Lot 149

Lot 149

[Magic] Nagashima, Fukutaro. Shinsen seiyo tejina tanebon. Ricky Jay Copy

Sale 2107 - Collections of an Only Child: Seventy Years a Bibliophile, the Library of Justin G. Schiller

Dec 5, 2024 10:00AM ET

Live / New York

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[Magic] Nagashima, Fukutaro. Shinsen seiyo tejina tanebon (Source Book of Western Magic, Newly Selected)

Tokyo, 1881. In two volumes. 12mo. 22; 22 ff. With numerous color and black and white woodcuts. Original stab sewn stiff wrappers, printed cover label on one volume, cover label perished on other volume, modern stitching, wrappers lightly worn; in blue cloth chemise. From the collection of magician Ricky Jay, with his book-plate on inner front panel of chemise.

A fine collection of Western magic tricks, delightfully illustrated in color and black and white woodcuts. Featuring 74 tricks, including fire-eating, coin tricks, sleight of hand, optical illusions, and other more evocative tricks like cutting people in half, knife tricks, floating objects, and the appearance of ghosts.

This lot is located in Philadelphia.

Provenance

Sotheby's, New York, The Ricky Jay Collection, October 27, 2021, Sale N10706, Lot 362

From the collection of Justin G. Schiller

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