percy naldrett (41 résultats)

Soft Cover String Ties. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Wraps (PB) with string tie. In very good condition with light wear and slight chipping to cover edges. Inside is all fresh and clean and unmarked. Tricks involving the "Ghost Drumhead Tube", "The Pound Note Problem" and "An Impudent Imposition" among other forgotten bits of prestidigitation. 17 tricks, 92 pages with ads for his other publications.

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. 2nd Edition. Wraps (PB) in very good condition with tiny chip upper front cover, slight wear to spine and overall toning to pages. Mr. Naldrett has some novel methods for standard effects, such as the misers dream, a paper levitation, a glass transformation tumbler, and a very nice handling for a slate effect. There is even a comedy routine with an egg, a handkerchief, and some milk. Includes Fore-Word to Second Edition The Chocolate Box Mystery Flash Paper Ideas A "Live" Rabbit Fishing for Money The Suffragette Problem The Levitation of a Piece of Paper The Transformation Tumbler The Lightning Ink and Water Change The "Eureka" Slate An Egg, Handkerchief, & Milk Combination. 36 pages.

Soft cover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Purple decorated covers with string binding. Covers are worn and rough around edges. Top corner slightly creased. Unpaginated. Small ink stamp at top of first endpaper. Some page edges a little round from cutting open.

Soft cover. Etat : Good. 1st Edition. With the bookplate of two magicians on inside front cover: Raymond V. Stone and Leslie C. Smith (longtime proprietor of Owen Magic Supreme) Generally good, but chipping and tears to edges of cover and string binding is partly damage. 92 pages.

Soft cover. Etat : Fair. 1st Edition. Edges have been professionally trimmed to being even. Stain in upper left corner margin affects only cover and first few pages. Ditto smaller stain in lower left corner. Fabric tape has been used to reinforce spine. Small tear at top of front cover and light dust/dirt soiling to covers. No markings. Striking illustrated cover of witch on a broom with moonlit background and fluttering bats. Unusual collection of platform apparatus effects by the author and others. 91 page booklet.

Soft cover. Etat : Good. 1st Edition. Bookplate of Leslie C. Smith (Owen Magic Supreme) on inside front cover. Good to very good with some fraying to edges of cover but overall, an above average copy. 93 pages, illustrated.

Soft cover. Etat : Good. 1st Edition. Near very good with some inevitable bends and creases to outer edges of cover. With the bookplate of magician R.J. Knight on inside front cover as well as the light pencil signature of British magic collector Jack Morrison on blank preliminary page. No other markings. Includes the LeDair-Graeme Athol pocket knife thru hank routine. 93 pages.

Soft cover. Etat : Good. 1st Edition. Good with some wear to covers all around the edges including fraying, tears and tiny paper loss. Striking illustrated cover of witch on a broom with moonlit background and fluttering bats. Unusual collection of platform apparatus effects by the author and others. 91 page booklet.

Soft cover. Etat : Good. 1st Edition. Good. Someone has penned "#7" to front cover, otherwise no markings. Some toning to covers. Light bend across top corners of booklet. 97 pages. Unusual collection of mostly platform apparatus effects and ideas. Contributors: Louis Nikola, Will Blyth, J.F. Orrin, Arthur Ainslie, Edward G. Brown, Harold Saunders and others.

Soft cover. Etat : Fair. 1st Edition. Some soiling (possibly natural staining from glue used) to label on front cover and some edge wear to covers including a 1/2" tear and crease. No prior owner markings. Six routines by Mole comprise a complete lecture performance he gave for a magic society, making this booklet one of the first to record a lecture/presentation of magic. Balance of book is miscellaneous magic and tips by Naldrett. Un-pagenated.

Soft Cover. Etat : Near Very Good. Apparent First. 96pp, bw ills. Or textured green wraps with string binding. Some edge wear and toning to covers, bottom 3cm of spine split, page corners creased and dealer seal/label on title page. No date - c1927. Eighth in a series of magic trick collections. Nice older volume. Size: 8vo.

Soft cover. Etat : Fair. 1st Edition. Fair to good with cello-tape reinforcement along spine. Bookplate of noted magician and magic builder Leslie C. Smith (Owen Magic Supreme) 40 page booklet explaining a variety of parlour type magic using cards, apparatus, coin in ball of wool routine, routine with the divining clock (also known as Wonder Clock).

Soft Cover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Paperback. 96pp. Illus. Spine and edges of covers age discoloured, with a couple of small losses to spine. Private ownership. (q11).

Soft cover. Etat : Fair. 1st Edition. Good with some foxing and some wear to covers. Vertical crease to booklet. Bookplate of noted builder of magic Leslie C. Smith (Owen Magic Supreme) on inside front cover. Six routines by Mole comprise a complete lecture performance he gave for a magic society, making this booklet one of the first to record a lecture/presentation of magic. Balance of book is miscellaneous magic and tips by Naldrett. Un-pagenated.

Soft cover. Etat : Good. 1st Edition. Good but with some edge wear to covers and some toning. Pages have some foxing. 92 pages.

Soft Cover. Etat : Very Good. First Edition. 93pp, bw ills. Or textured green wraps with string binding. Minor edge wear and crease to front cover. Sixth in a series of magic trick collections. Nice older volume. Size: 8vo.

Soft Cover. Etat : Fair. No Jacket. Paperback. 89pp. Illus. Lacking spine. Covers detached, with some losses. Interior in very good condition. Private ownership. (q11).

Hardcover. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Miracles of Modern Magic - Whiteley, Manchester, no date - circa 1904, 40 pages. Aids To Wizadry, D' Egerdon, Hamley Brothers London, no date circa 198 - 86 pages. Problems in Mystery Sterling - Published by Harry Whiteley, Manchester, no date- circa 1909, 49 pages. Magic of the Moment, Naldrett, Portsmouth 1912, LImited to 250 copies - unpaginated. Four volumes bound together without cover pages. Purple cloth boards with paper with titles in ink to spine. Writing to front endpaper. Paper remainder on the pastedown pastedowns, front and back, of some sheets that were removed.

Softcover. 12mo; G+; softcover; brown spine; covers have general shelfwear, general edgewear, tape on front spine, open tears on front fore edge and rear head edge, and head edge, open tears on spine, light soiling on front and rear, pen mark on rear interior; text block age toned, soiling on title page, open tear on head edge of title page, penciling on verso of last page, soiling on exterior head edge; NOTE: Shelved in Room G. 1299139. Full-priced Rockville.

Etat : Good. Wrappers. Some wear and toning, else in good condition.

Illus., 8.5 x 5.5", string-tied wraps, 93pp + ads, covers well worn and discolored, contents with minor faint spotting else a decent copy of this SCARCE title. FIRST EDITION (October 1924).

Photos; illus., 8.5 x 5.5", string-tied wraps, 93pp + ads, covers well worn and soiled, yapped edges chipped/torn, creased, front cover and one page have mysterious red paper dots affixed near top fore-corner, still a decent copy of this SCARCE item. First Edition (Sept. 1922).

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. First Edition. American bookseller's rubber stamp on title page, else very good with some minor binding discoloration, tight, clean in a good dust jacket with some minor edge wear including a small chip at top of rear panel near spine. Dark blue textured cloth. An outstanding collection of primarily British magicians pet effects. 265 pages, illustrated with numerous drawings. Like many compilations of diverse material in magical literature, this title is under-rated, but contains some very interesting material.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. First Edition. Very good in original dark blue textured cloth with slight spine lean. No markings or bookplates. Tight and clean. In good dust jacket with several short tears and minor edge wear. No jacket chips. Medium blue textured cloth (copies have been noted in dark blue and maroon, no priority established.) An outstanding collection of primarily British magicians pet effects. 265 pages, illustrated with numerous drawings. As with many compilations of diverse material in magical literature, this title has been under-rated, but close study reveals that it contains good material contributed by a "who's who" in magic predominantly from Britain.

Paperback. Etat : Fair. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. Illustrated wraps. pp 91. Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout. Contributors include R. Wodehouse Pitman, Luc Megret, Arthur Ainslie, Wilford Hutchinson. Poor condition with chipped covers etc, crossings out on title page. Contents OK.

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. Limited. Circulation of this book is Limited to 250 copies. Unpaginted: 51 pages. String binding. Black covers. Paper cover spine is split. Some foxing.

8vo. String bound at spine with title label in red onset to cover. Signed presentation copy from Percy Naldrett to Clifford Hough, a fellow magician whose stamp is to be found at the bottom of the foreword page. Has the bookplate of magician Christopher Brinson. Unnumbered circa 60 pages. Slight fading , yapped edges slightly nicked faint wear. VG copy. First Edition. Wraps.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. First Edition. Bookplate of noted magic book collector and builder of illusions Leslie C. Smith (Owen Magic Supreme) affixed to front pastedown. No prior owner markings. Very good in original dark blue textured cloth with good dust jacket with some edge wear including slight paper loss to extremities, some creases and short tears and other edge wear. An outstanding collection of primarily British magicians pet effects. 265 pages, illustrated with numerous drawings. As with many compilations of diverse material in magical literature, this title has been under-rated, but close study reveals that it contains good material contributed by a "who's who" in magic predominantly from Britain.

Soft cover. Etat : Acceptable. Unstated. Collected Magic Series Vols. 6 & 8 by Naldrett Percy Percy Naldrett, 1925-1927, unstated edition Soft cover in acceptable condition. Text is clean and unmarked, bindings tight, tanning of pages due to age. Covers show heavy signs of wear with some damage of ding, nicks, chips, heavy tanning due to paper used. String tie binding tight. This is part of the Demon Series and contains the Demon Seal inside cover. Naldrett covers numerous tricks using cards, tubes, glass etc. B&W illustrations. 93 and 95 pages. Book.

First Edition. (Privately Printed and Published by the Author 1927). First UK Edition. A String-bound Softback. 96 pages + 1 page of adverts for the author's other publications on the verso of the back cover). A VG+ copy (fine internally with age discolouration to the edges of the covers). Uncommon. Photographs/scans available upon request.