Magical Titbits by Professor Hoffmann (3 results)
Published by George Routledge & Sons 1911 1911
- Hardcover
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, New ZealandHard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd.
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used
£ 67.07
£ 15.07 shippingShips from New Zealand to U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketOctavo red cloth boards, gilt lettering to front and spine, white hand illustration to front, viii+221pp, VG+ (light scuffing to boards, light tanning and occasional light foxing to edges and contents, prev. bookseller's stamp to rear pastdown, occasional light soiling within).
Published by London: George Routledge & Sons, Ltd., New York: E. P. Dutton & Co. 1911
Seller: Quicker than the Eye, Chicago, U.S.A.Quicker than the Eye
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Good. Red cloth with white and gilt stamping on front cover and spine. Portrait frontispiece, illustrated, 221 pages. Corners bumped a bit, spine slanted, else in good condition.
Published by George Routledge and Sons, London 1911
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Tennyson Williams Books and Fine Art, Williamsburg, U.S.A.Tennyson Williams Books and Fine Art
Contact seller3-star sellerHard Cover. Condition: Collectible- Good+. No Dust Jacket, as Issued. First Edition. viii, 221 pages. Decorated red cloth cover; gilt titling, with raised hand in white. Some illustrations. Part I includes various magic effects (The Rice and Water Trick, The Demon Digits, The Great Book Mystery, The Crystal Balls, etc.); Part II… is devoted to the many ingenious inventions of Hoffmann's friend and performer Joseph Michael Hartz (1836-1903), whom he calls primarily an "apparatus" conjuror, but of the first order. Hartz was awarded many medal & diamond pins from royalty all over the world, such was his skill. His Devil of a Hat (a hat tick) is one of many described in the book. Cover is rubbed over all, especially to rear; rubbed to board at corners and 4 tiny spots rubbed on front. Spine is sunned. Front pastedown endpaper has 3 lines of handwriting and original bookseller sticker (reddish stain at bottom corner); ffep has previous owner's name (which has left ghost impression on half-title page underneath it. Half-title and rear free endpaper are quite toned. A small spot on each of rear endpapers. Just a few pages have slight stains; pgs. 212-213 have dark stain in gutter. Still a nice tight copy! Better than it sounds! Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. H.L. Shindler (illustrator). Book.
