Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
Hoffmann, Professor
Published by David McKay, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1882
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A master magician's guide to sleight-of-hand for tricks involving cards, dice, handkerchiefs, dominoes, doves, & more! In 563 pages, with 318 illustrations throughout the text demonstrating the tricks, & an "Appendix containing explanations of some of the best known specialties of Messers. Maskelyne & Cooke" (2 famous British stage magicians). Orig. published in London in 1876, this is a later (c. early 1900s) printing of the FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, orig. published in 1882. This is an outstanding copy of a book that is usually quite worn! Green cloth-covered boards with red stamped design & black lettering to front cover & spine is in VG+ condition: extremely clean, binding tight & square, creamy off-white pages that are very light tanned around edges, but still very supple. Very slight rubbing to extremities & bumped corners, light soil to outside page edges. Two small areas of heavier rubbing with some cloth loss to fore edge side & lower corners of front board. Sticker from Gordon's Satyr book shop of Hollywood on inside back cover. A truly handsome collectible copy! No DJ. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have here! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); Weekends & holidays ship very next business day. Seller Inventory # 015597
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Title: Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the ...
Publisher: David McKay, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Publication Date: 1882
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good+
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: First American Edition
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