Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$120.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: This book is number 54 of an edition of 465.
Seller: RZabasBooks, Toronto, ON, Canada
Price: US$121.85 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: pp 97. With 16 coloured Illustrations and 9 black and white illustrations with cartouche woodcut on title page and 7 yellow chapter title pages with woodcuts. Pictorial green endpapers, page edges uncut. The principal illustrations are facsimile reproductions from old conjuring books. Printed by lithography from plates made by C. Taylor. The small illustrations on the title and chapter title pages are also reproduced from old conjuring books and are printed by letterpress. The binding is by F.F. Allsop and Co. Ltd. This book is no. 463 of 465 numbered copies bound in one third black calf with crushed canvas sides blocked in real gold. It retains the original clear plastic jacket which has become wrinkled, mainly at the spine and edges.
Seller: C & J Read - Books, Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Limited First Edition. Black calf with crushed canvas boards. Illustrated. Mylar cover. Number #299 of 465 copies. Illustrated end-papers. x, 95pp. Solid copy. Full refund if not satisfied.
Seller: Shelley and Son Books (IOBA), Hendersonville, NC, U.S.A.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Numbered copy of a limited edition of 465 copies. One-third black calf over crushed buckram, gilt stamped with top edge gilded. Illustrated, 95 pages. Includes clear plastic protective cover. Very good.
Seller: Quicker than the Eye, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Price: US$141.95 + shipping
Description: Numbered limited edition of 465 copies; 11.5"x 9" 1/3 calf bound on mold-made, cream laid, rag paper; Top edges gilt, fore and foot edges untrimmed; x, 95 pages with prospectus laid in and in mylar wrap. Fine cndition, mylar wrap has a few short tears to the corners.
Seller: By The Way Books, Richmond, TX, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: 4to. quarter black calf with crushed canvas covered boards, clamshell box. x, 95, (2) pages. First edition. Printed in an edition limited to 465 numbered copies, this being one of 430 copies bound in quarter calf. Introduction by Percy Muir. A reference book of printers and publishers of conjuring books and ephemera. The principal illustrations are facsimile reproductions from old conjuring books, printed by lithography from plates made by C. Taylor. The smaller illustrations are also reproduced from the books and are printed by letterpress. Indexed. Near fine with the prospectus & original invoice loosely laid in. Housed in a later clamshell box. quarter black calf with crushed canvas covered boards, clamshell box
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
Price: US$155.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: SOME PRINTERS & PUBLISHERS OF CONJURING BOOKS AND OTHER EPHEMERA. 1800-1850. From the 'Krown and Spellman' Collection. California Publisher: Elmete Press, Leeds, Yorkshire, England. Published in 1976. Limited edition copy #240 from a total of 465 numbered copies. 1/3 Black calf with crushed canvas boards, gilt titles on spine and gilt decoration on front cover leather, t.e.g. Printed pictorial green endpapers. 4to. x, 95 pp. 25 illustrations in colour and black and white. Bibliography. From the 'Colophon': "The principal illustrations are facsimile reproductions from old conjuring books, printed by lithography from plates made by C. Taylor (Photo-Litho) Ltd under the supervision of Clifford Taylor, The small illustrations on the title and chapter title pages are also reproduced from old conjuring books and are printed letterpress. The book was designed by A.S. Maney and was printed under his personal supervision on mould-made, cream laid, rag paper by St. Cuthbert's Mill".
Seller: E.C. Rare Books., Vancouver, BC, Canada
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: #140 of 465 numbered copies issued. With the bookplate of Leslie C. Smith, late owner of Owen Magic Supreme, tipped to front pastedown. Otherwise a fine copy in good clear jacket, as issued, with what appears to be some natural buckling or rippling; no jacket chips or tears. 1/3rd leather over crushed cloth boards. Sumptuously produced, fine press work. 95 pages. With reproductions, some in colour. Designed by A.S. Maney.
Seller: Aladdin Books, Fullerton, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Not a numbered copy but a stated Review copy on the Limitation page. The boards are one-third black calf with crushed canvas sides. Plastic cover protects the boards. Some rubbing wear at the spine tips. The hinges and the spine are very good. 95 pages. The inside pages look unmarked. Laid in is a small sheet stating that the book came from the book collection of poet Rod McKuen and sold by Heritage Auctions. No other evidence in this book as having been owned by Rod McKuen.
Seller: M and N Books and Treasures, Bellevue, WA, U.S.A.
Price: US$461.76 + shipping
Description: The Elmete Press. 1976. 4to., original black calf backed crushed canvas boards. A fine copy. First edition, limited edition of 430 copies (from a total of 465 copies). This copy inscribed to Hugh Fattorini "For Hugh" and signed by both Trevor Hall and Percy Muir. Original prospectus tipped in.
Seller: Henry Sotheran Ltd, London, United Kingdom