Search Results: Collectible Magic from Phoenix books\Joannes Used Books

Arco, 1954. First Edition. . Hardcover. Good/Dust Jacket Included. 100 Houdini Tricks by Dunninger Arco Pub., 1954, lst. Hardback in good condition, acceptable dust jacket. Text is clean and unmarked binding tight. Cover is clean. DJ shows signs of wear with dings nicks etc. Magic is one of the few avocations that is always fund for everyone. The magician in the fact that he can entertain and amaze, the audience from the pleasure of seeing it, and trying to figure out "how did he do that" These tricks were chosen with the armature in mind and most do not require more than a coin, or deck of cards. Loaded with B&W photos and illustrations of magicians at work as well as of the tricks, 144 pages.

Tannen, 1953. Unstated. . Staple Bound. Good. 100 Latest Trips on Tricks by Christopher Milbourne Tannen, 1953, stated first Staple Bound in good condition. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight all staples in place no loose pages, some slight tanning of pages due to age. Cover shows little if any signs of wear. These tricks are for the special occasions when you need something extra in tricks and patter. Christopher was also a writer for Hagard's Magic Monthly and as such saw many tricks that both worked and did not. This is a collection of some of what he considered the best. B&W illustrations, 41 pages, ads at back.

Self Pub, 1954. Unstated. . Soft cover. Good. 101 Best Stunts, Ford Jim Self pub., 1954, Vol. 6 Staplelbound in good condition, text is clean and unmarked binding tight, all staples in place no loose pages. cover is clean its still in original shipping eps. This is a collection of stunts from Jim Ford. He did a series of these vols. this is # 6.72 pages of stunts, + additional pages of ads

Ireland Magic, 1940. Unstated. . Soft cover. Good. Tarbell. 12 Tricks with a Borrowed Deck by Gardner Martin Illustrated by Tarbell L. Ireland, 1940, unstated edition Staplelbound in good condition, text is clean and unmarked, binding tight, all staples in place nothing loose. Tanning of pages due to paper used and age, cover is clean. This is a rather hard to find book containing 12 of Gardner's best tricks and the secrets to doing them. These are for the more advanced card trickster. B&W illustrations, 24 pages.

Self Pub, 1960. Unstated. . Soft cover. Good. 13!!! by Shiels, Tony Self Pub., undated c 1950-1970 Staple bound in good condition. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight, all staples and pages in place nothing loose, some tanning of pages due to paper used and age. Cover is clean and shows little signs of wear. A collection of tricks. Shiels does these using candles, teleportation, chromagic, phantographs, pandemonium, and the scary fleshcreeper as well as other devices. 23 pages

Self, 1940. Unstated. . Soft cover. Good. 15 Minutes with a Rope by Hull, R.W. Self Pub., undated c 1940-1960 Staple bound in good condition. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight all staples and pages in place nothing is loose, some tanning of pages due to age. Cover is clean however shows slights signs of wear. Everything you need to know to be successful with rope tricks. Hull also shows several of his best rope tricks. B&W illustrations, 34 pages, 2 pages additional ads.

National Magic, 1945. Unstated. . Staple Bound. Good. 16 Worlds Best Card Tricks & 25 Stripper Deck Card Tricks Sherman, Jim National Magic. 1945, unstated edition Both are staple bound in good condition. Both have text that is clean and unmarked, bindings tight, no loose staples or pages. Both have clean Covers. 16 World's Best Card Tricks covers tricks that you can do covers one way deck, the locator, stabbing, X-ray and many others. 12 pages, rear cover has some tanning. 25 Wonderful Card Tricks with a Stripper Deck covers finding the card, reds in black, the four aces, long distance and other tricks. Also has flyer inserted in back Wizard Cards by Dr. Tarbell. 12 pages.

National Magic, 1948. Unstated. . Staple Bound. Good. 29 Clever Card Tricks with the Svengali Deck, Sherman Jim National Magic Co. 1948, unstated edition Staplelbound in good condition. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight, all staples in place no loose pages. Cover is clean and shows small tear at top otherwise good. This booklet is how to use the Svengali Deck which is a cleverly made deck used by magicians. 29 of the best tricks that can be done with this deck are described. 12 pages.

George Johnson, 1936. Unstated. . Staple Bound. Good. 21 New Card Tricks by Sellers Tom George Johnson, 1936 unstated edition, Magic Wand Series Staple bound in good condition. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight all staples in place and no loose pages. Cover is clean. Sellers covers some of his favorite card tricks. Rollo, on the top in reverse, double charlier, the about turn aces, no option speller and many others. B&W illustrations 22 pages, ads and ads inside back cover.

Magic Inc, 1970. Unstated. . Staple Bound. Good. 25 Rising Card Tricks Magic Inc., 1970, unstated edition Staple bound in good condition. Text is clean and unmarked binding tight, some tanning of pages due to paper used and age. Cover shows little signs of wear, tanning due to age and paper used. Take from lectures and notes of U.F. Grant, this is a collection of numerous card tricks. B&W illustrations, 36 pages.

Johnson Smith, 1930. Unstated. . Soft cover. Good. 250 Parlor Tricks or Magic Made Easy Johnson Smith, undated c. 1930ies, unstated edition Softcover in good condition. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight, hand written pages numbers to page 33 after which follows appx 12 pages of various ads, tanning of pages due to age. Cover is clean. Just a fun little booklet on magic and parlor tricks. B&W illustrations.

Kanters, 1938. Unstated. . Staple Bound. Good. 3 to 1 Rope Trick by Osborne, Tom Kanter's, 1938, unstated edition Staple bound in good condition, text is clean and unmarked, binding tight, some tanning of pages due to paper used and age, all staples in place no loose pages. Cover shows signs of wear and is slight soiled. This booklet contains some of Osborne's pet routines with and without gimmicks, wax and cement. His 4 to 1 method created a sensation at the time. B&W illustrations, 17 pages, additional pages of ads.

Haines House of Cards, 1960. Unstated. . Soft cover. Good. 36 Tricks with Fa-Ko Cards by Haines, Ronald Haines' House of Cards, undated c 1960-1980 Staple Bound in good condition. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight, alls staples in place no loose pages, some tanning due to age and paper used. Cover is clean. Haines well known as a magic supply house has put out this book using the Fa-Ko cards they sell. Loaded with Fa-Ko card tricks that range from easy to hard to master. B&W illustrations, 32 pages.

Abbott Magic, 1950. Unstated. . Staple Bound. Acceptable. 50 Crazy Card Stunts and Card Routines Both are staple bound in good condition. Text is clean and unmarked, all staples and pages in place nothing loose, pages are tanned due to age and paper used. Both have covers that are acceptable and shows some signs of wear. 1. Card Routines by Mentzer undated c 1950, cover is loose near one staple. Lots of tricks and tips on doing routines for magic shows with cards. 10 pages 2. 50 Crazy Card Stunts, Abbott, undated, cover is fairly clean. As stated there are directions for 50 of what Abbott considers crazy stunts. 9 pages.

Len Art. Unstated. . Soft cover. Good. 50 Tricks & Stunts, Burling Hull's Art Rubber Magic Len-Art, undated Spiral bound in good condition. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight all spirals and pages in place nothing is loose, some tanning of pages due to age. Cover shows some soiling and tanning but clean over all without dings nicks tears etc. This is a hard to find Hull book. Mimeographed text with illustrations of some of his creations. Bottles, Bananas, coke bottles, corn, fish, lemons, skull, ice cream cones and many more. Great addition to any one who collects Hulls work.

D. Robbins, 1948. Unstated. . Staple Bound. Good. 50 Tricks with a Thumb Tip by Christopher Milbourne D. Robbins,1948, unstated edition Staple Bound in good condition. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight all staples in place no loose pages, some slight tanning of pages due to age. Cover shows little if any signs of wear. Thumb Tip magic is one of the most popular secret device every devised for conjuring purposes. Used as early as the 1880's it continues today to amaze audiences. B&W Illustrations, 23 pages, ads at rear.

Robbins, 1952. Second. . Soft cover. Good. 64 Ways to Make Magic Pay, by Windsor Tommy Robbins Co., 1952, 2nd edition Staplelbound in good condition. Text is clean and unmarked binding tight. Cover is very clean. Another great booklet for the part time clown, magician, or anyone who wants to make some extra income by putting on magic shows. Loaded with tricks and slights.

Padell, 1936. Soft cover. Good. 84 Card Tricks, by Morris Hugh Padell book, 1936, unstated edition staple bound in good condition. Both have clean text and are unmarked, binding tight all staples in place and no loose pages, tanning of pages due to paper used and age. Cover is clean. This is an explanation of the general principles of sleight of hand with exposure to card tricks done with ordinary cards. B&W illustrations, 47 pages.

Abbott Magic, 1968. Unstated. . Staple Bound. Good. Abbott's Anthology of Card Magic by Miller Gordon Abbott, 1968, unstated edition Staple bound in good condition. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight, some slight tanning of pages due to paper used and age. Cover is clean. Card tricks by the greats. Howard Albright, Percy Abbott, Richard Durham, Charles, Fricke, U.F. Grant, The Hamilton's, Hugh Johnston, Eddie Joseph, Lesta, Ed Marlo, the Shepard's, Mel Stover, George Right and many many more. B&W illustrations, 96 pages.

Abbott Magic, 1936. Not Stated. . Soft cover. Good. Abbott's Cigarette Magic, by Zeno Tom Abbott's Magic, 1936, unstated edition Staplelbound in good condition with good cover. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight, some tanning of pages due to paper and age. Name sticker of Joe Berg well know magician on title page. Cover shows slight signs of wear is good over all. 46 pages of cigarette tricks and magic. B&W illustrations, 48 pages total.