THE SECRETS OF CONJURING AND MAGIC BY ROBERT HOUDIN 1878 FIRST EDITION

THE SECRETS OF CONJURING AND MAGIC BY ROBERT HOUDIN 1878 FIRST EDITION

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[HOUDIN, ROBERT]. The Secrets of Conjuring and Magic; or, How to Become a Wizard. London: George Routledge and Sons, 1878.

First English edition. Cloth-bound. Hardcover. Octavo (195 x 130 x 35 mm.). Pp. xix, 373, (6 advertisements). English text. Bound in publisher's original blue cloth, decoratively blocked in gilt and black. All page edges gilt. Initial and terminal blanks plus half-title present. Frontispiece with tissue-guard. Printed footnotes plus many diagrams in the text. Printed by Savill, Edwards & Co. Condition: VERY GOOD. Binding tight, secure and square, the hinges intact. Slight bumping to spine ends. Spine cloth very lightly dulled. Interior very well-preserved with just a few thumb marks. Prize plate to front pastedown. Scarce.

Notes: Rare first English edition, a translation of Les Secrets de la Prestidigitation et de la Magie - edited with notes by Professor Hoffmann.

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