$250
[Classics] Eleven classic books about magic tricks and magicians. Including 200 Tricks You Can Do by Howard Thurston (1926, first edition with jacket), Blackstone's Secrets of Magic by Harry Blackstone, Sr. (1929), Card and Conjuring Tricks by Roberts & Crayford (n.d.), Higher Magic by Oscar Teale (1920), Magical Experiments or Science in Play by Arthur Good (1892; nice copy), Magic by Ellis Stanyon (1911), Magic for Everyone by Hereward Carrington (1942), Maskelyne's Book of Magic by Jasper Maskelyne (ca. 1936), Memoirs of Robert-Houdin (1945), Modern Magician's Handbook by W.J. Hilliar (1902), and Tricks with Coins by T. Nelson Downs (1902). All in publisher's cloth and 8vo. Generally good condition.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2010-10-23
