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Dice: Deception, Fate
& Rotten Luck by Ricky Jay. 2003
First Edition, First Printing. 64 pages in
full color. Fine hardbound copy in fine
dust jacket. $12
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Slydini Encores. 1966, 157 pages, superbly illustrated with
hundreds of fine photos. A fine copy in
stiff pictorial wraps. This contains
Slydini material not found in his later works. Includes
Slydini’s Imp-Pass, perhaps his finest move
(my opinion). $75 |
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The Riddle of Chung Ling Soo by Will Dexter. 1973 Supreme Magic Co. 224 pages plus frontispiece and photographic plates. Book as new, jacker as new except for a little fading of spine. $50
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Moderne Salon Magie
by Carl Willmann. 1891 First Edition in
the superb pictorial cover (spine and front cover!) – gilt and
black on tan
cloth. 52 plus 460 pages plus ads. Superbly illustrated with 529 quaint
illustrations. Inscribed by Carl and
John Willmann (in German, which I do not read). A
terrific book, especially if you read German. $200 |
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What Shall We Do
Tonight? By Leger D. Mayne (obviously a pseudonym, probably for
William
Brisbane Dick of Dick & Fitzgerald fame). 1873,
published by Dick & Fitzgerald. Toole-Stott
Conjuring #490. 366
pages plus ads for D & F
publications. Frontispiece and many
engravings. A very attractive copy in
original highly gilt and pictorial green cloth. Magical
entertainment throughout. $125 |
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Paul Gertner’s Steel
and Silver by Richard Kaufman. 1994
First Edition and long out of print. 213
pages, 8 ½ by 11, HB in DJ. Fine
copy in
fine DJ. $50 |
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Encyclopedia of Dove
Magic by Ian Adair. Volume
One (1968, 315 pages) and Volume Two (1970, 407
pages). Both First Editions.
Both fine copies in fine dust jackets.
Both - $75. |
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Conjurian’s Discoveries by the late John Booth. 1992 First Edition, xiv plus 273 pages. A fine copy in fine DJ. $40 |
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Houdini’s History of
Magic in Boston, 1792-1915.
Introduction by Milbourne Christopher and illustrated with rare
playbills from his collection. 1983, xv
plus 158 pages 8 ½ by 11. As new copy
but long out of print. $125 Miracle Mongers and
Their Methods by Houdini. Feb 1929
second printing. Frontispiece portrait of
Houdini, xiii plus 240 pages, spine faded, internally good. $75 Hofzinser’s Card
Conjuring. 1986 Dover edition, long
out of print. 188 pages, a clean,
unmarked copy. With a nine page Foreword
by S. H. Sharpe not in the 1931 first edition.
Copies on the internet from $72 to $431.
This copy only $35 |
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Cardwarp by Roy Walton. 4 pages, 8 ½ by 11, with 19 illustrations, on yellow paper. I found a few mint copies for only $2 |
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The Magic In Books by Leo Behnke. 2009, Foreword by Steve Martin, 12 pages of preliminaries plus 120 pages. This is Leo’s autobiography and reminiscences, and it seems he knew and worked with or for almost everyone of note! I have new copies, with a bookmark of Leo’s likeness included. This is a book you will enjoy reading, and as a bonus Leo gives us a check-list of the dozens of books he has written or edited “so far!” $29.95 |  |
S.B.S. (Same
Both Sides): A Unique Book of Card
Tricks, compiled by
Lloyd Jones. 43 pages in pictorial covers. A compendium of 35 effects with double face
or double back cards by more than a dozen contributors. I
found a few new copies at only $7 each. Remember, Vernon became famous as "The man who fooled Houdini" - by using a double backed card!
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UF Grant Catalog #1 (Probably 1935) 32 pages. This first catalog was issued as a "stock" catalog for other dealers to put their imprint on the cover. Photos and great illustrations. $25
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Michael Skinner, Intimate Magic. 1982. 37 pages, 8 1/2 x 11, comb bound. Fine copy. $15 |
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R. Armour, Magic of the Scottish Conjurers Association. 1947. 31 pages of magic by John Ramsay, Jimmy Findlay, Leslie May, Duncan Johnston, George Mackenzie, etc. Most importantly, this book contains The Great Divide by DeVega, which gave Robert Harbin the inspiration for his famous "The Zig-Zag Girl". As new copy. $5 |
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Michael Jeffreys, The Enlightened Magicians. 1990 First Edition. 271 pages, 8 1/2 x 11, hard bound in dust jacket. Famous magicians divulge the secrets of their success. Among the magicians interviewed are: Siegfried and Roy, Blackstone, Jr. The Pendragons, Lance Burton, Johnny Thompson, Marvyn Roy, Billy McComb, Bruce Cervon, Michael Finney, Whit Haydn, Johnny Ace Palmer, and many others. Only $30. |
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Olive Logan, The King of the Conjurers. 1985, 15 pages in wraps. Limited to 125 numbered copies. This is a facsimile reproduction of the illustrated article on Robert-Houdin from a 1877 issue of Harper's New Monthly Magazine. Mint. $10 |
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Glen David Gold, Carter Beats the Devil. 2001 First edition, first printing. 483 pages. Color frontispiece and plates. Fine copy in dust jacket with raised images. Autographed by the author! $25 |  |
Harvey Long's Fund Raising Magic. 1997, 59 pages A guidebook to raising money for organizations using magic as a theme. New copy. $10 |
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Paul Harris, Close-Up Seductions. 1984. (7) plus 153 pages. Hardbound in dust jacket. Overstock special. $15 |
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David Ginn, Promoting Me -- and You! 1979. Limited to 496 numbered copies and out of print. This is copy #455. This book is a comprehensive collection of PR material of David Ginn with bound in examples of his actual publicity. Fine inscribed copy. $100 |