NP: NP, Ca. 1920s. In 12 x 9 pictorial envelope with rules and b/w image of the donkey and pins, housing 21 x 28 inch chromolithograph poster with pins still not cut out, and little flat brass eyehole for hanging on a wall. All very good, light wear and stains.....
6.75 inches tall, pictorial wraps, 16 pp including covers, illustrated.
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.
Berlin, WI: Heaney Magic Co., 1924. Paperback. 12mo, pictorial wraps, very good, small smudge on front cover, pages tanning. 224 pp, ill.
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.
Detroit: Johnson Smith & Co., Ca. 1915. Paperback. Pictorial orange wraps, 7.5 inches tall, 31 (1) pp. plus many pages of ads. Good with modest soil to covers, contents tanning. Cheaply produced, but very rare: only three copies located by OCLC, two in Texas and one at UC-Santa Barbara.
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.
Colon: Published by the author, 1934. First printing. Paperback. First edition, 1934. Staple-bound softcover, 64 pp., illustrated, clean unmarked text, Very Good copy, some age-toning to the pages and covers, creasing to the tips of some of the pages, light edgewear to the covers including rubbing, creasing, and minor tearing.....
Colon, MI: The Abbott Magic Manufacturing Co., 2002. Reprint. Paperback. Reprint, 2002, paperback, octavo, 132pp. + 56pp., sparsely illustrated in b&w. Book near fine with hint of edgewear to wrap, binding tight, text clean bright and unmarked. No DJ.
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.
Colon, MI: Abbott's Magic Novelty Company, 1952. 7 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.
Colon, MI: Abbott's Magic Novelty Company, 1952. 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.
Colon, MI: Abbott's Magic Novelty Company, 1953. 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.
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.
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.
Colon, MI: Abbott's Magic Novelty Company, 1955. 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.
Colon: Published by the author, 1934. First printing. Paperback. First edition, 1934. Staple-bound softcover, 64 pp., illustrated, clean unmarked text, Very Good copy, some age-toning to the pages and covers, light creasing to the tips of some of the pages, minor edgewear to the covers including rubbing and a bit.....
New York: Walker and Company, 1973. First printing. Hardcover. Black stamped orange paper covered boards in dust jacket, octavo, 64pp., illustrated in b&w. Book has lean to spine, mild wear to spine ends, binding tight, small ink mark to front pastedown, otherwise text clean and unmarked. DJ has mild edgewear.....
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.
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.
Racine: Whitman Publishing Company, 1930. First printing. Paperback. First edition, 1930. Softcover, 158 pp., illustrated, clean unmarked text, Good copy, spine reinforced with red cloth tape, age-toning to the pages, a bit of loss to the edges of some pages, soiling and discoloration to the covers, rubbing and wear along.....
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.
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.....
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.....
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.....