Miscellaneous Conjuring Tricks from 'Modern Magic'

Hoffman, Professor ( Lewis, Angelo John )

Published by George Routledge & Sons, London

About this Item

Not dated, approx 1905. 11th edition. 124pp. Fair/None. Hard decorative cloth boards, spine replaced with tape, minor scuffing/bumping to board edges, minor scoiling/scuffing, slight crease to front board. Contents generally good but for some splitting to hinges in places, slight soiling, minor browning mainly to endpapers. B&W illustrations throughout. A selection of conjuring tricks taken from 'Modern Magic' a popular book on the art of conjuring first published in 1876. It was written by Professor Hoffman, pseudonym of Angelo Lewis (1839-1919). Lewis was an English barrister who became an expert on the art of conjuring and magic, and published a number of related books. Scarce in this edition.

Seller Inventory # 007981

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Miscellaneous Conjuring Tricks from 'Modern Magic'
• Publisher: George Routledge & Sons, London
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 5th or later Edition
• Condition: Fair
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Illustrated
  • Mysticism, Spiritualism, the Occult