$125
Fischer, Ottokar. Das Wunderbuch Der Zauberkunst (Illustrated Magic). Stuttgart, 1929. First edition. Blue cloth stamped in orange with elaborate full-color lithograph laid down on front board, as issued; with the uncommonly encountered color dust jacket. Color frontispiece depicts Adelaide and Leon Herrmann. Illustrated with photographs. 4to. Chips and wear at extremities of jacket, but overall very good condition. Nice copy. .................This is the (German) edition of what was later translated and published in America as Illustrated Magic. This edition is far more elaborate, detailed, contains some different illustrations from, and is of a much higher quality than the American edition.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2010-10-23