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184668601New York & Philadelphia: Turner & Fisher 1846. MAGIC AND CONJURING. New York & Philadelphia: Turner & Fisher N.d.c.a 1846.<br> <br> Sixteenmo 5 3/4 x 3 1/2 inches; 145 x 90 mm. 1- 72 pp. With frontispiece included in pagination. With frontispiece and vignette title-page. And with numerous woodcuts in the text. Front board reads "Enlarged and greatly Improved."<br> <br> The caption under the frontispiece reads "How to cut a man's head off and put it into a platter a yard from his body." This woodcut image is repeated on the illustrated front cover.<br> <br> Original illustrated blue boards. Boards illustrated with the same engraving as the frontispiece. With some chipping to spine. Boards are a bit soiled. With foxing and toning throughout. Back board loose but holding. Housed in a cardboard folio with previous owner magician Ricky Jay's bookplate. Overall very good.<br> <br> A scarce American Hocus Pocus with descriptions of numerous tricks including passing balls through cups how to make a card that is chosen separate from all the pack and how to cut a man's head off.<br> <br> "Legerdemain a science which has raised he admiration of society; is an art whereby the performer seems to work prodigies and miracles that are impossible and incredible by agility and slight of hand." From the first page.<br> <br> Toole Stott 382.<br> <br> HBS 68601.<br> <br> $4500. Turner & Fisher unknown
184068354London 1840. MAGIC AND CONJURING. The Enchanted Scrapbook; Exhibiting Pictures Which Appears and Vanishes at the Word Command. E. Wallis London n.d.c.a 1840.<br> <br> Small octavo 7 x 5 inches; 178 x 125 mm. This copy in contemporary floral embossed pink cloth. With matching topped slipcase. Slipcase stamped and lettered in gilt on front. Previous owner's old ink inscription on front blank dated 1840. Internally all plates are generally clean and bright. A few smudges and a light dampstain. One leaf with a bird/solider has a closed tear which has been invisibly repaired. Another leaf with a dancer/ ship has a large tear with a missing piece but it does not affect the illustration. Some minor sunning to spine and edges cloth is splitting along hinge at top of spine. Slipcase is sunned and a bit worn. Overall a very good copy especially rare in the original slipcase.<br> <br> With a total of 48 leaves. With twelve each of seven different full color illustrations of which include a Saint a captive bird a soldier a solider on horseback a ship a dancer and a man with bear.<br> <br> A beautiful copy of a magical blow book or flip book also known as a magic coloring book. This type of trick is considered the oldest example of a "manufactured prop" to be used for magic. It works by a series of small notches or incisions in the fore-margin to create tabs and depending on where the magician places their thumb they flip the leaves of a certain group revealing one set of plates. Then with a movement of the finger placement a new set of plates will be revealed.<br> <br> HBS 68354.<br> <br> $5000. London unknown
68354A Magic Blow Book Especially Rare in the Original Slipcase MAGIC AND CONJURING. Magical Blow Book/Flip Book. The Enchanted Scrapbook; Exhibiting Pictures Which Appears and Vanishes at the Word Command. E. Wallis London n.d.c.a 1840. Small octavo 7 x 5 inches; 178 x 125 mm. This copy in contemporary floral embossed pink cloth. With matching topped slipcase. Slipcase stamped and lettered in gilt on front. Previous ownerÃs old ink inscription on front blank dated 1840. Internally all plates are generally clean and bright. A few smudges and a light dampstain. One leaf with a bird/solider has a closed tear which has been invisibly repaired. Another leaf with a dancer/ ship has a large tear with a missing piece but it does not affect the illustration. Some minor sunning to spine and edges cloth is splitting along hinge at top of spine. Slipcase is sunned and a bit worn. Overall a very good copy especially rare in the original slipcase. With a total of 48 leaves. With twelve each of seven different full color illustrations of which include a Saint a captive bird a soldier a solider on horseback a ship a dancer and a man with bear. A beautiful copy of a magical blow book or flip book also known as a magic coloring book. This type of trick is considered the oldest example of a "manufactured prop" to be used for magic. It works by a series of small notches or incisions in the fore-margin to create tabs and depending on where the magician places their thumb they flip the leaves of a certain group revealing one set of plates. Then with a movement of the finger placement a new set of plates will be revealed. HBS 68354. $5000 1840 hardcover books
53218<p>Derby Thomas Richardson circa 1830. 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 AND ALL PARCELS SENT FULLY TRACKED AND FULLY INSURED.</p> Derby, Thomas Richardson, circa 1830.
