FS: Magic Books (Juvenille & Adult)
P. O. Box 2321
[#2207] Blackstone, Harry: BLACKSTON'S TRICKS ANYONE CAN DO. New York:
Permabooks, 1948. Cloth, 16mo, 232 pp. Very Good. $20.00
[#2208] Elliott, Bruce: MAGIC AS A HOBBY / NEW TRICKS FOR AMATEUR
PERFORMERS. New York: Gramercy Publishing Company, 1958. 1st ed. Cloth,
12mo, 230 pp. (Lyons, L. Vosburgh illust.) Near Fine: lacking jacket.
$20.00
[#1442] Fleischman, Sid: THE ABRACADABRA KID / A WRITER'S LIFE. New
York: Greenwillow Books, 1996. 1st ed. Cloth, 8vo, 198 pp.
(Photographic illust.) Fine in Fine dust jacket. Autobiography of child
magician and Newbery Award-winning author (The Whipping Boy) Sid
Fleischman. $15.00
[#2211] Gibson, Walter B.: MAGIC. New York: Cadillac Publishing Co.,
Inc, 1963. Cloth, 8vo, 160 pp. Very Good. $20.00
[#2224] Harbin, E. O.: THE FUN ENCYCLOPEDIA. New York: Abingdon Press,
1940. Cloth, 8vo, 1008 pp. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket: lt
rubbing, sm chips to dj. Magic, parties, puzzles and games. $25.00
[#2370] Hay, Henry: LEARN MAGIC. Garden City: Garden City Publishing
Co., 1947. 1st ed. Cloth, 12mo, 279 pp. (Jelinek, Hans illust.) Good in
Good dust jacket: large owner signature else Very Good. Elaborate magic
for the young magician, from card tricks to large stage prop tricks.
Out of print. $20.00
[#1735] (Houdini, Harry) Brian Selznick: THE HOUDINI BOX. New York:
Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. Wraps, 8vo, (Selznick, Brian illust.) Very Good.
A chance encounter leaves young Victor with what might be Houdini's box
of magic secrets. Incl. bio. sketch of Houdini. $25.00
[#1991] (Houdini, Harry) Brian Selznick: THE HOUDINI BOX. New York:
Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. 2nd ed. Cloth, 8vo, (Selznick, Brian illust.)
Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. A chance encounter leaves young
Victor with what might be Houdini's box of magic secrets. Bio. of
Houdini, OP cloth. $20.00
[#805] Howe, James: RABBIT-CADABRA!. New York: Morrow Junior Books,
1993. 1st ed. Cloth, 4to, 48 pp. (Daniel, Alan illust.) As New in dust
jacket. Bunnicula the rabbit and the magician, The Amazing Karlovsky!
With a pull-out magic trick at the rear of the book. $12.50
[#2223] Ickis, Marguerite: PASTIMES FOR THE PATIENT. New York: A. S.
Barnes and Company, 1945. Cloth, 8vo, 284 pp. (Esh, Reba Selden
illust.) Very Good: tear rear end paper. Magic tricks, hobbies and
crafts for the bed-bound of World War Two. $20.00
[#1878] Kirkus, Virginia and Frank Scully: JUNIOR FUN IN BED. New York:
Simon & Schuster, 1935. 1st ed. Cloth, 8vo, 182 pp. Very Good in Good
dust jacket: chips jacket, book plate. Contains interesting simple
magic tricks and puzzles. Notable due to its co-editor Frank Scully (an
important early 'flying saucer' author) and contributors Frank "Bring
'em Back Alive" Buck, Edward Lear and many others. Out of print $30.00
[#1877] Leeming, Joseph: GAMES WITH PLAYING CARDS PLUS TRICKS & STUNTS.
New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1949. Cloth, 8vo, 224 pp. Very Good in
Very Good dust jacket. Colorful dust jacket, out of print. $25.00
[#1886] Leeming, Joseph: MAGIC FOR EVERYBODY / THE 250 BEST AND NEWEST
FEATS OF MAGIC CHOSEN FOR THE EASE WITH WHICH THEY CAN BE PERFORMED.
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1934. Cloth, 12mo, 260 pp.
Very Good: light foxing to a few pages. A fine introduction to magic
for the young reader. $17.50
[#2165] Lind, Anton: DINGY & PIPS LTD., DETECTIVES. London: Purnell,
1961. Boards, 12mo, 178 pp. Very Good in Good dust jacket: tears to
jacket. Dingy (radio enthusiast) and Pips (crazy conjurer) solve a
mystery. English schoolboy mystery series. $27.50
[#2212] Lindhorst, Will L.: TRICKS AND MAGIC / A NEW BAG OF TRICKS.
Chicago: Reilly & Lee Co, 1934. Cloth, 12mo, 114 pp. (Barrett, Tom P.
illust.) Very Good. $20.00
[#1888] Orrin, J. F.: EASY MAGIC FOR EVENING PARTIES AND OTHER FESTIVE
OCCASIONS TOGETHER WITH SOME SIMPLE TRICKS, PUZZLES, AND CATCHES....
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1930c. Cloth, 12mo, 188 pp. (Orrin, J.
F. illust.) Very Good: spots to front and spine cloth, one page ink.
Magic trick manual by an Associate of the Inner Magic Circle, circa
1930. Out of print. $22.50
[#1880] PARLOUR GAMES / NO. 2 OF THE 'WHAT SHALL WE DO' BOOKS. London:
Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1913c. Cloth, 12mo, 95 pp. Very Good: fading to
spine, interior Near Fine. Circa 1913 (based on owner signature).
Delightful color illustrations of children at play. Games and tricks of
long ago. $30.00
[#1889] Steen, Marguerite: PEEPSHOW. London: Ivor Nicholson & Watson,
1933. 1st ed. Cloth, 8vo, 170 pp. Very Good: light foxing, blue cloth
faded. Parlour performances for the young people, including a chapter
on conjuring & fortune telling. Woman author. $27.50
[#1890] THE SOVIET CIRCUS / A COLLECTION OF ARTICLES. Moscow: Progress
Publishers, 1967. Cloth, 12mo, 233 pp. (Photographic illust.) Very Good
in Very Good dust jacket. Articles on the circus by & about Russian
literary figures, including a chapter on Kio the Magician. $37.50
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