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No publisher, date or printer, (1830).. NO TITLE, PUBLISHING DETAILS or CAPTIONS UNDERNEATH the PLATES, AN UNUSUAL TALL EXAMPLE, circa 1830, approximately 215 x 130 mm, 8½ x 5 inches, 112 hand coloured wood engraved plates, 7 subjects, each with 16 illustrations, plus 16 blank pages as required, fore-edges stepped and notched as issued, full soft leather sheepskin on card, LACKS INSTRUCTION SLIP (probably many slips are missing, once the conjurer had mastered the trick he wanted to keep it secret). Binding rubbed, spine worn with some loss, hinges cracked, but still holding, pale age-browning throughout, small closed tear repaired to outer edge of first blank leaf, inner paper hinges cracked, stitching slightly loose in places, no loose pages, occasional small pale brown spot to blank margins, edges and a few corners of plates slightly dusty, small nicks to a few edges, a well used copy. The changes are: Harlequin; dancing girl with garland; prancing black American with paddle steam ship in… Read More

FRANCE, no date, circa 1799.. NO TITLE or PUBLISHING DETAILS, PAPER HAS WATER MARKS, SEVERAL WITH "MONTG" on 1 PAGE and "LFIER" ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE ( Montg(o)lfier)? and several with a few capital letters not making any recognisable word, approximately 170 x 120 mm, 6½ x 4¾ inches, 84 hand coloured plates, some with French captions beneath, fore-edges stepped and notched as issued, original marbled wrappers. LACKS INSTRUCTION SLIP (probably many slips are missing, once the conjurer had mastered the trick, he wanted to keep the trick secret), small repair to bottom of spine, covers slightly worn at edges, corners worn with slight loss to tips (see attached images), occasional small pale brown spot to blank margins, edges and a few corners of plates slightly dusty, a few other tiny marks, otherwise a very good copy. 7 subjects each with 12 plates, the changes are: Harlequin; Le Pere; l'Abbe; Soldat; Flowers; La Mere; Playing Cards. The earliest description of the blow book appeared in Reginald… Read More