Dodman Books

Bert Douglas's Magical Patter

Bert Douglas · 1940

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,583)

London, L Davenport, 1st Edition, How to carry off magic with "effective patter for the up-to-date magician". All in VG internal order, clean and bright throughout, on light salmon coloured stock. Yellow card cover with black titling, a little grubby. Scarce., Very Good, No Ja...

Further Studies In Mystery

Eric C Lewis · 0

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London, L Davenport, All in crisp, clean and bright internal order. Decorative card covers a little dulled to edges. ND, c.1940. 53pp +ads., Laurie, Very Good, No Jacket, 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall, 53

Tom Seller's Magical Mixture

Tom Sellers · 0

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,583)

London, L Davenport, Guide to the magic and sleight of hand tricks of Tom Sellers (note misplaced apostrophe in title). All in VG order internally, crisp clean and bright. Orange card covers with two colour printing a little marked and faded to edges. ND. c.1943. The much scar...

MAGICAL NOVELTIES A Book Of New Conjuring Tricks

Charles Medrington · 1906

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Birkdale, Privately Published, Scarce early magic booklet. Business card of Fred G Wilton, "Society Conjuror and Humorist" pasted to ifc. Pages a little creased and toned, but nonetheless fascinating. Also of interest is a price list of magical props and tricks tipped in at t...

SUPER MAGICAL MIRACLES A collection of exclusive magical secrets invented by John Booth

John Booth · 0

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London, L Davenport, All in good internal order. One page folded and some marks from rusting staples. two colour decorative covers on blue card show tanning to edges and light wear. ND. Scarce. 46pp + 2pp ads, Good, No Jacket, 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall, 48

Modus Operandi (Studied, tested and mastered magic) Part Two

Eric C Lewis · 0

£9.50 (€11.39 | $12.55 | ¥2,005)

London, L Davenport, All in crisp, clean and bright internal order, with just a few marks from rusted staples. Decorative card covers a little dulled to edges. ND, c.1945. 68pp + ads., Laurie, Good, No Jacket, 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall, 72

Modus Operandi (Studied, tested and mastered magic) Part One

Eric C Lewis · 1944

£9.50 (€11.39 | $12.55 | ¥2,005)

London, L Davenport, 1st Edition, All in crisp, clean and bright internal order, with just a few marks from rusted staples. Decorative card covers a little marked to front. 68pp + ads., Laurie, Good, No Jacket, 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall, 68

The Magician Presents

Laurie · 0

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,583)

London, L Davenport, All in VG internal order, though rusting staples lightly marking one or two pages. Blue card pictorial covers a little grubby to edges. ND, but c.1940., Good, No Jacket, 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall, 48

Not Primigenial

Roger Montandon; Logan Wait · 0

£7.50 (€8.99 | $9.91 | ¥1,583)

London, L Davenport, All in VG internal condition. Yellow card covers attractively illustrated. Rather spotted and a little faded. ND, believed 1942., Gordon Howatt, Good, No Jacket, 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall, 20

Modern Levitations

U F Grant · 0

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

London, LD & Co (L Davenport), Curious booklet, featuring six methods of levitation, illustrated with diagrams, etc. Self covered, front and back rather grubby, clean and bright internally. Staple lightly rusted., Fair, No Jacket, 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall, 16

Tricks With Handkerchiefs

Professor Hoffmann · 0

£20.00 (€23.98 | $26.43 | ¥4,221)

London, George Routledge And Sons, All in good internal order, in attractive pictorial cover, somewhat worn, especially to spine (see photos). ND, scarce in this early edition., Good, No Jacket, 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall, 348

Modern Conjuring

J C Cannell · 1941

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

London, E G Ellisdon, 1st Edition, Wartime stock browned to edges, but otherwise all is good internally. Covers are poor wit much wear and minor loss., Fair, No Jacket, 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall, 96

Oswald Rae's Original Magic

Oswald Rae · 1930

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Reading, Oswald Rae, 1st Edition, Published by Rae from his home in Spencers Wood, Reading, this scarce paperback edition shows a fair amount of foxing to text. Orange card covers are a little grubby, with light fading to spine and edges. 60pp + 3pp ads., Good, No Jacket, 12mo...

Money Magic

Will Blyth · 1926

£17.50 (€20.98 | $23.12 | ¥3,693)

London, C Arthur Pearson, 1st Edition, In general good internal order, with just a little light spotting here and there. Paper cover is rather worn, with small loss to front, wear to spine and larger loss to rear (see photos). Very scarce., Fair, No Jacket, 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾...

Original Magic For All

Bert Douglas · 0

£4.00 (€4.80 | $5.29 | ¥844)

London, C Arthur Pearson, All in VG internal order but back cover near detached and front showing some wear. ND, Poor, No Jacket, 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall, 122

The 50 Best Conjuring Tricks

Charles T Crayford · 0

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, W Foulsham & Co, ND but assumed 1940s as war economy standard production. All in VG internal order with self wrap pictorial cover over orange card. , Good, Good, 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall, 64

MORE CLUB MAGIC Part One

Bert Douglas · 0

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London, Edward Bagshawe, Scarce booklet featuring nine tricks, including 'The Tooth Paste Mystery', 'Multiplying Cigarettes' and 'A Manipulative Cigar'. VG internal order, lightly tanned by generally clean and bright. Staples somewhat rusted thus patterned cover loose but stil...

Magical mentalia

G E Arrowsmith · 1943

£12.50 (€14.99 | $16.52 | ¥2,638)

London, Max Andrews, 1st Edition, 2nd Printing, Second printing. All in VG internal order, crisp clean and bright. Pictorial covers are somewhat marked with a little wear to edges., Good, No Jacket, 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall, 66