gerald kosky (14 resultados)

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. No Statement of Printing. Date is an estimate. The old fashioned kind of lecture notes, when notes were simply notes. 4 pages, with spacing in between items for making your own notes. (This copy has no annotations.) Very good, no covers, as issued. This was probably a lecture delivered at the Magic Castle in the 1960s. Most of the tricks either give the briefest of instructions or cite a previous publication reference. The first page or so is a short essay about presentation.

Soft cover. Condición: Fair. No Statement of Printing. Volume ONE only! Prior owner has boldly marked in felt pen on front cover "Vol. #1/3" Paper is age-darkened and somewhat brittle. There are a few pencil X marks in margin of a few pages and on last page which was blank, a prior owner has made his own list in pen of additional comedy mental effects. Plastic comb bound with stiff printed paper covers.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good with slight toning to covers. Plastic comb binding. Varied magic effects, photos, and articles. Includes Kirk Stiles humorous Magic Coloring book, the Anna Evay Fay act, Christmas magic, safety magic and more. 80 pages.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good with bookplate of Leslie C. Smith (Owen Magic Supreme) on inside front cover and Leo Behnke (famous Magic Castle magician) on inside rear cover. Pamphlet bound in stiff white pictorial paper covers. 43 pages Collection of tricks using a gaffed card known as a double facer with both sides same card. Includes two sample cards, one for bridge and one for poker decks but they are not printed on same stock that is used by the better playing card manufacturers.

Hard Cover. Condición: Very Good. 247 pages. This is an unnumbered and unsigned copy. Former owner's bookplate affixed to front paste-down endpaper. Dust jacket somewhat faded over backstrip area and scuffed over back cover area. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Paperbound. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. Very good with some age-discoloration to pale blue covers. This 29 page book was compiled by Lou Derman (writer, MR. ED tv show) and features one contribution from each of the named magicians.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good+. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 1st Edition. Although limited to 500 numbered copies, this is an out-of-series un-numbered, un-signed copy. Fine copy in good price clipped dust jacket with some rubbing and a few edge tears. No jacket chips. Not price-clipped. Bound in textured brown cloth with gilt titles.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good+. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. Limited, Signed Numbered First Edition. #14 of 500 numbered copies. Warmly INSCRIBED by the author to Tom Hawbecker, a fellow magician on verso of title page beneath limitation statement. bookplate of Hawbecker on front pastedown. Fine copy in good dust jacket with some rubbing and a few edge tears and fading along spine. No jacket chips. Not price-clipped. Bound in textured brown cloth with gilt titles. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Quarto, 247 pages. In Very Good plus condition. Gold spine with black lettering. Binding shows very light bumping and shelf wear. Dust jacket in Very Good plus condition with very light wear; dust jacket protected with mylar. Text block with very light age toning. Inscribed by author to Max Abrams: "To my friend Max Abrams, who's [sic] knowledge of magic and mentalism is way above average. With all good wishes-- Sincerely, Gerald Kosky February 1976." Shelved in Alcove. 1386993. Special Collections. Limited Collector's Edition, no. 46 of 500.

Illustr, photos, 11 x 8.5, gilt decorated red leather like boards, 247 pp, covers nice and sharp, hinges a little loose, contents nice and clean, in well-rubbed, price clipped, edge torn dust jacket. "Limited Collectors' Edition of 500 Copies" but unsigned.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Covers a little dulled. Slight foxing to top of pages.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good+. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. Tenkai Ishida, Shigeo Futagawa, Robert (Bob) Wagner Ilustrador. 1st Edition. Inscribed by BOTH compiler/editors to recipient, one on flyleaf and one on title page. Both in ink. Arnold Furst's inscription is dated in the year of publication (1974) Recipient's name is stamped in gold on front cover. Very good or better in good dust jacket with the usual deterioration including fading, creasing and tears. Not price-clipped and no major chips. A scarce and sought after work 1st 20 pages or so are devoted to autobiographical material, followed by card material, manipulative routine, coins, silks, rope, and miscellaneous. Inscribed by Author(s).

Condición: Good. Red textured cloth with gilt stamping on front cover and spine. Portrait frontispiece, illustrated, 143 pages. Mild soiling to covers, else in good condition.