Latter Day Tricks 1st Edition 1896
by Roterberg, A
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good in stained boards and with stamps of The Magicians Club of Australia /no dustwrapper
- Seller
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Camira, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
Chicago: Published by the Author, 1896. 1st Edition. hardbound. Good in stained boards and with stamps of The Magicians Club of Australia /no dustwrapper. 12mo. Scarce 1st Edition of August Roterberg's second book, being the sequel to 'The Modern Wizard'; Roterberg came to America from Germany in 1883, eventually opening a magic store in Chicago - he is credited with starting the modern era of magic publishing; The Vanishing Handkerchief, The Hypnotised Cane, Ice-cream made in a hat, The Fairy Tube and Ball, and many more; this copy from the library of The Magicians Club of Australia, with 4 Magicians Club Library stamps (pastedowns front and rear, and twice in text); the 'Australian Society of Magicians' website states ""Magicians? Clubs are a twentieth century phenomenon....the first permanent club was the Society of American Magicians (SAM) founded in 1902"", and that the 'Australian Society of Magicians' was the fourth oldest in the world; boards rubbed and worn, and with large stain along the entire lower edge of front board (1 - 4cm), endpapers and title page tanned, scattered foxing, o.w. Good throughout.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gotcha By The Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20473
- Title
- Latter Day Tricks 1st Edition 1896
- Author
- Roterberg, A
- Format/Binding
- Hardbound
- Book Condition
- Used - Good in stained boards and with stamps of The Magicians Club of Australia
- Jacket Condition
- no dustwrapper
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Published by the Author
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1896
- Pages
- 108pp
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian and Rare Books;
- Size
- 12mo
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Gotcha By The Books
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Camira, Queensland
About Gotcha By The Books
Gotcha By The Books is an online bookshop, working from home, in Camira, Queensland, Australia. The owner has been selling books in Brisbane since 1985, and Gotcha By The Books has been online since 2001. We specialize in Poetry, Australian Poetry, Literature, Art, Australiana, Aboriginal Australia, Rare and Antiquarian Books. We buy books on any subject (so long as we know we can re-sell them!). We are open by appointment.
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