By Anonymous
London   Henry Washbourne; Thomas Tegg
6.5" by 4.5" xii [1], 14-216pp
A delightful guide to conducting nearly four hundred humorous and amusing magic tricks and scientific experiments, illustrated with a folding frontispiece.
By Anonymous

1839 Endless Amusement; A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments

London   Henry Washbourne; Thomas Tegg
6.5" by 4.5" xii [1], 14-216pp
A delightful guide to conducting nearly four hundred humorous and amusing magic tricks and scientific experiments, illustrated with a folding frontispiece.
£280.00
: 0.5kgs / : 985F22

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Description

Folding Plates, Publishers' Original Binding

The seventh edition of this work.

Illustrated with a folding frontispiece, and a small number of vignette illustrations.

A wonderful volume offering instructions for conducting various experiments, magic tricks and spectacles using scientific principles, and including  'experiments with sparrows', 'odoriferous water balloons' and fireworks.

With the inscription of David L Henry to the front free endpaper.

Rebacked, retaining original endpapers.

Condition

Rebacked, in the publisher's original cloth binding, with back strip laid down, retaining original endpapers. Externally, excellent. Head of front free endpaper removed, with inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages lightly age toned, but clean.

Very Good

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