Curiosities from Spafford Books

New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company [0-442-29592-8] 1979. (hardcover) x, 447pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. 8vo. Resource book for those interested in the study of dreams and their interpretation. Jacket shows wear along the upper and lower edges and has been taped to the book, affixed at the fixed endpapers, front and… Read more about this item

Chicago: Contemporary Books [1-56565-336-X] 1995. (hardcover) xx, 245pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. 8vo. Explores the role dreams have played in human history, looks at dream theories, and offers guidelines to help the reader with not only how to remember dreams, but how also to interpret them. Jacket shows moderate wear and markings.… Read more about this item

Cambridge, Massachusetts: The M.I.T. Press [0-262-08153-9] 1986. (hardcover) 287pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. 8vo. Describes the ideas and claims of Artificial Intelligence. Jacket shows wear at the upper edge and is lightly rubbed. There is a name penned in red to the front free end paper. Black and white portraits. Very good… Read more about this item

Auburn, Wa: Lone Pine Publishing International 978-1-894877-76-3 [978-1-894877-76-3] 2006. (Mass market paperback) 216pp. Very good. 8vo. Indigenous ghost stories. Very good copy..

Chicago, Illinois: Self Published NONE [NONE] 2014. (hardcover) 323+. Fine in fine dust jacket. 4to. The largest collection of work from Aronson, the American magician / lawyer best noted for the 'Aronson stack' and the trick of 'Shuffle-Bored'. Introduction by David H. Finkelstein. Includes sections on Techniques, On the Spot, Two-faced, Totals, Birthdays, Memorized Decks,… Read more about this item

Colon, Michigan: Abbott's Magic Novelty Company NONE [NONE] 1938 - 1939. (hardcover) various. Near fine. 4to. The 'Tops' was an American weekly Magic periodical first published in January 1936. This includes: Volume 3: No. 2 to No. 12 (February, 1938 to December, 1938); Volume 4: No. 1 to No. 8 (January, 1939 to August, 1939).… Read more about this item

Washington, DC: Genii, the Conjurors' Magazine (Genii Corporation) NONE [NONE] 2011. (hardcover) various. Fine. 4to. Talisman was an American weekly Magic periodical in the 1970s. This includes: Volume I: No. 1 to No. 52 (March 6, 1970 to March 5, 1971); Volume 2: No. 1 to No. 23 (March 12, 1971 to August 13, 1971).… Read more about this item

Moscow, USSR: Progress Publishers NONE [NONE] 1971. (Mass market paperback) 177pp. Very good. 8vo. Brown heavy paper wrappers. Describes the origin and essence of Mao Tse-Tung's philosophical views. Clean and bright..

Philadelphia, et al.: Garretson & Co.; Bradley, Garretson & Co.; John Garretson NONE [NONE] 1885. (hardcover) xix, 578pp. Very good, no dust jacket. 8vo. Green cloth, with front board decorated and embossed in various vignettes with gilt. And dark brown. Title in gilt on the front in circular 'frame', now faded. Frontispiece with tissue guard.… Read more about this item

New York: Bounty Books / Crown Publishers Inc. NONE [NONE] 1969. (Mass market paperback) 1162+. Very good. 4to. Illustrated black card wraps. Reading crease to spine, titles bright. Internally clean, lightly age-toned. The 1902 edition had the cover price of 50 cents and bicycles were available for as low as $8.95. Cover has some packing… Read more about this item

Toronto: The Musson Book Company NONE [NONE] 1970. (Mass market paperback) 248pp. Very good. 4to. Illustrated red card wraps. Internally clean and bright. The cover of this 1901 edition offers 'the greatest good to the greatest number', 'money refunded if goods are not satisfactory', '!9th Century experience', and '20th century ideas'. Inside, a lounge/couch was… Read more about this item

Hong Kong et al.: Taschen 978-3-8228-4824-1 [978-3-8228-4824-1] 2005. (hardcover) 472pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. 4to. In celebration of Playboy magazine's 50th year of publication, this tome is a historic collection of 613 Playmates of the Month, from Marilyn Monroe in the first issue in December, 1953 to Tiffany Fallon, Miss December 2004.… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company 1917. (hardcover) 119pp. Very good. 8vo. Smooth buff cloth boards; front cover with light-blue paper printed in dark-blue. Boards with some minor surface soiling, spotting to paper on top cover. Monochrome plates, illus. Some generalized toning to textblock; pronounced toning to p.105. Related article from the June 10, 1922 issue… Read more about this item

Toronto: Coles Publishing Company Limited NONE [NONE] 1975. (Mass market paperback) 124pp. Very good. 8vo. Illustrated purple card covers. Power of the mind over the mind; includes history, background, methods, theory, and practice. Clean, bright copy..

Edinburgh: William Martin NONE [NONE] 1789, 6th edition. (hardcover) [ii], 174, [ii]. Fine, no dust jacket. 16mo. Ex-lib., paper paste down book plate to front fixed endpaper. Contemporay calf leather, somewhat darkened. Gilt title to spine, with raised bands; date stamped to foot of spine. Small tear to front free endpaper. Miniscule worm hole, insignificant,… Read more about this item

New York: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Inc. [1-894102-13-4] 1997. (hardcover) 761pp. Very good, no dust jacket. 4to. Weighty. Chapters include: the Nature of Life and Death; What Every Would-be Ghost Hunter Should Know; Ghosts and World of the Living; What Exactly is a Ghost?; Famous Ghosts (116 stories); Haunted Places; Haunted People; Stay-behinds; Poltergeists;… Read more about this item

Boston: Carter and Hendee NONE [NONE] 1831, 1st edition, rebound. (hardcover) 234 + 8pp. Fine, no dust jacket. 12mo. Rebound in brown leather, embossed front and rear, gilt title and date stamped to spine. Deckled edges. Light and minimal foxing, and faintly age-toned, as may be anticipated (more so on the first pages to the… Read more about this item

London, UK: Wieland & Co. NONE [NONE] 1911. (hardcover) xiv + 170 + vi + 124 + x (Advertisements). Very good, no dust jacket. 8vo. VERY SCARCE. Bound in decorated paper boards; the upper cover has the Equinox Coat of Arms design. Brown cloth spine with printed paper title label. The spine is worn and… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Harper San Francisco [0-06-250876-8] [circa 1992]. (hardcover) 182+. Very good, no dust jacket. 8vo. As issued, in illustrated, sturdy slip case. There is a hardcover, well bound book, and a box of 25 cards. The cards are much like a puzzle. Each card has four quarter images, which match up with the other… Read more about this item

London, UK: Collins [0 00 412246 1] 1987. (hardcover) 224pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. 4to. Jacket is price clipped, shows light rubbing, with some light creasing, small tears to the lower rear panel. Black boards, silver title stamped to spine. There is a book platepasted to the front free endpaper; otherwise a… Read more about this item