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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(JERROLD, Douglas, 1803 - 57) Barabbas Whitefeather, pseudo. The Handbook of Swindling. London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. Publisher?s limp green embossed cloth, gilt vignette of the King of Spades, cards, and dice, a.e.g. Half-title page, engraved frontispiece and three plates by ?Phiz? (Hablot Knight Brown, best known for his work illustrating Dickens? works) behind tissue guards 8vo. 87pp. Cloth with small stains, front hinge starting, corners and extremities worn, faint toning to plates, else very good.