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The Collection of Edwin A. Dawes Part III

Sat, Feb 15, 2025 12:00PM EST
Lot 406

SACHS, Edwin (1850 – 1910). Sleight of Hand. Part II. Grand...

Estimate: $500 - $1,000

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SACHS, Edwin (1850 ? 1910). Sleight of Hand. Part II. Grand or Stage Magic. London: ?The Bazaar" Office, [1877]. Grey pictorial wrappers. Illustrated. 8vo. Dawes bookplate tipped in at rear. Wraps toned and chipped, spine perished with binding just holding. RARE; the first example in this state we have encountered.One of two parts bound in pictorial wrappers and sold at two shillings per section. The text offered here is made up of gatherings from printings of the first edition but bound differently; the pagination including the terminal advertising leaves are identical to the clothbound examples we have examined.