Spring Magic Auction
Sat, Apr 8, 2017 11:00AM EDT - Sun, Apr 9, 2017 11:00AM EDT
Lot 287
Hoffmann, Professor (Angelo J. Lewis). Hoffmann Prospectus With His Own Annotations.
Estimate: $500 - $700
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Hoffmann, Professor (Angelo J. Lewis). Hoffmann Prospectus With His Own Annotations. London: George Routledge, 1919. Publisher’s four-page prospectus of Hoffmann’s works on conjuring and games, the front page bearing a halftone portrait of the author (signed “How I used to be forty years ago/ Louis Hoffmann”) and a biographical sketch. A few annotations to the text in Hoffmann’s hand, plus the notation “Aged 80, July 23, 1919” indicating the date the document was reviewed. Apparently an enclosure to a friend in the United States, annotated in the top margin by Hoffmann, “With friendly greetings, from over the Sea.”
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