Selbit (15 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 28 pages. Illustrated. "I.B.M. British Ring Convention 1984" / Phil Goldstein "Generic" / Peter Warlock "P T Selbit part 6" / Jim Havilland "The Hat and Coins".

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 20 pages. John Oakley "The Kursaal Flyers" / Peter Warlock on P T Selbit / John Wade "Wade's Wanderings" / Len Belcher "Two for Tea" (VM9).

A booklet by P.T Selbit offering guidance on performance patter and presentation for magicians. It includes tips to enhance audience engagement and create memorable magical effects. The reader will find this volume witty and amusing. Copyright Circa 1920, Hamley Brothers, Ltd, London Softcover, saddle-stitched, 6x9", 14 pages, plus ads, in good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Corners show modest wear, modest toning to spine, binding shaken a bit with front hinge slightly cracked, foxing to endpapers. binding still good and pages are clean. A presentable reading copy. Photos on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 3rd Edition. 188 pages. Interior generally clean with usual reader wear for the age, interior front cover/inset with inscription dated 1936 and some rough erase scuffs most likely from previous owners. Rear interior with some light stains, binding tight though netting showing a touch, original covers with a good amount of wear to the edges and rubbings. Overall a nice vintage reader/reference copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. In card cover with paper label attached to front. Holes punched in each issue for metal clasp binding. Numbered pages 582 to 964 with title page and index page at beginning. Covers in poor condition with tears and a large chip to back cover.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Card cover is broken apart with metal clasp and spine detached. Each issue has punch holes with slight rust around holes. Pages 197 to 580. Each issue condition good with bottoms of some issue a bit dirty.

Hardback. First. St Marys Books is proud to present this lovely circa 1901 edition of The Magicians Handbook A Complete Encyclopedia of the Magicians Art for Professional and Amateur Entertainers by Selbit This hardback copy is bound in a lovely olive green cloth and features black ink lettering and illustrations to the cover and spine Inside one finds 198 pages of text supplemented by a mixture of instructional and whimsical black ink illustrations This book is in fair condition the cover is worn the spine is weak and is held together with tape there is foxing throughout the book and many inscriptions to the title page however much of the damage is more than fair given the age of the copy This edition is looking for a new home and would be a lovely gift to any budding magiciansnbsp. book.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Second Edition. 188 pages. Hinges somewaht disclored. Some foxing on endpapers. Corners bumped and rubbed. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Condition: Good. Wrappers, illustrated, 14 pages. Wear and soiling to covers, else in good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Third Edition. Hardback. 8vo. pp 188 + 10pagse publishers advertisements. Some dicolouration and mottling rubbing and slight marks to covers. Good. With the bookplate of the late Christopher Brinson, a collector of books on magic, researcher and author of works on magic (Arcady Press). The bookplate shows a sphinx with pyramids in the background and conjuring tools in the foreground including a magic wand. Well illustrated throughout with drawings and photos.Illusuions, 'black arts', 'black magic', quite alot on juggling, good mention of contemporaries Trewey, Valadon, Wm C Fields, Chung Ling Soo, Hoard Thurston (inc an article by him on playing card manipulation.) Selbit's biggest illusion was developed later -- sawing a woman in half. .

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. 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. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1909 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 and contains approximately 12 pages. 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.

Condition: Good. Tan cloth with black stamping on front cover and spine. Illustrated, 56 pages. Rubbing and soiling to covers, contents clean, overall good condition.

2nd ed. Lacks free end papers; several 'The Magician's Club' stamps, & 'presented by.' stamp on half-title page; owner's annotation on back pastedown; binding a little weak; board corners & spine worn; cloth discoloured & a little stained Used - Acceptable. Fair hardback in green cloth Used - Acceptable. Fair hardback in green cloth.

188, IV p., with many illus., 8°, Illus. O-Cloth Main-contents: The Art of Juggling; The Tricks and Illusions of Modern Magicians (Photographs and Memoirs of the Contributers, Tricks and Illusions); New Illusions and Black Magic. - Percy Thomas Tibbles alias P. T. Selbit (1881-1938) was an English magician and inventor. He was the first person who performed the illusion of sawing a woman in half on stage (in 1921). Between 1902 and 1908 he acted as "pseudo-Egyptian" under the name Joad Heteb and later he created the name Selbit by spelling his last name backwards. He also published "The Magical Entertainer " and the "The Magic Art of Entertaining", as well from 1905 to 1910 he edited the magazine "The Wizard" (later The Magic Wand). - Cover is slightly knocked and a bit dusty; book is slightly warped by usage; pages are very slightly browned; little smell of smoke; else a really good copy.