Search Results: Titles starting with H from Richard Bishop, Bookseller

Oakland: Lloyd E. Jones, 1947. Stapled red card covers. 14 pp. Illustrated. Light edge wear. Very good. Short work on close-up magic. Mardo (1895-1976), born Medardo Lonzano in Havana Cuba, performed as a full-time professional, close-up, club, and stage magician from the 1940s through the 1960s. It has also been reported that he was a spy who worked for the U.S. Government on missions in Cuba.

Pittsburgh: Caro Book Company, 1939 (copyright date). No edition stated . Stapled wrappers. Small octavo. 192pp. Merest hint of edge wear. A near fine copy. Expose on America's white slavery conditions. Covers what was actually taking place in the nation-wide field of white slavery, wherein thousands of girls and young women are annually trapped or doped into the prostitution racket.

Tuscaloosa: Silk King Studios, 1942. Pictorial wrappers. 16 pp. Illustrated in b&w. Book has been folded resulting in a vertical crease throughout. Otherwise in very good condition. Features the classic rope trick by Keith Clark using a piece of soft rope and a pair of scissors. Clark was better known for his cigarette manipulations.

Wynnwood, PA: Silk King Studios, 1945. Pictorial wrappers. 24 pp. Illustrated in b&w. Very Good. Features Martineau's complete rope routine.

Port Townsend: Process Meida, 2013. First English Language Edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. xx + 118pp. Bound in blue velvet-like material with color image embedded to front with gilt border. Spine titled in gilt. Limited to 418 signed and numbered copies and signed by Robert K. Siegel on a special translucent page bound in. Illustrated in color and black and white. A fine copy in a fine, red plush slipcase. A fantastic production. For the first time this classic work on a forgotten Arabian legend has been translated into English. This illustrated novel is presented as a “pictorial opera” of love, hashish, and tragedy in the time of Victorian erotica, and it contains the first known illustrations and descriptions of true hashish hallucinations. Introductory essays by Siegel detail the history of this curious work. In addition to the translated work, there are original German advertisements for the work, extra images, and more.

No place: Heaney the Magician, No date. Single card sheet measuring 4.5 x 9 inches. With photo of Heaney at top and 10 unused perforated admission tickets. Light edge wear. Very good. I've seen several of these unused ticket sheets over the years. Maybe this particular tour of his didn't bring in the number of spectators he was hoping for. Heaney (1899-1974) was a stage magician and magic supplier from Berlin, Wisconsin. "Heaney the Great" and his magic show toured North America for a number of years during the mid 1900s. Heaney's interest in magic started when he was 15 years old, when he first met Henry Boughton (Harry Blackstone Sr.). After his encounter with Blackstone, Heaney became interested in producing magical supplies. When the family jewelry store closed in 1922, Heaney announced that he would devote all of his time to the development of magical goods. To this end, he started a mail order business for magical books, tricks, novelties and other supplies. Heaney was… Read More

Amherst, WI: Palmer Publications, 1961. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Small quarto. 192pp. Small chip to spine. Very good. A collection of short stories by Richard Shaver (with some help by Palmer), some of which appreared in Amazing Srories in the 1940s.

Amherst, WI: Palmer Publications, 1961. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Small quarto. Cover illustration by Richard Shaver. Light edge wear and creases. Very good. [The Shaver Mysteries]. A collection of short stories by Richard Shaver (with some help by Palmer), some of which appeared in Amazing Stories in the 1940s.

Amherst, WI: Palmer Publications, 1962. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Small quarto. Front and back cover photographs by Ray Palmer. Light wear. Very good. [The Shaver Mysteries]. A collection of short stories by Richard Shaver some of which appeared in Amazing Stories in the 1940s, and more.

Amherst, WI: Palmer Publications, 1962. First Edition Thus. Softcover. Small quarto. Front and back cover photographs by Ray Palmer. Light wear to upper spine. Very good. [The Shaver Mysteries]. A collection of short stories by Richard Shaver some of which appeared in Amazing Stories in the 1940s, and more.

London: Headpress Books, 2011. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. 392pp. With b&w illustrations. Light corner curl, otherwise a near fine copy. Charting the rise of sleazy pulp fiction during the 1960s and 1970s and reviewing many of the key titles, the book takes an informed look at the various genres and markets from this enormously prolific era, from groundbreaking gay and lesbian-themed books to the Armed Services Editions. Influential authors, publishers and cover artists are profiled and interviewed, including the "godfather of gore" H. G. Lewis, cult lesbian author Ann Bannon, fetish artist par excellence Bill Ward and many others.

No place: No publishing information, no date [1960s]. Private Limited Edition. Stapled wrappers. Octavo. 22pp. Illustrated with photographs and drawings (by an unknown artist). Edge wear to wrappers. A very good copy. A short history of rubber clothing plus some letters.

[UK]: Hell Fire Club Books, 2023. First Edition thus. Hardcover. Octavo. Six volumes in slipcase. Though not stated this production is said to be limited to only 14 sets. All volumes hand-bound in black quarter leather over blue cloth with gilt Egyptian design to front. Black endpapers. Text printed in black and red inks throughout onto high quality Rives Tradition 120gsm cream paper (first 5 volumes only). All six volumes contained in a blue cloth slipcase with gilt Egyptian design to front panel. Fine all around. The first three volumes are based upon Aleister Crowleys own first edition issued in 1909, the fourth volume contains other Holy Books not issued in the first edition, whilst volume five is a complete text of the Book of the Law suitable for both private and Temple use. Originally the volumes of ‘THELEMA’ were issued one at a time as the aspirant progressed through the successive grades of the Outer College of the Order. The publishers have kept much of the presentation and… Read More

Hanover and London: Published for Brandeis University Press by University Press of New England, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover, issued without dust jacket. Large quarto. xviii + 203 pp. Bound in tan cloth with black Egyptian hieroglyphs to fromnt, spine titled in black. Full page b&w frontispiece. Numerous b&w plates (full page). A fine copy. Includes translations of all of the Hymns to the Goddess Isis found in her temple at Philae. With detailed notes and select bibliography.