Illusions in the Round
Jackson: Express Printing, 1993. Many Illustrations. 4to, yellow decorated boards, spine sunned, otherwise fine. (Jackson: Express Printing, 1993).
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Lucks and Talismans: A Chapter of Popular Superstition
London: Sampson Low, 1925. xviii + 258pp., 8vo, black cloth; dampstained along edges and corners front and rear covers. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., (1925). Internally clean, a very good copy.
Medicina Magica; Metaphysical Healing Methods in Late-antique and Medieval Manuscripts
Birmingham: Classics of Medicine, 1986. Translated by Rosemarie Werba. 30 color plates, text illustrations. 107 pages, oblong 8vo, gilt-decorated black leather, a.e.g. Birmingham: The Classics of Medicine Library, (1986). A fine copy.
Medicina Magica.; Metaphysische Heilmethoden in Spatantiken Und Mittelalterlichen Handschriften
Graz: Akademische Druck, 1972. 30 color facsimile plates, black and white text illustrations, 107pp, slim oblong 8vo, glossy pictorial boards. Graz: Akademische, (1972). Very good (+).
Magic Symbols of the World
London: Hamlyn, 1972. Many color and b/w Illustrations. 4to, black cloth, dust wrapper with light edge-wear, corners lightly bumped. London: Hamlyn, (1972). A very good(-) copy.
Blackstone's Tricks Anyone Can Do
Secaucus: Citadel Press, 1983. Illustrated. 8vo, pictorial wrappers. Secaucus: Citadel Press, (1983). A near fine copy.
Le merveilleux dans le jansenisme, le magnetisme, le methodisme et le baptisme americains, l'epidemie de Morzine, le spiritisme.; Recherches Nouvelles.
Paris: Henri Plon, 1865. 445 pages with text in French. 8vo, original green printed wrappers (soiled and edgeworn but mostly intact; spine repaired with most of original paper lacking; some light foxing but otherwise internally clean). Paris: Henri Plon, 1865. First edition. A good copy of this uncommon book. "Recueil de la plus grande richesse en documents de toute sorte dans le domaine de la magie." Caillet 1192.
De la Demonomanie des Sorciers
Antwerp: Arnould Coninx, 1586. Text in French. Printer's device on title and with some other decorative pieces and initials. 8vo, [xxxii], 439 pages. Contemporary vellum with envelope edges; faded manuscript title on spine. Anvers: Chez Arnould Coninx, 1586. A near fine copy. Several contemporary ink signatures on endpaper and head of title, otherwise a very clean solid copy of this scarce book -- OCLC lists only 3 copies of this edition. Originally printed in 1580; a Refutation of Jean Wier's...
Mysterium Magnum
Paris: Aubier, 1945. 2 volumes, pages evenly tones, rebound in green cloth, small 8vo, Paris: Aubier, 1945. Very good (+).
Pandaemonium
Wakefield: EP Publishing, 1975. 8vo, red boards, dust wrapper (price clipped). (Wakefield): EP Publishing, (1975). A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. Originally published in 1684 and subtitled "The Devil's Cloyster"
Demons & Merveilles.
Paris: Editins du Chene, 2002. Fees, Lutins, Sorcieres et autres Creatures Magiques. Illustrations, mostly in color, from 19th century books. Folio, tan cloth, d.w. Paris: Editions du Chene, (2002). Fine.
The Cradle of the Twin Giants, Science and History. VOLUME I ONLY
London: Richard Bentley, 1849. VOLUME I ONLY. xxxiv + 354pp., small 8vo, rebound in green library cloth, minor penciling on title page. London: Richard Bentley, 1849. A very good (+) copy.
The Illustrated History of Magic
New York: Thomas Crowell, 1973. Many Illustrations. 452 pages, 4to, black cloth, dust wrapper chipped, spine ends of cloth faded, very small tear to top of cloth spine. New York: Thomas Crowell, (1973). A very good(-) copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. Previous owner's ex libris.
Panorama of Magic
New York: Dover, 1962. 295 illustrations, 8 in color. 4to, pictorial wrappers. New York: Dover, (1962). Very good.
The World's Greatest Magic
New York: Crown Publishers, 1976. Many Illustrations, mostly in color. 4to, black cloth, dust wrapper. (New York): Crown Publishers, (1976). Very good.
La Lumiere Sortant par Soi-Meme des Tenebres
Paris: E.P. Denoel, 1971. Illustrated. 275 pages with text in French. Narrow 8vo, ornately gilt-stamped decorative purple cloth, d.w. Paris: E.P. Denoel, 1971. First edition thus. Pages are a bit toned as usual, still a near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. From the series Bibliotheca Hermetica: Alchimie - Astrologie - Magie. Collection dirigee par Rene Alleau.
L'Oeuvre Secret de la Pholosophie d'Hermes, precede de La Philosophie Naturelle Restituee
Paris: E.P. Denoel, 1972. Illustrated. 198 pages with text in French. Narrow 8vo, ornately gilt-stamped decorative purple cloth, d.w. Paris: E.P. Denoel, 1972. First edition thus. Pages are a bit toned as usual, still a fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. From the series Bibliotheca Hermetica: Alchimie - Astrologie - Magie. Collection dirigee par Rene Alleau.
Mollie Fancher, the Brooklyn Enigma. An Authentic Statement of Facts in the Life of Mary J. Fancher,; The Psychological Marvel of the Nineteenth Century.
Brooklyn: 1894. A few illustrations. 8vo, maroon cloth, head of spine lightly worn, bottom of spine and edges rubbed and darkened; some margins at top are toned. Brooklyn, 1894. A good only copy.
The Great Book of Magical Art, Hindu Magic and East Indian Occultism, Now Combined with The Book of Secret Hindu, Ceremonial and Talismanic Magic.
Chicago: de Laurence, 1939. Frontispiece portrait. Illustrated. Thick 4to, 635 pages, gilt decorated burgundy pictorial cloth. Chicago: de Laurence, 1939. Fine.
Mes Secrets D'Illusionniste
Paris: Payot, 1938. Avec La Collaboration de Horace Goldin, Oswald Williams, Cecil Lyle, Herbert J. Collings, Will Blyth, et Autres Prestidigitateurs Connus. Preface by Remi Ceillier. Illustrated. 266pp., small 8vo, rebound in red cloth, original wrappers bound in. Paris: Payot, 1938. A very good (+) copy.
Siegfied and Roy: Mastering the Impossible
New York: Morrow, 1992. With Annette Tapert. Illustrated. 320pp., 8vo, red cloth-backed boards, d.w. New York: William Morrow and Company, (1992). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper.
Illustrated Magic
New York: Macmillan, 1942. Translated and Edited by J. B Mussey and Fulton Oursler. Illus. 4to, original gray cloth, ex-lib, spine ends and edges of corners very lightly worn. New York: Macmillan, 1942.
The Book of Magic
London: Stanley Paul, 1994. Illustrated, mostly in color. 4to, black boards, dust wrapper. London: Stanley Paul, (1994). A near fine copy in a very good (+) dust wrapper.
Magic for the Complete Klutz
Mt. Laurel: Cherry Hill Press, 1987. Many Illus. by Burce Blitz. 121pp. 8vo, pr. wrs. Mt. Laurel: Cherry Hill Press, 1987. Fine Presentation copy.
Faces in the Smoke; An Eyewitness Experience of Voodoo, Shamanism, Psychic Healing, and Other Amazing Human Powers
Los Angeles: Jeremy P. Tarcher, 1991. Illus. 8vo, black cloth, d.w. Los Angeles: Jeremy P. Tarcher, (1991). Very good.