The Collection of Edwin A Dawes, Part I
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Lot 146
ROBERT-HOUDIN, Jean-Eugène (1805 - 1871). Card-Sharping Exp...
Estimate: $200 - $300
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ROBERT-HOUDIN, Jean-Eug?ne (1805 - 1871). Card-Sharping Exposed. Translated and Edited, with Notes by Professor Hoffmann. London: George Routledge and Sons, Limited, [ca. 1882]. Early English edition. Original full light brown cloth, front board stamped in red and black, spine stamped in red, black, and gilt. With a few intertextual diagrams. 8vo. 316, [2, ads] pp. Spine toned, some rubbing, soiling to boards, endleaves soiled, text mildly toned, with some occasional foxing, one short tear to half-title. Very good. Dawes? bookplate and advertising card of magician Richard Armour (?Conjurer Dick?) on front endleaves, advertising card of conjurer and ventriloquist Harry Vernon affixed to copyright page. Signed by Armour on the title-page.Originally published in English as The Sharper Detected and Exposed, this is the more popular revised and expanded version. See previous lot.
