Robert-Houdin, Jean and William J. Hilliar (trans.). Card Sharpers: Their Tricks Exposed. Chicago: Frederick Drake, 1903. Cream pictorial cloth stamped in red and black. Illustrated. 8vo. Cloth fraying and mildly soiled, spine end chipped, otherwise good. Scarce Binding.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-02-07
Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugene. Card Sharpers: Their Tricks Exposed. London: Spencer Blackett, 1891. Pictorial green cloth. Illustrated with figures. 8vo. Spine darkened and scuffed, some wear Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-12-03
Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugene. Card-Sharpers: Their Tricks Exposed. Chicago: Frederick J. Drake, 1903. Green cloth lettered in gilt on front. Publisher’s decorative endsheets. 8vo. 201pp + Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-06-27
Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugene. Card Sharpers: Their Tricks Exposed. London: Spencer Blackett, 1891. Pictorial green cloth. Illustrated with figures. 8vo. Spine darkened, with some soiling and Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-06-27
Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugéne. Card Sharpers. Their Tricks Exposed. Chicago, 1902. English edition translated by William J. Hilliar. Red pictorial cloth. Illustrated. 8vo. Ex-libris George Boston. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2012-01-28
[Miscellaneous] Six books and booklets on cardsharps and confidence gambling. Including two editions of Card Sharpers: Their Tricks Exposed by Robert-Houdin, red cloth (London, 1891), Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-06-27
[Pulps] Group of five pulp gambling exposé publications. Including Card Sharpers Their Tricks Exposed by Robert-Houdin (1902), Tricks and Traps (n.d.; pages uncut), Confidence-Gambling and Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2011-01-29
[Classics] Nine-volume library of classic conjuring publications and periodicals. From the collection of Sigmar K. Hofeller (Sigmar the Magician, 1895 -1964), these nine clothbound volumes Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2011-01-29
[Miscellaneous – Pulps] Two dozen vintage conjuring and card sharping pulps. Including Herrmann the Great (two, Laird & Lee, 1897), one in pictorial boards, one Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-02-07
[Miscellaneous] Group of 22 Vintage Books on Conjuring. Including: Magicians’ Tricks and How They Are Done (1919); Indian Conjuring (1922); For Magicians Only (1923); Magic Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-12-03
[Miscellaneous] More than 35 classic and modern books and booklets on gambling, games, and cheating. Including Marked Cards and Loaded Dice (1962) by Garcia; Secrets Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-06-27
