$180
Magic, Early 20th Century, Two Volumes: T. Nelson Downs's The Art of Magic , Buffalo: Downs-Edwards, [1909], inscribed by the author on front pastedown, To my friend R. H. Huntley, the first copy off the press," illustrated, bound in publisher's red cloth blocked with a fanciful art nouveau winged fairy. [and] Maskelyne and Devant's Our Magic , New York: Dutton, [1911], first American edition, illustrated, in publisher's blue cloth, front board stamped in gold, with a rabbit coming out of a hat in white; a clean, tight copy, binding rubbed, with loss of surface to joints, tips rubbed. (2)
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-06-01