Sold for:
$750
$750
Hoffmann, Professor. Modern Magic. London: George Routledge and Sons, [1876]. First Edition, First State. Dark pictorial green cloth, stamped in black and gold. Tissue-guarded frontispiece. Illustrated. 8vo. Lacks FFEP; rear board splitting and hinges cracking; nicks and rubbing to cloth. Toole Stott 386. Certain details in the color stamping on the front board – specifically, that the Conjurer’s hat is black and the cone to his right is gold – help identify this copy as a true first state; see the above Toole-Stott entry.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-02-07
