Magicians by Parrish Robert (37 results)
Language: English
Published by Thonas Yoseloff, New York 1958
- Hardcover
Seller: Six Maples Books, Martinsburg, U.S.A.Six Maples Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hardcover: Used. Condition: Book - Very Good, Dust Jacket - Good. Publisher: Thomas Yoseloff, 1958, New Edition. Book has red boards with Title printed in black on the spine. Spine is straight and tight. Slight 2" separation of the front board from spine. Top and bott…om of spine fabric has light wrinkling. Corners and edges are straight and show no bumping or wear. Pages are clean with no markings or tears. Dust jacket has protected the book very well but as a result show lots of wear and tear with small pieces missing on back side. Still covers the book well with illustration of magician on the front fully intact. Very clean inside. Fun book to learn some basic magical tricks. Doris Holley Peters (illustrator).
Published by A.S. Barnes and co. 1960
- Softcover
Seller: Martin Nevers- used & rare books, Oxford, U.S.A.Martin Nevers- used & rare books
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Good. Pictorial front cover. Numerous B/W illustrations scattered through the book. Minor soiling and wear to binding. Foredge a little rough. Pages starting to brown. Photos of book on request.
Language: English
Published by Bernard Ackerman 1944
- Hardcover
Seller: A Squared Books (Don Dewhirst), South Lyon, U.S.A.A Squared Books (Don Dewhirst)
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Add to baskethardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1944; green cloth covered boards with black titles; illustrated paper jacket; wear and discoloration around edges; corners of jacket are torn; spine of jacket is heavily discolored; 8vo, 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; Previous owner's name on ffep; Interior is clean and unmar…ked; 121 pages.
Published by A. S. Barnes: Perpetua Edition, New York 1960
- Softcover
Seller: Village Booksmith, Hudson Falls, U.S.A.Village Booksmith
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Add to basketTrade Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 240 pages. Crease at top edge of cover and half-title lpage, covers soiled. The pages are clean and the binding is solid. Size: 5 x 8 Inches. Peters, Doris Holley (illustrator).

Published by ACKERMAN 1944
- Hardcover
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop / Ruffolo Enterprises, Atlantic City, U.S.A.Princeton Antiques Bookshop / Ruffolo Enterprises
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Add to basketHARDBACK BLUE. Condition: GOOD. General wear, ex libris, worn edge, faded spine, rubbed corners, loose spine, contains BW photographs DATE PUBLISHED: 1944 EDITION: 121.
Published by Bernard Ackerman Incorporataed, New York 1944
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Village Booksmith, Hudson Falls, U.S.A.Village Booksmith
Contact seller5-star sellerHard Cover. Condition: Fair to Good. No Jacket. First Printing. 121 pages. In addition of some of the usual library markings, rear endpapers are stained. Edges of covers are bumped and rubbed and covers are somewhat soiled, Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Peters, Doris Holley (illustrator). Ex-Library.
Published by Thomas Yoseloff, New York 1958
- Hardcover
Seller: Village Booksmith, Hudson Falls, U.S.A.Village Booksmith
Contact seller5-star sellerHard Cover. Condition: Good to Very Good. Fair to Good. New Edition. 240 pages. Dust jacket chipped at top of backstrip and along top edge. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Peters, Doris Holley (illustrator).

Published by A Perpetua Book/A. S. Barnes And Company 1960
- Softcover
Seller: MW Books, New York, U.S.A.MW Books
Contact seller5-star sellerNew Edition. A near fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 240 pages; Description: 240 p. Illus. 22 cm. Subjects: Magic tricks. 1 Kg.
Published by Bernard Ackerman
- Hardcover
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, U.S.A.ThriftBooks-Atlanta
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
Published by Bernard Ackerman, New York 1944
- Hardcover
Seller: Village Booksmith, Hudson Falls, U.S.A.Village Booksmith
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Add to basketHard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 121 pages. Dust jacket soiled and chipped. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Peters, Doris Holly (illustrator).

Language: English
Published by A.S. Barnes and Company Inc. 1960
- Softcover
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, South AfricaChapter 1
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Add to basketSoftcover. Condition: Good. Reprint . Reprint, 1960. Publication of 240 pages. The wraps are a little shelf rubbed and minor marks. There is foxing on the block of the book. On the first two blank pages there is minor insect damage on the bottom edge of the page. No text is affected. Internally the text is legible. The binding i…s excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Published by Quality Press, Ltd. 1946
Seller: Quicker than the Eye, Chicago, U.S.A.Quicker than the Eye
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Add to basketCondition: good. Tan cloth with black stamping on spine, illustrated, 106 pages. Soiling to covers, toning to pages, else in good condition.

Published by A Perpetua Book/A. S. Barnes And Company 1960
- Softcover
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, IrelandMW Books Ltd.
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Add to basketNew Edition. A near fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 240 pages; Description: 240 p. Illus. 22 cm. Subjects: Magic tricks. 1 Kg.
More imagesLanguage: English
Published by Quality Press Limited, London 1946
- Hardcover
Seller: K Books Ltd ABA ILAB, York, United KingdomK Books Ltd ABA ILAB
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 106pp, illustrated, hardcover, bound in brown cloth, black lettered, dust wrapper unclipped and very good, very good condition, Quality Press Limited, London, 1946.

Published by Quality Press Ltd., London 1946
- Hardcover
Seller: PsychoBabel & Skoob Books, Didcot, United KingdomPsychoBabel & Skoob Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Acceptable. Hardcover in good condition. Jacket in acceptable condition is edgeworn (unclipped) with a few marks and several tears to the edges, corners and spine. Cover loss / peeling to the front leading edge of the jacket. Tanning to the page block and page edges. Text and il…lustrations are clear. CM. Peters, Doris Holley (illustrator). Used.

Language: English
Published by Bernard Ackerman, Inc, NY 1944
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, U.S.A.Dorley House Books, Inc.
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. First Edition, First Printing; dj w/chipping, unclipped price, in mylar; 240 clean, unmarked pages. Doris Holley Peters (Diagrams and Decorations) (illustrator).
Published by BERNARD ACKERMAN INCORPORATED, NEW YORK 1944
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: BRIER ROSE BOOKS, TEANECK, U.S.A.BRIER ROSE BOOKS
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Add to basketBLUE CLOTH. Condition: GOOD+. Dust Jacket Condition: GOOD-. *FIRST EDITION*. 121 PAGES. ILLUSTRATED. THE DUST JACKET HAS STAINING AND IS IN A PROTECTIVE PLASTIC COVER. DESPITE THIS FLAW, A VERY PRESENTABLE COPY. Size: OCTAVO. PETERS, DORIS HOLLEY (illustrator).
Published by Bernard Ackerman 1944
- Hardcover
Seller: Phoenix Books/Joanne's Used Books, Los Banos, U.S.A.Phoenix Books/Joanne's Used Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Unstated. For Magicians Only by Parrish Robert Bernard Ackerman, 1944, unstated edition Hardback in good condition. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight, some tanning of pages due to age and paper used. Cloth cover shows slight signs of wear and is slightly cocked. Talks about not only tricks but… what it takes to be a successful magician. The skill and capacity to appear to do what is manifestly impossible will give you a considerable feeling of personal satisfaction and enjoyment. Several clever tricks. B&W illustrations, 121 pages. Book.
Published by Bernard Ackerman, Inc
Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, U.S.A.Wonder Book
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket (magic tricks, magic, magicians ) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
Published by Yoseloff
Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, U.S.A.Wonder Book
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Good. Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. (magic, magicians, hobbies) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
Published by Bernard Ackerman, New York 1944
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Odd Volume Bookstore, JACKSON, U.S.A.Odd Volume Bookstore
Contact seller3-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Very Good/No Dj. First. 8vo Clean, tight. Drawings (illustrator).
Published by Bernard Ackerman, Inc., New York, NY
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Shoemaker Booksellers, Gettysburg, U.S.A.Shoemaker Booksellers
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. (1944) 122 pp. Original green cloth covers, very bright and clean. Spine ends bumped. Previous owner's last name in pencil on front paste-down. DJ lightly soiled w/ small stain on rear panel. Spine and edges darkened; light chipping to extremities. Illu…st. w/ pertinent diagrams and impertinent decorations. Contents nice. Doris Holley Peters (Diagrams and Decorations) (illustrator).

Published by Thomas Yoseloff 1958
Seller: Quicker than the Eye, Chicago, U.S.A.Quicker than the Eye
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Add to basketCondition: Good. New edition. Red cloth with black stamping on spine, pictorial dust jacket in protective plastic sleeve. Illustrated, 240 pages. Small chips to jacket, else good.

Published by London: Quality Press 1946
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: BookLovers of Bath, Peasedown St. John, United KingdomBookLovers of Bath
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Add to basketHardback in Dust Wrapper. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Condition Notes: Matt paper dust wrapper has significant edgewear and is a touch faded with several short, if mostly closed, tears, and the price clipped. Gently bruised at the spine ends and corners of the binding. The contents deeply age-toned; First editi…on (first printing). Hardback. Dust wrapper over brown boards with black titles to the spine; Measures 7½" x 5" (0.5 kg); pp 106; Includes: Black & white drawings; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #202252 ||. Doris Holley Peters (illustrator).
Published by Bernard Ackerman., New York. 1944
- Hardcover
Seller: Robert F Butterworth, Lytham St.Annes, United KingdomRobert F Butterworth
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st ed. 121pp. Illus "with Pertinent Diagrams and Impertinent Decorations" by Doris Holley Peters. The odd stain but generally better than G.
Published by Quality Press, London 1946
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Lawrence Jones Books, Ashmore, AustraliaLawrence Jones Books
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Add to basketCloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First UK Edition. 106pp, bw ills. Or beige cloth. Tiny bumps to bottom corners, pages browned due to pot-war apper quality. Instruction in performing magic tricks and manipulating many things. Includes how to be a psychic and a magic show as well as the regular types of tricks. Size: 8vo.…Peters, Doris Holley. (illustrator).

Published by Thomas Yoseloff 1945
- Hardcover
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, South AfricaChapter 1
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint . Reprint 1945. The dust jacket is a little shelf rubbed, small chipped pieces and uncut edges. The text within the book is bright and clear. Tightly bound and presented beautifully in cellophane. The binding is strong and the book charming. GK. Our orders are… shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Published by Quality Press Ltd 1946
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Harry Righton, evesham, United KingdomHarry Righton
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Add to basketHard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. pages browning. Jacket frayed at edges with 2cm tear to top corner, 3cm to spine top, 1cm to top back edge, several 1cm tears to bottom edge. Doris Peters (illustrator).

Published by David Meyer Magic Books 1994
Seller: Quicker than the Eye, Chicago, U.S.A.Quicker than the Eye
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: New. This book brings to life past times and past magicians as few in the literature of magic have done. Author Robert Parrish knew or saw every performer he writes about and produces fascinating anecdotes and insightful accounts of the performances of Harry Blackstone, Sr., Charlie Miller, Harlan Tarbell, Josseffy, J…ack Gwynne, Richardine, Ed Reno, Paul Rosini, Rufus Steele and others. Illustrated with photographs. Hardbound. Reissued 2021. *** Note: we have purchased the remaining inventory of this title from the publisher, and once the few copies in our inventory have been sold, the book will be out of print.
More imagesPublished by Quality Press Ltd. 1946
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Ivan's Book Stall, Reading, United KingdomIvan's Book Stall
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. 106 pages. Dust jacket held together by a miraculous set of repairs .