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Sat, Apr 8, 2017 11:00AM EDT - Sun, Apr 9, 2017 11:00AM EDT
Lot 209

[Miscellaneous – Parlor Magic] Group of Seven Vintage and Antiquarian Volumes.

Estimate: $200 - $300

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209. [Miscellaneous – Parlor Magic] Group of Seven Vintage and Antiquarian Volumes. Including The Secret Out (London, 1875; Toole Stott 1014; ex-libris J.B. Findlay; cloth heavily worn but binding quite strong) by Cremer; The Fireside Magician (New York, 1870; Toole Stott 582; boards heavily rubbed); Parlor Magic: A Manual (Samuel French, ca. 1880s); The King of the Conjurors (London, [n.d.]) by Borlase; Silas the Conjurer (London, 1874; Toole Stott 1366); How to Become an Inventor (1902; chapbook with sections on pneumatics, optical illusions, hydraulics); and Card Tricks and Puzzles (London, ca. 1890s). Illustrated. 8vos. Condition varying from fair to very good.

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