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Blackstone's Secrets of Magic
by Blackstone, Harry
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+/Fair
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, New York: Garden City Books, 1958. New Revised Edition . Hardcover. Good+/Fair. One of the most celebrated & famous magicians ever explains over 100 of his best tricks. In 164 pages, with illustrations. Orig. published in 1929, this is the First Printing of the New, Revised Edition from 1958. Hardcover book with plain black cloth-over-boards is in Good+ condition: completely clean, binding straight & strong, pages slightly off- white. Large gift inscription across ffep; rubbing to both ends of spine & bumped corners; some foxed spots to fore edge. The unclipped DJ is all there, but Fair, with some tearing & creasing & chipping. Looks nice protected in new mylar cover! Our photos depict the exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping if ordered by 2 pm weekdays (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next day.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016585
- Title
- Blackstone's Secrets of Magic
- Author
- Blackstone, Harry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- New Revised Edition
- Publisher
- Garden City Books
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1958
- Bookseller catalogs
- Games: Gambling/Chess/Puzzles/Cards/Trivia;
Terms of Sale
Gargoyle Books
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About the Seller
Gargoyle Books
Biblio member since 2006
La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
On-line booksellers since 1996
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- New
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- Fair
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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