Sold for:
$1,200
$1,200
[Leroy, Servais] Hoffmann, Professor (Angelo J. Lewis). Leroy’s Copy of Modern Magic. London: George Routledge, 1886. Red cloth stamped in black and gold. Illustrated. 8vo. Signed on the title page by Leroy, and with more than 50 annotations, mostly approving comments on Hoffmann’s work – “good” – “very good” – “well explained.” Cloth soiled and well-worn but holding. Grossman’s note on the title page traces ownership of the copy from publisher Paul Fleming to himself in 1971.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-10-31
