Scarce 19th Century Magic Title, Signed

Riddles and Jokes: Being a Complete Collection of Riddles, Enigmas, Charades, Rebuses, Words Transposed, Acting Charades, Acting Proverbs, Puzzles, and Jokes

Russell, Edmund

Notes: Includes a forty-page chapter on magic and magicians entitled "The Young Conjuror. Including sleight of hand with objects or cards, with and without apparatus."

160 pages. Illustrated with four inserted plates. 4-1/8 by 6-1/4 inches.

Edition + Condition: First edition (first printing). A very good copy in the original publisher's purple pebbled cloth. Some wear to spine ends. Some interior foxing. Inscribed by the author, apparently to the spouse of one of the publishers, "Mrs. E. Warne with the author's compliments. Dec. 10, 1859." Uncommon.

Publication: London: Routledge, Warne, and Routledge, 1860.

Item No: #362255

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