thayer manufacturing (6 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Undated, ca 1920s. 24 pages. A catalog of offerings from the Thayer Magic Manufacturing Company, with supplements for additional titles and 'now out of print' titles glued in at front. Wraps age-toned with dust-soiling and light general edge-wear, small chips to spine ends, 'Thayer's Studio of Magic' store stamp to front cover, full vertical crease on back cover. Staples secure, free of rust. Binding intact. In nice condition for ephemera of its age.

Wraps. Zustand: vg+. Red stapled wrappers. Mimeograph papers. 10pp.

Zustand: Very Good +. 9.5 x 6.5" printed envelope (illustrated by magician Ed Mishell [1896-1983]) containing 2 leaves folded 8.5 x 11" mimeographed specification sheet + 18 x 15" photocopied scale drawing (folded down to ca. 5 x 9") of Jack-O-Lantern Girl magic trick. Trick name & number and price written in ink on envelope; dried tape on envelope flap + slight darkening at plan folds. No date; ca. 1950. Scarce.

Zustand: Very Good +. 9.5 x 6.5" printed envelope (illustrated by magician Ed Mishell [1896-1983]) containing folded 8-5 x 11" mimeographed specification sheet + 20 x 17.5" photocopied scale drawing (folded down to ca. 5 x 9") of The Decapitated Princess magic trick. Trick name & number and price written in ink on envelope; dried tape on envelope flap + slight darkening at plan folds. No date; ca. 1950. Scarce.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A stapled sheaf of eight pages, in mimeographed print, with a few crude illustrations. As such, an uncommon and ephemeral item from the commercial genius of Floyd Gerald Thayer (1877-1959), native son of rural Jacksonville Vermont. One horizontal fold at the center. Rare.

Softcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Stiff decorative tan wraps with red and black illustration and titles; profusely illustrated with hundreds of magic tricks to order; 176pp. Interesting introduction by owner F. G. Thayer recalling his path into magic. Front cover is 1/2 separated from spine; small triangles of front cover corners missing; spine missing cover material about 1/2" at head and foot; interior pages clean and bright, but some pages slightly bent on top right corners.