[Crime] Two nineteenth century dictionaries of criminal slang and vulgarity. Including Vocabulum; or, The Rogue’s Lexicon (New York: Matsell, 1859); and Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Language (London: John Camden Hotten, 1859). Red and brown cloth, respectively. 8vo. Light shelfwear and darkening to cloth, else very good.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-06-27
[Playing Cards] Two nineteenth century books on playing cards. Including Les Cartes a Jouer et la Cartomancie (London: John Hotten, 1859), later red cloth with Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-06-27
[Chemical Magic] Two nineteenth century books on chemical magic. Including Secrets of Wise Men: Chemists and Great Physicians (Philadelphia: Wm. K. David, 1896), blue cloth Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-04-04
[Crime] Shelf of 10 Nineteenth Century Books on Crime and Fraud. Including Twenty-Five Years of Detective Life (1895) by Caminada; Frauds of America (1896) by Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-05-21
[Crime] Group of four nineteenth century books on urban frauds, metropolitan life, and related subjects. Including The Great Metropolis: A Mirror of New York (Hartford, Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-06-27
Lot of Four Nineteenth Century Conjuring Programs. American and English, last quarter nineteenth century. Including a two-color pictorial program for Professor Duprez with several conjuring Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2017-06-10
[Miscellaneous] Group of Five Nineteenth Century Books on Conjuring. Including Tricks With Cards (London, 1889) by Hoffmann, brown pictorial cloth stamped in brown and black, Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-12-05
[Miscellaneous – Parlor Magic] Three nineteenth century volumes on parlor magic and amusements. Including The Parlor Magician (New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, 1868); The Fireside Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-05-31
(Nineteenth Century Notables), Five articles, Douglas, Stephen (1813-1861), franked envelope (front part only), to the Fitchburg Massachusetts Sentinel, c. 1856; King, Horatio (1837-1918), signed copy Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2003-11-02
[Miscellaneous – Antiquarian] A Dozen Nineteenth Century Books and Booklets on Gambling and Crime. Including Clergyman's Almanack for 1812 (Boston) with the section “On Gaming"; Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2016-05-21
Fine Press, Approximately Twenty Volumes: Nonesuch Press; Golden Cockerell; Limited Editions; Thomas Mosher; etc. Checklist of the Publications of Thomas Bird Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-09-13
