David Devant (170 results)

Condition: New.

Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. Spine cover missing. Covers edgeworn, corners bumped. Front cover and first signature detached. Binding shaken. (magic tricks, handbooks).

Condition: good. Four clipped pages from The Sphinx November, 1931 issue, including the portraits of Ade Duval, David Devant, Chris Charlton, and McDonald Birch. Some wear to edges, else good.

Condition: Good. 1931. 124 pages. No dust jacket. Orange cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Water marks to boards and spine.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 24 pages. Illustrated. John Nevil Maskelyne (22 December 1839 - 18 May 1917) was an English stage magician and inventor of the pay toilet, along with many other Victorian-era devices. Working with magicians George Alfred Cooke and David Devant, many of his illusions are still performed today. [Davenport's and Maskelynes at L. Davenport & Co.,] Ira Erastus Davenport (September 17, 1839 - July 8, 1911) and William Henry Davenport (February 1, 1841 - July 1, 1877), known as the Davenport Brothers, were American magicians in the late 19th century, sons of a Buffalo, New York policeman. The brothers presented illusions that they and others claimed to be supernatural. (VM6).

Condition: New.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Good with cover partly separating from book proper. Could be re-glued. No previous owner marks. 64 pages of chilren's and platform magic with apparatus.

Couverture souple. Condition: Bon. In-8° broché,couverture illustrée,format moyen.Payot,Paris,1938.Avec la collaboration de Horace Goldin,O.Williams,C.Lyle,W.Blyth,.et autres prestidigitateurs connus.traduction française par R. et J.Ceillier,préface de Rémi Ceillier.Avec 61 figures en noir dont certaines en planches hors-texte,266 pages,bon état général. Divers livres de tours de cartes,physique amusante,prestidigitation sont disponibles.

Condition: Bon état. Un volume broché de 272 pages, bon état.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 24 pages. Illustrated. (VM6).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 28 pages. Illustrated. (VM6).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 24 pages. Illustrated. Arthur Buckle "The Crazy Wand" (VM6).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 28 pages with illustrated advertisements to the end papers. Articles supplied by various magicians of the day with monochrome diagrammatic illustrations and sketches. (VM6).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 28 pages with illustrated advertisements to the end papers. Articles supplied by various magicians of the day with monochrome diagrammatic illustrations and sketches. (VM6).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 28 pages with illustrated advertisements to the end papers. Articles supplied by various magicians of the day with monochrome diagrammatic illustrations and sketches. (VM6).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 28 pages with illustrated advertisements to the end papers. Articles supplied by various magicians of the day with monochrome diagrammatic illustrations and sketches. (VM6).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 28 pages with illustrated advertisements to the end papers. Articles supplied by various magicians of the day with monochrome diagrammatic illustrations and sketches. (VM6).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 136 pages. Illustrated. (VM6).

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Firm but worn copy. In French.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 24 pages. John Nevil Maskelyne (22 December 1839 - 18 May 1917) was an English stage magician and inventor of the pay toilet, along with many other Victorian-era devices. Working with magicians George Alfred Cooke and David Devant, many of his illusions are still performed today. [Davenport's and Maskelynes at L. Davenport & Co.,] Ira Erastus Davenport (September 17, 1839 - July 8, 1911) and William Henry Davenport (February 1, 1841 - July 1, 1877), known as the Davenport Brothers, were American magicians in the late 19th century, sons of a Buffalo, New York policeman. The brothers presented illusions that they and others claimed to be supernatural. (VM6).

Soft Cover. Condition: Poor. browning pages, scuffed cover and spine missing, taped up to hold together, but old and seperating, shabby 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Octavo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

Condition: Good. Fifth edition. Pictorial hardcover, illustrated, 136 pages with adverts at rear. Tape to spine, some wear to covers, else in good condition.

Condition: 1850-1900. BORDÈSE Luigi David chantant devant Saül Scène pour Chant (Tenor ou Soprano) et Piano Paroles d'Ed. Plouvier Musique de Luigi Bordèse Paris, Choudens Ch. 904. bis XIXe 7 pages Très bon état 010148 Nouveau.

HESS J. Ch. David devant Saül de Luigi Bordèse transcrit et varié pour Piano par J. Ch. Hess op. 52 Paris, Gambogi Frères G. G. 1103 XIXe 1860 9 pages Très bon état 009337 Nouveau.

Octavo hardcover (G+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

HARD COPY YELLOW. Condition: Good. JACKET: INCLUDED. Comes with a dust jacket, Front hinge broken, hint of foxing, cover a bit torn from the edge otherwise in good condition. DATE PUBLISHED: 1931 EDITION: 124.

HARDBACK RED. Condition: GOOD. General wear, illustrated frontispiece, good gilt lettering and design on cover to spine, loose spine, faded spine, contains BW illustrations DATE PUBLISHED: 1946 EDITION: 318.

Condition: Fair. 1922. 152 pages. No dust jacket. Green pictorial boards. Inscription to front endpaper. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards have been moderately rub worn. Noticeable shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are bumped and a little frayed Spine ends are crushed, with noticeable splits and chips. Large split to front spine joint, spine is detached. Tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. Water marks to boards and spine.

LACKS REAR BOARD, sm octavo, illus heavy boards, green lettering to spine, printed eps, 110pp, illus, G (rear board completely missing, front board detached but re-affixed with tidy archival tape, heavy bruising/creasing & soiling to front board, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, occasional pencil annotation to margins).