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The Universal Conjuror, or, The Whole Art of Legerdemain. London: Orlando Hodgson, ca. 1830. Original buff/tan printed wrappers advertising Hodgson’s pamphlets (corners clipped), uncolored folding frontispiece signed and dated by T.[homas] Hughes depicting an Indian “juggler” presenting the Cups and Balls, while a colleague at the side of his table is attacked by a serpent. 12mo. Spine reinforced with tissue, original wrappers chipped, minor browning and dog-eared pages, a few gutters reinforced with tissue, but very good overall. See Toole Stott 673. This example bears no address for the publisher and the frontispiece, printed by T. Hughes in 1826, is entirely different from those recorded by Toole Stott. An extensive discussion of the various frontispieces for this work and the relationship between Thomas Hughes and Orlando Hodgson can be found in Trevor Hall’s Some Printers & Publishers of Conjuring Books 1800 – 1850, pages 29 – 32.