Edited by Ralph W Read (18 results)
Language: English
Published by Lee Grey, Philadelphia 1975
- Softcover
Seller: Aladdin Books, Fullerton, CA, U.S.A.Aladdin Books
Contact seller4-star sellerSoft cover. Condition: Good. Reprint Edition. Good with toning to pale green front cover, particularly along spine. No prior owner markings. Lower corner bend to last few pages and rear cover. Reprint Edition. 58 page pamphlet, illustrated with drawings. Teaches the three shell game with walnut shells and a "pea" for entertainme…nt purposes. Originally published by Kanter's Magic Shop in 1937. Bill Hanna (illustrator).
Language: English
Published by Louis Tannen 1945
- Hardcover
Seller: Redux Books, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.Redux Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Fair. Hardcover. No DJ. Text unmarked. Covers show edge wear with rubbing and bumped corners. Rear hinge cracked, but binding still intact.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.
Published by Louis Tannen, New York 1950
- Softcover
Seller: Willis Monie-Books, ABAA, Cooperstown, NY, U.S.A.Willis Monie-Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
£ 5.87
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Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Approx. 5" wide by 8". ; 87 pages.
Published by Louis Tannen 1948
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Frost Pocket Farm - IOBA, Fleetville, PA, U.S.A.Frost Pocket Farm - IOBA
Contact seller5-star sellerAssociation member: IOBA
Condition: Used - Very good
£ 8.61
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition; stated first printing. Original blue cloth, 6x9 inches, illustrated with black and white drawings, 122 pp + ads. Very good, no dustjacket. Corners bumped, rubbed along edges, spine moderately faded, approximately 1x4 inch water (? ) stain on rear board, a few drop marks, old bookse…ller's price (in pencil) , otherwise tight, clean, paper crisp, unmarked and apparently never read. Stage magic; children's; entertainment.
Published by Kanter's Magic Shop, Philadelphia, PA 1944
- Softcover
Seller: Aladdin Books, Fullerton, CA, U.S.A.Aladdin Books
Contact seller4-star sellerSoft cover. Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. Good with normal age-toning to covers No markings except erased pencil price. 25 pages.
Published by Kanter's Magic Shop, Philadelphia 1947
- Softcover
Seller: Aladdin Books, Fullerton, CA, U.S.A.Aladdin Books
Contact seller4-star sellerPictorial Stiff Paper Wrappers. Condition: Good. Revised Edition. Reprints the four booklets originally issued by the author between 1937 and 1944 in one 52 page pamphelt. Small skinned spot and tear on front cover, else good. Paper age-darkening as expected but not brittle.
Published by Louis Tannen, New York 1948
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Aladdin Books, Fullerton, CA, U.S.A.Aladdin Books
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Prior owner ink name and date and rubber-stamped rabbit image on front flyleaf. No other markings. Original blue cloth. No jacket.
Published by Louis Tannen, New York 1948
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Aladdin Books, Fullerton, CA, U.S.A.Aladdin Books
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Fair with worn cloth at spine ends and some discoloration to endpapers. Bookplate on flyleaf and usual amount of age-darkening to paper. No jacket.
Published by Kanter's Magic Shop, Philadelphia 1938
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Aladdin Books, Fullerton, CA, U.S.A.Aladdin Books
Contact seller4-star sellerSoft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Good with some staining to covers, front and back. Standard age-darkening to paper. 1st ed in stiff pictorial orange covers. 59 page pamphlet, illustrated with drawings. Teaches the three shell game with walnut shells and a "pea" for entertainment purposes. Bill Hanna (illustrator).
Published by Kanter's Magic Shop, Philadelphia 1938
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Aladdin Books, Fullerton, CA, U.S.A.Aladdin Books
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£ 15.65
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st ed in stiff pictorial orange covers. Very good with minor age discoloration to covers and standard age-darkening to paper. 59 page pamphelt, illustrated with drawings. Teaches the three shell game with walnut shells and a "pea" for entertainment purposes. Bill Hanna (illustrator…).
More imagesPublished by Louis Tannen
- Hardcover
Seller: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.ThriftBooksVintage
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Binding and pages are intact. All pages are free from any notations. Light scuffing and bumping visible to boards. This could have light cosmetic flaws, but remains in good condition. No dust jacket included with this book. This copy is the Revised Edition of the published work. Secure pack…aging for safe delivery.
Published by Louis Tannen, New York 1948
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Aladdin Books, Fullerton, CA, U.S.A.Aladdin Books
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Good with some markings or scuffing to blue cloth and some light fading to cloth. Bookplate on flyleaf and usual amount of age-darkening to paper. No jacket.
Published by Tannen Publications 1953
- Hardcover
Seller: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.About Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
£ 19.13
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good condition. No dust jacket. Revised Edition, 3rd printing. Tannen Publications, 1953. Revised Edition, edited by Ralph W. Read. Very Good condition. Unlike some other printings, this has lovely creamy white pages. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. NO highlighting. NO underlining.… NO margin notes. Illustrations throughout. Revised Volume 2 (Lessons 20 - 33). Bound in the original gilt-stamped blue boards. Revised Edition, 3rd printing. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. 410pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. NOT a library discard (illustrator).
Published by D. Robbins & Co., Inc, Brooklyn, New York 1996
- Hardcover
Seller: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.About Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Near Fine condition. Very Good dust jacket. Revised edition. Brooklyn, New York: D. Robbins & Co., Inc, 1996. Revised Edition, edited by Ralph W. Read. Near Fine condition in a Very Good dust jacket. Previous owner's name on the front free endpaper and fore-edge of the text block. NO highlighting. NO underl…ining. NO margin notes. Illustrations throughout. Revised 14th printing of the 1927 original. Revised Volume 1 (Lessons 1-19). Bound in the original maroon boards, stamped in bright gold. Complete with dust jacket. Revised edition. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/Very Good dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. 415pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. NOT a library discard (illustrator).
Published by Louis Tannen, New York 1948
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Aladdin Books, Fullerton, CA, U.S.A.Aladdin Books
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£ 27.38
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Exceptionally nice, near fine copy with no markings or bookplate. Includes original translucent, unprinted tissue guard jacket, as issued. A few edge tears to jacket. First printing.
Published by D. Robbins & Co., Inc, Brooklyn, New York 1999
- Hardcover
Seller: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.About Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: New condition. New dust jacket. Revised Edition, 15th printing. Brooklyn, New York: D. Robbins & Co., Inc, 1999. NEW and never read in a near PERFECT dust jacket. The jacket has only a tiny bit of very mild shelfwear (like you sometimes find in any new book store). Flat, uncreased spine. NO chips. NO tears.… NO creases. NO fading. Sharp corners. Bright, shiny, clean, square and tight. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Illustrations throughout. Revised 15th printing of the 1927 original. Revised Volume 1 (Lessons 1-19). Bound in the original maroon boards, stamped in bright gold. Complete with dust jacket. Revised Edition, 15th printing. Hardcover. New condition/New dust jacket. 8vo. 415pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

FORGING AHEAD IN MAGIC: The Secrets of Professional Magicians . . . not their tricks . . . but the practical ideas and business methods whereby they have gained prominence and profit.
Booth, John. Edited by Ralph W. Read. Introduction by William W. Larsen.
Published by Kanter's Magic Shop (1944), Philadelphia 1944
- Hardcover
Seller: Chanticleer Books, Fort Bragg, CA, U.S.A.Chanticleer Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Second printing. 154 pp. + 5 pages ads at rear; 2 full-page illustrations, octavo, red cloth with gilt title. Advice to magicians on how to fine-tune their performances for maximum dramatic effect. Marketing and advertising tips, etc. Spine gilt darkened, slight rubbing to spine, else very good.
Published by Tannen Publications 1948
- Hardcover
Seller: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.About Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
£ 37.17
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good condition. No dust jacket. Revised Edition, 3rd printing. Tannen Publications, 1948. 1948 Revised Edition, edited by Ralph W. Read. Very Good condition. Sharp corners. Square and tight. Lovely creamy white pages. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. NO highlighting. NO underlining.… NO margin notes. Illustrations throughout. Frontispiece portrait of the author. Revised Volume 5 (Lessons 59 - 71). Bound in the original gilt-stamped red boards. Revised Edition, 3rd printing. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. 418pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. NOT a library discard (illustrator).