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(Legerdemain) | The art of natural magic

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October 28, 08:54 PM GMT

Estimate

800 - 1,200 USD

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(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