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

Cologne, Germany: Taschen, 2013. Hardcover with dust jacket, in pictorial slipcase. Folio (10.6 x 15.8 inches). 544pp. Illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Tiny corner bump to book otherwise book, DJ and slipcase in near fine condition. This book celebrates more than 500 years of the stunning visual culture of the world’s greatest magicians. Featuring more than 850 rarely seen vintage posters, photographs, handbills, and engravings as well as paintings by Hieronymus Bosch and Caravaggio among others, The Big Book of Magic traces the history of magic as a performing art from the 1400s to the 1950s. Combining sensational images with incisive text, the book explores the evolution of the magician’s craft, from medieval street performers to the brilliant stage magicians who gave rise to cinematic special effects; from the 19th century’s Golden Age of Magic to groundbreaking daredevils like Houdini and the early 20th century’s vaudevillians.

Deland, FL: Berling Hull, 1952. First Edition. Stapled wrappers. 32 pp. With b&w illustrations. Light corner crease, otherwise in very good condition. This was the only issue of this "Magazine on Magical Showmanship and Dramatic Presentations". Contents include: How Dunninger Thunderbolts his audiences using tricks you all know; Bursts of Flame while held by spectator (easy chemical 'mental control' tricks); Tests Condition Telepathy with committee on stage; Any Trick Made Sensational, and how to do it; Hush, Spirits, a spectacular Message effect; Dynamic Showmanship - it brings in the Big Money; You're a Mindreader, Huh? — Let's See You Read My Mind?, and more. 

London: Gay & Bird, 1906. No edition stated. Paperback. 12mo (4.75 x 6 inches). 244 pages, plus ads. Illustrated in b&w. Text is complete but cover and spine missing. Last signature is loose, the rest still sewn and holding. Good only.

New York: David Robbins, 1944. No edition stated. Stapled color wrappers. Tall octavo. 33 pp. Illustrated. Short closed tear to back cover, light edge wear. Very good. Tricks with cards, coins, watches, cigarettes, plus mind reading, puzzles, etc.

New York: Swann, 2004. First Edition. Pictorial wrappers. Large octavo. Unpaginated [76pp]. Illustrated throughout in b&w. A tiny bit of corner wear, otherwise near fine. Auction catalogue featuring Posters, Books, Ephemera, Periodicals, Apparatus. 381 total lots with estimates.

New York: Swann Galleries, Inc., 1999. First Edition. Color pictorial wrappers. Large octavo. Unpaginated [64pp]. Color illustrations to cover and inside covers. Illustrated throughout in b&w. Near fine. Auction catalogue featuring Posters, Books, Ceramics, Ephemera, Periodicals, Apparatus. 289 total lots with estimates.

London: Wonder Programme, 1922. First Edition. Wrappers. Tall octavo. 56 pp. Illustrations in b&w. Some light edge and handling wear. Very Good. The Magic Wand was a British Magic Periodical that ran for 47 years from Vol. 1, No. 1 (September 1910) to Vol. 46, No. 256 (December 1957). It was equivalent to the US published Sphinx in terms of influence, longevity and time-frame. Stage and close-up magic.

Oakland: Magic Limited, Lloyd E. Jones, 1975. First Edition. Softcover. Quarto (8.5 x 10.75 inches). Signed by Frank Blaiseell on the title page. 86 pp. Illustrated in b&w. Near fine. Scarce. A series of tricks and experiments utilizing magic squares and a deck of cards, and more.

Chicago: Published by the Author, 1919. No edition stated. Stapled card covers. Small octavo. 42 pp., plus ads. Tipped-in sepia photo of Schulte. Small vignettes in b&w at end of chapters. Fine. Scarce.

Amsterdam: Bureau for Increasing the Use of Quinine, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. x + 58 pp. Orange cloth with black mosquito image and titles to front, spine in black and orange. Color frontispiece and additional photographs and illustrations. Some light rubbing to front cover. A very good copy. An excellent little work on battling Malaria with Quinine.

UK: Scarlet Imprint, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. 246 pp. Limited to 450 hand-numbered copies, this being No. 97. Bound in crushed copper cloth, stamped in black with the spirit of Mandragora. Printed on 150 gsm paper. One small corner bump to back cover otherwise a near fine copy, issued without dust jacket. Mandragora: Further Explorations in Esoteric Poesis is a companion volume to Datura (also published by Scarlet Imprint), comprising nine extensive essays and the works of 48 poets. The poetry in Mandragora drives deep into the humus heart of experience – spellwork, praise, story, song. From the breathless brevity of haiku through the humming rhythm of the long meditation the thread of hidden history runs, telling in mosaic the story of the occultist, the witch, the worshipper, the scholar and the celebrant. Like Datura, this is a work of many voices from a rich diversity of practice, each burning the wick to illuminate a piece of the Great Work. Some voices… Read More

Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1969. First English Language Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 304pp. Red cloth with white and black titles to front and spine. Very light edge and corner wear, faint foxing to top edge, otherwise a near fine copy in like dust jacket André Breton outlines the goals, significance, and political stance of the Surrealist movement.

London: Quaker Oats Limited, 1935. First Edition. Color pictorial card covers. 12mo (4.5 x 6.75 inches). 64 pp. Illustrated in b&w. A tight copy in very good or better condition. A promotional book on magic for younger folks, published by Quaker Oats. Includes a number of tricks with instructions. Most pages have a short sentence at the bottom of the page encouraging the consumption of Quaker Oats.

No publishing information provided. Stapled yellow card covers. Unpaginated [20 pp]. Illustrated in b&w. Very Good. An excellent system on how to spot marked decks of cards, with examples on the major and popular decks in use.

Wee Hours, 1968. First Edition. PBO. WH 565 (Holroyd page 535). Cover by Eric Stanton. Fine. Sleaze novel with S&M and bondage scenes.

Los Angeles: Genii Publishing Co., 1961. First Edition. Stapled wrappers. 66 pp. With b&w photos. Very good. Advice on generating publicity for upcoming magicians, plus biographical information on Furst, and more.

[New York]: Tannen Publications, 1952. First Editions (stated on title page). Stapled card covers. 11 pp.Illustrated in b&w. Very Good. A complete, routined mindreading act.

Newark, NJ: James McKnight, 1933. Stapled wrappers. 12 pp. Very good. This issue includes a short autobiography of Frank Lane, and more. Modern Magician ("A Monthly Publication by Magicians for Magicians") was a Magic Periodical edited by James McKnight from Newark, New Jersey and published during the depression from 1932 to 1934. It started as a monthly, but then issued quarterly after the first three issues.

Livorno, Italy: Media Print Editore, 2019. First Edition. Softcover (not issued in hardcover). Small octavo. viii + 292pp + ii (ads). Limited to 300 hand-numbered copies, this being No. 141. Stiff white wrappers with titles printed in red on front and spine. The tiniest bit of corner wear, otherwise a near fine copy. This new volume comes from the author's collaboration with Roberto Migliussi of Italy. It consists of the first year lessons from Bertiaux's order: Monastery of the Seven Rays. Michael Bertiaux is the author of many occult works including the "Vodoun Gnostic Workbook", "Vudu Cartography" , "Cosmic Meditation", and "Ontological Graffiti.

New York: The Vixen Press, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 184pp. Blue cloth with back spine titles. Small chip, edge wear, light rubbing to price-clipped dust jacket. A very good copy in like dust jacket. Sleaze novel. "The moon was a devil - a round yellow she-devil - sending her leaping beams down to kiss a bit of madness into each life she touched. Shedding her golden glow upon the wave-lapped beach, inciting sibilant sighs and sounds of soft violence ..." (from the DJ flap).