Mayoh William (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very Good hardcover in teal boards. Overall a bright and attractive copy. No markings to the text. Illustrated. Light aging to the covers and end pages. 137 pp.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Date is an estimate. Softcover reprint of book originally published in 1949 in hardcover. Ink name and date of prior owner on title page, otherwise no markings. 136 pages. Oriental style stage magic. Illustrated with b&w photos.

Hardback. First. This hardback edition of Magic A Collection of Practical Effects all of which have been tried and tested is looking for a new home Written by William Mayoh who went by the stage name and persona of Ho Yam is not only an instructive book of magic but a primary source for American racial attitudes and orientalism in the early 20th century This blue clothbound book has black ink lettering to the cover and spine and contains 137 pages of text peppered with illustrated photographs by the author himself This book is in good condition despite its age it ha some small scuffs some fading and some foxing This book would make for a lovely gift for any American social historian or for any budding magic enthusiastnbsp. Ho Yam (William Mayoh) (illustrator). book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good, tight, clean copy with no markings. Lacking dust jacket. Some natural age-discoloration of endsheets, otherwise an exceptionally nice copy. Uncommon hardcover edition. Oriental style stage magic. Illustrated with b&w photos.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Good with bookplate of magician RAY MUSE detached but laid in. Offsetting where bookplate was originally affixed on flyleaf. Heavily tattered and torn in several pieces dust jacket included, but poor condition. Original light blue cloth hardcover edition, which preceded the Tannen softbound reprint by many years. Oriental style stage magic. Illustrated with b&w photos. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. With the ink ownership signature of Dick Buffum (Richard Buffum), newspaperman and magician and publisher (Abracadabra Press.) Otherwise very good, tight,copy with no other markings. Has a few dirt smudges. Some natural age-discoloration of endsheets. In the scarce dust jacket which shows some foxing but has NO chips and only a few tiny edge tears. Uncommon thus. Oriental style stage magic. Illustrated with b&w photos.…