Magic

London, Octopus Books, 1974 Very good mauve boards with decorative pink titles to spine and pink decoration to front board showing styalised eye radiating lines, 12.0 x 8.5 inches approx., pictorial dust jacket which shows signs of wear, one inch tear to bottom right hand of front cover, not price clipped, no inscriptions, 253 pages including index, over 350 illustrations in colur and black & white. Mysterious and unusual magic and superstitions of the past and present are descibed and illustrated in this book. more information

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New York, Louis Tannen, Not dated Not dated but most probably 1960's reprints: Smartly bound, maroon boards with the appearance of leather, a little edge wear, generally very good, gilt lettering to the spine, corners rubbed, 11.00 x 8.5 inches approx., the text covers a wide range of conjuring subjects that encompass a whole variety of the illusionist's techniques, card tricks, mind tricks, tricks with props and much more Well illustrated. Contributions come from a wide range of magicians specialising in different fields of magic. more information

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New York, Louis Tannen, Not dated Not dated but most probably 1960's reprints: Smartly bound, maroon boards with the appearance of leather, a little edge wear, generally very good, gilt lettering to the spine, 11.00 x 8.5 inches approx., the text covers a wide range of conjuring subjects that encompass a whole variety of the illusionist's techniques, card tricks, mind tricks, tricks with props and much more. Well illustrated. Contributions come from a wide range of magicians specialising in different fields of magic. more information

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London, Faber and Faber, 1961 Good dark green boards, (hardback), 8.5 x 6.00 inches approx.,chipped and well used dust jacket, one small neat inscription to the last page commenting about a point in the book, 445 pages. Some black and white drawings. more information

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Published in USA by Richard and Alan Greenberg, 1982 First Edition: Very good black cloth boards, hardback, silver lettering to spine, very good dust jacket some edge wear, not price clipped, no inscripitons, black endpapers, tiny booksellers label to bottom of front paste-down, 219 pages, illustrated by Richard Kaufman. Clear step by step drawn illustrations of the secrets behind the illusions performed by Derek Dingle. more information

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London Thames And Hudson 1955 1st edition, red mottled boards having publishers logo in gold on front board, gold lettering to spine, 8.5" x 11", dust jacket showing signs of wear, a 2.5 x 1.5 inch loss to centre top edge of the front of the wrapper, some tears and creasing to extremities, presented to best advantage in a clear protective wrapper, titles to spine and front fully visible, not price clipped, no inscriptions, 122pp with colour frontis and 52 black and white plates, the book "transports the reader into strange, primitive realms of the imagination and spirit.. From the snowy lands of the Eskimos, the forests and mesas of the Indians of the New World, the tropical jungles of Africa and the South Seas, masks have been chosen for their power and beauty in performing the role for which they were created." more information

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