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The Ricky Jay Collection

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Lot 63

The Boy’s Book of Magic. Containing Tricks with Coins and C...

Estimate: $500 - $1,000

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The Boy?s Book of Magic. Containing Tricks with Coins and Cards, with Experiments in Chemistry and Deceptions and Illusions in Legerdemain. Glasgow: Cameron & Ferguson, Publishers, ca. 1870. From the Illustrated Library for Youth series. Buff pictorial wrappers bearing a full-length image of a conjurer with a card in hand. [1 ? 4], 5 ? 32, 32mo. Ex-libris Chris Charlton. Scattered foxing, else very good. The first example we have seen; not in Toole Stott. Rare.