John D Lippy Jr (23 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Clean, bright, tight, unmarked copy w/no rips. Small cover scrape. Quick, secure shipping w/free delivery confirmation from Los Angeles bookstore.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Illustrated softcover. First edition. Book is in fine condition, crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. Chemical magic tricks illustrated throughout. 8vo. 164 pp.

Condition: New.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Chemical Magic. Book.

Softcover. Condition: Used: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. This book is clean, solid and in great shape! This is a softcover book with 164 pages including some illustrations. The binding is strong with all pages firmly attached. The pages are clean with no soiling, writing or tears.The covers are also in great shape and show just a hint of edgewear. This book looks and feels great! We always ship in a sturdy cardboard box.…

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Hardback or Cased Book. Condition: New. Chemical Magic. Book.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. PERFORMING ARTS. 107pp. Drawings. Intro by Thurston. Pictorial orange cloth with some light soiling to rear - minor. 12mo.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Later Edition. ISBN Trade Paperback. No publisher or publication date listed, bound in white cardstock covers with black lettering on spine, red illustration of table laden with magic tricks flanked by fire-breathing demons on each side on bottom half of front cover, 164 pages. Very Good Condition. Tight sound unmarked copy with minor rubs to edges and corners of covers, minor creasing along spine edge, some browning and dustsoiling to edges of covers and interior pages. …

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Illus., 8.25 x 5.5", orange cloth, 107pp, covers with light extremity-bumping and fraying, very light stain to bottom of spine, pp (especially endpapers) toned else a decent copy of this reprint, in a rubbed, darkened, edge-torn, chipped and spine-stained dustjacket. With an Introduction by Howard Thurston. …

No date or edition details give, (probably 1930s) This book contains many chemical recipes for special effects and tricks involving chemical effects such as those demonstrated by the magician or entertainer. Red cloth with black lettering, illustrated with line drawings. 156 pages, 5 X 7.5 inches, a good book foxed on the page edges, faded on the spine with some mottled fading to the boards, internally clean and in good order, no dustwrapper.…

Condition: Good. Orange cloth with black stamping on front cover and spine, pictorial dust jacket. Pictorial frontispiece, illustrated, 107 pages. Introduction by Howard Thurston. Chips and wear to dust jacket, else in good condition.

Stapled wraps. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good+ in stapled wraps.

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

First edition of this specialized instructional work. Octavo, original publisher's pictorial cloth, top stain orange, frontispiece, illustrated with photographs and diagrams. From the collection of magician Oscar Teale with his book plate to the front pastedown. Oscar Teale was a magician, lecturer, and historian of magic whose work bridged performance, scholarship, and the preservation of conjuring as a serious cultural practice. He served as the private secretary to Harry Houdini during the final years of Houdiniâs life, a position that granted him direct access to the magicianâs professional correspondence, research, and anti-spiritualist investigations, and later informed Tealeâs influential role in preserving and interpreting Houdiniâs legacy. In very good condition. John D. Lippy, Jr. was an American educator and writer whose work focused on the intersection of chemistry, pedagogy, and popular demonstration. Best known for Chemical Magic, Lippy sought to translate fundamental chemical principles into controlled, visually engaging experiments that could function both as classroom instruction and as performance, emphasizing safety, clarity of explanation, and reproducibility. Framed at the intersection of science education and conjuring, the book emphasizes clarity, safety, and repeatability, presenting experiments that rely on accessible materials while illustrating fundamental reactions such as color change, gas production, and combustion. …