Ayling Will (32 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Dennis Patten (illustrator). In very good condition, very mild foxing to top edge, some light shelfwear to cover. No wrapper.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Clean unmarked copy, pretty well as new.

Card Covers Stapled. Condition: Fine. 1st Printing. As New stapled card covers.

Condition: good. The Lilliputians: An Adventure into Glove and Rod Puppet Theatre. Bright orange pictorial wrappers, illustrated throughout. Toning to the front cover and some wear around edges, else in good condition.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No jacket. [no publisher], [nd]. Paperback, 8vo, 12pp, illust. Covers slightly worn. A good copy. 0.1 . (Please note that our condition gradings are stricter than those of Abebooks and many other sellers. There may therefore be a discrepancy between this description and its listed condition grading).

Hardcover. First Edition. Large Octavo, 163 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine has white and black lettering on a green background. Dust jacket has a few small smudges on the front, with more on the back. Front cover has a small dent/tear bottom left with a few very small tears at the top. Bound in red cloth boards with gold lettering on the front and spine. Top and bottom of spine dented, front corners bumped. Edges of textblock speckled pink. Interior pages clean. Illustrated. Shelved in Alcove. 1392337. Special Collections.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Red hardcover. Spine ends rubbed, endpapers darkened. Dust jacket condition: Large tear to the bottom of the spine. Light edge wear with a few small tears.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good Plus. First Edition. 1987. 64pp. B&W illustrations throughout. "This book affords the opportunity to faithfuly record my own glove and rod puppet show, designed to meet the requirements of a drawing-room for the entertainment of children. More than most, youngsters delight in puppetry for theny ahve the ability to slip in and out of a fantasy world witht he minimum of encouragement. I hope it will prove of some assitance to those wish to enter the Magic World of the Lilliputians." Book in excellent condition with no inscriptions. Slight fading to spine.

The Art of Illusion is one of the few books that deserve a place on every magician's bookshelf. From the renowned magical mind of Will Ayling, this book is filled how to create and make illusions entertaining. With a foreword by Lewis Ganson, The Art of Illusion contains over fifty illustrations across nearly 200 pages and features information that applies to any modern audience. Some of the contents include 'The Small House', 'Invisible Flight', 'Bullet Catching', 'Glass Trunk', 'Buzz Saw', 'Volunteers Sawing', 'Kellar Levitation', 'Duck Production', 'Chair Suspension', 'Broomstick Levitation', 'Backstage', 'Magicians Rehearsal' and many more. Some wear to jacket, otherwise in fine condition. Third impression. Red cloth with gilt stamping on spine, pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated, 233 pages.

Condition: Very Good. Red cloth with gilt stamping on front cover and spine, pictorial dust jacket. Chips and toning to jacket, else overall in very good condition.

Paperback copy withs stapled spine, no dustjacket as issued. 28pp. B/w photographs and illustrations throughout. Not library copy, no inscriptions. (6/7).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Dennis Patten (illustrator). 1st Edition. This fourth impression from 1990 is in very nice condition. Edited by Hugh Miller. The jacket has some dulling down and one closed tear as well as minor edge wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Excellent clean and bright copy with no inscriptions. Boards are exceptionally bright and clean. Jacket is worn on top edge. `.

Stapled Card Wraps. Condition: Very Good. 64 pages., illustrated. Will Ayling's The Lilliputians contains a wealth of information on the world of glove and rod puppets, as well as many practical ideas dealing with puppetry and other skills needed to stage a puppet show.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. L.B. Edmunds (illustrator). No date indicated. Minor foxing to page edges. Bookplate of magician Sid Lorraine on front pastedown.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Dustwrapper has slight rubbing, no fading or tears, not price clipped, no inscriptions. Illustrated, bright and clean internally with little wear. Heavy book will require additional postage outside the UK.

Hb. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. L.B. Edmunds (illustrator). No date, presumed First Edition. Red cloth on boards with gilt titles; thin light ex-bookcover residue line to bottom boards edge. Red speckled edges. Eps: signature to head ffep; short thin ex-bookcover residue line to ffep & refp bottom edge. Clean contents. B/w illustrations & line drawings. Binding is As New. 163p Dj: moderate soiling & rubbing. Top and bottom edges with thin ex-bookcover residue line. Spine: head & foot with thin wear, couple of tiny tears and some chips.

PAPERBACK. Condition: VG. Binding solid, pages crisp and clean, no markings found. Covers bright and shiny with light scuffs and dents. Extremities lightly bumped with creased corners.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Apparent First Edition. Date is an estimate. Very good with slightly bumped corners and an ownership signature of a magic collector on the flyleaf. In a very good dust jacket with a prior owner's small address label affixed to the front panel and a few short edgetears and light dust soiling. 163 oversize pages. Illustrated with photos and drawings. Close up, platform, illusion and escape effects. No workshop plans.

Condition: Good. 1981. No Edition Remarks. 384 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over black cloth. Black and white photographs and illustrations throughout. Pages and illustrations have light tanning and foxing throughout. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends. Marking to front board. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with chips and creasing. Foxing to inside panels.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. very nice, clean and tight hardcover; very nice jacket in mylar cover; NOT ex-library; A2S14.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Illustrated by L. B. Edmunds (illustrator). Hardcover. 163 pages. A Supreme Magic Publication. Crease on rear cover, else Book and Dust Jacket are in FINE condition. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 163 pages.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Wraps. 4to. pp 64. Stapled booklet. Original publisher's illustrated orange covers, lettered black. Signed by the author on the title page, "with best wishes, Will Ayling." Slight fading at spine, otherwise very good. Signedes.

fester Einband. 15 x 22,5 cm., 233 S. GLwd. Rücken mit gepr. Titel und O-Schutzumschlag. Mit vielen Abb. Sehr gut erhalten wie neu.

OKart. mit goldgeprägtem Rücken, OUmschlag, 233 Seiten mit vielen SW-Abb., 8° (15 x 22 cm), Umschlag am Rücken u. an den Rändern des Deckels ausgeblichen, Umschlagecken ganz leicht bestoßen, Hinterseite leicht verschmutzt, Buch tadelllos, insgsesamt schöner Zustand. Book Language/s: English.

8vo (24x16cm), hardback, 233pp + index + adverts. Good condition in goodish dustwrapper (unclipped, general wear, nicotine-stained spine with a faint aroma of cigarette, soiled at rear, bumped and chipped at edges and especially head of spine, some creasing, closed tear to upper left front with some creasing, bruised at upper spine, tape repair on inside has left offset). Bumped, leather-look cover with gilt lettering to spine, canted spine, owner's name at free front endpaper, age-toned upper edges, tiny spot to fore edge. Pictures available on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Dennis Patten (illustrator). Later Printing. Date is an estimate. VG with small abrasion on front flyleaf. No markings or bookplates. In a vg dust jacket with some scuffing/rubbing and a few short tears. No jacket chips. Maroon pebbled cloth with gilt lettering. Coated paper stock, no ads at back. This under-rated book gives fairly detailed presentations (including those of some famous performers such as Dante) and some history of a selection of popular illusions. Provides the basic secrets but no workshop plans.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. L. Edmunds (illustrator). Some of the red from the red flaps has transfered to endpapers. Edges of dust jacket ever so mildly rubbed.

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Dennis Patten (illustrator). Hardback Edited by Hugh Miller and Illustrated by Dennis Patten Complete with a dust jacket with a bright and clean front cover the spine and rear cover show slight discolouration Slight lean to the spine Underneath lie bright red cloth boards with gilt titles to the spine Neat inscription to the front free endpaper the rest of the pages apear unread with no marks or any further inscriptions pp 236 Ideal for any budding magician Overall a bright and clean copy. book.