1950s Showboat Souvenir Gaming Guide: 21, Slots, Bingo, Craps, Roulette
6.75 inches tall, pictorial wraps, 16 pp including covers, illustrated.
Games & Magic
Catalog No. 9, Abbott's Magic Novelty Company (1947)
Colon, MI: Abbott's Magic Novelty Co., 1947. 9 inches tall, recent blue paper wraps, retaining the original cover. 832 pp, illustrated, last page a little worn, with 5pp. mimeo price change list for this catalog, tanned, loosely inserted.
Five Mind Reading Acts Exposed
Detroit: Johnson Smith, Ca. 1930s. Wraps. 7.5 x 5.25 inches, orange wraps, very good, with the first 12 pp. on the five mind reading acts and next 20+ pages comprising a supplemental catalog of novelties, books and booklets, magic equipment and props, radios, cameras, pens, rings, etc.
Heaney Magic Company Catalogue no. 25, 1924
Berlin, WI: Heaney Magic Co., 1924. Paperback. 12mo, pictorial wraps, very good, small smudge on front cover, pages tanning. 224 pp, ill.
Learn How to be a Handcuff King and Mystery Man. 8 Baffling Tricks of Mystery Worth Ten Dollars Each to Anyone Making Professional Use of Them
Detroit: Johnson Smith, Ca. 1930s. Wraps. 7.5 x 5 inches, pale green wraps, very good, light wear and soil, pages quite tanned. The first 12 pp comprise the tricks for handcuffs, the next approximately 25 pp. are a "supplementary catalogue" of novelty items, magic props and equipment, books and booklets.....
Magic and Home Entertainment
New York: Adam's Press, 1924. First edition. Paperback. 1924, First edition. Pamphlet. 22 pp. Very good. Small chips to frontedge and corners. Minor edgewear to spine causing bottom corner of front wrap to separate from staple.
Gilbert Knots & Splices, with Rope Tying Tricks of Famous Magicians
New Haven: A. C. Gilbert Co., Ca. 1930s. Wraps. 6.75 x 5 inches, silver & red wraps, very good. 66 pp., illustrated. No date, looks 1930s to us.
Abbott's Magic Novelty Company Catalogue No. 13
Colon, MI: Abbott's Magic Novelty Company, 1952. Paperback. Softcover. c.1952. Spiral-Bound. Die-cut cover with illustration of skeletons. 8vo. Illus. Very Good. Light general shelfwear, some darkening to spiral binding, light soil / age toning to contents, dampstaining to last 5 pages.
Catalog No. 9, Abbott's Magic Novelty Company (1947)
Colon, MI: Abbott's Magic Novelty Company, C. 1947. Wraps. 9 x 6 inches, softcover, very good, light wear, soil, stains and toning to covers, owner's name on top of front wrap, light restoration to spine ends, contents very good. 832 pp, illustrated and priced throughout, with a wide assortment of.....
Tops, the Magazine of Magic, Vol. 12 nos. 1-12 complete, January-December 1947
Colon, MI: Abbott's Magic Novelty Company, 1955. 12 issues, 4to (11 inches tall) stapled pictorial wraps, each issue 28 pp, illustrated, with ads, articles on stage magic and tricks etc. Light wear, overall very good. Pages tanning, occasional small chips to covers.
Tops, the Magazine of Magic, Vol. 19 nos. 1-12, January-December 1954 missing Feb.
Colon, MI: Abbott's Magic Novelty Company, 1954. 11 of 12 issues, 4to (11 inches tall) stapled pictorial wraps, each issue 28 pp, illustrated, with ads, articles on stage magic and tricks etc. Light wear, overall very good.
Tops, the Magazine of Magic, Vol. 20 nos. 1-12 complete, January-December 1955
Colon, MI: Abbott's Magic Novelty Company, 1955. 12 issues, 4to (11 inches tall) stapled pictorial wraps, each issue 28 pp, illustrated, with ads, articles on stage magic and tricks etc. Light wear, overall very good.
Swiss Pack
Thousand Oaks, CA: Mamma Mia Magic, no date (ca. 1990). Paperback. Paperback, no date (ca. 1990?), octavo, 12pp., illustrated in b&w. Book near fine with toning and hint of wear to wrap, stapled binding tight, text clean bright and unmarked. No DJ.
Fundamentals of Game Design (Game Design and Development)
Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2007. Second edition. Paperback. Second edition, 2007, paperback, large octavo, 669+pp., sparsely illustrated in b&w. Book VG+ with bump to spine head, mild shelfwear to wrap, binding tight, text clean and unmarked. No DJ.
Close-Up Time
Chicago: Magic Inc., 1980. Later printing. Paperback. 1980, Later printing. Pamphlet. 19 pp. Illustrated in b&w. Very good. Mild fading to the wraps. Slight but noticeable cigarette odor. Contents are clean and unmarked.
Mainly Manipulative Magic
Devon: The Supreme Magic Co., 1978. First printing. Hardcover. First edition, 1978. Cloth hardcover in dust jacket, 92 pp., illustrated, clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy in Good dust jacket, a bit of rubbing to the tips of the book's covers, soiling and age-toning to the dust jacket, a piece.....
Brentano's Chess Monthly, Vol. 1 no. 1 May 1881 - Vol. 2 nos. 3-4 August-September 1882 - all in original wraps
New York: Brentano's Literary Emporium, 1881-1882. 10 inches tall, printed and pictorial gray wraps, good to very good. Missing only Vol. 1 no. 3 (July 1881). All published (no more were issued after Vol. 2 nos. 3-4). General light soil and wear, contents mainly very good, occasional light loss to.....
The Watergate Scandal Card Game; A Game of Cover-up and Deception for the Whole Family
Elk Grove Village: American Symbolic Corporation, 1973. First edition. Cards. Complete deck of 54 cards and "confidential" instructions (lacking original box). Cards are in Very Good shape with minor discoloration, instructions are in Good condition with some old tape affixed along one edge and some tearing along the other edges.....
The Part-Time Pro: Return Engagement
Gene A. Anderson, 1983. First edition. Paperback. Inscribed by the author. 1983, First edition. Paperback. 20 pp. Illustrated in b&w. Very good. Minor fading of the wraps. Slight but noticeable cigarette odor. Contents are clean and free of markings.
Topper's Mad, Mad, Magic
Chicago: Magic, Inc., 1974. Paperback. Paperback with plastic comb binding, 1974, quarto, 54pp., illustrated in b&w. Book VG with toning and soil to panels, mild edgewear, comb binding tight, text clean and unmarked. No DJ.
Forty Tricks with a Hot Rod (And Other Color-Change Rods)
Brooklyn, NY: D. Robbins & Co., 1986. Paperback. Paperback, 1986, octavo, 32pp., not illustrated. Book near fine with hint of wear to wrap, stapled binding tight, text clean bright and unmarked. No DJ.
Forty Tricks with a Hot Rod (And Other Color-Change Rods)
Brooklyn, NY: D. Robbins & Co., 1986. Paperback. Paperback, 1986, octavo, 32pp., not illustrated. Book near fine with hint of wear to wrap, stapled binding tight, text clean bright and unmarked. No DJ.
Forty Tricks with a Hot Rod (And Other Color-Change Rods)
Brooklyn, NY: D. Robbins & Co., 1986. Paperback. Paperback, 1986, octavo, 32pp., not illustrated. Book near fine with hint of wear to wrap, stapled binding tight, text clean bright and unmarked. No DJ.
Forty Tricks with a Hot Rod (And Other Color-Change Rods)
Brooklyn, NY: D. Robbins & Co., 1986. Paperback. Printed paper wrap with stapled binding, octavo, 32pp., illustrated in b&w. Book shows hint of wear to wrap, stapled binding tight, text clean bright and unmarked. No DJ.
Good-Night Mister Dante: A Biography of Harry A. Jansen ("Dante the Magician") 1883-1955
no place: Goodliffe, 1978. Hardcover. Hardcover with blue cloth boards, 1978, octavo, 111pp., illustrated in b&w. Book VG+ with mild toning to spine and mild wear to edges of boards, binding tight, text clean bright and unmarked, mild off-setting to endpapers. No DJ.