Walter Gibson Bruce Elliott (12 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Original Illustrations (illustrator). 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!

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Jacket by Neville Dear (illustrator). 1st Edition. First UK edition, first impression. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, spine sunned, corners very slightly bruised, slight lean. Not price clipped (£6.95), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy for its age. 414pp. A saga of the Carlyon family, founders of Murranji Station in the Australian Outback. A sweeping novel of both the benefits and the harmful effects of the encroaching civilization they helped to establish in the wilderness. The pen name 'Maxwell Grant' was a pseudonym used by the authors of 'The Shadow' pulp magazine stories and for the novels they also wrote on the Australian outback. Street & Smith the publishers, asked Walter B. Gibson, a writer hired to chronicle the Shadow's adventures, to create a pen name for the Shadow's author for several reasons, primarily so that numerous authors could be used to write the stories without confusing the readers. Gibson, who was also a nonfiction writer, wanted to use a pen name for his fiction. He adopted the pen name Maxwell Grant, taking the name from two magic dealers he knew, Maxwell Holden and U.F. Grant. Quite a scarce book.

paperback. Condition: Good. Original Illustrations (illustrator). 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!

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Original Illustrations (illustrator). Paperback in near fine condition. Back cover is very slightly bumped at hinge, else as new.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Edd Cartier (illustrator). 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!

hardcover. Condition: Good. A group of six binders hold issues 1-348 of The Phoenix and The New Phoenix. The earliest issues have pen dates of 1947, the last issues are dated 1955. The first is Issues 1-100, dated 7/9/47 in pen, second is 101-150 dated 1946, third is 151-200 dated 1948, fourth is 201-250 dated 1950, fourth is 251-300 dated 1952, fifth is 301-348 dated 1954. Four of the volumes are in clip binders, two are bound into book, with cloth boards, all binders contain indexes at the front. Many issues are toned with edge wear. Walter Brown Gibson (1897 ? 1985) was an American writer and professional magician, best known for his work on the pulp fiction character The Shadow. Produced by Tannen?s Magic, The Phoenix was a bi-weekly magic periodical written by Walter B. Gibson and Bruce Elliot. It ran for over 300 issues from January 1942 to Feb 1954 and featured ideas and tricks from some of the most respected magicians in the world. All orders packed with care, most dust jackets protected by Brodart sleeve, independent bookseller since 2011.

Hardcover. Condition: g. 8vo. Issues 1-250. Issues are bound into 5 volumes, vols. 1 and 3-5 in maroon cloth and vol. 2 in black cloth with gilt stamped spines. Black & white text illustrations throughout. Some general wear to bindings, otherwise very good. An interesting 4 page periodical published from the early 40's to early 50's in New York. The 250 issues feature card tricks, rope tricks, number tricks, mental tricks, et al., reviews and press releases with numerous contributors. Good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition Thus. Hardback. 4to. pp 1000+. Bound in burgundy cloth, lettered gilt at the spines. Edited and published by Walter Gibson and Bruce Elliott, 1942-1944; by Bruce Elliott, 1945-1954. Bound in five volumes. Published from Jan 1942 to February 1952. Collected and published in the 1950's by Louis Tannen. (A Periodical of Stage Magic). All clean, very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Reprint Edition. Complete file of the magazine/newletter THE PHOENIX published originally starting in 1942, these particular bound reprints being issued during the 1960s or so. (does NOT include the follow-up magazine, NEW PHOENIX edited by Don Tanner) Amazing condition. All close to like new. Not issued in printed dust jackets but three volumes include unprinted tissue or paper guards (with some chipping) Six (6) hardcovers.All original TANNEN eds (none are the later Robbins reprints) and are in matching maroon boards with gilt lettering except that the first volume is an early reprint without the Tannen logo at base of spine. An iconic 20th century magic periodical which in its day was the successor to Annemann's famous JINX magazine, and an excellent publication in its own right. 300 issues are reprinted in these six volumes. Indices included at the beginning of each volume.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. This quarto-sized set of four hardcover volumes contains issue numbers 1-200, published between 1942-1950, of The Phoenix, a periodical for the performing magician and hobbyist. It details various tricks with drawings showing how they're done. Each volume contains 50 issues and each volume is indexed. The binding cloth of volume I is slightly different from the cloth of the other 3 volumes. Condition: very light rubbing and wear to the bindings; inked name and date to the first free endpapers of volumes I & II; else near fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Books range in condition (very good minus or better) and probably also range in printing as well, as there is no printing notation and binding styles differ. Vol. 2 likely a first edition of the collected issues, as there is no mention of Louis Tannen. Vol. 2 also appears to have belonged to famous pioneering television magician Dell O'Dell, with her name on the binding as well as signed in large across both endpapers. O'Dell's signature is quite scarce with Rare Book Hub showing only one item in its entire catalog. Four quarto sized volumes, 603 pages total, bound in similar color, but with different cloths, differing gilt ornamentation. Satisfaction guaranteed. Additional photos always available on request. Shipped in a fitted, padded box. Heavy item, additional postage will be necessary. Signed by Author(s).

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good+. THE PHOENIX. (A Magic Newsletter For Magicians, published every other Friday). 69 issues- 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7- (April 1942), 8-62, 65, 66, 68,74, 79, 82, 89, 90, 93- (1945). Each issue is 4 pages. All in VERY GOOD+ CONDITION OR BETTER. 69 issues total. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.