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Gambling Memorabilia Day 1

Sat, May 6, 2017 11:00AM EDT - Sun, May 7, 2017 11:00AM EDT
Lot 359

Erdnase, S.W. The Expert at the Card Table.

Estimate: $7,000 - $9,000

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Erdnase, S.W. The Expert at the Card Table. Chicago, 1902. First edition. Publisher’s green cloth stamped in gilt. Illustrated. 8vo. Ornum’s Novelty Depot over-slip on the title page. From the library of Graham Adams, magician and writer on card manipulation, with his bookplate on the flyleaf. Replaced flyleaves and pastedowns; cloth slightly darkened, with a few scuffs and light areas of soiling. Custom buckram slipcase. Together with a quarter-leather bound collection of original extracts of Adams’ columns from Wilford Hutchinson’s Conjurer’s Chronicle (1930s) on card manipulation and other magic.

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