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Published by Magico, New York, 1985
Seller: Aladdin Books, Fullerton, CA, U.S.A.
Book Print on Demand
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Reprint. Fine copy but missing dust jacket. No markings. Tight and clean. Date is an estimate. Reprint of the 1900 Routledge ed. 252 pages. This is NOT a print on demand book. Maroon boards with gilt title on spine.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Original 1892 edition, NOT a modern reprint. Light wear to the decorated binding. Spine and front cover with gold-stamped title and a number of playing cards in colors. No slope, no twist from reading or improper shelving. Illustrated pages tight and clean with no marks. Previous owner's bookplate inside the front cover and on the verso of the front flyleaf. No odor. No water damage. No soiliing. No sun fading. Nice copy overall.
Published by Cassell and Company, Ltd, 1890
Seller: Hugh Hardinge Books, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Illustrated red bevelled boards and spine lettered and decorated in black and gilt; surfaces soiled and discoloured, corners rubbed, top and base of spine frayed. Internally black end papers cracked down hinges and bookplate on front pastedown. half title a little smudged and occasional finger marks to follow; binding secure but a little loose.
Published by George Routledge and Sons, London, 1881
Seller: Aladdin Books, Fullerton, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. FAIR ONLY due to two signatures (gatherings) in center of book being detached. Attractive original brown decorated cloth with gilt titles. Davenport magic shop advertising labels affixed to front and rear pastedowns. Davenport address stamps on title page and verso of front flyleaf and elsewhere. Date 1881 printed on title page. No ownership markings. This work was the companion to SECRETS OF STAGE CONJURING AND MAGIC.
Published by George Routledge and Sons, London, 1881
Seller: Aladdin Books, Fullerton, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Good, but has a cello-tape repair to the gutter between flyleaf and half-title page. Address plate of magician and ventriloquist George McAthy on verso of flyleaf. Some foxing to preliminary pages and light dirt smudge on fore edge of text block. Grey pictorial cloth show some wear. Date 1881 printed on title page. This work was the companion to SECRETS OF STAGE CONJURING AND MAGIC.
Published by George Routledge & Sons, London and New York, 1895
Seller: Aladdin Books, Fullerton, CA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. NOTE: The date is an estimate. No date is printed in the book. The first printing of this translation was published in 1882. Very good in original dark green pictorial cloth with lettering in gold, red and black. contemporary bookplate on front pastedown. Slight spine lean. No prior owner markings. A few dirt spots to outer edge of text block. The hinges are sound with original end sheets. No restoration. 316 pages. A handsome copy of a later printing.
Published by George Routledge and Sons, London, 1878
Seller: Moroccobound Fine Books, IOBA, Lewis Center, OH, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. xix, 374, (6, catalogue) pp. Hardcover, bound in decorative blue cloth, all edges gilt. Edge-worn, the head of the spine frayed and the spine faded; rear endpapers repaired at the fold.