1853 ENDLESS AMUSEMENT - FIREWORKS, GAMES, MAGIC TRICKS, SCIENCE, CARDS, TRICKS SOCIAL ISSUES and shows only minimal shelfwear

and shows only minimal shelfwear from storage

John Arthur Hill (1872-1951) had an interest in Spiritualism and psychical research that developed around the turn of the century

The pages are generally crisp and clean save for light to moderate foxing on the frontispiece and a signature on the top of the title page

1959 HC/DJ ~ ILLUSTRATED

James McNeill Whistler Engraving “Portrait de La Mere" ~ Whistler’s Mother

1853 ENDLESS AMUSEMENT - FIREWORKS, GAMES, MAGIC TRICKS, SCIENCE, CARDS, TRICKS SOCIAL ISSUES and shows only minimal shelfwearBook Details + Condition: Clark, Austin & Smith (New York, NY). Early edition, 1853. Hardcover measuring 7" x 5". 201 pages. Red cloth covers with embossed gilt detail and gilt lettering to spine. Entertainment book for young people, subtitled, "A collection of nearly 400 entertaining experiments in various branches of science; acoustics, arithmetic, chemistry etc; wonders of the air pump; all the popular tricks and changes of the cards, etc. to which