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HERRMANN, Carl (1816–87). HERRMANN’S HAND-BOOK OF PARLOR MAGIC. New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, 1870s. Pale blue-green printed wrappers (chipped and worn, with small losses). Twenty illustrations. 16mo. Toole Stott 347.
A pirated version of John Henry Anderson’s pitch books, bearing a nearly identical title page and text. This example includes a 38-page catalog of Dick & Fitzgerald publications bound in at the rear, not called for by Toole Stott.