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1975ref. 15001975. Paris éditions Fernand Nathan 1975 - Broché 20 cm x 27 cm 32 pages - Texte de Gérard Majax - Ills in et hors-texte couleurs - Les tours de magie diffusés dans l'émission d'Armand Jammot « Y'a un truc » sur Antenne 2 - Bon état Nous disposons d'un stock important de livres et de revues rares et variés sur ce thème. N'hésitez pas à nous contacter
ref. ORD-15277Paris. Maison du Rire. (1928). In-8 (134 x 210mm) broché, couverture verte imprimée et illustrée, 96 pages, nombreuses illustrations dans le texte. Papier de mauvaise qualité, trace légère de pli vertical mais bon exemplaire. Peu courant.
1897ref. WOC-2357Tour de Physique Amusante Faciles pour Tous (2ème série). Ornée de lettrines, culs-de-lampes et 74 figures explicatives dans le texte. Paris, Henri Gautier, éditeur, 1897. Grand in-8 (23x18,5) relié demi chagrin bordeaux à coins, dos à nerfs, couverture restaurée conservée. XI-[1]-329-[1]pp.
1897ref. 95393Paris, P., Henri Gautier 1897 In-8, demi-percaline havane, dos lisse orné de filets à froid, premier plat de couverture illustrée par Collombar conservé, XI-329 pp., lettrines, culs-de-lampe, 74 figures, certaines humoristiques. Dos passé, première couverture délié, sinon bon exemplaire.
1894ref. 95394Paris, P., Henri Gautier 1894 In-8, demi percaline vert-pâle, dos lisse orné de filets à froid, XXXI- 355 pp., lettrines, culs-de-lampe, 96 figures, certaines humoristiques. Dos passé, petit accroc en coiffe sup. sinon bon exemplaire.
1846ref. 68601New York & Philadelphia: Turner & Fisher 1846. MAGIC AND CONJURING. New York & Philadelphia: Turner & Fisher N.d.c.a 1846. Sixteenmo 5 3/4 x 3 1/2 inches; 145 x 90 mm. 1- 72 pp. With frontispiece included in pagination. With frontispiece and vignette title-page. And with numerous woodcuts in the text. Front board reads "Enlarged and greatly Improved." The caption under the frontispiece reads "How to cut a man's head off and put it into a platter a yard from his body." This woodcut image is repeated on the illustrated front cover. Original illustrated blue boards. Boards illustrated with the same engraving as the frontispiece. With some chipping to spine. Boards are a bit soiled. With foxing and toning throughout. Back board loose but holding. Housed in a cardboard folio with previous owner magician Ricky Jay's bookplate. Overall very good. A scarce American Hocus Pocus with descriptions of numerous tricks including passing balls through cups how to make a card that is chosen separate from all the pack and how to cut a man's head off. "Legerdemain a science which has raised he admiration of society; is an art whereby the performer seems to work prodigies and miracles that are impossible and incredible by agility and slight of hand." From the first page. Toole Stott 382. HBS 68601. $4500. Turner & Fisher unknown books
1869ref. 68557Torino: Carlo Manfredi 1869. MAGIC AND CONJURING. Magical Blow Book/Magic Picture Book. Libro Magico Caduto Dalla Luna 1500 Anni Avanti La Creazione Del Mondo e Ritrovata Nei 1869. Torino: Carlo Manfredi 1869. Octavo 7 3/8 x 4 7/8 inches; 186 x 122 mm. In printed color facsimile wrappers. Title-page reinforced along edges. Some leaves with marginal reinforcement. Some occasional minor smudging. Overall a very good copy. With a total of two engraved title-pages one at front and one at back and 64 illustrated leaves. With six full sets of eighteen different full color illustrations plus an additional six illustrations. The illustrations include a wizard imps gentleman and gentlewoman soldiers birds harbor church and others. We could only find one other copy at auction and one copy at a library Getty. A beautiful copy of a magical blow book or flip book also known as a magic coloring book. This type of trick is considered the oldest example of a "manufactured prop" to be used for magic. It works by a series of small notches or incisions in the fore-margin to create tabs and depending on where the magician places their thumb they flip the leaves of a certain group revealing one set of plates. Then with a movement of the finger placement a new set of plates will be revealed. HBS 68557. $2000. Carlo Manfredi unknown books
1890ref. 69099N.P. 1890. MAGIC AND CONJURING. n.p. n.d.c.a. 1890. Small octavo 5 1/2 x 3 3/4 inches; 140 x 95 mm. This copy in contemporary illustrated black wrappers. Internally all plates very clean and bright. Inside wrappers with instructions in German French English Spanish Italian and Russian. A beautiful copy of a magical blow book or flip book also known as a magic coloring book. This type of trick is considered the oldest example of a "manufactured prop" to be used for magic. It works by a series of small notches or incisions in the fore-margin to create tabs five tabs in this case and depending on where the magician places their thumb they flip the leaves of a certain group revealing one set of plates. Then with a movement of the finger placement a new set of plates will be revealed. Complete with a total of 49 plates on 28 leaves. Many of the plates are in beautiful color with sharp detail. The plates include a animals such as a lion zebra tiger and pig. Some musical scores a few alphabets in various scripts silhouettes and various characters and scenes among others. HBS 69099. $1000. N.P. unknown books
1840ref. 68354London 1840. MAGIC AND CONJURING. The Enchanted Scrapbook; Exhibiting Pictures Which Appears and Vanishes at the Word Command. E. Wallis London n.d.c.a 1840. Small octavo 7 x 5 inches; 178 x 125 mm. This copy in contemporary floral embossed pink cloth. With matching topped slipcase. Slipcase stamped and lettered in gilt on front. Previous owner's old ink inscription on front blank dated 1840. Internally all plates are generally clean and bright. A few smudges and a light dampstain. One leaf with a bird/solider has a closed tear which has been invisibly repaired. Another leaf with a dancer/ ship has a large tear with a missing piece but it does not affect the illustration. Some minor sunning to spine and edges cloth is splitting along hinge at top of spine. Slipcase is sunned and a bit worn. Overall a very good copy especially rare in the original slipcase. With a total of 48 leaves. With twelve each of seven different full color illustrations of which include a Saint a captive bird a soldier a solider on horseback a ship a dancer and a man with bear. A beautiful copy of a magical blow book or flip book also known as a magic coloring book. This type of trick is considered the oldest example of a "manufactured prop" to be used for magic. It works by a series of small notches or incisions in the fore-margin to create tabs and depending on where the magician places their thumb they flip the leaves of a certain group revealing one set of plates. Then with a movement of the finger placement a new set of plates will be revealed. HBS 68354. $5000. London unknown books
1846ref. 68601New York & Philadelphia: Turner & Fisher 1846. MAGIC AND CONJURING. New York & Philadelphia: Turner & Fisher N.d.c.a 1846. Sixteenmo 5 3/4 x 3 1/2 inches; 145 x 90 mm. 1- 72 pp. With frontispiece included in pagination. With frontispiece and vignette title-page. And with numerous woodcuts in the text. Front board reads "Enlarged and greatly Improved." The caption under the frontispiece reads "How to cut a man's head off and put it into a platter a yard from his body." This woodcut image is repeated on the illustrated front cover. Original illustrated blue boards. Boards illustrated with the same engraving as the frontispiece. With some chipping to spine. Boards are a bit soiled. With foxing and toning throughout. Back board loose but holding. Housed in a cardboard folio with previous owner magician Ricky Jay's bookplate. Overall very good. A scarce American Hocus Pocus with descriptions of numerous tricks including passing balls through cups how to make a card that is chosen separate from all the pack and how to cut a man's head off. "Legerdemain a science which has raised he admiration of society; is an art whereby the performer seems to work prodigies and miracles that are impossible and incredible by agility and slight of hand." From the first page. Toole Stott 382. HBS 68601. $4500. Turner & Fisher unknown
1869ref. 68557Torino: Carlo Manfredi 1869. MAGIC AND CONJURING. Magical Blow Book/Magic Picture Book. Libro Magico Caduto Dalla Luna 1500 Anni Avanti La Creazione Del Mondo e Ritrovata Nei 1869. Torino: Carlo Manfredi 1869. Octavo 7 3/8 x 4 7/8 inches; 186 x 122 mm. In printed color facsimile wrappers. Title-page reinforced along edges. Some leaves with marginal reinforcement. Some occasional minor smudging. Overall a very good copy. With a total of two engraved title-pages one at front and one at back and 64 illustrated leaves. With six full sets of eighteen different full color illustrations plus an additional six illustrations. The illustrations include a wizard imps gentleman and gentlewoman soldiers birds harbor church and others. We could only find one other copy at auction and one copy at a library Getty. A beautiful copy of a magical blow book or flip book also known as a magic coloring book. This type of trick is considered the oldest example of a "manufactured prop" to be used for magic. It works by a series of small notches or incisions in the fore-margin to create tabs and depending on where the magician places their thumb they flip the leaves of a certain group revealing one set of plates. Then with a movement of the finger placement a new set of plates will be revealed. HBS 68557. $2000. Carlo Manfredi unknown
1890ref. 69099N.P. 1890. MAGIC AND CONJURING. n.p. n.d.c.a. 1890. Small octavo 5 1/2 x 3 3/4 inches; 140 x 95 mm. This copy in contemporary illustrated black wrappers. Internally all plates very clean and bright. Inside wrappers with instructions in German French English Spanish Italian and Russian. A beautiful copy of a magical blow book or flip book also known as a magic coloring book. This type of trick is considered the oldest example of a "manufactured prop" to be used for magic. It works by a series of small notches or incisions in the fore-margin to create tabs five tabs in this case and depending on where the magician places their thumb they flip the leaves of a certain group revealing one set of plates. Then with a movement of the finger placement a new set of plates will be revealed. Complete with a total of 49 plates on 28 leaves. Many of the plates are in beautiful color with sharp detail. The plates include a animals such as a lion zebra tiger and pig. Some musical scores a few alphabets in various scripts silhouettes and various characters and scenes among others. HBS 69099. $1000. N.P. unknown
1840ref. 68354London 1840. MAGIC AND CONJURING. The Enchanted Scrapbook; Exhibiting Pictures Which Appears and Vanishes at the Word Command. E. Wallis London n.d.c.a 1840. Small octavo 7 x 5 inches; 178 x 125 mm. This copy in contemporary floral embossed pink cloth. With matching topped slipcase. Slipcase stamped and lettered in gilt on front. Previous owner's old ink inscription on front blank dated 1840. Internally all plates are generally clean and bright. A few smudges and a light dampstain. One leaf with a bird/solider has a closed tear which has been invisibly repaired. Another leaf with a dancer/ ship has a large tear with a missing piece but it does not affect the illustration. Some minor sunning to spine and edges cloth is splitting along hinge at top of spine. Slipcase is sunned and a bit worn. Overall a very good copy especially rare in the original slipcase. With a total of 48 leaves. With twelve each of seven different full color illustrations of which include a Saint a captive bird a soldier a solider on horseback a ship a dancer and a man with bear. A beautiful copy of a magical blow book or flip book also known as a magic coloring book. This type of trick is considered the oldest example of a "manufactured prop" to be used for magic. It works by a series of small notches or incisions in the fore-margin to create tabs and depending on where the magician places their thumb they flip the leaves of a certain group revealing one set of plates. Then with a movement of the finger placement a new set of plates will be revealed. HBS 68354. $5000. London unknown
1874ref. 195171874. Paris Librairie Hachette et Cie Bibliothèque des Merveilles 1874 2ème ed. - Broché 12 5 cm x 19 cm 287 pages 60 vignettes sur bois - Texte et vignettes de M. J. Moynet - Couv. en état très moyen bon état intérieur
ref. 80875Paris, Editions Charles Moreau, 11x27cm, broché, 426p. Complet des 3 cartes dépliantes en fin d'ouvrage.
1934ref. 104FmTours Mame 1934 In4 - cartonnage de l'éditeur illustré - dos toilé d'origine - 54 pages dont 4 pages couleurs - coins avec légers manque de papier - cartonnage défraichi sans gravité - rousseurs éparses - 7 pages intérieures noires et blanches ont été plus ou moins colorisées par un enfant
1934ref. 104FmTours Mame 1934 In4 - cartonnage de l'éditeur illustré - dos toilé d'origine - 54 pages dont 4 pages couleurs - coins avec légers manque de papier - cartonnage défraichi sans gravité - rousseurs éparses - 7 pages intérieures noires et blanches ont été plus ou moins colorisées par un enfant
1954ref. 23012Paris, Éditions André Lesot, 1954. 2 volumes brochés, 12 cm x 18,5 cm, 96+ 72 pages, illustrations in et hors-texte. Texte de Luc Mégret. Un petit manque au dos du second volume sinon bon état
1986ref. 100074211Paris. 13 5 cm x 21 5 cm. 1986. Broché. 313 pages. Paris Institut International de la Marionnette/ Éditions L'Harmattan 1986. Broché 13 5 cm x 21 5 cm 313 pages. Sous la direction de Stathis Damianakos textes en français et en anglais de Luc Amoros Metin Hand Robert Baze Christine Hemmet Annie Gilles Françoise Grûnd Chérif Khaznadar Jean-Pierre Lescot Roger Long Natalie Smirnova ... ; bibliographies. Très bon état
1930pp. xvii, 107 + Frontis & one full page illustration. Lacking two illustrations. Also illustrated with text drawings. 8vo. Original full orange cloth binding. Copy very worn. Ownership of Wm. Lieberma n. From the working magic library of Bill Lieberman (Master of Magic) . **PRICE JUST REDUCED! MAG 1
1978Strasbourg, Editions techniques du spectacle, 1979. In-4 broché de 40 pages, figures et planches. Très bon état
1872ref. STAN0080Weimar, Voigt 1872. XVI, 219 S., 61 Fig. im Text, Halblederband d. Zt. mit goldgepr. RüTit., sehr gut erhalten, Titelbll. mit altem Eignerstemp., Exlibris. / Angeb.: BOSCO, Carl. Zauberku?nste, oder, Die Taschenspielerkunst in ihrem ganzen Umfange : eine Sammlung von 253 der interessantesten Kunststu?cke aus der natu?rlichen Magie, welche in Gesellschaften die u?berraschendsten Wirkungen hervorbringen, nebst vielen Karten-Kunststu?cken...4.Aufl. Berlin, Mode (1867). 203 S., 35 Fig. im Text / DER ROTHE TEUFEL im Salon oder Bosco in allen Gesellschaften : eine Sammlung der neuesten und interessantesten Belustigungen aus dem Gebiete der natürlichen Magie...3. Aufl. Weimar, Voigt 1871. XVI, 265 S. 144 Fig. im Text. zu 1.: Graesse, Bibliotheca magica 116 (2.u.5.Aufl.). / zu 2.: Clarke/Blind 13; Volkmann 33. / zu 3.: Clarke/Blind 67; Volkmann 146. - Mit Eignerstemp. des Theaterwissenschaftlers und Sammlers Constant (Konstantin) Danhelovsky
1900français In-8 de (4)-438 pp.; broché. Avec une carte du chêne-liège. Envoi autographe signé de l'auteur, en marge du faux-titre.
1889- Plon-Nourrit & Cie, Paris 1889, 21x28,5cm, reliure de l'éditeur. - First edition on ordinary paper, there has been printed only 50 Japon large paper copies. Publisher's binding over flexible paper boards, top edge gilt. Original illustrations by Jules Garnier. Endpapers uniformly shaded, otherwise nice copy. Very fresh binding. [FRENCH VERSION FOLLOWS] Edition originale sur papier courant, il n'a été tiré que 50 Japon en grands papiers. Reliure de l'éditeur en plein cartonnage rouge, dos lisse, tête dorée. Ouvrage orné d'illustrations originales de Jules Garnier. Gardes uniformément ombrées, sinon bel exemplaire. Cartonnage d'une grande fraîcheur.
1957ref. 48051Couverture souple. Bulletin de 16 pages ronéotées. 20 x 25 cm.
