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Literature of Legerdemain

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Featuring the collection of magic bibliographer Stephen Forrester, this premier sale will feature highlights from his library of rare, old, and unusual conjuring books from the seventeenth century to the present day. Purchase Catalog
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Lot 416

[MAGIC – HISTORY] Group of Nearly 30 Books on History of Ma...

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[MAGIC – HISTORY] Group of Nearly 30 Books on History of Magic and Biographies of Magicians. [V.p., ca. 20th- 21st centuries]. 8vos and 4tos. Publisher’s bindings (hardcovers and paperbacks), most in dust jackets where called-for. Some occasional rubbing, minor soiling, occasional ownership markings. Generally fine. Some titles include: The Anatomy of Magic by John McArdle; The Genius of Robert Harbin; Charles Bertram The Court Conjurer; David Copperfield’s History of Magic (price sticker on rear of jacket); Undiluted Hocus-Pocus The Autobiography of Martin Gardner; Fabulous Destinations; Hiding the Elephant; Magic on the Early English Stage; Mr. Electric Unplugged; The London Palladium; Crambrook’s Catalogue 1843 (modern reprint); The Great Lyle; Circle Without End, and more.

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