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Mr. Blands Professor of Legerdemain Illustrated Descriptive Catalogue of New & Superior Conjuring Tricks. London, 478 New Oxford St., ca. 1880. Publishers pictorial boards, crudely rebacked. Copiously illustrated, printed in two colors. 8vo. 290 pages. Introductory remarks and endorsements by Professor Hoffmann, J.N. Maskelyne, and Dr. Lynn. Binding weak and boards scuffed, but fine internally. Ex-libris Stanley Collins. Scarce.


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