Lot 148
[Magic] Hifumitei, Shigoroku. Haruasobi zashiki tejina (or) Tezuna. Ricky Jay Copy
Sale 2107 - Collections of an Only Child: Seventy Years a Bibliophile, the Library of Justin G. Schiller
Dec 5, 2024
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Live / New York
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Lot Description
[Magic] Hifumitei, Shigoroku. Haruasobi zashiki tejina (or) Tezuna
Tokyo, (1854). 12mo. Illustrated with a color wood-cut title-page and black and white woodcut text and in-text illustrations. Original limp color-printed stab-sewn wrappers, thread sometime renewed, a few holes on rear wrapper and small abrasions on front wrapper. From the collection of magician Ricky Jay.
A charming and scarce Japanese magic book, being a collection of 30 magic tricks suitable for entertainment at dinner parties.
Provenance
Sotheby's, New York, The Ricky Jay Collection, October 27-28, 2021, Sale N10706, Lot 361
From the collection of Justin G. Schiller
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