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Original Magical Creations-Stanley Collins-Will Goldston Publ-circa 1915.-Af

$ 6.59

Availability: 23 in stock
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
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  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Condition: Spine is chipping with some missing sections, appears to be covered with a clear lacquer to hold it all together. Both covers are soiled with edge wear, corner bumps. Former library book, with inside of both covers showing scrapes where library card pockets existed. Covers are loose but still attached. Signatures are slightly shaken. Interior pages seem to be fine, with no dog-ears, no writing. Some pages have embossed stamp of "MORRIL MEMORIAL LIBRARY / NORWOOD, MASS." . I have made this sound like a "dog" of a book. It is not. It is worn, but is complete. Please view the scanned images to see the quality of this fine item.
  • Genre: Magic

    Description

    Original Magical Creations-Stanley Collins-Will Goldston Publ-circa 1915-
    (No Reserve-Bid & the Item Will Sell)
    ITEM:  Hard cover book,
    Original Magical Creations
    , by Stanley Collins, a Will Goldston Publication, circa 1915.
    Contents
    :
    7 Foreword
    9 The Wooden Slab And Flying Card Experiment: for stage
    20 Cards And Coincidence: three selections appear on bottom of three heaps
    25 The Omega Ace Experiment: Three Aces transfer to envelope
    36 Will!: cards stick to the hand and fall, except the selections
    41 The Siamese Bloodstone: selected cards jump from a hat
    46 Le Dernier Cri Mutilated Card Experiment: cut and restored card
    52 A Question Of Memory: selection and performer's cards transpose
    58 Thought Anticipated And Precipitated: selected card appears in card frame
    63 The Guessing Game: spectator is shown two cards and guesses third, but is wrong
    67 The Spider: pips on a card are "eaten" by a spider one by one
    77 The" Knee" Plus Ultra Handkerchiefs: a silk is pulled through the leg, and a 2nd silk transfers legs
    84 A New Ropes And Rings Experiment: through the body
    90 Ginger And The Apple: doll from cannon
    97 The Filtering Ink Experiment: ink slowly drips through cover and 2nd glass into the 1st glass
    105 The Inktubators: another ink trick
    You can find copies on the AddAll on-line book search selling for .56 and up.  Our starting bid is lower and there is no reserve.  Bid and the item will sell.
    DATE:  Circa 1915
    SIZE:  4 7/8 by 7 1/4  inches, 111 pages, hard card covers.
    COND:  Spine is chipping with some missing sections, appears to be covered with a clear lacquer to hold it all together.  Both covers are soiled with edge wear, corner bumps.  Former library book, with inside of both covers showing scrapes where library card pockets existed.  Covers are loose but still attached.  Signatures are slightly shaken.  Interior pages seem to be fine, with no dog-ears, no writing.  Some pages have embossed stamp of "MORRIL MEMORIAL LIBRARY / NORWOOD, MASS." .  I have made this sound like a "dog" of a book.  It is not.  It is worn, but is complete.  Please view the scanned images to see the quality of this fine item.
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