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Hocus Pocus: A Tale of Magnificent Musicians and Their Amazing Feats
by Kieve, Paul
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Bloomsbury, London, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Peter Bailey. By Author on Half Title Page. VI, 7-304 pages, introduction by Daniel Radcliffe, bibliography, acknowledgements and a note on the magicians in Hocus Pocus. Illustrated endpapers showing various theatre cards for magicians past -- e.g., Houdini, Chung Lin Soo -- Marvellous Chinese Conjurer and Alexander -- The Man Who Knows. On the rear paste down that there is an envelope and within that envelope postcards of the magicians from within the story. Colour illustrated front cover against a purple background with gilt and yellow titles to the front panel and gilt titles to the backstrip. A story about a young magician in the 21st century who all of a sudden is being visited by past masters of the art -- Houdini, Chung Ling Soo, The Great Carter and others. At the rear of the book there is a section on magic tricks to learn for yourself. Rubbing to the book corners and to the book panels. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Peter Bailey. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Children; Signed; Illustrated; fiction -- adolescent; By Author on Half Title Page. Inventory No: 0110150. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0110150
- Title
- Hocus Pocus: A Tale of Magnificent Musicians and Their Amazing Feats
- Author
- Kieve, Paul
- Illustrator
- Peter Bailey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2007
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Novel -- Adolescent -- Magic -- Predigitation, Peter Bailey -- Illustrator, Signed Children; Signed; Illustrated; fiction -- adolescent; Peter Bailey By Author on Half Title Page Unbranded Kieve, Paul Hocus Pocus: A Tale of Magnificent Musicians a
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction -- Adolescent; Signed; Illustrated;
Terms of Sale
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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