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Winter Magic Auction

Tue, Nov 19, 2019 10:30PM EST
Lot 90

Greater Magic. Presentation Copy.

Estimate: $400 - $600

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$0 $5
$30 $10
$100 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
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$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
Hilliard, John Northern. Greater Magic. Minneapolis: Carl Waring Jones, 1938. First edition, from the first impression of 1,000 copies. Presentation copy, inscribed on the front flyleaf by the editor, Carl Waring Jones, in the month of publication, to Irving Desfor, and additionally inscribed and signed by co-editor Jean Hugard in 1940, with an autograph letter signed by the Hilliard laid in. Gift inscriptions and signatures of Bob Lund and H. Adrian Smith on the ffep and half-title. Publisher?s red cloth, original dust-wrapper on glossy paper. Illustrated. Thick 8vo. Shaken, splitting hinges, scattered dampstaining and soiling to edges. Nice association copy.