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Verlag: G. Brash, 1983
ISBN 10: 9971947501ISBN 13: 9789971947507
Anbieter: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Paperback. Zustand: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.
Verlag: R. & G. Brash, 1888
Anbieter: Anybook.com, Lincoln, Vereinigtes Königreich
Zustand: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Re-bound by library. 4to. Original sun stained blue cloth binding attached to the rebound orange cloth. Gilt lettering on backstrip. Black end pages. Pages are clean and binding is tight. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1350grams, ISBN:
Verlag: G. Brash, 1984
ISBN 10: 9971947811ISBN 13: 9789971947811
Anbieter: Prior Books Ltd, Cheltenham, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Blue hardback binding; firm and square, just lightly rubbed with mildly bumped extremities; contents sound and clean with no pen-marks. Not from a library so no such stamps or labels. A very good copy.
Verlag: Printed for G. Kearsley, Fleet Street; Bell and Bradfute, Edinburgh; and Brash and Reid, Glasgow, by W. Glendinning, London, 1801
Anbieter: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, USA
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First English edition. First English edition. xix, [i, errata], 397, 3 (publisher's ads) pp. 8vo. The first English edition of this quite unusual and very entertaining compendium of conundrums, problems, parlor tricks, and "interesting facts" - it is actually much more fun than the title would seem to suggest. The first French edition was published in London in 1799 under the title Choix d' amusements physiques et mathématiques. The work includes tricks with cards, magic squares, magic lanterns, feats of artificial memory, and proto-spiritualist conjuring through "palingenesy," by which a performer can make the images of the dead appear in a glass jar, plus other optical illusions. A large collection of mathematical and physical curiosities, including chapters on arithmetic ("To arrange 30 criminals in such a manner as to save 15 of them, &c.", "A lady lamenting that her age was triple that of her daughter") and amusing "secrets" ("To make people in a room have a hideous appearance"). Toole Stott 240 Contemporary half leather over gray paper-covered boards. Covers worn, joints cracked but sewing sound, lacking spine label, text block roughly trimmed, occasional light soiling along lower blank margins. Remnant of contemporary bookplate. In a custom slipcase and chemise xix, [i, errata], 397, 3 (publisher's ads) pp. 8vo.