Deceptive Conceptions Magic by Stanley Collins (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Undated but published in the early 1900s. Hardback with decorative boards, size small 8vo, 112 pages. Illustrated with b/w plates & drawings. Boards are edge worn with rubbing & marking + nicks & small tears to the paper. Pen name & address on the inside front board. Some browning & marking to the fore edges & prelims otherwise contents good & complete.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Date is an estimate. Fair to good. Original board spine has been semi-professionally replaced with a paper spine. Cover shows some wear and dust soiling. No markings. 112 pages. Expected toning to pages. More than acceptable as a reading copy.

Condition: Fair. Pictorial hardcover, illustrated, 112 pages. Spine detached, soiling to covers, fair. Condition may vary.

HB. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: None. :Alba (illustrator). First Edition. Colour illustrated cover. Light rubbing & soiling. Wear to boards extremeties. Spine: old cellotape repair, now slightly browned; head & foot with wear. Edges: age browning and mild foxing. Eps: age shadowing; Fep: short inscribed 1928. Clean content. Illustrated drawings. Binding is VG. 112p.

Alba (illustrator). First. This lovely hardback edition of Deceptive Conceptions in Magic by Stanley Collins is looking for a new home This book has a pictoral board a whimsical illustration of Collins writing his own name with a photograph of his face pasted in Inside the book one finds 112 pages of text peppered with helpful illustrations by Alba This book is in fair condition there is wearing to the boards the spine is damaged there are pencil insciptions to the cover and inside and there is offsetting to the final page However overall this is a very readable copy and would make for the perfect gift for any collectors of rare magic books or for any budding conjurersnbsp. book.

Pictorial boards. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A solid, well-preserved copy of the fragile 1st edition, circa 1925. Tight and VG in its pictorial boards, with a strong binding (printed original spine completely intact) and relatively clean covers (with just a bit of light soiling). 12mo, wonderful ads from magic book publishers (Esante and Goldston) just beyond the front blank endpapers.