$600
Hilliard, J. N. Greater Magic. Minneapolis, 1938. Number 11 from the publisher's privately circulated "expurgated" edition of 50 copies. Following page 26, this monumental book of over 1000 pages is entirely blank, with the exception of the final two unnumbered pages, the latter of which bears the statement of limitation of the edition. Publisher's cloth with pictorial dust jacket. Thick 8vo. Jacket tattered, otherwise very good condition. Scarce. Greater Magic took nearly a decade to write and publish, due partly to the fact that its author, J.N. Hilliard, suddenly died in 1935. Anticipation surrounding the book's release was at a fever pitch when it was finally released in December 1938. Publisher Carl Waring Jones produced 50 numbered "expurgated" editions as gifts for friends, of which this is number eleven.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2011-01-29
