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How's Your Library
Findlay, James B.

How's Your Library

A Guide To Cataloging And Caring For Books

Ireland Magic Company (1958)
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Paperback
98 pages | 140 x 216 mm | USA | English

Genre

  • Conjuring

Subject

  • Magic Tricks- Books

Plot

Findlay, James B.: How's Your Library
©1958 Ireland Magic Company
Paperback, 98 pages

by James B. Findlay with a preface by John Mullholland and a few words by Jay Marshall
Published by Ireland Magic Company, Chicago, 1958. Soft cover wraps.

An authoritative book on collecting for collectors. Written by one of the world's foremost collectors. Covers the whole subject of the care and arrangement of the magical library, data on the books themselves, bookplates with pages of examples, plus the Mulholland article on same. Other bits by well known collectors. Highly recommended to all who are building up their magic

libraries, no matter how small at present. Preface by John Mulholland.

Favorite line from the piece Jay wrote: "There was a time when I used to have shelves made of old Scotch Whiskey cases, Stacked on top of the other; but you can ruin your health building book shelves that way."

Details

Original Publication Date 1958

Personal

Owner Bryan-Keith Taylor
Location Magic Library (Home)
Index 4270
Added Date Jul 01, 2017 03:06:55
Modified Date Mar 29, 2026 19:45:23

Value

Book Condition Near Mint