Lewis Angelo John Professor Hoffmann (31 results)

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

paperback. Condition: Good. Ex-library copy. The page edge is tanned. The copy shows minor external wear, but is otherwise in clean condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Later Magic: With New Miscellaneous Tricks and Recollections of Hartz the Wizard. HOFFMANN, Professor (Angelo John Lewis). Routledge and Kegan Paul Ltd. no pub date stated. ex-library rebound hardcover, no dust jacket with the usual library stamps/marks/card pocket, text clean/unmarked—15.00.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. in illustrated Wraps. Softcover 1978 Dover 563 pages. Very Good+, in illustrated wraps. Just a touch of shelf/edge wear to covers. No notes or writing-all pages are bright, clean and crisp. ISBN-0486236234. Over a century after its publication, Professor Hoffman's Modern Magic remains a cornerstone of the art, a classic which belongs in the library of every professional and amateur magician. it was the first book in English to really explain how to do the classic effects of magic, establishing certain fundamentals of performance which are as valid today as they were when Professor Hoffman wrote them down. Takes the student of magic through the entire repertoire of stage magic, from simple card tricks, coin tricks, tricks with watches, tricks with rings, tricks with handkerchiefs, tricks with dominoes and dice, tricks using cups and balls and hat tricks to elaborate illusions involving the construction of complicated machinery such as automata, floating tables and various traps. Several hundred tricks are explained, 332 line-cut illustrations show hand positions. Unabridged. LOC SSS-06.…

softcover. Condition: good. Good to Very good condition. Minor wear. Binding tight, pages clean. Pictures available upon request. . nd.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good.

Paperback. Condition: Like New. FIRST THUS. First Edition Thus, First Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Dover Publications, 1978. Octavo. Paperback. Book is like new. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint edition with new Introduction by Charles Reynolds. Very clean throughout with crease to cover and bumps to corners. Interior is bright and clear, text and many illustrations are excellent. Binding is tight and strong.

Full title - TRICKS WITH CARDS CONTAINING EXPLANATIONS OF THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF SLEIGHT-OF-HAND APPLICABLE TO CARD-TRICKS; OF CARD-TRICKS WITH ORDINARY CARDS, AND NOT REQUIRING SLEIGHT-OF-HAND; OF TRICKS INVOLVING SLEIGHT-OF-HAND, OR THE USE OF SPECIALLY-PREPARED CARDS. BT PROFESSOR HOFFMANN. ILLUSTRATED. 106, [3] pages. Paperback: H 18.4cm x L 12.3cm. Paper covers toned and soiled with edge chips and creased corners. Interior leaves toned as is typical for the lesser paper stock utilized by contemporary pulp publishers like Wehman Bros.; brittleness of leaves contributed to some chipped corners and short margin tears; some pencil marks at margins. Binding is still firm. No publishing date provided but spine gives price as thirty cents which would seem to be a price suited for 1910-1920 at the earliest. …

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Facsimile reprint of the 1893 original. Good with some edge wear to cover including a tiny piece out of top corner. No markings. Minimal spine wear.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. pp xx 554. Illustrated with black and white drawings and diagrams. Pictorial card covers with small areas of loss at top of spine and front spine corner. Some mild black mould marks to top of prelims and last pages . Otherwise a Clean Tight Copy. May require extra overseas airmail shipping.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Paperback is an unabridged and unaltered republication of "Later Magic" (1903). Front cover has crease and minor edge bumps. Very clean throughout with excellent text and illustrations. Page 361 has an inch long crack to fore edge margin (does not affect text). Edges are generally clean. Binding is tight and strong. …

Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. One page once creased at top tip; Otherwise as new; 7.0 X 4.7 X 0.9 inches; 394 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 4th Edition. A 4th edition of a book first published in 1892 (Jessel ref. 1082 indicates 1891 but an 1892 copy is clearly a 1st edition). Olive covers with title to front in red and gilt dec to the spine; a game is illustrated in red and black on the cover. Lists 63 variant games. A very good clean, tight copy.…

Cloth. Condition: Good. xii, 504pp + 24pp publisher's catalogue. Front hinge repaired. Maroon cloth w gold lettering on spine. Moderate wear to corners, surface scuff to head, tail and joints. Binding is sound. Wax stain on back board. Small octavo: 190 x 136mm. Originally published 1879 in an illustrated binding with gold stamping, but based on the books listed in the publisher's catalogue and the plain binding, this edition dates between 1904-09. Professor Louis Hoffmann, whom Houdini described as "the Brightest Star in the Firmament of Magical Literature," was the pseudonym for Angelo John Lewis who was, by profession, a barrister (Reynolds, Modern Magic, 1976).…

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. Very good plus, unread, still in publishers plastic bag. Flat spine with no cracks or creasing. A classic magic textbook which has been almost continuously in print since its first publication in 1904. Despite what some websites say, this is NOT a print on demand copy.…

Part book only card wrap covers (soft back). 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains pp 215-345 with illustrations. Member of the P.B.F.A. MAGIC & CONJURING.

Maroon hardback cloth cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. G: in good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed and marked. Chipping and fading to spine. Edge-wear. Inner hinge cracking. Browning to pages. Sporadic foxing. 200mm x 150mm (8" x 6"). xv, 628pp. B/w illustrations.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Introduction by John Mulholland. Enlarged edition with 266 illustrations. Foxing on edges and endpapers, a bit faded along the spine, else very good in light brown cloth with black lettering and design. No dust jacket. ; 738 pages.

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.…

Pictorial Card Covers. Condition: Good. Circa 1910s. Illustrated. Light tanning to endpapers. Original yellow backed pictorial card covers, minor signs of use.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First edition. A smart first edition of this illustrated book of card games and patience games, from leading English writer on magic Professor Hoffman. First edition. Illustrated throughout. A collection of guides to and examples of patience games, or games for a single player to play against fate or chance. With examples such as: Royal Marriage, Hidden Cards, The Five Court Cards, The Four Seasons, and Valentine, amongst others. Written by Angelo John Lewis, an English barrister, and the leading writer on magic, games, amusements and puzzles of his time, who used the pseudonym Professor Louis Hoffman for publishing. In the original pictorial cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing to the extremities and the odd small mark to the boards. Minor fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot and minor age toning to the extremities. A contemporary ink inscription to the title page. Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…

Hard back binding in publisher's original finely grained maroon cloth covers, gilt lettering to the spine. 8vo 7½'' x 5¼'' xii, 504 [pp]. Monochrome illustrations throughout. Cracking of paper to front end paper, general light soiling to the covers, page edges slightly age darkened with small brown mark edge of lower end paper, corners and tips turned-in. Member of the P.B.F.A. MAGIC & CONJURING.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 8vo. xx, 394pp, [2]. With half-title, engraved frontispiece, and numerous in-text illustrations. Origina bluel pictorial cloth. An exceptionally bright copy; rare thus. Mild rubbing to spine, but overall, a book that seldom turns up in this condition. Bookplate of Edward Bright, and a Christmas gift inscription from his mother to him in 1898.…

American Edition. Undated American edition of Hoffmann's classic work originally published in 1876. Copiously illustrated throughout detailing methods and apparatuses from the era. Quite uncommon in the striking jacket by Arthur Hawkins Jr. (1903-1985). 8vo, xvii, [1], 563, [1] pp. 318 illustrations. Green pictorial cloth lettered in black. Boards discolored in spots, else very good in very sharp illustrated jacket by Arthur Hawkins Jr. showing a bit of use at spine ends and corners, foxing to white rear panel, else nicely preserved.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1899 CARD TRICKS Conjuring Illusions Sleight-of-Hand MAGIC Manual Hoffman Tricks with Cards, written by Angelo John Lewis under the pseudonym Professor Hoffmann, serves as an extensive manual on performing card tricks and includes 40 original illustrations and diagrams. Professor Hoffmann explores a variety of aspects of card magic, covering sleights of hand, tricks involving special cards, marked cards, and tricks requiring no sleights of hand or special apparatus. Additionally, the book includes chapters on card tricks dependent on sleight of hand and tricks that require apparatus or special cards. The work also extends to stage tricks, providing a comprehensive guide for enthusiasts and practitioners of card magic. Originally released in sections under the titles, Card Tricks With Apparatus and Card Tricks Without Apparatus since 1893. This manual has remained a significant contribution to the field of magic, reflecting Hoffmann s influence as a prolific magic author and translator. Item number: #41543 Price: $499 HOFFMANN, Professor (LEWIS, Angelo John) Tricks with Cards. A Complete Manual of Card Conjuring. With Original Illustrations and Diagrams. London; New York: Frederick Warne and Co., 1899. Details: Collation: Complete o ix, [1], 250, [4] o 180 illustrations Provenance: Handwritten o Julian M. Dodge, 1902 Possibly Julian M. Dodge, a sergeant-major in the 8th Massachusetts Infantry during the Spanish-American War. o John D. Cannoy Language: English Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure o Decorative green cloth Size: ~7.25in X 5in (18.5cm x 12.5cm) Our Guarantee: Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide. Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation! 41543 Photos available upon request.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good Plus. Third Edition. Book measures 15.5x11.cm. viii, 120pp, text illustrations. Rebacked in leather with the original illustrated boards, raised bands, gilt lines and lettering. Boards rubbed, worn on edges. The book has been bound slightly to tight, and the boards are slightly short. Generally binding in good firm condition. Internally, endpaper joints pulling. Pages in good clean condition. A good copy. F Size: 12mo.…

Small 8vo, pp. 127, [1], 32; text illustrations, some full-page; brown cloth, printed in black; boards cocked and lightly soiled, text clean, very good. According to the preface, "the first attempt to present a drawing-room conjuring entertainment in the guise of a connected story.".

(London: Cassell 1890). First UK Edition. Octavo, original red beveled cloth, pictorially stamped in black and gilt. First edition, with 112 wood-engravings of balancing and sleight-of-hand tricks, using objects found in the household. Magic at Home is a "free translation of the Science Amusante of Arthur Good [1890]." Each of its 100 demonstrations "embodies a distinct scientific reaction often illustrating, in a magical or quasi-magical form, the operation of some natural law." 16-page publisher's catalogue at rear, dated 8.90. Black end-papers. A VG (or slightly better) copy with pushing at the spine tips and toning to the spine. What differentiates this copy from the norm, however, is that the hinges are firm with no splitting whatsoever. A nicer copy than normally encountered and in bright, attractive, condition. The First Edition from 1890 (which this is) is "Rare". No D/W.…