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Description:Very Good. 0819645702 Very Good. Used texts may NOT contain...Very Good. 0819645702 Very Good. Used texts may NOT contain supplemental materials such as CD. Tracking whenever available.
Description:1882 1st American edition, published by David McKay, good...1882 1st American edition, published by David McKay, good condition, blue cloth binding, cover illustration has a hat with a knife through the hat, a hand with a cup and ball, a hand with a silk, and the spine has a dove flying over the hat, prior owners has bookplate on front pastdown, heavy wear to binding, interior pages in very good condition, clean and tight, no foxing, with a facsimile color David McKay dust jacket, published by David NcKay Publisher, Philadelphia 563 pages. The first book in the English language to cover a wide range of Magical effects. see Gill #595, Toole Stott #386, Price p.129, Findlay p.140. Sawyer p.17, A fountation Magic book for the aspiring Magician.
Description:1930 edition, very good condition, faint spot to rear cover,...1930 edition, very good condition, faint spot to rear cover, with a facsimile color dust jacket, published by David McKay, Philadelphia, 563 pages, profusely illustrated with 318 illustrations. The author an English Barrister and Journalist writing as Professor Hoffmann has created a classic Magic book, the first in the English language to cover a wide range of Magical effects, from sleight of hand with cards, coins and various Magical apparatus, with a section on Stage Magic and Parlor Magic, including a section on Automatons, Clairvoyance, and Spititualism; in doing so he had established many magical principals and effects still in use today. Gill #595, Toole Stott #386, Findlay p.140, Price p.219. A foundation book for the aspiring Magician!
Description:1882, 1st American Edition, very good+ condition, pictorial...1882, 1st American Edition, very good+ condition, pictorial brown cloth, binding, with a short rub to lower corner of binding cover, small wear to edges, wear to head and toe of spine interior pages is near fine condition, overall a very nice clean and tight copy of a book usually found in poor condition, published by George Routledge And Sons, London: Broadway, Ludgate Hill, New York, 9 Lafayette Place, 563 pages, profusely illustrated with 318 illustrations. The author Angelo John Lewis an English Barrister and journalist writing as Professor Hoffman had created the Classic Magic book, the first in the English language to cover a wide range of Magical effects from sleight of hand with cards, coins, and various Magical apparatus, with a section on Stage Magic, and Parlor Magic, including a section on Automatons, Clairvoyance, and Spiritualism; in doing so he had established many Magical principles and effects still in use to this day. Scarce, Sawyer p.16, Toole Stott #386, Findlay p.140, Price p.219. Gill #505 A foundation book for the aspiring magician!
Description:1882 1st American edition published by David McKay, near fine...1882 1st American edition published by David McKay, near fine condition, minor wear to edges of brown cloth binding, minor rubbing to cover, cover illustration has a hat with knife through hat, a hand with a cup and ball, a hand with a silk, and a hand with four cards, spine has a hat with ribbons flowing out of the hat, and a dove flying over the hat, interior pages are in fine condition, with a facsimile color dust from the original David McKay dust jacket, published by David McKay, Publisher, Philadelphia, 563 pages. This book was the first in the English language to cover such a wide range of Magic principles and effects. Illustrated with drawings. see Sawyer p.17, Findlay p.140, Gill #505. A classic Magic book!
Johnny Carson learned magic out of this book when he was a kid, according to the PBS American Masters Series episode on Carson, so I ordered it here and we're completely happy with it in every way. Published in 1880's originally, so Old School, but that's a good thing - happy conjuring, Harry Houdini
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