[MINERVA PRESS NOVEL. [HOFLAND (Mrs. Barbara)]

Says She to Her Neighbour, What? in Four Volumes. By an Old-Fashioned Englishman.

London: Printed at the Minerva-Press, for A. K. Newman and Co., 1812. First edition, 8vo (170 x 105mm), [4], 285, [3, publishers ads]; [4], 291, [1, publishers ads]; [4], 336; [4], 336pp., with half-titles, ex-library copy, neat library label to front-paste down (Sheffield Public Library), library stamp to verso of title, neat blind stamp to first and last leaves, orig. green cloth, red leather spine label lettered in gilt, library number to base of spine, spines chipped and defective (see images supplied). A rare Minerva Press novel by a lady author, JISC locates just 3 copies (BL, Oxford and University of Manchester). Garside, Raven & Schwöerling, 1812: 37.

Forest BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 37645

Keywords: NOVEL ENGLISH LITERATURE MINERVA PRESS NOVEL FICTION LADY AUTHOR LADIES WOMEN AUTHOR

[Theatre Playbill]. Hofland, Mrs. [Barbara. 1770 - 1844] - Inspiration

The CZARINA!; Third Week of the Engagement of Miss Davenport. Thursday Evening, June 7th, 1860. Mr. H. A. Perry, Will Appear as Peter the Great

[San Francisco]: Calhoun, Printer, 1860. 1st Printing. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Broadside leaflet. 7-3/8" x 4". AN About VG copy, some age-toning and foxing, first line of text discolored & somewhat obscured from evidence of mounting materials and repair to top-edge verso. The headline production presumed to be inspired by Mrs Hofland's 1842 novel, "The CZARINA: An Historical Romance of the Court of Russia." A scarce early San Francisco playbill for the Lyceum Theatre, which was managed by a member of the Booth family at the time.

Tavistock Books, ABAAProfessional seller

Book number: 45068

Catalogue: Literature

Keywords: Literature Americana

Mrs. Hofland [Barbara Hofland]

The Good Grandmother, and Her Offspring

London, A. K. Newman & Co, 1828 . Leather. The second edition of Barbara Hofland's charming moral tale for children, a work influenced by the author's Anglican faith. The second edition of this work, 'with additions&apos.Illustrated with an engraved title page and frontispiece.A delightful children's work from Barbara Hofland, the English writer of over sixty didactic, moral stories for children, and of schoolbooks and poetry. It was described by the author as a 'sketch of children in very humble life' intended to 'console the sorrows, stimulate the energies, and encourage the efforts of the industrious poor&apos. With the inscription of Anne W. Waring to the front free endpaper.With four pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the original roan backed, marble paper covered boards. Significant rubbing to back strip head and tail and joints. Significant rubbing to boards. Joint tails starting, with boards firmly held. Inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Title page significantly age toned. Light spotting throughout, with pages lightly age toned to perimeters. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 944F46

Catalogue: Children's Books

Keywords: Good Grandmother, and Her Offspring The History of an Officer's Widow morality children's literature The History of an Officer's Widow Not Stated

HOFLAND [Barbara]. Mrs:

The Son of a Genius. New Edition, Carefully Revised and Enlarged by the Author.

London: John Harris..., 1832. 12mo (in 6s), 140 x 87 mms., pp. iv [5] - 252, engraved frontispiece,contemporary quarter sheepskin, marbled boards (rubbed). tilt label; corners worn and binding a bit shabby. This novel for children was to prove the author's most popular publication: Barbara Hofland [née Wreaks] (1770 - 1844) published about 60 novels in her lifetime, and most of them were reprinted at least once. "In Son of a Genius, the lesson which Hofland stresses with more urgency than any other is the importance of keeping receipts. Ludovico finds a receipt, seeks for its owner, and when he is able to return it to him, is rewarded with two guineas. This much is the conventional 'honesty rewarded' episode of so many moral tales. But Hofland goes much further. Not only does Ludovico go through the rest of the tale insisting on receipts from everyone he deals with, thereby cementing the lesson.., but Mr. Higgins, who had lost the original receipt, explains just why this piece of paper is so valuable to him" (online: https://hockliffe.dmu.ac.uk/items/0138.html). OCLC gives a pagination of vii, [1], 171, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. so this must be a different issue. Moon, M. Harris (1992),; 373(8)

John Price Antiquarian BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 10424

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: fiction juvenile literature

HOFLAND, Mrs. (Barbara) 1770-1844.

The son of genius; a tale, for the use of youth.

London: printed for J. Harris, corner of St. Paul's Church-yard, and Simpkins and Marshall, Stationers'-Court, 1818 new edition. 12mo in sixes. vii[i], 172pp, frontis. Original half maroon roan, red calf gilt spine label, paper sides. Binding rubbed with wear to extremes; frontis and title browned; very light occasional spotting to text. Also available with a green roan spine. Moon 374 (4); Gumuchian 3057. Moon notes that an article in the Q.R. of 1844 describes the book as 'a very beautiful tale, and in the best of this lady's numerous little books, which are mostly too much of the novelette style to recommend.' DISCOVER: Reading Univ, CUL, NLW.

John TurtonProfessional seller

Book number: 44068

Catalogue: Juvenile & Childrens

Keywords: JUVENILE & CHILDRENS Fiction Conduct of life ; Juvenile fiction. Fiction Illustrated Juvenile literature - English - 19th century. Publishers' advertisements - England - 19th century.

HOFLAND, Mrs. (Barbara) 1770-1844.

A week at Harrogate. A poem: in a series of letters, addressed from Benjamin Blunderhead, Esq., to his friend, Simon: describing whatever principally attracted his attention, on his journey (through York,) to, and during his stay at that celebrated watering place.

Knaresborough: printed, (for the author), and sold by Hargrove and Son [etc.], 1818 third edition; with three neat plates. 17cm. 98pp, [2]pp publisher's advert, 2 copper plates of the Harrogate Wells + woodcut of Clifford's Tower, 8 fine woodcut devices. Original printed blue paper boards. Plain matching modern blue paper spine; binding lightly rubbed. We have been unable to ascertain from Leeds University Library whether in fact their copy does contain three plates. What we can say is that two copies currently on the market contain a single plate; that was the case with a copy we sold in 2010. This copy came from the 'time-capsule' collection at the Hermitage, Hexham. Items were bought and stored in brown paper wraps until the sale in 2011. This edition not in Johnson - he records the 1812 and 1813 editions. DISCOVER: Leeds U.

John TurtonProfessional seller

Book number: 46402

Catalogue: Local History

Keywords: Local History yorkshire Harrogate (England) ; Poetry. Harrogate (England) Description and travel. Harrogate (England) Harrogate

HOFLAND, Mrs. (Barbara) 1770-1844.

The young cadet; or Henry Delamere's voyage to India, his travels in Hindostan; with the wonders of Elora. Revised and altered by the author.

London: A.K. Newman and Company, 1836 new edition. 12mo. xi[i], 237[1]pp, frontis, additional engraved title, 2 ephemeral pieces bound in at rear. Original blindstamped black cloth gilt, aeg. Binding rubbed with light wear; frontis and additional title browned. This edition omits material relating to the Burmese War.

John TurtonProfessional seller

Book number: 44067

Mrs. Hofland; Barbara Hofland

The Young Cadet; or, Henry Delamere&Apos;S Voyage to India, His Travels in Hindostand, His Account of the Burmese War, and the Wonders of Elora

London, John Harris, c1830. Leather. The second edition of Barbara Hofland's educational travel novel, following a young boy as he travels across India, nicely illustrated with six plates. The second edition.An entertaining and educational travel tale for children, exploring India and the history of the Burmese War through a vivid and pedagogical prose.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and five plates.By Mrs Barbara Hofland, a prolific author of sixty-six didactic moral stories for children.Undated, dated c1830 from Jisc from a copy held at the Trinity College Dublin Library. Collated, lacking one page, page xi. All plates are present.Twenty-four pages of adverts to the rear. In a quarter straight grain morocco binding with marbled paper to the boards. Externally, worn. Loss to the head of the spine. Minor bumping to the extremities. Two torn labels to the spine. Light rubbing to the boards and spine, and a few minor marks. Front hinge is starting but firm. Loss of paper to the rear paste down. Internally, generally firmly bound, pages 63 to 68 are detaching. Pages are lightly age-toned and generally clean with scattered spots. Loss to the head of the title page. Faint tide marks to the frontispiece. Discolouration to the gutter between the frontispiece and title page. Frontispiece is adhered to the front paste down. Title page dedication leaf, and first two leaves of the contents are detached but present. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 849P20

Catalogue: Children's Books

Keywords: The Young Cadet barbara hofland india burmese war barbara hofland mrs hofland Not Stated