Cyril shields (10 Ergebnisse)

Paper. Zustand: Good Hardback. No Dustjacket. First Edition UK. a scarce title; illustrated cardboard covers; front cover is loose and has been neatly repaired with clear tape;small pieces of spine ends are missing but binding is solid; Internally pages are white and bright; ---------- SATISFACTION GUARANTEED --------- FAST, COURTEOUS SERVICE ------ Size: 5 x 7". Illustrated Throughout (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition first printing soft cover. No pen marks or inscriptions internally but half title page spotted and remaining pages toned. Wraps have wear to all corners and spine. Please examine all seller photos. Sue Shields (illustrator).

LACKS REAR BOARD, sm octavo, illus heavy boards, green lettering to spine, printed eps, 110pp, illus, G (rear board completely missing, front board detached but re-affixed with tidy archival tape, heavy bruising/creasing & soiling to front board, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, occasional pencil annotation to margins). …

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Limited Edition. Hbk, 74p ill. A clean unmarked copy in fine condition. Limited ed. of 100 signed and numbered copies. - Text on lining paper. This is no. 17. Scarce / Prin. [English Poetry. Welsh authors] f1726 / m16217. illustrations by Sue Shields (illustrator). Signed by Author(s).…

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. First Paperback Edition. 8vo. pp 110. Original publisherÕs illustrated yellow covers, lettered black. Illustrated in b/w throughout. With the bookplate of the late Christopher Brinson, a collector of books on magic, researcher and author of works on magic (Arcady Press). The bookplate shows a sphinx with pyramids in the background and conjuring tools in the foreground including a magic wand. Some creasing at spine with slight chipping at spine ends and faint surface marking, otherwise sound, near very good with clean text and plates. …

Original Boards. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. In the distinctive Pearson yellow printed boards. Includes tricks with monkeys, when available.

Zustand: good. Pictorial hardcovers, illustrated, 110 pages. Spine taped, mild soiling to covers, pen and pencil writings, else in good condition.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. "This is a capital little trick, and very simple." Hardback, with no dust wrapper. Some thumbing of boards, along side the odd stain. Previous owner's stamp on title page and serveral pages throughout. Gently handled, yet well worn at the edge and spine due to use and age. Some pages bear thumbing. Free endpapers and pastedowns evenly discoloured and bearing some foxing. Binding alittle loose. Spine is worn at the head and tail, otherwise this book is in fair condition. *We try to describe the faults of our books meticulously but they usually present better than they sound. …

1st edition. Chapters: I.Tricks Requiring no Apparatus; II.Tricks Requiring only Apparatus Which will Always be Obtainable; III.Tricks Requiring Apparatus Which can Always be Carried in the Pocket; IV.Tricks Requiring Apparatus; V.Simple Jokes and Catches. Thought-Reading Tricks; VI.Miscellaneous Tricks. Plus Magic in Monkey Land (Tricks tried out on chimps and baboons at the Zoo with photos illustrations. 18.5cms x 12.5cms x 1.5cms. Pp.110, occasional figure illustrations, 7 black & white photos of the author trying out tricks on chimps and baboons, ads for books on conjuring to endpapers. Illustrated stiff cardboard cover, slightly cocked, wear with tears and loss to base of spine. Scarce. Good.…

(London: C Arthur Pearson Ltd 1930). First UK Edition. Bookseller stamp to the title page otherwise a nice VG copy with some, entirely un-necessary tape reinforcement by a former owner to the spine. Stiff boards. Issued without a D/W.