The illusion (30 risultati)

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 24 pages. Illustrated. Edwin A Dawes "A Rich Cabinet of Magical Curiosities No.44 Aeronauts - The Spencers" / Paul Flory "Cyclic Controlled Coincidence" / Maldino "A Chat on Illusion Magic" / Ken de Courcy lecture / Bill Angler "M4" / Stanley Watson "Electronic Calculator Magic" (VM10).…

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 32 pages. Illustrated. Edwin A Dawes "A Rich Cabinet of Magical Curiosities No.32 Leslie Lambert" / P J Flory "Lucky Thirteen Revelation" / Louis Tummers "The Egg Bag" / S H Sharpe "Acted Magic - An Undelivered Lecture (cont.) / Bill Nagler "M3" / Maldino "A Chat on Illusion Magic" / Walter Blau "An Analysis of Close up Magic" (VM10).…

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 28 pages. Illustrated. Edwin A Dawes "A Rich Cabinet of Magical Curiosities" / Peter Warlock "The Grand Séances" / Maldino "The Secret of a Rare Illusion - 'Nereid'" / Edwin Dawes "Anchors Aweigh with Alec Focused" / Ian Keable-Elliott "A Lesson in Humiliation and Humility" / Victor Monleon "Finder Two" / Old Doc Young "Bahamas' Magic - Not Conjuring" / S H Sharpe "Odd Observations on Okito's Originalities" / Carson's Card Caper / Arthur Setterington "The Magic of Sherlock Holmes" (VM10).…

Vinyl. Condizione: Used - Very Good.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. 212 pages. W H Pearce "Caring for offenders on parole" / D J West "Parole in England" / J Irvin Waller "Parole for the ex-prisoner: carrot, stick or illusion?" / Vincent O'Leary and Daniel Glaser "The assessment of risk in parole decision making" Historical Pivot Point: Written just a few years after the formalisation of the UK parole system via the Criminal Justice Act 1967, the book captures a period when release shifted from an unregulated executive privilege to a structured risk-assessment process.Transatlantic Comparison: The text directly compares the burgeoning British parole board framework with various state and federal systems operating in the United States.Key Themes Addressed Risk Assessment Realities: The essays critique the methods used by boards to determine whether a prisoner's potential for rehabilitation outweighs the safety risk to the public.The "Selection Effect": The book touches upon early debates regarding whether parole programs genuinely reduce reoffending (recidivism) or if boards simply get better at selecting the lowest-risk inmates for early release.Discretion vs. Consistency: It examines the tensions between giving parole boards broad discretionary powers to evaluate an individual's progress and the growing demand for standardized, predictable sentencing. (SL#1/2)). …

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 24 pages. Illustrated. George Munro "An Excellent Non Sleight-of-hand Card Trick" / Nathan Dean "A Production Subtlety" / Bruce Hurling "A Tram Ticket Tour" / Stanley Norton ",A Glass of Water Illusion" / Roy Cowl "Candlestick to Lighted Lantern" / Bruce Hurling "An Improved Version of the Transposed Shilling" / De Vega "A Topical Act with a Christmas Pudding" / Professor Edgar "The Glass of Water through Hat" (VM10).…

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 84 pages. Illustrated. Henry Martin "Words? Words" / John McLean "Table Sculptures By Anthony Caro" / Rene Micha "Les Utopies D'Alechinsky" (in French) / Elwyn Lynn "The Paintings Of Louis James" / Bernard Denvir "David Hockney" / Corinne Robins "Sylvia Stone: The Edges Of Illusion" / Joseph Love "Mainly Tokyo" (BT#45).…

Condizione: Very Good. 58 pages, illustrated. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: Quarto. Category: Apollo Arts Magazine; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condizione: Very Good. 19 pages with some illustrations. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 18 x 25 cms. Category: Newcastle upon Tyne Society of Antiquaries; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years of taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condizione: Very Good. 7 pages, with illustrations. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. The Studio: An Illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art was a pioneering British art periodical published in London from 1893 to 1964. Founded by Charles Holme, a former silk merchant with a deep interest in international aesthetics, the magazine became a vital platform for the Art Nouveau, Arts and Crafts, and later Modernist movements. Size: 18 x 24 cms. Category: The Studio Magazine; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condizione: Very Good. 20 pages, with photographs. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 16 x 24 cms. Category: National Geographic Magazine; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condizione: Very Good. 5 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 14 x 22 cms. Category: London Magazine; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condizione: Very Good. 16 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 17 x 24 cms. Category: Critical Quarterly; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Condizione: Very Good. 13 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 17 x 24 cms. Category: Critical Quarterly; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. Soft cover, has some marks on the covers. We ship fast.

Condizione: Very Good. 5 pages. The Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow is a learned society established in 1802, for the improvement of the Arts and Sciences in the city of Glasgow, Scotland. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 13 x 21 cms. Category: Glasgow Philosophical Society; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on. Softcover (Booklet - Unbound Pages).…

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 96 pages. Malcolm Bradbury "Rates of Exchange" (from a new novel) / Alun Chalfont "The Great Unilateralist Illusion" / David Marquand "Is There New Hope for the Social Democrats?" / Edward Pearce "Walls Do a Prison Make." / Francois Fejto "Remembering Maurice Thorez" / Terence Hawkes "Telmah" / John Bossy "Aquare Tales from Languedoc" / John Bayley "Trollope".…

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 72 pages. Dwight MacDonaldd "The Waldorf Conference" / Christopher Hollis "The Chances Of The Future" / Angus Wilson "Totentanz" / Allanah Harper "Recollections Of Leon-Paul Fargue" / Kathleen Nott "The Topographical Illusion" / poems by Garcia Villa.

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. Soft cover, has some marks on the covers. We ship fast.

Soft cover. Condizione: Good. 120 pages. William Faulkner "The Jail" / Andre Malraux ",Art and the Illusion of the Folk" / Lionel Trilling "The Roots of Modern Taste" / James Burnham "Parakeets and Parchesi: An Indian Memorandum" / Czeslaw Milosz "The Happiness Pill" / Hans Meyerhof "'The New Yorker's in Hollywood".…

Softcover. Condizione: gut. 1998. The "user illusion" of this groundbreaking book's title comes from the computer industry and refers to the simplistic mental image most of us have of our PCs. "The User Illusion" makes the case that humans are designed for a much richer existence than processing small bits of information from a computer screen. Line drawings. As John Casti wrote, "Finally, a book that really does explain consciousness." This groundbreaking work by Denmark's leading science writer draws on psychology, evolutionary biology, information theory, and other disciplines to argue its revolutionary point: that consciousness represents only an infinitesimal fraction of our ability to process information. Although we are unaware of it, our brains sift through and discard billions of pieces of data in order to allow us to understand the world around us. In fact, most of what we call thought is actually the unconscious discarding of information. What our consciousness rejects constitutes the most valuable part of ourselves, the "Me" that the "I" draws on for most of our actions -- fluent speech, riding a bicycle, anything involving expertise. No wonder that, in this age of information, so many of us feel empty and dissatisfied. As engaging as it is insightful, this important book encourages us to rely more on what our instincts and our senses tell us so that we can better appreciate the richness of human life. The User Illusion: Cutting Consciousness Down to Size Verlagsort London Sprache englisch Psychologe Allgemeine Psychologie Geisteswissenschaften Psychologen Verhaltenstherapie ISBN-10: 0-670-87579-1 0670875791 ISBN-13: 978-0-670-87579-5 9780670875795 In englischer Sprache. 480 pages.…

Condizione: Fine. Number of books: 1.

Condizione: Fine. Number of books: 1.

Condizione: Fine. The book is in fine condition.

Condizione: Fine. The book is in fine condition.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A rare survival: a square-format, First Edition hardback from 1937 which, creates the novelty of illusion of movement (Patented), through a 'flicker' action, for four boxing techniques e.g. Left lead to chin; parrying left counter; bringing over right to jaw and lending left to the body. Six Chapters of accompanying text. Of its time, the book is aimed at boys and young men - not for fame and fortune but for playing the game for the game's sake and putting fair play and sportsmanship first. Red linen boards (just very minor wear to corner [points) with black titling, perfectly clean throughout with no inscription. A York bookseller's label. 20% price reduction applied. Uniquely illustrated throughout with 4 boxing "flicker" movement sequences [where the reader/viewer splays or fans the pages to create the illusion of moving pictures] (illustratore).…

A cabinet card photograph of Ajeeb, the famous nineteenth-century chess-playing automaton. The image corresponds to the known 1886 photograph of "Ajeeb the Wonderful" associated with the Eden Musée in New York. Ajeeb was created by English cabinetmaker Charles Hooper and first exhibited in London in 1868. By the 1880s it had been brought to the United States, where it became a popular attraction at the Eden Musée and later at Coney Island. Like the earlier Mechanical Turk, Ajeeb was presented as a mechanical chess player, but in fact concealed a human operator. The exposed chest panel and opened cabinet doors were part of the display, intended to preserve the illusion by showing Ajeeb's apparent machinery. Period accounts described Ajeeb as a Moorish figure seated on a cushion, with open cabinet compartments, a chessboard before it, and a mechanism that moved pieces against living opponents. This example is mounted by Eastman of Portland, Oregon. We have not found evidence that Ajeeb was exhibited in Portland, and the card may instead be a Portland-issued or locally mounted copy of the well-known Ajeeb photograph. Either way, it is a strong cabinet card image of one of the best-known nineteenth-century automaton illusions, with interest for chess, stage magic, mechanical entertainment, photography, and the prehistory of artificial intelligence. . Light wear, toning, and soiling; very good. Cabinet card photograph with scalloped edges, measuring approximately 4 ¼ x 6 ½ inches. Photograph shows the chess-playing automaton Ajeeb seated in robe and headdress before a chessboard, with the chest panel and lower cabinet doors open to display apparent mechanical workings. Photographer?s mount reads ?Eastman,? with Portland and East Portland addresses.…

Condizione: Fine. Number of books: 1 book.

LeatherBound. Condizione: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1916 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 64 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 64 Volume No. 9 Language: English.…

Leather Bound. Condizione: New. Language: English. Language: English. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition, expertly crafted with Original Natural Leather that gracefully adorns the spine and corners. The allure continues with Golden Leaf Printing that adds a touch of elegance, while Hand Embossing on the rounded spine lends an artistic flair. This masterpiece has been meticulously reprinted in 2025, utilizing the invaluable guidance of the original edition published many years ago in 1916. The contents of this book are presented in classic black and white. Its durability is ensured through a meticulous sewing binding technique, enhancing its longevity. Imprinted on top-tier quality paper. A team of professionals has expertly processed each page, delicately preserving its content without alteration. Due to the vintage nature of these books, every page has been manually restored for legibility. However, in certain instances, occasional blurriness, missing segments, or faint black spots might persist. We sincerely hope for your understanding of the challenges we faced with these books. Recognizing their significance for readers seeking insight into our historical treasure, we've diligently restored and reissued them. Our intention is to offer this valuable resource once again. We eagerly await your feedback, hoping that you'll find it appealing and will generously share your thoughts and recommendations. Lang: - English, Vol:- Volume No. 9, Pages:- 64, Print on Demand. If it is a multi-volume set, then it is only a single volume. We are specialised in Customisation of books, if you wish to opt different color leather binding, you may contact us. This service is chargeable. Product Disclaimer: Kindly be informed that, owing to the inherent nature of leather as a natural material, minor discolorations or textural variations may be perceptible. Explore the FOLIO EDITION (12x19 Inches): Available Upon Request. Volume No. 9 64 64.…