THE WHOLE ART OF LEGERDEMAIN; or the CONJURER UNMASKED, containing Instructions how to Perform Tricks with Dice, Cards, Birds, Eggs, Cups, Balls etc., By the Most Celebrated Professors.

CONJURING. Anonymous.

Published by Derby Thomas Richardson circa, 1830

About this Item

FIRST EDITION circa 1830, pamphlet, approximately 185 x 100 mm, 7¼ x 4 inches, folding hand coloured plate as frontispiece, pages: [4], 5-24, last page not numbered, original publisher's yellow printed wrappers. Spine neatly repaired, frontispiece slightly trimmed with slight loss to border, not affecting image, pale offset to title page, upper wrapper slightly dusty near spine, otherwise a very good copy. See: Raymond Toole Stott, A Bibliography of English Conjuring 1581-1876, page 236, No. 718; Some Printers & Publishers of Conjuring Books and other Ephemera 1800-1850 by Trevor Hall and Percy Muir, page 54. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE WHOLE ART OF LEGERDEMAIN; or the CONJURER UNMASKED, containing Instructions how to Perform Tricks with Dice, Cards, Birds, Eggs, Cups, Balls etc., By the Most Celebrated Professors.
• Publisher: Derby Thomas Richardson circa
• Publication Date: 1830
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
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