1937Best.-Nr. FO-8CVL-384EJan 01 1937. Couverture tachéeune petite dechirure dans la page de presentationquelques mots soulignés qui ne genent pas la lecture Nombreux livres dans mon stock Envoi rapide et soigné unknown
1938Best.-Nr. 34639Berlin: Zeitgeschichte-Verlag. Good in Good dust jacket. 1938. First Edition. Softcover. Some chipping and wear to edges of jacket. ; Illus. jacket now in a clear protector; n.p. pages . Zeitgeschichte-Verlag paperback
1940Best.-Nr. 34635Munchen: Verlag Heinrich Hoffmann. Good in Good dust jacket. 1940. First Edition. Softcover. Facsimile dust jacket. ; Illus. jacket now in a clear protector; 96 pages . Verlag Heinrich Hoffmann paperback
Best.-Nr. 610823London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd. NA. Reprint. Hardcover. Good/None. 24 pages. Humorous bright full color illustrations. Previous owners inscription on front endpaper dated christmas 1926. Body of book is loose from covers. Some short closed tears on page edges. Covers with age darkening moderate rubbing to corners edges. Record # 610823 George Routledge & Sons, Ltd. hardcover
1979Best.-Nr. 309856PRINCETON: PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS. Fine with no dust jacket. 1979. Poster. Promotional POSTER. 17 1/2" X 22 1/2" Fine on a single printed sheet. Splendid illustrated portrait of Einstein on tan-colored paper set against the heading- "The Albert Einstein Centennial 1879-1979." Suitable for framing. . PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS. unknown
1929Best.-Nr. 1843Stuttgart: Julius Hoffmann 1929 1929. 29.3 x 23 cm. pp. viii 100 plates recto only. Dark green cloth black labels with gilt lines and titling to upper cover and spine. Illustrated dust-jacket marked in places tear and chip to lower spine. Slipcase cream label with black lettering some staining but intact. Some foxing to edges otherwise a very good copy in a good dust-jacket and slipcase. A heavy item: please ask shipping costs before ordering particularly to locations outside Europe. Stuttgart: Julius Hoffmann 1929 hardcover
1911Best.-Nr. H3142London: George Routledge and Sons 1911. viii 221 pages. Decorated red cloth cover; gilt titling with raised hand in white. Some illustrations. Part I includes various magic effects The Rice and Water Trick The Demon Digits The Great Book Mystery The Crystal Balls etc.; Part II is devoted to the many ingenious inventions of Hoffmann's friend and performer Joseph Michael Hartz 1836-1903 whom he calls primarily an "apparatus" conjuror but of the first order. Hartz was awarded many medal & diamond pins from royalty all over the world such was his skill. His Devil of a Hat a hat tick is one of many described in the book. Cover is rubbed over all especially to rear; rubbed to board at corners and 4 tiny spots rubbed on front. Spine is sunned. Front pastedown endpaper has 3 lines of handwriting and original bookseller sticker reddish stain at bottom corner; ffep has previous owner's name which has left ghost impression on half-title page underneath it. Half-title and rear free endpaper are quite toned. A small spot on each of rear endpapers. Just a few pages have slight stains; pgs. 212-213 have dark stain in gutter. Still a nice tight copy! Better than it sounds!. First Edition. Hard Cover. Collectible- Good/No Dust Jacket as Issued. Illus. by H.L. Shindler. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Book. George Routledge and Sons Hardcover
1935Best.-Nr. 269820Munchen: Hoffmann 1935. 211 bis 260 tausend. Stiff Wrapper. Good . 96 pp. Propaganda extolling Hitler with pictures of children admiring Hitler with Heil Hitlers and images of Aryan youth Hitler as the "father" of the German children under his care. Hoffmann unknown
Best.-Nr. a96517Berlin 1843 first edition. Koeniglichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 4to . original blue printer's wraps. 285p. In German. VG. some light rippling in text; text clean and bright . Original printing not modern remake. . paperback
Best.-Nr. a56787Pest 1872 von Khor & Wein. Mittheilungen aus dem Jahrbuche der Kön. Ungar. Geologischen Anstalt. In German.sm 4to. pp.149-235 Good plus some toning. . unknown
1887Best.-Nr. 3554907167861887. London: George Routledge and Sons 1887. First UK Edition. Dated 1887 a translation of a French conjuring workRecueil de Tours de Physique Amusante by Hoffmann. Original brown boards boards with title in gold on the spine and black with illustration on the front board. 181 pages 1 page of adverts on two sides for Morley's Universal Library. A VG copy with pushing at the spine tips and a small abrasion to the spine. More often seen with blue boards this is the first example that we have encountered with the variant brown boards which has the all-important date of 1887 to the title page. Pale yellow end-papers. 79 illustrations. Note: this is the hardcover edition and not the much-more-common stiff-wrappered edition of the same date. Rare. hardcover
1890Best.-Nr. 3554907167831890. London: Cassell 1890. First UK Edition. Octavo original red beveled cloth pictorially stamped in black and gilt. First edition with 112 wood-engravings of balancing and sleight-of-hand tricks using objects found in the household. Magic at Home is a free translation of the Science Amusante of Arthur Good 1890. Each of its 100 demonstrations embodies a distinct scientific reaction often illustrating in a magical or quasi-magical form the operation of some natural law. 16-page publishers catalogue at rear dated 8.90. Black end-papers. A VG or slightly better copy with pushing at the spine tips and toning to the spine. What differentiates this copy from the norm however is that the hinges are firm with no splitting whatsoever. A nicer copy than normally encountered and in bright attractive condition. The First Edition from 1890 which this is is "Rare". No D/W. hardcover
1995Best.-Nr. 010900Tucson AZ: Univ Of Arizona Pr 1995. Hardcover. New/No Jacket. Type: Book This book is a broad view of habitants population and natural communities followed by an intense focus on the population biology behavior and genetics of the central player in the drama- the Mt Gaham red squirrel. The pages are clean and tight with no markings in the book. Univ Of Arizona Pr hardcover
1988Best.-Nr. 159099VEB Deutscher Verlag fur Musik 1988. Hardcover. As new clean tight & bright condition but lacks dust jacket. 532pp. VEB Deutscher Verlag fur Musik hardcover
Best.-Nr. Val2 ori8Hardcover. Good. Special Edition Cadmus Book Hardcover Good Ex-library red Picture cover No Dj some light wear at edges Text aged and Good condition Cheerful Stories and Funny Pictures for Good Little Folks With Colored Illustrations After the Original Style Published E M Hale and Company Val2 ISBN: 0848813693 hardcover
1978Best.-Nr. GS19816Stuttgart: Julius Hoffmann 1978. Green buckram white spine title & black & white photo illustrations of iron gates on every page; A near fine copy with ink owner name 2x in a very good dust jacket; 120 pages. Size: 8.75"x8". Hardcover. Julius Hoffmann Hardcover
1979Best.-Nr. 023247London: The Macmillan Press 1979 8vo 9 1/2" tall. Black cloth stamped in gilt on spine. 12 chapters. Dust jacket. near Fine/ Very good. . The Macmillan Press hardcover
Best.-Nr. 12601Calcutta India: Johnston & Hoffmann. Good with no dust jacket. N.D. First Edition. Hardcover. The spine is missing and the covers are faded and worn on the corners. The contents are fine to very fine. The books consists of 25 heavy card pages each containing a tipped-on black & white photo of the process of making Jute. There is not title page and appears as if there never was. ; Oblong 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 25 pages . Johnston & Hoffmann hardcover
1971Best.-Nr. 16496GREENWICH: NEW YORK GRAPHI SOCIETY. 1971. Near Fine. 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. First American Edition. Near fine in a Vg. dj. Trace of light foxing at top edge. Dime-size rubbed spot at lower portion of front cover of dj. Several 1"-inch tears with attendant creasing & shelfwear to dj. . GREENWICH: NEW YORK GRAPHI SOCIETY. 1971 hardcover
1992Best.-Nr. 009097Toronto: Éditions du GREF 1992. Book. Very Good. Cloth. First. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 371pp. index biblio. notes. Collection Lieux dits ; no 1. Nearly as new but for library surplus stamp inside rear NOT ex-library; light wear and small nick to jacket. Éditions du GREF Hardcover
1860Best.-Nr. 22377T. & T. Clark 1860. Hardcover. Good. Blind-stamped cloth. Light wear to corners spine ends chipped spine sunned. Pencil last name to front free endpaper else interior clean and sharp. A nice copy of scarce tiitle. Translated from German. . 8vo. 294 pages Professional bookseller for twenty years. Orders shipped daily in cardboard bookfolds. T. & T. Clark hardcover
1984Best.-Nr. 18120CHNew York NY: Crown Publishers Inc. 1984. Original wraps very bright and clean. Staple bound. Illust. w/ color illustrations. Contents very nice. Soft Cover. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Maurice Sendak. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Uncorrected Proof. Crown Publishers, Inc. Paperback
1986Best.-Nr. EH-16Boulder CO.: Westview Press 1986. Scholarly text marks the fiftieth anniversary of Hitler's seizure of power presents a study focusing on recent controversies and ongoing debate and on the questions that have preoccupied observers since the events took place: the nature of Nazi support the role of the dictator the function of ideology and anti-Semitism and the goals of foreign policy. Specific issues addressed include the reason for the collapse of the Weimar Republic; the social origins of Nazi party members; the role of women under Nazism; the relationship of Nazi leaders to the older German bureaucratic framework; and the impact of Nazi policies abroad. 153 pgs. . First Edition. Soft Cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Westview Press Paperback
2001Best.-Nr. BA-21Oxford U.K.: Elsevier Science Ltd. 2001. Scholarly text contains expert contributions to major themes in management including theory and research in management; organization design learning and effectiveness; management in the public sector; ethical decision making; behavioral outcomes in organizations; etc. 391 pgs. Illustrated. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Elsevier Science Ltd. Hardcover
1986Best.-Nr. EG-111New York: Springer-Verlag 1986. Comprehensive text represents the authors' ten years work on methods of evaluating and predicting system reliability including the Electricite de France concerning transmission and interconnection networks. Introduces the "critical operating states method" which provides an automatic method of calculating the reliability of large repairable systems. 351 pgs. Corners slightly rubbed; spine slightly faded. . Revised & Updated Edition. Hard Cover. Excellent/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Springer-Verlag Hardcover