New York: The Conjuring Arts Research Center, 2010. Paperback. 9 1/2" X 6 1/2". 173pp. Mild wear to black paper wraps with light bumps to corners and edges. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. An overall clean, solid copy of this issue of the Journal of the Conjuring..... More
Oakland: TAB, 1947. Staplebound. 8 3/4" X 6". 31pp. Light toning to covers of pictorial paper wraps. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. An overall clean, solid copy of this pamphlet on magic and illusions from the Scottish Conjurers' Association. More
London: Will Goldston LTD., circa 1920. Staplebound. 8 1/2" X 5 1/2". 32pp. Mild wear to pictorial paper wraps with toning to covers and light creasing to corners and edges. Very faint foxing to pages. Pages are free of marks and notation. Binding is sound. An overall clean, solid copy..... More
Chicago: Berland Magic Creations, 1950. Staplebound. 9" X 6". 32pp. Mild wear to pictorial paper wraps with toning and light creasing to covers and edges. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. An overall solid copy of this pamphlet of step-by-step instructions on magic routines with accompanying illustrations. More
Oakland: Silver Dog Press, 1973. Paperback. 10" X 7". 215pp. Wear to pictorial paper wraps with rubbing, toning, creasing, and bumps to covers, corners, and edges. Sunning to spine and to edges of covers. Creasing to spine. Dust-spotting and blue mark to to edges of text block. Previous owner's name..... More
Beverly / Huntington Beach / Rego Park / Quebec / Wichita / Paramount / Toronto / Chicago / Colon / Brooklyn / Columbus / Fresno / Irvine / Pasadena / New York: White Horse Productions, Inc. / Johnny Ace Palmer / Meir Yedid / Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey..... More
Pasadena, California: Mike Caveney's Magic Words, 1999. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed by Mike Caveney and William Rauscher to previous owner and dated 1999 to title page. Edition limited to 1000 copies, this being number 136. Additional ephemera laid in: reproduction Le Roy, Talma & Bosco publicity handbill..... More
Pasadena, California: Mike Caveney's Magic Words, 2008. Deluxe, Slip-Cased Limited First Edition. Hardcover. Deluxe, slip-cased edition limited to 150 copies, this being number 71. Signed by David Charvet and Frances, Madeline, and Eugene Willard. 9" X 11 3/8". 370pp. Quarter-bound in bonded brown leather with light brown tent canvas cloth..... More
Washington DC: Kaufman and Co., 1998. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. Edition limited to 500 copies. First edition with full number line indicating first printing. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". 184pp; plus appendices and index. Bound in red cloth over boards, with spine backed in black and both upper board and..... More
Leicestershire: Matador, 2015. Hardcover. Signed with best wishes by Trevor Dawson to front free endpaper. 10" X 6 7/8". ix, 64pp. Mild edgewear to dust jacket. Textured green paper over boards, with spine lettered in silver. Bumping to tail of spine, else fine. Binding is firm and sound. Pages are..... More
Newburyport: Weiser Books, 2019. Paperback. 9" X 6". xli, 261pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of pictorial paper wraps. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Having mastered the arts and sciences of his age, Elizabethan magus Dr. John Dee (1527–1608) resolved..... More
Philadelphia: Mitchell Kanter, 1953. Staplebound. 9" X 6". 21pp. Mild wear to pictorial paper wraps with rubbing and toning to covers and light creasing to corners and edges. 2" tear to top edge of spine. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. With 36 instructional illustrations. An overall clean..... More
New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, 1863. Hardcover. 7" X 4 3/4". 130pp. Wear to brown cloth over boards with rubbing, toning, and bumps to covers, corners, and edges. Corners and edges of boards have been rubbing away, with brown cardboard visible. Dust-spotting to edges of text block. Pink highlighter and..... More
Chicago: John Gaughan & Associates, 1987. Limited Edition. Staplebound. This copy is hand-numbered 328 of a limited edition of 500 copies. 11" X 8". 63pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of pictorial paper wraps. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. With black-and-white illustrations throughout..... More
Brooklyn: D. Robbins & Co., Inc., 1978. Paperback. 8 1/4" X 5 1/4". 150pp. Mild wear to pictorial paper wraps with rubbing and creasing to covers, corners, and edges. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. Text offers step-by-step instructions with detailed illustrations to help the reader fully grasp..... More
Washington Square: David McKay Company, 1949. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". 498pp. Wear to unclipped dust jacket with rubbing, toning, chipping, and a few closed tears to covers, corners, and edges. Slight lean to spine. Bumps to corners and edges of orange cloth over boards. Creasing to edges of..... More
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New York: Louis Tannen, circa 1930s. Staplebound. 9" X 6". Mild wear to pictorial paper wraps with toning to covers and rubbing and creasing to corners and edges. Sunning to spines. Some staples have begun to rust. Small inked price mark to contents page of Series No. 3. Pages of..... More
New York: Max Holden, circa 1940. Staplebound. 8 1/2" X 5 1/2". Mild wear to paper wraps with toning and spots of dampstaining to covers and spine. Bottom rear corner is chipped. Small inked price to front free endpaper. Toning to front and rear endpapers. Pages are clean and unmarked..... More
London: George Johnson, 1939. Staplebound. 8 1/2" X 5 1/2". 14pp. Toning and an ink mark to covers of paper wraps. Creasing and light chipping to corners and edges of wraps. Light creasing and age-yellowing to pages. Staples are beginning to rust at pages 8-9. Pages are free of marks..... More
London: Printed for T. Hughes and C. Chaple, [1815]. Hardcover. This 1815 guide to sleight of hand magic comprises 50 tricks from Victorian conjurer Thomas Ingleby, each with full description and explanation, with tricks including decapitating a rooster and restoring it to life, stopping and starting time on a watch..... More
Burbank, California: Hahne, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed to previous owner by Jim Steinmeyer to half-title "with all best wishes and in the spirit of Mr. Jarrett" and dated June 2001. 8 3/4" X 11 3/8". 279pp. Dark blue cloth over boards, with spine backed in lighter blue..... More
Alhambra, California: Alhambra Publishing, 1973. Paperback. 8 1/2" x 5 1/2". 50pp. Mild shelf wear to paperback cover wraps. Photos by Tally Stouffer. The "most comprehensive study of card cheating ever published" according to the text on the back cover. Lampkin published the book, ostensibly, to help people learn how..... More
Houston: Clay Bridges Press, 2015. Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". xii, 272pp. Mild rubbing, bumps, and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of paper over boards. Very occasional inked underlining to pages. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: Once you start reading this book you wont want to..... More
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
