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Carl W. Jones. Good with no dust jacket. 1947. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Revised edition. Hard cover published by Carl W. Jones in 1947. No dust jacket. Red covers with gilt lettering and design. Covers have some long scratches, and spine has several creases and is separate from binding. Corners of covers have some rubbing. Inside front cover has a bookplate from a prior owner. Tips of several upper page corners are bent and creased. Book is in good condition. Large 8vo, 1006 pages, 3.4 lb.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 1006 pages .

Carl Waring Jones 1945. Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt magician illus to front board, xxvii + 1006pp, illus, VG (light scuffing to extrems, moderate indentation & discolouration to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, sm pencil scribble to spine, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

USA: Carl Waring Jones , Privately Printed for Professional & Amateur Magicians, 1947. Clean light red cloth on boards with gilt titles and gilt devil in formal dress on front cover. Thin touches of old sunning (now browned) to margins, head & foot of spine and fore corners. Edges: light age browning, moderate foxing and soiling. Eps: ex-cellotape residue; dusting of foxing and soiling; ffep with name/address, name stamp to head and Please Return to bottom with lines crossed over two of the texts. Clean content. Illustrated drawings. Binding is VG albeit being a heavy book now feels a touch loose. 1006p, Dj: moderate yellowing, soiling, light foxing and rubbed wear. Top and bottom edges with wear, small open tears and sections missing and chips. Cellotape residue to flaps. 4cm open tear to head of rear flap spine.. Ninth Impression Revised Edition. Hb. VG/Good.

USA: Carl Waring Jones , Privately Printed for Professional & Amateur Magicians, 1938. Cover: maroon cloth on boards, somewhat faded black titles on spine. Cover is moderately rubbed, faint dusting of just a little age soiling and touch fading. Edges: foxing and light dusting of soiling. Owners US name/address sticker to fep & title page. Eps: age yellowing, touch of foxing and soiling; name stamp to head ffep. Clean content. Comprehensive line drawings. Binding is VG albeit slightly loose being a thick book. Two line notes to head of refp. 235 x 160 x 60 mm 1004p. First Edition. Hb. VG/None. Illus. by Harlan Taarbell, 1111 Illustrations.

Minneapolis: Carl Waring Jones. Very Good+. 1938. 4th Edition revised. Hardcover. Light edge soil, endpapers a bit soiled; jacket has some chips & browning; 1006 pages .

E-310. Very Good. Hardcover. Hardcover. Large 8vo. Published by Carl Waring Jones, Minneapolis, MN. 1938. 1004 pgs. Signed and inscribed by Jean Huggard to John Diebold on the FFEP. Second Printing. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (spine is sunned and faded). No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. A fascinating guide to magic, illustrated throughout and printed 'for professional and amateur magicians'. In 1925, Hilliard joined Howard Thurston's magic show as an advance man, and for the next ten years toured America, meeting the most talented magicians of his day and recording their creations. This volume provides instructional information based on his observations, with chapters on playing cards, mind reading, magicana and 'magic with balls'. Jean Hugard (4 December 1871 - 14 August 1959) was an Australian professional magician. When… Read More

Carl Waring Jones, privately printed for professional & amateur magicians, 1/1/1938. Hardcover. Very Good. 6th impression. Hardcover and dust jacket in mylar. Good binding and cover. Wear with some loss to DJ. Clean, unmarked pages. Numerous illustrations. From the library of noted magician, George G. Corregan Jr. The Magician Extraordinary. "Duke". This is an oversized or heavy book that requires additional postage for international delivery outside of Canada and the US.