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ANDERSON, John Henry (1814 – 74). The Fashionable Science o...

Estimate: $200 - $400

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ANDERSON, John Henry (1814 ? 74). The Fashionable Science of Parlor Magic. [N.p.]: Published by the ?Great Wizard of the North? at his ?Temple of Magic,? (1843). Blue printed wrappers (laid on later thin boards). Frontispiece on pink paper. 12mo. Wood-engraved illustrations. p. [1 ? 5], 6 ? 68 (without 69-72). The rare FIRST EDITION of this title which was published in a supposed 250 editions over roughly the next twenty years. Toole Stott 17.