[Magic] Gale's Cabinet of Knowledge, or Miscellaneous Recreations
by (John Gale)
- Used
- very good
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Saint Charles, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
London: Cuthell and Martin, 1808. Fourth Edition, "with many valuable additions. Very Good. A very good copy of the fourth and expanded edition of this classic book on magic and conjuringfrom the title page:"with a Series of Easy, Entertaining and Interesting Mechanical, Magnetical and Magical Experiments; including the most celebrated card deceptions; together with about seven hundred serious, comic, and humorous queries, paradoxes, etc with pertinent and ingenious answers; comprising the essence of the Lady's, Gentleman's and Carnan's diaries; Ozanam and Hooper's recreations; Martin''s philosophical magazines, etc" (it appears that modesty was not applied)Includes half-title, 6 engraved plates at end, these trimmed at outer margins, affecting numbering of plate 1, and borders, occasiona spotting or staining, contemporary marbled boards, sympathetically rebacked in modern calf, gilt titles on red morocco label, corners sympathetically restored, [Toole-Stott 310], large 12mo, 363 + 6 plates pp.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Stanley Louis Remarkable Books (IOBA) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AA1850
- Title
- [Magic] Gale's Cabinet of Knowledge, or Miscellaneous Recreations
- Author
- (John Gale)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Fourth Edition, "with many valuable additions
- Publisher
- Cuthell and Martin
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1808
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Stanley Louis Remarkable Books (IOBA)
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About the Seller
Stanley Louis Remarkable Books (IOBA)
Biblio member since 2015
Saint Charles, Illinois
About Stanley Louis Remarkable Books (IOBA)
Seller of high quality books and ephemera, emphasizing older and unusual items, such as signed or association copies. I try to offer the kind of books, at fair prices, that appeal to me, hoping that they will appeal to others also.
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Marbled boards
- ...