Dr Hoff's Therapeutic Bibliotheca: Older Fiction
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Edinburgh Review, Or Critical Journal
Vol XX. Edinburgh Archibald Constable, 1st ed. Watermarked & soiled grey-brown paper over hardboards with brown leather spine & corners very worn & deteriorated, spine ends partly chipped one inch, front board reattached using PVA, page ends browned & lightly stained, pages very brown spotted, library stamp on front free end & title page, tight & clean copy, Fair
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Catalogue: Older Fiction
Keywords: Scottish; journal; periodical;
Edinburgh Review, Or Critical Journal
Vol XXXIII. Edinburgh Archibald Constable, 1st ed. Scuffed marbled paper over hardboards with brown leather spine & corners very worn & deteriorated plus small chips, front board reattached using PVA, page ends browned & dusted, end papers including title page lightly brown spotted, text pages very good though occasional spotting, library stamp on front free end & title page, tight & clean copy, Fair
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USD 32.00 [Appr.: EURO 26.5 | £UK 23.5 | JP¥ 3321]
Catalogue: Older Fiction
Keywords: Scottish; journal; periodical;
The New Censorship. The Monthly Journal of the Next Savage State.
February, 1994. Vol. 4, No. 11. Size [14p, b&w drawings] (This issue contains poems by Reed Bye & art work by Keith Abbott.) Black lettering on white paper, with stapled binding, minor edgewear & no tears but otherwise no significant signs of use, tight binding & no loose or marked pages, Very Good
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USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.5 | £UK 14.75 | JP¥ 2076]
Catalogue: Older Fiction
Keywords: literature; poetry;
The Florence Stories. The English Channel.
New York Sheldon & Company, 1863. Later prt of 1st edition. Size [viii, 252p, 6 illus incl frontispiece, adverts] (The fourth volume in the Florence Stories series.) Red cloth hardboards with slightly worn gold lettering & design on spine, corners worn but not through cloth, spine ends worn & partly frayed up to 1/8 inch, covers lightly soiled, page ends dusted, end papers lightly soiled & browned, some pages lightly brown spotted & smudged, some plates brown spotted at borders, small tear to corner of title page repaired, owner signature dated 1862 in ink on front free end, Good
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Catalogue: Older Fiction
Keywords: literature;
Mordecai of Monterey.
Berkeley, CA City Miner Books, 1985. Stated first edition. Size [218p] Dust jacket with minor edgewear but no tears. Blue cloth hardboards with black lettering on spine, no internal or external signs of use, AUTHOR calligraphy inscription reads. "For Francesco & Femi, Keith '92," bright copy with tight binding & no loose or marked text pages, Very Good
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USD 42.00 [Appr.: EURO 34.75 | £UK 30.75 | JP¥ 4359]
Catalogue: Older Fiction
Keywords: literature; California; Monterey; novel;
Die Letzten Maltheims. Erzahlung Aus Der Zeit Friedrichs Des Groszen.
Leipzig Ferdinand Hirt & Sohn, 1904. 5th edition. [224+ several full-page illustrations by Hugo Engl] (The fourth story in a series of five written by the author to illustrate the life of German women in past centuries.) Red-brown cloth w/ gold lettering on spine & red lettering in gold relief on cover, illustration on front cover & decorative red & green flower design & black borders on spine & front cover, corners & spine edges slightly worn but not worn through cloth, decorative gold end papers, faint marbling on page ends, small area of white scuffing on lower spint, small bookplate & interesting inscription on flyleaf ending"...Henry Kruger aus Buenos Aires" dated '06, light brown spotting on title page & a few other pages, frontispiece tissue very brown spotted, Good
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USD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 15 | £UK 13.25 | JP¥ 1868]
Catalogue: Older Fiction
Keywords: German; literature;
Obra Poetica.
Compilacion y prologo de Enrique Sainz. La Habana, Cuba Editorial Lettras Cubanas, 2007. Size [276p] Coloured paperback with minor edgewear & no internal signs of use, bright copy with tight binding & no loose or marked pages, Near Fine
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USD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 15 | £UK 13.25 | JP¥ 1868]
Catalogue: Older Fiction
Keywords: literature; poetry; Cuban; poesias;
The Settler and the Savage. A Tale of Peace and War in South Africa.
With illustrations. Toronto A.G. Watson, 1877 preface. First Canadian edition. Size [vii, 421p, advert, 2 frontispiece, 4 b&w illustr] Never had dust jacket. Dark green cloth hardboards with black lettering & two-tone floral on front cover & slightly worn gold lettering & two-tone floral on spine, covers very good except most corners slightly worn through cloth & spine ends worn & frayed up to 1/4 inch, plus minor wear to lower edges & spine edges, page edges browned, cream front endpaper lightly soiled & with owner signature "R. Marshall," in old script, cream back endpaper darkened or perhaps stained due to previous insert, frontispieces lightly brown spotted, title page browned, & both sheets with brown paper glued to inside edge, text pages & plates very good except browned along borders, tight binding & no loose or marked text pages, Good
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Catalogue: Older Fiction
Keywords: juvenile literature; South Africa;
Sunk at Sea Or the Adventures of Wandering Will in the Pacific.
London James Nisbet & Co, 1890's?. 1st edition, later printing. Size [128p, adverts] Red cloth hardboards with gold & black lettering & small pictorials on front cover & red lettering in gold background on slightly faded spine, upper edge of front cover lightly watermarked, page ends lightly soiled, yellow end papers lightly browned & with light red or brown stains along upper 1/2 inch, owner inscription dated 1896 in ink on front free end, minor brown spotting on title page, pages very good though faintly browned at borders, tight binding & unmarked text, Good
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USD 22.00 [Appr.: EURO 18.25 | £UK 16.25 | JP¥ 2283]
Catalogue: Older Fiction
Keywords: Literature; Juvenile story; adventure;
Kitty of the Roses.
Illustrated by Frederic J. von Rapp. Philadelphia J.B. Lippincott Co, 1905. Later prt of 1st ed, 1904. Size [173p, 5 coloured plates inclu frontispiece, many b&w illustr] Maroon cloth hardboards with gold lettering & pictorial of woman with flowers on front cover, front cover lightly soiled, back cover with faint watermarks, spine ends slightly worn through cloth & stiff due to use of hard glue, some other edges slightly worn, gold upper page ends, upper & lower page ends slightly uneven due to amateur glue work, end papers & glossy pages very good, numerous illustrations also very good, bright copy with tight binding & unmarked pages, Very Good
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Catalogue: Older Fiction
Keywords: Literature;
Initial Studies in American Letters.
Cleveland The Chatauqua Press, 1899 copyright. 1st ed?. Size [v, 221pp] Brown cloth hardboards with gold lettering on spine & black lettering & borders on front cover, some corners & spine ends slightly worn through cloth, page ends & end papers lightly brown spotted, Very Good
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USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.5 | £UK 11 | JP¥ 1557]
Catalogue: Older Fiction
Keywords: literature; history; American;
Motley
Toronto William Briggs, 1895. 1st ed. Size [172p, numerous small drawings, adverts] Dark red-brown cloth hardboards with gold lettering including dulled lettering on slightly faded spine, spine ends worn & frayed up to 1/4 inch, some corners slightly worn through cloth, minor wear to some other edges, floral end papers browned especially at borders, dull red stain at lower corners of front end paper, pages very good though occasional smudge or spot, good condition except catalogue numbers on spine, mechanic's institute stamps on front end paper, flyleaf & page 31, back pocket & checkout slip, tight & clean copy, Exlibrary Copy
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Catalogue: Older Fiction
Keywords: literature; poetry; cartoons; Canadian author; cartoonist;
How to Be Famous Or the Great in a Nutshell.
Illustr by Nicholas Bentley. London Victor Gollancz, 1937. 1st ed. Size [136pp, 30 drawings] (Many humorous character sketches, some no more than one sentence, plus portrait drawings to match.) No dust jacket. Light blue cloth hardboards with black lettering partly worn away from worn & chipped paper label on slightly darkened spine, corners slightly worn but not through cloth, spine ends worn & frayed up to 1/4 inch, cloth lightly scuffed, page ends & most pages lightly brown spotted, owner inscription dated 1937 in ink on front free end, small Johannesburg bookstore stamp on front pastedown, tight copy, Good
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Catalogue: Older Fiction
Keywords: character sketches; humour humor; vignettes;
Blow the Moon out.
Saskatoon, SK Thistledown Press, Ltd, 1995. 1st edition. Size [108p] (Twelve short stories by a writer living in Saskatoon, SK, her second published collection.) Pale blue paperback with coloured illustration on front cover & author photography on back, essentially no signs of use, bright & tight copy with unmarked text, AUTHOR INSCRIPTION on title page dated August, 2002, Near Fine
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Catalogue: Older Fiction
Keywords: literature; short stories; Canadian author; Saskatoon;
Il Decamerone Di M. Giovanni Boccaccio.
Vol. I-V. Illustrated by Gravelot, Boucher, Cochin & Eisen. Londra [Prault], 1757. Prima edizione. Size [xi, 292p; 271p; 195p; 261p; 247p, 5 antiporta con 1 ritratto di Boccaccio, 110 tavole, 97 culs-de-lampe] Brown leather hardboards with gold lettering on maroon labels on spines with five gold nerves, leather generally scuffed & very worn along edges, most corners worn through to boards, most spines very worn, most with large chips & one with lettering affected, page edges lightly dusted & soiled, blue marbled end papers very good, text pages generally very good though a few small lower dog ears, portrait of Boccaccio included within title page engraving of vol. I, illustrations superb except light brown stains affecting corner of vol. IV & title page of vol. V, bookplate on vol. IV reads, "Sir Henry P. de Bathe Bar.," thus internally very good except minor defects noted above, tight bindings & no loose pages, Fair
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Catalogue: Older Fiction
Keywords: Italian; Medieval literature;