Art Conjuring, First Edition (30 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Light edge wear, pages beginning to yellow, clean copy. First edition, first printing.

Hardcover. 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 bookseller's price (in pencil) , otherwise tight, clean, paper crisp, unmarked and apparently never read. Stage magic; children's; entertainment.

Hardcover. Condition: As new. First Edition, First Printing. NY: Clarkson Potter, c2001. first Clarkson Potter Printing. 206pp., illustrations throughout. sm. 8vo. Decorative red covers.As new unread hardcover.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Gramercy Books, New York, 2004. Hardcover. First edition thus, first impression. Complete numberline to copyright page. Some light soiling to rear panel of dustjacket otherwise the book is in a like new condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Thus. Stated First Potter Edition (First Thus) With The Number Line Indicating A First Printing. Elegant Vintage Engravings Demonstrate The Tricks And Add To The Charm.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition. First UK edition, first printing octavo hardback. 192 pp. Illustrated Very Good + condition in Very Good + unclipped dust jacket (now in protective transparent sleeve). No inscriptions.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Prior owner ink name and date and rubber-stamped rabbit image on front flyleaf. No other markings. Original blue cloth. No jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Fair with worn cloth at spine ends and some discoloration to endpapers. Bookplate on flyleaf and usual amount of age-darkening to paper. No jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Good with some markings or scuffing to blue cloth and some light fading to cloth. Bookplate on flyleaf and usual amount of age-darkening to paper. No jacket.

Laminated illustrated wrappers, 4to, 27 cm, 66 pp in double-column format, ills. 521 lots. The sale comprised: Early Printed and Continental Books Lots 1-17; Books from the Library of the Inner Temple 18-34; English Literature and History 35-58; A Collection of Books by Edward Fitzgerald, Property of a Gentleman 59-68; The Property of the Society of the Writers to Her Majesty's Signet 69-91; Miscellaneous Books and Manuscripts 92-131; Art Reference, including the Library of James Crabtree Esq. 132-187; Engraved Plate Books 188-196; Natural History 197-221; Science 222-230; Books From the Paris Estate of the Late Sean O'Driscoll 231 -237; Magic and Conjuring, including the Property of a Gentleman 238-255; Cookery, including the Property of a Lady 256-270; Sport 271-281; Music 282-298; Industrial Arts 299-302; British Isles 303-347; The Property of the late Gordon Huelin 348-352; General Atlases 353-357; Europe 358-398; Voyages and General Travels 399-401; World Maps 403-409; Near and Middle East 410-453; The Americas 454-473; Africa 469-473; Asia 474-485; Antarctica and Australia, including the Property of John Millard Esq. 486-521. Very Good.

Blue printed wrappers, 8vo, 21 pp. 510 lots. The sale included: a Collection of Books on Cats including Champfleury's Les Chats, Paris, 1870; Collette's Chats, Illustrated by Jacques Nam, Paris, n.d. ; Paradis de Moncrif's Les Chats, Paris, 1727; and Steinlen's des Chats, Paris, [1898]; Conjuring: a Collection of Books and Periodicals on Conjuring including Long Runs of the Magic Circular, 1920-61; the Magician, 1910-39; and the Magic Wand, 1910-57; Victorian Literaturare including Dickens's Little Dorrit in Parts, 1855-57; Meredith's The Egotist, 1879 and Works by Rossetti and Swinburne Published by Thomas J. Wise; Long Runs of Parliamentary Debates, 1806-1935; and The Times 1827-1965 with Index Volumes; Press Books including the Nonsuch Dickens and Shakespeare Art Reference Books; A Collection of Books on Typography and Works Printed at the Curwen Press, including the Legión Book, 1929; Henry Moore's Heads, Figures, and Ideas, with Proof Impressions of Two Lithographs, 1958; The Nonesuch Century, 1936; Palmer's General History of Printing, 1732, and others; and a Group of Albums and Scrapbooks containing Greetings Cards, American Civil War Envelopes, Drawings, Ornamental Alphabets, Proofs of Wood-Engraved Illustrations, and Various Prints, Illustrations, and Scraps. Good. Lists of prices realized and buyers, and estimates, loosely laid in.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing Large octavo hardback colour illustrated boards, orange cloth spine 192 pp. Many illustrations Edges rubbed Good condition. No inscriptions.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Exceptionally nice, near fine copy with no markings or bookplate. Includes original translucent, unprinted tissue guard jacket, as issued. A few edge tears to jacket. First printing.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. xiv, 242pp. First Edition, limited to 1000 copies. Green cloth with gilt titles on the spine; hardcover binding is clean, tight, and square. The interior is clean: no writing, no bookplates, etc. The text is clean and unmarked. The dustjacket is bright, attractive, and whole with one small closed tear/chip at the upper left-hand corner of the front panel. Profusely illustrated with a bibliography and index.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo.pp.252. Non-fiction. ISBN:085935038X. Bibliography of books on magic: aimed at the performance of magic, the author provides annotations for each work, helpful in providing a sense for which books and writers have been most influential and may be most helpful to the performer. The bookplate of Christopher Brinson, 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. Very good in very good dust jacket. Decent copy.

Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, xxii, 252 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine black with white lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Bound in black cloth with silver lettering to spine. Mild general shelf wear. Textblock clean. Shelved in Alcove. 1392369. Special Collections.

Hb. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: None. First Edition. Black cloth on boards, white titles and faint white dustings. Spine: light bumping to head & foot and to bottom front & rear boards fore corners. Edges: moderate foxing. Clean contents. Last few Index pages with a very slight short angled crease to fore-edger. Binding is As New. 252p.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Hardcover. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Bailey Brothers and Swinfen, UK, 1975. First Edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in very good condition and comes in good dust jacket. More specifically: Boards have no wear, rubbing or soiling. Spine has considerable fading. Dust jacket has moderate creasing. Edges of dust jacket have minor chips and/or tears. Dust jacket is unclipped. Edges of pages are lightly browned. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Magic, Paranormal & Occult; ISBN: 0561002290. ISBN/EAN: 9780561002293. Inventory No: 19080119.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine in very good jacket. First edition. 122 pp., several illustrations in text; small quarto, blue boards, prictorial jacket. Bert Easley (1904-1987) was a long-time stage performer known for a drunken comedy act as the "Tipsy Trickster. After retirement he opened "Bert Easley's Fun Shop" in Phoenix, Arizona.

hardback. Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: no dust jacket. 1ST EDITION. 12mo, Inscribed By The Author.

, Henry Gordon's World of Magic, 169 pages; Exclusive Magical Secrets, paperback, 506 pages; The Art of Conjuring (first UK edition), 179 pages, ISBN 0561002290 ; Max Andrew's Catalogue of Magic No.5, 283 pages First Editions , light bumping to corners and spines, Exclusive Magical Secrets has a crease to the front cover, inscription to title page of 2 volumes, spine, corner and edges of Max Andrews catalogue is rubbed with some marks, other books in very good condition , dustwrappers to two volumes with edge wear and small tears, good condition , cloth with titles to spines, half cloth and paper covered boards , 23 cm x 15 cm Hardback and paperback ISBN: 773723633.

Hb. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: None. First Limited & Numbered Edition. First Limited & Numbered Edition: Number 232 of 500 copies. Clean red cloth on boards with gilt titles. Spine: thin light convex vertical rise down spine. Edges: extremely faint and just a few foxings. Frontis: b/w photograph of J.B.Findlay in his library, Isle of Wright, England. Eps & title page with just a few faint foxings. Clean contents. B/w illustrations. Binding is As New. 280p. Limited Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 120, [6]. Original publisher's yellow cloth, lettered black on spine and front cover. Illustrated cover shows a man playing a grand piano. Some even unobjectionable soiling and faint creasing at rear, otherwise sound, close very good with clean text.

First edition, "containing over one thousend optical, chemical, mechanical, magnetical, and magical experiments, amusing transmutations, astonishing sleights and subtleties, celebrated card deceptions, ingenious tricks with numbers, curious and entertaining puzzles, together with all the most noted tricks of modern performers. The whole illustrated with over 500 wood cuts, and intended as a source of amusement for one thousend and one evenings". The authorship has been attributed variously to Wiljalba Frikell, George Arnold and H.W. Williams. Front, extra title, xi, (1 blank), 362, (10) pp. 19 x 13,5 cm. 0.540 kg. Publisher's embossed brown cloth with gilt spine and front board, the spine reinforced. Foxing throughout, occasional stain in upper margin, ink stain 294-295, leaf 169-170 wrongly placed after page 190.

Hardcover. Quarto, 406 pages. In Very Good plus condition with a Very Good plus dust jacket. Spine has white lettering on black background. Dust jacket is in a mylar sleeve, no tears, folds or missing pieces. Bound in black cloth boards with gold lettering on the front and spine. Illustrated end papers, with cartoons by Charles Dana Gibson. Numbered 50 of a limited edition of 500, signed on the limitation page by the author. Illustrated. Shelved in Alcove. 1392536. Special Collections. First Edition; Limited Edition, no. 50 of 500.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A very clean copy signed by the author. Limited edition of 500 copies.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition. 12mo 119 + (1) + (6)pp including Publisher's adverts atfront & rear. Publisher's yellow cloth covers, black lettering on front & spine, " 1/.- " printed on spine, man in dinner suit playing grand piano + black line around edges on front. Covers : very slight 0.1cm shelf knock top/bottom edge of spine, faint rubs corners, slight dark patchymarks, 2 small slight marks rear. Contents : browning to page edges else very clean & tight & unfoxed. Clean tight copy. VG. WE SPECIALISE IN MATHEMATICS, PUZZLES & CONUNDRUMS. PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Ownership signature of Lorenzo D. Walden aka Dana Walden on front flyleaf and his initials on front pastedown, and with his rubber stamped W on rear free endpaper. Walden was a Lyceum magician-performer who flourished in the early part of the 20th century. There is an expected amount of age-darkening to some pages which have high acid content. The original blue pictorial cloth covers show some wear to extremities and has a 1/2" tear to cloth with fraying at base of rear hinge, but on the whole, a good copy. No restoration. Hinges are somewhat tender but not damaged. As required for the first edition, this copy is about 1.5" thick and has gilt titles on spine. This book borrows liberally from the work of Professor Hoffmann but also adds material not in Hoffmann's books.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. xvII + 563 pages, with 318 illustrations, and an Appendix, containing explanations of some of the best known specialties of Messrs. Maskelyne and Cooke. First American Edition. Circa 1880. Light Blue decorated Hardcover in very good plus condition. Photos available upon request. (A later volume by Professor Hoffmann, More Magic, listed as #77355 in our inventory is also available. It is also a First American Edition and in Near fine to Very Good plus condition. Both volumes together can be purchased using PayPal for $500.).

Softcover. Condition: Very Good Condition. First Edition. Original printed pink wraps, a bit faded. 12 pages of tricks including: To make a party appear ghastly; To cause a brilliant explosion underwater; To make Waterloo crackers; A curious method of returning a fly to life in two minutes that has been dead twenty-four hours; To make an egg stand on one end. A finely preserved copy in a custom chemise and leather tipped slipcase. Toole Stott 65. Undated ca. 1840 Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Magic, Paranormal & Occult; Inventory No: 048557.