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- (Non-Goodall.) An isolated post about the discussion on the Erdnase thread of the Genii forum . . .
- A further communique from David Levy regarding Frederic Jessel . . .
- More of Goodall’s “Time’s Footsteps,” this time for 1881 . . .
- The Jessel “errata slip” (based on help from David Levy) . . .
- Another Goodall calendar, this one for 1876 . . .
- Happy New Year!
- What does a collection of card-game booklets look like?
- The likely cover for “Victorian-Age Conjuring Books: A Guide for Collectors and Bibliographers” . . .
- A super-quick but highly interesting factoid . . .
- The three author-bibliographies of my “youth” . . . Trollope, Carroll, and Haggard . . .
- I have received the books from the printer, but it will be a while before any are distributed or offered for sale!!!
- A little more on “The Bijou Hoyle” . . .
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Monthly Archives: January 2015
Speaking of “chopped off” — an oddball copy of “Selected Patience Games” . . .
The eBay dealer who uses the handle “bluemalchut” (you’ll find his real name in his eBay store) always has a lot of desirable items for sale. In the past I have bought many great Goodall booklets from him. One very … Continue reading
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The “new look” of this blog — Professor Hoffmann, and (probably) William Taunton . . .
I tried about five different things, and wound up with the present design. The header is from a copy of Professor Hoffmann’s Patience, With the Joker. I know it looks slanted and chopped-off. That is supposed to be artistic. The … Continue reading
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This blog will have a different look soon . . .
I am about to jettison — for the time being — the present “look” of this blog (basically, the background and the header). Here is what it looks like now: This is based on parts of cover-designs that were produced … Continue reading
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