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THE MULTIMIX PRINCIPLE - Mark Weston (s) (£5.00) £3.75

ROY ROTH'S LECTURE NOTES - (S) (£5.00) £3.75 (2)

ASPECTS OF MAGIC - David Hemingway (S) (£6.00) £4.50

TWO DIFFERENT COPIES OF TONY GRIFFITH'S LECTURE NOTES (S) (£8.00) £6.00

KARRELL FOX LECTURE NOTES PLUS BEV BERGERON IN PRINT (S) (£5.00) £3.75

THOUGHTFUL MAGIC - Harry Leat (S) Good ideas. (£5.00) £3.75

THE MAGIC GUSHER - Arthur Sanders (S) (£4.00) £3.00

TESTED MAGIC - Eric P. Wilson (S) (£8.00) £6.00

JUGGLING FOR THE COMPLETE KLUTZ - John Cassidy (S) (£5.00) £3.50

TWO BOOKS- HOW TO ENSURE A FULL DATE BOOK - David Hemingway (S) PLUS HOW TO GET MORE APPLAUSE - Ken De Courcy (S) (£6.00) £4.50.

MAC'S MYSTERIES CATALOGUE NO.3 - (£5.00) £3.75

SLEIGHTLY SENSATIONAL - Bill Simon (S) (Autographed) Cards, sponges, rings and coin tricks. (£6.00) £4.50

INTRODUCING BILL'S MAGIC - Bill Stickland (H) interesting book of 271 pages covering kids magic, comedy magic, close-up magic etc: Good book. (£36.00) £27.00 (3)

TRICKS FOR TRAVELLING TRICKSTERS - Ken DeCourcy (S) Tricks you can do on holiday. (£10.00) £7.50

TWO BOOKS - MAGIC ORIGINALIA - G.E.Arrowsmith (S) PLUS MAGIC FOR MODERNS ­ Eric C.Lewis (S) (Ex Libris) Some clever material here. (£5.00) £3.50

TWO BOOKS ­ ALI BEN ALI'S UTILITY PACK (S) PLUS ROY BAKER'S TIME FLIES (S) - Worthwhile material. (£5.00) £3.50

TEN PROFESSIONAL ROUTINES FROM VAL LE-VAL - (S) Some good routines in this A4 size booklet. (£8.00) £6.00

MAINLY CLOSE-UP - Trevor Dawson (S) Lecture notes number 2. (£5.00) £3.75

TWO BOOKS "WRINKLES" - S. Wilson Bailey and Harold A. Osborne 1910 (S) lots of varied material in this rare book. ­ PLUS "JAMESOSOPHY" - Stewart James (S) 1948 (£5.00) £3.50

THE COLOUR BOOK OF MAGIC - Clayton Rawson (H) 1968 Varied material. (£6.00) £4.50

THE CONCERT VENTRILOQUIST - Maurice Hurling (S) 1951 Good book on vent. (£6.00) £4.50

CONJURING TRICKS - Charles Letts 1992 A pocket size book. Brand new condition. Nicely illustrated. (£5.00) £3.50

TWO BOOKS - "THE OXO BOOK OF MAGIC" - (S)1940s. Rusty staples. - PLUS - "MORE EFFECTIVE CARD TRICKS" ­ Louis J. Christianer 1919 (S) (£6.00) £4.50

CLOSE TO THE EDGE LECTURE NOTES - David Penn (S) 1997 Good varied material. (£5.00) £3.50

MAGIC TRICKS AND CARD TRICKS - Wilfred Johnson (S) 1954 Good material. (£5.00) £3.50

GRIFF ON CLOSE-UP - Tony Griffiths (S) Eleven good close-up effects. (£6.00) £4.50

MAGIC AT YOUR FINGERTIPS - Milbourne Christopher and Hens Fetsch (S) 1947 33 tested tricks. (£5.00) £3.50

 TWO BOOKS - "TRICKS WITH A FOLDING COIN" - Magic Inc. (U.S.A.) (S) PLUS "CHINATOWN QUARTER MAGIC" - Hens Fetsch (S) (£5.00) £3.50

TWO MANUSCRIPTS - "THE THUMB TIE" - Tom Osborne (MSS) PLUS ­ "HILL'S HYBRIDS" ­ George Hills (MSS) (£5.00) £3.50

TWO BOOKS - "THE CRABTREE CONNECTION" ­ Lewis Ganson (S) Torn playing cards link together. - PLUS - "CARDS AT BAY" -Al Smith (S) (£5.00) £3.50

COMPENDIUM - Stephen tucker 1984 (S) 100 pages of clever varied effects. (£15.00) £11.00

THE 33 CARDINAL SINS OF STEPHEN TUCKER PLUS SEEN COIN ROUTINES - Stephen Tucker (S) (£15.00) £11.00

TWO LECTURE NOTES - "GETTING IT TOGETHER" - John Palfreyman (S) PLUS - "MAGIC MECHANICS"- A DISCOURSE BY JOHN PALFREYMAN (SP) (£5.00) £3.50

TWO LECTURE NOTES - "THE LECTURE NOTES OF HARRY NICHOLLS" - (S) ­ PLUS - "MAGIC MOMENTS" - Geoffrey Buckingham (S) (£5.00) £3.50

TWO BOOKS "50 KUTE COIN TRICKS" - Supreme Magic PLUS - "FIFTY WAYS TO PRODUCE A SILK" - Supreme Magic (S) (£5.00) £3.50

TWO BOOKS - "50 CRAZY CARD STUNTS" - Supreme Magic PLUS - "ATKINS IN AUSTRALIA" - The Jeff Atkins lecture. (S) (£5.00) £3.50

THE SPONGE BOOK - Frances Marshall (S) 1960 Good routines with sponge balls. (£6.00) £4.50

QUITE EASILY DONE - Raymond and Magico (S) 1948 Some interesting material. (£5.00) £3.50

EXCEPTIONAL CONCEPTS - George Arrowsmith (S) 1980 Varied material. (£5.50) £3.75

TIPS GALORE - Ravelle and Andre (S) 1965 (£5.00) £3.00

101 GREAT MONEY MAKING IDEAS - Mark Hempshell (S) 1989 Brand new. (£8.00) £6.00

MERLIN MANDRAKE'S MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR - Richard Gregory (S) 1978 Well illustrated. (£5.00) £3.50

COMEDY A LA CARD - Karrel Fox (S) 1960 Good material. Cover is grubby. (£5.00) £3.00

MORE THAN A TRICK - Jack Vosburgh (S) 1941 U.S.A. Hard to find book. (£5.00) £3.50

THREE BOOKS "LET'S PRETEND" - Wilf Jonson (S) Kid's stuff. ­ PLUS "PACK A DECK" - H. G. Sparks (S) - PLUS "CONJURING" - Horace Goldin (S) Varied material. (£5.00) £3.50

TONY CURTIS LECTURE NOTES 1997 - (SP) Commercial material. (£5.00) £3.50

OLIVER'S MORE ­ THE LECTURE NOTES OF GRAHAM S. CLARKE - 1977 (s) Good workable material. (£5.00) £3.50

THE MYSTERY BOOK - Prof. Schreck 1930s. (S) Contains everything from card tricks to illusions. A4 size. (£5.00) £3.50

RING UP THE CURTAIN - J. F. Orrin (H) 1930 Some very clever ideas in this 92 page book. (£28.00) £21.00

POPULAR MAGIC FOR THE AMATEUR CONJUROR - Illusionist (S) 1940s. Foulsham & Co. 87 pages of tricks with coins, matchboxes, string, cards, escapes etc: (£6.00) £4.50

HANDKERCHIEF MAGIC - Jean Hugard (S) Dover publication 1974. 85 pages of magic with silks. (£6.00) £4.50

MORE CARD MANIPULATIONS SERIES 1-4 - Jean Hugard (S) Dover publication 1974. How to perform 120 card tricks. (£6.00) £4.50

101 EASY TO LEARN CLASSICAL MAGIC TRICKS - Bill Tarr (S)A4 size first edition 1977. 222 pages with excellent line drawings - covering cards, close-up, mentalism and stage magic. Hard to obtain now. Rear cover creased. (£16.00) £12.00

THE GREAT ILLUSIONISTS - Edwin Dawes (H) A very interesting book on magicians of the past. (£8.00) £6.00  

MAGIC - Harry Clarke 1962 (Burkes Pastime Series For Boys). Ex Libris. Some interesting and varied material. (£8.00) £6.00 

WORKABLE WIZARDRY - Hermalin Ex Libris. Cover has writing on it. A scarce item. (£20.00) £15.00

EASY TRICKS AND MAGIC - Conjuring without sleight of hand. No publisher shown. Rusty staples. 1930s. (£8.00) £6.00

MAGIC FROM M-U-M - Milbourne Christopher (S) 1954. Ex Libris. Writing on the cover. Outstanding tricks from the Society of American Magicians. (£10.00) £7.50

SECRETS OF SELF-HYPNOSIS - Gilbert Oakley (H) 1964. 191 pages. Stained flyleaf. An excellent book on hypnosis. (£28.00) £21.00

THE MAGIC OF THE HANDS - Edward Victor (S) 117 pages. Well illustrated. A collection of sleights etc: with cards, coins, silks, balls, thimbles, cigars, cigarettes, ropes, slates etc: (£10.00) £7.50

CARD FANTASIES - Edward G. Love (H) 50 pages. Good photographs. Details various fans, cuts and shuffles. Good material. (£10.00) £7.50

MAGIC AS A HOBBY - Bruce Elliott (S) Faber Edition Some good material in the 237 pages. (£6.00) £4.50

MAGIC FOR AMATEURS - W. H. Radcliffe 1924 (H) Published by D. Appleton in New York. 149 pages of well illustrated good material (50 items). Very rare. (£48.00) £36.00

THE DRAWING-ROOM ENTERTAINER - C. H. Bullivant (H) 1919 121 pages covering conjuring, ventriloquism, mimicry etc: Has been rebound. (£24.00) £18.00

HYPNOTISM - THE FRIEND OF MAN - J. Louis Orton (H) 1933 Very concise book of 277 pages covering the subject in great detail. (On a few pages pencilled comments have been written) (£36.00) £27.00

THE ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF MAGIC TRICKS - Will Dexter (H) No dust jacket. 1957 Good material - all close-up and very well illustrated. (£20.00) £15.00

MODERN CONJURING FOR AMATEURS - J. C. Cannell  (H)  Browning of pages at edges.  333 pages cover coins, cards, matches, paper magic, juggling, ventriloquism, hand shadows etc:  Very rare.  (£36.00)  £27.00 

MODERN MAGIC - Professor Hoffman  (H)  12th. Edition   A book that should be in every magicians library.  A valuable reference for tricks from the past.  (£84.00)  £59.00

EVERYMAN CARDS - Roy Johnson (S) 1979 22 pages Seven good commercial card routines. Out of print. (£6.00) £4.50

SECOND TIME AROUND - Roy Johnson (S) 1971 84 pages 16 superb commercial effects for cabaret and close-up. No dust jacket. (£16.00) £12.00  (2)

THE ROY JOHNSON EXPERIENCE - Roy Johnson (H) 1970 76 pages. Dust jacket faded at one end. 14 strong commercial items including Card in Chewing Gum and Beat the Clock. (£16.00) £12.00 

CARD SHARP ON DUTY - Alan Hayden (SP) 1983 71 pages 28 items using cards including "Deals and Dems", tricks, moves, three card monte etc. Out of print. (£20.00) £15.00 

FRAMED - Tom Frame (SP) 1991 85 pages of strong close-up magic. 22 effects mainly cards. (£20.00) £15.00

GLENN GRAVATT'S TREASURE TROVE OF TRICKS - Glenn Gravatt (H) 1971 290 pages No dust jacket. Lots of tricks with silks, ropes, rings, mentalism, miscellaneous, cards etc: (£28.00) £21.00

THE BOOK OF MAGIC - Edwin Dawes and Arthur Setterington (H) 1986 With dust jacket. 190 pages with fabulous colour photographs of magical stars. Now out of print. (£16.00) £12.00

THIRTY-SIX TRICKS WITH FA-KO CARDS - Ronald Haines (S) 1960s. 32 pages. (£5.00) £3.50

MATCHING THE CARDS - Lewis Ganson (S) 1977 Supreme publication. 32 pages with lots of photographs illustrating this classic. (£8.00) £6.00

BERNARD'S LESSON ON DICE STACKING - Lewis Ganson (S) 1979 Supreme publication. 32 pages with lots of photographs on how to stack dice by Bobby Bernard. (£8.00) £6.00

ALBRIGHT'S ADVANCED CARD MAGIC - Howerd Albright 1980 Supreme publication. 24 pages of useful material. PLUS THE MASTER IDENTITY PACK - Paul Clive 1940s. Miracles without sleight of hand using an ordinary deck. Two books for (£5.00) £3.50

TWO BOOKS - BET YOU CAN'T - Vicki Cobb and Kathy Darling (S) More then 80 science tricks you can't do. PLUS MORE TRICKS OF THE T.V. STARS - Harry Stanley (S) Packed with close-up stunts you can perform easily. (£6.00) £4.50

TWO BOOKS - THE MAGIC OF JOHN CORNELIUS - John Cornelius (S) Neat close-up material. PLUS MAGICAL MISH-MOSH - Al Cohen (S) 1985 A mixed bag of magic. (£6.00) £4.50

DUPLICATE DECEPTIONS - Billy Wells (SP) 1993 Autographed. 111 pages of card effects. (£13.00) £10.00

SCARNES MAGIC TRICKS - John Scarne (H) 1954 No dust jacket. 256 pages covering 255 tricks of all types. Now out of print. (£20.00) £15.00 

THE FOUR FULL HANDS - Charles T. Jordan (S) 1947 40 pages covers 39 card effects. Out of print. (£8.00) £6.00

CONJURING - Wilfred Jonson (H) 1953 96 pages of 37 tricks with varied objects including coins, matchboxes, rubber bands etc. (£5.00) £3.50

TWO BOOKS ON CARD MAGIC - THE MAGIC CARD SYSTEM - Supreme Magic (S) With it you can perform miracle card tricks PLUS SEQUACIOUS ACES - Ken DeCourcy (S) A four ace routine. (£6.00) £4.50

WHO WANTS ONE? SAY I - Tom Osborne (SP) 1987 14 pages detailing how to perform card spinning. (£8.00) £6.00

CARDIAC ARREST - Stephen Tucker (S) 1984 37 pages detailing 19 good routines with cards. (£8.00) £6.00

CARD PROBLEMS - Nick Trost (S) 29 pages detailing 12 complete card routines. (£8.00) £6.00

CARDMAN'S SECRETS VOLUME ONE - Nick Trost (S) 1971 25 pages of easy card tricks. (£9.00) £6.00

CARDMAN'S SECRETS VOLUME TWO - Nick Trost (S) 1971 25 pages of easy card tricks. (£9.00) £6.00

NICK'S TABLE TRIX - Nick Trost (SP) 1972 22 pages detailing 9 close-up items with cards, money, rings and rope etc. (£8.00) £6.00

IMPROMPTU CARD MAGIC - FOLIO NO.2 - Nick Trost (S) 1976 29 pages detailing over 35 good card tricks. (£8.00) £6.00

THIRTEEN CLASSIC CARD TRICKS - Nick Trost (S) 1983 27 pages detailing strong card effects. (£8.00) £6.00

MAGIC CIRCLE MAGIC - Will Dexter (H) 1963 265 pages, superbly illustrated of 72 varied effects by Great Levante, Billy McComb, J.F. Orrin, Dai Vernon, Peter Warlock, Roy Walton, Ali Bongo, Robert Harbin, Kalanag and Louis Histed to name only a few of the star contributors. Out of print and a very rare book. (£64.00) £48.00  (2)

TWO BOOKS - FEKE CARD TRICKS - Harry Stanley (S) 1960s Contributions by Ken Brooke and Dai Vernon. PLUS THE NOVEL MAGIC - Pavel (S) 13 new effects with silks, ropes, rings etc. (£8.00) £6.00

THE ASTRO-NUMEROLOGY MANUAL - John Blackwood (SP) Plus a starter pack of Astro-numerology Charts. Easy ways to give readings using a special chart. (£10.00) £7.50

FOUR BOOKS SILKEN SORCERY - Jean Hugard (S) Published by Davenports PLUS THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF PATTER - Robert Orben (S) 1946 PLUS COLLECTED MAGIC FOR YOU - Leeds Inner Magic Circle (S) 1939 PLUS CARD RISES FOR CLUB, T.V., CLOSE-UP AND CABARET - Val Andrews (S) 1980 All four books for (£10.00) £7.50

FOUR BOOKS POPULAR MAGIC AND CARD TRICKS VOLUME TWO - Joseph Dunninger (S) (No front or rear cover) 1929 PLUS MAGIC MADE EASY (S) Published by Gerald G. Swan Ltd. of London 1940s PLUS MORE TRICKS OF THE TELEVISION STARS - Harry Stanley (S) 1950s PLUS TWELVE TESTED TRICKS FOR YOU - Verrall Wass (S) 1936 All four books for (£10.00) £7.50

TOTAL SELF-KNOWLEDGE - Dr. Ernest Dichter (S) 1976 266 pages. Get to know yourself by answering the questions posed in this book. (£6.00) £4.50

WORDS ABOUT WIZARDS - Robert Parrish (H) 1994 54 pages Nice condition. Fascinating stories about well known magicians (£21.00) £15.00

MODERN MAGIC - Professor Hoffman (H) 15th. Edition  No dust jacket but a clean copy of this important work.  511 pages.  (£68.00) £50.00

MAGIC AS A HOBBY - Bruce Elliott (H) 1960s Ex Libris. No dust Jacket. Varied material. (£8.00) £6.00

WARLOCK'S WAY - Peter Warlock (H) Published by Harry Stanley in the 1950s 125 pages. Well illustrated. 26 clever items including The Willow Patterned Plate Mystery. A little foxing. no dust jacket. (£20.00) £15.00

PURE GOLD - Roy Johnson (H) 1988 New condition complete with dust jacket. Now out of print. 100 pages. Excellent varied material. (£28.00) £21.00 

CLOSE-UP A-GINN - David Ginn (S) 1974 28 pages of tricks with coins, pins, scissors and cards. (£6.00) £4.50

MODERN MAGICAL MANUAL - Jean Hugard (S) 1957 Magic with coins, watches, rings, balls, eggs, linking rings, silks, cigarettes, thimbles, cards etc: 371 pages packed with good material. (£12.00) £8.00

PASSING THE HAT - Patricia J.Campbell (S) 1981 Interesting 260 page book about street entertaining in U.S.A. (£16.00) £12.00

LET'S MAKE MAGIC - Peter Eldin (H) 1985 45 pages with colour illustrations. Varied material. (£8.00) £6.00

PROFESSIONAL MAGIC FOR CHILDREN - David Ginn (H) 1976 243 pages complete with dust jacket. Clean condition. (£28.00) £21.00

CARD BORED?  -  Stephen Tucker (SP) 1992  22 pages detailing 13 curative card and 4 remedial non-card routines.  (£12.00) £8.00

PROFESSIONAL MAGIC MADE EASY  -  Bruce Elliott (H)  1959 231 pages   covers close-up, coins, cards, telepathy, stage magic.  (£12.00) £8.00

DAVENPORTS DEMON CATALOGUE  1998   (£6.00)  £4.50

SELF-WORKING MENTAL MAGIC  -  Karl Fulves  (S)  Dover publication 1979  117 pages containing 67 foolproof mind-reading tricks.  (£6.00)  £4.50

THE ART OF HOPPING TABLES  -  Mark Leveridge  (S)  1986  63 pages of tricks and advice for table hopping close-up magicians.  (£16.00)  £12.00

COUNTS, CUTS, MOVES AND SUBTLETY  -  Jerry Mentzer  (S)  1977  A book of basic card techniques.  73 pages covering Elmsley, Jordan, Hamman counts, Biddle move etc.  (£10.00)  £7.50  (2)

THREE ITEM BARGAIN PACK  - BEV BERGERON IN PRINT 1975 (13 items including a live goldfish production)  PLUS DECEIVER'S DISCOURSE - Ken De Courcy (13 items)  PLUS  A manuscript - THE GREAT HYPNOTIC ACT (without using any genuine hypnosis)  All three for  (£12.00)  £8.00

THE USBORNE COMPLETE BOOK OF MAGIC  -  Cheryl Evans and Ian Keable-Elliott  (H)  1989  63 pages, in colour, covers mainly close-up magic.  (£8.00)  £6.00

TWO GEORGE BLAKE BOOKS - FORGOTTEN MAGIC (103 tricks and gags)  PLUS  TAKE-A-NOTE (55 pages of routines using a borrowed bank note)  (S)  1966  (£8.00)  £6.00

CLOSE-UP MAGIC TO TAP DANCE TO  -  Simon Lovell  (SP)  1989  133 pages of zany crazy and clever magic.  (£16.00)  £12.00

DIAMOND JUBILEE MEMOIRS  -  Mark Raffles  (S)  Autographed 1997  126 pages of fascinating anecdotes from the life and times of Mark Raffles.  (£8.00)  £6.00  (2)

MARK WILSON'S GREATEST MAGIC TRICKS  -  1993  (H)  88 pages, with dust jacket, containing 79 varied items from close-up to illusions.  (£10.00)  £7.50

HOW TO ENTERTAIN CHILDREN WITH MAGIC YOU CAN DO  -  The Great Merlini  (H)  Complete with dust jacket.  Ex Libris  1962  175 pages covering magic with matches, coins, string rope, cards, mind reading etc.  (£12.00)  £8.00        

KOVARI'S MASTER MAGIC  -  George Kovari  (S)  1980  60 pages of magic with cards, matches, coins, eggs etc.  (£6.00)  £4.50

THIRD DIMENSION  -  Roy Johnson  (H)  1977  89 pages of great commercial material including "Flawless", "Ring On Rope",  Hades Book Tests and "Time Bomb".  (£16.00)  £12.00  (2)

THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF MAGIC WITH CROCODILES  -  Derek Lever  (SP)  1997  A well illustrated book of comedy purporting tricks and illusions with crocodiles with contributions by Simon Lovell.  Limited edition.  (£5.00)  £3.50

PROFESSIONAL MAGIC FOR AMATEURS  -  Walter B. Gibson  (H)  With dust jacket.  Second edition.  1948  213 pages of varied material including The Vanishing Car Illusion.  (£10.00)  £7.50

MAGICDOTES  -  Robert Orben  (S)   1948  A comedy patter book which is quite rare.  (£5.00)  £3.50

101 GREAT GAMES  -  Peter Heseltine and Paul James  (H)  1983  Some old, some new but a handy book for the kid's entertainer.  141 pages.  (£8.00)  £6.00

OPEN SESAME  -  Eric Lewis and Wilfred Tyler  (H)  No dust jacket.  1947  154 pages with lots of tricks and routines for the kid's entertainer.  (£20.00)  £15.00

CREATIVE PAPER CRAFT  -  Ernst Rőttger  (H)  1963  Superbly illustrated with many photographs in the 95 pages showing incredible models of birds etc., made with paper and a pair of scissors.  (£16.00)  £12.00

THREE PUPPET BOOKS -  PLAYS FOR PELHAM PUPPETS (s) Joan Field  PLUS EVERYBODY'S MARIONETTE BOOK  (H) H. W. Whanslaw  1957  188 pages covering the whole field of marionettes.   PLUS  ANIMAL PUPPETRY  (H) H. W. Whanslaw  1948  superb book on marionettes.  140 pages.      All three books for  (£24.00)  £18.00

THREE PARTY GAME BOOKS - THE 50 BEST PARTY GAMES - Arthur Ross (S) 1950s  PLUS PARTY GAMES FOR CHILDREN OF ALL AGES - Mary Vivian  1950s  (S)   PLUS MODERN PARTY GAMES - Kate Stevens  (H)  1956  Great material for kid's entertainers.  All three for  (£12.00)  £8.00

TWICE BRIGHTLY  -  Harry Secombe  (H)  First Edition  1974  224 pages - a funny book by this late comedy entertainer.  Ex Libris  (£5.00) £3.00

QUARKS AND QUIRKS  -  Ben Harris  (S) Brand new.  Clever variations on the popular Torn and Restored Card effect, most with clean handling and many subtleties.  Well produced.  (£18.00)  £13.00

READING IS BELIEVING  -  Trevor H. Hall  (H)  Published by Goodliffe 1947.  First Edition.  103 pages featuring various magic.  (£16.00)  £12.00  (2)

PETER WARLOCK'S BOOK OF MAGIC  -  Peter Warlock (H) 1956  First Edition.  Some browning on fly leaf.  140 pages covering miscellaneous magic, card magic and mental mysteries.  (£16.00)  £12.00  (2)

BAKER'S BONANZA - THE MAGIC OF ROY BAKER  -  Hugh Miller (H)  127 pages covering all types of magic.  Many items have been dealer items.  Harry Stanley edition.  (£24.00)  £18.00

EZ TO MASTER DESIGN SECRETS  -  Nino Cruz (SP)  A good book on how to prepare and design your own publicity with many examples which you can use.  (£16.00)  £12.00

SECRETS OF THE MAGIC BUSINESS  -  John Breeds  (S)  1999  A collection of business secrets for those who are actively engaged in the profession of entertaining children.  (£10.00)  £7.50

SILLY BILLY PRESENTS POWER MARKETING FOR MAGICIANS  -  David Kaye (Silly Billy)  (SP) 2000  How to sell your act to punters.  (£8.00) £6.00

LOU GALLO THE UNDERGROUND MAN  -  Richard Kaufman and Mark Phillips  (H)  Covers coin magic, card magic, sponge balls etc.  Excellent routines.  (£36.00)  £27.00

THE HIEROPHANT  -  Jon Racherbaumer   Issues 1,2,3,4,5,6,7   Some excellent material.  (£42.00)  £29.00

THAYER'S TRICK OF THE MONTH CLUB SERIES NO1.  NOS. 7,8,12,  plus 5 others which have no printed numbers  PLUS SERIES 3  NOS. 1,2,3,4,5,6,11,12  -  All of the booklets are grubby  -  total number of booklets is sixteen.  (£28.00)  £21.00

DRAMATIC MAGIC  -  John Booth  (H)  Nice condition with dust jacket.  241 pages - an interesting book.  (£30.00)  £23.00

DRAWING ROOM MAGIC  -  Roy Holmes  (H) 158 pages  1967  Ex Libris   Cards and miscellaneous magic  (£8.00)  £6.00

COLLECTOR'S PACK OF MAGAZINES COMPRISING:- GOODLIFFE'S MAGIC MONTHLY VOLUME 1 NUMBER 4  - APRIL 1947  PLUS ABRACADABRA CHRISTMAS SPECIAL (No date on it but it could be 1946) PLUS ABRACADABRA CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 1947 PLUS ABRACADABRA SUMMER SPECIAL 1946 PLUS ABRACADABRA SUMMER SPECIAL 1947 PLUS ABRACADABRA 2000TH. SPECIAL EDITION 1984  -  Some great material.  (£20.00)  £15.00  

LAUGHTER ALL THE WAY - Ron Bishop (H)  1968  Goodliffe Publications.  130 pages  Clean condition.  Good book for children's entertainers.  (£16.00)  £12.00

GOODNIGHT MR. DANTE  -  Val Andrews  Complete with dust jacket.  (H)  Goodliffe Publications  1978  First Edition  The story of Dante.  111 pages.  Very clean condition.  (£25.00)  £18.00 

AL KORAN'S PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS  -  Hugh Miller (H)  Complete with dust jacket.  Published by Harry Stanley.  First edition.  131 pages.  Good condition.  "The Flying Ring",  "Gold Medallion" and "Ring On Stick" are all in this book.  (£28.00)  £21.00

UP TO DATE CONJURING  -  A. H. & H. E. L. Walker  (H)  Published by George RoutledgeSupplied by Ellis Stanyon.  147 pages.  Slight staining on front cover.  Foxing on front and rear fly leaf.  Rare book.  (£28.00) £21.00

EDWIN'S MAGIC  VOLUME ONE  -  Edwin The Magcian (H)  Complete with dust jacket 1989.  285 pages.  Excellent material and well illustrated.  Very clean condition.  (£32.00)  £24.00   (2)      

THE MAGIC OF EDWARD VICTOR'S HANDS  -  Rae Hammond (H)  Complete with dust jacket.  1995  Published by Kaufman and Greenberg.  Brand new condition.  250 pages of excellent material.  (£40.00)  £30.00 

KID STUFF VOLUME FIVE  -  Frances Ireland Marshall.  (H)  1975  544 pages of excellent material for the children's entertainer.  Complete with dust jacket which is a little grubby but the book itself is very clean.  (£24.00)  £18.00

THE BIG BOOK OF MAGIC  -  Patrick Page  (H)  Complete with dust jacket.  First edition hardback.  1976  304 pages.  Good material.  Book very clean.  Dust jacket slightly dog-eared.  (£16.00)  £12.00

SUCCESSFUL CONJURING FOR AMATEURS  -  Norman Hunter  (H)  Second edition  1952  No dust jacket.  383 pages  Annotations on rear fly leaf.  Very good material.  (£16.00)  £12.00

PRACTICAL MENTAL EFFECTS  - Annemann   Published by Holden's Magic Shop 1944  (H)  310 pages packed with superb mental miracles.  No dust jacket.  B.M.S. bookplate on inside cover.  (£24.00)  £18.00

THE GEN MAGAZINE  - Bound odd copies  1957  Vol. 12 No. 9, Vol. 12 No. 10, Vol. 12 No. 11, Vol. 12 No. 12, Vol. 13 No. 1, Vol. 13 No. 2, Vol. 13 No. 3, Vol. 13 No. 4, Vol. 13 No. 5, Vol. 13 No. 6, Vol. 13 No. 7, vol. 13 No. 8.  Foxing on the inside cover, otherwise good condition.  (£16.00)  £12.00

THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF GENUINE STAGE HYPNOTISM  -  Ormond McGill  1947  (H)  Published by Abbotts (U.S.A.)  No dust jacket.  Clean condition.  (£24.00)  £18.00

WHAT'S NEW IN MAGIC  -  Walter Gibson  (H)  No dust jacket.  First edition  1957  224 pages.  Lots of good material.  Clean condition.  (£16.00)  £12.00

CONJURERS TALES  -  George Johnson  (H)  1910  80 pages  Ex Libris B.M.S.  The B.M.S. logo is stamped on a couple of pages.  Rare book.  Bargain price reflects condition.  (£48.00)  £36.00

MODERNE SALON MAGIE  -  Carl Willman  (H)  1891  460 pages.  Well illustrated.  Printed in the German language.  This is a very, very rare book.  (£120.00)  £90.00

DER MODERNE KARTENKUNSTLER  -  Von F. W. Conradi  (H)  1890s.  Printed in the German language.  Card tricks.  Very well illustrated.  232 pages.  Very rare book.  (£80.00)  £60.00

ANOTHER BOOK  -  Karrell Fox  (H)  Complete with dust jacket.  1979 Supreme publication.  Book plate of B.M.S. on inside cover.  Good material.  (£24.00)  £18.00

BEST OF BELCHER  -  Supreme Magic publication  1980  (H)  Complete with dust jacket.  152 pages of varied material.  Clean condition.   (£20.00)  £15.00

HOW'S TRICKS  -  G. L. Kaufman  1949  No dust jacket  Foulsham  (H)  133 pages and over 130 tricks with matches, coins, cigarettes, sugar, cards, rope, hankies, candles etc.  (£6.00)  £4.50  (3)

VARIED DECEPTIONS  -  Milbourne Christopher  Supreme Magic publication.  Complete with dust jacket.  Very clean condition.  1980  (H)  152 pages.  Lots of tricks with varied objects.  (£16.00)  £12.00

TWENTIETH CENTURY MAGIC  -  Nevil Monroe Hopkins  (H)  Second edition 1904.  Routledge publisher.  Slight foxing on some pages.  Ex Libris Bristol Magic Society  160 pages.  Well illustrated.  Now hard to find.  (£36.00)  £27.00

THE CONJURER'S VADE MECUM  -  J. F. Orrin  (H)  6 X 3 inches.  Rare book.  159 pages by a superb magical inventor.  (£48.00)  £36.00

THE POPULAR BOOK OF ENTERTAINING  -  V. C. Alexander  (H)  1932  127 pages.  Contains games, competitions, plays etc.  (£6.00)  £4.50

THE ART OF CLOSE-UP MAGIC  -  Lewis Ganson  (H)  Harry Stanley edition.  1960s  No dust jacket.  Excellent Close-Up material.  344 pages, well illustrated.  (£28.00)  £21.00

THE MAIL ORDER PSYCHIC  -  Richard Webster  (SP)  1992  72 pages, very strong material and advice.  (£25.00)  £18.00

NEW INSPIRATIONS (20 NEW CARD CREATIONS)  -  Peter Duffie  (SP)  Good commercial stuff.  (£16.00)  £12.00

CLUE AND OTHER MYSTERIES  -  Jack Yates.  (H)  1986  57 pages  Brand new condition.  10 strong routines.  (£16.00)  £12.00

THREE BOOKS BOUND AS ONE BOOK  -  NEW AND EASY MAGIC by Norman Hunter  PLUS WATER WIZARDRY by Arthur Ainslie  PLUS MAGIC FOR ALL by Bert Douglas.  -  Excellent material in the 334 pages.  (£36.00)  £27.00

THE IMPROMPTU CLOSE-UP RISE  -  Joseph K. Schmidt (S) 1968  35 pages.  Commercial methods outlined.  (£6.00)  £4.00

SECOND TO NONE  -  Simon Lovell  (SP)  A specialist book on the art of second dealing.  Two volumes, one with the text and one with the drawings.  (£10.00)  £7.50

JOIN THE PARTY  -  Bill Stickland and Eric P. Wilson  (H)  1947  72 pages, 6 chapters covering “We Meet”, “Card Magic”, “Comedy magic”, “Kiddies Magic”, “Magical Miscellany”, “Magical Novelties”.  Some really good ideas.  (£16.00)  £12.00

CY ENDFIELD’S ENTERTAINING CARD MAGIC  -  Lewis Ganson  Supreme publication.  Complete with dust jacket.  (H)  1955  60 pages of Card Magic.  (£28.00)  £21.00

THE ART OF CLOSE-UP MAGIC  VOLUME ONE  -  Lewis Ganson  (H)  1972  Supreme Magic Edition.  344 pages.  Very good material.  (£24.00)  £18.00

HYPNOTISM  -  Hugh Miller  (S)  Supreme Edition 1971  56 pages.  Excellent book on hypnosis.  (£8.00)  £6.00

HOW TO BECOME A SUPREME MAGICIAN  -  Ian Adair  (S)  Published by Supreme Magic Co.  1987  87pages.  (£8.00)  £6.00

RIGHT UNDER YOUR NOSE  -  Douglas Francis  (S)  Supreme Magic publication  1984.  Ten interesting items.  (£8.00)  £6.00

FIVE BOOKS  -  SHOWMANSHIP AND PRESENTATION – Edward Maurice  (S)  PLUS  MAKE-UP FOR MAGICIANS – Harold long  (S)  PLUS PRODUCTION FOR MAGICIANS – Harold Long (S)  PLUS  HOW TO GET MORE APPLAUSE – Ken De Courcy (S)  PLUS HOW TO ENSURE A FULL DATEBOOK – David Hemingway (S)  (£20.00)  £15.00

TWO BALLOON MODELLING BOOKS  -  PLAYTIME PARADE – Gerry Luff (S)  PLUS  BALLOON TOONS – Bob Wooding  (S)  (£10.00) £7.50

HOW TO BE A HYPNOTIST  -  Clarence J. Wenger  (S)  Supreme Magic publication 1981.  60 pages.  (£12.00)  £8.00

THE SHELL GAME  -  Harrison Carroll  (SP) 1994.  Good book on the 3 Shell Game.  (£16.00)  £12.00

BITS OF BUSINESS AND MORE  -  Wally Boyce  (SP)  1994  Contains 25 items.  Some really good material.  (£12.00)  £8.00

LITTLE MIRACLES  -  Geoffrey Durham  (S) 1996  These are the Geoffrey Durham Lecture Notes.  Good material.  (£10.00)  £7.50

ENTERTAINING CHILDREN  -  Alan Driffield (S)  These are Alan Driffield’s Lecture Notes 1996.  They tell you how to run a full children’s party.  (£8.00)  £6.00

ROUTINED ENTERTAINMENT FOR CHILDREN  -  David Cockings  (SP) 1992  A collection of complete routines using props simply made or easily obtainable.  (£16.00)  £12.00

KIDDIE KAPERS AND THE PRESENTATION OF MAGIC  -  Brian Eames  1995  (SP)   These are Brian Eames Lecture Notes.  Strong material and advice.  (£12.00)  £8.00

MAGIC IS FOR ENJOYMENT  -  John Palfreyman and Dorothy Savage (S)  Part One contains 15 items,  Part Two contains 17 items.  Useful material for the kids entertainer.  (£16.00)  £12.00

THE WORLD OF CLOSE-UP MAGIC   -  Ray Trinder  (S)  Covers “The Range of Close-Up Magic”,  “Tricks”,  “Commercial Card Magic”,  “Promotional Ideas”,  “Novelty Items”,  “Equipment”,  “Dress and Grooming”.    (£8.00)  £6.00

MASTER MAGIC  -  George Blake  (S) 1975  40 pages.  Contains 20 commercial items.  (£16.00)  £12.00

ACES – PRACTICAL CARD ROUTINES  -  Walt Maddison  (SP)   (£8.00)  £6.00  (2)

THE MAGIC PARTY  -  Mark Leveridge  (SP) 1988  105 pages containing 19 chapters.  Essential reading for kids entertainers.  (£25.00)  £18.00

BALLOONS – TECHNIQUE – KNOW HOW – MAGIC  -  Pat Leonard 1988 (S) Printed in English and German.  Superb material using balloons.  (£16.00) £12.00

THE AMAZING BOOK OF CARD TRICKS  -  Jon Tremaine  (H)  1994  125 pages in colour.  A step by step illustrated guide to a host of simple yet spectacular card tricks.  (£12.00)  £8.00

RUB THE LAMP  -  James Breedon  (S) Published by Repro Magic 1986  122 pages A4 size Good material for kids entertainers.  (£16.00)  £12.00

MARK WILSON’S COMPLETE COURSE IN MAGIC  -  Mark Wilson  (H)  3rd. Edition 1988  472 pages packed with everything you need to know about magic.  Great book.  (£28.00)  £21.00        

FURTHER MAGIC OF THE HANDS  -  Edward Victor  (S)  1945  First edition.  103 pages covering sleights and effects with cards, coins, ropes, thimbles, cigarettes, balls etc.  (£10.00)  £7.50

TWO BOOKS ON TECHNIQUE FOR MAGICIANS  -  THE GREAT MASONI PRESENTS SHOWMANSHIP OUT OF THE HAT  (SP)  PLUS  AFTER DINNER TECHNIQUE – Ken De Courcy  (S)   Both books for (£6.00)  £4.50

ZOMBIE THE FLOATING BALL  -  Lewis Ganson  (S)  Supreme Magic publication 1977   Excellent routines.  (£6.00)  £4.50

FEED’EM AND FOOL ‘EM  -  THE RESTARUANT MAGIC TECHNIQUE OF BRUCE AMATO  -  (S)  1988  34 pages of tricks and advice.  (£6.00)  £4.50

A NEW LOOK AT CARD FANS  -  Lewis Ganson  (S)  Supreme Magic publication 1983  A very comprehensive work on the art of card fanning.  (£6.00)  £4.50

SILKEN SORCERY  -  Jean Hugard  (S)  Published by Davenports Magic.  First edition  85 pages  Well illustrated book on silk magic.  (£8.00)  £6.00

TWO DAVENPORT MAGIC COMPANY BOOKS  -  DEMON MAGIC – Robert Harbin (S)  1938  Second edition.  PLUS  MAGICAL MENTALITY – Eric C. Lewis  (S)  1930s  (£10.00)  £7.50

PRACTICAL MAGIC FOR ENTERTAINERS  -  Duane Laflin  (SP)  1990  160 pages covers commercial magic for kid show and school show entertainers.  (£16.00)  £12.00

MIRACLES OF CARD MAGIC  -  Anneman  (H)  Complete with dust jacket.  1964  An outstanding collection of 60 brilliant card tricks.  (£8.00)  £6.00

MERRY BITS AND PATTER QUIPS  -  Richard Merry, Val Andrews and Clifford Davies.  Supreme Magic publication  (S) 1981  Contains gags and bits of business.  (£8.00)  £6.00 

KORNFIDENTIALLY YOURS  -  Karrell Fox  (S)  Published by Magic Inc.  1980  47 pages, 27 items, some good stuff.  (£6.00)  £4.50

CLUB CLUES  -  Jerry Mentzer  (S)  1975  9 mixed items  32 pages  (£6.00)  £4.50

SICK SORCERY  -  Olson Pearce  (S)  1961  48 pages, 26 items of “off the wall” material/  (£8.00)  £6.00

MAGIC THAT PERKS  -  Harry E. Cecil  (S)  1937  Printed by Abbott’s Magic (U.S.A.).  Sold by Stanyon’s Magical Saloons.  72 pages containing 39 mixed tricks.  Rare book.  (£16.00)  £12.00

VISUAL INSPIRATIONS  -  Part Two   Jeff White  (S)  1980  32 pages of card and coin magic.  Good stuff.  (£6.00)  £4.50

MAGIC FOR FUN AND ENTERTAINMENT  -  Johnny Ace Palmer  (S)  1992  12 pages containing 9 items.  (£5.00)  £3.75

CLOSE-UP TIME WITH DON ALAN  -  (S)  Published by Magic Inc. (U.S.A.)  1970  20 pages containing 10 good mixed magic items.  (£6.00)  £4.50

MAGIBANK  -  Tony Chaudhuri  (S)  1979  Published by Johnson Products (U.S.A.)    18 pages containing 23 items using the Johnson 4 piece Okito Box set.   (£5.00)  £3.75

THE TRIPLE CUT  -  T. G. Murphy  (S)  1976  25 pages containing 12 items connected with the triple cutting of cards.  (£6.00)  £4.50

25 RISING CARD TRICKS  -  Magic Inc. (U.S.A.)  (S)  1970  36 pages containing material originally written by U. F. Grant and published by Nelmar Publications.  (£5.00)  £3.75

THE TAP DANCE TEETERS ON  -  Simon Lovell  (S)  1991  121 pages containing excellent material.  23 items in the crazy Lovell style.  (£16.00)  £12.00

ROGER CURZON’S MIRACLE SIGNED CARD IN ENVELOPE  -  Russell Hall  (SP)  1999  A super effect.  41 pages also containing additional material by Wayne Dobson, Peter Duffie, Mike Rogers, Stephen Tucker and Paul Wilson.  (£12.00)  £8.00

CIGARETTE TRICKS AND GAGS AT THE BAR  -  A Supreme Magic publication.  (S)  Interesting material.  (£5.00)  £3.75

CARDS AND COINS  -  Keith Oldham  (S)  1980  Published by Viking  Enterprises (U.S.A.)  (£5.00)  £3.75

POZ-ITIVE KIDS MAGIC  -  Poz.  (S)  1976  52 pages   A Supreme Magic publication.  (£8.00)  £6.00

HANDS ACROSS THE TABLE  -  Richard Pollack  (S)  1981  Published by the Magic Art Book Co. (U.S.A.)  31 pages containing 10 items with cards and coins.  (£6.00)  £4.50

COIN CREATIONS  -  Lamont Ream  (S)  1981  51 pages containing 19 items with coins.  Good material and well illustrated.  (£8.00)  £6.00

CONVERSATIONS WITH MYSELF  -  Max Howard  (S)  1988  35 pages of “conversations”.  (£5.00)  £3.75

PRODUCING LIGHTED CIGARETTES  -  Loyd  (S)  1945  Published by Kanter’s Magic Shop (U.S.A.)  21 pages with 36 illustrations showing methods used by the foremost manipulators of lighted cigarettes.  (£6.00)  £4.50

HERE’S  HOW  -  A. J. Tourell  (S)  Published by Magicana in New Zealand  43 pages.  Tricks with silks, coins, paddles, thimbles etc.  (£6.00)  £4.50

CARD COIN WIZARDRY  -  Sterling Magic Creations  (SP)  1981  66 pages contains many tricks and routines utilising Sterling’s “Card Coins”.  Not supplied.  (£8.00)  £6.00

WEIRD CARD TREKS - Roger Golde  (SP)  1981  64 pages  Special effects with ordinary playing cards.  A Journey Into Unexplored Spaces Of The Universe-In-A-Pack.  (£16.00)  £12.00

THE L. W. CARD MYSTERIES  -  T. Page Wright and William Larsen  (SP)  1975  Published by Micky Hades.  30 pages containing 21 tricks with cards.  (£10.00)  £7.50

THE THOMPSON PASS  -  Frank Thompson  (SP)  Published in 1981 by Ray Goulet (U.S.A.)  13 pages describing The Thompson Tilt Pass.  (£8.00)  £6.00

THE ST. JAMES SCHOOL OF MAGIC, LONDON COURSE IN MAGIC  -  This course is in 2 lessons which were supplied in brown manilla folders: Lesson One – Introduction,  Lesson Two – Presentation and Paper Magic,  Lesson Three – Impromptu Magic,  Lesson Four – Misdirection and String and Rope Tricks,  Lesson Five – Sleight of hand, Card Manipulation and Card Tricks,  Lesson Six – Patter, the Voice, More Card Tricks,  Lesson Seven – Advanced Card Magic,  Lesson Eight – Arranging Your Programme, sleight of hand With Coins,  Lesson Nine – Handkerchief Magic,  Lesson Ten – Selling Your Services, Cigarette magic,  Lesson Eleven – Billiard Ball Manipulation,  Lesson Twelve – Thimble magic, Watch and Clock Tricks,  Lesson Thirteen – Egg Tricks,  Lesson Fourteen – Magical Productions, Opening Effects,  Lesson Fifteen – Liquid and Chemical Magic Tricks With Livestock,  Lesson Sixteen – The Psychology of Humour, Comedy Magic,  Lesson Seventeen – Mental Phenomena,  Lesson Eighteen – Spiritualistic Tricks,  Lesson Nineteen  - Miscellaneous Magic,  Lesson Twenty – Oriental magic,  Lesson Twenty-One – Audiences,  Lesson Twenty-Two – Publicity Feats, Escape Tricks,  Lesson Twenty-Three – Sensational Illusions,  Lesson Twenty-Four – The Business Side of Magic.  The course comes with the original printed prospectus.  This course was originated in the 1930s and was renamed later as the “Rupert Howard Course In Magic”.  The late Ken Brooke stated many times that this was the finest course in magic ever produced. (£250.00)  £190.00

THE MAGIC OF MATT SCHULIEN  -  Phil Willmarth  (SP) First Edition 1959 published by Ireland Magic Co.  169 pages  Varied magic  (36.00)  £27.00

PANORAMA OF MAGIC  -  Milbourne Christopher (S)  First Edition 1962  published by Constable, London  216 oversize pages  -  has 295 illustrations and 8 full colour plates  -  really interesting book.  (£10.00)  £7.50  (2)

THE INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF BOOK COLLECTORS  1985-87  -  Compiled by R. & J. Sheppard.  Published by Trigon Press.  Fourth Edition 1985.  Names and addresses of book collectors in U.K. and rest of the world.  (H)   £20.00)  £15.00

HOUDINI: A DEFINITIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY  -  A description of the literary works of Harry Houdini by Manny Weltman (autographed by Weltman)  Published by Finders/Seekers U.S.A.  Revised edition 1991.  Illustrated.  Now out of print and rare.  (£48.00)  £36.00

BEST SELLERS  -  Tom Selllers  (H)  No dust jacket.  Supreme Magic Co. 1980  First Edition.  Good original tricks.  (£20.00)  £15.00

THE ORIGINAL HOUDINI SCRAPBOOK   -  Walter B. Gibson (S)  Published by Corwin Sterling, New York.  Second Edition 1977  224 pages.  (£10.00)  £7.50

FAIRGROUND SNAPS  -  Graham Keen & Mark Williams  1974  (S)  Published by Pleasant Pastures, London  84 pages  Good photographs of British Fairgrounds and their rides.  (£20.00)  £15.00

TUMBLING TRICKS FOR EXERCISE AND ENTERTAINMENT  -  Athletic Publications  (H)  No dust jacket.  First Edition 1929.  Well illustrated with various tumbling positions.  Rare book.  (£20.00)  £15.00

MORE TRICKS AND PUZZLES (WITH PATTER)  -  Will Goldston  (H)  Second Edition 1930s  No dust jacket.  Good material and well illustrated.  (£20.00)  £15.00

HARRY HOUDINI MASTER OF MAGIC  -  Robert kraske  (S)  1978  72 pages.  (£5.00)  £3.50  (2)

SCARNES MAGIC TRICKS  -  John Scarne  (H)  First Edition  1953  256 pages  201 tricks explained.  With dust jacket.  (£12.00)  £8.00

DAI VERNON’S ULTIMATE SECRETS OF CARD MAGIC  -  Lewis Ganson  (H)  Autographed by Dai Vernon in 1967.  No dust jacket.  242 pages  Published by Harry Stanley’s Unique Magic Studio  (£68.00)  £50.00

TONY HANCOCK “ARTISTE  -  Roger Wilmut  (H)  With dust jacket in very clean condition.  First Edition 1978  The life story of comedian Tony Hancock.  269 pages  (£10.00)  £75.0

THE BOOK WITHOUT A NAME  -  Annemann   (H)  1931  Published by Max Holden.  No dust jacket.  First Edition  62 pages  This was Ted Annemann’s first book and contains bold and effective card and mental mysteries.  Rare item  (£36.00)  £27.00

HOWARD THURSTON’S CARD TRICKS  -  Howard Thurston  (S)  1901  Published by L. Upcott Gill, London.  Bad spine.  90 pages.  Quite scarce First Edition.  (£16.00)  £12.00

CLASSIC SECRETS OF MAGIC  -  Bruce Elliott  (H)  Faber & Faber  First Edition 1953  226 pages of varies material.  Well illustrated.  Has dust jacket.  (£15.00)  £10.50

THE ART OF MODERN CONJURING AND DRAWING ROOM ENTERTAINMENT  -  Anon   Published by Ward, Lock & Co.  1909  222 illustrated pages with photos.  First Edition contains tricks with cards, coins, hankies, chemicals, magnets, hats, matches etc.  (£36.00)  £27.00  (2)

MODERN MASTER MYSTERIES  -  Burling Hull  (H)  107 pages published by the author.  1923  No dust jacket.  (£12.00)  £8.00

SHORT TITLE CATALOGUE OF WORKS ON PSYCHICAL RESEARCH, SPIRITUALISM, MAGIC, PSYCHOLOGY, LEGERDEMAIN AND OTHER METHODS OF DECPTION, CHARLATANISM, WITCHCRAFT AND TECHNICAL WORKS FOR THE SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION OF ALLEGED ABNORMAL PHENOMENA  -  Harry Price  (H)  1929  These are proceedings of the National Laboratory of Psychical Research, London  PLUS  BULLETIN ONE – Supplement 1935.  All bound together.  (£36.00)  £27.00

ROUTINED MANIPULATION  -  Lewis Ganson  Part One  Second Edition  (S)  118 pages – fully illustrated -  contains Ken Brooke Cups and Balls, Al Koran Torn and Restored Newspaper etc.  Excellent material.  (£12.00)  £8.00

ROUTINED MANIPULATION  -  Lewis Ganson  Part Two  133 pages  (S)  1951   (£12.00)  £8.00

THE PAUL DANIELS MAGIC ANNUAL  1983  -  (H)  61 pages.  Well illustrated in colour.  (£6.00)  £4.50

RIPLEYS BELIEV IT OR NOT – MAGIC AND MAGICIANS  -  (h)  61 pages. Illustrated in colour.  1982  (£6.00)  £4.50

BOUND COPIES OF ELLIS STANYON’S MAGIC MAGAZINE  (1900-1908)  Complete volumes for 1901 and 1902 PLUS Part volume 1903    (£16.00)  £12.00

THE CONCEALED ART OF MAGIC  -  George P. Sanderson  (H)  Complete with dust jacket.  1972  174 pages – clever apparatus magic.  (£28.00)  £21.00

OPEN SESAME  -  Eric Lewis & Wilfred Tyler  (H)  Complete with dust jacket.  Supreme Edition 1971  154 pages  - some great kids magic.  (£20.00)  £15.00

LATER MAGIC  -  Professor Hoffmann  (H)  Foxing on flyleaf   554 pages  First Edition  Collector’s item.    (£80.00)  £60.00

GREATER MAGIC  -  J. N. Hilliard  (H)  Eighth Edition   Torn corners on index pages.  A few pages had a bit of scribbling in the margin but this has been rubbed out  -  over 1,000 pages of superb material.   (£50.00)  £30.00

SIMPLY WIZARD  -  Goodliffe  First Edition 1946    107 pages  (H)  Good material including the Goodliffe Leg Chopper.  (£16.00)  £12.00

ORIGINAL MAGICAL CREATIONS  -  Stanley Collins  (H)  First Edition published by Will Goldston  111 pages – clever varied material.  (£16.00)  £12.00

MIRACLE MONGERS AND THEIR METHODS  -  Houdini  (S)  1980  240 pages – reveals methods of strong men, sword swallowers etc.   (£5.00)  £3.50

SAXON’S EVERYBODY’S GUIDE TO CONJURING  -  Frank Desmond  (H)  150 pages   This pocket size book is quite rare and contains some good material.  Some browning of edges.  Published around 1900   (£36.00)  £27.00  

HOUDINI ON MAGIC  -  Walter Gibson & Morris N. Young  (S)  Dover publication 1953  Good material.  (£5.00)  ££.75

MENTAL RADIO – DOES IT WORK AND HOW  -  Upton Sinclair  (H) First Edition 1930  211 pages – interesting and informative book.  Quite rare.  (£28.00)  £21.00  

BOYS BOOK OF CONJURING  -  Ward, Lock & Co.  (H) 1950s  217 pages and nearly 200 illustrations from photographs.  Very good varied material.  (£10.00)  £7.50

THE MODERN CONJUROR AND DRAWING ROOM ENTERTAINER  -  C. Lang Neil  (H)  Front cover rubbed.  First Edition 1903  Published by Arthur Pearson  400 pages.  Material by J. N. Maskelyne, Charles Bertram, Nelson Downs etc.  Rare book  (£48.00)  £36.00

THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF MAGIC  -  Milbourne Christopher  (H)  With dust jacket.  First Edition 1975  452 pages  Really good book with many photographs.  (£16.00)  £12.00  

THE SECRETS OF HOUDINI  -  J. C. Cannell  (S)  Dover publication 1973   (£5.00)  £3.50

PAUL DANIELS AND THE STORY OF MAGIC  -  John Fisher  (H)  With dust jacket.  First Edition 1987   287 pages    (£16.00)  £12.00

ESCAPES  -  Supreme Magic Company (S) 1979  This is a reprint of the Abbott Magic Co. book.   68 pages  It covers all types of escapes  (£12.00)  £8.00

FOUR DAVENPORT BOOKS  -  DEMON MAGIC by Robert Harbin  (S)  1938   PLUS  THE MAGICIAN PRESENTS by Laurie (S)  PLUS  THE MAGICAL COMPERE by Laurie (S)  PLUS  CIGARETTE MAGIC by Deveen (S)  (£10.00)  £7.50

FOUR BOOKS  -  MAGI MAGIC b6y Len J. Sewell (S)  PLUS CIGARETTE MAGIC by Deveen (S)  PLUS STUNTS WITH STAGE MONEY by Jack Lamonte (S) 1948  PLUS WATCH ME CLOSELY by Louis Lam (S)  (£10.00)  £7.50

TWO BOOKS  -  THE BOOK OF MYSTERY AND MAGIC by Ernestra of Bradford (S)  21 tricks  PLUS  26 LIVING AND DEAD TESTS by Teral Garrett 1948 (S)   (£8.00)  £6.00

TWO BOOKS  -  MAGIC FOR MODERNS by Eric C. Lewis (S) 1937  PLUS CHEERFUL CONJURING by Dan Bellman (S) 1938  Illustrated by Eric C. Lewis  (£10.00)  £7.50

AL BAKER’S BOOK ONE  -  Al Baker  Published by Davenports (S) 1933  Contains 16 excellent items.  Now very rare.  (£10.00)  £7.50

DAVENPORTS MAGIC CATALOGUE  -  Red cover “Popular Magic”  1950s  Over 400 pages in clean condition.  Now very scarce.  (£20.00)  £15.00

PACK UP YOUR CARDS  -  Paul Gordon  (S) Volume One, Volume Two and Volume Three.  Some new commercial card magic from the working repertoire of Paul Gordon 2005.  all three volumes (£24.00)  £18.00

PROTEAN CARD MAGIC  -  Paul Gordon (H)  First edition 1998  143 pages of good material.  (£17.00)  £12.00

PROFESSIONAL CARD MAGIC MIRACLES  -  Paul Gordon (H)  2002  125 pages – good book.  (£17.00) £12.00

NOCTURNAL CREATIONS  -  Paul Gordon  (H)  1997  159 pages of impromptu card miracles.  (£17.00)  £12.00


BOOKS UNDER £5.00 SECTION

 

INN-KEEPING - A MANUAL FOR THE LICENSED VICTUALLER - (S) (£2.50) £1.50

ADAIR DEVILS - Ian Adair Lecture Notes. (S) (£1.50) £1.00

AT THE DROP OF A MATCH - Ken De Courcy (£3.50) £2.50 (2)

AFTER THE DESSERT - Martin Gardner Tricks at the dinner table. (S) (£3.00) £2.00 (3)

COLLECTED MAGIC SERIES VOLUME 8 - Percy Naldrett (S) (£3..00) £2.00 (3)

RAISE YOUR GLASSES - Ravelle and Andre (MSS) (£1.50) £1.00

TWELVE NEW TRICKS - Fabian (TNT) (S) (£4.00) £3.00 (2)

PATTER SUPREME - Val Andrews (S) (£2.00) £1.50 (2)

FIFTY BEST CONJURING TRICKS - Charles Crayford (S) (£2.50) £1.50

CAMP SHOW CONJURING - Bill Larsen (MSS) (£2.50) £1.50

MILK PITCHER MAGIC - Hens Fetsch (S) (£3.00) £2.00<