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MASKELYNE & COOKE. Maskelyne and Cooke. The Royal Illusionists and Anti-Spiritualists. London: E. Baynes, ca. 1877. Elaborate program for the Egyptian Hall entertainers. Pictorial wrappers with real photo of J.N. Maskelyne tipped to front cover as issued. Vignette of Psycho on rear wrapper. 40pp. 8vo. Splitting at spine, else very good. See Toole Stott 1126. Scarce. An early and elaborate program that gives a biographical sketch of Maskelyne, describes automatons (including “The Turk”), and includes a lengthy discussion of the whist-playing false automaton Psycho.