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[MASKELYNE] IOTA (pseud.) £1000 Reward. Maskelyne & Cooke; an Expose of the Falseness of their Pretensions. London: J. Burns, 15, Southampton Row, W.C. (1874). Self-covered printed wrappers. [1 – 2], 3 – 20. 8vo. Spine worn and general toning and wear; good or better. Toole Stott 808, locating one copy. RARE.An exposure of the Davenport Brothers’ tricks carried out in a series of letters reproduced in its pages, with the front wrap bearing the statement that the proofs of the publication were “corrected by Mr. Maskelyne,” despite the somewhat hostile tone carried on between him and the pseudonymous author, “Iota.”