$650
[Classics] Ten classic magic books, including first editions. Included are The Encyclopedia of Cigarette Tricks by Keith Clark (1952, second edition), Magicians' Tricks and How They Are Done by Hatton and Plate (1919), Modern Coin Magic by J.B. Bobo (1952, first edition), The Modern Conjurer by C. Lang Neil (1937), Modern Magic and More Magic by Professor Hoffmann (matching later American editions), Our Magic by Maskelyne & Devant (1911), The Secrets of Conjuring and Magic by Robert-Houdin (1878), Sleight of Hand by Edwin Sachs (second, expanded edition), and The Tarbell Course in Magic (1927; being the original mail-order course rebound in six matching red cloth volumes stamped in gold). All cloth bound, most with jackets. Sizes vary. Condition varies from fair to good. ........................These volumes make up the bedrock of modern conjuring literature; most were included in Annemann's famous "Five-Foot Shelf of Magic."
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2010-10-23
