Books of magic

Wiesner, William [Arresto the Great Presents] The Book of Magic. Grosset and Dunlap, 1944. First Edition — Wiesner, William [Arresto the Great Presents] The Book of Magic. Grosset and Dunlap, 1944. First Edition

Houdini's Book of Magic and Party Pastimes 1927 via Abebooks.com

Houdini's Big Little Book of Magic 1933. Found on ebay.

Magic Feats by Majikans - A Miscellany of Practical Magic, 1948 via What floats my boat

Demian by Herman Hesse

Nice decorative boards. Published by Boni and Liveright, 1923. First American edition, first printing.

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Three little pigs and an ill-fated wolf

Here are three versions of the porcine triumvirate's saga from the U.S., Germany and the Soviet Union.

[Walt Disney]. Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf. McKay, 1933. via Heritage Auctions

Drei kleine Schweine Williams Verlag, Berlin 1934, in almost (very hard to find) perfect condition; this is the first Geman version fo the famous American Disney . Also from children's book € 490.- ($ 613) via disneyana.de — Drei kleine Schweine Williams Verlag, Berlin 1934, in almost (very hard to find) perfect condition; this is the first Geman version fo the famous American Disney . Also from children's book € 490.- ($ 613) via disneyana.de

Tri Porosjonka (Drei Schweinchen), Soviet Union, 1937. Also from  disneyana.de — Tri Porosjonka (Drei Schweinchen), Soviet Union, 1937. Also from disneyana.de

Agatha Christie early novel

Giants' Bread (1930) was one of 6 early non-crime novels Christie wrote under the nom de plume Mary Westmacott.

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The Hayes residence

Designed by architect Raymond Kappe. Sherman Oaks, CA 1959.

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