Sold for:
$325
$325
Dean, Henry. Hocus Pocus, or the Whole Art of Legerdemain in Perfection. Glasgow: [Robert Anderson], 1886. A facsimile of the 1797 Glasgow edition. Plain boards with paper spine label. Frontispiece. Illustrated. 4to. Spine splitting and chipped, internally fine and uncut. See Toole Stott 222. A note preceding the text states, “The price of this book is six shillings. If you cannot raise six shillings honestly, do not buy the book.” A variant edition in which the prefatory note states that the price is four shillings and six pence also exists.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2014-02-08
