Published by Kaufman & Co.,, Washington,, 1997
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 4to. pp 360. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered silver on spine. Copiously illustrated in black and white throughout. With the bookplate of the late Christopher Brinson, a collector of books on magic, researcher and author of works on magic (Arcady Press). The bookplate shows a sphinx with pyramids in the background and conjuring tools in the foreground including a magic wand. Signed presentation from the author on the title page, "To Christopher Brinson, fellow historian and enthusiast, with best wishes, Eddie Dawes - Southport, 20 Sept. 1997." Fine in fine dust jacket. Signedes.