magic

Hardcover. London, Pavilion Books / Chrysalis Book Group, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, no dust jacket issued. A follow up to 'Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book'. . Marbled endpapers. Letters and envelopes all present; All about fairies. these letters contain everything from wisdom to suggestions to chastisement. Lady Cottington has made notes in the margins not to mention smashed fairies throughout (will she ever stop this nasty habit?!) And the fairies - they too have done their part. sprinkling magic and mayhem throughout. SIGNED BY FROUD.

Hardcover. Chicago, Masters Press, 3rd pr., 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 328 pages, b&w photos. Even without his masterful debut as coach of the 1997-1998 Indiana Pacers, Larry Bird's brilliant, gutsy career with the Boston Celtics--three NBA championship rings and a trio of Most Valuable Player trophies--cries out for celebration and reassessment. He was a dominant player, a thinking player who controlled the game as much with his leadership as his keen passing, tough "D," and the soft touch of his jumper. In Larry Legend, Shaw interweaves chapters of Bird's biography with chapters chronicling his Coach of the Year season to create a hybrid volume; rather than do both well, he does both adequately. Everything is here--Bird's French Lick, Indiana, childhood; why he left Bobby Knight and the Indiana University pressure cooker for lower profile Indiana State; the glory years with the Celtics; the rivalry with Magic Johnson; the back problems; and the ways he re-created the Pacers in his own court-burned image. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Macmillan, 1st, 1942, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Front of dust jacket is cut out and glued onto title-page. Nicely done. Blue cloth covers with mild shelf wear. Translated from Russian by Tatiana Balkoff Drowne. Nice color illustrations by Vera Bock. No markings.

Hardcover. NY, Frederick A. Stokes, 1st, 1918, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, brick-red cloth with cover label, gilt lettering and design faded. This is a American Indian legend called Lost Indian Magic, a mystery story of the Red Man as he lived before the White Man came, Eight color plates by Carl Moon, the one opposite page 70 is loose and laid in. Covers worn, hinges cracked, no markings.

Softcover. US, The Countryman Press, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 47 pages, photos in b&w. Light sun-fade to spine, else a clean, tight copy. From publisher's jacket flap: "Berlin was a magic place for the arts in the twenties and early thirties, and no more so than in theater and dance. Fortunately for us, in the midst of this brilliant world, a young woman destined to become one of the best portrait photographers was just beginning her long illustrious career. Fourth generation photographer (her great grandfather had been taught by Daguerre), Lotte Jacobi photographed the brightest personalities of Berlin (and later New York), many of them her friends, in a direct and honest way that remains surprisingly fresh even today. In this book, along with Lotte's reminiscences of each, are revealing portraits of Peter Lorre, Lotte Lenya, Emil Jannings, Anna May Wong, Rene Clair, Lil Dagover, Claire Bauroff, Pauline Koner, Hanya Holme, and many others. Theater and Dance Photographs is a remarkable record of a remarkable time."

Hardcover. NY, Abrams, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 263 pages. Louis Michel Eilshemius was a born poet-visionary. His paintings reveal a gift for lyrical expression, an ability to impart an unearthly, dreamlike quality to canvas, and an extraordinary originality. The abundant illustrations in this first comprehensive volume on the artist attest to the importance of his contribution to American art at the turn of the century. In his sensitive text, Paul J. Karlstrom illuminates the contradictions that provide the key to understanding Eilshemius's life and art. Thoroughly trained in the academic manner, Eilshemius later became known primarily as the painter of bizarre, 'primitive' nudes. His early paintings, landscapes influenced by the Barbizon school and Camille Corot, differ dramatically from his late works, which are naive and often disturbing fantasies. At his best, Eilshemius was a magician of the canvas, yet his unstable character and unrealistic ambitions prevented him from fully realizing his talent.

Softcover. Robin May, 1st, 2009, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 378 pages. Softcover. Pages clean. Binding good. Wrapper very good. In very good condition. The magic of May's journey portrayed in these pages will answer so may of our questions about the paranormal, while assuaging many of our fears about death and that which comes after.

Softcover. Lincoln NE, Tea Table Mills, 1945, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover brochure, 80 pages, color illustrations. A cookbook using macaroni as the main ingredients. "The magic of macaroni in its endless combinations with all kinds of food." Discusses soups; meats; fish, seafoods & poultry; sauces; meatless main dishes; vegetable recipes; salads and desserts; cooking for the crowd. Clean, bright copy.

NY, Clarion Books, 1st, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Color illustrations by Anthony Bacon Venti. Illustrated end papers. Long before Cornwall was inhabited by humans, it was home to a myriad of mysterious creatures. This collection of stories shares the secrets of the giants, Spriggans, Knackers, and changelings who inhabited and ruled the moors, mountains, and seacoasts of Cornwall. Each shivery tale is preceeded by an introduction to Cornwall's wondrous inhabitants, and is followed by helpful tips on what to do should you encounter one of these unearthly creatures.

Softcover. Stanford CA, Stanford University Press, 1st pbk, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 390 pages. Magic and Modernity is the first book to explore comparatively how magic-usually portrayed as the antithesis of the modern-is also something that is at home in modernity. "Magic" and "modernity" are rarely regarded as belonging together. Evolutionism regarded magic as quintessentially "unmodern." Although psychologists and romantic artists have sometimes declared magic to be a human universal, few modern scholars in the humanities and social sciences have studied how modern culture and institutions incorporated and even produced magic. Light pencil marking to about 30 pages.

Hardcover. London, Jonathan Cape, 1st UK, 2003, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Color illustrations by Burningham. Very light soiling to covers. Georgie has got a new bed, but it's not like other beds. For each night, Georgie says the magic word and it whisks him away on a fantastic adventure. He loves his bed, but one day he and his family go on holiday, and when they come back, Granny has a big surprise for Georgie.

Hardcover. New York, Henry Holt, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Very nice condition, some very minor wear to dust jacket but otherwise new-looking. Nice color illustrations by Demi.

Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown , 1st, 1971, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 71 pages. Cloth boards. Illustrated in 3-colors by Wallace Tripp. Page 26 has crease. Back interior paste down has production flaw- does not effect inner pages. Light marking on cover. Otherwise, Clean, tight copy.

Hardcover. Springfield MA, McLoughlin Bros., 1st, 1943, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Color illustrated boards, spiral bound, color art by McKean. Seven color spreads feature moveable sliding frames with pull-ribbons. All functional and attached. The red plastic spiral binding needs repair. The top 3 rings have on ring missing and the bottom three rings are missing. All the holes are intact, untorn and appear repairable. Good plus condition, fragile, clean.

Hardcover. NY, Morrow, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 49 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Color illustrations by Barry Moser. Light edgewear to dust jacket. Tight copy.

London, Michael Joseph, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, lightly worn dust jacket. Color illustrations by Marsh. Previous owner's signature front end paper. The Magic Island describes the adventures of Janet's two small children, Laura and Edmund,in the natural surroundings by their riverside home in Hampshire.It is a world of beauty,excitement - and danger. . . the evil pike who lives in the river wears a white linen table-napkin and thinks small boys make tasty snacks.Janet Marsh's breathtakingly beautiful illustrations also provide exceptionally detailed information on natural history.

Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. 93 pages. Black & white illustrations by Bill Sokol. Ex-library with usual markings and stamping. Library bookplate front end paper and residue from paper pasted onto rear endpaper. Residue from library label on dust jacket spine. Otherwise very good.

Softcover. NY, Grove Press, Special Reader's Edition, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 288 pages, SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Very clean and tight copy.

Hardcover. Albuquerque, University of New Mexico Press, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 288 pages, SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Spotless and clean copy in a bright dust jacket.

Hardcover. New York, Walker and Company, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 72 pages. Hardcover. Dust jacket unclipped. Color and B/w gar 12/8illustrations throughout. cover boards bound in red cloth with gilt title and decoration on spine and front cover. Some age wear to dust jacket, very good condition. Clean and unmarked inside, binding tight. In great shape for its age.

Hardcover. Chicago, Reilly & Lee, 2nd pr., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 266 pages, b&w illustrations and 12 color plates by John R. Neill. Maroon cloth cover with color pictorial paste-down. This is a second printing from 1923 with all 12 color plates and b&w endpapers illustration. Previous owner's bookplate on half title page. Short tear to top of spine at rear edge, cover plate with light rubbing, mild soil.

Hardcover. New York, Blue Sky Press, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Non-paginated. Hardcover with dust jacket. SIGNED ON TITLE PAGE BY AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR. Crisp, bright copy with minor wear to dust jacket.

NY, Harmony Books, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 26 pages. Color illustrations by Coco Dupuy. In a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Phoebe's parents, who are magicians, forbid her to enter the magic room where they work, until an accident shrinks them to tiny size and they need her help in returning to normal.

Hardcover. London, Picador, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, SIGNED BY NAIPAUL. Like new condition in a bright dust jacket. The author's fourteenth and final novel.