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The Ricky Jay Collection

Sat, Feb 25, 2023 12:00PM EST
Lot 98

[DEAN, Henry] The Whole Art of Legerdemain; or Hocus Pocus ...

Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500

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[DEAN, Henry] The Whole Art of Legerdemain; or Hocus Pocus Laid Open and Explained. New York: Published by N.C. Nafis. Philadelphia: by John B. Perry, (1833). Turquoise paper-covered pictorial boards, with Nafis advertisement to rear, John Bull to front. Wood-engraved folding frontispiece (splitting at fold) on blue paper showing a conjurer nailing a card to a wall with a pistol shot. [1 ? 3], 4 ? 71, verso blank.12mo. Scattered light or mild foxing, boards rubbed, chipping to paper and splitting at spine; good. Folding paper box. See Toole Stott 724.