- [MISCELLANEOUS] TWO BOOKS ON MAGIC MANUFACTURERS,
AND I...[Miscellaneous] Two Books on Magic Manufacturers, and Instruction Sheets. Circa 1940s Ð 90s. Including The P&L Book (1992); Artistic and Magical Life of Bob Kline...
[more like this] - NICOLA (WILLIAM MOZART NICOL). NICOLA.St.
Paul, Standard Litho, ca. 1920. Billboard-size poster advertising the escape feats of Nicola, with vignettes of his daring escapades surrounding a full-length central portrait...
[more like this] - PORTFOLIO OF OVER 75 ILLUSION BLUEPRINTS.[Blueprints]
Portfolio of Over 75 Illusion Blueprints. 1940s-50s. By Poole Bros. (New York), Jim Lougheed, Jack Wilson, and others, including plans for the Glass Lined Trunk; Flag and...
[more like this] - FECHNER, CHRISTIAN. SOIREES FANTASTIQUES.Fechner,
Christian. Soirees Fantastiques. Paris: FCF Editions, 1988. One of an unspecified limitation of the deluxe French edition, inscribed and signed by the author to the previous...
[more like this] - CSURI, FRANK. THE CSURI LEGACY.Csuri,
Frank. The Csuri Legacy. Compiled 1950s. An apparently unpublished multi-volume work by Csuri, comprised of notes, indices, and illustrations describing nearly all of the...
[more like this] - SOIREES FANTASTIQUES.Fechner, Christian.
Soirees Fantastiques. Paris: FCF Editions, 1988. First English edition, “for private circulation only”. Two red cloth volumes, with matching slipcase. One volume of text,...
[more like this] - ORIGINAL DIRECTIONS FOR ORANGE TREE
TRANSFORMATION BY J...Blackstone, Harry (Henry Boughton). Original Directions for Orange Tree Transformation by John Hauff. Chicago, ca. 1910s. Three pages total, each in...
[more like this] - ORIGINAL ILLUSION PLANS TO THE DISEMBODIED
PRINCESS ILL...Blackstone, Harry (Henry Boughton). Original Illusion Plans to the Disembodied Princess Illusion by Father C.D. Maddox. Tiskilwa, Ill., 1931/33. Seven pages...
[more like this] - RARE YACHTING VOLUME "AMERICA'S CUP
YACHT DESIGNS 1851-1986" YACHT DESIGNS 1851-1986", By Francois Chevalier and Jacques Taglang. Paris: Chevalier & Taglang, 1987. Numbered 2,159 of a limited edition of 2,574...
[more like this] - EIGHT COLLECTIBLE BOOKS about the life
and works of the architect Frank Lloyd Wright: ''Frank Lloyd Wright Versus America the 1930's'' by Donald L. Johnson Cambridge Mass. 1990 436 pp including photos plans notes...
[more like this] - 1 vol. Uhle, Max. Pachacamac: Report
of The William Pepper... Peruvian Expedition of 1896. Philadelphia: Department of Archaeology of The University of Pennsylvania, 1903. Folio, original wrappers; rather chipped,...
[more like this] - 2 vols. Ellis, William. History of
Madagascar. London: Fisher & Son, [1838]. 8vo, late 19th-Century 3/4 brown morocco & marbled bds., spines gilt, t.e.g.; occasionally bumped & scuffed. With map, plan, 10 plates...
[more like this] - 1 vol. Hughes, John T. Doniphan's Expedition:
Containing an Account of The Conquest of New Mexico... Cincinnati: J.A. & U.P. James, 1848. 8vo, modern buckram. With portrait, fold. map, 3 plans, 2 full-page & 8 illus...
[more like this] - 6 vols. (1 wrappers) Philadelphia &
Pennsylvania - Graphic Art & Architecture Reference: Tatum, George B. Penn's Great Town: 250 Years of Philadelphia Architecture... in Prints and Drawings. Philadelphia: Univ....
[more like this] - 5 vols. Mormon Subjects: Burton, Richard
F. The City of The Saints. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1862. First American edition. 8vo, orig. brown cloth; rebacked, corners worn. With 3 maps on 1 fold. sheet, plan,...
[more like this] - 3 vols. Travel: Jackson, Hamilton.
The Shores of The Adriatic, The Italian Side; The Adriatic Side. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1906; 1908. 2 vols. Thick 8vo, orig. richly gilt red cloth, t.e.g.; light to moderate...
[more like this] - 1 vol. Schliemann, Henry. Troja: Results
of The Latest Researches and Discoveries on The Site of Homer's Troy. New York: Harper, 1884. First American edition. Lg. 8vo, contemp.3/4 black morocco, marbled bds. & edges,...
[more like this] - 5 vols. Military History - The Franco-Prussian
& other 19th-Century European Conflicts: Brockett, L.P. The Year of Battles; or The Franco-German War of 1870-71. New York: J.W. Goodspeed, 1871. 8vo, orig. green cloth, gilt-lettered...
[more like this] - 25 vols. (20 wrappers.) Baltimore -
Directories, Handbooks, Promotional Brouchures - Mid 19th - mid 20th-Century imprints, including: Matchett's Baltimore Directory for 1851. Baltimore: R.J. Matchett, 1851....
[more like this] - 2 vols. Stephens, John L. Incidents
of Travel in Central America and Yucatan. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1849. First edition. 8vo, orig. gilt-pictorial brown cloth, re-backed with modern morocco. Complete...
[more like this] - 2 vols. (Bauhaus Books.) Gunther, Hanns.
Technische Schonfeit. Zurich-Leipzig: Orell Fussli, 1929. SB 3. 12mo, orig. pictorial bds.; moderate edge wear, other light to moderate wear. Photo illus. * Giedion, S. Befreites...
[more like this] - 8 vols. + 2 pieces. Rube Goldberg:
Goldberg, R. Foolish Questions. Boston: Small, Maynard, (1909). 16mo, orig. cloth; moderate wear, occasional staining. Illus. * _ _. Chasing The Blues. Garden City, 1912....
[more like this] - 1 vol. Burton, Richard F. The City
of The Saints. London: Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, 1861. First edition. 8vo, orig. gilt-pictorial green cloth, gilt-lettered spine, edges untrimmed; light wear,...
[more like this] - 3 vols. Americana - History, Description
& Travel - 19th-Century Imprints: Roux de Rochelle (Jean B.G.). Etats-Unis D'Amerique. Paris: Didot Freres, 1838. 8 vo, contemp. calf-backed marbled bds.; rubbed & worn. With...
[more like this] - 5 vols. Philadelphia & Environs: Freedley,
Edwin. Philadelphia and Its Manufacturers: A Hand-Book. Philadelphia: Edward Young, 1859. 12mo, orig. black cloth, rebacked; edge wear. 10 plates (1 colored). Internally generally...
[more like this] - 9 vols. (2 wrappers) Philadelphia
& Environs: Repplier, Agnes. Philadelphia: The Place and The People. New York: Macmillan, 1898. 1st ed. 12mo, orig. cloth, gilt; light wear. Frontis., full page and other...
[more like this] - 1 vol. Dehli, Arne. Norman Monuments
of Palermo and Environs. Boston: Ticknor, (1892). Folio, contemp. morocco & marbled bds.; scuffed, spine heavily rubbed. Plates, plans & illus. in text. Internally generally...
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