Salon de Magie: The Klosterman Collection Part I
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Lot 216
[Elliott, Dr. James William] Roterberg, Augustus. New Era C...
Estimate: $300 - $600
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[Elliott, Dr. James William] Roterberg, Augustus. New Era Card Tricks. Chicago: Roterberg, 1897. Blue cloth stamped in silver. Illustrated. 8vo. Binding loose and ffep detached. Bearing a portrait of Dr. Elliott on the front pastedown, and a lengthy gift inscription from Elliott stating, in part, ?To Mr. Francis J. Werner my talented friend, compliments of J. William Elliott, M.D., alias (?The Boston Kid?), challenge champion kard manipulator of the world?? and listing ?my tricks? below the inscription or criticizing specific entries. On the facing page, Elliott lists the tricks of Adrian Plate. On the corresponding pages in the text, Elliott has penciled a capital letter ?E? next to tricks of his own invention.
