- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Henry Pordes Books Ltd, London, United KingdomHenry Pordes Books Ltd
AbeBooks seller since February 14, 2007
Association member: PBFA
View this seller's itemsCondition: Used - Very good
US$ 61.36
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Small 8vo. Hardcover. Pp. 108. First Edition. In very good condition; brown cloth binding with gilt title on cover and spine. Some shelf-wear to the cover including marks and scratches, with light bumping to the corners. Additional rubbing at top and bottom of spine, and along the edges. Pages themselves are clean and unmarked with light foxing. Front end-paper is loose, and pencil inscription at the top of the title page. 'Bland's Magical Palace' plate pasted on title page. With adverts at the back. A scarce 1st Edition of August Roterberg's second book, being the sequel to 'The Modern Wizard'; Roterberg came to America from Germany in 1883, eventually opening a magic store in Chicago - he is credited with starting the modern era of magic publishing. His books were the first in English, written expressly for magicians. Roterberg's books were published by a magic dealer specifically for sale in magical depots, rather than for wide distribution to the general public. Roterberg is best known as a magic inventor and is credited with inventing the "Multiplying Billiard Balls".…
Seller Inventory # 036581
Bibliographic details
- Title
- Latter Day Tricks
- Author
- Roterberg, August
- Publisher
- A. Roterberg, Chicago
- Publication year
- 1896
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Dimensions
- Small 8vo
Henry Pordes Books Ltd
London, United Kingdom
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| Item | 5 to 10 business days | 14 to 45 business days |
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| First item | US$ 19.86 | US$ 19.86 |
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One of the most famous and last surviving bookshops on Charing Cross Rd, Henry Pordes Books has been a favorite among book lovers for over thirty years. The shop stocks a broad and eclectic range of books, from modern firsts, early classics - including Shakespeare, Dickens, Austen, Wilde, Carroll, the Brontë sisters, Barrie, George Eliot and more - early and fine editions of major twentieth-century publishing ‘institutions’ such as Harry Potter, James Bond and the novels of Agatha Christie, P.G. Wodehouse, Graham Greene and Terry Pratchett, and rare antiquarian texts in the fields of medicine, science, sport, travel, history, religion, philosophy and Italian and French literature, to modern books on art, design, fashion, photography, architecture, natural history, archaeology, religion, mythology, folklore, cooking, drink, gardening, erotica, travel and children’s books. …
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Henry Pordes Books Ltd
United Kingdom
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