Sold for:
$13,000
$13,000
Erdnase, S. W. Artifice Ruse and Subterfuge at the Card Table. Chicago: [Author], 1902. First edition. Green cloth gilt stamped. Illustrated “with over one hundred drawings from life” by Marshall D. Smith. 8vo. Hamley overslip on title page. Cloth a bit faded, spine with closed tears above title, internally very good. Perhaps the most important book on sleight-of-hand with cards, Erdnases’s book is best known by its cover title, The Expert at the Card Table. In the 112 years since its initial publication, the book has never been out of print.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2014-02-08
