{"product_id":"hokey-donald-stahl-1st-edition","title":"Hokey, Donald Stahl — 1st Edition","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ePublication\u003c\/b\u003e: London, Luxor Press, 1969.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eFormatting\u003c\/b\u003e: 8vo, pagination unverified.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"4\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCondition Report\u003c\/b\u003e: Very Good. The book is tightly bound in its original publisher's casing, boasting crisp, unoxidised gilt tooling to the spine. The structural integrity is excellent, remaining square and sound. Internally, the pages are remarkably bright and clean, free from heavy toning or foxing, though the top edge of the text block exhibits some minor dusting and faint spotting typical of its age. The original dust jacket is vibrant and unclipped, presenting handsomely; however, it does show some minor shelf-wear—chiefly light rubbing, faint creasing, and minor curling to the extremities at the head and tail of the spine and the upper edges of the panels. Overall, a highly presentable and well-preserved copy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"5\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eCatalogue Note\u003c\/b\u003e: First UK edition, published by Luxor Press following the novel's initial 1968 release in the United States by Lyle Stuart. Luxor Press was well-known in the 1960s for skirting the boundaries of British censorship, frequently publishing provocative, esoteric, and erotic literature. This edition features a strikingly bold, typographic dust jacket design indicative of late-sixties pop art sensibilities. The preliminary pages contain a uniquely charming dedication to the author's parakeet, Jerry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"6\"\u003eThis title is remarkably scarce on the open market, particularly in its original hardcover format with an intact dust jacket. It stands as an uncommon survival of late-1960s counter-cultural erotic comedy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"7\"\u003eHokey Horner is forty-two, impoverished, and deeply dissatisfied with his life and marriage. Considering himself a self-styled degenerate, he begins to obsess over the missed opportunities of his youth, dreaming of what he could have achieved had he possessed his current knowledge of sex and seduction back when he was seventeen. This mid-life crisis serves as the launchpad for a series of wild, comic, and erotic adventures as Hokey is inexplicably catapulted back in time. Thrust into a new dimension where he is finally armed with the experience to realise his wildest fantasies, Hokey sets out to rewrite his own history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55101508845907,"sku":"5733","price":60.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20260928_151600.jpg?v=1790681525","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/hokey-donald-stahl-1st-edition","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}