Magic by Douglas Bert (27 results)
Language: English
Published by C. Arthur Pearson Ltd., London, 1927
- Softcover
Seller: The Curiosity Book Shop, Hardwick, MA, U.S.A.The Curiosity Book Shop
Contact seller5-star sellerSoft cover. Condition: Good -. Good-. Digest-size. "A series of original magical problems requiring no special skill for their performance." Illustrated with 64 diagrams. Moderate-to-heavy wear of paper covers, with tears and loss of paper along spine edges; covers moderately worn and stained. Title page lightly foxed; interior…otherwise clean and tight.
Published by E G Ellisdon, 1941
- Softcover
Seller: Shore Books, London, United KingdomShore Books
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Good. 96 pages. Illustrated. Well used. (VM6).
Published by C Arthur Pearson, London
- Softcover
Seller: Dodman Books, Morston, United KingdomDodman Books
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Condition: Used - Poor
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Poor. No Jacket. All in VG internal order but back cover near detached and front showing some wear. ND.
TOPS Magazine Of Magic August1955 Vol.20 No.8 / Roxy "Presto Card Change" and "Perfect Invisible Pass" / Henry During "The Oracle"and "Werzit Card" / The Amazing Maurice "Politic Magic" and "The Flying Ace" and "Card Between" / Tricks of East Indian Magicians / Bert Douglas "Yellow Joe" / Terry Nosek "Solitaire Sorcery" / Robert Caudill "Magical Printing Press" / Percy Abbott "Dante As I knew Him"
Howard Melson (Editor) / Roxy "Presto Card Change" and "Perfect Invisible Pass" / Henry During "The Oracle"and "Werzit Card" / The Amazing Maurice "Politic Magic" and "The Flying Ace" and "Card Between" / Tricks of East Indian Magicians / Bert Douglas "Yellow Joe" / Terry Nosek "Solitaire Sorcery" / Robert Caudill "Magical Printing Press" / Percy Abbott "Dante As I knew Him"
Published by Abbott's, 1955
- Softcover
- Magazine / Periodical
Seller: Shore Books, London, United KingdomShore Books
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good. 32 pages. Illustrated. Roxy "Presto Card Change" and "Perfect Invisible Pass" / Henry During "The Oracle"and "Werzit Card" / The Amazing Maurice "Politic Magic" and "The Flying Ace" and "Card Between" / Tricks of East Indian Magicians / Bert Douglas "Yellow Joe" / Terry Nosek "Solitaire Sorcery"… / Robert Caudill "Magical Printing Press" / Percy Abbott "Dante As I knew Him" (VM7).
TOPS Magazine Of Magic December 1955 Vol.20 No.12 / Aldini "Hi-Fi Coke" / Bert Douglas "The Dyitician" / Henry Durkin "De Luxe Card Vanish" / George Johnstone "Egg And Confetti Exchange" / Murray A Sumner "A New Magnetized Matchbox" / Lesta "A Series Of Mistakes" / Clettis V Musson "The Wizard Club Show" /Sylvia Smith "Chicago Magigals" / Sid Lorraine's Chatter
Howard Melson (Editor) / Aldini "Hi-Fi Coke" / Bert Douglas "The Dyitician" / Henry Durkin "De Luxe Card Vanish" / George Johnstone "Egg And Confetti Exchange" / Murray A Sumner "A New Magnetized Matchbox" / Lesta "A Series Of Mistakes" / Clettis V Musson "The Wizard Club Show" /Sylvia Smith "Chicago Magigals" / Sid Lorraine's Chatter
Published by Abbott's, 1955
- Softcover
- Magazine / Periodical
Seller: Shore Books, London, United KingdomShore Books
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good. 32 pages. Illustrated. Featuring - Aldini "Hi-Fi Coke" / Bert Douglas "The Dyitician" / Henry Durkin "De Luxe Card Vanish" / George Johnstone "Egg And Confetti Exchange" / Murray A Sumner "A New Magnetized Matchbox" / Lesta "A Series Of Mistakes" / Clettis V Musson "The Wizard Club Show" /Sylvia… Smith "Chicago Magigals" / Sid Lorraine's Chatter (VM7).
More imagesPublished by Edward Bagshawe, London
- Softcover
Seller: Dodman Books, Morston, United KingdomDodman Books
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Condition: Used - Good
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Scarce booklet featuring nine tricks, including 'The Tooth Paste Mystery', 'Multiplying Cigarettes' and 'A Manipulative Cigar'. VG internal order, lightly tanned by generally clean and bright. Staples somewhat rusted thus patterned cover loose but still attached. Cover is split at spine ab…ove top staple. ND.
Published by ELLISDON, 1941
- Softcover
Seller: Princeton Antiques Bookshop / Ruffolo Enterprises, Atlantic City, NJ, U.S.A.Princeton Antiques Bookshop / Ruffolo Enterprises
Contact seller4-star sellerPAPERBACK WHITE. Condition: GOOD. General wear, chipped and torn covers, creased and bent covers, soiling on corners of cover page, light soiling on some pages DATE PUBLISHED: 1941 EDITION: 96.
More imagesPublished by Edward Bagshawe No Date
- Hardcover
Seller: Bramble Books, Ipswich, United KingdomBramble Books
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Add to basketHard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Grey boards with black titles. Firm binding. Professional seller. All pictures are of the actual book that is for sale. Books are dispatched in cardboard packaging.
Published by London: Edward Bagshawe & Co., 1930
Seller: Quicker than the Eye, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.Quicker than the Eye
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Fair. Hardcover, illustrated, 85 pages. Cracks to spine, mild toning to pages, fair condition.
Published by E G Ellisdon, High Holborn, 1941
- Softcover
Seller: The Book House (PBFA), Northallerton, United KingdomThe Book House (PBFA)
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Condition: Used - Fair
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Fair. Octavo, 96 pages, diagrams. Covers rubbed and the bottom rear corner is torn. Pages browned - probably owing to the poor quality wartime paper.
Published by Edward Bagshawe, Heston n.d. Edward Bagshawe, Heston n.d.
- Hardcover
Seller: Hay Cinema Bookshop Limited, Hay on Wye, United KingdomHay Cinema Bookshop Limited
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Add to basketSmall 8vo. 59pp. + adverts. B/w. illustrations. Occasional slight foxing, ownership inscription to front pastedown. Original grey boards with black lettering, rubbed to edges. US$12.
Published by Edward Bagshawe & Co., London, 1930
- Hardcover
Seller: Village Booksmith, Hudson Falls, NY, U.S.A.Village Booksmith
Contact seller5-star sellerHard Cover. Condition: Good. Fair to Good. 85 pages. Edges of backstrip bumped. Free endpapers discolored. Dust jacket chipped and soiled. Former owner's bookplate on front endpaper. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
More imagesPublished by Edward Bagshawe, 1930
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Bramble Books, Ipswich, United KingdomBramble Books
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Add to basketHard Cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Grey boards with black titles. Firm binding. Professional seller. All pictures are of the actual book that is for sale. Books are dispatched in cardboard packaging.
Published by London: C. Arthur Pearson Ltd., 1927
Seller: Quicker than the Eye, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.Quicker than the Eye
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Good. Original Magic for All: A Series of Original Magical Problems Requiring No Special Skill for Their Performance. Pictorial hardcover in plastic protective sleeve, illustrated, 124 pages. Foxing to page edges, chips to covers, else in good condition.
Published by Edward Bagshawe, no date., London:
- Softcover
Seller: Plum Books, St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.Plum Books
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Good. No Jacket. Stapled 24 page pamphlet,no date but likely 1950s, slight edgewear,front cover almost completely detached,but for original owner's name stmp,pages clean and intact. INV#AA-2.
More imagesPublished by C Arthur Pearson Ltd, London, 1927
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Old Hall Bookshop, ABA ILAB PBFA BA, Brackley, United KingdomOld Hall Bookshop, ABA ILAB PBFA BA
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Add to basketPaper Covered Stiff Card. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket As Published. First Edition. 124pp, 1p publisher adverts, publisher adverts on both sets of endpapers, illustrated with black & white drawings in text, occasional spotting, paper-covered stiff card covers, spine rubbed and fraying at the joints. Siz…e: 7.25 x 4.75 Inches. Magic.
Published by Edward Bagshawe, n.d. Edward Bagshawe, n.d.
Seller: Hay Cinema Bookshop Limited, Hay on Wye, United KingdomHay Cinema Bookshop Limited
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Add to basketSlim small 8vo. 26pp. + adverts. B/w. illustrations. Ownership inscription to half title. Pamphlet in original grey wrapps. printed in black, rubbed to edges. US$7.
Published by C. Arthur Pearson 1927, 1927
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New ZealandHard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd.
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Condition: Used
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Add to basketSm octavo stiff covers (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
Published by Edward Bagshawe & Co., Heston, Middlesex, UK
- Hardcover
Seller: Lawrence Jones Books, Ashmore, QLD, AustraliaLawrence Jones Books
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Add to basketHard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Thus. 59pp +3pp ads, bw ills. Or gray papered boards in jacket. Nd c1940s.Light toning to endpapers, page edges foxed. Small tear to rear panel of jacket, jacket darkened at bottom, spine and lower edge. Nice copy. A revised edition of the author's writing…s in Linking Rings magazine with new illustrations by Sid Lorraine. Includes among others A Smoker's Dilemma; The Wealth Collector; Card Manipulation; The Stolen Watch; Magic Golf; Size: 8vo. Lorraine, Sid. (illustrator).
Published by Edward Bagshawe & Co, 1930
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Deightons, Bournemouth, United KingdomDeightons
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition thus. 12mo (2) + 85 + (1)pp including Publisher's book details at front & rear. Numerous bw illustrations in text. Publisher's grey marble paper covered boards, black lettering on front & spine, heavy vertical black line on front. Original white eps. Attractive "Will Gold…ston " 2cm round bookseller's ticket inside front cover. Faint4 line pencil inscription fep ( should erase ). Covers : rub top of spine, very slight rub bottom, slight browning patch front/rear top edge. Contents: faint browning to eps else very clean, & tight & unfoxed. Clean tight copy. VG. WE SPECIALISE IN MATHEMATICS, PUZZLES & CONUNDRUMS. PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Edward Bagshaw & Co., London, 1930
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: BOOKMARK, Auckland, New ZealandBOOKMARK
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Add to basketHb. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. Revised Edition. A revised editon of the author's writings in the Linking Ring. Grey marbled -type pattern cloth on boards with black titles. Light wear to some of the top and bottom boards edges. Wear to bottom front & rear boards fore corners. Edges: moderate foxing. Eps: light fox…ings. Clean contents. Illustrated by line drawings. Binding is As New. 85p Dj: moderate soiling & rubbing. Spine: head & foot with thin weawr, small tears and chips. Head & foot of flaps spines with small wear, tears & chips; couple of pinholes to rear flap spine. 3 x2 cm open v-shpe piece missing to bottom front edge. Sid Lorayne (illustrator).
Published by Published by Edward Bagshawe & Co. South Lodge, Lampton Road, Hounslow, London.
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United KingdomLittle Stour Books PBFA Member
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Add to basketCondition: Good. Publisher's original illustrated wire stitched card wrap covers (soft back). 8vo. 7'' x 5''. Contains 28 pp + covers with monochrome illustrations throughout. Age tanning around the spine and in Good condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. MAGIC & CONJURING.
Published by Privately Published,, Canada,, 1935
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Burwood Books, Wickham Market, United KingdomBurwood Books
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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. pp 12. Original publisher's white stapled covers, lettered green. With the bookplate of I. B. Findlay on the front inside cover. Mimeographed from typescript. Magic tricks. Slight wear and edges and slight tanning, otherwise very good.
Published by Edward Bagshawe & Co. c. 1934, Heston, 1934
- Hardcover
Seller: City Bookshop ABA, ILAB, PBFA, Norwich, United KingdomCity Bookshop ABA, ILAB, PBFA
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Very good and bright grey boards but with foxing to the page edges. Some, largely light, foxing internally. The dust jacket has some large chips and tears along with smaller chips and creasing. The spine and worn crease are soiled but it is bright. Sent from our books…hop in the UK. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 59,[5] pages.
More imagesPublished by Edward Bagshawe & Co.,, London,, 1930
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Burwood Books, Wickham Market, United KingdomBurwood Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp. 85. Illustrations. One page of advertisements at front and back. Original publisher's grey patterned boards lettered black on spine and upper cover. White illustrated dust jacket lettered pink on spine and covers. Presentation copy on front pastedown… endpaper: 'To my tried and trusted friend John Clare. A man whom one considers it an honour to take into the bosom of one's home and family. W. Coventry. Christmas 1935.' 'Purchased at the Order of the Magi' handwritten in block capitals on front free endpaper. From the Magic Library of Christopher Brinson with his bookplate and the book label of Clifford Hough, Magic Entertainer both pastedown on front free endpaper. The tricks described include 'The Masonic Apron' which was specially devised for use as entertainment at masonic events. The Order of the Magi was founded in Manchester in 1909. It was the third Magic Society to be formed in England and is now one of the largest in the country. Christopher Brinson (1947 Ð 2017), researcher, historian and magic collector was the author of 'Owen Clark a Genius Forgotten'. Bert Douglas (1897 Ð 1974), born Douglas Robert Smith in Scotland was a prolific author and inventor of magic, living most of his life in Canada where he became good friends with the illustrator Sid Lorraine (1905 Ð 1989), who was born Sidney Richard Johnson and then emigrated to Canada from England. He was a commercial artist and amateur magician who became the official artist of the International Brotherhood of Magicians in 1925. 'The Linking Ring' was their monthly journal of magic. Lower edge of boards darkened, dust jacket spine faded and covers well used. Very good in slightly used dust jacket.
Published by C.Arthur Pearson, London, 1940
- Softcover
Seller: PEND BOOKS, Newton Stewart, United KingdomPEND BOOKS
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Add to basketPaper Covers. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Second Edition. Chipping top and bottom of spine. Some darkening to covers. Some curling to corners.
Published by Edward Bagshawe & Co, London, 1930
- Hardcover
Seller: Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Surprise, AZ, U.S.A.Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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Add to basketHard Cover. Condition: Very Good. First thus; 12mo, [2]85[1] pages; original gray paper covered boards, printed in black. Newly illustrated throughout. Internally very clean and bright; small owner stamp on front pastedown; light wear at edges, small tear at spine head. A very good copy.
