
Auction Closed
October 28, 08:54 PM GMT
Estimate
800 - 1,200 USD
Lot Details
Description
(Legerdemain)
The Whole Art of Legerdemain, or, Hocus Pocus, Laid Open and Explained… Philadelphia: W.A. Leary, [ca. 1855]
16mo (145 x 95 mm). Publisher's advertisements at end; scattered foxing, some offsetting, minor browning. Original yellow paper covered cover with decorative border; upper board detached but present, lower board lacking, loss to spine, rubbed and soiled.
A rare American edition of a work pertaining to "tricks on cards, dice, birds, eggs, rings, &c.," and the art of "natural magic" (title).
REFERENCE:
Toole Stott 726A