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1898 Magic Stage Illusions Scientific Diversions NrThanks to all my repeat customers for your continued support and patronage during the past year! And welcome to any one i haven't done business with -yet! I am about 3/4 way through the collection, with about another 4 to 6 months to go, so stay tuned. Adn now, on to todays item. 1898 magic, stage illusions and scientific diversions including trick photograhpy compiled and edited by albert a. Hopkins with an introduction by henry ridgely evans no reserve! This hardcover book is 556 pages long. Profusely illustrated throughout, with 400 black and white illustrations! Within this book, one can find some of the greatest illusions from magicians such as robert-houdin, bautier de kolta, heller, kellar, maskelyne and cook, herrmann, etc, all explained in clear detail. This book contains a variety of valuable material pertaining to stage illusions, optics, conjuring tricks, ventriloquism, mental magic, shadowgraphy, automata, ifre eaters, trick photography, the projection of moving pictures, and more! Binding is somewhat shaken. Front and rear endpapers and hinges have eben repaired and reinforced. The covesr and spine are rubbed, with some fraying to the corners. The rear exterior hinge, both spine ends, and small portions of the top and bottom cover edges near the spine ends have been reinforced with cloth tape. There are no loose, torn or missing pages that i saw, with the exception of a large closed end tear (with tape repair) to one niterior page, a few small chips to the first and last blank pages, and a very small closed end tear to the left edge of the frontispiece page. The first blank page has a large tape repair along the right page edge. The interior is clean except for very faint yellowing to some of the page edges as a natural result of ageing, and an occasional small soil mark.
Overall, this book is in fair condition. As with any book this old, some ageing and minor imperfections should be expected, as well as the possibility of unobtrusive prior owner's notations, inventory control numbers and / or signatures. Any major imperfections will be noted.
Please inspect the pictures to get a good idea of the condition of the item and email me with any specific questions. Please click on the shipping calculator to determine your cost to ship this item before you bid so there are no surprises! Please click on the shipping calculator to determine your cost to ship this item before you bid so there are no surprises! Insurance is additional if desired. We are not responsible for uninsured items (but we haven't lost one yet! ). This is an auction and this lot is being sold as is, so please ask any questions you may have before you bid.
Item will be held for 5 days and payment is expected within that time or auction is null and void at my discretion. If you are bidding on multiple items in auctions ending on different days, payment is expected witihn 7 days so i can keep things straight on my end. Money order and paypal will be shipped within 3 business days, items paid by check mya be held until the check has cleared. Combined shipping at teh same price as long as the weight doesn't kick up to the next higher rate and multiple packages aren't necessary. We will always send you an email to let you know when we receive your payment and oen from paypal when your package has been shipped! Thanks for bidding and good luck! A note to our international bidders please keep in mind that not all of teh costs associated with out-of-country shipping are just for the bare costs of the postage itself.
With the cost of gasoline being what it is these days, it costs me over $5.00 in gas and wear and tear on the car alone to make the special trip to the post office that is required because of customs forms, not to mention the additional time (usually an additional hour or more, round trip). Also, several times i have taken the packages for out-of-country shipment to the post office, only to be told that the postage was more than what was charged by the ebay calculator and more than what was quoted by their own usps online calculator.
Another consideration is the cost of packing materials (tape, packing foam, etc. ). This is why i haev 2 statements in the listing to please click on the shipping calculator to determine your cost to ship this item before you bid so there are no surprises. I put them there so there would be no surprise as ot the cost to ship these items after the fact. Please understand that i do not like these high costs for long distance shipping postage and the associated costs any omre than you do, but i have to pay for them. Check out my other items! Be sure to add me to your favorites list! |
