OUR MYSTERIES.
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
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FORGING AHEAD IN MAGIC: The Secrets of Professional Magicians . . . not their tricks . . . but the practical ideas and business methods whereby they have gained prominence and profit.
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
FUN WITH CARDS.
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
SELECTED TRICKS.
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
A CONJURING MELANGE: A Collection of Tricks and Puzzles Originated by Stanley Collins. With 146 Illustrations by Alba.
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
SECRETS OF MY MAGIC: In Which Are Disclosed for the First Time the Secrets of Some of the Greatest Illusions of This Master of the Art of Magic. With Contributions by Thirty Other Famous Magicians, Including Oswald Williams - Horace Goldin - Cecil Lyle. With 57 Illustrations.
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
HOW TO MAKE A GHOST WALK: Simple Directions for Staging a Seance. With Drawings by Herman Bernar Temple.
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
INSIDE THE MEDIUM'S CABINET.
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
PROFESSIONAL MAGIC FOR AMATEURS.
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
GILBERT CHEMICAL MAGIC: A Presentation of Original and Famous Tricks in Conjuring Accomplished By the Use of Chemicals.
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
ANNEMANNS CARD MIRACLES AND MENTAL MYSTERIES.
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
WHITE MAGIC: The Story of Maskelynes. With 25 illustrations.
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
OUR MAGIC: The Art in Magic / Theory of Magic / The Practice of Magic. With 86 figures mainly photographic reproductions of preparation and manipulation.
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
QUICKER THAN THE EYE: The Magic and Magicians of the World.
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
THE MODERN CONJURER and Drawing-Room Entertainer.
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
STAGE ILLUSIONS AND ENTERTAINMENTS.
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
CONJURING TRICKS WITH DOMINOES, DICE, BALLS, HATS, ETC. and Stage Tricks from "Modern Magic."
Philadelphia: David McKay, no date (circa 1920s). Hardcover. Original green with title in white and red; octavo, v, 121pp. Illustrated. More
WHERE HOUDINI WAS WRONG (Les "Erreurs" de Harry Houdini): A Reply to the Unmasking of Robert-Houdin.
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
THE MAGIC OF REZVANI. "This is an English Translation of LA MAGIE DU SORCIER."
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
WORDS FOR WIZARDS
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
MAGICAL MYSTERIES: Magic Made Easy.
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
FURTHER MAGIC OF THE HANDS: An Explanation of New Sleights and Magical Effects with: Cards, Coins, Ropes, Cigars, Thimbles, Cigarettes, Billiard Balls, Handkerchiefs and Miscellaneous Articles.
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
ORIGINAL CREATIONS FOR MAGICIANS, HITHERTO KEPT "UP HIS SLEEVE." By Charles Waller of Australia.
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
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