Magic Magazine Issues by Andrews Max (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. 36 issues bound in 3, original wraps bound in. Plain red cloth. Copiously illustrated in black & white throughout. Vol. 3 & 4 each bound in single book, Vol. 2 & 5 bound together. These books are heavy, and delivery costs may be a consideration especially outside Britain. All very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. No Dust Jacket. 4to. pp 500+. 54 monthly issues, complete run from April 1952 to Sept. 1955. Bound in blue cloth, lettered gilt at the spines. With the bookplate of the late Christopher Brinson, a collector of books on magic, researcher and author of works on magic (Arcady Press). The bookplate shows a sphinx with pyramids in the background and conjuring tools in the foreground including a magic wand. Magic Magazine For All Magicians was a monthly Magic Periodical from Max Andrews' Vampire Magic business out of London, England that ran for 54 issues from April 1952 until September 1956. The subject matter covered every kind of magic from stage and cabaret, to children's effects and serious mentalism. The magazine had contributions from many of the magical thinkers of the 1950's. George Blake and Eddie Joseph ran a regular columns. Contributors included Billy McComb, Frederick Barlow, Robert Harbin, Ken Brooke, Richard Himber, Harry Leat and Roy Baker. The final issue was Vol. 5 issue No. 6. The magazine, as well as Max Andrews' entire Vampire Magic business, terminated without any warning. Clean, very good.