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HOFFMANN, Professor (Angelo Lewis, 1839 ? 1919). Modern Magic. London: George Routledge and Sons, (1876). First Edition, First State. Pictorial orange cloth stamped in blind, black, and gold. Light brown/tan endsheets; small bookplate to flyleaf. Tissue-guarded frontispiece of the Sphinx illusion. Illustrated. 8vo. Cloth lightly rubbed, spine sunned, tissue foxed, rear joint nearly separated, other minor imperfections. Good to very good condition; a very attractive example of this important book. Toole Stott 386. Arguably the most important ?modern work? to describe conjuring secrets. As Toole Stott notes, first editions are identified by a Routledge monogram on the title page. First states of the first edition show the conjurer with a black hat and gold cone on front cover.