New York: The Charles Renard Co., 1925. First edition. Hardcover. [vii], 108 pp., 7-page publisher catalogue at rear, 12mo, original brick red cloth, pictorial jacket. Scarce divination title from Charles Renard Co's "Popular Topics Library. OCLC/Worldcat finds only 3 copies in library holdings. NYPL catalogue listing ascribes authorship to Jean..... More
NY: Sphinx Publishing Corp. 1941. First edition. Hardcover. 63 pp; 9.25 x 6 inches; red boards, dustjacket. Each of the named magicians presents a single "trick" followed by a brief biography of each performer. More
Philadelphia: Kanter's Magic Shop, (1944). Second printing. Hardcover. 154 pp. + 5 pages ads at rear; 2 full-page illustrations, octavo, red cloth with gilt title. Advice to magicians on how to fine-tune their performances for maximum dramatic effect. Marketing and advertising tips, etc. More
NY: George Sully, (1927). Hardcover. x, 165 pp., illustrated; small octavo, red cloth, dustjacket. A playing card handbook divided into 3 sections: Solitaires; Card Tricks; Fortune Telling with cards. More
Los Angeles: F. G. Thayer, (1923). First edition. Paperback. 21 pp.; original decorative wrappers, 6.75 x 4.75 inches. 12 magic tricks thoroughly described. More
Berkeley Heights, NJ: Fleming Book Co., 1947. First edition. Hardcover. xii, 244 pp., illustrated; octavo, blue cloth with gilt title, dustjacket. Author Stanley Collins spent more than 45 years as a professional entertainer. This volume is one in the publisher's Fleming Magic Classics Series. More
London: Hutchinson & Co., (1936). First edition. Hardcover. Maroon cloth with gilt spine title; 288 pp. + publisher's 32-page catalog at rear; frontispiece and 14 full-page plates from photographsm many illustrations in the text. Covers moderately faded, some foxing to text, else very good. English stage magician David Devant (1868-1941)..... More
New York: David Kemp & Co., (1936). First edition. Hardcover. viii, 82 pp.; octavo, original black cloth lettered in red, pictorial dustjacket. Joseph Dunninger (1892-1975) was a highly successful stage magician who also specialized in "mentalism" and debunking fraudulent mediums and spiritualists. More
New York: Louis Tannen, (1948). First edition. Hardcover. 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. More
Philadelphia: David McKay, (1949). 498 pp., illustrated with 43 photographs by Audrey Alley, portraits, and over 350 line drwings; octavo, original red cloth, jacket. Small 12-page anonymous pamphlet titled "Cute Tricks" (no publisher, no place, copyright 1905) laid in. A one-volume library of conjuring. More
London: George Armstrong, 1946. First edition. Hardcover. 91 pp., illustrated with 54 photographs and diagrams; octavo, original blue cloth. A professional magician shares his secrets. More
NY: Prentice-Hall, Inc., (1947). (not stated). Hardcover. xvi, 225 pp., illustrated; octavo, gray boards, dustjacket. A comprehensive manual for stage-magic by the prolific journalist and proficient magician. More
New Haven: The A. C. Gilbert CO., (1920). First edition. Hardcover. 61 pp. + 3 pages ads; original brown pictorial cloth, 7 x 5 inches. Dustjacket. An assortment of stage effects mostly using common household chemicals, with a few involiving electricity. More
Woodside, L.I, N.Y. Stage Magic, 1944. First edition. Hardcover. 40 pp., illustrated; original orange cloth. Card magic by a prolific author of magic manuals. More
London: Stanley Paul & Co., (1936). First edition. Hardcover. Original pale red cloth with gilt spine title; 287 pp. + 8 pp. ads at rear, illustrated with frontispiece and 15 plates from photographs (some plates with multiple images). Covers somewhat soiled, faint dampstain to edges of pages, moderate foxing; near..... More
New York: E.P. Dutton, (1911). First US edition. Hardcover. ix, [5], 487, [1] advert pp., 86 illustrations in the text; octavo, slate blue cloth with title in gilt, white cover ornament. The first 2 sections are by John Nevil Maskelyne (1839-1917); the final section by David Devant (1868-1941). Both authors..... More
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, (1932). First edition. Hardcover. 259 pp., 3 full-page plates, including color frontispiece; octavo, original blue cloth. The second book of many books on magic by former stage magician and close friend of Harry Houdini, John Mulholland (1898-1970). More
NY: Wehmen Bros. (1947). Second printing of this edition. 386 pp., more than 500 illustrations from photographs, octavo, blue cloth, dustjacket. "Explaining and Illustrating Tricks by J.N. Maskelyne; Paul Valadon; Trewey; H. De Manche; Charles Bertram; L. Graham Lewis; T. Nelson Downs; Fank Kennard; Mdlle. Patrice; Ellis Stanton and Others."..... More
NY: Funk & Wagnalls, no date (circa 1923). First US edition. Hardcover. [3], 151, [1] pp., 161 illustrations in the text, small octavo, blue cloth with illustrated paper label on front cover. Printed in England, with Cassell & Co's. London address on the last page. Published, according to OCLC/Worldcat, in..... More
Philadelphia: David McKay, no date (circa 1920s). Hardcover. Original green with title in white and red; octavo, v, 121pp. Illustrated. More
London: George Armstrong, 1950. First edition thus. Hardcover. 121 pp, profusely illustrated; octavo, blue cloth with gilt title. A point by point repudiation of Harry Houdini's accusations against Jean Robert-Houdin, as published in his 1908 "The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin." More
San Rafael: Saint Raphael House, (1949). First edition thus. Paperback. Original stapled decorative wrappers, 9 x 6 inches; 89 pp., illustrated with line drawings. Slight rubbing to spine area of cover, else fine. The secrets of Iranian master prestidigitator Medjid Kan Rezvani - "The King of the Tomatoes" More
Chicago: G. F. Schulte, 1924. First edition. Hardcover. 40 pp., + 1 leaf of advertisements; 7.75 x 5 inches, green boards, sepia photo frontispiece of the author. A selection of the author's stage effects along with the amusing accompanying "words" the patter the magician has prepared to amuse and distract..... More
New York: Rand McNally, (1929). First edition. Hardcover. 140 pp., many full-page plates from photograps, octavo, original red leahterette cloth, pictorial endpapers. Secrets of stage magic explained by the McElhones. This copy inscribed and signed on half-title page "To Dot and Lynn with best wishes from Peg and Fritz." More
New York: Max Holden, 1946. First edition. Hardcover. [11], 112 pp + 1 catalog page at rear; octavo, original green cloth, frontispiece from photograph and many illustrations from line drawings by the author. Edward Victor was the stage name of Edward Neuschwander (1887-1964), a proficient magician and early member of..... More