Learn How to be a Handcuff King and Mystery Man. Baffling Tricks of Mystery. No. 1178

Detroit: Johnson Smith and Company. Wraps. Good. Item #008163
ISBN: noisbn

no date, presumed early 1900s. Printed wraps with a small illustration of a magician. 24 pp. Black and white illustrations throughout. A short work containing tips on how to perform various magic tricks, including escaping from locked vaults, trunks, ropes, chains, etc., as well as the vanishing assistant, a levitating assistant trick and more. With two pages in the rear devoted to various lock brands and how to pick them. GOOD condition. Heavy browning/offsetting along the extremities. Moderate chipping and a few small tears along the fore edge. Wrappers splitting along the spine. Paper very browned. Minor dampstain affecting the upper corner of the interior.

Price: $20.00

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