charles bertram introduction (7 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 4to. 20, LXIV (plates), [8] (adverts) pp. With the Jan Smuts frontispiece. In the publisher's oatmeal cloth, gilt- and ink-stamped to spine and front board. In fine condition throughout.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The is a good hardcover first edition copy, red cloth binding, gold lettering on the cover and spine, no DJ. Photos on request.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. pp.xx, 315 pages, colour frontispiece and 53 illustrations, 7"x 10", hardback (publisher's maroon cloth), front free end-paper is no longer free and extremities of binding are rubbed - otherwise a very good ex-library copy.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good -. Second Impression. 8vo, tan publisher's cloth, title stamped in gilt, 414 (2), over 500 original illustrtations from photographs. A classic magic tricvk instructional. Spine a bit shaken, some cloth loss heads on and spine. Internals quiet good.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 1922 third printing. (originally published in 1903) Good with the following defects: slight fraying to edges of cloth, Small hole in flyleaf and half-title page, rear hinge starting but not separating, normal age-toning to paper. Lacking dust jacket. One of the great classic conjuring books of the 20th century. 414 pages. Includes the bibliography deleted from the American editions. Illustrated throughout with half-tone photographs, and one of the earliest conjuring texts to use photography as a teaching tool. Leading performers of the day including Charles Bertram, Paul Valadon, Trewey, J.N. Maskelyne pose for the photographs.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good+. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Split to gutter at front hinge. Some splitting to gutter at rear hinge. Hinges weak. Some foxing. Small 4mm chips to cloth at tips of corners of boards. No signatures. A 20mm tear to margin of first leaf of Contents. ; 414, [2 (advertisements for Hamley's Grand Magical Saloons)] pages. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 212 x 135mm. Subtitled: "Explaining and Illustrating Tricks by J. N. Maskelyne - Paul Valadon - Trewey - H. de Manche - Charles Bertram - L. Graham Lewis - T. Nelson Downs - Frank Kennard - Mdlle. Patrice - Ellis Stanyon and others - With over 500 original illustrations from photographs". Contents: Sleights Used in Card Tricks; Simple Card Tricks; Advanced Card Tricks; Sleights Used in Coin Tricks; Tricks with Coins; Tricks with Balls; Handerkerchief Tricks; Miscellaneous Tricks; Parlour Tricks; Plate Spinning; Chapeaugraphy; Paper Folding; Shadowgraphy; Books on Conjuring; Prices of Conjuring Requisites and Apparatus. "Bibliography of Conjuring and Kindred Arts" on pages 393-412.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good-. 1st Edition. Some age-discoloration to original endsheets, small corner bumps, some dulling of spine, otherwise would be a very good, clean copy with no markings or bookplates. No dj. There are a few widening separations between some signatures, but no loose pages. Hinges are sound.