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

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[Magic] Hifumitei, Shigoroku. Haruasobi zashiki tejina (or) Tezuna

[Magic] Hifumitei, Shigoroku. Haruasobi zashiki tejina (or) Tezuna

Tokyo, (1854). 12mo. Illustrated with a color wood-cut title-page and black and white woodcut text and in-text illustrations. Original limp color-printed stab-sewn wrappers, thread sometime renewed, a few holes on rear wrapper and small abrasions on front wrapper. From the collection of magician Ricky Jay.

A charming and scarce Japanese magic book, being a collection of 30 magic tricks suitable for entertainment at dinner parties.

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Sotheby's, New York, The Ricky Jay Collection, October 27-28, 2021, Sale N10706, Lot 361

From the collection of Justin G. Schiller

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[Magic] Hifumitei, Shigoroku. Haruasobi zashiki tejina (or) Tezuna

Provenance

Sotheby's, New York, The Ricky Jay Collection, October 27-28, 2021, Sale N10706, Lot 361

From the collection of Justin G. Schiller

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

[Magic] Hifumitei, Shigoroku. Haruasobi zashiki tejina (or) Tezuna

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