Venice: Francesco Locatelli, 1780. Second Edition. Softcover. Contemporary thick wrappers, title and author penned to spine, modest soiling, scattered minor staining internally. A very good copy overall. 156pp with 16 plates and other in text diagrams. Alberti was an interesting character, an accomplished mathematician and agronomist as well as an..... More
Leipzig: Druck und Verlag von Oswald Mutze, 1919. Hardcover. A little shaken, pages uniformly browned. Later printing by the Russian born psychic researcher and coiner of the term "telekinesis". Book 2 pages 339-752 with ads at rear. Size: Octavo (8vo). One volume of the 2-volume set. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped..... More
Devonport: Samuel and John Keys, 19840. First Edition. Softcover. Original printed pink wraps, a bit faded. 12 pages of tricks including: To make a party appear ghastly; To cause a brilliant explosion underwater; To make Waterloo crackers; A curious method of returning a fly to life in two minutes that..... More
New York: Wehman Bros. 1906. First Edition. Softcover. Original decorative wraps with a large tear to the front cover - lightly browned, but otherwise unmarked internally. 58pp plus 6 pages of ads. Size: 16mo . Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Magic, Paranormal & Occult; Inventory No..... More
London: Will Goldston. Softcover. Original wraps, taped, very good internally. undated ca. 1910. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Magic, Paranormal & Occult; Inventory No: 044966. More
Paris: Bureaux de Progrès Médical, 1883. Softcover. From the Bibliotheque Diabolique - relating the 1591 incident of Françoise Fontaine. Spine perished, cover detached and worn, pen note to title, uncut and fine internally. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Magic, Paranormal & Occult; Inventory..... More
London: G. Groombridge, 1843. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). undated ca. 1843. Light fading to edges of original cloth, otherwise lightly used. Yellow endpapers, 116pp. Scarce, only 9 copies in OCLC. In the Harry Houdini collection at the Library of Congress. Mrs. Blair collects a large number of dreams here..... More
Hartford: Belknap & Bliss, 1871. First Edition. Hardcover. Rebound in brown cloth, front endpaper detached, old newspaper article on Signor Blitz laid down to front blank, name ink stamped to endpaper and title page. Frontis of the author. Attractively illustrated with plates; 432pp. Size: Octavo (8vo). Previous owner's name ink-stamped..... More
Bibliopolio Commeliniano (Heidelberg): Balduini des Bordes (Balduinus Desbordes), 1612. Second Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Rebound in full calf, new endpapers, age toned, chipped at edges, scattered dampstains, trimmed a bit close at top touching the running title, title laid down. Still good overall. (12), 415 leaves. Lacking blanks but otherwise..... More
London: T.H. for Edward Dod, 1646. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Early calf rebacked, spine dry, outer joints cracked, front board loose but attached, corners worn. Paper repair to margins of title, some soiling and discoloration internally but mostly clean and unmarked. (xx), 386pp. A hugely influential book and one..... More
London: C. Arthur Pearson, 1950. Later Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Undated ca. 1950. Jacket browned, light chipping at edges. Spotting to red cloth, endpapers browned, light age toning to pages. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Magic, Paranormal & Occult; Inventory No: 044974. More
London: Robert Tyas, 1840. Onwhyn. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Attractively bound in full speckled calf by Root & Son, light wear at corners and hinges. Scattered foxing, mostly to the plates, but a generally clean copy. Quite popular - even attracting a parody - and much reprinted, Cockton's novel..... More
Rotterdam: Jean Hofhout, 1735. Later Edition. Hardcover. Contemporary boards rebacked in paper. Old library stamp to title, final page and a few other spots, a few minor stains, but clean otherwise. An interesting work on prognostication by the scientist, cryptographer and student of the Kabbalah. (38), 176pp. With an attractive..... More
Brussels & Paris: La veuve DuJardin & Defer de Maisonneuve, 1789. First Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Leather backed marbled boards, light rubbing to spine, corners worn, front blank on a stub, plate which is sometimes used as a frontis bound before chapter one. Mild scattered foxing, small stains to bottom..... More
Brussels & Paris: La veuve DuJardin & Defer de Maisonneuve, 1789. First Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Full leather, endpapers and title a little soiled, light rubbing to spine, corners worn, hinges starting, marbled endapepers. Minor scattered foxing, generally quite clean - a nice copy of the DeCremps's final exposé of..... More
Paris: Andreas Wechel, 1560. Early Edition. Hardcover (Half Leather). Contemporary rolled pigskin and leather over boards, boards heavily worn at the corners and fore-edge. Lacking the front blank, notes to pastedown, neat early underlining and marginalia throughout, 3 pages towards the end heavily marked. Modest age toning, a bit of..... More
Magico. Later Edition. Hardcover. ca. 1970s reprint of the 1876 edition in blue boards. Size: Octavo (8vo). Text contains marks and notes, in pencil. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Magic, Paranormal & Occult; Inventory No: 040171. More
Venice: Roberto Meietti, 1601. Second Edition. Hardcover (rebound in cloth). Rebound in modern cloth, old stamps to title, a few old stains, worming to the margins of the last few pages, notes to the rear blank - mostly quite clean. Bound out of order in a few spots, but complete..... More
Frankfurt & Leipzig: 1796. Hardcover. Contemporary paste paper boards, lacking (?) front endpaper, small tear to one page, otherwise unmarked internally. 161pp. Adolph Franz Friederich Ludwig Baron Von Knigge was a famous freemason and member of the Illuminati until a falling out in 1781. This is a review of Knigge's..... More
Jena: Birchner, 1701. Early Edition. Hardcover (Vellum). Contemporary vellum, soiled, frontis and title page stained and detached with some chipping and old tape marks, wear to first few pages, a few old marks and notes, but very good otherwise. Three works bound in one, the first two, by Hoping, typically..... More
New York: Stage Magic Company, 1928. Fifth Edition. Softcover. The deluxe edition, two volumes in gold cloth covers. Inscribed by Hull to fellow magician George Corregan and dated 1933. Slight wear at edges. 92 pages, continuously paginated. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Magic..... More
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Berlin: Meschullam Zalman ben Wolf Fischhof, 1711. Second Edition. Hardcover (rebound in cloth). Rebound in plain green cloth, early and late leaves chipped at the edges with some repairs occasionally touching the text. Browned throughout. Rare work by the 17th century Cabalist. 28ff. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped..... More
Philadelphia: David Mckay, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Red cloth, bright but with a chewed spot on the leading edge of the front board. Jacket worn and torn and missing a few chunks at the edges. This is the first US edition. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped..... More
London: George Johnson, 1930. Hardcover. Decorative covers, a little warped and foxed, but itnact. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Magic, Paranormal & Occult; Inventory No: 044972. More
London: G. Dawson, 1652. Early Edition. Hardcover (Full Leather). Old full calf rebacked early on, worn at edges, loss to corners. Browning and a few chips to page edges, mostly modest foxing and browning throughout. In 4 books each with a separate title. (8), 180pp; (6), 106pp; (10), 92 (ie..... More