Victor Farelli (53 results)

Original wraps. Condition: Good. 55p octavo, illustrated. Chipped on the front cover at lower corner, A good copy in white and blue printed wraps.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. 16 pages. (VM6).

Stapled. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Green card covers with black title.

Staple Bound. Condition: fair. Book is in fair condition. The staples are heavily rusted and are staining the cover. There seems to be water damage to the top inch and a half of the spine, heavy rubbing to the back cover, staining on the front and back endpage, and small stickers on the front and back endpage. The cover is moderately yellowed and lightly rubbed.…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Stapled booklet. 50 printed pages. Professional seller. All pictures are of the actual book that is for sale. Books are dispatched in cardboard packaging.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. L. Davenport & Co. undated edition. Pages clean and bright, binding firm, minor shelf wear to cover. NEW EU 3 EURO CHARGE FOR IMPORTS IS INCLUDED IN OUR SHIPPING PRICE. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK, ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.…

Hardcover. Octavo, unpaginated. Four booklets published by Edward Bagshawe bound together in one book. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in maroon cloth with gilt lettering to front board and spine. General shelf wear with color blotching to spine. Signs of repair to gutter at both pastedowns. Bookplate and non-archival tape to front pastedown. Age toning throughout textblock. Illustrated. Shelved in Alcove. 1392679. Special Collections. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Blue boards are a little worn. Spine darkened.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Unstated. Can You Tell Fortunes? by Farelli, Victor Staple bound in good condition. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight all staples and pages in place, some tanning of papers due to paper used and age. Cover is clean. This pamphlet describes Farrelli's version a famous French trick from the early part of the 20th century. 8 pages.…

Condition: Good. Die cut wrappers, illustrated, 50 pages. Some wear, mild toning to pages, else in good condition.

Paper Covers. Condition: Very Good. First. First Edition and Limited Edition [although no number is written in the box], 24pp, illustrated with 12 diagrams and black and white photos to demonstrate the moves etc., softcover, 8vo, original card pictorial wrappers - stapled, staples rusting but not affected the paper, slight damp marking to bottom right corner and very slight creasing to bottom left corner, otherwise very good condition, Maison Franco-Anglaise, London; Printed in England by Penshaw Press, Cray's Hill, Billericay, Essex, 1952.…

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. No date, c1936. 52pp, illustrated with photos and diagrams, appendix: the double card turn-over. Illustrated textured light card stapled wrapper, lightly rubbed in places. A picture of a pack of cards being passed from one hand to another s printed on the half-title page and is visible through a circular cut-out on the front cover. The book is in two parts: In the drawing room, effects to be performed when standing; and At the card table, effects to be performed when seated. Size: 8vo.…

Undated 3rd (revised) edition, in thin grey card, with circular cut-out to front cover. Undated - probably c.1950. Illustration on half-title page a little discoloured below cut-out; text generally clean. Staples a little rusty, causing text-block to pull away from cover Used - Good. Good stapled paperback Used - Good. Good stapled paperback.…

Condition: Very Good. Nate Leipzig's Card Stab: The Real Secret Now Revealed for the First Time. One of the numbered copies. Cream wrappers, illustrated, 24 pages. Some wear to covers, else in very good condition. Condition may vary slightly from the photograph.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No jacket. Edward Bagshawe & Co., 1931. Hardback, 8vo, 95pp, illust, [1]pp advert. Patchy foxing throughout. Original boards, rubbed and worn, spine torn. A fair copy. 0.3 . (Please note that our condition gradings are stricter than those of Abebooks and many other sellers. There may therefore be a discrepancy between this description and its listed condition grading).…

Hardcover. N.s. Octavo, 95 pages. In Very Good minus. Bound in purple textured paper boards with black lettering to front board and spine. Fading to spine. General shelf wear, primarily to head and tail of spine and to corners of boards. Splitting to front hinge and top edge. Age toning throughout textblock. Shelved in Alcove. 1392698. Special Collections.…

Condition: Fair. First edition. Wrappers, illustrated, 53 pages. Ex-libris Roland Winder. Soiling and small chips to covers, fair condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Signed by Wm. G. Stickland with an inscription; signed Bill. Signed by Author(s).

Small octavo purple cloth boards, black lettering to front and spine, 95pp, illus., VG- (crack to front joint approx. 4cm, binding still sound; light scuffing to boards, light fading to small segment of front, light tanning and foxing to edges and within) in d/w VG- (moderate scuffing creasing and chipping, approx. 4cm closed tear corresponding to crack to hinge, moderate soiling, flaps very slim, possibly trimmed (or, as issued)).…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Third Edition. I have guessed the date of this 3rd, revised edition, as it is not given. Bound instiff grey card with circular window revealing b/w photograph of hands and pack of cards,48pages, illustrated withb/w photographs and diagrams. In very good condition.…

Condition: Bueno. Rústica en buen estado con pequeño dobled en las últimas hojas y cubierta trasera. 8º. Pág 15+4. Con ilustraciones. Libro.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Wraps. Slim 8vo.pp.54. Non-fiction. Magic: "The cleanest method of passing three freely selected cards from one packet to another, with a borrowed pack and without preparation and a Convincing Mental Effect." Foreword by George Armstrong. Includes 'Notes on the Thirty Card Trick' and 'Treatise on False Counting.' Fourteen B/w photographs illustrate the text. Very good.…

2nd edition. Thin card covers, stapled. Black lettering to front cover. 8.25ins x 4.5ins, 16pp. Circular ink stamp of Hamleys conjuring department to title page. VG.

Condition: Good. Publisher's original wire stitched illustrated blue and white card wrap covers (soft back). 8vo. 8½'' x 6½''. Contains pp 32-55 with monochrome illustrations throughout. In Good condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. MAGIC & CONJURING.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. From the collection of J. B. Findlay. Numbered/ recorded edition (T.7.). SIGNED and inscribed by author dated 9th July, 1952. Very good condition, octavo paper back, printed card covers, single section staple binding, book plate on verso frot cover, glue stains on half title and verso front cover, signed and inscribed on title page, Reference neatly on title page, faint yellowing to all leaves, illustrated, 24 pages. [QP]. Inscribed by Author(s).…

(Edward Bagshawe & Co., n.d. [circa 1936]). A Softcover issued without a D/W. A picture of a pack of cards being passed from one hand to another is printed on the half-title page and is visible through a circular cut-out on the front cover. A VG copy. A former owner (a practising magician) has written in fountain pen his observations on several of the card tricks on a few pages. Uncommon.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dustjacket. First Edition. Bound in blue cloth with gilt titles to front board, this dated 1946 bhardcover First Edition is VG. 91pp with Preface by Camille Gaultier, illustrated with 54 photos and diagrams, 10 Chapters, Postface and Bibliography. This First Edition came from the library of magician Roger Crosthwaite, and subsequently went through five editions. Clean endpapers, three small stains to front board, otherwise VG.…

Hardcover. First edition thus. 121 pp, profusely illustrated; octavo, blue cloth with gilt title. A point by point repudiation of Harry Houdini's accusations against Jean Robert-Houdin, as published in his 1908 "The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin." Slight fading to covers, else fine.

Condition: Very Good. Publisher's original wire stitched grey card wrap covers (soft back) with circular peek-a-boo cut-out to the front cover revealing a photograph of a pack of cards being passed from one hand to another. 8vo. 8½'' x 6½''. Contains 48 pp with monochrome illustrations throughout. In Very Good condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. MAGIC & CONJURING. …

Encuadernación de tapa blanda. Condition: Excelente. Dust Jacket Condition: Excelente. Ouvrage illustré de nombreaux croquis. Edition num. 383. Magia (illustrator). ExLibris.