Julien Proskauer (31 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Hardcover first edition, published by Harper, 1944. Julien Proskauer was a magician, friend of Houndini, and author of the classic cocktail guide 'What'll You Have?'. This is collection of puzzles using a variety of objects; paper, matches, coins, wire, string, and words. There are also chapters on optical illusions, and 'Mental Puzzles, which would probably qualify as magic tricks. 176 pages, 5 X 8-3/8 , illustrations by Robert Schoellhorn and Nancy Dryfoos. No dust jacket. Bright red cloth covered boards, with the author name and title imprinted on the spine in black, all lettering on the spine is intact and not rubbed or worn. . Boards are flat, the corners are not bumped or creased. Only one of the puzzles has writing, on page 67, where there is some pencil marks, no further writing besides that. This is not a library discard. There are squares of age tanning on pages 96-97, 140-141, and 160-161, looks as though there was a piece of paper inserted between those pages which left the tanning spots. Similar spots to the back paste-down page and back flyleaf as well. Attached photos are of the copy we have in our inventory.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. No dustjacket.; 345 pages.

HARD COPY RED. Condition: Good. General shelf wear, Bumped corners, Age toned DATE PUBLISHED: 1934 EDITION: 92.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Green cloth boards; the dust jacket appears to be a photocopy of an original, although parts of an original jacket are laid in. Book itself in near fine condition.

Original wraps. Condition: Good. First Edition. 38p octavo, illustrated by John Whitcomb a good copy in blue and white printed wraps.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Abril Lamarque (illustrator). Bookplate of magician Sid Lorraine on bottom of last page. Includes a very worn and foxed orginal envelope. Also includes a postcard to send to Jean Huggard that has a space for suggestions for effects and a request for Volume Two. Circa 1930's.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 198pp. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Boards a little darkened and FEPs browned. Overall a very good copy. Presents well.

Gebundene Ausgabe. Condition: Gut. englisch, Ecken bestoþen, Einband etwas berieben 12008 Sprache: Deutsch.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Black boards with red title to front and spine. Bookplate of magician Sid Lorraine on front endpaper. 'R-3" printed at top corner of front endpaper.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good; rubbing/bumping/fraying to extremities; scuffs, rubbing, and tarnish to black cloth; foxing to endpapers; else Fine. Hinges sound, spine straight, pages clean and bright except as noted. No dust jacket. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. James and Howard Savage (illustrator). 1st Edition. Ownership name and date of magician Eugene Gloye on flyleaf. No other markings. Very good in good to very good scarce original dust jacket. Jacket has a little edge wear and a few small abrasions near right edge of front panel. No significant chips. Normal age-toning to paper. One of a comparatively few original non-fiction works from this publisher which usually specialized in reprint editions. 300 pages. Illustrated with some drawings.

Paperback. Condition: Very good. Paperback. 6.25 by 3.25 inches. 55pp+ index. Light rubbing, else very good in publisher's stapled wraps.

First Edition. An expose of the spirit medium racket by the magician and author Julien Proskauer (1893-1958). 8vo. Green cloth boards, gilt titling to spine, xvii, 198 p., dust jacket. A fine copy in a good+ dust jacket. Pieces missing from the top portion of the spine, the top corner of the front panel, and along the bottom edge of the front panel.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Maroon boards with black titles to cove and spine. Spine slightly darkened.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good to Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. First Printing. 318 pages. Lower edge of covers somewhat soiled. Dust jacket chipped and soiled. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Third Printing, April 1934. 38, [2] p.: illustrations; 23 cm. Stapled illustrated paper cover. Pages of recipes for cocktails face pages with instructions for magic tricks suitable for performing at cocktail hour. Published the year after the end of Prohibition in the United States. Julien J. Proskauer (1893-1958) was an American magician; he was president of the Society of American Magicians in 1935 and 1936. In Very Good Condition: cover slightly rubbed and creased; clean and bright.

LeatherBound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 138. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1933 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 138.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Spook crooks! Exposing the secrets of the prophet-eers who conduct our wickedest industry. Profusely illustrated by James and Howard Savage. Proskauer, Julien J. A.L. Burt Company, New York, 1932. Author's Limited Edition (copy no. 244) 300p. hardcover no dust jacket, boards lightly bumped/scuffed, binding tight, text clean/unmarked, NOT xlib SIGNED/INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR--150.00. Signed by Author(s).

First Edition. [Magic and Folklore] FIRST EDITION, FROM THE LIBRARY OF ANTHONY LEJEUNE. Octavo (23 x 15cm), pp. 287; [1]. Publisher's red cloth with black titles to spine. Some spotting to textblock edges, fading spine, minor bumping to lower spine edge, slight watermark to front board. Near fine. Novelist Anthony Lejeune's copy. From the library of Anthony Lejeune (1928-2018), critic and writer for 'The Tablet' and the 'National Review.'.

Hardcover, 300 pages. Condition: Fair. James Savage; Howard Savage (illustrator). First Edition. First Edition. Rare and insatiably cool. Chipping and tearing to top and bottom of outer spine with some fraying visible. Bumping and rubbing to corners. Scuffing to boards. Foxing to text block and throughout text. Ex-book shop stamp on front inlay page. Foxing to front and back end-papers and inlay pages. Soiling to text block.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 232. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1946 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 232.

First Edition. Original illustrated wrappers, 26 pages, 6 1/2 by 4 inches. Illustrated By J. P. Ronan. Humorously illustrated cocktail recipe guide. Very Good, some soiling and wear to covers.

HARD BACK BLUE. Condition: FAIR. FIRST PRINTING. worm holes in bottom right corner of cover and some pages, spine faded, text block unmarked, pages yellowing, "19" writen on front end paper, shelf worn, corners bumped, some light foxing DATE PUBLISHED: 1933 EDITION: FIRST PRINTING 128.

First Edition. Original illustrated wrappers, 26 pages, 6 1/2 by 4 inches. Illustrated By J. P. Ronan. Humorously illustrated cocktail recipe guide. Very Good, light stain at fore-edge area of covers.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. GOOD spine a little faded, covers have some surface scratching and faint water spots, name & year inked on front flyleaf.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good in original blue cloth covered boards with black stamped lettering. A rare cocktail book from 1933, the year prohibition ended. "A not too dry text book about cocktails: Almost 200 of them - and what to serve with them: Wines, Liqueurs, Cordials" How, When and Where to Serve them". First Printing, November 1933 stated on the copyright page. Slight soiling to the front panel, slight fading along the spine, moderate edge wear. Comes housed in a custom slipcase.

LeatherBound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 324. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1932 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 324.

First Edition. John Whitcomb illustrations. Tall side stapled pamphlet, 38 pages, with black and white and color illustrations, 9 by 4 inches. Cocktail book with cocktail and food recipes, party games and activities, optical illusions and magi tricks. Very Good.

Leather Bound. Condition: new. Language: English. {Size: 14.60 x 22.86 cms} Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine lends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2026, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in 1932. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Lang: - English, Pages:- 299, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. We are specialised in Customisation of books, if you wish to opt different color leather binding, you may contact us. This service is chargeable. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. 299.