William Rauscher (58 results)

Condition: Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Ed. Ex-Library.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. As new unmarked copy. Story of Holocaust survivors Werner Reich and Herbert Niivelli. 2nd Edition.

Stapled. Condition: Good. No Jacket. There are quite a few stains to the front blue cover. Some foxing - a rectangular shape - to back cover that stains onto last page.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Photo Cover (illustrator). First Edition. -----------( 1st printing of the First edition ) ---hardcover, a Near Fine example, in a Near Fine dustjacket, some VERY tiny nicks and chips at spine tips of jacket, very small puncture to rear panel of jacket and book near sspine fold lower corner (see scan of jacket), --- #140 of an unspecified edition of numbered copies, this copy has been signed and inscribed by JOHN CALVERT " To David Sincerely your friend John Calvert Thanks for helping on the stage 1989", 305 pages, b&w photos throughout, ---"Only a dedicated magic buff could have so thoroughly researched and written a book recounting John Calvert's breath-taking illusions onstage, his incredible daredevil feats, and his many real-life escapes from death. In this compelling narrative and with three hundred photographs, William V. Rauscher describes the magic career that led to record-breaking engagements on Broadway and exciting adventures around the world. Calvert has captivated audiences in the great cities of five continents. -----Rauscher tells of the successful movie career, often touched by Calvert's own magical good fortune, where he starred in many popular films and went on to succeed in most of the facets of the motion picture industry. The audhor relates hair-raising exploits of Calvert in his private airliners, in which he transported his cast and the props and sets of his glittering stage productions; and of Calvert at sea, where he encountered typhoons in the Pacific, pirates off the coast of China, gunboats in the Straits of Taiwan, and the loss of three great yachts, including the gallant sailing vessel Sea Fox. After his speedboat sank off the coast of Borneo, the magician swam for nearly sixteen hours in waters infested with sea snakes, sharks, and Portuguese men-of-war until he was picked up by a native fisherman. -----Rauscher has gathered a remarkable collection of photographs chronicling Calvert's life from his childhood in New Trenton, Indiana, through most of his unique experiences. The illustrations enhance this thrilling and inspiring saga about an extraordinary man whose daring, imagination and faith have propelled and sustained him through a long life of adventure in a magical aura where success and survival clearly have triumphed. John Calvert: Magic and Adventures Around the World contains details of a story that continues today with all the glamour and mystique that have followed Calvert through five decades. -----Walter B. Gibson, world famous magic author, historian and creator of "The Shadow,"said: "There is no question that John Calvert has lived his magic. He is reminiscent of the legendary Scottish magician, Professor Anderson. John Henry Anderson (1814-1874) known as the famous 'Wizard of the North' fearlessly traveled and performed throughout the world more than 100 years ago. Rauscher has captured that same excitement of travel, adventure, nostalgia, and theatre. This is a remarkable, wonderful, and compelling story of a man who is the last of the big international traveling shows and still actively performing and living an exciting life. John Calvert will be remembered as one of the great and unique magicians of history. He is a dynamic man."---", any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)--- Size: 7.25w x 10.25h Inches. Signed (see description). NOT Price Clipped.

HC. 146pp ISBN 0312134789 Warmly inscribed and signed by the author. very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) signed by author.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No jacket. Nice copy. Cover is rubbed and worn along edges. Binding is tight. Pages are tanned, but otherwise clean and unmarked.

HC. 134pp ISBN 0738825298 fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) signed by the author.

Couverture souple. Condition: Très bon. Edition originale. rare document. Dédicacé par l'auteur.

inscription signed by author on flyleaf. marginal notes & underlining, good in good d.j. signed copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Ex-Library hardcover with dj in very nice condition with the usual markings and attachments. Except for library markings, interior clean and unmarked. Tight binding.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good Condition. 13 page typescript with printed covers by the famed magician. Size: Octavo (8vo). Text is clean and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Magic, Paranormal & Occult. Signed by Author. Inventory No: 040185.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. First Edition stated. Soiling. ; 1 x 8.3 x 5.6 Inches; 204 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Photo - Illustrated (illustrator). First Edition. Blu cloth binding with gold print on spine.Spine ends slightly crushed. Tight, sound, and unmarked. 301 pages including index. Dust jacket is light blue with yellow and white print on front cover and spine. Has small 3/4" tear on lower front cover and small fold over on top edge of rear panel. In mylar and is price-clipped.

HB. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: NF+. First Limited and Numbered Edition. The ninth in a series of Magical Pro-files. First Limtied & Numbered Edition Number 821 of 1,000 copies below b/w photo of Houdini and his wife. Clean navy blue cloth on boards with gilt titles. Eps: b/w photo of Houdini in a room with a group of men. Ffep with a coloured poster of Houdini;'s Startling Expose from the Stanley Palm Collection. Nice clean contents. B/w illustrations. Binding is As New. 192p Dj: clean jacket. Limited Edition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. Covered in Mylar; Magical Pro-Files; B and w photos; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 192 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Book is clean and tight, dust jacket has wear and light soiling. Copy no 200 of the first edition run. Gift incription by John, as well as a personal post card with Christmas wishes to the recipients from John and his wife Tammy. ISBN 007511783X.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A very clean copy in like dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Signed by John Calvert and William V Rauscher. First edition numbered 00401. Good condition. Text looks free of highlighting and underlining. Wear to the exterior.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Quarter navy cloth, blue paper boards. x, 204 pp. Light chafing to spine ends. Fading to top edges. Dust jacket is price clipped, age toned, lightly soiled. This book is a first--a sympathetic guide to psychic phenomena from a Christian viewpoint. Its author, an Episcopal priest, seeks to show how paranormal events can be interpreted as instruments of divine purpose and revelation.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Second Printing. pp. 301 with index. The authorative biography of the world's greatest medium, clean tight copy, curling to top/bottom spine boards, d/j shows small tears, creases to top spine, small creases to lower, else slight edge and corner wear, small pin holes top front right corner Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Inscribed by Author(s).

Photos, 11 x 8.5", glossy pict stapled wraps, 79pp, covers a little rubbed, couple of small spots on front cover near foot of spine, contents nice. LIMITED TO 250 NUMBERED COPIES (this is copy #148), INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, WILLIAM V. RAUSCHER.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A true story of Holocaust survivors Werner Reich and Herbert Nivelli, inscribed by author on tp, 183pps w/index, ill, 4to. Uncommon, NF/NF, 1st edn, a gorgeous copy, rare hardcover. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Near fine with light age toning in near fine dustwrapper with slight wear at the extremities. Inscribed by Rauscher in the year of publication on the front free endpaper, as well as by Rev. Canon Robert J. Lewis, who is mentioned in the acknowledgments. A review of psychic phenomena by an Episcopal priest.

Hardcover. 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!

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. #394 of 1000 numbered copies. Very good with a slight spine lean to cloth boards. (boards tilt slightly such that spine is not square.) Name plate of former owner Roger Linden, a known professional magician. Jacket very good with slight edge wear. No jacket chips or tears. No prior owner markings. Lavish coffee-table biography of the noted magician. With 16 pages of color plates of advertising posters and numerous black and white photos and reproductions interspersed within the text.

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good +. Limited First Edition. Limited First Edition. Hardcover. Signed and inscribed by Mike Caveney and William Rauscher to previous owner and dated 1999 to title page. Edition limited to 1000 copies, this being number 136. Additional ephemera laid in: reproduction Le Roy, Talma & Bosco publicity handbill (1905), Le Roy, Talma & Bosco promotional folder from (1915), a Percy Naldret poem about Talma produced compliments of author William Rauscher, and two color post cards associated with this book. 11 3/4" X 9 1/4". 320pp. Light cover wear to pictorial dust jacket. Bound in full slate gray cloth, with upper board and spine lettered in gilt. Light shelfwear, if any, to binding. Binding is firm and sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. Illustrated throughout, including 28 posters reproduced in full color. A very presentable limited edition, signed by both authors, of this full presentation of the work of the Belgian magician and illusion designer Servais Le Roy, eighth in Magic Words' series of Magical Pro-files. This book is oversize and will require additional postage to ship internationally; please contact us for a quote. ABOUT SERVAIS LE ROY: MONARCH OF MYSTERY: As a performer and inventor of magic and illusions, Servais Le Roy had no peer. Harry Houdini praised him, Howard Thurston feared him and Harry Kellar called him the most finished artist he had ever seen. Mrs. Le Roy, known around the world as Talma: The Queen of Coins, was often compared to that great sleight-of-hand expert, T. Nelson Downs, and the rotund Leon Bosco induced gales of laughter by switching the heads on two living birds. Together, as Le Roy, Talma and Bosco - The Comedians de Mephisto, they produced a full evening of magical entertainment unlike anything the world had ever seen. This is the story of their rise to fame starting with Le Roy's early visits to Egyptian Hall in London with his boyhood friend David Devant, his first success in England's music halls and American vaudeville during the 1890s, and finally, international fame as a recognized star of the Variety stage. During Le Roy's amazing life he rubbed shoulders (and did battle) with many of the biggest names in show business. Drawing on a number of primary sources including William Rauscher's long friendship with Le Roy's chief assistant Elizabeth Ford, Le Roy's previously unpublished notebook and on years of dedicated research, the authors were able to include previously unpublished illusion secrets, Le Roy's inspirational rise to international fame and finally, his catastrophic final performance and heartbreaking demise. If you enjoyed Mike Caveney's biography on Carter the Great and William Rauscher's book on The Great Raymond, you won't want to miss Servais Le Roy - Monarch of Mystery. The book measures 9 by 11-1/2 inches, contains 28 posters reproduced in full color, over 150 rare photos and drawings and is protected by a beautiful color dust jacket. 320 pages. An incredible production value.

HB. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. First Edition. Signed by John Calvert on title page / Frontis: b/w photo of John This is an original copy of the First Edition of this title which this is copy # 00957. Clean cover with red titles. Spine: head & foot with thin light bumping. Edges: very faint and just a few foxings to top-edge. Clean contents. B/w illustrations. Binding is As New. 305p Dj:moderate rubbing & scratches. Spine: head with open tears (and on both side edges) , wear and chips; foot with light thin wear; small closed split to centre of spine. Head & foot of flaps spines with small wear and chips. Small price-cut to head of front flap. By Subject.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Very good with very good dust jacket. Title page gift inscription may be family related. Dust jacket is lightly bumped at top of spine, at the corners and at bottom back edge with a 1/4 inch tear at top back edge near spine. 305 pages with index and many illustrations. Tall 8vo size.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Scarce stapled paperback mongraph. 66pp. SIGNED by Rauscher. Near fine condition. Language: eng. Signed by Author. Book.