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THBSECUNDUS, Merlin (pseud.) The Veritable Black Art. New York...
Lot 308
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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. Prices Realized Potter & Potter Auctions info@potterauctions.com
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. Prices Realized Potter & Potter Auctions info@potterauctions.com
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SECUNDUS, Merlin (pseud.) The Veritable Black Art. New York: Advance Publishing Co., (1875). Plain brown-black cloth. Wood-engraved frontispiece of a ghost terrorizing a man holding a pistol. Illustrated. 8vo. Hinges weak, dampstains, soiling, cloth rubbed and chipped; good to fair. Not in Toole Stott and apparently unrecorded elsewhere, though later pulp editions have been recorded. A curious treatise that explains alchemy, magic, astrology, fortune-telling, and phrenology. It also exposes the tricks of the Davenport Brothers, illustrates the method behind Pepper?s Ghost and magic lanterns, as well as other tricks.
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