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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MASKELYNE, Nevil (1863 ? 1924) and DEVANT, David (David Wighton, 1868 ? 1941). Our Magic. The Art in Magic. The Theory of Magic. The Practice of Magic. London: George Routledge & Sons, Limited, [1911]. First edition, first state (gold smoke to front board). Publisher?s brown-orange cloth decorated in six colors, with a wizard design by Will Owen on the front board. Frontispiece of Maskelyne, profusion of photographs of Devant. Thick 8vo. Trifling wear to head and base of spine, minor corner bumps and wear; near fine. A handsome example of this classic work long considered one of the foundational textbooks on magic theory and performance.