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Language: English
Published by Louis Tannen, 1946
- Hardcover
Seller: Black Cat Books, Shelter Island, NY, U.S.A.Black Cat Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Vol. 2 only. Revised 2nd Edition, 3rd Printing. Hardbound, no dust jacket. Previous owner's name in ink on front free end page, otherwise very good. Tarbell, Harlan (illustrator).
Language: English
Published by Louis Tannen, 1945
- Hardcover
Seller: Redux Books, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.Redux Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Fair. Hardcover. No DJ. Text unmarked. Covers show edge wear with rubbing and bumped corners. Rear hinge cracked, but binding still intact.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.
Language: English
Published by Louis Tannen, 1946
- Hardcover
Seller: Black Cat Books, Shelter Island, NY, U.S.A.Black Cat Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Vol. 3 only. Revised 2nd Edition, 3rd Printing. Hardbound, no dust jacket. Previous owner's name in ink on front free end page, otherwise very good. Tarbell, Harlan (illustrator).
Published by Louis Tannen, New York, 1950
- Softcover
Seller: Willis Monie-Books, ABAA, Cooperstown, NY, U.S.A.Willis Monie-Books, ABAA
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Add to basketSoftcover. Condition: Very Good. Approx. 5" wide by 8". ; 87 pages.
Published by Louis Tannen, New York, 1951
- Softcover
Seller: Book Booth, Berea, OH, U.S.A.Book Booth
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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: Poor. top of pages near spine has water stains and some torn pages, covers have minor wear, corners lightly bumped, stapled binding tight, no writing, 56 pages, how to perform stage magic using flash papers, cards, coins, silks and other props, bw illustrations Size: 6 x 9.
Published by Calostro, Closter, N. J., 1945
- Softcover
Seller: Oddball Books, Burbank, CA, U.S.A.Oddball Books
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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: Fine. Reprint. This is a thirty two page stapled reprint booklet.
Published by Louis Tannen, 1948
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Frost Pocket Farm - IOBA, Fleetville, PA, U.S.A.Frost Pocket Farm - IOBA
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition; stated first printing. Original blue cloth, 6x9 inches, illustrated with black and white drawings, 122 pp + ads. Very good, no dustjacket. Corners bumped, rubbed along edges, spine moderately faded, approximately 1x4 inch water (? ) stain on rear board, a few drop marks, old bookse…ller's price (in pencil) , otherwise tight, clean, paper crisp, unmarked and apparently never read. Stage magic; children's; entertainment.
Published by Louis Tannen, 1944
- Hardcover
Seller: Redux Books, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.Redux Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover. No DJ. Text contains light underlining/marking. Covers show shelving wear with rubbing. Binding is tight, hinges strong. Spine creased. Previous owner's name/inscription on free end paper.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.
Published by D. Robbins & Co., Brooklyn, New York, U.S.A., 1976
- Softcover
Seller: 4 THE WORLD RESOURCE DISTRIBUTORS, Springfield, MO, U.S.A.4 THE WORLD RESOURCE DISTRIBUTORS
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Add to basketSoftcover. Condition: Good. Not marked; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by Lee Grey, Philadelphia, 1975
- Softcover
Seller: Village Booksmith, Hudson Falls, NY, U.S.A.Village Booksmith
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Add to basketStapled - Saddle Stapled. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 58 pages. Size: 5 x 8.5 Inches. Hanna, Bill (illustrator).
Language: English
Published by Louis Tannen, 1946
- Hardcover
Seller: Veronica's Books, Gig Harbor, WA, U.S.A.Veronica's Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Revised Edition. No dust jacket. 408pp. Harlan Tarbell (illustrator).
Published by Louis Tannen, New York, 1946
- Hardcover
Seller: Charles Lewis Best Booksellers, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.Charles Lewis Best Booksellers
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: VG Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Revised Edition. Octavo, [23cm/9.25inches], full gilt-embossed crepuscular blue cloth sans dust jacket, pp. xvi, 407. Illustrated with pen & ink Sketches &tc. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. . Publishers T. Grant Cooke and Walter A.…Jordan developed an interest in producing a correspondence course in magic in the mid-1920s. A few months before his death, Harry Houdini was approached to author the course; Houdini declined but recommended Tarbell. Cook and Jordan hired Tarbell and Walter Baker, another Chicago-area magician, to work on the project, but Baker dropped out of the project in its early stages to concentrate on his performances. The publishers allotted Tarbell $50,000 for the course, which he finished in 1928, producing 60 correspondence lessons with at least 3,100 illustrations. Tarbell later discussed the philosophy behind his course: "There is a big difference between a magician and a man who does tricks.Fundamentally, the making of a magician is no different than the making of other professional people. One must be trained in the mechanics, the alternate methods and be skilled in the presentation in order to meet any conditions which may arise." Unlike other magic courses which placed a greater emphasis on self-working illusions, Tarbell began with fundamental drills and practice sessions involving body position, movement, and sleight-of-hand techniques which were to be incorporated into actual tricks in future lessons. After selling 10,000 complete courses, Cooke and Jordan discontinued marketing the Tarbell Course in Magic in 1931, blaming the Great Depression for slumping sales. In 1941, however, magician Louis Tannen purchased the rights to the course, working with Tarbell and Ralph W. Read (of Read and Covert) to convert the correspondence lessons into book form.
Published by Louis Tannen, New York, 1949
- Hardcover
Seller: Charles Lewis Best Booksellers, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.Charles Lewis Best Booksellers
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: VG Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Revised Edition. Octavo, [23cm/9.25inches], full gilt-embossed green cloth sans dust jacket, pp. xix, 416. Illustrated with pen & ink Sketches &tc. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. . Publishers T. Grant Cooke and Walter A. Jordan deve…loped an interest in producing a correspondence course in magic in the mid-1920s. A few months before his death, Harry Houdini was approached to author the course; Houdini declined but recommended Tarbell. Cook and Jordan hired Tarbell and Walter Baker, another Chicago-area magician, to work on the project, but Baker dropped out of the project in its early stages to concentrate on his performances. The publishers allotted Tarbell $50,000 for the course, which he finished in 1928, producing 60 correspondence lessons with at least 3,100 illustrations. Tarbell later discussed the philosophy behind his course: "There is a big difference between a magician and a man who does tricks.Fundamentally, the making of a magician is no different than the making of other professional people. One must be trained in the mechanics, the alternate methods and be skilled in the presentation in order to meet any conditions which may arise." Unlike other magic courses which placed a greater emphasis on self-working illusions, Tarbell began with fundamental drills and practice sessions involving body position, movement, and sleight-of-hand techniques which were to be incorporated into actual tricks in future lessons. After selling 10,000 complete courses, Cooke and Jordan discontinued marketing the Tarbell Course in Magic in 1931, blaming the Great Depression for slumping sales. In 1941, however, magician Louis Tannen purchased the rights to the course, working with Tarbell and Ralph W. Read (of Read and Covert) to convert the correspondence lessons into book form.
Published by Louis Tannen, Inc.
Seller: Quicker than the Eye, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.Quicker than the Eye
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Add to basketCondition: Very Good. Blue pictorial wrappers, illustrated, 46 pages. Mild toning to covers, else in very good condition.
Published by D. Robbins & Co., Inc., Brooklyn, NY, 1971
- Hardcover
Seller: Saucony Book Shop, Kutztown, PA, U.S.A.Saucony Book Shop
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Revised Edition. Burgundy leatherette, lettered in gold foil. Revised ed., stated 10th ptg., with Nov. 1971 as most recent copyright date. Slightly rubbed extremities, a few minor soil marks to text block fore-edge and front flyleaf. xx,20-408,[6] pp., illus. w/…line drawings. Pictorial dust jacket shows mild toning spots to front panel, 1/4" chip at heel of front joint, small chip at heel of spine, mild rubbing along edges with 1" shallow loss along top rear edge, (2) short closed tears with associated crease along bottom rear edge, now in mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Harlan Tarbell (illustrator). Book.
Published by Kanter's Magic Shop, Philadelphia, 1947
- Softcover
Seller: Tiber Books, Cockeysville, MD, U.S.A.Tiber Books
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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: Very Good. . . . . Revised edition. 8vo, paperback. Vg condition. 52 pages, illustrated, contents bright & clean, binding tight.
Published by Tannen Publications, 1953
- Hardcover
Seller: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.About Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good condition. No dust jacket. Revised Edition, 3rd printing. Tannen Publications, 1953. Revised Edition, edited by Ralph W. Read. Very Good condition. Unlike some other printings, this has lovely creamy white pages. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. NO highlighting. NO underlining.… NO margin notes. Illustrations throughout. Revised Volume 2 (Lessons 20 - 33). Bound in the original gilt-stamped blue boards. Revised Edition, 3rd printing. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. 410pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. NOT a library discard (illustrator).
Published by D. Robbins & Co., Inc, Brooklyn, New York, 1996
- Hardcover
Seller: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.About Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Near Fine condition. Very Good dust jacket. Revised edition. Brooklyn, New York: D. Robbins & Co., Inc, 1996. Revised Edition, edited by Ralph W. Read. Near Fine condition in a Very Good dust jacket. Previous owner's name on the front free endpaper and fore-edge of the text block. NO highlighting. NO underl…ining. NO margin notes. Illustrations throughout. Revised 14th printing of the 1927 original. Revised Volume 1 (Lessons 1-19). Bound in the original maroon boards, stamped in bright gold. Complete with dust jacket. Revised edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Very Good dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. 415pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. NOT a library discard (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by Louis Tannen
- Hardcover
Seller: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.ThriftBooksVintage
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Binding and pages are intact. All pages are free from any notations. Light scuffing and bumping visible to boards. This could have light cosmetic flaws, but remains in good condition. No dust jacket included with this book. This copy is the Revised Edition of the published work. Secure pack…aging for safe delivery.
More imagesPublished by Robbins, Brooklyn, New York
- Hardcover
Seller: Time Traveler Books, Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A.Time Traveler Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Tenth Printing. No publication date stated. Copyright 1975. Vol. 2, Lessons 20 -33; 416 pages.
Published by Calostro Publications, Closter, NJ, 1945
- Softcover
- Signed
Seller: Lawrence Jones Books, Ashmore, QLD, AustraliaLawrence Jones Books
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Add to basketWraps. Condition: Very Good. Second Edition. 31pp. Or gray and red card wraps. Some toning to covers. Signed by author at end. Detailed instruction for performing the Calostro Mind Reading Act. Size: 8vo. Signed by Author.
Published by A Calostro Publication, New York, 1935
- Softcover
Seller: RZABASBOOKs, Toronto, ON, CanadaRZABASBOOKs
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Bookplate of magician Sid Lorraine on inside of front cover. Bottom front corner shows a sign of moisture and wear.
Published by D. Robbins & Co., Inc, Brooklyn, New York, 1999
- Hardcover
Seller: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.About Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: New condition. New dust jacket. Revised Edition, 15th printing. Brooklyn, New York: D. Robbins & Co., Inc, 1999. NEW and never read in a near PERFECT dust jacket. The jacket has only a tiny bit of very mild shelfwear (like you sometimes find in any new book store). Flat, uncreased spine. NO chips. NO tears.… NO creases. NO fading. Sharp corners. Bright, shiny, clean, square and tight. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Illustrations throughout. Revised 15th printing of the 1927 original. Revised Volume 1 (Lessons 1-19). Bound in the original maroon boards, stamped in bright gold. Complete with dust jacket. Revised Edition, 15th printing. Hardcover. New condition/New dust jacket. 8vo. 415pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.
FORGING AHEAD IN MAGIC: The Secrets of Professional Magicians . . . not their tricks . . . but the practical ideas and business methods whereby they have gained prominence and profit.
Booth, John. Edited by Ralph W. Read. Introduction by William W. Larsen.
Published by Kanter's Magic Shop (1944), Philadelphia, 1944
- Hardcover
Seller: Chanticleer Books, Fort Bragg, CA, U.S.A.Chanticleer Books
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. Second printing. 154 pp. + 5 pages ads at rear; 2 full-page illustrations, octavo, red cloth with gilt title. Advice to magicians on how to fine-tune their performances for maximum dramatic effect. Marketing and advertising tips, etc. Spine gilt darkened, slight rubbing to spine, else very good.
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents
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Add to basketCondition: Good. Manila 1923 first edition. Two articles on pp. 115-139 in one complete issue of PHILIPPINE JOURNAL OF SCIENCE issue for February 1923. sm4to wraps. Other articles in issue as well. Good, backstrip reinforced; some light wear; text clean and binding secure. no owner marks.
Language: English
Published by D. Robbins Co. Inc., 1973
- Hardcover
Seller: Twice-Loved Books, East Palestine, OH, U.S.A.Twice-Loved Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Sturdy cloth-bound hardcover book WITH dustjacket. Revised Edition, 7th printing, 1973. With 416 pages, hundreds of illustrations. Near Fine book in Near Fine dustjacket. Condition Note: Book has faint age speckles on the exterior page edges, no other flaws, othe…rwise would be As New; dustjacket spine is slightly faded, jacket has no other notable flaws. Book is in very heavy-duty cloth-covered boards, embossed gilt lettering on the front and the spine. The book is quite clean and stain-free, square and straight, very firm and tight in its binding, no pages are loose, torn, folded, creased, or missing. The hinges are sound and undamaged, the corners are sharp and unbumped. All pages are clean and stain free, not age-toned, and all text is sharp and legible. There is no writing, underlining, highlighting, or other such markings anywhere in the book. Dustjacket is clean and stain-free, complete and intact, has no tears, no pieces missing, no wrinkles or creases. Five-star seller, buy with confidence, professional booksellers for 35 years, selling books online since 1995. B60.
Published by Mitchell Kanter, 1938
- Softcover
Seller: The Book Bin, Salem, OR, U.S.A.The Book Bin
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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: Good. 58 pages. staplebound. 6 inx9 in. white glossy cover. shows numerous routines for practicing the shell game. the cover is soiled. no loose or missing pages. interior is clean and unmarked. Illustrator: Hanna, Bill. Year: 1938.
Published by Louis Tannen, NY NY, 1944
- Softcover
Seller: Sagebrush Press, Morongo Valley, CA, U.S.A.Sagebrush Press
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good. slight crease on front cover and at spine, but overall vg; interior clean, perfect binding is solid.
Published by D. Robbins & Co. 0, Brooklyn, NY
- Hardcover
Seller: Magic Carpet Books, Carson City, NV, U.S.A.Magic Carpet Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Revised editions. 1971, 1975. Red, blue leatherette. 408 pages. 416 pages. Illustrated. Dust jackets have a couple of tears. Solid books with only light wear.
Language: English
Published by Illinois Society For Mental Hygiene, Chicago, 1923
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 89 Pp. Gray-Brown Card Covers Printed In Black. Near Fine, No Marks.
