Aladdin Books

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Statement of Printing. This appears to be the original 1962 edition and is uncommon thus. Good with considerable rubbing to pictorial stiff paper covers. No markings. 95 pages, saddle stitch binding. Illustrated with one color frontispiece and some b&w photos and a map.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good, no markings. Flat spine with no cracks or creases.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Fine. Limited, Signed Numbered First Edition. Two mass market paperbacks, both first printings with number codes including "1" with special pages bound in, each signed by the author and #65 of 200 thus issued. Enclosed in black textured silpcase as issued with title and author printed in red on cover and spine. All in as new condition. The first book was printed in 1988 and the second in 1989.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. A book of postcards meant to be taken apart and mailed individually. This copy is complete with no cards removed and in very good condition. For adults only. Unused copy.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Fair. First Edition. Graded as FAIR ONLY due to RED PEN UNDERLINING on FOUR pages. Otherwise, would be a nice copy. Miscellaneous documents on Carter including many b&w photos reproduced, a Horace Goldin letter, some newspaper clippings, etc. Un-numbered pages, but close to 100. Note: this is a different publication from one written and published by Mike Caveney.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. Apparent First Edition. Near fine with slight dust soiling to covers. Tight and internally clean. Small book of 30 un-detached postcards. A few nudes, most models dressed in assorted (and sometimes weird) fetish attire.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Fine copy. 16 page pamphlet. Stiff printed paper covers. Essentially, various tricks using a change bag or in some cases an egg bag.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Reprint Edition. 21 volumes of the monthly periodical issued originally between 1943 and 1964 are reprinted in seven clothbound volumes issued between 1994 and 1998. The 7th volume also contains a comprehensive index and a reproduction of the Jean Hugard Testimonial Program. All in near fine to as new condition with no markings. One volume is still factory shrink wrapped. A mind-boggling collection of magic by some of the best brains in magic including Clayton Rawson, Sid Fleischman, Milbourne Christopher, George Kaplan, Fred Braue, Martin Gardner, Cliff Green, Victor Farelli. Harry Lorayne and many others. Not issued in jackets.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. J.K. Potter (illustrator). Limited Signed Edition. Limited edition signed by author on special limitation page. Copy #418 of 500 numbered copies. As new in as new dust jacket. no jacket tears or chips, not price clipped. Suitable for gift-giving. Collection of short stories. Published at seventy five dollars. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good with no markings or bookplate. In very good dust jacket with light edge wear. No jacket chips. 358 pages Part biography and part explanation and discussion of tricks Harbin invented, sometimes with improvements by the author. One of the feature items is the authorized explanation of the John Gaughan version of Blades of Opah.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. 52 B/w Photographs (film Stills) (illustrator). First American Edition. Near fine, tight, clean copy. A little rubbing to pictorial covers. No cracks or creasing along spine. No prior owner markings or bookplates. Numerous photographic plates. Printed on good paper.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Very good with slightly rubbed or scuffed covers. No markings. Flat spine has no creasing. Tight and clean.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Good to very good with some light staining to front endpaper and vintage bookseller labels. No bookplate or markings. In a good or better dust jacket with a 1" closed tear at top of front panel, some edge wear including shallow chipping at top of spine, and with some foxing, mostly to inside of dust jacket. Not price-clipped. Pencil dates on front flap and some foxing.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. Revised Edition. As new except for age-discoloration to covers as usual. No prior owner markings. Flat spine with no cracks or creasing. American distributor U.S. price sticker on rear cover.

Trade Paperback. Condition: As New. First American Edition. As new trade paperback.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. No Statement of Printing. A good copy of the original clothbound (red cloth) edition. Gilt titles, not issued in dust jacket. This copy has slight edge wear to cloth and a number of pages which have dog-eared upper corners. No markings and no bookplate. 77 pages. Effects with a variety of magnetically gaffed coins (not supplied.) #3 in the Paul Diamond Gems of Magic series.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Good with some discoloration to pale blue covers. No markings. A short treatise of 24 pages on effects in which cards seem to "teleport" from one place to another.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Apparent First Edition. HARDCOVER EDITION in pictorial boards. Text in English & Italian. Laminated pictorial boards. Very good with low4er edge of boards nicked or dinged in two places. Otherwise just about as new with no markings or bookplates. No dj, as issued.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Alba (illustrator). 1st Edition. Very good with light bumps to top corners. No markings or bookplate. Lacking dust jacket. Original blue cloth with gilt titles. The first and only printing.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Supplement ONLY. As new in light brown cloth with gilt titles and cover illustration. No markings or bookplate. No dj, as issued. This is the supplement to the original book. NOTE: some website incorrectly show a copy of the original book. This is NOT the original book, but the SUPPLEMENT. Consists of credits and other production/release stats along with a synopsis of each chapter for all Republic serials. Illustrated primarily with frame enlargements from the serials.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good+. Limited, Signed Numbered First Edition. About fine. #42 of only 55 copies issued. Signed by the author on the limitation page. 50 pages, plastic comb bound with tan stiff paper covers with a color photograph tipped to the cover as issued. A variety of topics are covered relating to magic history, collecting and publishing books on Professor Hoffmann and other topics including S.S. Baldwin. A Hoffmann manuscript for "The Old Oak Chest" is transcribed. Scarce, if only due to the small number of copies issued of the first edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Very good with no prior owner markings or bookplates. In good dust jacket with modest edge wear and some rubbing. Not price-clipped. No jacket chips. A number of films considered to be "film noir" are included in the discussion. Examples: High Sierra, White Heat, 99 River Street, Phenix City Story and others. Not ex-lib.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Joseph K. Schmidt (illustrator). 1st Edition. Originally issued folded in half with center crease, this copy has been unfolded for decades. First two pages have some shallow chipping to right edge, otherwise a good to very good copy. Original stiff paper cover. 26 pages, 5 Schmidt drawings.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Joseph K. Schmidt (illustrator). 1st Edition. Good in original yellow stiff paper covers with some toning to covers. Foxing (tan spotting) to top edge of test block. 61 pages. No markings.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Collected Edition. Very good with lightly bumped corners and a slight spine lean. Original black pebbled cloth, no markings, no bookplate. Lacking dust jacket. Printed on coated paper stock unlike the more common later Tannen and Robbins edition. This is the first collected printing, published by Corinda himself, of this best selling classic mentaliism book which collects the series on mental magic originally published in 13 separate booklets.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Very good in original black cloth with prior owner blindstamp (raised lettering) on flyleaf. No other markings or bookplate. In good price-clipped dust jacket with light edge wear and some fading along spine. No jacket chips. 63 pages with mild natural toning.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Thus. First edition with a new introduction by Milbourne Christopher. Previously publshed in 1932 by Blue Ribbon Books which in turn reprinted books original published as separate volumes in 1930 and 1932. Near fine with no markings or bookplate. Some toning to paper. In good plus dust jacket with some fading along spine. No jacket tears or chips and not price-clipped.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition. About fine in original black cloth. Small white smudge near top edge of front panel. No prior owner markings or bookplate. No dj, as issued. #197 of 1000 copies printed. #4 in the Magical Pro-Files series. Tipped in color poster reproduction.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Sandra Kort (illustrator). No Statement of Printing. Very good with small price sticker affixed to front cover. No markings. 28 pages including covers. Includes unopened packet of paper gimmicks.

Soft cover. Condition: New. Sandra Kort (illustrator). No Statement of Printing. New copy. 35 pages. A rather thorough treatise on the author's presentation of the Malini Egg Bag.