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THURSTON, Howard (1869 – 1936). Group of Thurston Books. Five items. 100 Tricks You Can Do. London: C. Arthur Pearson Ltd., 1931. Publisher’s orange cloth stamped in black. Minor soiling to front board, foxing to interior. — 200 Tricks You Can Do. New York: George Sully and Company, 1927. Red cloth stamped in black. Stanley Collins bookplate and ownership signature. Soiling and wear to boards, interior foxed. — Howard Thurston’s Card Tricks, three variant editions: London: L. Upcott Gill, [1901]. FIRST EDITION. Publisher’s pictorial gray cloth decorated in black and red, bearing an illustration by S. C. Tibbles. Portrait frontispiece (lacks tissue). Wear to exterior, cloth delaminating near upper front board, splitting to hinges, interior toned; — London: L. Upcott Gill, 1901. First paper edition. Colored pictorial wrappers. Chipping to wraps, old tape repair to spine; — London: Arco Publications Limited, 1957. Publisher’s blue cloth, spine stamped in black, with pictorial dust jacket. From Arco’s “at-a-glance” series. Minor shelf wear. All illustrated. 8vos.