Automates Truques by Blind Adolphe (3 results)
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Published by Ch. Eggimann Bossard Genève Paris 1927
- Softcover
Seller: book-link, Nufringen, BW, Germanybook-link
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Broschur. Condition: Gut. 80 s. 18x25,5x0,5 cm._Broschur_Französisch_80 s._208 g. J25-W12-162 Sprache: Französisch Gewicht in Gramm: 208.
More imagesPublished by Genev`e Ed itions Bossard / Ed ition Ch. Eggimann 1927 1927
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Harrison-Hiett Rare Books, Richelieu, FranceHarrison-Hiett Rare Books
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Scarce. First edition. Hardback. Issued in printed soft wrappers, which are now bound in to attractive quarter brown calf with mottled boards. Gilt stamped title to spine. Original front cover has mounted b/w illustration of chess-playing automaton. Author, title and illustration within ornamental border. This work describes fal…se automatons; devices that appear to move, think, and act of their own accord or by clockwork, but are instead controlled by some hidden apparatus or device operated by a conjurer or their assistant. Includes sections on Robert-Houdin, and the chess playing 'The Turk' of Wolfgang von Kempelen. Adolphe Blind was often referred to as 'Professeur Magicus'. Text in French. Back cover printed: Grave et imprimé par S.A.D.A.G. Genève. In very good condition. Neat ink name to front blank page. [4], 9-80 pages : illustrations, portraits, plans. 255 x 180 mm (10 x 7 inches). .
Published by Paris: Bossard 1927
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Moroccobound Fine Books, IOBA, Lewis Center, OH, U.S.A.Moroccobound Fine Books, IOBA
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Small 4to. 79 pp. Bound in original printed wraps with a laid down image of a chess-playing automaton on the front cover as issued. Profusion of illustrations. A publisher's flyer for the two-volume work on automata by Chapuis and Gelis laid in. Bookplate. The gatherings are largely… un-cut. Text in French.
