Paul Daniels and the Story of Magic by Fisher, John - 1988

Jonathan Cape, 1988. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Random House (UK), 1987. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Hardback. Very Good.

Hardback. Good.

Jonathan Cape, 1988. hardcover. Like New. 9x7x1. Minimal wear to covers. Text clean and unmarked. The binding is tight and square. Minimal wear to the dust jacket. Your satisfaction is guaranteed!

London: Jonathan Cape, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Quarto. Hardcover with color illustrated dust jacket. 285 pages. Illustrated in black and white and in color.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1987. -----287 pages filled with colour and b & w photos and illustrations, errant pen mark on top edge (minor), dust jacket is in Very Good Plus condition with minor edge wear. "The art of conjuring is arguably the earliest recorded theratrical skill: its practitioners have variously-been called necromancer, wizard, alchemist, charlatan, jongleur and magician. The popular entertainer, Paul Daniels, has today revolutionised ths most spellbinding of performing arts. While not a full-dress academic history of magic, it conveys something that other works have played down: the personalities of those who people that history, with vivid accounts of what they actually did in performance, wheather on stage or in an informal situation. Here you will discover how a sexual scandal may have let to the first production of a rabbit from a hat; how the legendary French magician, Robert-Houdin, anticipated science with his inventive skills & quelled an Algerian rebellion in the… Read More

London, Jonathan Cape first edition - hard cover in dust jacket John Fisher's book records the progression of magic through the years its practitioners variously called wizard, alchemist, charlatan, jongleur and magician, and relates Paul Daniels to the most relevant of his illustrious predecessors and contemporaries. 253 x 184mm., pp. 287, b/w & col. plates, index. Hard cover indust jacket. Contents, NO INSCRIPTIONS; dust jacket, very slight rubbing on corners - no tears or chips. NEAR FINE/VG+ ISBN: 0224024922

Jonathan Cape, 1987. Book. Nr. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Signed inscription 'To Kevin Chapple Best Wishes Paul Daniels Savoy Theatre Dec 89 ro Feb 90..

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