LATER MAGIC : WITH NEW MISCELLANEOUS TRICKS AND RECOLLECTIONS OF HARTZ THE WIZARD
by Hoffmann (Professor), 1839-1919 (pseud. for: Lewis, Angelo John); Hartz, Joseph Michael, 1836-1903 [subject]
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1911. Enlarged edition with 266 illustrations. Hardcover. Octavo, xxii, 738 pages. In Fair condition. Ex-library with call number on spine, library stamp to bottom edge, erasure and surface tear to library stamp on page v. Spine is brown with black print. Boards in brown cloth with black print. Wear to spine caps and corners, cocked spine, toning to spine, mild shelf wear. Text block has cracked hinges, stain to endpapers, light foxing to title page. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece portrait, drawings.
NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column C. 1375875. FP New Rockville Stock.
NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column C. 1375875. FP New Rockville Stock.
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- Seller
- Second Story Books, ABAA
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 1375875
- Title
- LATER MAGIC : WITH NEW MISCELLANEOUS TRICKS AND RECOLLECTIONS OF HARTZ THE WIZARD
- Author
- Hoffmann (Professor), 1839-1919 (pseud. for: Lewis, Angelo John); Hartz, Joseph Michael, 1836-1903 [subject]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Enlarged edition with 266 illustrations
- Publisher
- E.P. Dutton & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1911
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- Shelf Wear
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- Spine
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- Title Page
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- E.P.
- The double leaves bound into a book at the front and rear after ...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Fair
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- Cloth
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