This is August Roterberg's revolutionary 1897 book on card magic. Full of card magic effects of interest to magicians and those interested in the history and development of card magic.
 
Condition: Good/fair, some marks, knocks and wear to boards and spine, some splitting to endpapers, previous owner's inscription to front endpaper and previous owner's sticker (Jack Avis') to front endpaper. Internal condition good with some minor splitting to a few page folds, a few minor tears to folds (likely from manufacture), some loose pages, some yellowing and a few marks. An above average copy of this early and important text.  
 
Binding: Hardback
Year:  1897
Publisher: Hamleys
Pages: 284
Dimensions (to nearest cm): 20 X 15cm