Deveen d (10 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In English.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. 1st Edition. Undated [1932]. First edition. Hardback bound in black cloth with gilt titling to upper board. 24 × 15.5cm, 59pp. Not signed but with the bookseller's label for L Davenport & Co's Devil Series pasted to the title page, featuring a demon's head in black against red. Founded in 1898 on New Oxford Street, Davenport's became the oldest family-run magic shop in the world. A book of tricks involving cigarettes (lit and unlit; mostly involving disappearance), and illustrated with step-by-step photographs. The author, D Deveen (real name A W Parsons) was an expert at cigarette manipulation. He started on the stage in the early 1920s and went under various names including the Gay Deceiver, the Distinguished Deceiver and Devil Deveen. Condition: Fair, a good reference copy. The covers are dulled, the inner binding a little weakened towards the end of the book but the main body of text in good readable condition.…

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 62 pages. 8.50x5.51x0.12 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: n/a. 1st Edition. Solid copy in faded boards. Front end paper missing but all pages clean with many photographs.

Card Covers. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Third Impression. Blue card covers with illustration on front. Some staining on parts of cover but in pretty good condition. 38pp with 23 illustrations. Staples are rusty and centre page has come loose from bottom staple. Previous owner's name on title page. Some age discolouration.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Edward Bagshawe & Co., England January 1932 Binding: Hardcover Very Good copy in Fair DJ.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. Smart booklet analysis of cigarette stage magic tricks by D. Deveen. An uncommon work, found in only one institutional library. Dated from Copac. D. Deveen's analysis of cigarette stage magic tricks, including vanishing of cigarettes, lighter cigarette manipulation, and other effects. With illustrations in text.One of L. Davenport's booklets for the 'Demon Series' of magic tricks. Publisher's catalogue to rear. In the original publisher's wraps. Externally smart with minor shelf wear only, wraps lightly marked. Pp. 19-22 only loose but present, booklet firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…

Zustand: Good. Publisher's original stapled green card wrap covers (soft back). 8vo 8½'' x 5¼''. Contains 40 pp + covers with twenty-three monochrome step-by-step diagrammatic illustrations. Some writing to one internal and the last page and in Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. MAGIC & CONJURING. …

Cloth. Zustand: Good Only. An exciting educational text on cigarette magic, illustrated throughout. Illustrated throughout with photographic reproductions and line drawings. A how to for cigarette magic, including tricks such as: sliding cigarette vanish, deliberate vanish, utility vanish, and lighted cigarette combinations. Written by D. Deveen. In the original black cloth binding. Externally, sound though with discolouration to the cloth. Rubbing and light loss to extremities and the head of the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with age toning to the endpapers only. Good Only. None (illustrator). book.…

Zustand: Near Fine. Publisher's original stapled orange covers, navy lettering to spine. 8vo 8½" x 5¼" 40 pp. Twenty-three monochrome step-by-step diagrammatic illustrations. In very near Fine condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. MAGIC & CONJURING.