Tricks Cards Containing Explanations General by Hoffmann Professor (3 results)

Full title - TRICKS WITH CARDS CONTAINING EXPLANATIONS OF THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF SLEIGHT-OF-HAND APPLICABLE TO CARD-TRICKS; OF CARD-TRICKS WITH ORDINARY CARDS, AND NOT REQUIRING SLEIGHT-OF-HAND; OF TRICKS INVOLVING SLEIGHT-OF-HAND, OR THE USE OF SPECIALLY-PREPARED CARDS. BT PROFESSOR HOFFMANN. ILLUSTRATED. 106, [3] pages. Paperback: H 18.4cm x L 12.3cm. Paper covers toned and soiled with edge chips and creased corners. Interior leaves toned as is typical for the lesser paper stock utilized by contemporary pulp publishers like Wehman Bros.; brittleness of leaves contributed to some chipped corners and short margin tears; some pencil marks at margins. Binding is still firm. No publishing date provided but spine gives price as thirty cents which would seem to be a price suited for 1910-1920 at the earliest. …

Paperback. Condition: Very Good-. early printing. Drawings; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 106 pages; [No date given] Circa 1905 - 1920. Wehman Brothers New York. Paperback in slick illustrated covers with 30 cent publisher retail price indicated on spine. Snugly bound and clean with a small triangular chip missing from the lower corner of the front cover; mild reader/shrinkage creasing to wraps at spine. Publisher's well known topical joke books advertised on rear cover at 10 cents per volume. Illustrated throughout from woodcuts. Usual and expected toning to lower grade paper used for the text. A prior owner ink name stamp observed at the bottom edge of two pages mid-book. Publisher's illustrated catalog of 20 unnumbered pages appended at rear. Solid and generally neat. VG- to VG.…

Softcover. Condition: New. Reprint. Language: English. Approximately 148 pages. English : Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1893. A classic handbook on card tricks, presenting the general principles of sleight of hand as applied to card games, followed by tricks that can be performed with ordinary cards, effects based on manual dexterity or on specially prepared cards, as well as tricks requiring special apparatus. A technical and historical manual appreciated by magic enthusiasts, with a methodical organization of procedures and effects. Book images are non-contractual. This item is printed on demand and ships from our printing partners' facility nearest the destination. These facilities are located mainly in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada.…