Introduction John Mulholland (8 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1971 3rd printing. Small abrasion on front flyleaf where a pen price was partly erased, otherwise very good with no other markings in a very good dust jacket some wrinkling on rear panel but no chips or tears. This curious volume reprinted a work first published decades before the present edition. The present edition is newly typeset and has an introduction unique to this edition by John Mulholland. Illustrated with drawings, 141 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. Nelson Hahne (illustrator). Fair with some stains or dust soil to cover and pages.No markings. A complete multi-phase routine with silks including various knotting, appearance, sympathetic silk and other effects. Likely this is the first printing.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Bill Hanna (illustrator). First Edition. Very good copy with no markings. Some age-darkening to covers and toning to paper. A little wear at top of spine. Illustrated with drawings.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Nelson Hahne (illustrator). Very good, clean copy with no markings. A complete multi-phase routine with silks including various knotting, appearance, sympathetic silk and other effects. This printing probably circa 1950s.

Publisher's original flat backed duck egg blue card wrap covers (soft back). 8vo. 9'' x 6''. Contains 222 pp with 313 monochrome photographs throughout. Ink message to the front free end paper and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. MAGIC & CONJURING.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Thus. First Thus. First appearance of four+ page introduction by American magician John Mulholland. Book was original published in London circa 1900. Minor abrasions to cloth along edges, else near fine, tight, clean in a good dj with short edge tears to 1/2", very shallow minor chips and some rubbing. Not price-clipped. 738 page expanded edition (additions made around 1918) The third massive compendium of magic by Professor Hoffmann, who of course penned many other conjuring related works, and works on various other recreational subjects.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Bookplate of noted magic builder Leslie C. Smith (Owen Magic Supreme) on inside cover. A little wrinkling and offsetting to covers. Opens up to 8.5 x 11" manuscript pages. 25 pages. Although there are many books explaining the Si Stebbins system, this edition issued by Frank Lane is one of the most thorough and is fairly uncommon. Stiff grey printed paper covers, which when opened out, the binding staples are at top of pages. Not illustrated.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Sid Lorraine (illustrator). 1st Edition. First Edition (SD). You may experience a little magic in owning this book because it is signed and inscribed by the famous magician John Mulholland to none other than The Incredible Hulk himself, Bill Bixby. The inscription reads: 'For Bill Bixby whose magic I like-- with the hope that he will find this magic of other magicians of interest. With good wishes, John Mulholland.' As you can see in the photo he included a little drawing of a rabbit below his signature. 'John Mulholland was an American magician, author, publisher and intelligence agent. He learned the art of magic as a teenager with John William Sargent, President of the Society of American Magicians. Mulholland was a professional magician for two decades. He ran one of the first magic workshops and was the editor of the magic trade magazine The Sphinx beginning in 1930. Mulholland was also a close friend of Harry Houdini who he said 'once told me that he considered no man to be a magician until he was able skillfully to perform the cups and balls.' In 1939, Mulholland was the only foreign officer in the British Magical Society, and by that time had studied his craft in 42 countries. During World War II, he wrote a spellbook for soldiers. His collection is now owned by David Copperfield. Mulholland left his editorial position at The Sphinx in 1953, officially due to health problems but in reality it was a cover for him to work for the Central Intelligence Agency. During the Cold War, he was paid by the CIA to write a manual on deception and misdirection. Copies of the document were believed to have been destroyed in 1973, however they later resurfaced and were published as 'The Official CIA Manual of Trickery and Deception.' ' As an actor, Bixby was also well known for his roles in The Courtship of Eddie's Father (winning an Emmy for Lead Actor) and My Favorite Martian. For many years he was one of the most popular actors on television with roles on more than sixty different how television series, winning several other acting awards and Emmy nominations. He is also remembered as a frequent panelist on many game shows, particularly Hollywood Squares and Password. In 1973 he starred in a TV series called The Magician. And as 'an accomplished amateur magician himself, he hosted several TV specials in the mid-1970s which featured other amateur magicians, and was a respected member of the Hollywood magic community, belonging to The Magic Castle, an exclusive club for magicians.' This book is in very nice condition. You can see the covers in the photos. They are very clean, one tiny spot on the spine. The gilt lettering on the front is nicely bright, on the spine it is fairly bright. The covers have very little wear, a tiny crease near the spine's bottom edge, a white surface scratch on the rear. The cover edges and corners are in very good shape. The book is solidly bound from cover to cover, no cracks or spaces at any of the junctures, nicely tight covers. The pages are exceptionally clean. Scrolling through, I'm not finding any soiling. I'm also not finding any creasing. There are no markings. No attachments of any kind. And the aforementioned signed inscription is the only writing to be found anywhere. As you would expect, there are great many illustrations. They are all in excellent condition. Inscribed by Author(s).