Byron Walker's Magic Books

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Thayer's Studio of Magic Book Catalog.  1940.  78 pages, in pictorial wraps.  Informative categorized guide to the books offered by Thayer in its prime.  Several fine copies, bargain priced  $10 each.

Thayer Catalog #7, 1928.  288 pages, an unusually nice copy, collated to be complete.  $85

 Thayer Quality Magic Catalog Number 8.  "The Finest, Largest, and Most Comprehensive Compilation of Magical Good Ever Published."  1936, 311 page.Original pictorial wraps, very nice copy  $75
Thayer Catalog #9.  Complete 5 volume set (1943-1944) all collated to be complete. $60  
Jean Hugard & Fred Braue, Miracle Methods.  Complete 4 volume set, all in mint unused condition.  These were not reprinted by Dover.
Miracle Methods No. 1 - The Stripper Deck
Miracle Methods No. 2 - Miracle Shuffles and Tricks
Miracle Methods No. 3 - Prepared Cards and Accessories
Miracle Methods No. 4 - Tricks and Sleights
All 4 - $20




The Collectors’ Scrapbook by Gary Frank.  1984 first edition.  96 pages, 8 ½ by 11.  A fascinating mélange of photos and information on Houdini, Thurston, Blackstone, William Robinson (Chung Ling Soo), Dante, Alexander, Goldin, Nicola, Brush, and dozens of others.  Included are five full color photos tipped in.  Fine copy - $30

The Dai Vernon Book of Magic by Lewis Ganson.  The Harry Stanley First Edition with the best photos.  A nice copy in a pretty good dust jacket.  $50

The Magic of Slydini by Lewis Ganson.  Supreme Magic Company Edition.  208 pages, hundreds of photos.  A very nice copy, hardbound in dust jacket.  $30


Malini and His Magic by Dai Vernon.  The Harry Stanley First edition.  The book has staining at the lower edge, the dust jacket is nice.  $30

Charles T. Jordan, Thirty Card Mysteries. 1974. 46 pages, 8 1/2 x 11, in pictorial wraps.  This edition includes the Thirty-First Mystery.  A good copy.  $20

Ponsin on Conjuring, translated and edited by S. H. Sharpe.  1987, the Second Edition, revised, limited to 500 copies only.  This edition also adds a new four page Preface by Sharpe.  Although the production values of this edition are terrible, the bibliographic information in the new Preface is well worth reading. 177 pages, spiral bound, $20

Carl Rosini: His Life and His Magic by Robert Olson.  1966 First Edition, 100 pages, 8 ½ by 11. This has 60 pages of Rosini’s biography and photos, 40 pages of his magic.   Very nice copy, with the paper spine label intact.  $35
Owen Magic Supreme Catalog #5.  1959 (first edition) 76 large pages.  Superbly illustrated with photos and drawings.  Fine copy.  $25

Paul Clive and Company,  Conjuring Catalogue.  London (1941)  91 pages, well illustrated of British magic. Cover soiled, collated to be complete.  $20



Darwin’s Theories; Lecture Notes No. 1 by Darwin Ortiz.  1976, 12 pages, 8 ½ by 11.  $6

Darwin’s Deceits: Lecture Notes No. 2 by Darwin Ortiz.  1979, 19 pages, 8 ½ by 11, $6

Encyclopedia of Magic and Superstition.  A huge coffee table book in full color throughout.  Contains some legerdemain, but primarily magic in the broader sense and useful as a source for the story telling magician.  Fine copy in fine dust jacket.  $20

The Art of Illusion: Magic for Men To Do by John Mulholland.  1944 First Edition, x plus 142 well-illustrated pages.  Chapters One and Six are Mulholland on theory and presentation, the other chapters are his magic.  A fine copy in fine DJ.  $30




 Hyla Clark, The World's Greatest Magic.  1976.  First printing. 208 pages, 8 1/2 x 11, hard bound in dust jacket.  Full color throughout.  History, biographies, full color poster reproductions, and much more.  Fine copy. $20


The Amazing Mr. Rooklyn.  Complete set of 2 Rooklyn audience booklets.  Both contain photos of the Rooklyn show and biographical information.  One has 29 pages and the other is 35 pages.  Set:  $10

Modern Chemical Magic by John Lippy & Edward Palder.  1959 First Edition, xxv plus 164 pages.  Introduction by Harry Blackstone, Sr.  A fine copy in fine DJ.  Magic with liquids, dry ice, invisible inks, daub, flash paper, fire magic, fire eating, chemical jokes & novelties, a great chapter on luminous paints for spook shows, and much more.  $30.


Thayer Quality Magic Instruction Sheets, compiled by Glenn Gravatt.  A complete set of 4 large hardbound volumes, all fine condition in fine dust jackets.  Sets have been selling for hundreds of dollars lately.  This fine set is $120.

 Inzani-Henley Magic Catalog Number One.  132 pages plus price list. Distinctive illustrations by Ali Bongo.  Fine copy.  $25
The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan. 1977, 43 pages, Well illustrated. Magic with cards, mind reading, silks, ropes, and apparatus you can build.  As new.  $10




More Magic by Professor Hoffmann. Undated David McKay edition, (1940s?).  xi plus 457 pages.  A fine  copy in the pictorial and embossed orange on blue cloth, both front cover and spine.  A beauty, inside and out.  $40

Later Magic by Professor Hoffmann.  Dutton, publisher, NY 1935..  “New and Enlarged Edition”, with 266 illustrations.  This edition was greatly enlarged by the addition of “Recollections of Hartz the Wizard” (page 614-738) with his rising skull and dozens more.  xvii plus 738 pages, original pictorial brown cloth, both front cover and spine.  Photographic frontispiece of the portly and stern-looking Hoffmann.  A very nice copy.  $45

Johnson Smith & Company 1940 Catalog (copyright 1939).  A superb copy in the original pictorial cloth, with the original colorful wraps inside (as issued).  It’s all here – magic, puzzles, fireworks, novelties, potato pistol, glove monkey, gambling supplies, ventriloquism items, etc.  If it’s fun, it’s here.  Collated complete and fine.  $50


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