Howard Melson Editor (8 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 32 pages. Illustrated. Roxy "Tel-O-Cards" / Anthony Dunn "Dice Prediction" / Henry Durkin "Mind Over Matter" / Roxy "Controlled Thought" and "Clinsite" / Very Douglas "Smoke Up" / The Amazing Maurice "Book Of Matches On A String" and "The Miser's Goldfish Bowl" and "New Version Of Cut String" / Henry Durkin "25th Century Poker Chips" / A Dunn "Oxygen Hydrogen" / Sid Lorraine"Chatter" / Frank Garcia "New York Magi-Chat" (VM7).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 32 pages. Illustrated. Roxy "Presto Card Change" and "Perfect Invisible Pass" / Henry During "The Oracle"and "Werzit Card" / The Amazing Maurice "Politic Magic" and "The Flying Ace" and "Card Between" / Tricks of East Indian Magicians / Bert Douglas "Yellow Joe" / Terry Nosek "Solitaire Sorcery" / Robert Caudill "Magical Printing Press" / Percy Abbott "Dante As I knew Him" (VM7).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 32 pages. Illustrated. Tricks of East Indian Magicians / Clarke C Crandall "Jumbo Snake In Basket Routine" / Sid Lorraine;s Chatter / George Coon "Magic On Chicago's Rialto" / L E Roba Collins "Magic Outdoors" / George L Boston "Magically Speaking" (VM7).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 32 pages. Illustrated. Tricks of East Indian Magicians / Clarke C Crandall "Jumbo Snake In Basket Routine" / Sid Lorraine;s Chatter / George Coon "Magic On Chicago's Rialto" / L E Roba Collins "Magic Outdoors" / George L Boston "Magically Speaking" (VM7).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 32 pages. Illustrated. Featuring - Mariano Palhinha "Music Hath Charms" / Anthony Dunn "More Bang Gone Ideas" / Arthur J Andrews "Nu-Idea 20th Century Silks" / El Ray "Out Of The Smoke" / The Amazing Dr Maurice "A Sight Gag With Napkins" / Henry Durkin "The Mental Card" / Tricks of East Indoan Magicians (VM7).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 32 pages. Illustrated. Featuring - Aldini "Hi-Fi Coke" / Bert Douglas "The Dyitician" / Henry Durkin "De Luxe Card Vanish" / George Johnstone "Egg And Confetti Exchange" / Murray A Sumner "A New Magnetized Matchbox" / Lesta "A Series Of Mistakes" / Clettis V Musson "The Wizard Club Show" /Sylvia Smith "Chicago Magigals" / Sid Lorraine's Chatter (VM7).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 54 Issues of this important monthly magazine by and for magicians: January thru December for 1945, 1947, 1948, and 1951; July thru December for 1946. Each issue has 28 pages staple-bound in illustrated stiff paper covers, and includes articles by Sid Lorraine, Percy Abbott, Eddie Joseph, Harry Louine, and many other magicians. There are also pages of ads for effects sold by Abbott's. Virtually all issues are in very good condition: clean bright, tight, and free of creases, with light to moderate toning of pages. A few issues have a tiny tear or chip on one edge of covers. Note: we have hundreds of issues of other magic magazines. Please inquire. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Magazine.

Saddle-stitched. First Edition. Octavo, various pages counts, 1936-1941., 6 volumes Quarto, various page counts, 1942-1957, 16 volumes. The octavo issues are Very Good minus, all have age toning to the spine and pages with some light soiling of the covers and all are tightly stapled to the covers. The Quarto issues are Good plus, as the paper they were printed on was a low quality. Issues have age toning, brittleness in some of the issues, an occasional one has fold/bends. This is a near complete run only missing issues April 1945, January-February 1946 and June 1954 There are duplicates of March-December 1946, January, February, April-December 1947 and February 1952. Shelved Room B. 1401650. Special Collections.