Bart Whaley (11 results)

Hardcover. Octavo. Bound in full tan cloth with black titling to spine and front board. In Very Good plus condition. Binding shows very light bumping to upper fore edge corner of rear board. Light marking to this area and to adjacent text block. No dust jacket, as issued. Shelved in Alcove. 1387077. Special Collections. First Limited Edition, one of 2000 copies.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good+. Limited/Numbered First Edition. #320 of 400 softbound copies of the Standard Edition. 463 pages plus one leaf (two pages) bound in of corrections. Very good plus, barely used.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Price sticker on back pastedown.

Couverture rigide. Condition: Très bon état. In-8 22 x 13 cm. Reliure éditeur toile beige, titre en brun sur le dos et le premier plat, XIII-434 pp., photographies dans le texte, sommaire, notes bibliographiques, bibliographie, index. Exemplaire en très bon état. Tirage limité à 2000 exemplaires. Texte en anglais.

Condition: Very Good. First edition. Tan cloth with black stamping on front cover and spine. Portrait frontispiece, illustrated, 434 pages. Very good condition. This book details Martin Gardner's, Jeff Busby's and Bart Whaley's search to uncover the person hiding behind the pseudonym S.W. Erdnase. It lays out in detail the case for Milton Franklin Andrews. It describes the life of Andrews, how he started with magic, and how he transitioned to become a cardshark, including his travels around the word hustling and cheating to make a living. A detailed analysis of Erdnase's likely sources and inspirations, as well as other information about the book, its reprints, and other pertinent information will help every Erdnase researcher. It also includes a technical section explaining the Erdnase Grip and some new ideas for the Erdnase Bottom Deal. While there are probably not many left who think Milton Franklin Andrews was S. W. Erdnase, this work continues to be a very important work of reference for historians. It is by itself also a great true crime book regardless of what you might make of the Erdnase connection it champions.

Spiral. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. This is number 410 of 500 numbered copies. Signed by Bart Whaley on copyright page. Light wear to edges of card covers. Writing (small notes) pencil on page 297, 469, in blue ink on page 485, 785 red on pages 564, 645. There may be a few other small notations but rest of pages mostly clean. Signed by Author(s).

Couverture rigide. Condition: Bon état. In-4 28 x 21,5 cm. Reliure spirales noires, plats beiges, titre en noir sur le premier plat, 463 pp., 4000 entrées biographiques, bibliographie. Tirage limité à 500 exemplaires. Exemplaire en bon état.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good+. Limited/Numbered First Edition. #316 of 450 softbound copies issued. Two volume set, plastic comb bound. 787 pages plus several pages bound in of corrections. Very good plus, barely used.

Comb-bound. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Draft copy dated 11 March 1992. p. [iii], 1-285. Very Good. Acetate cover toned and soiled. Pages firmly bound in the comb binding, some minor handling wear, manuscript corrections throughout. Eventually published online in the early 2000s, this draft copy of Whaley's magical biography of Welles seems to be scarace, with no physical copies showing in OCLC.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1906 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 460 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 460 Language: English.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1906 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 462 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 462 Language: English.