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[Science and Magic] Group of five recreational science books. Including The Boy's Playbook of Science by John Henry Pepper (New York, 1912); Half Hours of Scientific Amusement (London, ca. 1880); Home Experiments in Science (London, 1892); Chemical Recreations (London, 1854; ex-libris C.A. George Newmann, bearing his bookplate); and Popular Scientific Recreations (New York, 1883). All in publisher's pictorial cloth stamped in multiple colors, and considerably illustrated. Each text includes instructions on magic tricks motivated by science and/or allied scientific experiments. Condition generally fair with loose bindings and wear at extremities.


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Date:
2010-05-16

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