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Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugene. Card-Sharpers: Their Tricks

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Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugene. Four Pulp Books on: Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugene. Four Pulp Books on Card-Sharping. Including The Sharper: Detected and Exposed (London: Chapman and Hall, 1863; significant foxing and chipping on spine), The Tricks of the

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Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugene. Memoirs of Robert-Houdin.: Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugene. Memoirs of Robert-Houdin. Philadelphia: Geo. G. Evans, 1859. Publisher's brown cloth stamped in gilt and blind. 8vo. General light wear and scuffing on cover, many pages wi

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ROBERT-HOUDIN, JEAN-EUGENE (1805-1871). CONFIDENCES ET REVE...: ROBERT-HOUDIN, JEAN-EUGENE (1805-1871). CONFIDENCES ET REVELATIONS. Paris: A. Dalahays, 1868. 8vo. Frontispiece with illustrations of Robert-Houdin’s most amazing feats with an optical illusion

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Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugene. Tricheries Dec Grecs.: Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugene. Tricheries Dec Grecs. Paris: J. Hetzel, 1863. Publisher's decorative printed wraps. Illustrated title page, other figures and drawings. 8vo. Front wrapper detached, spine d

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Lot of Four Volumes By or About Robert-Houdin.: Robert-Houdin, Jean-Eugene. Lot of Four Volumes By or About Robert-Houdin. Including Memoirs (Philadelphia: George G. Evans, 1859; first American edition; Toole Stott 605; backstrip torn and frayed);

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Les Tricheries Des Grecs Devoilees. Professor: Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugène. Les Tricheries Des Grecs Devoilees. Professor Hoffmann’s Copy. Paris: J. Hetzel, 1863. Contemporary half buckram, marbled sides. Signed by Professor Hoffmann und

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Robert Houdin, the Great Wizard.: Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugène. Robert Houdin, the Great Wizard. Philadelphia: Charles Desilver & Sons, 1859. Brown cloth, stamped in black and gilt (misspelling “Houden” on spine). 8vo.

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EUGENE ATGET - Motor Vehicles, Paris: Artist: EUGENE ATGET Print Title: Motor Vehicles, Paris Medium: Sheet-Fed Gravure Printing Date: 1960's Printed in Switzerland Image Size approx: 5.75 x 7.5 inches Jean-Eugène-Auguste Atget (1857-192

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A lot of miscellaneous items, including an Art Deco relief: A lot of miscellaneous items, including an Art Deco relief plaque by Eugène Jean de Bremaecker (1879-1963).

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82" LONG STEER HORNS WITH CUSTOM TOOLED LEATHER CENTER,: 82" LONG STEER HORNS WITH CUSTOM TOOLED LEATHER CENTER, FROM HOME OF 96 YEAR OLD FORMER WESTERN RODEO TRICK RIDER, JEAN VANDERLYN, IN NICE CONDITION, DONE BY HER IN 1972, AS WRITTEN ON BACK, HORNS FRO

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55" LONG STEER HORNS WITH TOOLED LEATHER CENTER FROM: 55" LONG STEER HORNS WITH TOOLED LEATHER CENTER FROM HOME OF FORMER WESTERN RODEO TRICK RIDER JEAN VANDERLYN OF NEW PALTZ, N.Y. ( SHE TOOLED LEATHER AND DID THE CENTER FOR THIS IN 1972, AS PICTURED. I

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LOT OF OLD SLEIGH BELLS INCLUDING A LONG LEATHER: LOT OF OLD SLEIGH BELLS INCLUDING A LONG LEATHER STRAND, AND LEATHER SHORTER STRAND, AND SOME LOOSE ONESâ€¦.FROM THE HOUSE OF 96 YEAR OLD FORMER WESTERN RODEO HORSE TRICK RIDER JEAN VANDERLYN OF N

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SMALL OLD ANVIL FROM THE OLD BAR V RANCH IN OHIOVILLE,: SMALL OLD ANVIL FROM THE OLD BAR V RANCH IN OHIOVILLE, N.Y. IT MEASURES 8.25" LONG, NO MARKINGSâ€¦. THIS COMES FROM THE HOUSE OF 96 YEAR OLD FORMER WESTERN RODEO HORSE TRICK RIDER JEAN VANDERLYN O

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[Cheating and Expos] Group of 12 Vintage Booklets on: [Cheating and Expos] Group of 12 Vintage Booklets on Card Sharping and Cheating. Including Card Sharpers: Their Tricks Exposed (1902) by Robert-Houdin (trans. Hilliar); How It's Done Cards and Coins (

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[Meyerbooks] Group of 10 Publications.: [Meyerbooks] Group of 10 Publications. Glenwood, 1980s—90s. Including The Wizard Exposed (1987); Jean Hugard (1997); Howard Thurston’s Card Tricks (1991); Illusion Show (1991); two volums by Parri

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Houdini Exposes the Tricks.....Margery: Ca 1924. Houdini Exposes the tricks used by the Boston Medium “Margery” to win the $2500 prize offered by the Scientific American. Stamped with compliments of Fredrick Eugene Powell Dean of Magici

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Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugene. Card-Sharpers: Their Tricks

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Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugene. Card-Sharpers: Their Tricks Exposed, or The Art of Always Winning. Chicago: Frederick J. Drake, 1902. Trans. William J. Jilliar. Publisher’s red pictorial cloth. Illustrated. 8vo. Writing and owner’s stamp on endpapers, some rubbing on edge of book cloth, else very good copy.

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Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugene. Card-Sharpers: Their Tricks

Name: Robert-Houdin, Jean Eugene. Card-Sharpers: Their Tricks
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