Minneapolis: Carl Waring Jones, (1941). First edition. Hardcover. xx, 135 pp., large octavo, original blue decorative cloth. Signed by the author on front free endpaper. First edition stated on copyright page. 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
NY: David Kemp and Co. (1935). First edition. Hardcover. Original green cloth with gilt spine title; vi, [3] 228 pp., illustrated with 14 full-page plates, mostly from photographs. Spine gilt darkened, owner name in pencil to front free endpaper, else fine in price-clipped pictorial dustjacket with fading to jacket spine... More
London: George Routledge & Sons, no date (circa 1913). Hardcover. viii, 203 pp. + publisher's 24-page catalogue at rear, 7.5 x 5 inches, original purple cloth with gilt title, Described in the publisher's catalogue as "A book for Amateurs, comprising Card, Handkerchief, Coin, Hat, and Miscellaneous Tricks, all of which... 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
London: Routledge, no date (circa 1893). Early reprint. Hardcover. Original maroon cloth, small 8vo, 252 pp. + 4 pages publisher advertisements at rear, illustrated. Cover cloth lightly soiled, but still very good. Secrets of the father of modern stage magic and namesake of Harry Houdini. Originally published in French with... 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
Harrisburg: The Military Service Publishing Co. (1952). Sixth printing. Hardcover. [10], 434 pp.illustrations from photographs and line drawings; octavo, black cloth with gilt title, dustjacket. "The world famous gambling authority . . . gives you for the first time the complete lowdown on Odds, Percentages, Official Rules of Dice Games... 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 his audience. 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
Los Angeles: F. G. Thayer, 1920. First edition. Hardcover. Green boards, 7.75 x 5.5. inches, 86 pp., illustrated. This copy with bookplate mounted to front endpaper of magician and founding President of the Pacific Coast Society of Magicians H. Syril Dusenbery (1894-1982). More