viii, 221 pages. Decorated red cloth cover; gilt titling, with raised hand in white. Some illustrations. Part I includes various magic effects (The Rice and Water Trick, The Demon Digits, The Great Book Mystery, The Crystal Balls, etc.); Part II is devoted to the many ingenious inventions of Hoffmann's friend and performer Joseph Michael Hartz (1836-1903), whom he calls primarily an "apparatus" conjuror, but of the first order. Hartz was awarded many medal & diamond pins from royalty all over the world, such was his skill. His Devil of a Hat (a hat tick) is one of many described in the book. Cover is rubbed over all, especially to rear; rubbed to board at corners and 4 tiny spots rubbed on front. Spine is sunned. Front pastedown endpaper has 3 lines of handwriting and original bookseller sticker (reddish stain at bottom corner); ffep has previous owner's name (which has left ghost impression on half-title page underneath it. Half-title and rear free endpaper are quite toned. A small spot on each of rear endpapers. Just a few pages have slight stains; pgs. 212-213 have dark stain in gutter. Still a nice tight copy! Better than it sounds! Size: 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

MAGICAL TITBITS

Publisher

George Routledge and Sons, London

Publication Date

1911

Binding

Hard Cover

Illustrator

H.L. Shindler

Edition

First Edition.

Condition

Collectible- Good+

Dust Jacket Condition

No Dust Jacket, as Issued

Book Type

Book

Seller catalogs

Magic

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Tennyson Williams, Books and Fine Art is both a general antiquarian bookstore and a fine art gallery. In our open by appointment shop we have 3,000 books for collectors and researchers. In the next few months all of that inventory will be listed on Abebooks; in the meantime, please feel free to make requests. We also have collectible photographs (including hundreds of stereoviews), autographs (many astronauts), original lithographs & etchings by important artists, and much more. Please feel free to inquire.

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