Sorcar P C (29 results)

hardcover. Condition: Good. Good condition.No marking/highlighting.Cover and pages may show some wear.Not Satisfied? Contact us to get a refund.

Condition: Good. *Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Monday, Dec. 11 (sale item)* 16 pp., original illustrated paper wrappers, good only. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Slight soiling to page edges.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Delhi: Hind Pocket Books, n.d. (circa 1974) - Very Good paperback - 6.75" tall - b\w ills - minor creasing to about 4 pages (binder error), text still legible, otherwise near Fine (near new) - 130 pages. Selected magic tricks explained, including the famous Indian Rope Trick. ISBN: 0-88253-091-7.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Text in mint/unmarked condition. DJ is missing. Cover has some wear with bumped corners. Binding is tight. Ex-library and marked as such. Your Satisfaction Guaranteed. We ship daily.

Condition: Good. Pictorial wrappers, illustrated, 130 pages. Inscription to Arthur Emerson. Wear to covers, small chip to front hinge, else in good condition.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First. Red cloth has titles in black on front and spine. Slight flaw in cloth across front board under author's name. Boards otherwise clean and bright. Slight age-discolouration of e/p's else contents tight and clean. No inscriptions. 93pp with cartoons and plates at rear. Dust jacket is slightly discoloured and bumped on edges. A very nice copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Like New. book.

Hb. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: None. First Edition. Green board with illustration of P.C. Sorcar on front of cover: Moderate soiling, rubbing & scratches to cover. Spine: head & foot with thin wear, chips; foot with 1.5 split to frontside edge. Small wear to boards fore corners. Edges: just a couple of faint foxings. Frontis: colour profile of P.C.Sorar in attire. Clean content. Illustrated by line drawings. Binding is As New. 176p.

HB. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: None. Revised Edition. Yellow cloth on boards, illustrated photograph of P.C.Sorcar in attire; moderate soiling, rubbing & scratches. Spine: thin wear to head & foot. Wear to boards fore corner. Some small wear spots to extremeties. Edges: faint and just a few foxings. Frontis: colour photograph of P.C.Sorcar. Clean contents. Illustratedby line drawings. Couple of pages head fore corner with small dog-eared. Binding is As New. 176p.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good +. First. No publication date but circa 1965. Yellow cloth with red titles on spine and monograph on front. Corners and spine ends are bumped. End pages are discoloured. Binding tight. No inscriptions. 176pp. Dust jacket is bumped and rubbed on corners and spine ends and there are water stains internally and on the fold-ins. Nice copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. # AS PICTURED : FIVE IMAGES # FIRST EDITION, First Printing, 1960. Heavy quarto, 25x19 cms, green boards lettered red to front and spine : faded, the spine particularly so, with general freckling of small stains and a small scratch/tear affecting the spine title. Otherwise light rubbing/bumping only, commensurate with age. Contents tight, bright and clean with no markings or inscriptions and mercifully foxing-free throughout. 288pp. An attractively designed and well-illustrated book, with a profusion of detailed drawings showing construction and presentation of Sorcar's tricks, as well as numerous full-page b/w photographs on art paper (these unpaginated, thus making it a very substantial volume overall). Containing uncommonly personal and detailed advice on the secrets of his art, each trick described and illustrated in detail. SCARCE. Born in what is now Bangladesh, in 1913, Protul Chandra Sorcar became known as 'The Father of Indian Magic', and internationally famous, as testified by many of the photographs reproduced in the book. FREE P&P IN THE UK. Non-UK buyers will be quoted the additional Shipping required to send this substantial volume securely with Royal Mail. (25% proceeds to the Motor Neurone Disease Association).

Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. A Pictorial account of P C Sorcar's metamorphosis into the Maharaja of Magic from very humble beginnings Provides the reader a closer look at Sorcar whom the greats in his fraternity rated as the 'Greatest Ever' Written by his son who was once his apprentice, now carrying on the proud tradition Photographs culled from various sources throw light on the magician as well as the man behind the scenes P.C. Sorcar is one of the greatest magicians of the twentieth century. He single-handedly revived a languishing Indian art and brought it to the world stage. This book is a pictorial account of his metamorphosis into the Maharaja of Magic from very humble beginnings. Written by his son, who was once his apprentice and now carrying on the proud tradition, this is a deeply personal view of the life and times of a towering figure. Photographs culled from various sources throw light on the magician as well as the man behind the scenes. Rare posters, newspaper articles, cartoons, family photos, private papers, facsimiles of honors and awards add to the richness of the work, thereby providing the reader a closer look at Sorcar whom the greats in his fraternity rated as the 'Greatest Ever'.(jacket).

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 176 pages. Stamped with name of distributor on front free endpaper. Small chip in foredge of front free endpaper. Corners and edges of backstrip bumped and show soome wear. The pages and the photo on the front cover are clean and bright. Photos on request. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Hb. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG-. First Impression. Light green cloth on boards with red titles. Faint thin yellow /soiling to top and bottom boards edges. Edges: light soiling and few only foxings. Ffep: owners ex-libris bookplate. Frontis: b/w photograph of P.C.Sorcar in magicians attire. Thin small smudge to head & foot of eps. B/w illustrations and line drawings. Binding is As New. 288p Dj: moderate rubbing & scratches. Spine: creasing, chips, small tears and a 7 cm open tear to frontside edge; foot of spine wih wear, creasing, small tears and a 2 cm open tear. Top & bottom edges with creasings, wear, small tears and chips. 1kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good +. No Jacket. First. Pictorial hard cover has minor chipping on bottom edge, corners and spine ends with small bite? (1/2 inch) out of front spine edge. 176pp. Contents tight and clean with no inscriptions. Good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Some natural offsetting (light tan stains from glue used in manufacturing) to endsheets, otherwise very good, tight, clean copy with no markings or bookplates. Slight edge wear. In a very good dust jacket with NO chips and only minor edge wear. U.S. price on rear jacket flap has been corrected in thin felt pen. No other markings. Overall, an excellent copy of this large tome. 288 oversize pages illustrated with b&w plates and drawings. Well-produced. Contents includes: author's general opinions on magic topics, historical analysis of Indian Rope Trick, numerous well-illustrated explanations of magical effects ranging from small hand-held tricks to large stage illusions. NO workshop plans.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The incredible story of P.C. Sorcar, the world renowned magician from Bengal with contributions from other famous magicians like Christopher Milbourne, Jack Gwynne, Micky Hades, Jay and Frances Marshall, Burns Scandret, Goodlife, Gasho Ishikawa, Arthur Leroy, Joseph Booth and others(praising his unique art), with color frontis and 20 pages of photo plates and several [pages of hilarious cartoons. Bound in orange cloth and come with the original pictorial dust jacket. A nice and crisp copy, both book and the jacket are very good.

HARD BACK GREEN. Condition: GOOD. first impression, signed and inscribed by author, previous owners name stamped on inside of front and rear covers, black and white illustrations, binding tight, pages clean DATE PUBLISHED: 1960 EDITION: 288.

Condition: Good. First impression. Gray cloth with orange stamping on front cover and spine, pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated, 288 pages. Chips to jacket, soiling to page corner, else in good condition.

Illustr, 10 x 7.25, cloth, 134 pp, covers rubbed and faded, hinges loose, eps toned, in a rubbed, extremity worn and edge chipped, price clipped dust jacket. Scarce.

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. First Edition. More Magic For You by Sorcar, P.C. Indrajal, stated first, 1965 Hardback in acceptable condition. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight, some slight tanning of pages due to paper used and age. Cover is acceptable its clean however there is some damage at top and bottom of spine otherwise clean. Sorcar brought the magic of India to the rest of the world. His advice was don't learn every trick, lean a few and do them well and never expose your trick. This is his second book the first being Magic for You. Loaded with unusual tricks, this title is hard to find. B&W illustrations as well as color photo of Sorcar, 176 pages, index. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Small 8vo. Softcover. Pp. 97 + adverts. Second Edition. Very rare. In very good condition; illustration on cover, corners lightly bumped and spine creased. Small scuffs and marks, including a blue ink stain on the back. Pages themselves are clean and unmarked with light foxing. Includes various b/w illustrations. Protul Sorcar was an Indian magician. He was an internationally active magician throughout the 1950s and 1960s, performing his Indrajal show before live audiences and on television. Sorcar died of a heart attack at the age of 57 in Asahikawa, Hokkaid, Japan, on 6 January 1971, where he was performing.