Magic Explained by Walter Gibson (31 results)
Language: English
Published by Permabooks, New York, 1949
- Hardcover
Seller: Nelsons Books, Chazy, NY, U.S.A.Nelsons Books
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Add to basketHard cover. Condition: Very good. 188 p. illus. 17 cm. Permabooks 54. Includes Illustrations.
Language: English
Published by Permabooks, 1949
- Softcover
Seller: BookManBookWoman Books, Nashville, TN, U.S.A.BookManBookWoman Books
Contact seller5-star sellerPaperback. Condition: Fine -. Shelf 212 A nice copy; clean and tight; paper lightly tanned; short very light crease on rear cover; short closed tear near foot of spine strip; edges and corners of covers have a bit of light general wear; Not a book club (BC)copy. No previous owner name, not ex library, not a remainder, smoke free…. PHOTOS POSTED WITH OUR BOOKS ARE STOCK AND DO NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT CONDITION OR EDITION OF BOOK OFFERED FOR SALE. WE DO NOT POST THE PHOTOS .
Published by Permabooks, New York, 1949
- Hardcover
Seller: Sleepy Hollow Books, Huntington, VT, U.S.A.Sleepy Hollow Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. Red paper over boards, white lettering, pages darkened. Games.
Published by Permabooks
- Hardcover
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.ThriftBooks-Dallas
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
Published by Permabooks
- Hardcover
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.ThriftBooks-Atlanta
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.
Language: English
Published by Vista House, New York, 1958
- Hardcover
Seller: Oddball Books, Burbank, CA, U.S.A.Oddball Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. The book has some minor surface wear.
Published by Permabooks, 1949
- Hardcover
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.Books From California
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good.
Published by Permabooks New York 1949, 1949
- Softcover
Seller: Table of Contents, Omaha, NE, U.S.A.Table of Contents
Contact seller5-star sellerPaperback Good. 4 1/4 X 6 1/4, 188, Mass paperback. General wear. Pages are lightly aged browned. Sticker pull on front cover.
Published by Permabooks, 1949
- Softcover
Seller: The Book Bin, Salem, OR, U.S.A.The Book Bin
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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: Very Good. 1949. 188 pages. Wraps show only light wear. Spine uncreased. Binding sound. Interior age-toned, with slight liquid damage near fore-edge. Text clean and unmarked.
Published by PermaBooks, New York, 1949
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Lowry's Books, Three Rivers, MI, U.S.A.Lowry's Books
Contact seller4-star sellerHard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First Edition. Good condition. Ink signatures from previous owner at heads of FEP and title page. Visible tanning of page edges. Binding is tight with some edge wear and surface rubbing. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" Tall.
Published by Vista House, 1958
- Hardcover
Seller: Marbus Farm Books, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.Marbus Farm Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. 1958 Vista House reprint. Hardcover with dj. Light shelfwear to dj with rubbing/discoloring to rear. Contents clean and tight. 188 pages, b&w illus.
Published by Vista House, New York, 1958
- Hardcover
Seller: Aladdin Books, Fullerton, CA, U.S.A.Aladdin Books
Contact seller4-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Good, with rubber-stamped address of vintage L.A. bookstore on flyleaf. No other markings. In fair price-clipped dust jacket with condsiderable edge wear including short tears and shallow chips. Although written for the general public, this book has value to the historical…ly minded conjurer. There is an interesting chapter on spook effects including some discussion of the midnight spook show. The chapters on larger stage effects sometimes give insight into the routines of famous performers of the past including Raymond, Blackstone and others.
Language: English
Published by Vista House, New York, 1958
- Hardcover
Seller: Aladdin Books, Fullerton, CA, U.S.A.Aladdin Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. About fine, tight, clean copy with no markings or bookplates. In good to very good dust jacket with a few edge tears. Not price-clipped. No jacket chips. Although written for the general public, this book has value to the historically minded conjurer. There is an int…eresting chapter on spook effects including some discussion of the midnight spook show. The chapters on larger stage effects sometimes give insight into the routines of famous performers of the past including Raymond, Blackstone and others.

Published by Perma Books, 1949
- Softcover
Seller: Shore Books, London, United KingdomShore Books
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good. 188 pages. Collection of 99 Magic Tricks. Gibson covers some of the tricks of the greats. Blackstone, Ching Ling Foo, Devant, Goldin, Herrmann, Houdini, Keller, Neff, Raymond, Thurston and many others. (VM5/1).
Published by perma book,, 1949
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, webster, NY, U.S.A.GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS
Contact seller5-star sellerPaperback. ORIGINAL first edition. 054, almost near fine, bumped corners (Collection of 99 Magic Tricks), paperback.
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Seller: Reed Books The Museum of Fond Memories, Birmingham, AL, U.S.A.Reed Books The Museum of Fond Memories
Contact seller2-star seller#P 54 CONDITION: g-.

Language: English
Published by Permabooks, New York, 1949
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Black Falcon Books, Wellesley, MA, U.S.A.Black Falcon Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, stated. Permabooks number P54, one of Permabooks's short-lived (1948-1951) hardcovers in paperback size, with a price of 35 cents on the front board. A former owner name/address stamp on the front endpaper, else unmarked; spine ends bumped with some wear; age-toning to… the pages; rubbing and soiling to the boards. No dust jacket, as issued; Mylar protected.
Language: English
Published by Vista House, New York, 1958
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Aladdin Books, Fullerton, CA, U.S.A.Aladdin Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Fine with the bookplate of Les Smith (former owner of Owen Magic Supreme) on the front pastedown. No prior owner markings. Exceptionally nice copy in exceptionally nice very good or better dust jacket with slight edge wear and slight wear to extremi…ties. No jacket chips, only minute edge snags, and not price-clipped. Although written for the general public, this book has value to the historically minded conjurer. There is an interesting chapter on spook effects including some discussion of the midnight spook show. The chapters on larger stage effects sometimes give insight into the routines of famous performers of the past including Raymond, Blackstone and others.

Published by Permabooks, 1945
Seller: Quicker than the Eye, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.Quicker than the Eye
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Good. Hardcover with printed cover. 188 pages. Illustrated. First edition.
More imagesPublished by Vista House Publishing, New York, 1958
- Hardcover
Seller: Stanley Louis Remarkable Books, Saint Charles, IL, U.S.A.Stanley Louis Remarkable Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First. A fine copy in blue cloth with just very slight bumps to corners Text all solid and clean DJ has moderate chipping on edges by overall very good 188 pp.

Published by Permabooks, 1949
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Dearly Departed Books, Alliance, OH, U.S.A.Dearly Departed Books
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Permabooks #P54, 1949. A paperback original. VG+ condition. Book is lightly rubbed on the spine seams and spine tips and corners. Light dusting to the rear cover.
Published by perma book,, 1949
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS, webster, NY, U.S.A.GRAHAM HOLROYD, BOOKS
Contact seller5-star sellerPaperback. ORIGINAL first edition. 054, , unread (Collection of 99 Magic Tricks), paperback.
Published by NY:Vista House,(1958), 1958
Seller: Juniper Point Books, Round Lake, NY, U.S.A.Juniper Point Books
Contact seller5-star seller,cloth,dw (clipped,chipped),188pgs,(rm22), GOOD+.
Published by Perma, NY, 1949
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Mystery Cove Book Shop, Hulls Cove, ME, U.S.A.Mystery Cove Book Shop
Contact seller4-star sellerpaperback. Fine mass market paperback. Perma P54, 1st printing. Now You Can Be a Real Magician. By the creator of The Shadow (as Maxwell Grant).
Published by Perma Books, New York, 1949
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Very good, book has rubbing of spine and corners of cover, yellowing of pages.

Published by Permabooks
- Hardcover
Seller: ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.ThriftBooksVintage
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Dust jacket in good condition. Minor shelf and handling wear, overall a clean solid copy with minimal signs of use. Vista House. 1958. Secure packaging for safe delivery.

Language: English
Published by Permabooks, New York, 1949
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Gumshoe Books, Columbia, SC, U.S.A.Gumshoe Books
Contact seller1-star sellerPaperback. Condition: Very Good Plus. First Edition. top magic writer explains and diagrams many tricks.
Published by Perma Books, 1949
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Phoenix Books/Joanne's Used Books, Los Banos, CA, U.S.A.Phoenix Books/Joanne's Used Books
Contact seller2-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Magic Explained by Gibson, Walter Perma Books, 1949, stated first, P54 Hardcover in good condition. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight, some tanning of pages due to paper used and age. Cover shows little signs of wear. Shows little signs of wear. Gibson covers some of the tricks…of the greats. Blackstone, Ching Ling Foo, Devant, Goldin, Herrmann, Houdini, Keller, Neff, Raymond, Thurston and many others. 188 pages, B&W illustrations. Book.

Published by Vista House Publishers, 1958
Seller: Quicker than the Eye, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.Quicker than the Eye
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Good. Hardcover with dust jacket. 188 pages. Illustrated.

Published by Published by Permabooks | Permabook | Perma Books, New York First Edition ? 1949., 1949
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United KingdomLittle Stour Books PBFA Member
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Condition: Used - Good
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Add to basketCondition: Good. Publisher's original red illustrated flat backed card wrap covers (soft back), red dyed page edges. 8vo. 6¼'' x 4''. Contains 188 pp with monochrome illustrations throughout. Front end paper and title page absent, tanning and foxing to the covers, Good condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A.… MAGIC & CONJURING.