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Featuring the collection of magic bibliographer Stephen Forrester, this premier sale will feature highlights from his library of rare, old, and unusual conjuring books from the seventeenth century to the present day. Purchase Catalog
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Lot 201

ALBO, Robert (1932-2011). Classic Magic Series, Vols. 1 – 1...

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ALBO, Robert (1932-2011). Classic Magic Series, Vols. 1 – 11. San Francisco, 1973 – 2005. Copiously illustrated with drawings and color plates. 4tos. Each volume from a limited, numbered edition. Volumes 1-8 housed in publisher’s red cloth case, balance in matching slipcase/box. Several volumes SIGNED by Albo. Volume 8 includes many supplements and addenda, not collated. Generally very good condition or better; a handsome and well-kept set of this omnibus of vintage apparatus.

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