Secrets Houdini by Cannell J C (104 results)

hardback, large 8vo, 279pp, illustrated, slight browning, clean and tight, no inscriptions, Very Good / Very Good dustwrapper, ISBN: 0517676745.

Condition: Very Good. New Ed. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Boards have some wear, marks, slight fading to spine. Content has light toning. No DJ.

Paperback. Condition: G++. Dust Jacket Condition: No DW. 1st Thus. Paperback with a standard designed cover. Book is in very good minus condition with minor but noticeable signs of wear and/or age. BUT some marginal crosses and ticks.

paperback. Condition: Good.

Condition: Good. 1971. Third Impression. 279 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Orange cloth. Facsimile reprint. Ex-Library copy, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Hinges are cracked with exposed netting. Some occasional mild cracking to gutters throughout, binding remains reasonably firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Moderate crushing to spine ends, with splitting, fraying and loss to the head, tail and joints. Gilt lettering has become dull. Cloth has minor damp and dust stains. Book has a slight forward lean.

Softcover. Condition: Gut. Taschenbuch - geringe Gebrauchsspuren.

Condition: New.

22 cm, kart. (paperback). With 98 Illustrations, 279 S., Guter Zustand. In englischer Sprache. In English. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 600.

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Reprint. VG+ hardback, No dustwrapper. 1932 Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Ltd, Reprint. NO inscriptions. Age-yellowing to endpapers & page edges with hint of light foxing to prelims. & back endpapers. Hint of sunning to spine. NB. Regrettably NOT available to send to EU countries.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Old tape repair to top of spine. 252 pages. Still well-bound.

Paperback. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG DW. 1st Thus. 38th thousand. Paperback with a standard designed cover and matching dustwrapper. Book is in very good plus condition with very minor signs of wear and/or age. Dustwrapper/dustjacket is in very good condition with minor signs of wear and/or age.

Condition: New. In.

Reprint, 1932. Some scattered foxing; cloth a little dirty; spine faded; bumping to top & bottom of spine. Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket) Used - Good. Good hardback (no dust jacket).

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Special Edition. 1973 Dover softcover reprint edition. A near fine copy with some foxing on the top edge but otherwise bright. See my photos. All books are in my possession and ship securely packed in cardboard boxes. #B141.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Unabridged Republication. Unabridged republication of the first (1931) edition. 279pp, 47 photographic illustrations, 51 line drawings. Paperback. Exposing Houdini's professional secrets, and revealing in general terms the whole art of stage magic, this book is now considered a classic study of Houdini's strange deceptions. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: See Description. Dust Jacket Condition: None. First Edition. 279 pages, frontispiece and [15] back and white plates; one listed plate is missing, and three plates are misplaced from the locations given in the list of illustrations, text illustrations. Hb, gilt lettering to spine, generally a very good copy.

Condition: Very Good. Early reprint. Hardback. Octavo. 279pp. Original brown cloth with black spine titles. Covers slightly mottled at spine, some foxing to fore-edge, otherwise very good indeed. No jacket.

Soft cover. First edition thus. Illustrated. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy. 279 pps.

Paperback. Condition: Good. An ageing but firm book.

Condition: Buone. inglese Condizioni dell'esterno: Buone Condizioni dell'interno: Buone.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 4th impression . Complete with all plates. 4th impression. 1931. Publication of 279 pages. The boards are a little shelf rubbed and slightly faded marks. There is sporadic foxing around the block of the book and on the first and last pages, little within the body of the book. The text within the book is bright and clear. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fair to Good. No Jacket. 279 pages. Edges and some pages are foxed. Binding soiled. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Not Stated (illustrator). The eighth thousand of J.C. Cannell's fascinating biography of the life of Harry Houdini, illustrated with photographic plates. The eighth thousand of this work, published the year after the first edition.The work of J. C. Cannell, Vice-President of the Magicians' Club.Illustrated with a frontispiece and sixteen photographic images of Houdini and his illusions. With further vignette diagrams. Collated, complete.A fascinating insight into the escape artist's life, and how he conducted many of his most iconic feats.With two contemporary owner's inscription to the front free endpaper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with light handling marks. Hinges strained, but firmly held. Former owner's inscriptions to front free endpaper. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages lightly age toned, with spotting throughout. Good. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. This 279 pp. book details the remarkable life and some of the tricks of the World's greatest Escape Artist and Conjurer. It is a FIRST EDITION, with 2 photo sections & some drawings interspersed. The book is unmarked and FINE. Other than barely discernible spine edge bumping and a 1" corner crease INSIDE the book on the front flap corner, the dust jacket is NEAR FINE.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper with light rubbing on front and rear panels.

HARDBACK BROWN. Condition: GOOD. General wear, pictorial portrait frontispiece, heavy soiling throughout most pages and edges, loose spine, faded spine, contains BW illustrations DATE PUBLISHED: 1932 EDITION: 279.

Softcover. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Near Fine in wraps.

Softcover. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Very Good in wraps.

Condition: Very Good. Dover edition. Pictorial wrappers, illustrated, 279 pages. Toning to covers, else in very good condition.