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[Popular Recreations] Three Antiquarian Books on Puzzles, Chemical Magic, and other Recreations. Including Chemistry and Chemical Magic (London, [1912]) by Johnson; Marvels of Invention and Scientific Puzzles (London, ca. 1890) by Tissandier; and Boys’ Useful Pastimes (New York, 1888) by Griffith. Pictorial cloth. Illustrated. 8vos. Very good as a group, lattermost volume lightly soiled at front cover and spine.


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