Modern Magic

Routledge, 1886. Hardcover. Very Good/n/a. Fifth impression. Solid, tight copy in blue boards with bright gold embossment. Fairly light wear to ends od spine and bottom edge. No inscriptions and the grey front end page is removed and there are tape marks inside the boards that held an old dust cover. Lovely looking copy overall. … Read more about this item

Philadelphia: David McKay, 1930. American Edition. 8vo, xvii, [1], 563, [1] pp. 318 illustrations.. Green pictorial cloth lettered in black. Boards discolored in spots, else very good in very sharp illustrated jacket by Arthur Hawkins Jr. showing a bit of use at spine ends and corners, foxing to white rear panel, else nicely preserved. Undated American edition… Read more about this item

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: David McKay, 1882. First American Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/No Jacket. A master magician's guide to sleight-of-hand for tricks involving cards, dice, handkerchiefs, dominoes, doves, & more! In 563 pages, with 318 illustrations throughout the text demonstrating the tricks, & an "Appendix containing explanations of some of the best known specialties of Messers. Maskelyne & Cooke"… Read more about this item

New York: George Routledge & Sons 563pp plus advertisements in back following text. Brown cloth boards, gilt and black stamped decorations on spine and front board. Binding secure, spine straight, corners solid. Front and back spine both just visible but binding remains intact. Pages age toned but otherwise clean and unmarked. Engraved frontispiece, and illustrations throughout. Somewhat later edition, as… Read more about this item

New York: George Routledge & Sons 563pp. Brown cloth boards, gilt and black stamped decorations on spine and front board. Binding tender, spine straight, corners solid. Front and back spine both visible but binding remains intact. Pages age toned but otherwise clean and unmarked. Engraved frontispiece, and illustrations throughout. Identified as "American Edition" on title page. . Hardcover. Good. 8vo.… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: David Mckay Company. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good +. Very nice, tight, clean copy with no chips, tears creases or written inscriptions on pages. Green, cloth-covered boards with black lettering. Dust jacket has some areas of paper loss and small tears around edges. Illustration on front of jacket shows a magician levitating a scantily-clad woman. Black and… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: David McKay, Publisher, 1904 1904 American reprint of Routledge (England) original. 563 numbered pp; HB. Pages: clean, ivory, tight, red topstain, red eps, frontis; a.e. lt tanned, slightly cocked, decorative bookplate ffep. Cover: med green, orange artwork + black titles front/spine; lt shelfwear, extrems a bit worn, spine mildly sunned. 318 illustrations.

Paperback / softback. New.