About this title: The author draws upon a lifetime in professional magic to focus on tricks that can be learned within hours and performed informally with a small group of friends. There are card tricks of both the set-up and impromptu kind, tricks with string, handkerchiefs, tumblers, and other simple apparatus, plus examples of mental magic where the mind is ...
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Description: New. A Brand New Copy. Never Read. Buy with confidence from an Independent Bookstore where the owners, a husband and wife team, have over 30 years of combined bookselling experience. read more
Edition: Not Stated, Presumed First Thus
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Dover, New York
Date Published: 1974
ISBN-13:9780486230122ISBN:0486230120
Description: Near Fine in --- jacket. Trade Edition. 5.5" x 8.5" "Unabridged republication of the original (1947) edition. Introduction. 63 illustrations. " 223 pages. "This book is for the amateur magician who wants to learn (and start performing) well-known tricks that professionals use. Fifty easy yet effective tricks are presented, offering a well-rounded repertoire on which the beginner can draw while developing further interests and skills. " read more
Edition: Not Stated
Binding: SOFTBOUd No Spine Crease
Publisher: Dover Pubns, Mineola, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1974
ISBN-13:9780486230122ISBN:0486230120
Description: Fine. No Dj. 5.5 By 8.5 " A fine reprint copy-unread.225 pages of intereting nagic you can do. read more
Description: Presumed 1st edition (no other printings listed). 225pp, (5.5 x 8.5 inches), b&w illustrations. Very Good/Good, hardcover with dust jacket. One corner of book bumped at the tip, otherwise book is clean and tight, no markings. Price clipped DJ has light wear and soil (dusty looking), edgewear with a half inch chip at head of spine, a few short tears, longest is 1/2 inch. Close-up magic, card tricks, card-table magic, party magic, mental magic, stage illusions. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Nicholas Kaye (1953)., London
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Fourth printing. Red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. xvi, 213 pages. Illustrated. Dust jacket has small chips and tears. Contents solid. "...in this book there are tricks for every occasion, from the most informal, using such everyday objects as a handkerchief, a match box, or a piece of string, to some of the most elaborate illusions known to Magic. " read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Garden City, New York: Garden City Publishing Co., Inc.,
Date Published: (1949).
Description: Very Good + SIGNED BY BALTIMORE MAGICIAN "SCOTTY HOOTON" WITH EPHEMERA GLUED TO FRONT END PAGES. 8vo. Textured orange paper covered boards with black title to spine. Boards and spine are edgeworn. Front hinge starting. Minor browning to page edges. 225 pages. Hobbies. HOB/022108. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: NY: Prentice-Hall
Date Published: 1947
Description: Good. 279-Z-Add Books rated "Good" may have some notes, underlining, or highlighting. These books also may contain the previous owner's name, stamp, sticker, or gift inscription, or may be library discards. read more
Description: 1948, 1st British edition, very good condition, with a good dust jacket, wear and chips to dust jacket edges, with a priced unclipped dust jacket flap, published by Nicholas Kaye, London, 213 pages. A compilation of Magic tricks for the Amateur Magician, chapters on Close Up Magic, Card Tricks, Card Table Magic, After Dinner Magic, Party Magic, Mental Magic, and Stage Illusions. Illustrated with drawings. Gill #432. read more
Description: Good. Book shows minor use. Cover and Binding have minimal wear and the pages have only minimal creases. A tradition of southern quality and service. All books guaranteed at the Atlanta Book Company. read more
Description: Good. Light shelving wear with minimal damage to cover and bindings. Pages show minor use. Help save a tree. Buy all your used books from Green Earth Books. Read. Recycle and Reuse! read more
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