Magic Tricks Collection: Signed (2 results)
Published by David Meyer Magic Books: Glenwood, IL (1987) 1987
- Softcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, U.S.A.John K King Used & Rare Books
Contact seller4-star sellerPhotos; illus., 10.25 x 7", glossy pict wraps, 175pp, covers a bit edge- worn, Frank Furkey's blindstamp on half-title else a nice, clean copy of the FIRST EDITION (NAP). INSCRIBED "This copy of.is for Frank Furkey with best wishes of your bookie friend.22 June 1987" AND SIGNED BY THE PUBLISHER, DAVID MEYER.
More imagesPublished by T. Hughes, London, 1820
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Burwood Books, Wickham Market, United KingdomBurwood Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
US$ 412.06
US$ 30.00 shippingShips from United Kingdom to U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. First Edition. 12mo. 155mm by 105. pp. xv, (i), 200. Extending/ folding wood-engraved frontispiece, hand coloured, with 20 figures. No half title or endpapers, title page is the first page. No date but BL suggests 1820 and they also suggest that the author is Badcock (the… Preface is signed 'J. B.') Original publisher's printed and illustrated cloth (The long title with decoration at sides, the rear cover has an advert for the companion volume Philosophical Recreations, Or Domestic Amusements.) The pine has been rebacked with modern sand coloured cloth unettered and decently done. The covers are a little rubbed and scuffed and slightly marked, the exquisite folding hand coloured plate of technical apparatus, camera obscura etc., for amusements is in excellent condition. The book contains 301 experiments and games. See : TOOLE STOTT Bibliography of English Conjuring #77. Very good.
