BOTTOM DOGS.; With an introduction by D.H. Lawrence.
London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1929. 1st edition (Billings A1a; Roberts B26). #11/520 cc. xxi, [3], 285 pp. Crown 8vo. Black cloth binding with gilt lettering. TEG. Dust jacket. More
LAND BEYOND The MAP [And] FUGITIVE OF The STARS. Ace M-111.
New York: Ace, (1965). 1st edition. 12mo. Wrappers. More
The TWO VANREVELS.
New York: McClure Phillips & Co., 1902. 1st edition (Blanck 4th, p. 489; Russo & Sullivan, pp 9 - 12; Smith T-56). viii, [4], 351, [13] pp. 10 pages of adverts at rear (State 2). Frontis + 6 inserted illustrations by Henry Hutt. Crown 8vo. Green grained cloth binding stamped..... More
FAIRY FINGERS.
New York: Carleton Publisher, 1865. 1st edition (Wright II, 2046). 460 + 6 pp advertisements. 12mo. 18cm x 13cm. Black half cloth binding. Gilt stamped spine. Marbled eps. Ex-Libris at front pastedown from the Ladies' Library Association. More
The DARING YOUNG MAN On The FLYING TRAPESE.
New York: Modern Age Books, 1937. 1st thus. 167 pp. 2 pp of adverts at rear. Sm 8vo. Wrappers. Dust jacket, which duplicates the wrapper design. Red Seal Series #6. More
CAMELOT 30K.
NY: TOR, 1993. 1st edition. 308 pp + Notes at rear. Illustrations. 8vo. Hardback. Dust jacket. More
The FOLLOWING Of The STAR. A Romance.
New York: Putnam, 1911. 1st edition. Not in Smith. 426 pp + 6 pp publisher catalogue at rear. Color frontis by F. H. Townsend. Crown 8vo. Blue cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering surrounded by a floral design stamped in blind. White dust jacket echoing the binding design... More
The GAY CONSPIRATORS.
New York and London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1924. 1st editon (Hubin I, p. 207; Smith C1028). [8], 324, [4 (adverts)] pp. Crown 8vo. Original publisher's blue cloth binding with green lettering. Gree dust Jacket. "A breathless mystery story, full of humor and romance." [dj blurb]. More
GIRL WAITING In The SHADE.
London, Melbourne & Toronto: Heinemann, (1960). 1st edition (NCBEL 4, 558). [4], 207, [1 (blank)] pp. 7-5/8" x 5". Brown cloth binding, gilt stamped lettering to spine. Color pictorial DJ. More
The THIRD LIFE Of GRANGE COPELAND. A Novel.
New York: Harcourt Brace & Jovanovich, (1970). 1st edition. 247 pp. 8vo. Red cloth spine with grey paper-wrapped boards. Beige dust jacket (designed by Hal Siegel). More
FIRST LOVE. A Gothic Tale.
New York: The Echo Press, (1996). 1st edition. 85, [3] pp. Illustrated by Moser. 12mo. Hardback. Dust jacket. More
The IRON WOMAN.
New York: Dial Books, (1995). 1st US edition. 109, [3] pp. Engravings by Barry Moser. 8vo. 23.5cm x 15.5cm. Cloth spine over boards. Dust jacket. More
GEOGRAPHY And PLAYS.
Boston: The Four Seas Company, 1922. 1st Edition, 1st state [Wilson A5.a]. 419, [1] pp. 7-3/4" x 5-1/4". First state binding: grey paper over boards with stamped blue lettering, rough blue quarter cloth with cream paper label and dk blue lettering. Lacking the dust jacket. Scarce in the trade in..... More
The GRAIL TREE.
London: Collins, 1979. 1st edition. 225 pp. 8vo. Red cloth binding. Dust jacket. More
TEA TIME For The TRADITIONALLY BUILT.
New York: Pantheon, (2009). 1st US edition. [8], 212, [2] pp. 8vo. Hardback. Dust jacket. More
SEARCHING For CALEB.
New York: Knopf, 1976. 1st edition. 309 pp. 8vo. White linen spine with pale blue paper-wrapped boards. Dust jacket. More
NOT In OUR STARS.
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, n. d. First American Edition. 288 pp. 8vo. 7-1/2" x 5". Blue cloth, stamped gilt lettering and title border. Classic, convoluted tale of a man who lives his life backward. From the jacket flap: "How he lives back through [his past], how fate stalks him with..... More
The PORTLAND LAUGHER.
New York: Ballantine Books, 1994. 1st edition. 344 pp. 9-1/2" x 6-1/2". Black cloth spine, gilt stamped lettering, over purple paper-covered boards. Color illustrated, black and purple glossy paper DJ. More
A TIME Of SOLDIERS.
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc, 1976. 1st edition. INSCRIBED by author to ffep. 306, [6 (blank)] pp. 9-1/2" x6-3/4". Quarter-bound brown cloth spine over beige paper-covered boards. Dark brown lettering to spine, color illustrated DJ. Inscribed to poet and pacifist William Stafford on the flyleaf: "For Bill..... More