Glenwood, Illinois: David Meyer Magic Books, 1998. Hardcover. 11 3/8" x 8 5/8". 113pp. Very good+ dust jacket over green cloth hardcover, with gilt lettering and designs. Signed and inscribed by author to previous owner. From the dust jacket flap: In the last half of the 19th century hardly a...... More
Denver: Silver Platter Press Affiliates, 1987. Spiral_bound. 11" X 9". 78pp. Very mild wear to pictorial paper wraps with light spots of toning to rear cover. Pages are clean and unmarked. Plastic spiral binding is sound. With black-and-white illustrations throughout. ABOUT THIS BOOK: This is Volume one of a three..... More
London: Simkin, Marshall, and Co.; E. and F. N. Spon, 1856. First Edition. Hardcover. This 1000-page tome, published in 1865, is considered "The Locksmith’s Bible" (though 19th century bankers also called it "The Burglars' Bible" due to its detailed diagrams of locks). Its pages hold a history of locks from..... More
![Item #6329 100 Years of Magic Posters [Hardcover Edition]. Charles and Regina Reynolds](https://undergroundbooks-net.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/6329.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1605154692)
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1976. First Edition, Library Edition. Hardcover. Stated first printing, January 1976. 16 5/8" X 11 3/4". 112pp. Yellow pictorial buckram over boards, with posters printed to both boards and spine lettered in black. Rather heavy wear to binding, with bumping and rubbing to edges and..... More
Self Published, 1981. Paperback. 9 1/4" X 6 3/4". 64pp. Mild wear to pictorial paper wraps with light creasing and toning to covers, corners, and edges. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. An overall clean, solid copy of this instructional book on coin techniques. French text. More
![Item #9037 Creative Coin Magic [French Text]. Michael Rubinstein, Georges Proust, Trans](https://undergroundbooks-net.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/9037.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1629767141)
Pisa: Self Published, 1983. Staplebound. 9 1/4" X 6 1/2". 21pp. Mild wear to pictorial paper wraps with light creasing and toning to covers, corners, and edges. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. An overall clean, presentable copy of this booklet of lectures on magic by Michael Rubinstein..... More
Milan: 5 Continents Editions, 2017. Hardcover. 12 1/4" X 10". 246pp. Bound in black cloth over boards with spine and front cover stamped in gilt. Light rubbing to covers. Edges of text block stained black. Pages are bright, clean, and unmarked. Binding is sound. This book is heavy and oversized..... More
![Item #6322 All That Glitters: The Magic of Rocco Silano ["If it fits...Sleeve it!"]. Steve...](https://undergroundbooks-net.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/6322_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1605146107)
n.p. Rocco Silano, 1990. Paperback. Signed and inscirbed to previous owner by Rocco Silano at title page and dated '94. 10 7/8" X 8 1/4". 71pp. Moderate edgewear to pictorial paper wraps, with some creasing to rear wrap. Binding is sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. A solid and presentable..... More
1933-1951. Staplebound. 9" X 6". Mild wear to pictorial paper wraps with rubbing and spots of toning to covers. Inked notation to front cover of Gimac. Corners and edges are gently bumped. Stamp to inside of front cover of Gimac. Penciled notation to pages of Berland's Supreme Thimble Act. Pages..... More
1938-1996. Staplebound. 8 3/4" X 5 3/4". MIld wear to pictorial paper wraps with rubbing, creasing, and toning to covers and edges. Price sticker to cover of one volume. Pages are clean and unmarked. Bindings are sound. An overall clean, solid set of booklets on Shell / Cups-and-Balls routines. The..... More
Burbank, California: Hahne, 1991. Presumed First Edition. Staplebound wraps. Signed and inscribed to previous owner by Jim Steinmeyer to half-title, dated November 1995. 8 3/4" X 8 3/4". 134pp. Bound in golden paper over boards, with spine backed in yellow cloth and both upper board and spine lettered in gilt..... More
![Item #9643 Technique and Understanding: New Approaches for Stage Illusionists [SIGNED]. Jim...](https://undergroundbooks-net.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/9643_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1635211629)
Burbank: Hahne, 2009. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed to previous owner by author in ink at half-title page. 11 1/4" X 8 3/4". 303pp. Mild wear to blue cloth over boards with light rubbing to covers and edges. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Jim Steinmeyer’s..... More
Los Angeles: The Los Angeles Conference on Magic History, 1993-2015. Loose_leaf. Offered here are program packets and related ephemera from 10 convenings of the exclusive Los Angeles Conference on Magic History over the years 1993 to 2015. Co-hosted by Mike Caveney, John Gaughan, Joan Lawton, Frankie Glass, and Jim Steinmeyer..... More
Las Vegas and Washington, D. C. Desert Magic Seminar and World Magic Summit, Collectors Workshop, 1993-1995. Loose_leaf. This small archive offers a look at both the Desert Magic Seminar and the World Magic Summit in the years before they joined to become the World Magic Seminar in 1999. Offered here..... More
Seattle: Hermetic Press, Inc., 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Jamy Ian Swiss to title page. Stated first edition, with full number line indicating first printing. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". xiii, 275pp. Presents nicely in protective archival sleeved dust jacket. Moderate wear to dust jacket, with 1 1/2" closed..... More
London: John Camden Hotten, 1865. First Edition. Leather_bound. Presented handsomely here in a 19th century fine leather binding, The History of Playing Cards holds an impressive breadth of knowledge on one of man's favorite pastimes and means of magic and prognostication, with subjects including the origin of playing cards, Tarot..... More
New York: Meir Yedid, 1989. Staplebound. 8 1/2" X 5 1/2". Unpaginated. Faint toning to edges of pictorial paper wraps. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. With black-and-white illustrations throughout. ABOUT THIS BOOK: This is a totally impromptu routine which is easy to do and uses absolutely no..... More
