NATURE'S CREATURES Of The DARK. A Pop-Up Glow-in-the-Dark Exploration.; Maps by Malcolm Porter.
New York: Dial, (1993). 1st edition. Illustrated. 4to Glossy pictorial boards. More
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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.
The CLUE In The JEWEL BOX. Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #20.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1943). 3rd Printing, ca 1943 (Farah 1943C-3). vi, [2], 216 pp. Frontis by Russel H. Tandy. 12mo. Medium blue cloth binding lettered in orange. Orange silhouette eps. Orange topstain. Pictorial dust jacket, with a white spine. More
WHAT A BAD HAT.; Tune -- "My Feyther's Old Sow."
[London]: Printed by T. Birt, 39, Great S. Andrew Street, Seven Dials, (n. d.). Ca 1833 - 1841. Dated from the British Book Trade Index. Beneath imprint - "Country Orders punctually attended to. Every description of Printing on reasonable terms. Children's Books, Battledores, Pictures, &c." Broadside, "9-7/8" x 7-7/16". First..... More
A LITTLE PILGRIM.
Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1882. 1st edition thus (cf. Blier, p. 150; NCBEL III, 955; Sadleir 1871). Not in Wolff. 123, [1 (blank)] pp. 12mo. 6-5/8" x 4-3/8". Grey cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to front cover. Red topstain. A popular 19th C. "after-death experience" collection of stories... More
TWENTY BOY SPIES; or, The Secret of Band of Dismal Hollow. "Pluck and Luck. Stories of Adventure." No. 342. December 21, 1904.; A Story of the American Revolution.
New York: Frank Tousey, 1904. First printing in this series. Rear advert lists through # 234. 30, [2 (adverts)] pp. Text double column. 11" x 8". Color pictorial wrappers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. OCLC records just one institutional holding of this edition: Univ of S FL..... More
The SCOUTS Of The SANTEE; or, Redcoats and Whigs. "Pluck and Luck. Stories of Adventure." No. 318. July 6, 1904.
New York: Frank Tousey, 1904. First printing in this series. Rear advert lists through # 234. 30, [2 (adverts)] pp. Text double column. 11" x 8". Color pictorial wrappers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. OCLC records no institutional holdings of this edition. More
The RIVAL RANGERS; or, The Sons of Freedom. "Pluck and Luck. Stories of Adventure." No. 234. November 26, 1902.
New York: Frank Tousey, 1902. First printing in this series. Rear advert lists through # 234. 28, [4 (adverts)] pp. Text double column. 11" x 8". Color pictorial wrappers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. OCLC records just 2 institutional holdings of this edition, Univ of FL &..... More
The BULLET CHARMER. A Story of the Revolution. "Pluck and Luck. Stories of Adventure." No. 611. February 16, 1910.
New York: Frank Tousey, 1910. Reissue. Rear advert lists through # 612. 29, [3 (adverts)] pp. Text double column. 11" x 8". Color pictorial wrappers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. OCLC records just one institutional holding of this edition, Univ of IL. More
LAUGHING LUKE, The Yankee Spy of the Revolution. "Pluck and Luck. Stories of Adventure." No. 370. July 5, 1905.
New York: Frank Tousey, 1905. First printing in this series. Rear advert lists through # 370. 31, [1 (advert)] pp. Text double column. 11" x 8". Color pictorial wrappers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. No holdings of this edition recorded on OCLC, though the Univ of FL..... More
The NIGHT RIDERS Of RAVENSWOOD; A Strange Story of Arizona. "Pluck and Luck. Stories of Adventure." No. 532. August 12, 1908.
New York: Frank Tousey, 1908. Reissue. Rear advert lists through # 532. 29, [3 (adverts)] pp. Text double column. 11" x 8". Color pictorial wrappers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. No holdings of this title recorded on OCLC. More
SLIPPERY STEVE; or, The Cunning Spy of the Revolution. "Pluck and Luck. Stories of Adventure." No. 498. December 18, 1907.
New York: Frank Tousey, 1907. Reissue of #17 in this series. Rear advert lists through # 498. 29, [3 (adverts)] pp. Text double column. 11" x 8". Color pictorial wrappers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. No holdings of this edition recorded on OCLC, though Univ of FL..... More
The LITTLE SWAMP FOX; A Tale of General Marion and His Men. "Pluck and Luck. Stories of Adventure." No. 482. August 28th, 1907.
New York: Frank Tousey, 1907. First printing in this series. Rear advert lists through # 482. 29, [3 (adverts)] pp. Text double column. 11" x 8". Color pictorial wrappers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. No holdings recorded on OCLC. More
FIGHTING With WASHINGTON; or, The Boy Regiment of the Revolution. "Pluck and Luck. Stories of Adventure." No. 523. June 10th, 1908.
New York: Frank Tousey, 1908. Early, if not the first, printing in this series. Rear advert lists through # 524. 29, [3 (adverts)] pp. Text double column. 11" x 8". Color pictorial wrappers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. No holdings recorded on OCLC... More
RUTH FIELDING At COLLEGE. Ruth Fielding Series #11.
New York: Cupples & Leon, (1917). Later printing, ca late 20s / early 30s. 206, [6 (adverts)] pp. of adverts. Frontispiece on glossy paper. 12mo. Beige cloth with dark blue lettering/stamping. Color pictorial dust jacket. DJ verso adverts list through #25. More
WAR BOY. A Country Childhood
New York: Arcade Publishing, Inc., 1990. 2nd printing of the 1st US edition [stated]. 92 pp. Illustrated with drawings. Oblong 8vo. 7-3/4" x 10-1/2" Hardback. Dust jacket. Winner of the UK's 1990 KATE GREENAWAY MEDAL for Best Children's Picture Book of the Year. More
BEST In SHOW.
New York: Walker & Co., 2011. 1st edition. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy, SIGNED by the Author in the year of publication. Unpaginated. Illustrated in color by Andrew Day. 4to. 11-3/8" x 8-7/8" Hardcover. Dust jacket. More
HOW To BECOME A WEST POINT MILITARY CADET.
New York: Frank Tousey, Publisher, 21 Union Square, (1898). Later printing, ca 1900. 59, [5] pp. Publisher adverts last 5 pages. 12mo. 6-1/2" x 4-3/17" Printed paper wrappers, with full color image of a cadet squadron to the front cover. Rear advert for the series, which lists through #79. Now..... More
EARLY CHILDREN'S BOOKS. A Collector's Guide.
London: David & Charles, (1983). 1st edition. 256 pp (including index). Illustrated. Royal 8vo. Green cloth binding. Dust jacket. More
CHILDREN Of JAPAN.
Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, (1936). Early, if not the first, printing [with printing code CS-10/36]. Unpaginated, though 64 pp. Text to leaf verso; b/w photographic hlaf-tone images to recto. 31 images, 29 full-page & captioned. Map. 6" x 6-7/8" Orange glazed boards with white lettering & color pictorial photographic..... More
The TREE-DWELLERS.
Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, (1904). Later printing. 158, [2] pp. Illustrated. 8vo. 7-3/4" x 6-1/8" Beige cloth binding with black stamping. "This volume, the fifth number of the 'Industrial and Social History Series,' is intended to portray the life of man when he took the first steps in taming..... More
SOMI BUILDS A CHURCH. A Story from Lapland.
New York: The Viking Press, 1943. 1st Edition. 109, [3 (blank)] pp. Illustrated by the author. 8vo. Linen cloth binding with purple stamping. Pictorial eps. Dust jacket. More
MARVEL ENCYCLOPEDIA. SPIDERMAN, A To Z. Volume 4.
New York: Marvel Comics, (2003). 1st Printing. 240 pp. Profusely illustrated, primarily in color. Royal 8vo. 11" x 7-3/8". Full color composition binding with large image of Spiderman to front board. Full color glossy paper dust jacket. More
MARTY PANTS. Do Not Open!
(n. p.): HarperCollins, (2017). 6th printing. 250 pp. Illustrated. 8-1/2" x 5-5/8". Blue composition binding with white, black & yellow printing. More
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"Birdie's Walk in the Woods" [as published in] OUR YOUNG FOLKS. An Illustrated Magazine for Boys and Girls. June, 1868. Number 42.
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1868. 1st printing. [1], [321] - 384, [4 advertisements] pp. Untrimmed. Several b/w illustrations. Frontispiece illustration, "Watching the Crows", by Winslow Homer. 9" x 5-7/8". Orange paper wrappers, sewn, with black title lettering and design printed to front wrapper and spine. More
JACK HALL or the Schooldays of an American Boy.
Boston: Jordan Marsh & Co., 1888. 1st edition (cf. McCue, p. 46, recording the 1887 copyright date). Not in Wright. vi, 394 pp. Illustrated by F. G. Attwood. Frontis of 'Haseltine's Triple Play'. 12mo. 7-5/8" x 5". Blue-green decorated cloth boards stamped in black depicting divers aspects of the school..... More