Catalog by Hoffman (33 results)

Soft cover. Condition: G-vg. Light brown pictorial front cover. B/W photos throughout the book. Circa 1960's. Light rubbing to covers. Interior pages starting to brown. Photos of book on request.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. An interrogation cell in Stalinist Russia; a cattle car bound for Treblinka in Nazi-occupied Poland--there's an eerie symmetry in Allen Hoffman's third installment in his Small Worlds series, the continuing story of a community of Jews living in Poland during the first half of the 20th century. The first novel, Small Worlds, started in 1903 and revolved around the rabbi of the village of Krimsk, while the second, Big League Dreams, followed some characters from the previous book to St. Louis, circa 1920. Two for the Devil is set in darker times, however; the first half of the novel takes place in Russia during the Stalinist purges of the mid-1930s. The main character, Colonel Grisha Shwartzmann, is a member of the Soviet secret police and charged with fitting unusual crimes to the Soviet criminal code. A staunch Bolshevik and apostate Jew, Shwartzmann finds himself confronted with a man who confesses to recurring dreams in which he has anal sex with Stalin-with the great leader always on the bottom. As Shwartzmann struggles to fit this square legal peg into the appropriate penal hole, he gradually becomes aware that the very system he serves will eventually turn on him, as well. Fast forward a few years . On Yom Kippur in 1942, Yechiel Katzman, late of the Warsaw Ghetto, finds himself in a cattle car bound for the death camp of Treblinka. During a brief stop along the route, Katzman is reunited with a fellow Jew from Krimsk, a retarded giant whom the Nazis are using to further their own genocidal aims. In such a time and place, there can be no reprieve, but there is a possibility for redemption, as Katzman's subsequent actions suggest. The gentle charm of the previous two books gives way to a blacker humor here, but the feeling that this is a world of wonders--however terrible--still remains. The related tales in Two for the Devil prove that, even in the midst of unspeakable evil, with faith there can be transcendence. It is Rosh Hashanah — the Jewish New Year and Day of Judgment — in Moscow during the Stalinist purges of 1936. In the Lubyanka secret police prison, senior investigator Grisha Shwartzman masterfully pursues the rigorous logic and obsessive legalism of the Soviet witch-hunt. Facing an extraordinary prisoner, Grisha realizes that the Soviet system he has faithfully served is murderously corrupt and that he himself will be the next victim — but not an innocent one. In despair, he flees to his home, where his deranged wife and an unexpected Rosh Hashanah letter from his father-in-law, the enigmatic Krimsker Rebbe in America, await him. The Day of Judgment proves to be a startling experience as Grisha, the once idealistic radical, judges himself, accepts his responsibilities, and is guided to sublime passion and possible redemption by his mad wife, who for twenty years has been patiently awaiting him in a closed wardrobe. In 1942 a train of imprisoned Jews leaves the Warsaw ghetto for "resettlement in the East" It is Yom Kippur — the Day of Atonement and the holiest day of the Jewish year. In a crowded cattle car stands a lonely, defeated individual who is ashamed that he cannot even remember his own name. During the tortuous journey Yechiel Katzman will overhear a talmudic debate and meet a dull-witted giant who turns out to be none other than Itzik Dribble, also from Krimsk. As they arrive in the death camp of Treblinka, Yechiel remembers not only his name but also the Krimsker Rebbe's prophetic curse that exiled him from Krimsk forty years earlier. Yet as death approaches, that curse will prove a blessing. Stalin and Hitler decree certain death, but Grisha and Yechiel discoverJewish fates. The devil incites loneliness, degradation, despair, and even complicity; through memory, the victims elicit community, dignity, and the awareness of sanctity. Grisha's &quot Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Green pictorial front cover. B/W photos throughout the book. Circa 1970's. Some wear and soiling to covers. Interior pages starting to brown. Light wear to spine ends and corner tips. Photos of book on request.

Original Wraps. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Black titles and illustrations on white wraps, 216 pages including wraps with photo illustrations of hundreds of historical guns, swords and other historical arms.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Very nice catalog, some mild rubbing and a little sunning on the spine. Book is clean and unmarked.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Very nice catalog, some mild rubbing and slight sunning on the spine. Book is clean and unmarked. Includes a fold out brochure for low cost den decorators.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Very nice catalog, some mild rubbing and slightly bumped corners. Book is clean and unmarked.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Paperback, outside back and front in good condition, binder in good condition, Main Text and Pages of Main Text in good to very good condition. No signs of water damages, No signs of writing, No signs of underlining, No signs of markings, and No signs of highlighting. Pages very clean.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. A catalog of pistols, rifles, swords, daggers, armor, etc. Card Covers. Good+ tight condition with fade to covers. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket. Later Edition. ISBN . Trade Paperback. Very Good Condition. Tight sound unmarked copy with fad and browning to spine, browning to front and back covers near edges, minor rubs to edges and corners of covers. No statement of later printing on copyright page. No Signature.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. A book that looks almost new ; 218 pages.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. A book that is used but still very attractive; 218 pages.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Judith Hoffman Corwin (illustrator). Gloss pictorial boards are chipped at corners and tips. Interior is very good, clean, unmarked, sound binding. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Stapled but also 3 hole punched. Unmarked trade paperback.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Covers have moderate rubbing, light shelfwear and a crease or two. Unmarked, tanned pages. Light musty odor. Tulsa's largest used bookstore. Located on South Mingo Road since 1991. No-hassle return policy if not completely satisfied.

Paperback. Condition: Good. covers have minor wear and heavy soil, corners bumped, stapled binding tight, no writing, pages 221 through 432 including back cover, catalog of guns, rifles, swords, uniforms and other historical military items, bw photographs Size: 5.25 x 8.25.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Good - Cash. General use wear, surface and edges rubbed. Corners bumped and show wear. Pages show reader wear. Heavy coffee stained cover. Pages unmarked. Stock photos may not look exactly like the book.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Good illustrated wraps octavo catalog. p214-431. Illustrated catalog of rare guns. Small Surface Loss on front from old sticker removal. No names or markings. Military paper.

Softcover. First Edition, First Printing. Book condition is Very Good, bound in pictorial stapled wraps. Some toning, rubbing and edgewear to exterior. Toning and foxing to interior. Text is unmarked, illustrated throughout. ; 8vo. 8"h x 5 1/4"w.

Softcover. First Edition, First Printing. Book condition is Very Good, bound in pictorial wraps. Some toning and edgewear to exterior. Some foxing to page edges. Text is unmarked, illustrated throughout. ; 8vo. 7"h x 5"w.

Softcover. First Edition, First Printing. Book condition is Very Good, bound in pictorial wraps. Some toning and edgewear to exterior. Some foxing to page edges. Text is unmarked, illustrated throughout. ; 8vo. 7"h x 5"w.

Softcover. First Edition, First Printing. Book condition is Very Good, bound in pictorial stapled wraps. Some toning, rubbing and edgewear to exterior. Small tear at lower left edge near spine. Toning and foxing to interior. Text is unmarked, illustrated throughout. ; 8vo. 8"h x 5 1/4"w.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 202 pages (complete) : pages 213 - 415 as intended. Stapled spine. The cover is worn, foxed and resolute. It is intact and whole. The pages have evidence of use throughout. There are occasional annotations and some mild foxing to the early and later pages. The contents are firm, sure, certain, clear, diligent and sober. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Judith Hoffman Corwin (illustrator). 1st Edition. Presumed first edition. No additional date, edition or printing indicated. Near fine hardback Book has light, if not very light 3/4 inch by 3/8 inch bumps to top fore-edge corners; and trivial, if not barely noticeable fading to spine and top edge of front cover. Only trivial additional signs of age/wear/previous use: primarily to covers.

Condition: Good. 4to. Stapled Wraps, 37 pp., Good with marginal tears, minor staining, creasing. Illustrated. Scarce.

paperback. Condition: Good. Paperback--cover moderate wear--spine and pages excellent.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. As New hardcover, SIGNED and inscribed to one of the models in this book. Black boards, white lettering. Jacket As New, no wear. Her [L]able collection consists of ready-to-wear clothes that are transformed into one-of-a-kind couture pieces. These garments are adorned with layers of labels that cascade in undulating rhythms over the surface. Unpaginated. M03369. Signed by Author(s).

Condition: Good. Oconomowoc, WI: CommuniGraphics of Oconomowoc, Inc., 1984. Presumed 1st edition. Sm 8vo Staple Bound. 48pp. B/W and color plates. Near Very Good book. Creasing to the bottom corner of front cover. Offsetting to the rear cover. Pages toned. Otherwise inside clean. (gag book, joke, fake trade catalog, humor) Inquire if you need further information.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Museum of Historical Arms January 1965 Binding: Trade Paperback.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1932 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 40 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 40 Volume 1932 A.H. Hoffman, Inc.