The Ricky Jay Collection Part III
Sat, Aug 17, 2024 12:00PM EDT
Lot 154
DEAN, Henry. Hocus Pocus, or the Whole Art of Legerdemain i...
Estimate: $250 - $350
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DEAN, Henry. Hocus Pocus, or the Whole Art of Legerdemain in Perfection. Glasgow: [Robert Anderson], 1886 (facsimile of the 1797 Glasgow edition). Plain paper-backed covers, printed spine label. Frontispiece. Illustrated. 4to. Foxing to boards, chipping to joints. Bookplate of J.B. Findlay, penciled ownership initials of Ricky Jay to flyleaf. See Toole Stott 222. A note preceding the text states, ?The price of this book is six shillings. If you cannot raise six shillings honestly, do not buy the book.? A variant on cheaper paper was issued in which the prefatory note states that the price is four shillings and sixpence.
