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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 225

[CARD TRICKS & CHEATING]. Group of 19 First or Early Editio...

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[CARD TRICKS & CHEATING]. Group of 19 First or Early Editions of Modern Card Tricks/Cheating Titles. [V.p., 20th/21st century]. 8vos and 4tos. Publisher’s bindings, hardcover or paperback, hardcovers in jacket where called-for. A few titles with wear, soiling, ownership markings. Generally fine. FIRST OR EARLY EDITIONS. First editions include: Card Secrets of Bruce Cervon; Reflections by Helder Muimaraes; The Card Magic of Edward G. Brown; A Book in English by Woody Aragon; Seeking the Bridge by John Born; Cardially Yours by Ed Marlo (2008, Magic Inc.); Ed Marlo’s Revolutionary Card Technique (2 copies, Magic Inc., 2003 – one a first printing the other a second printing); Card File Two by Jerry Mentzer; The Aretalogy of Vanni Bossi by Stephen Minch (sealed in shrinkwrap – presumed first); Expert Card Technique by Jean Hugard and Fred Braue (1940, first in jacket); Cheating at Texas Hold ‘Em by John B. Born (sealed in shrinkwrap – presumed first); Card Tricks for Everyone by Ellis Stanyon (1968 in jacket – presumed first); Revelation by Dai Vernon (2008 first trade edition); Hold ‘Em Magic by Tom Frame (gimmicked card laid-in). Second editions or printings include: Second to None by Simon Lovell; Meant to Be… by John B. Born; A Card Merely Thought of… by Thomas Baxter; Modus Operandi the Card Magic of Jack Carpenter by Stephen Hobbs.

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