mike caveney's magic words pasadena california (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. This is number 801 of 1,000 copies.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Triggered by the discovery of more than 160 long-lost photographs of Dai Vernon's hands that were taken in 1961 specifically to illustrate his legendary annotations for The Expert at the Card Table by S.W. Erdnase, this lavishly produced volume is as close as one will ever get to a personal session with the Professor. Introduction by David Ben. Edited by David Ben and Michael Albright. Quarto: 378 p. Original green cloth binding, with bronze titles. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Deluxe, Slip-Cased Limited First Edition. Hardcover. Deluxe, slip-cased edition limited to 150 copies, this being number 71. Signed by David Charvet and Frances, Madeline, and Eugene Willard. 9" X 11 3/8". 370pp. Quarter-bound in bonded brown leather with light brown tent canvas cloth over boards, and upper board and spine lettered in bronze. Light shelfwear, if any, to binding. Binding is firm and sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. Tipped in reproduced photograph of Harry Willard. Slipcase bound in same light brown tent canvas cloth, with Willard the Wizard seal in black and title in bronze to one side. A very presentable signed and limited deluxe edition of this full presentation of the story of the men who performed under the name Willard the Wizard penned by magic designer David Charvet with help from Harry Willard's three children, fourteenth in Magic Words' series of Magical Pro-files. This book is oversize and will require additional postage to ship internationally; please contact us for a quote. ABOUT WILLARD: A LIFE UNDER CANVAS: The story of the four men who performed under the name Willard the Wizard reads like a roller coaster ride made up of triumphant highs and tragic lows. Working closely with author David Charvet were Harry Willard's grown children, Eugene and Frances, who spent many years during their youth traveling with and performing in their father's show. David had access to not only what the audience saw on stage at the Harry Willard show, but also what was happening backstage. This is the ultimate behind the scenes story of a traveling tent show as told by those who lived it. Combining these firsthand accounts with David relentless research has produced a unique slice of magic history. Willard - A Life Under Canvas is number 14 in our series of Magical Pro-Files. It contains 370 pages with 276 photographs and because the entire book has been printed in two colors, we were able to print many of the photos in duotone, giving them the feel of a hot, dusty tent show. Eight pages of full color show Willard in action along with some beautiful portraits of his well-worn apparatus. The tent-show feel continues with the printed endsheets and onto the binding with a canvas cloth on the front and back covers and Skivertex simulated leather on the spine. DELUXE EDITION: We don't automatically produce a deluxe edition of our new books. There has to be a good reason and with the Willard book, we had a perfect reason. Here in Egyptian Hall Museum there is a large photograph of Harry Willard that was color tinted by hand. This beautiful image was placed outside the tent for publicity purposes. We have made small reproductions of this image and tipped one into each of the deluxe editions. This edition also features an extra page with a color photograph of the contributors including Eugene and Frances Willard and each of them has signed this page along with author David Charvet. To complete the package, each book is housed in a slipcase covered with the matching tent canvas cloth and stamped with two colors. Only 150 copies of the deluxe edition have been produced and each one has been hand numbered. (publisher). Deluxe, Slip-Cased Limited First Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good +. Limited First Edition. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed by Mike Caveney and William Rauscher to previous owner and dated 1999 to title page. Edition limited to 1000 copies, this being number 136. Additional ephemera laid in: reproduction Le Roy, Talma & Bosco publicity handbill (1905), Le Roy, Talma & Bosco promotional folder from (1915), a Percy Naldret poem about Talma produced compliments of author William Rauscher, and two color post cards associated with this book. 11 3/4" X 9 1/4". 320pp. Light cover wear to pictorial dust jacket. Bound in full slate gray cloth, with upper board and spine lettered in gilt. Light shelfwear, if any, to binding. Binding is firm and sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. Illustrated throughout, including 28 posters reproduced in full color. A very presentable limited edition, signed by both authors, of this full presentation of the work of the Belgian magician and illusion designer Servais Le Roy, eighth in Magic Words' series of Magical Pro-files. This book is oversize and will require additional postage to ship internationally; please contact us for a quote. ABOUT SERVAIS LE ROY: MONARCH OF MYSTERY: As a performer and inventor of magic and illusions, Servais Le Roy had no peer. Harry Houdini praised him, Howard Thurston feared him and Harry Kellar called him the most finished artist he had ever seen. Mrs. Le Roy, known around the world as Talma: The Queen of Coins, was often compared to that great sleight-of-hand expert, T. Nelson Downs, and the rotund Leon Bosco induced gales of laughter by switching the heads on two living birds. Together, as Le Roy, Talma and Bosco - The Comedians de Mephisto, they produced a full evening of magical entertainment unlike anything the world had ever seen. This is the story of their rise to fame starting with Le Roy's early visits to Egyptian Hall in London with his boyhood friend David Devant, his first success in England's music halls and American vaudeville during the 1890s, and finally, international fame as a recognized star of the Variety stage. During Le Roy's amazing life he rubbed shoulders (and did battle) with many of the biggest names in show business. Drawing on a number of primary sources including William Rauscher's long friendship with Le Roy's chief assistant Elizabeth Ford, Le Roy's previously unpublished notebook and on years of dedicated research, the authors were able to include previously unpublished illusion secrets, Le Roy's inspirational rise to international fame and finally, his catastrophic final performance and heartbreaking demise. If you enjoyed Mike Caveney's biography on Carter the Great and William Rauscher's book on The Great Raymond, you won't want to miss Servais Le Roy - Monarch of Mystery. The book measures 9 by 11-1/2 inches, contains 28 posters reproduced in full color, over 150 rare photos and drawings and is protected by a beautiful color dust jacket. 320 pages. An incredible production value.