John D Lippy (33 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Clean, bright, tight, unmarked copy w/no rips. Small cover scrape. Quick, secure shipping w/free delivery confirmation from Los Angeles bookstore.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Illustrated softcover. First edition. Book is in fine condition, crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. Chemical magic tricks illustrated throughout. 8vo. 164 pp.

Condition: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Chemical Magic. Book.

Softcover. Condition: Used: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. This book is clean, solid and in great shape! This is a softcover book with 164 pages including some illustrations. The binding is strong with all pages firmly attached. The pages are clean with no soiling, writing or tears.The covers are also in great shape and show just a hint of edgewear. This book looks and feels great! We always ship in a sturdy cardboard box!

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. Dust Jacket Condition: Yes. Item is only "acceptable" condition. It has been extensively read and shows many signs of wear to the cover, dust jacket, spine and pages, dog ears and yellowing. Perfectly readable, but not suitable for a gift or collection. Reading copy only. Dust jacket is extensively worn. Pages have soiling throughout text and end papers. Hinge is exposed at front end papers. Former library book with usual library stamps, tape stains, markings and shelf wear.

Condition: Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. (Chemistry, Science Experiments) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Condition: New.

Hardback or Cased Book. Condition: New. Chemical Magic. Book.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 164 pages. Introduction by Harry Blackstone Size: 5.5 x 8.5 Inches.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Later Edition. ISBN Trade Paperback. No publisher or publication date listed, bound in white cardstock covers with black lettering on spine, red illustration of table laden with magic tricks flanked by fire-breathing demons on each side on bottom half of front cover, 164 pages. Very Good Condition. Tight sound unmarked copy with minor rubs to edges and corners of covers, minor creasing along spine edge, some browning and dustsoiling to edges of covers and interior pages.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good +. 1st Edition. Hardback, red cloth. 156pp. With introduction by Howard Thurston. 1st edition 1931. Sections from wrapper pasted onto front pastedown and front blank. nd. [circa1931]. 1st edition. Spine a little faded. Some foxing to edges and first and last few pages. A decent copy. (ar11).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Illus., 8.25 x 5.5", orange cloth, 107pp, covers with light extremity-bumping and fraying, very light stain to bottom of spine, pp (especially endpapers) toned else a decent copy of this reprint, in a rubbed, darkened, edge-torn, chipped and spine-stained dustjacket. With an Introduction by Howard Thurston.

Illustr, 8.25 x 5.5, orange cloth, 107 pp, covers rubbed with couple large stains, spine spotted, extremities bumped and fraying, hinges loose, bookplate, eps toned, pp toned, a good, used copy. Introduction by Howard Thurston.

Condition: Good. No edition remarks. 156 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth covered boards. Pages with some foxing and tanning, particularly to endpapers and textblock edges. Binding remains firm. Minor inscription to front endpapers. Boards have moderate shelf wear with some rubbing, fraying and corner bumping. Some moderate marking and tanning. Book has slight forward lean.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Nice original vintage 1930 copy of, "Chemical Magic." The book is overall in very good condition with just some minor signs of wear and age. It comes in its original dust jacket which is also in very good condition with some light foxing, a few tiny chips and tears, and some other minor wear. The jacket comes in a protective removable Brodart wrapper. The actual orange decorative covers of the book only have some minor wear. The binding is good and sound. There is an old oval ex-libris stamp of Harry B. Oestreich, Esq. to the front pastedown. The interior is lightly toned from age but is generally nice and clean, though there may be the occasional other page with a light bit of foxing, grubbiness, or some kind of other minor imperfection, such as a tiny chip or tear, creased page corner, minor marking or stain, etc. Generally though, it's a nice copy. The book measures approximately 8 1/4 inches by 5 5/8 inches and is 107 pages long with 4 black and white plates (one of which is double-paged). Some of the chapters include: The History of Magic, Chemical Fire Mysteries, Chemical Inks and Paints, Chemical Spiritualistic Effects, Liquid Chemical Effects, Magical Monologues &c.

No date or edition details give, (probably 1930s) This book contains many chemical recipes for special effects and tricks involving chemical effects such as those demonstrated by the magician or entertainer. Red cloth with black lettering, illustrated with line drawings. 156 pages, 5 X 7.5 inches, a good book foxed on the page edges, faded on the spine with some mottled fading to the boards, internally clean and in good order, no dustwrapper.

Condition: Good. Orange cloth with black stamping on front cover and spine, pictorial dust jacket. Pictorial frontispiece, illustrated, 107 pages. Introduction by Howard Thurston. Chips and wear to dust jacket, else in good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 12mo (19.5 cm), 156 pp. Publisher's cloth (binding slightly dusted, spine sunned, some foxing of endpapers and the fore-edge.

Stapled wraps. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good+ in stapled wraps.

LeatheBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 150. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1930 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 150.

(Hutchinson [undated] 1931). First UK Edition. 156 pages with 21 text figs. Publisher's original black-ruled red cloth-covered boards with black titles. Lightly spine-sunned, otherwise a VG copy. [Undated but, according to COPAC, published in 1931, the year after the US Edition].

First edition of this specialized instructional work. Octavo, original publisher's pictorial cloth, top stain orange, frontispiece, illustrated with photographs and diagrams. From the collection of magician Oscar Teale with his book plate to the front pastedown. Oscar Teale was a magician, lecturer, and historian of magic whose work bridged performance, scholarship, and the preservation of conjuring as a serious cultural practice. He served as the private secretary to Harry Houdini during the final years of Houdiniās life, a position that granted him direct access to the magicianās professional correspondence, research, and anti-spiritualist investigations, and later informed Tealeās influential role in preserving and interpreting Houdiniās legacy. In very good condition. John D. Lippy, Jr. was an American educator and writer whose work focused on the intersection of chemistry, pedagogy, and popular demonstration. Best known for Chemical Magic, Lippy sought to translate fundamental chemical principles into controlled, visually engaging experiments that could function both as classroom instruction and as performance, emphasizing safety, clarity of explanation, and reproducibility. Framed at the intersection of science education and conjuring, the book emphasizes clarity, safety, and repeatability, presenting experiments that rely on accessible materials while illustrating fundamental reactions such as color change, gas production, and combustion.