Stephen james forrester (6 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Very good or better in green cloth with silver lettering and decoration. Rear endpaper and blank back sheets have a small tan dot in center of page, perhaps foxing or a paper defect? No jacket as issued. #434 of 500 numbered copies issued, each signed by the author (Forrester) on title page. Reprints the section on conjuring tricks from Scot's 1584 original and augments it with considerable annotations regarding the techniques described along with providing extensive historical background material. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Limited Edition. A commentary on the first printed English conjuring text, showing the development of magic tricks from 1584 to the present day. Written by the Canadian magician, locksmith, writer, magic historian & rare book collector. Published for magic historians and magicians interested in the beginnings of their art. Includes unpublished references to Reginald Scot with quotations and illustrations from the early English books on conjuring from 1584 up to 1784. In 1993, Forrester published a Canadian bibliography of magic books called A Bibliography of Classic Authors in Magic and Related Arts. Green boards with gilt lettering on spine & gilt design & lettering on front. (viii) 108 pages with woodcuts & facsimiles. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. SIGNED limited edition of 500 (#461) of which 480 are for sale. Due to size & weight, extra shipping WILL be required. Please contact us by email to determine an accurate Canadian postal rate to your region. Can be picked up or delivered locally in the K-W area. *** Signed By Author ***.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Signed Limited Edition of 150 copies (140 of which are for sale) this copy No.12 signed by Stephen Forrester to limitation page. Small 4to, lxxxii, with 12 color photographs pasted in and 45 pages of b/w photographic reproductions, pp314, lxxxiii - cxxvi. Hardcover issued without dust jacket. Wrap around red cloth binding with gilt titles to spine and front board very good+ condition complete with ribbon tie, with a little shelf wear to top & tail of spine and tips. Inside all pages and photographs in fine unread condition. A lovely copy of this bibliography of magic books from the "Golden Age" (1876-1935) intended as a much needed reference and working guide to collecting the great classic magic authors. Very Scarce. Signed by Author(s). …

viii, 108 p. Portrait, diagrams, illustrations. 30 cms. No. 460 of an edition of 500 copies, signed by the Author. Publisher's green cloth binding, blocked in silver to the front board and spine. A fine copy. Forrester reprints Scot's 1584 text on legerdemain tricks and supplements it with extensive quotes from other early books on conjuring together with his own discussion of the tecchniques employed.…

First edition. Signed and numbered limited edition of 150 copies; pp. lxxxii, 314, lxxxiii - cxxvi; Many black-and-white illustrations and 12 color photogaphs pasted in; Wrap around cloth binding with ribbon tie. Cloth bound in very good condition; Short tear to rear edge fold.

Number 149 of 500 first printing copies. Green cloth with silver stamping on the front cover and spine. Illustrated, 108 pages. Numbered and signed by the author. Near fine condition.