Mandrake Incomparable (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Tiny corner bumps. No markings, no bookplate. No jacket tears or chips. Suitable for gift-giving. The story of a Canadian magician. NOTE: Some stock photos show a signed copy. The copy offered here is NOT signed by anyone.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Photographs (illustrator). 1st Edition. Stated First Edition 1998. As new and unread. Interior is clean and unmarked. Black cloth boards are sharp and square with bright gilt titles to the spine. Unclipped dustjacket is very gently bumped to extremities. Now protected in archival brodart jacket. Just uttering the name Mandrake conjures up images of magic and a master magician complete with top hat, pencil thin moustache and black cape. One of the most famous of them all, this is the definitive biography of Mandrake the Magician !

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. O'CONNELL, Sheldon & MANDRAKE, Lon. Mandrake: Incomparable. Calgary: Hades Publications. 1998. 8vo. First edition, first printing. A fine copy of this authoritative biography of Mandrake the magician and conjurer. The book fine and unread, the jacket unclipped and also fine. A scarce volume, especially in the U.K. Bookplate of Edwin A. Dawes to front pastedown, who was a biochemist at the University of Hull and the leading scholar on the history of magic.