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Sat, Oct 28, 2017 11:00AM EDT - Sun, Oct 29, 2017 11:00AM EDT
Lot 362

Parlour Magic: A Manual of Amusing Experiments, Transmutations, Sleights and Subtleties, Legerdemain, &c.

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Parlour Magic: A Manual of Amusing Experiments, Transmutations, Sleights and Subtleties, Legerdemain, &c. London: W. Kent, 1861. Fifth edition. Original dark blue pictorial cloth stamped in gilt and blind. Engraved half-title, copiously illustrated. Square 8vo. Broken front and center hinge, needs rebacking; otherwise a very good square copy with rubbing to cloth along spine. Toole Stott 539.

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