Houdini,: The man who walked through walls (Macfadden Book)
MacFadden-Bartell Corporation, January 1967. Reprint. Mass Market PaperBack. 2nd MacFadden mass market printing. Heavy wear, especially top and bottom of edge. {263 pages]. More
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The Tarbell Course in Magic Vol. 1
D. Robbins and Company, January 1971. Hardcover. Fourteenth Printing, 1996; Tight binding; Clean, sturdy boards w/ gentle edge-wear present; Immaculate gilt at front and spine; Pages free of markings; Un-clipped dust jacket moderatley edge-worn w/ mild fraying at upper edge, some rubbing/scuffing present; Jacket now housed in protective mylar to..... More
We Who Are Not as Others
Pocket Books, June 1976. First Thus. Mass Market PaperBack. Mass market paperback with edgewear. This is the 1976 edition of what would later be published to a wider audience by the excellent journal Re/Search (established in 1980). As far as I can tell this was first published by Re/Search as..... More
Magic 102 E-Z Tricks
D. Robbins, January 1972. Reprint. Stapled Pamphlet. Octavo {6' x 9'} Pamphlet with cardstock cover printed in blue and orange inks. Mild shelf wear and dust staining. [32 pp.]. More
E.D. Proudlock's Routine with Thimbles
L. Davenport & Co./ Edward Bagshawe & Co., May 1933. Stapled Pamphlet. Octavo {6' x 9 & 1/2'}; Yellow cardstock cover with black lettering & devices/photographs. Cover foxing/grey stains. Fold is split one & one-half inch from top and one-half inch from bottom. There is a small one-quarter inch chip..... More
NU-TRIX WITH THE SQUARE CIRCLE
Boss Magic Company, No date (circa 1950's). Stapled Pamphlet. Octavo. (6' x 8 & 3/4'}. Textured light green cardstock cover. Tanned at margins. Small inked 'No. 5' top of Prologue page, else clean without markings. No underlining. No notes., Etc. 16 pages. More
Gibeciere, Winter 2009 Vol. 4, No. 1
Conjuring Arts Research Center, 2009. Paper Back. {6 & 1/2' x 9 & 1/2'} Small quarto. Clean, unread, as new. 195 pages. More
Gibeciere, Vol. 6, No. 2, Summer 2011
Conjuring Arts Research Center, 2011. Soft Cover. Small quarto; {6 & 1/2' x 9 & 1/2'} Clean, sound. Without markings. 193 pages. More
Professional Magic Made Easy
Gramercy, (1959). Hardcover. A little foxing, but overall, a clean, solid copy. More
Tricks & Illusions
Routledge & Dutton, (circa 1910). Hardcover. Fourth edition. Covers badly worn, faded and soiled; pages foxed; previous owners' names in front; binding tender. Not an attractive copy, but a complete, thorough work with excellent illustrations throughout. More
CARD TRICKS HOW TO DO THEM, AND SLEIGHT OF HAND
Charles T. Powner Co., January 1902. Soft Cover. 16mo. {4 & 1/4' x 6'} Darkened & worn with small creases, flaking. One inch tear at bottom of spine front hinge. 156 pages plus three pages of advertisements. More
Exclusive Problems in Magic
Edward Bagshawe, 1924. Soft Cover. Octavo. {5 & 1/2' x 8 & 1/2'} There is no publication date, but other dealers list this in early 1920s. Sewn binding.Darkening along spin Edgeworn. Two different previous owner's have inked there name and a date on first inside page. The earliest of these..... More
Original Magical Creations
Will Goldston Limited, January 1920. Hardcover. 12mo. {4 & 3/4' x 7 & 1/2'} Illustrated paper covered boards heavily worn at edges. A vertical crack is starting parallel to spine front and back, though hinge remains solid. Dust staining of textblock fore-edge and top and bottom edge. Front free end..... More
Great Illusionists
Chartwell Books Inc., May 1984. First Edition. Cloth. First/first (US); Quarto {8 & 1/2' x 9 & 3/4'}; sound binding with unmarked interior pages. Dustjacket has moderate darkening and cloudy tanning. Black clothcovered boards with gold lettering. (216 pages). More
Essence: 30 Magical Experiments
Edward Bagshawe & Co., January 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo. {5' x 7 & 1/2'}No dustjacket. First UK edition. Light brown (faux leather) with black lettering on spine & front panel. Well worn edges. Sun bleached at spine. Starting to crack top of spine about one-half inch down front top..... More
The New Magician's Manual: Tricks and Routines with Instructions for Expert Performance by the Amateur: 16 Pages of Magic Apparatus
Dover Publications, June 1975. Paper Back. Guides novice in mastering 36 tricks; 16 pages of cut-out materials. 36 additional tricks. 64 illustrations. This would be good or even very good, but at least one leaf is missing from bonus magic apparatus' section bound in rear for this edtion. Otherwise sound..... More
Genii: The International Conjurors' Magazine, July 1986, Volume 50 Number 1, 'Fiftieth Anniversary Issue'
Bill Larsen, July 1986. Stapled Magazine. Folio; 8' x 11'; Stapled, folded oversized magazine. Illustrated, printed pictorial cardstock cover. Mild shelf wear. (114 pages). More
Magic Tricks and Card Tricks
Dover Publications, June 1954. Soft Cover. Here are two excellent books for the beginner interested in learning to perform magic and card tricks. Bound together in one convenient volume, both approach the art of conjuring in a business-like manner, grounding the novice in fundamentals and leading him gradually to a...... More
Third Dimension
Goodliffe Publications, January 1977. Cloth. Octavo; 5 & 1/2' x 8 & 1/2'; in dustjacket heavily worn and torn especially at top of spine. Rubbing and mild soiling to jacket at folds and margins. Black cloth with gold lettering of spine. Interior text is without markings, underlining, etc. (89 pages.)..... More
Effective Card Magic / Edited by Jean Hugard, with 96 Illustrations by Stanley Jaks
Louis Tannen, 1952. Cloth. First edition. Cloth covered boards darkened at margins. Cloth is split along spine and frayed at top and bottom of spine. Red ballpoint inked notes front pastedown top left corner. (182 pages). More
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