WHY YOU SHOULD BE A SOCIALIST.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1938. Second printing. 96 pp. 8vo. 9-1/2" x 6". Paper wrappers, printed in red & black. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
Potpourri
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 ARCHITECTURE Of RATCLIFF.
Berkeley: Heyday Books, (2006). 1st Edition. 224, [2] pp. Photography by Kiran Singh. 9-1/8" x 9-1/8". Blue cloth binding. Blue pictorial eps. Blue glossy paper dust jacket. More
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A True ACCOUNT Of The Author of a Book entituled Eikon Basilike [in Greek] or The Pourtraiture of His Sacred Majesty in His Solitudes and Sufferings. With An Answer to all Objections made by Dr. Hollingsworth and others, in Defence of the said Book. ; Published for Publick Satisfaction, and in Vindication of the Author hereof.
London: Printed for Nathanael Ranew at the Kings - Arms in St. Paul's Church - Yard, 1692. 1st edition, issue without the Author's name, and with Basilike correctly spelled (Madan 167; Wing W-310A). [2], 37, [1] pp. The "B" in Basilike appears to have been reimpressed over an "E" giving..... More
NAVAL AVIATOR PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM, 1968 - 1971.
Divers places, including San Francisco & Corpus Christi: 1968 - 1971. Album with 30 leaves of black mounting paper, 27 with ~ 250+ [mostly] color snapshot-style photographs, attached at top, many with captions to verso. Some loose & laid-in. Album: 11" x 14". Photographs: 3-1/2" x 3-1/2". Red faux-leather commercial..... More
PLYMOUTH. Perfection in a Low Priced Car .....
(n. p.): Plymouth Division, Chrysler Corporation. (n. d.). 1st printing, ca 1935. Unpaginated, though 12 pp. Filled with lovely full color illustrations of the car, and its divers systems, et al. Landscape format: 6-3/4" x 10-1/4". Color printed wrappers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. I'm especially enamoured..... More
The BLOODY ASSIZE.
London: Ernest Benn Ltd, 1929. 1st edition. 300, [4] pp. Index at rear. Frontispiece. 7 internal plates. 8vo. 9-5/8" x 6-1/4". Red cloth binding. Dust jacket. More
PRIMARY HAND WORK. A Graded Course for the First Four Years.
Boston: Atkinson, Mentzer & Groves, (1906). 1st Edition (presumed). 136 pp. Illustrated. 12mo. 7-1/8" x 4-7/8". Natual rough-weave cloth binding, stamped in orange & black. More
The EARLY STUARTS. 1603 - 1660.
Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1937. 1st Edition. xxi, [1 (blank)], 452 pp (including Index). Folding maps at rear. 8vo. Blue cloth binding with gilt stamping. No dust jacket. More
MARY THOMAS'S DICTIONARY Of EMBROIDERY STITCHES.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1941. Later printing. 234 pp. Profusely illustrated with drawings. Crown 8vo. Rough weave cloth binding with black stamped lettering. Blue dust jacket. More
MARY THOMAS'S EMBROIDERY BOOK.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1938. 2nd Printing. 304 pp (including Index). Illustrated. Crown 8vo. Linen cloth binding with black stamped lettering. No dust jacket. More
GODEY'S LADY'S BOOK. 1861. Vol. LXII. Vol. LXIII.
Philadelphia: 1861. 1st volume edition. 574, 546 pp. Profusely illustrated, including 10 fold-out color fashion plates. Thick 8vo. 9-1/2" x 6-3/8". Period (publisher's ?) black half-leather binding with black cloth boards. Please note, while we did not specifically notice any leaves or plates as missing, we have not fully collated..... More
ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE Of The INDIAN SUBCONTINENT.
London: Laurence King Publishing, 2000. 1st Edition. 320 pp (including Index). Much color illustrations, with photographic imagery by Federico Borromeo. 12" x 9-1/2". Black cloth binding. Dust jacket. More
BY The IONIAN SEA. Notes of a Ramble in Southern Italy.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1905. 1st US Edition (Collie XXIIIc). [6], 235, [1 (blank)] pp. Fold-out map. Intratextual drawings. Crown 8vo. 7-5/8" x 5-1/8" Green cloth binding with gilt stamping. TEG. More
KINGDOM Of The SUN. Indian Court and Village Art from the Princely State of Mewar.
San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, (2007). 1st printing. 239, [1] pp. Ephemera laid-in. Profusely illustrated in color. 12" x 8-3/8". Red glossy paper covers. More
KRISHNA. The Divine Lover. Myth and Legend Through Indian Art.
London / Boston: Serindia Publications / David R. Godine, (1982). 1st Edition. 218, [2] pp. Illustrated in b/w & color. 12-1/2" x 10-1/4". Orange cloth binding with gilt stamping. Black dust jacket. More
IMAGINATE BECOMES REALITY. An Exhibition Cycle Focusing on the Pictorial Understanding of Current Art.; Part I. Expanded Paint Tools.
Munchen: Sammlung Goetz, (2005). 1st Edition. 183, [1] pp. Text in German & English. Illustrated, primarily in color. 9-5/8" x 6-13/16". White composition binding with graphics in black, lettering in reddish-brown. More
THANJAVUR'S GILDED GODS. South Indian Paintings in the Kuldip Singh Collection.; Introduction by Nayanjot Lahiri.
Mumbai: The Marg Foundation, 2018. 1st Edition. 180 pp. Illustrated in full color. 12-1/4" x 9-3/4". Full color pictorial composite binding. Dust jacket which replicates binding graphics. More
PAHARI MASTERS. Court Painters of Northern India.
Zurich, Switzerland: Artibus Asiae Publishers, 1992. 1st Edition. 392 pp. Fully illustrated, primarily in color. 12" x 9-1/4". Blue cloth binding. Full color pictorial dust jacket. More
COLOR - STYLING ... The Key to Modern Decoration.
Oakland, Calif: Walter N. Boysen Co., (n. d.). Ca 1940s (?). Unpaginated, though 20 pp. Fully illustrated, mostly in color. 8-5/8" x 7-3/4". Red paper covers, with color photographic image of a living room to front cover. More
FANCY WORK For Pleasure and Profit.
(n. p.): (Thompson & Thomas ?), (1905). Divers paginations. Blank subscription sheets at rear. Color frontis. Inserted color plates. Intratextual cuts. 8-7/8" x 7". Original publisher's brown cloth binding, with white & red embossing. Marbled edges. More
In ADORATION Of KRISHNA. Pichhwais of Shrinathji • Tapi Collection
Sahara Gate, Sarat: Garden Silk Mills Ltd, (2007). 1st Edition. 225, [3] pp (including Index). Illustrated in color. 13" x 9-7/8". Maroon cloth binding with gilt stamping. Color pictorial eps. Blue pictorial dust jacket. More
A LETTER To The PRIME MINISTER, And FIRST LORD Of The ADMIRALTY, From A CAPTAIN In The ROYAL NAVY, on the Extension of the NAVAL ESTABLISHMENTS of the Country.; With an Engraved Sketch of the Body of FALMOUTH HARBOUR; wherein it is Proved that this Harbour, from the combination of Situation, Safety, Ease of Entrance, Capacity, and extreme susceptibility of improvement, is the First Harbour in Great Britain for all Naval Purposes connected with the Atlantic Ocean.
London: Printed for J. Stockdale, Piccadilly, 1810. 1st Edition. 50 pp. Large folding plate, "A Sketch of the Body of Falmouth Harbour, and its Deep Channels", as frontispiece. 4to. 8-5/8" x 6-3/4". Later plain black cloth binding. Somewhat uncommon work on the subject, with OCLC only showing a handful of..... More
A MAGIC WORLD. New Visions of Indian Painting.
Mumbai: The Marg Foundation, 2016. 1st Edition. 129, [3] pp (including Index). Illustrated in color. 12-3/8" x 9-5/8". Color pictorial composition binding with dust jacket that replicated binding graphics. More
SRINGAR. An Exhibition Celebrating Divine and Erotic Love. 23 October - 23 November 2007.
London: Francesca Galloway, 2007. 1st Printing. 136 pp. Illustrated in color. 12-7/16" x 9-5/8". Full color pictorial paper covers. More
INDIAN MINIATURES And PAINTINGS From the 16th to the 19th Century.; The Collection of Howard Hodgkin.
Milan: Electa, 1997. 1st Edition. 150, [2] pp. Illustrated in color. 11" x 9-13/16". Color paper cover. More