P C Sorcar (36 results)

hardcover. Condition: Good. Good condition.No marking/highlighting.Cover and pages may show some wear.Not Satisfied? Contact us to get a refund.

Condition: Good. 16 pp., original illustrated paper wrappers, good only. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Slight soiling to page edges.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Delhi: Hind Pocket Books, n.d. (circa 1974) - Very Good paperback - 6.75" tall - b\w ills - minor creasing to about 4 pages (binder error), text still legible, otherwise near Fine (near new) - 130 pages. Selected magic tricks explained, including the famous Indian Rope Trick. ISBN: 0-88253-091-7.

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust Jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,750grams, ISBN:0442264305.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Text in mint/unmarked condition. DJ is missing. Cover has some wear with bumped corners. Binding is tight. Ex-library and marked as such. Your Satisfaction Guaranteed. We ship daily.

Condition: Good. Pictorial wrappers, illustrated, 130 pages. Inscription to Arthur Emerson. Wear to covers, small chip to front hinge, else in good condition.

All India Magic Circle, Calcutta 1966. First Impression. Publishers orange cloth with dust jacket. Frontispice. 93 pages + 8 pages Cartoons + 20 pages with photographs. Signed by the author and the magician Socar on the title page. Small tear on the lower part of the dust jackets front. Approx. 1 cm. Otherwise a nice copy in very good condition.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First. Red cloth has titles in black on front and spine. Slight flaw in cloth across front board under author's name. Boards otherwise clean and bright. Slight age-discolouration of e/p's else contents tight and clean. No inscriptions. 93pp with cartoons and plates at rear. Dust jacket is slightly discoloured and bumped on edges. A very nice copy.

Hb. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: None. First Edition. Green board with illustration of P.C. Sorcar on front of cover: Moderate soiling, rubbing & scratches to cover. Spine: head & foot with thin wear, chips; foot with 1.5 split to frontside edge. Small wear to boards fore corners. Edges: just a couple of faint foxings. Frontis: colour profile of P.C.Sorar in attire. Clean content. Illustrated by line drawings. Binding is As New. 176p.

HB. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: None. Revised Edition. Yellow cloth on boards, illustrated photograph of P.C.Sorcar in attire; moderate soiling, rubbing & scratches. Spine: thin wear to head & foot. Wear to boards fore corner. Some small wear spots to extremeties. Edges: faint and just a few foxings. Frontis: colour photograph of P.C.Sorcar. Clean contents. Illustratedby line drawings. Couple of pages head fore corner with small dog-eared. Binding is As New. 176p.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good +. First. No publication date but circa 1965. Yellow cloth with red titles on spine and monograph on front. Corners and spine ends are bumped. End pages are discoloured. Binding tight. No inscriptions. 176pp. Dust jacket is bumped and rubbed on corners and spine ends and there are water stains internally and on the fold-ins. Nice copy.

Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. A Pictorial account of P C Sorcar's metamorphosis into the Maharaja of Magic from very humble beginnings Provides the reader a closer look at Sorcar whom the greats in his fraternity rated as the 'Greatest Ever' Written by his son who was once his apprentice, now carrying on the proud tradition Photographs culled from various sources throw light on the magician as well as the man behind the scenes P.C. Sorcar is one of the greatest magicians of the twentieth century. He single-handedly revived a languishing Indian art and brought it to the world stage. This book is a pictorial account of his metamorphosis into the Maharaja of Magic from very humble beginnings. Written by his son, who was once his apprentice and now carrying on the proud tradition, this is a deeply personal view of the life and times of a towering figure. Photographs culled from various sources throw light on the magician as well as the man behind the scenes. Rare posters, newspaper articles, cartoons, family photos, private papers, facsimiles of honors and awards add to the richness of the work, thereby providing the reader a closer look at Sorcar whom the greats in his fraternity rated as the 'Greatest Ever'.(jacket).

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 176 pages. Stamped with name of distributor on front free endpaper. Small chip in foredge of front free endpaper. Corners and edges of backstrip bumped and show soome wear. The pages and the photo on the front cover are clean and bright. Photos on request. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hb. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG-. First Impression. Light green cloth on boards with red titles. Faint thin yellow /soiling to top and bottom boards edges. Edges: light soiling and few only foxings. Ffep: owners ex-libris bookplate. Frontis: b/w photograph of P.C.Sorcar in magicians attire. Thin small smudge to head & foot of eps. B/w illustrations and line drawings. Binding is As New. 288p Dj: moderate rubbing & scratches. Spine: creasing, chips, small tears and a 7 cm open tear to frontside edge; foot of spine wih wear, creasing, small tears and a 2 cm open tear. Top & bottom edges with creasings, wear, small tears and chips. 1kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good +. No Jacket. First. Pictorial hard cover has minor chipping on bottom edge, corners and spine ends with small bite? (1/2 inch) out of front spine edge. 176pp. Contents tight and clean with no inscriptions. Good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Some natural offsetting (light tan stains from glue used in manufacturing) to endsheets, otherwise very good, tight, clean copy with no markings or bookplates. Slight edge wear. In a very good dust jacket with NO chips and only minor edge wear. U.S. price on rear jacket flap has been corrected in thin felt pen. No other markings. Overall, an excellent copy of this large tome. 288 oversize pages illustrated with b&w plates and drawings. Well-produced. Contents includes: author's general opinions on magic topics, historical analysis of Indian Rope Trick, numerous well-illustrated explanations of magical effects ranging from small hand-held tricks to large stage illusions. NO workshop plans.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The incredible story of P.C. Sorcar, the world renowned magician from Bengal with contributions from other famous magicians like Christopher Milbourne, Jack Gwynne, Micky Hades, Jay and Frances Marshall, Burns Scandret, Goodlife, Gasho Ishikawa, Arthur Leroy, Joseph Booth and others(praising his unique art), with color frontis and 20 pages of photo plates and several [pages of hilarious cartoons. Bound in orange cloth and come with the original pictorial dust jacket. A nice and crisp copy, both book and the jacket are very good.

HARD BACK GREEN. Condition: GOOD. first impression, signed and inscribed by author, previous owners name stamped on inside of front and rear covers, black and white illustrations, binding tight, pages clean DATE PUBLISHED: 1960 EDITION: 288.

Condition: Good. First impression. Gray cloth with orange stamping on front cover and spine, pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated, 288 pages. Chips to jacket, soiling to page corner, else in good condition.

Illustr, 10 x 7.25, cloth, 134 pp, covers rubbed and faded, hinges loose, eps toned, in a rubbed, extremity worn and edge chipped, price clipped dust jacket. Scarce.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Small 8vo. Softcover. Pp. 97 + adverts. Second Edition. Very rare. In very good condition; illustration on cover, corners lightly bumped and spine creased. Small scuffs and marks, including a blue ink stain on the back. Pages themselves are clean and unmarked with light foxing. Includes various b/w illustrations. Protul Sorcar was an Indian magician. He was an internationally active magician throughout the 1950s and 1960s, performing his Indrajal show before live audiences and on television. Sorcar died of a heart attack at the age of 57 in Asahikawa, Hokkaid?, Japan, on 6 January 1971, where he was performing.

First edition. 176 pages. Formerly the property of celebrated magician and member of the Magic Circle, Paul Daniels, with his Wally Herbert designed bookplate to the front pastedown, his blindstamp to the front endpaper and a small pencil reference number above. The book is firmly bound in the publisher's blue glazed boards, lettered and decorated in red and black, the boards are slightly rubbed and marked and the spine a little faded. The text block is slightly toned and dusty with minor marks. A nice association copy, Daniels's and Sorcar's careers just overlapped, before the latter's untimely death in 1971 and he knew Sorcar's son, who was also a magician.