The Collection of Edwin A Dawes, Part I
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Lot 264
MASKELYNE & COOKE. Maskelyne and Cooke. The Royal Illusioni...
Estimate: $800 - $1,200
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MASKELYNE & COOKE. Maskelyne and Cooke. The Royal Illusionists and Anti-Spiritualists. London: E. Baynes, ca. 1877. Pictorial wrappers with real photo of J.N. Maskelyne tipped to front cover as issued. Lithographs illustration of Psycho to rear wrapper. 40pp. 8vo. Splitting at spine, else very good. See Toole Stott 1126. SCARCE. An early and elaborate program that gives a biographical sketch of Maskelyne and includes a lengthy discussion of his famous whist-playing false automaton, Psycho.
