Set Reminder2023-02-25 12:00:002023-02-25 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : The Ricky Jay Collection https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/the-ricky-jay-collection-21935 This was Potter & Potter's first sale from the singular, eclectic collection of Ricky Jay, the lauded actor, celebrated sleight-of-hand magician, and noted author, who curated his own extensive collection of magic, circus, and showbiz ephemera.
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[DANIEL LAMBERT] The Heaviest Man that Ever Existed. The Life of?Daniel Lambert. Stamford: Printed by and for J. Drakard, ca. 1809. Wood-engraved frontispiece full-length image of Lambert, seated on a couch. One-half gilt-ruled crushed brown morocco over marbled boards, spine in five compartments, decorated in gilt and titled ?Chap Books,? with matching marbled endsheets. Pp. [1 ? 3], 4 ? 28. 12mo. Ownership inscription dated October 31, 1809 to verso of frontis., in upper margin of frontis., and again on title page, short tear to final leaf, repaired tear to frontis. Extremities rubbed. [Bound together with] Patch, Richard. The Trial of R. Patch, for the Murder of Isaac Blight. London: For T. Hughes, 1806. Second edition. Portrait frontispiece. 12mo.