Magic Lantern Society 1983. Hardcover. Near Fine. Hardcover volume with three issues together covering 1981 to 1983. This is a limited especially bound edition and numbered as such. Unmarked and near fine with a neat ex-libris sticker pasted in. <br/> <br/> Magic Lantern Society hardcover
Collection of 2 Vintage Optical Lantern images of Iran circa 1905. 3 1/4" x 4." The first photo shows a few hundred people attending a funeral with over twenty people standing in the trees. In the foreground musicians hold tubas and flutes. It is rare to find images of this era with musicians and their instruments. The men in the photo are wearing Qajar-era clothing including long tunics with astrakhan hats and most have beards. The second image shows a man being exposed to a public foot whipping as punishment for a crime. The accused is lying on his back with his feet tied up at an angle to a horizontal post. Men surround around him holding canes including one extended out and resting on the accused's feet. The men are all dressed in traditional Qajar-era clothing including trousers waistcoats sardaris and astrakhan hats. These are positives on a glass lantern Gelatin silver bromide. In 1850 William and Frederick Langenheim invented a transparent positive image of a photograph in the form of a glass slide that could be projected onto a wall or screen using a Magic Lantern. Magic lanterns provided one of the most popular forms of entertainment during their heyday in the 18th and 19th centuries. Using an artificial light source and a combination of lenses these devices enlarged small transparency images or miniature models and projected them onto a wall or screen. Scarce and in very good condition. unknown books
LA HUNA RESEARCH 1954 1954. ORIGINAL GILT STAMPED BLUE CLOTH; NO DUST JACKET SECOND EDITION VERY GOOD. Hardcover. LA, HUNA RESEARCH, 1954 hardcover books
Drake Publishers. Used - Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates stamps limited notes and highlighting or a few light stains. Drake Publishers unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : W04OS-00444 ISBN : 0847311465 9780847311460
New York New York U.S.A.: Drake Publishers 1976. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. First Edition First Published In 1976. Includes Table Of Contents. The Book Is Bound In Red Cloth Over Boards With Gilt Lettering On The Spine. The Book Has Minor Wear With No Ownership Information Present. The Unclipped Jacket Has Mild Age Toning At The Edges. There Are No Chips. Tiny Tear At The Lower Back Flap Fold. <br/> <br/> Drake Publishers hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 044231 ISBN : 0847311465 9780847311460
New York: Drake Publishers 1976. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good- dust jacket. A few small tears to jacket edges. Minor staining to jacket. Small smudge to page edges. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. Drake Publishers hardcover
Riferimento per il libraio : 64494 ISBN : 0847311465 9780847311460
Drake Pub Co 1976. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Drake Pub Co paperback
Riferimento per il libraio : G0847311945I4N00 ISBN : 0847311945 9780847311941
Magic Makers. Toy. Very Good. 13x10x3. Pictorial hardcover in Very Good condition. Clean pages. Good binding. Minimal wear to the exterior. Carefully packaged to avoid damage in shipping. Magic Makers unknown
Riferimento per il libraio : B48-Tarbell ISBN : 0615418376 9780615418377
Massachusetts 1930. 8 ½ by 11 inch leatherette binder filled with correspondence. An interesting small archive of material from the semi-professional club magician George Corrigan consisting of letters written by other magicians most concerning the sale and trade of tricks. Corregan was the managing editor of the Sphinx published by Boston Assembly No. 9 and wrote a humorous personal interest column. He also like many magicians of the era traded tricks. According to Magicpedia Corregan "ran a humorous personal-interest column headed as "Dear Uncle Koko Esq." It was years before members realized that the initials of the heading spelled out a clue to the unknown author "D-U-K-E". Corregan contributed his magical ideas to the Sphinx. His Four Ace Trick published in 1922 was a favorite of Ted Annemann. He also marketed "Be a Human Calendar" and "Unkle Koko's Kloryphyll Kard Trick". He authored a column "Spilling the Beans" in The Seven Circles in the 1930s."<br /> <br /> Some entertaining material is included here particularly the effusive letters of Corregan's colleagues trying to upsell their tricks or engage in small time bartering: "Perhaps you think I am trying to pull the wool over your eyes in our transaction regarding my item Cig-o-Jest." Over 75 unique some in duplicate including correspondence trick want lists two realphoto postcards and unused stationery. We have kept the material as found loosely inserted into a leatherette binder. An interesting window into the life of a small time touring magician and magic writer circa 1930. Generally very good with some normal wear and some mimeographed pages showing normal chipping. unknown books
Lithonia Georgia 1984. About fine. Rectangluar 12mo. pp 9. In printed staple bound wrappers. An instruction manual on how to operate the spring-loaded ""Magical"" Rocky Racoon magic trick. Scarce as such. unknown
Lithonia Georgia 1984. About fine. Rectangluar 12mo. pp 9. In printed staple bound wrappers. An instruction manual on how to operate the spring-loaded ""Magical"" Rocky Racoon magic trick. Scarce as such. unknown
Greenville SC: Magic Methods 1985. Paperback. Near Fine. Printed paper wrap with stapled binding octavo 31pp. illustrated in b&w. Book has toning to wrap stapled binding tight text clean and unmarked. No DJ. Old mail order magic catalog. Magic Methods paperback