Conjuring Magic Made Easy (10 results)

Trade Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Printed on pulp paper, so heavy toning. Otherwise good. Fraying to base of spine with half inch piece missing. Half inch tear and crease to rear cover, crease to upper corner of rear cover. No markings. 96 pages. This is a much more advanced "beginner" book with some advanced card, coin and cigarette sleights. Author's name is a pseudonym for A.S. Fleischman aka Sid Fleischman. Illustrated with b&w photos.

Stapled - Side Stapled. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 96 pages. With over 200 photographs by Willis I. Deits. Pages discolored. Covers have several chips. Size: 6.5 x 9.5 Inches.

Paper. Condition: VG (-). Willis I. Deits (illustrator). Includes sections on intimate tricks, basic card sleights, magic with cards, coin magic, conjuring cigarettes, stage tricks, card tricks, card fans and flourishes, and hints to the amateur magician. Over 200 photographs. Condition notes: 96 numbered pp; TPB. Pages: clean, ivory/tanned, tight; all edges deeply tanned, previous owner stamp to title page, corners mildly thumbed. Cover: black/yellow wraps, color artwork and yellow titles front, red titles to yellow spine; moderate edge/shelfwear, extrems a bit worn, chips to head and tail, tears to back joint, light rubbing.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. HBDJ, 1975 , VG+/VG+, AS-IS.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1897. 64pp. Good/None. Soft pictorial card covers with a little rubbing/chipping to edges/spine, minor soiling/scuffing, minor creasing to back. Contents generally clean and tight with some tanning/browning. Adverts to back cover and inside front cover. Scarce early magic book.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. Arlington ed. ; [1], 8-117, [1], 5-94, [1], 6-72, [1], 8-61, [5] p. : ill. ; 19 cm. ; OCLC: 191310867 ; fragment of the original book, consisting of pages [1], 8-117 which includes "Snip, snap snorum and nearly 100 other parlor games" ; Original contents: 1. Snip, snap snorum and nearly 100 other parlor games -- 2. Magic -- 3. The art of ventriloquism -- 4. The science of self-defense, or, The art of boxing. ; less than 20 copies held in libraries worldwide ; very scarce, thus the reason we offer this partial copy ; clever, hilarious and ingenious parlor games fully described make clear that there was definite enjoyment to be had before the age of the Internet, Television and Radio ; Contents : Round Games -- Games of action -- Blind man's bluff -- Guess who -- Shadow buff -- The feather game -- Hunt the slipper -- Hunt the ring -- Jack's alive -- Twirl the dish, or My Lady's Toilet -- The stage-coach -- Musical fright -- Music Magic -- The Dutch Concert -- Games with pen and pencil, or involving mental exertion -- Consequences -- Cross questions and crooked answers -- Crambo -- Bouts rimes -- Advice gratis -- Retsch's Outlines -- The pig book -- The twenty questions -- Russian gossip -- How when where -- Throwing light -- Proverbs -- The hidden word -- What is my thought like -- Spelling games -- The game of rhymes -- Definitions -- Catch games -- The cook who doesn't like peas -- The old soldier -- The knight of the whistle -- He can do little who can't do this -- The farmyard -- Buff says buff -- The two hats -- Forfeits -- Card games -- Speculation -- Pope Joan -- Spinado -- SNip-snap-snorum -- Juvenile card games -- Snap -- Match and catch -- What d'ye buy -- The most laugha ble thing on earth, or a trip to Paris -- Tombola -- Banter-go-round -- Spade the gardener -- Happy families -- Illustrated proverbs -- Mixed pickles -- After-dinner accomplishments -- The raisin tortoise -- The lemon pig -- The passenger to Boulogne -- The enchanted raisins -- The demon lump of sugar and the magic hats -- The mysterious production -- The family giant -- The nondescript -- The what-do-you-think -- The baby elephant -- The giraffe -- The canis remarkabilis, or Demon dog -- The dwarf -- The disappointed heirs -- The comical quartette party -- The art exhibition -- The talking hand -- Punch and Judy -- The fantoccini -- The sailor -- The juggler -- The headless man -- The milkwoman ; here are the rules for many of the mysterious games mentioned throughout 19th century literature ; fragile ; POOR. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition? 8vo. 23 + (1)pp. Numerous bw diagrams. Red/brown soft printed card covers, black lettering, two staple hinges through. Covers : very faint fade along spine, very slight rubs corners. Contents : slight browning to pages else clean, tight & unfoxed. VG.

Condition: Good to Very Good. Pictorial wrappers, illustrated. "Containing an extensive collection of conjuring and legerdemain; sleights with cards, ribbons, rings, fruit, coin, balls, handkerchiefs, etc., all of which may be performed in the parlor or drawing-room." Cover may be almost detached, condition may vary.

Colored illustrated wrappers, light wear, generally fine condition. 32 pp. The front wrapper reads "DeLaMano's Great Magic Book", though this name is not seen anywhere in the text. This is a small instruction book for simple magic tricks which can be performed at home. Scattered woodcut illustrations. The back wrapper contains a list of other similar popular booklets and songsters published by N. Y. Popular Publishing Co., 32 Beekman St., New York.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Small, thin octavo. 17 b/w illustrations. Three pages of publisher's advertisements at end. Original stiff color pictorial wrappers with vignette portrait and view of a stage magician uncovering a goldfish bowl (small stains). Very good. 32 pages including 3 pages of publisher's advertisements. Cover title: "De La Mano's Great Magic Book" "Containing an extensive collection of conjuring and legerdemain; sleights with cards, ribbons, rings, fruit, coin, balls, handkerchiefs, etc., all of which may be performed in the parlor or drawing-room" (title page).