$5,000
Hoffmann, Professor (Angelo Lewis). Professor Hoffmann handwritten notebook. Stationer’s notebook owned and used by Professor Hoffmann. The first page bears the title “Supplementary Index,” and the balance of the contents, written entirely in Hoffmann’s hand, list magic tricks and information by category. These include “Handkerchief Tricks,” “Conjurer’s Programmes,” “Water(& other Liquid) Tricks,” “Ball Tricks,” and ten more. Approximately two thirds of the pages include entries in Hoffmann’s script. Blank pages bear his handwritten numbers in their upper right. One page laid in at the front of the notebook (and possibly extracted from another Hoffmann manuscript) details the working of a trick called The Magic Corks. Lined sheets, roughly 8vo. Six leaves trimmed away at the front of the notebook, likely contemporarily. The first complete page bearing Hoffmann’s address stamp in the upper right. Front joint cracked and covers scuffed, else very good.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-10-31
