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[HERRMANN] Timayenis, T.T. A History of the Art of Magic, With a Sketch of the Life of A. Herrmann. New York: Press of J.J. Little, 1887. Color lithographed wrappers with a portrait of Herrmann. Engraved frontispiece of Adelaide Herrmann. Illustrations. 8vo. 135 pp. Ex libris John Henry Grossman. Covers nearly detached, spine chipped. Published after Herrmann’s unexpected death in 1896, this book was rewritten, re-typeset, and reprinted years later with additional information about his nephew Leon. This is the first example with the J.J. Little imprint (and lacking terminal ad leaves) we have encountered.