1950s Showboat Souvenir Gaming Guide: 21, Slots, Bingo, Craps, Roulette
6.75 inches tall, pictorial wraps, 16 pp including covers, illustrated.
6.75 inches tall, pictorial wraps, 16 pp including covers, illustrated.
Detroit: Johnson Smith Co., Ca. 1930-1940. Wraps. 7.5 x 5 inches, softcover, very good, light toning to covers, contents somewhat tanned. 60+ pages, illustrated, priced catalog of magic supplies as well as other related products, including novelties, pistols, projectors and cameras, etc, the first part given over to explanations of.....
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.
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.
Berlin, WI: Heaney Magic Co., 1924. Paperback. 12mo, pictorial wraps, very good, small smudge on front cover, pages tanning. 224 pp, ill.
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.....
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.
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.
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, 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.....
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, 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.....