Professor Hoffmann Ed (14 results)

Condition: Fair. 1898. Second Edition. 650 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards with gilt lettering. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. End-papers are more notably foxed. Heavy cracking at the hinges with exposed binding material. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout, binding remains reas…

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Hardcover in acceptable condition. No jacket. Revised edition. Boards and spine are marked, worn and faded. Spine ends are bumped and nicked. Page block and pages are marked and tanned. Front pastedown hinge is split. Rear board is detached from page block but remains attached to spine. A few pa…

Condition: Acceptable. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A readable copy. All pages and the cover are intact (dust cover may be missing). Pages can include considerable notes--in pen or highlighter--but notes cannot obscure the text. A good hardcover reading copy without dustjacket. Spine covering i…

Condition: Fair. 1898. 2nd Edition. 650 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Front endpaper has been removed. Pages are moderately tanned and thumbed at the edges, with creased corners and foxing. Heavy cracking to hinges, with exposed netting and a loose binding. Boards have been heavily rub worn with heavy she…

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Hardcover in acceptable condition. No jacket. Boards and spine are marked and slightly faded. Leading corners and spine ends are bumped, worn and nicked. Page block and pages are marked and tanned. Pen on FEP and second contents page. Binding is exposed between a few pages and volume is cocked,…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Binding FAIR only with fading to cloth and rubbing to cover illustration. Un-professional glue repair to gutter of front endsheets which have a Victor George magician bookplate. Original red cloth pictorial cloth covers. Lavishly illustrated with attractive b&w drawings. Striking pictoria…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Professionally rebound in red cloth with gilt titles. Lacking original endpapers. New binding in fine, fresh condition, original text block is vg with some general edgewear and light soiling and title page has a 3" x 1/2" gash (paper loss) which does not affect text on the page, repa…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. FAIR only with fading along spine, some fraying to cloth edges, small paint stain to cloth crossing face of cover image which has considerable rubbing, bookplate of magician Victor George on front flyleaf. Hinges are delicate, as is common with this publication. Complete with all pages an…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Cloth is frayed along hinges and spine ends, tender hinges, some foxing to blank pages fore and aft, previous owner name and date and location in ink and pencil in white area of pictorial endsheet. Striking pictorial cloth front cover illustration is reasonably bright with a little rubbin…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Slight edge wear and rubbing to jacket. Not price-clipped, no jacket chips or significant tears. Book has no markings or bookplate. A curiously odd book which draws material from the victorian era author Professo…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Good+ hardcover, no DJ. Blue cloth over bevel-edged boards, gilt titles on front cover and spine as well as black, white and brown pictorial designs. Clean covers and spine; light edge wear with 1/2 inch split at spine head; tightly bound and square in case; foxing on end paper…