Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: Martino, Mansfield Centre, 1999
ISBN 10: 1578980968 ISBN 13: 9781578980963
Second edition. Facsimile reprint of 1920 edition; 83 single-sided pages. Cloth bound in new condition, in shrinkwrap.
Sprache: Französisch
Verlag: Ch. Eggimann Bossard Genève Paris, 1927
Anbieter: book-link, Nufringen, BW, Deutschland
Broschur. Zustand: Gut. 80 s. 18x25,5x0,5 cm._Broschur_Französisch_80 s._208 g. J25-W12-162 Sprache: Französisch Gewicht in Gramm: 208.
Verlag: Genev`e Ed itions Bossard / Ed ition Ch. Eggimann 1927, 1927
Anbieter: Harrison-Hiett Rare Books, Richelieu, Frankreich
Erstausgabe
Scarce. First edition. Hardback. Issued in printed soft wrappers, which are now bound in to attractive quarter brown calf with mottled boards. Gilt stamped title to spine. Original front cover has mounted b/w illustration of chess-playing automaton. Author, title and illustration within ornamental border. This work describes false automatons; devices that appear to move, think, and act of their own accord or by clockwork, but are instead controlled by some hidden apparatus or device operated by a conjurer or their assistant. Includes sections on Robert-Houdin, and the chess playing 'The Turk' of Wolfgang von Kempelen. Adolphe Blind was often referred to as 'Professeur Magicus'. Text in French. Back cover printed: Grave et imprimé par S.A.D.A.G. Genève. In very good condition. Neat ink name to front blank page. [4], 9-80 pages : illustrations, portraits, plans. 255 x 180 mm (10 x 7 inches). .