The Amateur Magicians Handbook by Hay, Henry - 1950 & 1965 & 1972

Signet, 1983-04-05. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Clean, sturdy, unmarked copy. Significant wear on front and back cover. On front cover: large crease (bottom corner), 2 smaller creases (top corner), some small tears, small chunk taken out of edge, 1" tear along spine. On back cover: creases on bottom corner, chunk taken out of bottom corner, small creases top corner, the face appears to have been repeatedly stabbed with a pencil. Title pages through page 18 are creased at top corner. Larger creases on bottom corner from title pages to page 15, as well as 369-384. Some sparse small dog-earing throughout. Pages yellow due to age. LS

Signet, 1983-04-05. Revised. mass_market. Used: Good.

HarperCollins Publishers. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Signet (New American Library), 1974. Good paperback wear to edges. Paperback. Good.

New York: Signet. Very Good+. 1983. 4th Edition. Paperback. 0451122569 . B&W Illustrations; This is a mass market paperback book. This book is in Very Good+c ondition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping and wear to the spine ends of thebook covers. The text pages are clean and bright. "He spent World War II in the U. S. Marine Corps air intelligence unit and returned to civilian life as a freelance translator. Mussey traveled to Germany in 1950 to work as a foreign corespondent. He ended up moving to Dusseldorf in 1952, where he spent the remainder of his life. He translated Ottokar Fischer's Illustrated Magic from German to English in 1931 and worked for a time as editor of The Sphinx. He also helped John Mulholland ghostwrite portions of his book, Beware Familiar Spirits (1938). Using the pseudonym Henry Hay (Hay is believed to be a family name from his mother's side) , he… Read More

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Fourth edition: Castle, 1982. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. red spine. pp. 414, ""A lavishly illustrated new edition of the classic handbook for conjurers is designed to help magicians of all levels, from beginning to advanced, hone their skills at legerdemain and develop new and exciting illusions to baffle the mind.""

Book Sales, 1996. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. Fourth edition. Hardbound with dust jacket. Pages unmarked, modest shelfwear.

New York: Signet. 1983. Fourth Edition; Third Printing. Softcover. 0451155025 . Very Good+ in wraps. Small stain on bottom text block edge. ; Signet; 6.8 X 4.2 X 1.1 inches; 416 pages .

Book Sales, 1996. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Binding tight and square. Pages clean and free of writing or marks. .