$400
Anderson, John Henry. The Fashionable Science of Parlour Magic. London: J. W. Last, ca. 1849. Cover title: One Shilling’s Worth of Magic, with the Biography of a Wandering Wizard. Original trimmed lithographed wrapper cover laid onto later cloth-backed boards. Illustrated. 8vo. Discoloration on boards, rubbing on corners, internal spine cracking, but pages attached; good. Toole Stott 33. Newmann Collection blind-stamp. Toole Stott speculates that “either more than one printer was employed on this edition, or there was more than one printing,” given the great variation in publisher’s wraps. As with other editions, this can be found published under Anderson’s pseudonym the “Great Wizard of the North.”
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2017-06-10
