12937. : Cassell's Book of In-Door Amusements. Card Games and Fireside Fun.
Cassell, 1898. Sixteenth thousand in original decorated boards. Owner's presentation inscription on ffep. Fine. An excellent copy. £20.0012928. ADAIR Ian H.: Magical Menu. Course 1 Entertaining Children and Course 3 Illusions. 2 items.
Adair, 1961 and 1962. 2 volumes, both first editions, in original wraps. Frank Koval's bookplate on the verso of the front cover of No.1. Nice copy with just a touch of rusting of the staples in no. 2. 2 items. £15.0012954. ANDRUS Jerry.: Up Close with Andrus. With Signed Presentation Inscription from the Author.
Andrus, 1957. First edition. Wraps with 3 sheets of plates as called for, plates 1 -6. Nr. fine. Inscribed on the verso of the front cover "To Bob with best regards Jerry Andrus." £25.0012929. BAGSHAWE Edward.: Novel Mysteries. Parts 1, 4 and 5. 3 items.
Davenport, 1940 and 1942. 3 items in original wraps. (1) Original Silk Effects. (2). Original Spiritualistic Effects (3). Miscelleaneous Magic. All Second Editions. J. B. Findlay's bookplate on the verso of all 3 front covers. Nice copies with light rusting of the staples. 3 items. £15.0012934. BELLEW Mrs. Clara edits: The Merry Circle. A Book of New, Graceful, and Intellectual Games and Amusements.
John Camden Hotten, 1881. Reprint, ads at back dated November 1881, in original red cloth lettered and decorated in gilt and black. A nice copy with clean bright boards, a bit of spine lean, contents in very nice condition. VG+. £20.0012927. BERGLAS David.: The David Berglas File No. 1.
Berglas, 1976. First edition. Wraps. Fine. £15.0012931. BUCHANAN J.P.: Hints on Billiards.
George Bell, 1895. First edition in original green cloth lettered and decorated in gilt and black. Boards reasonably bright with some light marks and browning of the spine although the gilt lettering there is clear. A firm copy with a bit of spine lean, contents in nice condition. VG. £100.0012940. CADOGAN Lady Adelaide.: Illustrated Games of Patience. Second Series.
Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington, 1887. First edition in original blue decorated cloth. Boards reasonably clean and bright with a bit of wear to the ends of the spine and edges in places. A firm copy with front end paper cracked at its hinge, contents in nice condition. £15.0012899. CHANDLER Raymond. Script by GOODMAN David Zelag.: Farewell My Lovely. Script.
EK Corporation. 1975. Full Continuity Script for the 1975 Film directed by Dick Richards, titled Domestic Version Export Script. Wraps, duplicated sheets with light card outers. A very nice copy with outer sheets a bit marked, contents fine. £65.0012921. CHAPELLE Howard I.: The History of American Sailing Ships.
Putnam, 1936. First English edition in original blue green boards lettered and decorated in gilt and blind. Owner's name and address dated 1940 on ffep and small bookplate on front pastedown. Boards quite bright with some marks and rubbing. A firm entirely useable copy with contents in quite nice condition. VG. £25.0012953. CHARLES Jon.: Table-Hopping a few thoughts, another copy, and Lecture Notes and Newstear.
Charles, 1994 and 1997. First editions. The second copy of Table Hopping is dated March 1994 and Newstear is dated 1997. Wraps. All fine. 4 items £15.0012942. CREMER W. H. edits: Hanky Panky. A Book of Conjuring Tricks.
John Camden Hotten, 1873. First edition, with Spring List for 1873, in original blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt and black. Boards reasonably clean and bright with some browning and wear to the spine and edges. Front hinge starting but holding satisfactorily, ffep, prelims and first page of text loose with some edge wear. Otherwise a firm copy with browning of the cut edge, contents in nice condition. So a distressed but entirely useable copy. £20.0012935. CREMER W.H. edits: The Secret Out.
John Grant, nd. Reprint, c.1890?, in original green cloth lettered and decorated in gilt and black. Very nice copy, nr. fine say. £25.0012896. DI LORENZO Edward.: Lady Frankenstein. Final Dialogue Script.
New World Pictures, 1971. Final dialogue script for this film directed by Mel Welles and Aureliano Luppi, starring Joseph Cotten. 47 carbon copy sheets with trailer summary, held in British Film Institute Book Library wraps, titled in ink and marked duplicate. Outer wrap somewhat sunned with some edge wear, contents in nice condition. £35.0012915. ELIOT George.: Adam Bede. 3 volume set.
Blackwood, 1859. First edition, 3 volume set complete, in a very nice early half leather binding with raised bands on the spine, lettered and decorated in gilt with marbled end papers and cut edges. Page size reduced on binding to 17.8 x 11.6cm which causes the loss of "The Right to Translation is Reserved" at the bottom of the title pages but is not at all noticeable otherwise as this title was printed with generous margins. Bound with half titles and prelims as called for but without the ads insert at the end of volume 3. Boards clean and bright with a touch of rubbing to the spines and the fore-edges. Firm, barely used copies, with minor soiling to a couple of pages in volume 3, contents in very nice condition. 3 volume set. We also have a set of the first edition of The Mill on the Floss in identical binding which can be bought with this set at an advantageous price, see our #12917. £575.0012917. ELIOT George.: Adam Bede. The Mill on the Floss. Two 3 volume sets in matching bindings.
Blackwood, 1859 and 1860. First editions, 3 volume sets, in matching early half leather bindings with raised bands on the spine lettered and decorated in gilt with marbled end papers and cut edges. Page sizes reduced on binding to 17.8 x 11.6cm which causes the loss of "The Rights to Translation are Reserved" on all title pages, but is not noticeable otherwise as both titles were printed with generous margins. Bound with half titles and prelims as called for but without the ads inserts at the end of volume 3. Pages 225 to 272 in volume 3 of The Mill on the Floss are not included, clearly they were never bound in. All firm, barely used copies with minor soiling to a couple of pages in volume 3 of Adam Bede, contents in very nice condition. The titles are available separately - see our #12915 and 12916. Two 3 volume sets in matching bindings. £700.0012916. ELIOT George.: The Mill on the Floss. 3 volume set.
Blackwood, 1860 First edition, 3 volume set, in a very nice early half leather binding with raised bands on the spine, lettered and decorated in gilt with marbled end papers and cut edges. Page size reduced on binding to 17.8 x 11.6cm which causes loss of "The Rights of Translation is Reserved" at the bottom of the title pages but is not at all noticeable otherwise as this title was printed with generous margins. Bound with half titles and prelims as called for and without ads insert at the end of volume 3. Pages 225 to 272 in volume 3 are not included, they were clearly never bound in. Boards clean and bright with a touch of rubbing to the spines and fore-edges. Firm, barely used copies with contents in very nice condition. 3 volume set. We also have a set of the first edition of Adam Bede in identical binding, #12915. The two can be bought together at an advantageous price, see #12917. £275.0012950. FINDLAY J. B.: Juggling Through Four Reigns. Being a short memoir of "Old Malabar" - One of Glasgow's best known Worthies.
Mac's Mysteries, 1945. First edition. Wraps. Just a touch of rusting to the staples, fine. £45.0012936. GOLDSTON Will.: Latest Conjuring.
Gamage, 1905. First edition in original boards with spine replaced sympathetically, all original contents. Boards clean and bright with a few marks. A firm copy with some spine lean, contents in very nice condition. £30.0012952. GRANT U. F.: Grant's Magical Treasures. Refresher Notes for the U.F.Grant Sound Film Movie Lecture.
Craig, 1956. First edition. Film produced by Mystic Craig for The Twentieth Annual Convention of the British Ring I.B.M. Wraps. Nice copy - VG+ say. £20.0012943. GREEN Lennart.: The Green Angle Separation.
Green, nd. First edition. Wraps. Fine. £15.0012933. GUISE F.: Have Patience.
Arrowsmith/ Simpkin, Marshall, c.1890? 8 pages prelims and 119 pages contents, in original decorated wraps. Finishes abruptly after 1 page of Hey Diddle, Diddle so more to come. On rear cover "Have More Patience.....Will shortly appear." Clear plastic laminate to wraps which have browned somewhat. A firm copy with wraps a bit spotted, light wear to the bottom edge of the front cover and first page, contents in nice condition. £20.0012895. GULLIVER Lemuel. Screenplay by Don Black.: Gulliver's Travels. Ivor Beddoes' copy. Shooting Script.
Valeness Limited, 1972. Shooting script for the 1976 EMI/Valeness-Belvision film directed by Peter Hunt starring Richard Harris. Wraps with some manuscript alterations. Ivor Beddoes' copy - with the artist's name written on the top cover. Top wrap somewhat soiled, lower wrap with 3 small doodle sketches. A firm copy with contents in nice condition. £30.0012901. HEYWARD Louis M and ULLMAN Elwood.: The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini. Combined Continuity Script.
American International Pictures, 1966. Combined Continuity Script for the 1966 film directed by Don Weis, starring Boris Karloff and Basil Rathbone. Wraps, 88 pages with pale green top sheet. Bit of creasing to the edges of the last few pages, nice copy. £35.0012941. HOFFMANN Professor.: Later Magic.
Routledge, 1904. First edition in original red cloth lettered and decorated in gilt and black. Small Hamley's stamp on ffep. Boards quite clean and bright with some sunning and light wear to the spine and two small stains to the rear board. End papers cracked at the hinges which are starting but holding satisfactorily. Otherwise a firm copy with some browning of the cut edge, contents in nice condition. £100.0012898. HUFFAKER Clair.: Tarzan and the Valley of Gold. Combined Continuity Script titled Tarzan 66.
American International Pictures, 1966. Combined Continuity Script for the 1966 film directed by Robert Day. Wraps, duplicated sheets, 76 pages, with yellow top sheet which records the title as Tarzan 66, later changed to Tarzan and The Valley of Gold. Nice copy. £35.0012949. JOSEPH Eddie.: A Practical Lesson in Cups and Balls.
Abbott's Magic Novelty Co., nd. First edition, No. 1 in Mysteries of India Series. Wraps. Frank Koval's bookplate on verso of front cover. A reasonable copy with a crease down the centre and light edge wear. £15.0012951. JOSEPH Eddie.: Premonition.
Unique Magic Studio, nd. First edition. Wraps. P5 written on front cover and stab hole close to top edge. Nr. fine. With Addendum page laid in. 2 items. £15.0012905. JURACEK Pavel and POLAK Jindrich.: Voyage to the End of the Universe. ie English language edition of Ikarie XB-1. Combined Continuity Script.
American International, 1964. Full continuity script for the English language edition of this film directed by Jack Pollack. Wraps, 95 duplicated sheets with a blue top sheet. Outer sheets lightly soiled, contents in nice condition. £30.0012925. KEMP Dixon.: A Manual of Yacht and Boat Sailing.
1891. Seventh edition in original dark blue cloth lettered in gilt. Boards quite clean and bright with just a touch of sunning at the spine and a couple of minor marks. Lacks title page and plate 1 and the 2 pages of prelims after the tile are loose and edge worn. There are a couple of minor annotations, a few plates have short tears and one of the folding plates has some fraying of the unprinted fore-edge. A firm copy with contents in nice condition. £55.0012924. KEMP Dixon. Edited by Brooke Heckstall-Smith and Linton Hope.: Dixon Kemp's Manual of Yacht and Boat Sailing and Yacht Architecture. 2 Volumes Complete.
Horace Cox, 1913. 11th edition in 2 volumes in original blue cloth with spine label. (1). Volume 1 Text. Spine relaid with new material visible at the edges. Boards rubbed and discoloured with some wear to the edges in places. Annotations in places, mainly in pencil which can be easily erased, a few in light inoffensive ink. A firm copy with light browning of the cut edges, contents in quite nice condition. So a reasonable, entirely useable copy of the text volume. (2). Volume 2 Plates. Spine and front board virtually separated. About half the plates with tears and creasing. Two of them have splits down their length and a few have substantial creasing. The others have tears at the first panel mainly from use - it is tricky unfolding these large plates - or creasing to the outer edge. One plate has a minor annotation. Nothing missing we believe and overall the condition of the plates is otherwise quite good. 2 volume set complete. £125.0012897. KLEINER Harry.: Fantastic Voyage.
Twentieth Century Fox, 1966. Script, Continuity and Dialogue taken from the Moviola, for the 1966 Richard Fleischer film. Wraps, duplicated pages with blue outers. Originally held with two clips, one remaining. Top cover separate with some edge wear. Quite a nice, entirely useable, copy. £40.0012945. KOZLOWSKI Mike.: The Hundred Dollar Bill Switch.
Kozlowski, 1977. First edition. Spiral bound wraps. Fine. £15.0012923. LECKY S. T. S. Revised and enlarged by William Allingham.: Wrinkles in Practical Navigation.
George Philip, 1908. Fifteenth edition in original blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt and blind. Owner's sig dated 1908 on front pastedown. Boards quite bright with spine darkened although the lettering is little affected and some wear to the edges and ends of the spine and corners. The binding has separated in the centre leading to the loss of pages 337 - 340, pages 321 - 341 loosely held and pages 341 to 369 with illustrations as called for there loose and with damage to the edges. Otherwise a reasonable copy wuith contents in quite nice condition. £25.0012939. LEMON Don selects: Everybody's Book of Puzzles.
Saxon, 1893. Original blue cloth lettered and decorated in dark blue quite clean and bright with dark blue a bit faded, a few marks and small area of surface loss at the top of the rear spine crease. A firm copy with contents in nice condition. £25.0012913. MACDOUGALL Ranald.: Outbreak (Fever Pitch). Screenplay.
Universal City Studios, 1968. First Draft Screenplay, no. 00913. Wraps, 122 duplicated pages in green outer. Nr. fine. £35.0012900. MELCHIOR Ib.: The Time Travellers. Combined Continuity Script.
American International Pictures, 1964. Combined Continuity Script for the 1964 film written and directed by Ib Melchior. Wraps, 81 duplicated sheets with blue top sheet. Two modest stains to the last few pages, nice copy. £30.0012893. ORWELL George. Script by JASON Harvey.: Keep the Aspidistra Flying. Screenplay.
Vala Films, 1971. Screenplay for this adaptation of George Orwell's novel. 113 duplicated pages, wraps. Nice copy with some minor marks to the wraps. £90.0012938. PLANCHE Frederick D'Arros compiles and arranges. George Cruikshank and others illustrate.: Guess Me: A Curios Collection of Enigmas....
Dean, 1872. First edition in original brown cloth lettered and decorated in gilt and black. Owner's sig dated 1873 on ffep. Boards clean and bright with some wear at the ends of the spine including a chip at the top of the front spine crease. A firm copy with cut edge browned contents in nice condition. £45.0012932. PRINCE Charles A.: 50 Simple Card Tricks.
Will Andrade, 1950s? First edition apparently in original decorated wraps. Bookseller's stamp on front cover and in 3 other places. Wraps quite clean and bright with some darkening at the spine. A firm copy with staples rusting a bit, contents in nice condition. VG. £35.0012946. REEVE Harry.: Card-Iac Arrest! and The Boy Friend. The first with signed presentation inscription from the author.
Reeve, 1994. 2 items. (1). Card-Iac Arrest!. Wraps. Fine. Inscribed by the Author on the verso of the front cover. "To Chris. It is always a pleasure working with you - both in admin and magically. Harry. 4.94." (2). The Boy Friend. 4 photocopied sheets. Fine. 2 items. £15.0012918. REYNOLDS Henry.: Coastwise - Cross-Seas. The Tribulations and Triumphs of a Casual Cruiser.
Potter, 1921. First edition in original blue cloth with frontispiece and one other plate. Boards rubbed with some rubbing and fraying to the edges in places, lettering barely visible. Quite a firm copy with contents in nice condition. So a poor but entirely useable copy. £15.0012911. RICHARDS Frank.: The Gem. 40 issues.
Amalgamated Press, 1933 - 4. 40 issues of the 54 published from 2 September 1933 to 8 September 1934 in original wraps. Nos 1333 - 1339, 1341 - 1343, 1345 - 1348, 1351 - 1353, 1355 - 1366, 1368 - 1374 and 1383 - 1386. Inserts issued free in some issues not included. 4 small stab holes at the spine - the comics have clearly been held together in the past with cord. All in reasonable condition with wraps quite clean and bright and light browning with a few stains and short tears, including a 2" closed tear at the spine of no. 1339. 40 items. £65.0012912. RIGBY Ray.: Jackson's War. Screenplay.
Cineman Prods. Ltd., nd. Screenplay, from his own novel Jackson's War, by the writer of The Hill. Wraps, 171 duplicated pages with red outer light card covers. Three names in pencil on title page. A couple of minor splash stains to early pages. Nice copy.. £35.0012902. RUSSELL Ken directs: French Dressing. Release Script.
AIB/Kenwood, 1964. Release Script for the 1964 film directed by Ken Russell, written by Peter Myers, Ronald Cass and Peter Britt. Wraps, 114 duplicated pages with light card outer, all held with light cord. Label on front cover records this as Copy No. 85. Wraps are a bit browned at the spine and edges with a couple of ref. nos. on front cover. All in nice condition. £65.0012904. RUSSELL Ray.: The Horror Of It All. Release Script.
Twentieth Century Fox, 1964. Release script with continuity for the film directed by Terence Fisher, starring Pat Boone. Wraps, 85 duplicated pages with blue outers. Horror All written on one side. A very nice copy with a couple of minor marks to the wraps. £30.0012919. SCOTT Morin.: Gerda's Sea Cruise. Cruising in a Dragon Yacht from Scotland to Norway.
Robert Ross, c.1948. First edition in original blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. Boards are reasonably clean and bright with a discolouration of the front fore-edge and fading of the spine although the lettering is visible. A firm copy with contents in nice condition. A reasonable, entirely useable, copy. £20.0012947. SEABROOKE Terry: I Suddenly Realised..... and I Do It My Way.
Seabrooke, nd. 2 items in original wraps. Both fine. £15.0012903. SERRADOR Narciso Ibanez.: The House that Screamed ie English Version of La Residencia. Script.
American International, 1972. Script in English and Spanish for this film written and directed by Narcisso Serrador. Wraps, duplicated sheets with light card outers, with prelims giving credits etc for the English edition. With British Film Institute Book Library stamp on front cover, marked duplicate and some alterations. Closed tear to rear cover sheet with stain left by old tape. Nice copy. £30.0012914. SHAND Dennis R.: The Wake of Death. Outline for Film.
Shand, 1951. First Treatment of an Original Story for Film. Wraps, 39 carbon copy pages with black outer. Fine. £35.0012944. STANFORD C. W.: How to Work Trade Shows as a Business.
Stanford Productions, 1989. First edition. Wraps. Fine. £15.0012948. TAYLOR Harold.: The Angle of a Pro. With signed presentation inscription from the author and 2 photographs.
Taylor, nd. First edition. Wraps. Fine. Inscribed on the rear cover "Happiness Always Christopher Harold Taylor ...1975." With 2 postcard sized promotional photographs, one with contact details etc on verso. 3 items. £15.0012926. THEARLE Samuel J. P.: Naval Architecture: A Treatise on Laying Off and Building Wood, Iron, and Composite Ships.
William Collins, 1876. Reprint, Advanced Science Series, in original brown cloth lettered and decorated in black and gilt. Owner's sigs and notes on ffep and title pages. Spine loose and held in place with 2 pieces of tape. Boards quite clean and bright with wear to the edges in places. End papers cracked at the hinges but a firm copy with a minor small stain to the top edge of the first few pages, contents in nice condition. £20.0012930. VICTOR Edward.: More Magic of the Hands. 2 volume set complete.
Davenport, 1937. First edition, 2 parts complete, in original wraps. Frank Koval's bookplate on verso of both front covers. Some marks and sunning to the wraps, lettering there faint. Firm copies with just a touch of rusting to the staples of part 2, contents in nice condition. 2 volume set. £15.0012907. WALLACE Edgar. Screenplay by John Roddick.: Death Trap. Release Script.
Merion Park Studios, 1963. Release script for the 1963 film directed by John Moxey. Wraps, 71 duplicated pages with a top sheet. In very nice condition. £45.0012909. WALLACE Edgar. Screenplay by Lindsay Galloway and John Roddick.: The Double. Release Script.
Merton Park Productions, 1963. Release script with continuity for the 1963 film directed by Lionel Harris. Wraps, 71 duplicated pages with top sheet. A very nice copy. £45.0012910. WALLACE Edgar. Screenplay by Lukas Heller.: Candidate for Murder. Release Script.
Merton Park Studios, 1961. Release script for the film directed by David Villiers. Wraps, 65 duplicated sheets with a top sheet. A few minor marks to outer sheets. Nice copy. £45.0012906. WALLACE Edgar. Screenplay by Richard Harris.: Attempt to Kill. Release Script.
Merton Park Studios, 1961. Full script with continuity for this 1961 film directed by Royston Morley. Wraps, 66 duplicated sheets with a top cover sheet. A very nice copy. £45.0012908. WALLACE Edgar. Screenplay by Robert Stewart.: Backfire! Release Script.
Merton Park Studios, 1961. Release script with continuity for the 1961 film directed by Paul Almond. Wraps, 74 duplicated pages with a top sheet. Top sheet pulled from one of the holding clips, contents in very nice condition. £45.0012894. WARD Mary Jane. Screenplay by Frank Partos and Millen Brand.: The Snake Pit. Full Continuity Script.
20th Century Fox, 1948. Full continuity script for this 1948 Darryl F. Zanuck film, directed by Anatole Litvak. This copy intended for use of translators - with an additional page of instructions for them at the front. Duplicated sheets in wraps with plain blue lower cover, no front cover. Top sheet has a few closed edge tears and the rear cover has light shelf wear to the edges. A firm copy with contents in nice condition. £45.0012920. WORTH Claud.: Yacht Cruising.
Potter, 1926. Third edition in original blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt and blind. Owner's sig dated 1955 on ffep. Boards quite bright with some marks and light rubbing. A firm entirely useable copy with contents in quite nice condition. VG. £35.0012922. YOUNG Archibald.: Summer Sailings by an Old Yachtsman.
David Douglas, 1898. First edition in original blue cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. Nice sailing owner's presentation inscription dated 1902 on the blank between the half title and frontispiece. Boards quite clean and bright with some rubbing and a bit of fraying to the edges and corners in places. Early pages loose - ffep partly detached, prelims up to the preface loose. Otherwise a decent copy with some spotting of the plates and some damage to the unprinted fore-edge of a few pages from careless opening. This copy could easily, and quite cheaply, be restored. £45.00