Sold for:
$100
$100
Taylor, James. Professor James Taylor. Mechanical Magique of Great Complication! Magical Recreations and Optical Illusions. Experiments in Spirit Rapping. London: R.T. Colls, ca. 1870s. A program in six parts. One leaf, originally from a bi-fold, trimmed just within or along the left border. 9 _ x 7". Very good. In "How I Became a Wizard" (1908), Professor Hoffmann recalls seeing the "old-time wizard" Professor Taylor at the Royal Coliseum of London, whose "magical performance," it is suggested, was among the first he observed.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-10-29
