Burling Gilbert (2 results)
Published by American Magic Corporation, New York City, 1914
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Wagon Tongue Books, Linden, AB, CanadaWagon Tongue Books
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Add to basketStapled Paper. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. This 31 page `how-to' manual seemingly came with the balls referenced in the title. Lest you despair, the four balls in question are "miniature". (Can be held in one hand.) Read more about : Perfection Twirl, hands, finger, grip, thumb, transfer, change-palm, and Slow Trap Vani…sh. Errata sheets included for the Chapender's Change trick - also ` some billiard ball stands '. Text assisted by b/w drawings and photographs. Photograph of Mr. Hull at back suggests he also does tricks with cards and silks. Cond ; Paper wrapper is white with black lettering. Front cover art work shows a mandrake , a hand and three balls. Staples slightly rusted and beginning to pull through. UNsoiled. UNmarked. Hinge wear. Very collectible for the vintage. Quote (p.19) : " The description is indefinite and does not state the purpose for which the sleight is designed, whether to vanish, acquit, or produce. Evidently, some little point or principle has been omitted in the explanation. which is doubtless the key to the operation, for the description leaves the ball in the ._._._. ." Size: 16mo. B/W Drawings and Photographs (illustrator). Album Shaped.
More imagesLotos Leaves: Original Stories, Essays, and Poems
Reid, Whitelaw; Collins, Wilkie; Twain, Mark [Clemens, Samuel Langhorne]; Hay, John; Brougham, John; Brooks, Noah; Nasby, P.V.; Bromley, I.H.; Elderkin, John; Knox, Thomas W.; Florence, W.J.; Fulton, Chandos; Hagar, J. Henry; Bissell, Champion; Bouton, J.B.; Andrews, W.S.; Burling, Gilbert; Pardee, Chas I.; Leoser, C. McK.; Roosevelt, R.B.; Gil, William F.; Florio, C.; Holmes, C.E.L.; Gayler, Charles; Pech, James; Olcott, H.S.; Greey, Edward; Matthews, J. Brander; and Tennyson, Alfred; Brougham, John & Elderkin, John
Language: English
Published by William F. Gill and Company, 1875
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Webster, NY, U.S.A.Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA
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Add to basketHard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First edition, second state, with Rockwell & Churchill device on copyright page (BAL 3363). Front and end matter and a couple plates foxed, front hinge just beginning to weaken. 1875 Hard Cover. xv, 411 pp. Original green cloth, gilt and black titles and decorations, al…l edges gilt, 19 engravings, 31 illustrations. Includes first appearance of Mark Twain's 'An Encounter with an Interviewer' as well as contributions by: Whitelaw Reid, Wilkie Collins, Mark Twain, John Hay, John Brougham, Noah Brooks, P.V. Nasby, I.H. Bromley, John Elderkin, Thomas W. Knox, W.J. Florence, Chandos Fulton, J. Henry Hagar, Champion Bissell, J.B. Bouton, W.S. Andrews, Gilbert Burling, Chas. I. Pardee, M.D., C. McK. Leoser, Hon. R.B. Roosevelt, William F. Gill, C. Florio, C.E.L., Holmes, Charles Gayler, James Pech, Mus. Doc., H.S. Olcott, Edward Greey, J. Brander Matthews, and Alfred Tennyson.
